NC BL 10/00/2009 Table: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX, Bulletin, December 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 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........................................................... $22.88 3.1 37.0 $22.72 3.6 36.8 $23.94 2.2 38.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 39.15 4.0 38.9 41.74 4.7 39.1 30.22 1.8 38.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 44.25 6.0 39.9 45.18 6.2 39.9 33.40 6.3 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 36.20 3.1 38.4 39.08 4.2 38.5 29.75 1.7 38.2 Service............................................................. 10.29 2.3 33.4 8.62 2.3 32.3 17.42 3.2 38.9 Sales and office.................................................... 17.66 2.9 36.0 17.79 3.1 35.8 15.66 2.9 39.8 Sales and related................................................. 21.10 4.5 33.2 21.11 4.5 33.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.77 3.2 37.7 15.78 3.6 37.5 15.67 2.9 39.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.31 4.7 39.9 18.35 4.9 40.0 17.64 8.6 37.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.35 2.6 40.0 16.37 2.7 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.60 3.8 39.8 20.90 4.0 40.1 17.92 9.0 36.8 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.65 2.3 37.6 15.72 2.3 37.7 13.95 4.4 36.5 Production........................................................ 16.23 2.8 39.1 16.24 2.8 39.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.11 3.9 36.4 15.21 4.2 36.4 13.95 4.5 36.4 Full time........................................................... 24.14 3.3 39.6 24.13 3.8 39.6 24.18 2.1 39.6 Part time........................................................... 9.36 3.0 22.0 9.21 3.1 22.2 13.75 9.3 17.6 Union............................................................... 22.67 3.9 33.6 22.39 4.7 32.5 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 22.89 3.2 37.2 22.74 3.7 37.0 23.92 2.3 38.4 Time................................................................ 22.71 3.3 36.9 22.51 3.8 36.7 23.94 2.2 38.5 Incentive........................................................... 25.52 5.1 38.9 25.52 5.1 38.9 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 28.22 11.5 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.84 3.0 35.9 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 18.91 5.4 36.1 18.91 5.5 36.0 18.98 6.0 42.0 100-499 workers..................................................... 22.63 4.3 37.4 22.60 4.4 37.4 23.82 7.6 37.4 500 workers or more................................................. 28.53 6.2 38.1 30.99 8.7 37.9 24.29 2.4 38.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.88 3.1 $24.14 3.3 $9.36 3.0 Management occupations.............................................. 49.21 6.3 49.59 6.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.67 9.7 18.67 9.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 18.18 11.6 18.18 11.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.27 3.8 31.27 3.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.68 4.6 44.68 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 60.74 6.1 60.74 6.1 – – Level 13.................................................. 64.84 6.6 64.84 6.6 – – Level 14.................................................. 80.49 14.7 80.49 14.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 55.15 9.6 56.33 9.2 – – General and operations managers................................... 74.21 25.0 74.21 25.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 84.60 24.5 84.60 24.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.78 13.0 57.78 13.0 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 67.74 6.9 67.74 6.9 – – Sales managers.................................................. 52.51 17.6 52.51 17.6 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 36.38 11.0 36.38 11.0 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.20 7.2 63.20 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 66.02 9.8 66.02 9.8 – – Financial managers................................................ 58.82 9.4 58.82 9.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.17 3.4 52.17 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.58 11.8 57.58 11.8 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 48.73 20.3 48.73 20.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.69 21.3 51.69 21.3 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 41.32 14.2 41.32 14.2 – – Purchasing managers............................................... 44.18 18.4 44.18 18.4 – – Construction managers............................................. 34.59 9.2 34.59 9.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.17 11.7 33.17 11.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.65 .9 41.65 .9 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.09 .9 41.09 .9 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.82 .7 41.82 .7 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 43.33 15.5 43.33 15.5 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 56.43 2.8 56.43 2.8 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 37.50 15.0 37.50 15.0 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.36 5.0 24.36 5.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.97 5.4 33.99 5.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.44 6.7 24.47 6.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.01 6.1 26.01 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.64 6.0 30.64 6.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.67 10.2 42.67 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.89 8.9 34.89 8.9 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.38 10.6 28.38 10.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 32.93 8.1 32.93 8.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 33.77 5.3 33.84 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.70 15.5 34.70 15.5 – – Loan counselors and officers...................................... 38.77 18.1 38.77 18.1 – – Loan officers................................................... 38.77 18.1 38.77 18.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.49 4.5 41.73 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.19 12.0 28.19 12.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.73 14.8 29.73 14.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.19 3.9 40.19 3.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 56.83 16.2 56.83 16.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.79 15.7 47.79 15.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 52.16 9.7 52.16 9.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.57 3.5 40.57 3.5 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 65.86 18.2 65.86 18.2 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.07 7.7 46.07 7.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.91 3.6 40.91 3.6 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 29.41 7.7 30.16 7.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.00 7.0 26.00 7.0 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 47.98 15.6 47.98 15.6 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.97 7.7 30.97 7.7 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.80 9.4 35.80 9.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 46.63 4.6 46.63 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.41 4.1 26.41 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.69 5.8 37.69 5.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.37 5.7 47.37 5.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 55.25 8.0 55.25 8.0 – – Level 13.................................................. 73.81 20.6 73.81 20.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.32 6.0 47.32 6.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 50.37 4.4 50.37 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.10 6.4 25.10 6.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.96 3.4 33.96 3.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.47 5.1 47.47 5.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 55.59 7.8 55.59 7.8 – – Level 13.................................................. 73.81 20.6 73.81 20.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.82 6.3 48.82 6.3 – – Chemical engineers.............................................. 60.41 13.6 60.41 13.6 – – Civil engineers................................................. 44.12 21.1 44.12 21.1 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.49 10.4 39.49 10.4 – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 42.58 22.4 42.58 22.4 – – Petroleum engineers............................................. 68.91 9.5 68.91 9.5 – – Drafters.......................................................... 33.10 11.4 33.10 11.4 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 38.10 8.5 38.10 8.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 39.32 13.5 39.32 13.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 68.09 14.7 68.09 14.7 – – Physical scientists............................................... 49.68 13.3 49.68 13.3 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 51.72 20.5 51.72 20.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.80 6.8 22.57 7.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.28 4.9 17.28 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.17 9.9 25.20 11.3 – – Counselors........................................................ 29.07 8.6 29.21 9.4 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.03 10.4 31.03 10.4 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.64 8.1 21.64 8.1 – – Legal occupations................................................... 35.34 22.2 35.34 22.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.80 5.9 33.60 5.5 14.10 18.0 Level 2 .................................................. 11.22 3.0 11.76 1.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.26 10.6 10.64 9.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.37 4.6 27.59 4.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.22 3.1 32.21 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.03 1.5 34.10 1.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.80 4.9 43.02 5.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 65.07 9.9 65.07 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.15 31.5 18.73 36.7 12.32 6.3 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 69.52 16.0 70.49 16.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.80 4.9 43.02 5.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 65.07 9.9 65.07 9.9 – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 57.63 21.9 59.49 21.1 – – Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 113.07 20.7 113.10 20.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.46 14.6 45.47 14.6 – – Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 114.68 20.5 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 34.74 3.8 35.03 4.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.79 11.0 38.79 11.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.34 2.4 32.47 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.77 4.1 28.01 4.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.35 1.3 33.35 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.90 1.6 33.90 1.6 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 26.05 17.6 26.05 17.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.91 2.9 32.17 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.19 5.5 28.64 5.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.15 1.5 33.15 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.39 4.9 32.39 4.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.45 1.6 32.81 .8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.19 7.2 28.74 8.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.26 1.7 33.26 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.85 3.0 33.85 3.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.33 9.2 30.33 9.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.86 .0 32.86 .0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.22 13.4 28.22 13.4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.02 1.0 34.02 1.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.83 1.0 33.83 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.57 .4 34.57 .4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.63 1.2 33.63 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.14 .1 34.14 .1 – – Special education teachers...................................... 35.28 2.3 35.28 2.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.28 2.3 35.28 2.3 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 21.95 22.4 27.41 22.9 15.10 12.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.36 7.7 – – 13.60 9.9 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 29.45 19.4 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.47 5.5 11.75 4.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.31 3.4 11.76 1.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.99 10.3 10.35 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.16 2.8 12.34 2.7 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.56 15.6 28.94 16.1 – – Designers......................................................... 22.20 11.7 22.20 11.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.17 3.8 29.22 3.8 27.89 11.7 Level 4 .................................................. 13.89 3.5 14.05 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.54 3.9 19.54 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.06 1.6 22.02 1.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.46 5.1 27.28 5.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.86 2.3 31.70 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.88 5.6 33.97 5.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.58 2.2 44.58 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.92 9.2 32.36 9.3 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 51.89 1.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.53 2.9 32.63 3.0 30.37 8.7 Level 7 .................................................. 30.36 5.3 31.78 1.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.50 1.9 31.28 1.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.64 6.6 30.50 6.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.48 2.1 39.48 2.1 – – Therapists........................................................ 39.47 7.5 39.87 7.6 – – Physical therapists............................................. 42.17 7.9 42.17 7.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.97 5.2 19.76 5.2 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.62 7.3 23.78 8.5 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.63 12.2 16.63 12.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.47 7.5 26.47 7.5 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.26 4.6 24.26 4.6 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.76 15.8 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.32 4.8 21.32 4.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.74 5.4 19.74 5.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.05 2.1 12.32 2.6 9.57 20.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.94 5.0 10.30 2.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.99 10.2 11.01 10.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.92 7.2 13.02 8.0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.77 7.1 11.10 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 7.8 10.21 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.71 10.5 12.71 10.5 – – Home health aides............................................... 10.88 32.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.99 2.2 11.00 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.36 4.1 10.36 4.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.98 3.3 14.15 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.16 5.6 13.51 6.9 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.50 12.5 12.55 14.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.59 6.3 19.10 5.0 10.16 8.1 Level 6 .................................................. 19.62 12.9 19.65 13.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.06 3.1 22.06 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.32 3.6 27.32 3.6 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 20.41 5.0 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.67 4.4 15.67 4.4 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.67 4.4 15.67 4.4 – – Police officers................................................... 24.19 2.9 24.36 3.3 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.19 2.9 24.36 3.3 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. – – 10.11 3.9 – – Security guards................................................. – – 10.11 3.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.60 2.4 6.97 3.8 5.68 4.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.00 6.3 6.24 5.9 5.55 21.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.23 3.2 6.35 3.7 5.88 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 5.15 8.4 6.45 12.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 7.82 10.5 7.73 23.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.28 4.6 13.82 4.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.28 4.6 13.82 4.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.95 6.4 8.98 11.2 8.86 14.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.05 10.8 8.08 11.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.82 8.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.89 8.6 10.13 8.3 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.42 6.9 9.88 9.2 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.55 1.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.72 7.4 9.04 12.4 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.60 3.5 3.74 7.0 3.32 11.3 Level 1 .................................................. 4.58 6.8 5.26 19.3 2.96 31.3 Level 2 .................................................. 3.31 .5 2.94 10.3 4.21 17.9 Level 3 .................................................. 2.64 11.8 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 4.72 6.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.49 8.7 2.66 14.0 2.19 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 2.65 14.4 2.78 18.3 – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.70 10.9 5.76 13.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 5.63 13.0 5.67 15.7 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.75 3.0 8.24 6.8 6.88 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.97 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 5.6 8.84 9.6 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.89 3.8 8.82 10.9 6.88 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.71 11.6 10.11 5.7 – – Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.36 2.2 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.07 14.2 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 7.23 2.9 7.16 2.2 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.20 4.6 9.59 5.4 7.65 1.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.82 3.6 7.92 5.6 7.65 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.75 8.3 9.75 8.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.49 2.6 8.77 3.0 7.65 1.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.82 3.6 7.92 5.6 7.65 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.87 2.9 9.87 2.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.84 1.2 9.69 2.1 7.65 1.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.68 1.3 – – 7.65 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.87 2.9 9.87 2.9 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.96 5.8 7.96 5.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.92 6.1 7.92 6.1 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.36 23.7 10.36 23.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.67 10.7 13.35 8.8 9.81 26.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.74 7.5 7.19 2.4 8.87 21.8 Level 3 .................................................. 8.03 6.6 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.44 10.9 8.76 12.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.10 4.5 24.43 4.6 8.26 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.07 4.5 – – 7.77 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.45 4.6 9.86 7.0 7.76 .7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.46 10.3 14.76 16.0 8.37 4.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.27 3.7 15.29 4.8 11.10 1.5 Level 5 .................................................. 18.84 5.6 18.84 5.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.45 7.9 26.45 7.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.69 14.0 28.69 14.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.99 16.4 38.99 16.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 45.30 8.4 45.30 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.22 19.6 25.52 19.9 8.88 1.3 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.05 3.9 18.05 3.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.14 1.2 17.14 1.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.89 13.4 14.29 12.4 8.30 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.04 5.2 – – 7.77 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.51 5.8 10.01 9.3 7.84 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. 14.18 11.7 15.43 16.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.98 1.7 15.70 5.3 11.10 1.5 Level 5 .................................................. 19.21 7.8 19.21 7.8 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.63 5.7 9.95 6.5 7.81 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.77 2.6 – – 7.69 3.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 7.2 10.07 8.7 7.85 .3 Cashiers...................................................... 8.63 5.7 9.95 6.5 7.81 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.77 2.6 – – 7.69 3.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 7.2 10.07 8.7 7.85 .3 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.74 10.2 16.01 10.8 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.59 10.1 15.47 12.6 9.02 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 5.3 – – 7.89 4.2 Level 3 .................................................. 14.61 14.1 15.72 17.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.26 6.9 – – 11.10 1.5 Level 5 .................................................. 19.03 7.6 19.03 7.6 – – Insurance sales agents............................................ 21.45 5.9 21.45 5.9 – – Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 39.67 1.2 39.67 1.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 38.90 5.5 38.90 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.69 12.7 27.69 12.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.80 10.4 41.80 10.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.42 20.8 45.42 20.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 42.25 6.2 42.25 6.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 37.93 6.3 37.93 6.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.69 12.7 27.69 12.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.42 20.8 45.42 20.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.77 3.2 16.27 3.3 10.85 5.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.49 4.0 – – 8.07 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.63 4.1 10.91 3.9 9.95 9.8 Level 3 .................................................. 12.41 3.1 12.51 3.0 11.06 9.0 Level 4 .................................................. 15.66 3.2 15.81 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.79 2.2 17.81 2.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.69 3.2 20.69 3.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.28 6.4 26.28 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.24 8.0 17.58 7.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.12 8.4 25.12 8.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.65 5.2 16.27 4.6 11.34 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.02 10.7 – – 8.34 13.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.30 6.4 12.30 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.31 6.6 17.41 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.34 5.4 16.25 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.92 13.7 – – – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.69 14.4 15.23 15.8 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.82 3.6 17.16 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.82 7.3 16.98 7.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.68 6.1 16.68 6.1 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.65 8.2 12.51 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.50 .4 13.50 .4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 18.34 7.2 18.55 7.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.11 4.5 15.11 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.21 11.4 22.21 11.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.17 6.6 12.43 7.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.75 11.1 11.75 11.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.94 4.0 11.36 6.3 – – Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 13.97 1.6 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 15.50 8.6 15.77 9.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.47 5.8 – – – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.61 11.9 14.86 13.4 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.46 16.4 15.18 13.7 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.48 6.2 14.62 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.09 9.2 15.09 9.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.09 3.3 12.18 4.8 8.09 5.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.65 3.5 – – 8.09 5.4 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.41 2.5 19.45 2.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.28 12.3 15.28 12.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.57 4.8 18.64 5.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.59 2.6 20.59 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.62 6.9 23.62 6.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.07 6.5 22.28 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.17 5.2 19.39 6.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.57 3.3 20.57 3.3 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 17.54 5.8 17.54 5.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.55 5.3 18.55 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.99 16.4 16.99 16.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.28 2.7 18.28 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.18 9.8 21.18 9.8 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.26 4.8 13.05 5.2 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 13.24 3.3 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.31 4.7 12.49 5.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.97 4.8 9.88 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.64 4.5 10.64 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.71 2.6 13.99 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.12 7.1 12.12 7.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.35 2.6 16.35 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.03 7.1 11.03 7.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.12 4.1 13.12 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.93 5.8 14.93 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.65 4.2 17.65 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.24 3.2 23.24 3.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.47 1.8 27.47 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.08 2.9 14.08 2.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 23.70 5.9 23.70 5.9 – – Carpenters........................................................ 17.64 8.6 17.64 8.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.09 6.8 13.09 6.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.01 13.4 10.01 13.4 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.47 6.5 14.47 6.5 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.27 7.3 14.27 7.3 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 18.75 5.0 18.75 5.0 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 18.94 6.7 18.94 6.7 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.81 3.1 11.81 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.67 1.9 10.67 1.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.60 3.8 20.70 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 16.7 14.29 16.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.31 3.0 20.53 2.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.29 4.7 23.29 4.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.18 3.3 25.18 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.54 9.5 17.54 9.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 29.84 10.5 29.84 10.5 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 21.10 3.4 21.10 3.4 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 21.15 3.7 21.15 3.7 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.21 5.1 21.21 5.1 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.79 5.7 19.79 5.7 – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 20.48 12.9 20.48 12.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.26 8.9 16.51 8.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.06 5.9 19.68 4.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.33 3.8 24.33 3.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.65 9.1 11.79 9.2 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.55 2.9 26.55 2.9 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.29 13.7 17.29 13.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.23 2.8 16.37 2.8 10.87 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.51 2.6 8.51 2.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.68 3.1 9.68 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.19 11.5 14.58 12.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.31 9.2 14.31 9.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.26 5.9 17.26 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.93 4.8 22.93 4.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.21 13.6 29.21 13.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.60 9.9 18.77 10.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.34 12.8 23.34 12.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.56 5.6 19.56 5.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.74 7.4 12.74 7.4 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.65 5.7 13.65 5.7 – – Machinists........................................................ 18.49 6.6 18.49 6.6 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.90 10.1 15.90 10.1 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.07 9.2 16.07 9.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.83 9.2 17.81 9.4 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.85 4.3 13.91 4.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.74 2.8 10.74 2.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.18 14.4 17.12 14.3 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.41 13.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.11 3.9 15.84 4.2 9.55 8.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.29 6.5 7.98 3.2 8.62 11.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.17 5.0 11.50 5.3 8.85 10.9 Level 3 .................................................. 13.82 5.9 13.91 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.91 10.1 17.96 10.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.34 10.6 20.34 10.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.09 13.8 18.20 14.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand..................................................... 17.51 18.2 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 17.06 6.2 17.97 7.2 14.84 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 13.69 3.1 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.44 .2 – – 14.79 1.0 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.75 7.2 18.18 7.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.73 9.9 10.36 10.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.97 15.4 14.97 15.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.05 12.8 19.05 12.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.32 8.7 20.32 8.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.53 27.6 16.53 27.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.56 6.9 17.56 6.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.52 17.6 15.52 17.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.93 9.5 9.93 9.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.39 3.7 13.39 3.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.30 4.4 12.30 4.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.30 5.5 10.90 6.6 8.76 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.31 7.3 7.82 3.2 8.79 11.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.53 7.4 10.89 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.47 5.6 13.47 5.6 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.01 14.5 11.06 14.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.04 4.7 11.19 5.7 10.58 9.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.33 9.6 7.95 3.5 10.73 11.1 Level 2 .................................................. 11.51 6.3 11.62 6.7 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.84 14.7 – – 6.63 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.61 2.2 – – 6.65 3.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.72 3.6 $24.13 3.8 $9.21 3.1 Management occupations.............................................. 50.13 6.6 50.55 6.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.67 9.7 18.67 9.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 18.18 11.6 18.18 11.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.04 3.9 32.04 3.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.97 5.8 45.97 5.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 64.37 4.5 64.37 4.5 – – Level 13.................................................. 64.84 6.6 64.84 6.6 – – Level 14.................................................. 80.49 14.7 80.49 14.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 55.34 9.6 56.53 9.2 – – General and operations managers................................... 74.21 25.0 74.21 25.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 84.60 24.5 84.60 24.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.78 13.0 57.78 13.0 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 67.74 6.9 67.74 6.9 – – Sales managers.................................................. 52.51 17.6 52.51 17.6 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 66.00 6.4 66.00 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 66.02 9.8 66.02 9.8 – – Financial managers................................................ 59.23 9.4 59.23 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.58 11.8 57.58 11.8 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 48.73 20.3 48.73 20.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.69 21.3 51.69 21.3 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 41.32 14.2 41.32 14.2 – – Purchasing managers............................................... 44.18 18.4 44.18 18.4 – – Construction managers............................................. 34.59 9.2 34.59 9.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 28.02 23.1 28.02 23.1 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 56.43 2.8 56.43 2.8 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 40.94 14.8 40.94 14.8 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.36 5.0 24.36 5.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.89 5.4 34.92 5.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.52 8.6 24.56 8.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.47 6.2 25.47 6.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.59 3.5 33.59 3.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.99 10.3 42.99 10.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.89 8.9 34.89 8.9 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.92 12.2 28.92 12.2 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.74 5.1 34.84 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.70 15.5 34.70 15.5 – – Loan counselors and officers...................................... 38.77 18.1 38.77 18.1 – – Loan officers................................................... 38.77 18.1 38.77 18.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 42.19 4.9 42.40 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.78 13.0 28.78 13.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.44 15.4 29.44 15.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.32 4.3 41.32 4.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 60.18 17.8 60.18 17.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.00 16.1 48.00 16.1 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 53.52 10.4 53.52 10.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.91 3.6 40.91 3.6 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.07 7.7 46.07 7.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.91 3.6 40.91 3.6 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 29.59 8.1 30.39 7.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.51 7.1 26.51 7.1 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 49.73 18.0 49.73 18.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.23 4.6 47.23 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.65 3.9 26.65 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.69 5.8 37.69 5.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.37 5.7 47.37 5.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 55.25 8.0 55.25 8.0 – – Level 13.................................................. 73.81 20.6 73.81 20.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.32 6.0 47.32 6.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 50.37 4.4 50.37 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.10 6.4 25.10 6.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.96 3.4 33.96 3.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.47 5.1 47.47 5.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 55.59 7.8 55.59 7.8 – – Level 13.................................................. 73.81 20.6 73.81 20.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.82 6.3 48.82 6.3 – – Chemical engineers.............................................. 60.41 13.6 60.41 13.6 – – Civil engineers................................................. 44.12 21.1 44.12 21.1 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.49 10.4 39.49 10.4 – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 42.58 22.4 42.58 22.4 – – Petroleum engineers............................................. 68.91 9.5 68.91 9.5 – – Drafters.......................................................... 33.10 11.4 33.10 11.4 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 40.42 10.1 40.42 10.1 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 46.89 14.7 46.89 14.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 68.09 14.7 68.09 14.7 – – Physical scientists............................................... 57.05 7.3 57.05 7.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.35 10.5 17.23 10.7 – – Legal occupations................................................... 35.34 22.2 35.34 22.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 42.56 44.5 48.53 41.9 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 130.15 23.7 130.15 23.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.73 25.1 19.00 27.6 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.13 19.9 27.51 20.9 – – Designers......................................................... 21.81 13.2 21.81 13.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.06 3.9 30.18 3.9 27.91 11.7 Level 4 .................................................. 13.68 3.7 13.89 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.27 3.9 20.27 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.88 1.5 21.81 1.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.61 6.0 28.55 7.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.86 2.3 31.70 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.26 6.6 34.40 6.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.80 2.2 46.80 2.2 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 51.89 1.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.24 2.8 32.36 2.9 30.37 8.7 Level 7 .................................................. 30.21 5.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.50 1.9 31.28 1.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.47 8.2 29.02 9.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.66 3.7 41.66 3.7 – – Therapists........................................................ 39.55 7.8 39.96 7.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.76 8.5 20.55 8.9 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.41 2.2 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.11 9.4 27.11 9.4 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.91 3.3 24.91 3.3 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.67 5.3 21.67 5.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.74 5.4 19.74 5.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.04 2.2 12.37 2.9 9.57 20.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.83 5.2 10.21 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.99 10.2 11.01 10.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.33 9.6 13.59 11.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.73 8.2 11.11 5.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.63 8.6 10.09 4.4 – – Home health aides............................................... 10.88 32.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.93 2.4 10.93 2.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 4.2 10.21 4.2 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.16 3.6 14.40 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.23 7.0 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.23 14.8 12.25 17.3 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 9.93 3.3 10.04 3.8 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. – – 10.04 3.8 – – Security guards................................................. – – 10.04 3.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.28 2.1 6.58 3.9 5.59 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 5.98 6.4 6.24 5.9 5.51 21.5 Level 2 .................................................. 5.99 3.1 6.07 3.0 5.73 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 5.05 8.7 6.31 11.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 7.05 7.8 6.63 19.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.64 .8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.64 .8 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.80 6.8 8.78 12.2 8.86 14.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.04 10.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.82 8.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.79 9.4 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.64 4.6 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.55 1.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.42 10.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.60 3.5 3.74 7.0 3.32 11.3 Level 1 .................................................. 4.58 6.8 5.26 19.3 2.96 31.3 Level 2 .................................................. 3.31 .5 2.94 10.3 4.21 17.9 Level 3 .................................................. 2.64 11.8 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 4.72 6.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.49 8.7 2.66 14.0 2.19 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 2.65 14.4 2.78 18.3 – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.70 10.9 5.76 13.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 5.63 13.0 5.67 15.7 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.31 3.0 7.72 4.6 6.68 2.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.97 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 7.5 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.29 4.2 – – – – Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.36 2.2 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 6.95 11.9 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 7.23 2.9 7.16 2.2 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.51 .9 8.79 .9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.79 3.7 7.88 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.86 1.8 8.86 1.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.25 2.3 8.50 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.79 3.7 7.88 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 2.5 9.91 2.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.52 1.6 9.65 3.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.61 1.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 2.5 9.91 2.5 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.96 5.8 7.96 5.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.92 6.1 7.92 6.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.61 11.3 13.32 9.3 9.81 27.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.71 7.4 – – 8.80 21.8 Level 3 .................................................. 8.03 6.6 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 7.96 9.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.11 4.5 24.46 4.6 8.26 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.07 4.5 – – 7.77 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.45 4.6 9.86 7.0 7.76 .7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.45 10.6 14.76 16.4 8.37 4.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.27 3.7 15.29 4.8 11.10 1.5 Level 5 .................................................. 18.84 5.6 18.84 5.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.45 7.9 26.45 7.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.69 14.0 28.69 14.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.99 16.4 38.99 16.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 45.30 8.4 45.30 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.22 19.6 25.52 19.9 8.88 1.3 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.05 3.9 18.05 3.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.14 1.2 17.14 1.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.88 13.4 14.29 12.4 8.30 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.04 5.2 – – 7.77 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.51 5.8 10.01 9.3 7.84 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. 14.17 12.0 15.45 16.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.98 1.7 15.70 5.3 11.10 1.5 Level 5 .................................................. 19.21 7.8 19.21 7.8 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.63 5.7 9.95 6.5 7.81 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.77 2.6 – – 7.69 3.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 7.2 10.07 8.7 7.85 .3 Cashiers...................................................... 8.63 5.7 9.95 6.5 7.81 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.77 2.6 – – 7.69 3.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 7.2 10.07 8.7 7.85 .3 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.74 10.2 16.01 10.8 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.58 10.2 15.48 12.7 9.02 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 5.3 – – 7.89 4.2 Level 3 .................................................. 14.61 14.4 15.75 18.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.26 6.9 – – 11.10 1.5 Level 5 .................................................. 19.03 7.6 19.03 7.6 – – Insurance sales agents............................................ 21.45 5.9 21.45 5.9 – – Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 39.67 1.2 39.67 1.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 38.90 5.5 38.90 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.69 12.7 27.69 12.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.80 10.4 41.80 10.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.42 20.8 45.42 20.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 42.25 6.2 42.25 6.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 37.93 6.3 37.93 6.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.69 12.7 27.69 12.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.42 20.8 45.42 20.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.78 3.6 16.33 3.7 10.86 5.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.49 4.0 – – 8.07 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.66 4.3 10.97 4.0 9.96 9.8 Level 3 .................................................. 12.37 3.2 12.47 3.1 11.06 9.0 Level 4 .................................................. 15.79 3.7 15.98 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.04 2.3 18.08 2.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.19 3.5 21.19 3.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.17 6.8 26.17 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.27 8.1 17.62 7.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.12 8.4 25.12 8.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.65 5.4 16.30 4.8 11.34 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.02 10.7 – – 8.34 13.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.30 6.4 12.30 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.39 6.8 17.50 6.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.43 5.9 16.33 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.92 13.7 – – – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.71 15.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.83 3.7 17.18 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.79 7.6 16.94 8.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.75 6.7 16.75 6.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.65 8.2 12.51 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.50 .4 13.50 .4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 18.42 7.9 18.66 8.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.11 4.5 15.11 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.66 12.4 23.66 12.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.13 6.8 12.39 7.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.75 11.1 11.75 11.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.94 4.0 11.36 6.3 – – Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 13.97 1.6 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 14.72 12.5 15.00 14.3 – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.72 12.5 15.00 14.3 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.41 17.5 15.18 14.7 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.39 6.3 14.52 6.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.09 3.3 12.18 4.8 8.09 5.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.65 3.5 – – 8.09 5.4 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.81 2.9 19.86 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.36 13.7 15.36 13.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.50 6.0 18.59 6.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.64 2.9 21.64 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.21 6.9 24.21 6.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.00 8.0 23.32 8.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.91 5.7 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.57 4.7 21.57 4.7 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 17.64 6.4 17.64 6.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.96 6.6 18.96 6.6 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.65 3.7 13.51 4.3 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 13.24 3.3 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.08 6.2 12.28 7.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.01 4.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.30 2.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.12 7.1 12.12 7.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.37 2.7 16.37 2.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.03 7.1 11.03 7.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.12 4.1 13.12 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.96 6.1 14.96 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.65 4.2 17.65 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.24 3.2 23.24 3.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.47 1.8 27.47 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.08 2.9 14.08 2.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 23.70 5.9 23.70 5.9 – – Carpenters........................................................ 17.64 8.6 17.64 8.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.09 6.8 13.09 6.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.01 13.4 10.01 13.4 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.47 6.9 14.47 6.9 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.25 7.9 14.25 7.9 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 18.75 5.0 18.75 5.0 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 18.94 6.7 18.94 6.7 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.81 3.1 11.81 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.67 1.9 10.67 1.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.90 4.0 20.90 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 16.7 14.29 16.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.76 3.3 20.76 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.49 4.9 23.49 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.18 3.3 25.18 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.21 12.0 17.21 12.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 30.42 11.8 30.42 11.8 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 21.26 3.7 21.26 3.7 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 21.34 3.9 21.34 3.9 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.79 5.7 19.79 5.7 – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 20.48 12.9 20.48 12.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.26 9.9 16.26 9.9 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.39 3.9 24.39 3.9 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.94 10.1 10.94 10.1 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.55 2.9 26.55 2.9 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.25 13.3 18.25 13.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.24 2.8 16.38 2.8 10.87 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.51 2.6 8.51 2.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.68 3.1 9.68 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.19 11.5 14.58 12.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.32 9.3 14.32 9.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.26 5.9 17.26 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.93 4.8 22.93 4.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.21 13.6 29.21 13.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.60 9.9 18.77 10.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.34 12.8 23.34 12.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.56 5.6 19.56 5.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.74 7.4 12.74 7.4 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.65 5.7 13.65 5.7 – – Machinists........................................................ 18.49 6.6 18.49 6.6 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.90 10.1 15.90 10.1 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.07 9.2 16.07 9.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.83 9.2 17.81 9.4 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.85 4.3 13.91 4.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.74 2.8 10.74 2.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.18 14.4 17.12 14.3 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.41 13.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.21 4.2 16.02 4.5 9.12 10.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.29 6.5 7.98 3.2 8.62 11.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.89 5.6 11.28 6.1 8.26 10.5 Level 3 .................................................. 13.92 6.6 14.05 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.09 11.0 18.09 11.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.41 10.9 20.41 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.12 13.9 18.20 14.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand..................................................... 17.51 18.2 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.94 7.4 18.39 7.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.73 9.9 10.36 10.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.47 18.0 15.47 18.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.05 12.8 19.05 12.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.61 9.6 20.61 9.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.56 6.9 17.56 6.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.62 18.2 15.62 18.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.93 9.5 9.93 9.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.30 4.4 12.30 4.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.28 5.6 10.88 6.7 8.76 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.31 7.3 7.82 3.2 8.79 11.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.45 7.8 10.82 8.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.47 5.6 13.47 5.6 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.86 15.7 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.04 4.7 11.20 5.7 10.58 9.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.33 9.6 7.95 3.5 10.73 11.1 Level 2 .................................................. 11.52 6.4 11.64 6.9 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.84 14.7 – – 6.63 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.61 2.2 – – 6.65 3.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 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........................................................... $23.94 2.2 $24.18 2.1 $13.75 9.3 Management occupations.............................................. 38.36 4.8 38.36 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.12 7.9 27.12 7.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.05 2.8 40.05 2.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.79 .5 40.79 .5 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.31 .6 41.31 .6 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.09 .9 41.09 .9 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.82 .7 41.82 .7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.33 7.3 23.33 7.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.80 3.3 35.04 3.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.27 4.1 36.27 4.1 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.79 14.5 27.79 14.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 25.85 6.3 25.85 6.3 – – Counselors........................................................ 31.03 10.4 31.03 10.4 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.03 10.4 31.03 10.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.28 1.8 31.63 1.8 16.10 28.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.22 3.0 11.76 1.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.14 9.5 12.14 9.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.99 6.1 27.99 6.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.24 3.1 32.23 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.56 .4 34.63 .3 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.05 5.0 43.29 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.97 5.5 13.21 6.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.10 4.6 45.52 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.05 5.0 43.29 5.1 – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 59.08 21.7 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 34.45 4.1 34.77 4.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.16 11.5 39.16 11.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.51 .6 33.51 .6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.54 5.3 28.54 5.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.35 1.3 33.35 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.46 .0 34.46 .0 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 31.52 5.5 31.52 5.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.89 .4 32.89 .4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.16 6.7 29.16 6.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.15 1.5 33.15 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.86 2.4 33.86 2.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.81 .8 32.81 .8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.74 8.2 28.74 8.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.26 1.7 33.26 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.85 3.0 33.85 3.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.23 .2 33.23 .2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.86 .0 32.86 .0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.38 .0 34.38 .0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.83 1.0 33.83 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.57 .4 34.57 .4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.01 .6 34.01 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.14 .1 34.14 .1 – – Special education teachers...................................... 35.28 2.3 35.28 2.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.28 2.3 35.28 2.3 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 24.24 25.1 32.65 15.3 14.24 15.3 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 34.03 15.1 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.21 2.9 12.31 2.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.31 3.4 11.76 1.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.34 2.7 12.34 2.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.63 9.9 25.63 9.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.59 9.0 32.59 9.0 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.50 8.0 33.50 8.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.14 5.9 12.14 5.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.26 5.8 13.26 5.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.81 2.2 21.87 2.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.62 12.9 19.65 13.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.06 3.1 22.06 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.32 3.6 27.32 3.6 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 20.41 5.0 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.67 4.4 15.67 4.4 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.67 4.4 15.67 4.4 – – Police officers................................................... 24.19 2.9 24.36 3.3 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.19 2.9 24.36 3.3 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.76 5.6 11.99 5.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.18 2.3 10.26 1.9 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.33 1.0 10.44 .3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 3.2 10.31 2.7 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.33 1.0 10.44 .3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 3.2 10.31 2.7 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.09 11.7 12.20 11.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.67 13.4 11.67 13.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.69 2.4 9.74 2.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 6.2 9.79 6.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.69 2.4 9.74 2.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 6.2 9.79 6.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.57 5.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.67 2.9 15.69 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.49 5.5 13.49 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.95 3.2 14.95 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.64 5.4 16.64 5.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.08 4.1 18.08 4.1 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 17.32 3.7 17.32 3.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.66 2.4 17.66 2.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.85 6.1 18.85 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.09 2.5 18.09 2.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.48 4.3 18.48 4.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.12 1.8 17.12 1.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.01 4.7 13.01 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.11 4.3 14.11 4.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.92 9.0 18.74 9.7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.95 4.5 13.84 4.9 14.84 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 12.92 1.8 12.75 1.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.08 2.0 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 15.72 1.5 16.26 3.0 14.84 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 13.69 3.1 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.44 .2 – – 14.79 1.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.88 3.1 $24.14 3.3 $9.36 3.0 Management occupations.............................................. 49.21 6.3 49.59 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.48 5.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.99 4.9 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 72.18 8.5 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 74.21 25.0 74.21 25.0 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.78 13.0 57.78 13.0 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 67.74 6.9 67.74 6.9 – – Sales managers.................................................. 52.51 17.6 52.51 17.6 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 36.38 11.0 36.38 11.0 – – Group III................................................. 36.38 11.0 36.38 11.0 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.20 7.2 63.20 7.2 – – Financial managers................................................ 58.82 9.4 58.82 9.4 – – Group III................................................. 61.97 10.1 61.97 10.1 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 48.73 20.3 48.73 20.3 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 41.32 14.2 41.32 14.2 – – Purchasing managers............................................... 44.18 18.4 44.18 18.4 – – Construction managers............................................. 34.59 9.2 34.59 9.2 – – Group III................................................. 37.04 12.2 37.04 12.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.17 11.7 33.17 11.7 – – Group III................................................. 41.07 3.6 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.09 .9 41.09 .9 – – Group III................................................. 40.66 2.7 40.66 2.7 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 43.33 15.5 43.33 15.5 – – Group III................................................. 43.33 15.5 43.33 15.5 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 56.43 2.8 56.43 2.8 – – Group IV.................................................. 53.13 4.9 53.13 4.9 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 37.50 15.0 37.50 15.0 – – Group III................................................. 39.91 12.5 39.91 12.5 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.36 5.0 24.36 5.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.97 5.4 33.99 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.60 5.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.51 5.9 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.38 10.6 28.38 10.6 – – Group III................................................. 33.84 7.3 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 33.77 5.3 33.84 5.3 – – Group II.................................................. 25.65 5.8 25.72 6.0 – – Group III................................................. 38.47 5.4 38.47 5.4 – – Loan counselors and officers...................................... 38.77 18.1 38.77 18.1 – – Loan officers................................................... 38.77 18.1 38.77 18.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.49 4.5 41.73 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.63 10.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.40 3.7 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 52.16 9.7 52.16 9.7 – – Group III................................................. 48.46 17.5 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 65.86 18.2 65.86 18.2 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.07 7.7 46.07 7.7 – – Group III................................................. 41.68 3.1 41.68 3.1 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 29.41 7.7 30.16 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.97 7.6 26.00 7.0 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 47.98 15.6 47.98 15.6 – – Group III................................................. 41.60 3.5 41.60 3.5 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.97 7.7 30.97 7.7 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.80 9.4 35.80 9.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 46.63 4.6 46.63 4.6 – – Group II.................................................. 27.69 2.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.64 4.1 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 76.49 6.4 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 50.37 4.4 50.37 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 27.29 3.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.84 4.4 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 76.49 6.4 – – – – Chemical engineers.............................................. 60.41 13.6 60.41 13.6 – – Civil engineers................................................. 44.12 21.1 44.12 21.1 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.49 10.4 39.49 10.4 – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 42.58 22.4 42.58 22.4 – – Group III................................................. 38.82 4.0 38.82 4.0 – – Petroleum engineers............................................. 68.91 9.5 68.91 9.5 – – Drafters.......................................................... 33.10 11.4 33.10 11.4 – – Group II.................................................. 29.74 6.4 – – – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 38.10 8.5 38.10 8.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 39.32 13.5 39.32 13.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.11 13.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.22 7.4 – – – – Physical scientists............................................... 49.68 13.3 49.68 13.3 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 51.72 20.5 51.72 20.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.80 6.8 22.57 7.6 – – Group II.................................................. 17.82 4.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.78 12.3 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 29.07 8.6 29.21 9.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.23 7.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.04 10.6 – – – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.03 10.4 31.03 10.4 – – Group III................................................. 39.35 8.5 39.35 8.5 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.64 8.1 21.64 8.1 – – Legal occupations................................................... 35.34 22.2 35.34 22.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.80 5.9 33.60 5.5 14.10 18.0 Group I................................................... 10.75 7.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.87 3.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.10 2.2 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 69.52 16.0 70.49 16.1 – – Group III................................................. 46.44 5.7 – – – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 57.63 21.9 59.49 21.1 – – Group III................................................. 59.08 21.7 – – – – Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 113.07 20.7 113.10 20.7 – – Group III................................................. 45.41 14.3 – – – – Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 114.68 20.5 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 34.74 3.8 35.03 4.2 – – Group III................................................. 37.19 7.5 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.34 2.4 32.47 2.2 – – Group II.................................................. 31.71 2.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.90 1.6 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 26.05 17.6 26.05 17.6 – – Group II.................................................. 28.21 8.1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.91 2.9 32.17 2.2 – – Group II.................................................. 31.83 1.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.39 4.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.45 1.6 32.81 .8 – – Group II.................................................. 31.78 1.3 32.02 1.2 – – Group III................................................. 33.85 3.0 33.85 3.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.33 9.2 30.33 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 31.97 3.8 31.97 3.8 – – Group III................................................. 28.22 13.4 28.22 13.4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.02 1.0 34.02 1.0 – – Group II.................................................. 32.70 3.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.57 .4 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.63 1.2 33.63 1.2 – – Group II.................................................. 32.39 3.5 32.39 3.5 – – Group III................................................. 34.14 .1 34.14 .1 – – Special education teachers...................................... 35.28 2.3 35.28 2.3 – – Group III................................................. 35.28 2.3 – – – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 21.95 22.4 27.41 22.9 15.10 12.9 Group II.................................................. 23.84 25.3 – – – – Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 29.45 19.4 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.47 5.5 11.75 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.63 7.1 11.00 6.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.56 15.6 28.94 16.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.07 5.4 – – – – Designers......................................................... 22.20 11.7 22.20 11.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.17 3.8 29.22 3.8 27.89 11.7 Group I................................................... 13.63 4.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.09 2.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.07 4.2 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 51.89 1.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.53 2.9 32.63 3.0 30.37 8.7 Group II.................................................. 30.38 2.0 30.47 2.1 – – Group III................................................. 34.76 5.1 34.89 5.0 – – Therapists........................................................ 39.47 7.5 39.87 7.6 – – Group III................................................. 41.78 7.6 – – – – Physical therapists............................................. 42.17 7.9 42.17 7.9 – – Group III................................................. 42.17 7.9 42.17 7.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.97 5.2 19.76 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 22.50 4.1 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.62 7.3 23.78 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 23.62 7.3 23.78 8.5 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.63 12.2 16.63 12.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.47 7.5 26.47 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.79 4.8 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.26 4.6 24.26 4.6 – – Group II.................................................. 24.79 4.8 24.79 4.8 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.76 15.8 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.32 4.8 21.32 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.67 5.3 21.67 5.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.05 2.1 12.32 2.6 9.57 20.8 Group I................................................... 11.10 7.4 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.77 7.1 11.10 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.58 7.7 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 10.88 32.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.88 32.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.99 2.2 11.00 2.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.70 2.2 10.70 2.3 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.98 3.3 14.15 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.15 8.7 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.50 12.5 12.55 14.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.52 13.3 12.58 15.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.59 6.3 19.10 5.0 10.16 8.1 Group I................................................... 10.31 5.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.45 1.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.32 3.6 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 20.41 5.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.41 5.0 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.67 4.4 15.67 4.4 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.67 4.4 15.67 4.4 – – Police officers................................................... 24.19 2.9 24.36 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.85 3.6 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.19 2.9 24.36 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.85 3.6 23.06 4.1 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. – – 10.11 3.9 – – Security guards................................................. – – 10.11 3.9 – – Group I................................................... – – 9.93 3.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.60 2.4 6.97 3.8 5.68 4.5 Group I................................................... 6.25 2.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.28 4.6 13.82 4.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.28 4.6 13.82 4.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.95 6.4 8.98 11.2 8.86 14.4 Group I................................................... 8.55 3.9 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.42 6.9 9.88 9.2 – – Group I................................................... 8.95 5.1 9.28 5.8 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.55 1.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.55 10.0 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.72 7.4 9.04 12.4 – – Group I................................................... 8.67 8.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.60 3.5 3.74 7.0 3.32 11.3 Group I................................................... 3.60 3.5 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 4.72 6.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 4.72 6.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.49 8.7 2.66 14.0 2.19 2.2 Group I................................................... 2.49 8.7 2.66 14.0 2.19 2.2 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.70 10.9 5.76 13.3 – – Group I................................................... 5.70 10.9 5.76 13.3 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.75 3.0 8.24 6.8 6.88 2.5 Group I................................................... 7.72 3.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.89 3.8 8.82 10.9 6.88 2.6 Group I................................................... 7.86 4.2 8.77 11.1 6.88 2.6 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.36 2.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.36 2.2 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.07 14.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.07 14.2 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 7.23 2.9 7.16 2.2 – – Group I................................................... 7.23 2.9 7.16 2.2 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.20 4.6 9.59 5.4 7.65 1.2 Group I................................................... 8.67 5.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.49 2.6 8.77 3.0 7.65 1.2 Group I................................................... 8.33 2.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.84 1.2 9.69 2.1 7.65 1.2 Group I................................................... 8.62 1.1 9.54 2.9 7.65 1.2 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.96 5.8 7.96 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 7.96 5.8 7.96 5.8 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.36 23.7 10.36 23.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.36 23.7 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.67 10.7 13.35 8.8 9.81 26.5 Group I................................................... 12.34 13.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.06 14.5 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.44 10.9 8.76 12.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.44 10.9 8.76 12.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.10 4.5 24.43 4.6 8.26 2.6 Group I................................................... 10.98 9.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.45 2.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 48.83 8.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.05 3.9 18.05 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 17.91 3.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.14 1.2 17.14 1.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.56 3.6 17.56 3.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.89 13.4 14.29 12.4 8.30 3.6 Group I................................................... 10.86 13.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.21 7.8 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.63 5.7 9.95 6.5 7.81 1.3 Group I................................................... 8.47 7.4 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.63 5.7 9.95 6.5 7.81 1.3 Group I................................................... 8.47 7.4 9.83 9.5 7.79 1.5 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.74 10.2 16.01 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.73 12.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.59 10.1 15.47 12.6 9.02 1.8 Group I................................................... 12.46 11.1 14.94 13.8 9.02 2.3 Group II.................................................. 19.03 7.6 19.03 7.6 – – Insurance sales agents............................................ 21.45 5.9 21.45 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 20.75 4.0 20.75 4.0 – – Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 39.67 1.2 39.67 1.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 38.90 5.5 38.90 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 35.58 8.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 46.72 9.7 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 42.25 6.2 42.25 6.2 – – Group III................................................. 44.05 11.8 44.05 11.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 37.93 6.3 37.93 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 35.41 8.3 35.41 8.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.77 3.2 16.27 3.3 10.85 5.8 Group I................................................... 13.15 2.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.71 3.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.12 8.4 25.12 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.38 9.1 22.38 9.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.65 5.2 16.27 4.6 11.34 9.7 Group I................................................... 14.82 6.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.49 5.3 – – – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.69 14.4 15.23 15.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.23 15.8 15.23 15.8 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.82 3.6 17.16 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 15.68 8.2 16.31 7.6 – – Group II.................................................. 17.88 5.4 17.88 5.4 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.65 8.2 12.51 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.56 8.2 12.50 7.6 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 18.34 7.2 18.55 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.92 2.9 15.09 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.49 9.0 21.49 9.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.17 6.6 12.43 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.17 6.6 12.43 7.4 – – Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 13.97 1.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.97 1.6 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 15.50 8.6 15.77 9.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.70 9.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.34 5.1 – – – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.61 11.9 14.86 13.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.91 8.4 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.46 16.4 15.18 13.7 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.48 6.2 14.62 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.75 7.3 14.75 7.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.09 3.3 12.18 4.8 8.09 5.4 Group I................................................... 10.91 4.0 12.05 5.7 8.09 5.4 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.41 2.5 19.45 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.39 8.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.05 5.0 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.07 6.5 22.28 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.86 7.4 21.04 7.7 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 17.54 5.8 17.54 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.47 11.2 18.47 11.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.55 5.3 18.55 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 15.87 14.2 15.87 14.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.39 2.4 19.39 2.4 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.26 4.8 13.05 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.26 4.8 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 13.24 3.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.24 3.3 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.31 4.7 12.49 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.56 3.2 11.68 3.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.35 2.6 16.35 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.17 1.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.76 3.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 23.70 5.9 23.70 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 23.59 12.1 23.59 12.1 – – Carpenters........................................................ 17.64 8.6 17.64 8.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.09 6.8 13.09 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.01 7.2 13.01 7.2 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.47 6.5 14.47 6.5 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.27 7.3 14.27 7.3 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 18.75 5.0 18.75 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.81 5.2 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 18.94 6.7 18.94 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 23.81 5.2 23.81 5.2 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.81 3.1 11.81 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.29 3.6 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.60 3.8 20.70 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.33 13.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.15 2.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 29.84 10.5 29.84 10.5 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 21.10 3.4 21.10 3.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.10 3.4 – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 21.15 3.7 21.15 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.15 3.7 21.15 3.7 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.21 5.1 21.21 5.1 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.79 5.7 19.79 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.90 11.9 – – – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 20.48 12.9 20.48 12.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.26 8.9 16.51 8.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.23 5.4 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.33 3.8 24.33 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.67 5.9 22.67 5.9 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.65 9.1 11.79 9.2 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.55 2.9 26.55 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 27.03 3.0 – – – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.29 13.7 17.29 13.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.24 4.9 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.23 2.8 16.37 2.8 10.87 3.7 Group I................................................... 12.50 7.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.61 5.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.34 12.8 23.34 12.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.28 3.3 21.28 3.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.74 7.4 12.74 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.00 7.8 – – – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.65 5.7 13.65 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.84 11.1 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 18.49 6.6 18.49 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 16.94 .1 16.94 .1 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.90 10.1 15.90 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.88 22.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.59 8.2 – – – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.07 9.2 16.07 9.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.78 23.3 14.78 23.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.59 8.2 18.59 8.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.83 9.2 17.81 9.4 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.85 4.3 13.91 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.47 8.8 – – – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.41 13.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.41 13.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.11 3.9 15.84 4.2 9.55 8.3 Group I................................................... 13.02 6.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.09 7.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand..................................................... 17.51 18.2 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 17.06 6.2 17.97 7.2 14.84 .8 Group I................................................... 15.75 1.6 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.44 .2 – – 14.79 1.0 Group I................................................... 14.40 .5 – – 14.75 1.0 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.75 7.2 18.18 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.63 12.4 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.32 8.7 20.32 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 17.19 9.8 17.19 9.8 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.52 17.6 15.52 17.6 – – Group I................................................... 15.41 17.3 15.41 17.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.30 4.4 12.30 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.30 4.4 12.30 4.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.30 5.5 10.90 6.6 8.76 9.7 Group I................................................... 10.21 5.8 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.01 14.5 11.06 14.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.01 14.5 11.06 14.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.04 4.7 11.19 5.7 10.58 9.6 Group I................................................... 10.91 4.9 10.98 6.0 10.68 10.0 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.84 14.7 – – 6.63 2.9 Group I................................................... 8.88 14.7 – – 6.63 2.9 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $11.00 $16.97 $28.98 $45.29 Management occupations.............................................. 22.41 32.98 45.29 62.08 78.39 General and operations managers................................... 28.86 34.38 70.15 114.90 116.93 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.93 34.87 56.03 75.72 80.29 Marketing managers.............................................. 34.87 72.12 72.12 73.08 80.29 Sales managers.................................................. 33.93 33.93 38.94 75.72 96.15 Administrative services managers.................................. 23.24 24.29 41.24 41.24 48.26 Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.91 51.89 63.57 72.52 78.83 Financial managers................................................ 38.46 45.67 54.19 69.71 81.18 Human resources managers.......................................... 28.98 28.98 52.85 67.24 67.24 Industrial production managers.................................... 18.00 30.54 42.97 60.14 63.26 Purchasing managers............................................... 27.37 27.37 35.82 59.06 73.00 Construction managers............................................. 22.41 27.01 31.25 37.04 58.23 Education administrators.......................................... 11.00 14.19 35.95 44.13 59.42 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 35.95 37.44 39.86 44.13 49.50 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 26.01 26.01 41.38 46.04 70.70 Engineering managers.............................................. 44.29 48.08 57.16 65.06 65.06 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.90 25.45 37.85 48.08 57.43 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 12.10 15.87 25.60 32.98 32.98 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.22 24.56 32.45 40.06 50.75 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 13.94 22.17 28.14 34.45 36.95 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.97 24.67 31.60 42.16 49.05 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 20.19 27.64 32.53 59.49 59.49 Loan officers................................................... 20.19 27.64 32.53 59.49 59.49 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.33 31.50 38.07 48.08 60.10 Computer software engineers....................................... 34.49 37.57 44.18 60.10 72.12 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 33.36 37.03 67.31 72.12 154.00 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.04 37.60 42.82 50.72 60.10 Computer support specialists...................................... 19.02 21.33 29.04 37.44 41.93 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.05 36.93 42.44 48.08 105.00 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 26.44 26.44 31.80 33.65 36.68 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 21.01 34.62 34.62 36.82 49.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.13 29.85 43.41 58.01 72.12 Engineers......................................................... 25.86 34.97 46.92 61.50 75.72 Chemical engineers.............................................. 37.69 39.33 60.58 72.12 80.48 Civil engineers................................................. 28.16 30.72 37.54 47.42 71.01 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 22.90 29.96 43.82 44.38 63.46 Mechanical engineers............................................ 24.88 26.28 38.21 44.25 67.50 Petroleum engineers............................................. 43.27 51.44 75.00 81.64 85.58 Drafters.......................................................... 16.88 20.00 27.68 50.42 54.14 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.75 26.70 32.85 52.50 57.28 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.77 17.55 32.16 51.46 79.81 Physical scientists............................................... 21.64 26.95 32.43 67.98 87.12 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 21.64 25.81 32.28 80.29 89.90 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.98 15.87 19.84 25.76 39.26 Counselors........................................................ 15.87 18.27 27.66 38.71 43.21 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.87 19.04 32.84 41.57 43.21 Social workers.................................................... 15.39 15.90 19.23 25.00 33.37 Legal occupations................................................... 18.46 26.16 28.72 34.47 53.61 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.56 22.73 31.45 35.82 43.14 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.01 37.80 45.91 70.55 132.21 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 36.38 38.74 50.56 69.26 96.93 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 38.86 38.86 91.39 162.62 180.29 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 38.86 38.86 96.15 162.62 180.29 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 23.09 28.56 30.27 41.94 45.91 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.81 30.13 32.26 35.34 40.33 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 7.00 19.59 30.60 33.51 38.05 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.60 29.85 31.73 34.74 39.32 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.88 30.02 31.91 34.69 39.82 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.53 24.48 30.70 34.95 37.94 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.35 30.69 33.12 36.11 40.74 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.12 30.48 32.76 35.69 40.33 Special education teachers...................................... 30.69 31.73 33.67 36.99 43.53 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 11.56 12.50 18.00 33.90 38.25 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 18.00 19.00 35.09 38.25 40.68 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.50 9.50 11.45 13.00 14.46 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.00 19.50 22.02 28.85 50.48 Designers......................................................... 17.00 17.79 19.50 22.99 35.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.00 19.70 27.59 37.22 45.68 Pharmacists....................................................... 49.00 52.00 52.00 53.24 55.77 Registered nurses................................................. 23.56 27.80 32.96 37.00 41.46 Therapists........................................................ 26.38 34.96 40.00 47.25 47.25 Physical therapists............................................. 34.96 40.00 40.48 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.40 14.42 20.31 25.00 26.99 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 14.42 22.00 24.03 26.99 26.99 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 11.58 12.98 15.03 20.31 24.35 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 15.42 19.00 25.33 31.10 40.39 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 16.00 19.00 24.50 29.76 31.00 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.77 12.00 12.50 14.50 25.64 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.25 18.54 19.75 26.25 27.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 10.00 11.00 13.48 17.65 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.25 10.41 12.16 13.94 Home health aides............................................... 6.40 6.40 10.25 13.33 18.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.90 9.50 10.75 12.52 13.82 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.24 10.60 12.66 16.85 19.63 Medical assistants.............................................. 10.24 10.30 11.81 14.28 17.65 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 11.60 17.08 25.23 29.29 Fire fighters..................................................... 14.94 16.60 20.43 25.96 26.41 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.95 13.93 15.58 17.08 18.32 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.95 13.93 15.58 17.08 18.32 Police officers................................................... 14.50 20.81 25.09 27.90 32.28 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.50 20.81 25.09 27.90 32.28 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.00 6.70 8.50 11.00 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 6.50 9.25 12.10 16.52 22.24 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 6.50 9.25 12.10 16.52 22.24 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 6.75 8.50 9.32 12.50 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.50 8.00 8.50 10.25 12.50 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 6.75 9.14 11.00 13.00 17.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.55 6.75 8.50 10.18 11.65 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.35 4.00 7.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.38 3.00 4.00 6.43 7.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.38 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.35 3.75 6.55 7.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.20 6.55 7.25 8.46 9.81 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.95 6.55 7.00 9.31 10.89 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 6.55 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.75 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 4.25 6.55 6.55 11.89 12.93 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.50 7.00 7.00 7.50 8.63 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.75 7.25 8.31 9.75 12.10 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.40 7.25 8.28 9.50 10.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 7.25 8.76 9.98 11.27 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.40 6.95 7.61 8.75 9.90 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.63 8.00 8.00 9.50 20.92 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.55 7.25 8.50 13.00 21.01 Child care workers................................................ 6.55 6.55 7.25 9.50 11.64 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.63 9.13 15.49 25.65 44.83 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.50 12.90 16.40 21.49 23.30 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.50 12.90 16.40 21.49 22.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 8.00 9.34 12.60 19.33 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.30 11.72 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.30 11.72 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.00 8.25 11.00 20.01 23.47 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.75 8.73 10.85 15.11 22.98 Insurance sales agents............................................ 15.72 16.68 21.90 24.12 26.08 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 14.91 16.95 29.60 52.89 71.51 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 20.00 24.04 36.21 50.00 60.31 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 22.23 27.80 48.43 50.00 56.30 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 19.14 24.04 35.80 48.77 60.31 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.57 11.64 14.65 19.00 23.06 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.27 20.04 22.12 29.33 32.69 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.89 12.75 15.00 19.91 22.56 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.50 12.19 12.81 17.25 22.56 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.75 13.93 16.00 20.19 23.06 Tellers......................................................... 9.07 10.80 11.54 13.21 14.01 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.74 14.09 16.00 20.84 28.93 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 9.57 11.15 13.49 17.31 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 9.45 10.78 11.39 19.00 19.00 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.00 12.67 14.93 19.13 19.76 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 10.00 11.00 14.71 16.48 19.23 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 8.17 9.49 14.34 16.83 23.08 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.85 11.86 14.00 17.03 20.03 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.29 9.25 11.02 13.29 15.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 15.38 17.73 22.06 27.54 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.55 16.91 20.64 24.14 31.95 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.64 12.75 15.56 20.67 26.20 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.25 15.50 17.66 21.62 25.40 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.21 12.00 12.62 14.46 17.00 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.81 12.08 12.94 14.46 15.35 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.87 10.45 11.50 13.95 16.05 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.00 14.51 19.00 26.00 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 17.02 19.50 21.00 28.75 30.66 Carpenters........................................................ 11.50 13.50 18.42 20.97 26.36 Construction laborers............................................. 9.00 11.00 14.00 14.51 16.75 Construction equipment operators.................................. 11.00 12.50 14.00 15.50 21.85 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 10.00 12.50 13.30 15.00 21.85 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.00 14.50 17.00 23.00 28.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.00 14.50 18.00 23.00 28.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.50 10.50 11.50 12.50 16.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 16.00 20.00 26.00 30.03 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 23.07 24.50 26.58 29.81 39.60 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.08 17.86 19.48 23.57 30.75 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 11.85 17.63 19.48 23.57 30.75 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 16.85 18.40 21.97 24.37 24.87 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 15.63 16.58 18.95 22.96 24.65 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 15.00 17.00 18.75 25.00 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 7.34 10.00 15.00 23.09 26.41 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.23 21.74 24.00 26.41 29.01 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.34 8.00 10.10 14.62 17.05 Line installers and repairers..................................... 21.90 25.31 27.37 30.03 30.03 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.00 10.69 18.54 20.63 26.85 Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 11.00 14.41 19.23 26.65 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.50 19.23 20.44 26.44 32.69 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.00 7.80 10.20 16.81 21.32 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 11.51 11.51 13.70 14.41 17.13 Machinists........................................................ 12.25 14.10 17.75 20.50 27.35 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 8.51 11.49 15.00 18.00 25.20 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 8.50 11.49 15.00 18.00 25.20 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 13.00 15.00 20.00 27.41 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.15 9.89 13.00 16.79 23.50 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.00 10.44 10.44 12.00 22.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 10.00 13.24 17.42 27.16 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand..................................................... 13.00 13.65 14.00 23.55 25.25 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.75 14.32 17.23 20.34 21.48 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.24 12.87 13.75 15.95 18.38 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.75 12.34 14.95 22.06 28.54 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.67 14.75 17.08 22.97 29.86 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 10.58 13.44 16.75 28.19 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.90 10.00 11.25 14.22 17.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 7.25 10.00 12.75 15.44 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.00 7.50 8.50 13.24 13.78 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.55 9.00 10.50 13.00 15.60 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.55 6.55 7.05 9.25 16.36 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.52 $10.50 $16.50 $28.00 $47.25 Management occupations.............................................. 22.41 32.98 45.67 63.57 80.29 General and operations managers................................... 28.86 34.38 70.15 114.90 116.93 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.93 34.87 56.03 75.72 80.29 Marketing managers.............................................. 34.87 72.12 72.12 73.08 80.29 Sales managers.................................................. 33.93 33.93 38.94 75.72 96.15 Computer and information systems managers......................... 51.80 53.59 63.57 72.52 79.17 Financial managers................................................ 43.32 45.67 54.19 70.74 81.18 Human resources managers.......................................... 28.98 28.98 52.85 67.24 67.24 Industrial production managers.................................... 18.00 30.54 42.97 60.14 63.26 Purchasing managers............................................... 27.37 27.37 35.82 59.06 73.00 Construction managers............................................. 22.41 27.01 31.25 37.04 58.23 Education administrators.......................................... 11.00 13.50 14.19 41.97 64.39 Engineering managers.............................................. 44.29 48.08 57.16 65.06 65.06 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.90 27.50 43.27 48.08 57.43 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 12.10 15.87 25.60 32.98 32.98 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.97 25.03 33.89 41.56 50.75 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 13.94 26.01 28.14 34.45 41.11 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.97 25.88 32.45 44.98 49.05 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 20.19 27.64 32.53 59.49 59.49 Loan officers................................................... 20.19 27.64 32.53 59.49 59.49 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.33 29.80 39.81 48.65 60.10 Computer software engineers....................................... 36.50 37.84 45.48 60.10 72.12 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.04 37.60 42.82 50.72 60.10 Computer support specialists...................................... 19.02 21.33 29.04 37.50 43.27 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.97 39.81 44.55 51.49 105.00 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.28 30.58 43.82 59.09 72.12 Engineers......................................................... 25.86 34.97 46.92 61.50 75.72 Chemical engineers.............................................. 37.69 39.33 60.58 72.12 80.48 Civil engineers................................................. 28.16 30.72 37.54 47.42 71.01 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 22.90 29.96 43.82 44.38 63.46 Mechanical engineers............................................ 24.88 26.28 38.21 44.25 67.50 Petroleum engineers............................................. 43.27 51.44 75.00 81.64 85.58 Drafters.......................................................... 16.88 20.00 27.68 50.42 54.14 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.08 27.05 40.39 54.86 57.28 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.02 26.15 37.84 65.07 83.65 Physical scientists............................................... 21.64 28.02 52.88 81.78 114.57 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.00 12.98 17.70 25.00 25.00 Legal occupations................................................... 18.46 26.16 28.72 34.47 53.61 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.00 8.50 20.16 31.34 132.21 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.78 63.82 101.39 162.62 180.29 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 7.00 8.00 21.53 22.72 29.40 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.00 19.23 19.50 28.85 50.48 Designers......................................................... 17.00 17.79 19.50 19.50 43.93 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.86 20.31 28.57 38.95 47.25 Pharmacists....................................................... 49.00 52.00 52.00 53.24 55.77 Registered nurses................................................. 24.45 27.59 32.70 36.67 41.40 Therapists........................................................ 26.38 34.96 40.00 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.50 15.00 22.50 25.75 26.99 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 22.00 23.21 25.58 26.99 27.78 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 17.00 19.00 25.73 33.00 40.39 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 18.50 21.02 24.54 29.76 30.81 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.00 18.86 20.00 26.25 27.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.43 9.76 11.00 13.38 18.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.00 10.35 12.21 14.15 Home health aides............................................... 6.40 6.40 10.25 13.33 18.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.75 9.50 10.58 12.50 13.76 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.02 10.30 12.42 17.65 23.36 Medical assistants.............................................. 10.24 10.24 10.94 13.00 17.65 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.33 9.00 9.50 10.30 12.02 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.38 6.55 8.00 9.87 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 6.50 9.00 11.50 14.42 22.24 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 6.50 9.00 11.50 14.42 22.24 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 6.55 8.25 9.08 12.50 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.35 8.00 8.25 8.50 10.25 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 6.75 9.14 11.00 13.00 17.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.55 6.55 7.50 9.75 11.65 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.35 4.00 7.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.38 3.00 4.00 6.43 7.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.38 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.35 3.75 6.55 7.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.05 6.55 7.07 7.65 8.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.55 6.70 7.80 9.00 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 6.55 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.75 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 4.25 4.25 6.55 7.50 11.89 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.50 7.00 7.00 7.50 8.63 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.40 7.00 8.00 9.13 10.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.40 7.00 7.75 9.20 10.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.75 7.25 7.95 9.80 10.50 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.40 6.95 7.61 8.75 9.90 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.55 7.25 8.50 13.00 22.50 Child care workers................................................ 6.55 6.55 7.25 8.50 11.64 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.60 9.13 15.49 25.81 44.87 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.50 12.90 16.40 21.49 23.30 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.50 12.90 16.40 21.49 22.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 8.00 9.34 12.60 19.33 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.30 11.72 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.30 11.72 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.00 8.25 11.00 20.01 23.47 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.75 8.73 10.85 15.11 22.98 Insurance sales agents............................................ 15.72 16.68 21.90 24.12 26.08 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 14.91 16.95 29.60 52.89 71.51 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 20.00 24.04 36.21 50.00 60.31 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 22.23 27.80 48.43 50.00 56.30 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 19.14 24.04 35.80 48.77 60.31 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.50 11.50 14.50 19.17 23.08 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.27 20.04 22.12 29.33 32.69 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.60 12.50 15.00 19.95 22.56 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.50 11.91 12.81 17.25 22.56 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.75 13.75 16.00 20.19 23.06 Tellers......................................................... 9.07 10.80 11.54 13.21 14.01 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.73 13.93 16.00 20.89 28.93 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 9.57 11.15 13.49 17.31 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 9.45 10.78 11.39 19.00 19.00 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.00 11.00 14.71 16.48 19.23 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 10.00 11.00 14.71 16.48 19.23 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 8.17 9.49 14.00 16.83 23.08 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.70 11.80 14.00 16.92 20.03 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.29 9.25 11.02 13.29 15.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.23 15.00 18.45 22.57 28.85 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.38 16.91 21.17 25.18 31.95 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.64 12.32 15.35 24.74 26.20 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.25 15.70 18.26 22.27 27.50 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.81 12.23 13.26 14.46 17.00 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.81 12.08 12.94 14.46 15.35 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.87 10.41 11.39 13.00 15.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.00 14.51 19.00 26.00 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 17.02 19.50 21.00 28.75 30.66 Carpenters........................................................ 11.50 13.50 18.42 20.97 26.36 Construction laborers............................................. 9.00 11.00 14.00 14.51 16.75 Construction equipment operators.................................. 10.50 12.50 14.00 15.50 21.85 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 10.00 12.50 13.25 15.00 21.85 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.00 14.50 17.00 23.00 28.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.00 14.50 18.00 23.00 28.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.50 10.50 11.50 12.50 16.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 16.05 20.50 26.00 30.03 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 23.07 24.50 27.40 31.20 39.60 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 11.71 16.15 19.41 24.71 30.88 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 11.59 15.53 19.41 26.03 30.88 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 15.63 16.58 18.95 22.96 24.65 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 15.00 17.00 18.75 25.00 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 7.34 9.20 15.00 23.09 26.50 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.23 21.74 24.13 26.53 29.01 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.34 8.00 10.00 12.50 16.00 Line installers and repairers..................................... 21.90 25.31 27.37 30.03 30.03 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.00 11.86 18.62 20.63 29.08 Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 11.00 14.41 19.23 26.65 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.50 19.23 20.44 26.44 32.69 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.00 7.80 10.20 16.81 21.32 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 11.51 11.51 13.70 14.41 17.13 Machinists........................................................ 12.25 14.10 17.75 20.50 27.35 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 8.51 11.49 15.00 18.00 25.20 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 8.50 11.49 15.00 18.00 25.20 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 13.00 15.00 20.00 27.41 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.15 9.89 13.00 16.79 23.50 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.00 10.44 10.44 12.00 22.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 10.00 13.22 17.50 27.46 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand..................................................... 13.00 13.65 14.00 23.55 25.25 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.75 12.34 15.20 22.06 28.54 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.75 14.75 17.47 23.31 30.44 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 10.50 13.75 16.88 28.19 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.90 10.00 11.25 14.22 17.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 7.25 10.00 12.62 15.44 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 13.24 13.78 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.55 9.00 10.50 13.00 15.60 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.55 6.55 7.05 9.25 16.36 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.24 $14.32 $21.73 $32.34 $39.19 Management occupations.............................................. 23.67 35.22 40.87 42.52 48.26 Education administrators.......................................... 34.29 36.91 39.86 44.13 49.50 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 35.95 37.44 39.86 44.13 49.50 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.45 20.12 23.31 24.69 29.49 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.63 31.80 36.57 39.13 41.35 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.41 16.94 27.42 39.77 43.23 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.52 17.30 21.16 34.38 43.21 Counselors........................................................ 15.87 19.04 32.84 41.57 43.21 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.87 19.04 32.84 41.57 43.21 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.18 29.24 32.05 36.10 41.85 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.49 34.26 39.69 52.36 64.90 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 37.25 38.80 54.16 69.26 96.93 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 23.09 28.49 30.23 42.24 45.91 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.35 30.38 32.76 35.66 40.61 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.72 29.62 31.68 34.37 39.19 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.23 30.13 32.24 35.03 39.82 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.15 30.13 32.11 34.83 39.96 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.35 30.08 32.58 35.03 39.28 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.95 30.88 33.47 36.38 41.11 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.68 30.73 32.97 35.77 40.33 Special education teachers...................................... 30.69 31.73 33.67 36.99 43.53 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.99 11.56 28.00 36.97 39.65 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 20.28 28.00 37.58 38.25 40.68 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.28 10.74 12.19 13.37 15.16 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.51 15.93 23.98 33.34 39.35 Registered nurses................................................. 23.56 30.24 33.58 39.10 41.74 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.75 10.33 11.81 13.78 14.90 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.88 11.99 13.15 14.53 15.64 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.92 16.11 21.17 26.41 31.47 Fire fighters..................................................... 14.94 16.60 20.43 25.96 26.41 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.95 13.93 15.58 17.08 18.32 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.95 13.93 15.58 17.08 18.32 Police officers................................................... 14.50 20.81 25.09 27.90 32.28 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.50 20.81 25.09 27.90 32.28 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.94 9.80 10.82 12.90 16.52 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.31 9.80 9.81 11.21 12.08 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.31 9.80 9.81 11.21 12.08 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.40 8.98 9.80 11.97 21.75 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.37 8.74 9.31 10.24 11.87 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.37 8.74 9.31 10.24 11.87 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.24 12.36 12.75 14.42 18.38 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.27 13.02 15.58 17.78 20.11 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.65 14.87 17.59 19.76 21.91 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.56 15.76 17.22 19.30 21.32 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.60 16.38 17.79 19.40 21.84 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.78 15.18 17.22 19.65 21.18 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.26 11.22 12.62 14.56 16.71 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.31 13.49 19.48 21.97 23.79 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.38 12.42 13.26 15.16 17.49 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.39 13.64 15.33 17.49 19.63 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.24 12.87 13.75 15.95 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $12.02 $18.23 $30.15 $47.15 Management occupations.............................................. 23.24 32.98 45.67 62.50 78.83 General and operations managers................................... 28.86 34.38 70.15 114.90 116.93 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.93 34.87 56.03 75.72 80.29 Marketing managers.............................................. 34.87 72.12 72.12 73.08 80.29 Sales managers.................................................. 33.93 33.93 38.94 75.72 96.15 Administrative services managers.................................. 23.24 24.29 41.24 41.24 48.26 Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.91 51.89 63.57 72.52 78.83 Financial managers................................................ 38.46 45.67 54.19 69.71 81.18 Human resources managers.......................................... 28.98 28.98 52.85 67.24 67.24 Industrial production managers.................................... 18.00 30.54 42.97 60.14 63.26 Purchasing managers............................................... 27.37 27.37 35.82 59.06 73.00 Construction managers............................................. 22.41 27.01 31.25 37.04 58.23 Education administrators.......................................... 11.00 14.19 35.95 44.13 59.42 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 35.95 37.44 39.86 44.13 49.50 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 26.01 26.01 41.38 46.04 70.70 Engineering managers.............................................. 44.29 48.08 57.16 65.06 65.06 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.90 25.45 37.85 48.08 57.43 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 12.10 15.87 25.60 32.98 32.98 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.22 24.56 32.45 40.06 50.75 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 13.94 22.17 28.14 34.45 36.95 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.97 25.00 31.97 42.50 49.05 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 20.19 27.64 32.53 59.49 59.49 Loan officers................................................... 20.19 27.64 32.53 59.49 59.49 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.33 31.88 38.43 48.08 60.10 Computer software engineers....................................... 34.49 37.57 44.18 60.10 72.12 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 33.36 37.03 67.31 72.12 154.00 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.04 37.60 42.82 50.72 60.10 Computer support specialists...................................... 20.31 21.33 29.04 37.50 42.95 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.05 36.93 42.44 48.08 105.00 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 26.44 26.44 31.80 33.65 36.68 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 21.01 34.62 34.62 36.82 49.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.13 29.85 43.41 58.01 72.12 Engineers......................................................... 25.86 34.97 46.92 61.50 75.72 Chemical engineers.............................................. 37.69 39.33 60.58 72.12 80.48 Civil engineers................................................. 28.16 30.72 37.54 47.42 71.01 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 22.90 29.96 43.82 44.38 63.46 Mechanical engineers............................................ 24.88 26.28 38.21 44.25 67.50 Petroleum engineers............................................. 43.27 51.44 75.00 81.64 85.58 Drafters.......................................................... 16.88 20.00 27.68 50.42 54.14 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.75 26.70 32.85 52.50 57.28 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.77 17.55 32.16 51.46 79.81 Physical scientists............................................... 21.64 26.95 32.43 67.98 87.12 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 21.64 25.81 32.28 80.29 89.90 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.98 15.87 19.45 25.76 39.17 Counselors........................................................ 15.87 17.79 32.20 39.70 43.21 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.87 19.04 32.84 41.57 43.21 Social workers.................................................... 15.39 15.90 19.23 25.00 33.37 Legal occupations................................................... 18.46 26.16 28.72 34.47 53.61 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.27 28.08 31.73 36.26 43.53 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.01 37.64 47.36 71.89 132.21 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 36.38 39.38 57.51 72.66 96.93 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 38.86 38.86 91.39 162.62 180.29 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 23.09 28.56 30.94 42.75 45.91 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.11 30.13 32.30 35.34 40.33 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 7.00 19.59 30.60 33.51 38.05 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.11 29.96 31.76 34.85 39.39 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.15 30.13 32.11 34.83 39.96 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.53 24.48 30.70 34.95 37.94 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.35 30.69 33.12 36.11 40.74 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.12 30.48 32.76 35.69 40.33 Special education teachers...................................... 30.69 31.73 33.67 36.99 43.53 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 12.58 13.16 31.75 37.58 40.68 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.50 9.99 11.76 13.09 14.84 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.79 19.50 22.02 29.57 50.48 Designers......................................................... 17.00 17.79 19.50 22.99 35.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.21 19.67 27.59 37.22 46.22 Registered nurses................................................. 23.56 28.06 33.00 37.12 41.54 Therapists........................................................ 26.38 35.17 40.00 47.25 47.25 Physical therapists............................................. 34.96 40.00 40.48 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.32 14.42 18.11 25.52 26.99 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 14.42 22.19 25.45 26.99 27.78 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 11.58 12.98 15.03 20.31 24.35 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 15.42 19.00 25.33 31.10 40.39 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 16.00 19.00 24.50 29.76 31.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.25 18.54 19.75 26.25 27.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.00 11.00 13.78 18.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.50 9.62 10.67 12.28 14.15 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.90 9.50 10.75 12.53 13.85 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.24 10.50 13.00 17.00 19.63 Medical assistants.............................................. 10.24 10.24 10.94 14.85 17.65 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.46 12.95 17.57 25.82 29.44 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.95 13.93 15.58 17.08 18.32 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.95 13.93 15.58 17.08 18.32 Police officers................................................... 14.50 21.80 25.27 27.90 32.28 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.50 21.80 25.27 27.90 32.28 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.33 9.00 9.50 10.70 12.90 Security guards................................................. 8.33 9.00 9.50 10.70 12.90 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.75 7.00 9.00 11.65 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 6.50 10.50 12.40 17.76 22.24 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 6.50 10.50 12.40 17.76 22.24 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 7.00 8.50 9.08 12.50 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.00 8.25 8.50 10.41 13.14 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.55 6.55 8.75 11.65 11.65 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 4.00 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.35 2.38 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.35 3.75 6.55 8.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 6.70 7.25 9.50 11.21 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 6.70 8.46 9.81 11.75 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.50 7.00 7.00 7.25 7.58 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.95 7.63 8.74 10.03 13.41 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.42 7.30 8.74 9.80 10.90 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.75 8.66 9.31 10.28 12.18 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.40 6.95 7.61 8.75 9.90 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.63 8.00 8.00 9.50 20.92 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.55 7.50 9.63 13.82 25.00 Child care workers................................................ 6.55 7.00 8.05 11.64 12.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.13 12.18 19.33 30.71 48.43 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.50 12.90 16.40 21.49 23.30 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.50 12.90 16.40 21.49 22.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.25 9.13 11.75 16.53 24.34 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.79 8.00 9.34 11.78 14.01 Cashiers...................................................... 7.79 8.00 9.34 11.78 14.01 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.54 11.00 13.50 22.07 25.18 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.58 9.45 12.50 17.31 26.19 Insurance sales agents............................................ 15.72 16.68 21.90 24.12 26.08 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 14.91 16.95 29.60 52.89 71.51 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 20.00 24.04 36.21 50.00 60.31 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 22.23 27.80 48.43 50.00 56.30 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 19.14 24.04 35.80 48.77 60.31 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.00 15.00 19.44 23.08 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.27 20.04 22.12 29.33 32.69 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.50 12.81 15.00 20.19 22.56 Bill and account collectors..................................... 10.34 12.81 12.81 22.56 22.56 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.13 14.24 16.53 21.14 23.06 Tellers......................................................... 10.89 10.91 12.00 13.70 15.32 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.60 14.42 16.00 20.89 28.93 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.57 9.57 11.15 14.00 17.31 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.00 13.23 15.00 19.23 19.76 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 10.00 12.03 14.71 16.48 19.23 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 9.49 9.49 16.00 17.19 23.56 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.70 11.87 14.00 17.45 20.03 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.71 10.12 12.25 13.75 15.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 15.38 17.80 22.12 27.62 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.90 16.91 20.64 24.42 31.95 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.64 12.75 15.56 20.67 26.20 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.25 15.50 17.66 21.62 25.40 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.13 11.81 12.53 14.46 15.72 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.87 10.45 11.98 14.31 16.71 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.00 14.51 19.00 26.00 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 17.02 19.50 21.00 28.75 30.66 Carpenters........................................................ 11.50 13.50 18.42 20.97 26.36 Construction laborers............................................. 9.00 11.00 14.00 14.51 16.75 Construction equipment operators.................................. 11.00 12.50 14.00 15.50 21.85 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 10.00 12.50 13.30 15.00 21.85 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.00 14.50 17.00 23.00 28.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.00 14.50 18.00 23.00 28.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.50 10.50 11.50 12.50 16.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 16.00 20.35 26.00 30.03 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 23.07 24.50 26.58 29.81 39.60 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.08 17.86 19.48 23.57 30.75 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 11.85 17.63 19.48 23.57 30.75 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 16.85 18.40 21.97 24.37 24.87 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 15.63 16.58 18.95 22.96 24.65 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 15.00 17.00 18.75 25.00 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 7.34 10.00 16.00 23.09 26.50 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.23 21.74 24.00 26.41 29.01 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.34 8.00 10.00 15.00 17.40 Line installers and repairers..................................... 21.90 25.31 27.37 30.03 30.03 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.00 10.69 18.54 20.63 26.85 Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 11.00 14.50 19.23 26.65 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.50 19.23 20.44 26.44 32.69 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.00 7.80 10.20 16.81 21.32 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 11.51 11.51 13.70 14.41 17.13 Machinists........................................................ 12.25 14.10 17.75 20.50 27.35 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 8.51 11.49 15.00 18.00 25.20 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 8.50 11.49 15.00 18.00 25.20 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 13.00 15.00 20.00 27.41 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 10.00 13.00 16.79 23.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.25 11.00 13.92 18.10 27.46 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.42 15.68 19.63 21.48 21.48 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 12.91 15.20 22.06 28.54 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.67 14.75 17.08 22.97 29.86 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 10.58 13.44 16.75 28.19 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.90 10.00 11.25 14.22 17.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 8.00 10.00 13.20 15.60 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.50 8.00 12.35 13.78 14.25 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.23 9.00 10.89 13.20 15.60 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.85 $6.75 $8.00 $10.50 $14.36 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.07 8.07 11.50 18.00 21.68 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 8.13 11.56 11.56 18.00 21.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.39 22.00 27.62 37.51 40.00 Registered nurses................................................. 14.00 26.00 31.50 37.00 40.03 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.40 6.40 9.25 12.50 14.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.25 8.76 9.47 10.10 14.94 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.13 6.30 7.09 9.32 Cooks............................................................. 5.90 6.50 8.00 11.00 13.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.43 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.85 6.05 6.58 7.09 8.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.05 6.58 7.09 8.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.00 7.00 7.25 8.25 10.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.00 7.00 7.25 8.25 10.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.00 7.00 7.25 8.25 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.85 6.55 7.00 9.50 18.10 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.75 7.15 7.85 8.73 10.30 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.75 7.15 8.00 8.79 10.30 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.15 7.67 8.37 9.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.15 7.67 8.37 9.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 7.50 8.73 10.07 11.72 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.52 8.02 10.31 12.50 15.08 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.75 9.07 11.50 12.59 17.25 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.75 7.00 7.65 9.25 9.50 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 10.13 10.50 11.00 12.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.55 6.55 7.50 10.76 15.00 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.19 13.64 15.00 15.13 17.12 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.79 13.64 14.14 15.69 17.76 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 6.55 7.25 10.50 11.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.55 8.25 10.50 11.00 16.12 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.85 6.55 6.55 7.05 7.05 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 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........................................................... $24.14 $18.23 $955 $720 39.6 $48,659 $37,440 2,016 Management occupations.............................................. 49.59 45.67 1,982 1,827 40.0 102,362 93,001 2,064 General and operations managers................................... 74.21 70.15 2,968 2,806 40.0 154,349 145,918 2,080 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.78 56.03 2,311 2,241 40.0 120,184 116,542 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 67.74 72.12 2,710 2,885 40.0 140,903 149,999 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 52.51 38.94 2,100 1,558 40.0 109,212 80,999 2,080 Administrative services managers.................................. 36.38 41.24 1,417 1,650 39.0 73,695 85,777 2,025 Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.20 63.57 2,528 2,543 40.0 131,460 132,230 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 58.82 54.19 2,353 2,168 40.0 122,346 112,721 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 48.73 52.85 1,949 2,114 40.0 101,356 109,936 2,080 Industrial production managers.................................... 41.32 42.97 1,685 1,719 40.8 87,621 89,386 2,121 Purchasing managers............................................... 44.18 35.82 1,767 1,433 40.0 91,894 74,506 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 34.59 31.25 1,384 1,250 40.0 71,956 65,000 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 33.17 35.95 1,302 1,409 39.2 62,352 62,009 1,880 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.09 39.86 1,643 1,594 40.0 70,031 67,753 1,704 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 43.33 41.38 1,446 1,599 33.4 67,616 61,945 1,561 Engineering managers.............................................. 56.43 57.16 2,257 2,286 40.0 117,364 118,893 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 37.50 37.85 1,500 1,514 40.0 78,001 78,728 2,080 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.36 25.60 975 1,024 40.0 50,719 53,248 2,082 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.99 32.45 1,369 1,298 40.3 71,143 67,496 2,093 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.38 28.14 1,135 1,126 40.0 59,029 58,531 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 33.84 31.97 1,352 1,279 40.0 70,260 66,500 2,076 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 38.77 32.53 1,551 1,301 40.0 80,648 67,660 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 38.77 32.53 1,551 1,301 40.0 80,648 67,660 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.73 38.43 1,668 1,527 40.0 86,617 79,186 2,076 Computer software engineers....................................... 52.16 44.18 2,086 1,767 40.0 108,484 91,901 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 65.86 67.31 2,634 2,692 40.0 136,987 140,001 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.07 42.82 1,843 1,713 40.0 95,826 89,059 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 30.16 29.04 1,206 1,162 40.0 62,625 60,403 2,077 Computer systems analysts......................................... 47.98 42.44 1,919 1,698 40.0 99,801 88,275 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.97 31.80 1,239 1,272 40.0 64,409 66,144 2,080 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.80 34.62 1,432 1,385 40.0 73,420 71,999 2,051 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 46.63 43.41 1,865 1,737 40.0 96,963 90,293 2,079 Engineers......................................................... 50.37 46.92 2,015 1,877 40.0 104,767 97,594 2,080 Chemical engineers.............................................. 60.41 60.58 2,417 2,423 40.0 125,659 126,000 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 44.12 37.54 1,765 1,501 40.0 91,764 78,073 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.49 43.82 1,580 1,753 40.0 82,149 91,144 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 42.58 38.21 1,703 1,528 40.0 88,567 79,477 2,080 Petroleum engineers............................................. 68.91 75.00 2,756 3,000 40.0 143,331 156,000 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 33.10 27.68 1,324 1,107 40.0 68,640 57,568 2,074 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 38.10 32.85 1,524 1,314 40.0 79,258 68,336 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 39.32 32.16 1,574 1,286 40.0 78,718 64,092 2,002 Physical scientists............................................... 49.68 32.43 1,987 1,297 40.0 103,343 67,456 2,080 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 51.72 32.28 2,069 1,291 40.0 107,583 67,149 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.57 19.45 896 780 39.7 43,606 41,662 1,932 Counselors........................................................ 29.21 32.20 1,145 1,288 39.2 50,603 51,259 1,733 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.03 32.84 1,213 1,290 39.1 52,337 52,786 1,686 Social workers.................................................... 21.64 19.23 862 771 39.8 43,637 40,498 2,016 Legal occupations................................................... 35.34 28.72 1,365 1,077 38.6 70,959 56,000 2,008 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.60 31.73 1,309 1,231 39.0 51,346 46,449 1,528 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 70.49 47.36 2,785 1,888 39.5 129,372 81,675 1,835 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 59.49 57.51 2,319 2,272 39.0 95,934 89,708 1,613 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 113.10 91.39 4,473 3,556 39.6 228,791 162,989 2,023 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 35.03 30.94 1,414 1,248 40.4 66,003 60,341 1,884 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.47 32.30 1,261 1,251 38.8 47,475 46,841 1,462 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 26.05 30.60 1,021 1,189 39.2 41,071 44,901 1,577 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.17 31.76 1,254 1,231 39.0 46,812 46,074 1,455 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.81 32.11 1,269 1,234 38.7 47,489 46,170 1,447 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.33 30.70 1,208 1,210 39.8 44,819 45,149 1,477 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.02 33.12 1,316 1,274 38.7 49,353 47,650 1,451 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.63 32.76 1,302 1,258 38.7 48,670 47,050 1,447 Special education teachers...................................... 35.28 33.67 1,346 1,272 38.2 50,375 47,741 1,428 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 27.41 31.75 1,054 1,202 38.5 43,537 45,486 1,588 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.75 11.76 457 451 38.9 18,198 17,680 1,548 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.94 22.02 1,157 881 40.0 60,187 45,791 2,080 Designers......................................................... 22.20 19.50 888 780 40.0 46,173 40,564 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.22 27.59 1,161 1,108 39.7 59,834 56,653 2,047 Registered nurses................................................. 32.63 33.00 1,291 1,303 39.6 65,707 66,186 2,013 Therapists........................................................ 39.87 40.00 1,593 1,600 40.0 81,895 83,200 2,054 Physical therapists............................................. 42.17 40.48 1,687 1,619 40.0 87,095 83,970 2,065 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.76 18.11 786 724 39.8 40,896 37,669 2,069 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.78 25.45 940 964 39.5 48,880 50,123 2,056 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.63 15.03 665 601 40.0 34,590 31,262 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.47 25.33 1,059 1,013 40.0 55,048 52,686 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.26 24.50 970 980 40.0 50,463 50,960 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.32 19.75 841 787 39.4 43,714 40,914 2,050 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.32 11.00 456 438 37.0 23,715 22,764 1,924 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.10 10.67 414 400 37.3 21,545 20,800 1,942 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.00 10.75 424 416 38.5 22,028 21,611 2,003 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.15 13.00 516 540 36.5 26,822 28,059 1,896 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.55 10.94 497 438 39.6 25,868 22,764 2,061 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.10 17.57 774 711 40.5 39,585 36,537 2,072 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.67 15.58 631 640 40.3 32,809 33,284 2,094 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.67 15.58 631 640 40.3 32,809 33,284 2,094 Police officers................................................... 24.36 25.27 973 1,011 40.0 49,391 51,942 2,027 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.36 25.27 973 1,011 40.0 49,391 51,942 2,027 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.11 9.50 370 360 36.6 19,222 18,720 1,901 Security guards................................................. 10.11 9.50 370 360 36.6 19,222 18,720 1,901 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.97 7.00 262 274 37.5 13,267 13,520 1,904 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.82 12.40 553 496 40.0 27,059 24,322 1,958 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 12.40 553 496 40.0 27,059 24,322 1,958 Cooks............................................................. 8.98 8.50 332 340 37.0 17,019 17,160 1,895 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.88 8.50 374 340 37.9 17,958 17,160 1,817 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.04 8.75 344 320 38.0 15,703 13,624 1,736 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.74 2.38 139 86 37.1 7,207 4,472 1,928 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.66 2.13 100 85 37.5 5,183 4,430 1,951 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.76 6.55 220 236 38.2 11,440 12,262 1,987 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.24 7.25 303 290 36.8 14,443 14,218 1,753 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.82 8.46 308 297 34.9 13,988 12,704 1,586 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.16 7.00 285 280 39.7 14,807 14,560 2,067 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.59 8.74 363 343 37.9 18,721 17,368 1,953 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.77 8.74 326 344 37.2 16,792 17,264 1,915 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.69 9.31 383 368 39.5 19,444 18,655 2,006 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.96 7.61 282 300 35.4 14,653 15,579 1,842 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.36 8.00 414 320 40.0 21,552 16,640 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.35 9.63 465 400 34.8 24,050 20,800 1,801 Child care workers................................................ 8.76 8.05 321 290 36.7 16,641 15,080 1,901 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.43 19.33 986 780 40.4 51,282 40,539 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.05 16.40 729 662 40.4 37,889 34,403 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.14 16.40 692 662 40.4 36,001 34,403 2,101 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.29 11.75 579 458 40.5 30,116 23,812 2,107 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.95 9.34 395 374 39.7 20,546 19,425 2,065 Cashiers...................................................... 9.95 9.34 395 374 39.7 20,546 19,425 2,065 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.01 13.50 664 470 41.4 34,506 24,440 2,155 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.47 12.50 629 495 40.7 32,709 25,753 2,115 Insurance sales agents............................................ 21.45 21.90 936 876 43.6 48,675 45,544 2,269 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 39.67 29.60 1,587 1,184 40.0 82,520 61,574 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 38.90 36.21 1,547 1,449 39.8 80,464 75,323 2,068 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 42.25 48.43 1,690 1,937 40.0 87,874 100,736 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 37.93 35.80 1,506 1,414 39.7 78,327 73,511 2,065 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.27 15.00 646 600 39.7 33,313 31,000 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.12 22.12 1,005 885 40.0 52,245 45,999 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.27 15.00 648 600 39.8 33,645 31,200 2,068 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.23 12.81 609 513 40.0 31,668 26,653 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.16 16.53 680 656 39.6 35,311 34,008 2,058 Tellers......................................................... 12.51 12.00 500 480 40.0 26,023 24,968 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 18.55 16.00 735 640 39.7 38,098 33,280 2,054 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.43 11.15 490 446 39.4 25,480 23,184 2,050 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.77 15.00 641 607 40.6 33,311 31,574 2,112 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.86 14.71 595 588 40.0 30,918 30,597 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.18 16.00 607 640 40.0 31,583 33,280 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.62 14.00 577 560 39.5 29,986 29,120 2,052 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.18 12.25 481 480 39.5 25,018 24,960 2,054 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.45 17.80 772 700 39.7 39,758 36,027 2,044 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.28 20.64 891 826 40.0 46,347 42,933 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.54 15.56 671 626 38.3 34,916 32,531 1,991 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.55 17.66 740 706 39.9 37,430 36,148 2,018 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.05 12.53 517 496 39.6 26,865 25,813 2,058 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.49 11.98 497 472 39.8 24,508 23,689 1,962 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.35 14.51 654 580 40.0 34,002 30,170 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 23.70 21.00 948 840 40.0 49,295 43,680 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 17.64 18.42 705 737 40.0 36,685 38,316 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 13.09 14.00 523 560 40.0 27,219 29,120 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.47 14.00 579 560 40.0 30,108 29,120 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.27 13.30 571 532 40.0 29,691 27,660 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 18.75 17.00 749 680 39.9 38,932 35,360 2,076 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 18.94 18.00 756 720 39.9 39,315 37,440 2,076 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.81 11.50 472 460 40.0 24,566 23,920 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.70 20.35 830 800 40.1 43,094 41,600 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 29.84 26.58 1,193 1,063 40.0 62,058 55,295 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 21.10 19.48 887 786 42.1 46,142 40,872 2,187 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 21.15 19.48 893 787 42.2 46,455 40,926 2,196 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.21 21.97 848 879 40.0 44,110 45,698 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.79 18.95 791 758 40.0 41,156 39,420 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 20.48 18.75 819 750 40.0 42,600 39,000 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.51 16.00 660 640 40.0 34,098 33,280 2,066 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.33 24.00 973 960 40.0 49,609 49,571 2,039 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.79 10.00 472 400 40.0 24,500 20,800 2,077 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.55 27.37 1,062 1,095 40.0 55,218 56,930 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.29 18.54 692 742 40.0 35,886 38,563 2,075 Production occupations.............................................. 16.37 14.50 654 580 39.9 33,998 30,160 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.34 20.44 934 818 40.0 48,550 42,517 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.74 10.20 501 400 39.3 26,049 20,800 2,045 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.65 13.70 546 548 40.0 28,389 28,488 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 18.49 17.75 740 710 40.0 38,456 36,920 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.90 15.00 636 600 40.0 33,065 31,200 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.07 15.00 643 600 40.0 33,422 31,200 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.81 15.00 712 600 40.0 37,037 31,200 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.91 13.00 555 520 39.9 28,878 27,040 2,077 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.84 13.92 633 552 40.0 32,790 28,662 2,070 Bus drivers....................................................... 17.97 19.63 652 700 36.3 29,161 33,779 1,623 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.18 15.20 735 602 40.4 38,204 31,304 2,102 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.32 17.08 828 680 40.8 43,077 35,360 2,120 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.52 13.44 621 538 40.0 32,276 27,955 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.30 11.25 492 450 40.0 25,575 23,400 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.90 10.00 435 400 39.9 22,628 20,800 2,076 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.06 12.35 442 494 40.0 23,006 25,688 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.19 10.89 446 417 39.9 23,202 21,680 2,073 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 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........................................................... $24.13 $17.65 $955 $694 39.6 $49,591 $36,036 2,055 Management occupations.............................................. 50.55 45.80 2,020 1,832 40.0 104,946 95,254 2,076 General and operations managers................................... 74.21 70.15 2,968 2,806 40.0 154,349 145,918 2,080 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.78 56.03 2,311 2,241 40.0 120,184 116,542 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 67.74 72.12 2,710 2,885 40.0 140,903 149,999 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 52.51 38.94 2,100 1,558 40.0 109,212 80,999 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 66.00 63.57 2,640 2,543 40.0 137,283 132,230 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 59.23 54.19 2,369 2,168 40.0 123,197 112,721 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 48.73 52.85 1,949 2,114 40.0 101,356 109,936 2,080 Industrial production managers.................................... 41.32 42.97 1,685 1,719 40.8 87,621 89,386 2,121 Purchasing managers............................................... 44.18 35.82 1,767 1,433 40.0 91,894 74,506 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 34.59 31.25 1,384 1,250 40.0 71,956 65,000 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 28.02 14.19 1,086 568 38.8 55,305 29,515 1,974 Engineering managers.............................................. 56.43 57.16 2,257 2,286 40.0 117,364 118,893 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 40.94 43.27 1,638 1,731 40.0 85,155 90,002 2,080 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.36 25.60 975 1,024 40.0 50,719 53,248 2,082 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.92 33.89 1,407 1,355 40.3 73,154 70,481 2,095 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.92 28.14 1,157 1,126 40.0 60,147 58,531 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.84 32.45 1,392 1,298 40.0 72,384 67,496 2,078 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 38.77 32.53 1,551 1,301 40.0 80,648 67,660 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 38.77 32.53 1,551 1,301 40.0 80,648 67,660 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 42.40 39.81 1,695 1,583 40.0 88,131 82,299 2,078 Computer software engineers....................................... 53.52 45.48 2,141 1,819 40.0 111,313 94,600 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.07 42.82 1,843 1,713 40.0 95,826 89,059 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 30.39 29.04 1,216 1,162 40.0 63,207 60,403 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 49.73 44.55 1,989 1,782 40.0 103,439 92,664 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.23 43.82 1,889 1,753 40.0 98,203 91,144 2,079 Engineers......................................................... 50.37 46.92 2,015 1,877 40.0 104,767 97,594 2,080 Chemical engineers.............................................. 60.41 60.58 2,417 2,423 40.0 125,659 126,000 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 44.12 37.54 1,765 1,501 40.0 91,764 78,073 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.49 43.82 1,580 1,753 40.0 82,149 91,144 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 42.58 38.21 1,703 1,528 40.0 88,567 79,477 2,080 Petroleum engineers............................................. 68.91 75.00 2,756 3,000 40.0 143,331 156,000 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 33.10 27.68 1,324 1,107 40.0 68,640 57,568 2,074 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 40.42 40.39 1,617 1,615 40.0 84,083 84,001 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 46.89 37.84 1,876 1,513 40.0 97,538 78,701 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 57.05 52.88 2,282 2,115 40.0 118,669 109,990 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.23 16.83 689 673 40.0 35,849 35,000 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 35.34 28.72 1,365 1,077 38.6 70,959 56,000 2,008 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 48.53 21.53 1,963 861 40.4 89,925 31,032 1,853 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 130.15 101.39 5,189 3,846 39.9 256,733 199,992 1,973 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.00 21.53 782 861 41.2 31,544 31,032 1,660 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.51 19.50 1,101 780 40.0 57,228 40,564 2,080 Designers......................................................... 21.81 19.50 872 780 40.0 45,369 40,564 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.18 28.59 1,196 1,139 39.6 62,205 59,238 2,061 Registered nurses................................................. 32.36 32.84 1,279 1,288 39.5 66,528 66,955 2,056 Therapists........................................................ 39.96 40.00 1,598 1,600 40.0 83,122 83,200 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.55 22.19 816 895 39.7 42,433 46,556 2,065 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.11 25.73 1,084 1,029 40.0 56,387 53,518 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.91 24.54 996 982 40.0 51,809 51,043 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.67 20.00 853 800 39.4 44,366 41,600 2,048 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.37 11.00 450 436 36.4 23,408 22,693 1,893 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.11 10.72 410 400 36.9 21,304 20,800 1,918 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.93 10.75 419 406 38.3 21,768 21,133 1,991 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.40 13.00 512 544 35.5 26,627 28,288 1,849 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.25 10.94 485 438 39.6 25,200 22,764 2,057 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.04 9.50 366 357 36.5 19,047 18,564 1,897 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.04 9.50 366 357 36.5 19,047 18,564 1,897 Security guards................................................. 10.04 9.50 366 357 36.5 19,047 18,564 1,897 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.58 7.00 248 262 37.8 12,913 13,624 1,963 Cooks............................................................. 8.78 8.50 326 330 37.1 16,956 17,160 1,930 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.74 2.38 139 86 37.1 7,207 4,472 1,928 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.66 2.13 100 85 37.5 5,183 4,430 1,951 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.76 6.55 220 236 38.2 11,440 12,262 1,987 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.72 7.25 292 290 37.8 15,167 15,080 1,964 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.16 7.00 285 280 39.7 14,807 14,560 2,067 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.79 8.00 327 320 37.2 17,015 16,640 1,936 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 8.25 310 320 36.5 16,139 16,640 1,899 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.65 9.23 377 359 39.1 19,600 18,691 2,031 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.96 7.61 282 300 35.4 14,653 15,579 1,842 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.32 9.25 460 385 34.5 23,900 20,022 1,795 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.46 19.33 987 791 40.4 51,329 41,107 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.05 16.40 729 662 40.4 37,889 34,403 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.14 16.40 692 662 40.4 36,001 34,403 2,101 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.29 11.75 579 458 40.5 30,115 23,812 2,107 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.95 9.34 395 374 39.7 20,546 19,425 2,065 Cashiers...................................................... 9.95 9.34 395 374 39.7 20,546 19,425 2,065 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.01 13.50 664 470 41.4 34,506 24,440 2,155 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.48 12.50 629 495 40.7 32,732 25,753 2,115 Insurance sales agents............................................ 21.45 21.90 936 876 43.6 48,675 45,544 2,269 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 39.67 29.60 1,587 1,184 40.0 82,520 61,574 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 38.90 36.21 1,547 1,449 39.8 80,464 75,323 2,068 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 42.25 48.43 1,690 1,937 40.0 87,874 100,736 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 37.93 35.80 1,506 1,414 39.7 78,327 73,511 2,065 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.33 15.00 649 600 39.7 33,731 31,200 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.12 22.12 1,005 885 40.0 52,245 45,999 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.30 15.00 649 600 39.8 33,724 31,200 2,069 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.18 16.81 681 660 39.6 35,398 34,341 2,060 Tellers......................................................... 12.51 12.00 500 480 40.0 26,023 24,968 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 18.66 16.00 739 640 39.6 38,268 33,280 2,051 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.39 11.15 488 446 39.4 25,391 23,184 2,049 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.00 14.71 600 588 40.0 31,202 30,597 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.00 14.71 600 588 40.0 31,202 30,597 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.18 16.05 607 642 40.0 31,579 33,382 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.52 14.00 573 560 39.4 29,786 29,120 2,051 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.18 12.25 481 480 39.5 25,018 24,960 2,054 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.86 18.75 788 713 39.7 40,958 37,066 2,062 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.32 21.71 933 868 40.0 48,498 45,157 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.64 15.35 672 618 38.1 34,923 32,136 1,979 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.96 18.26 758 730 40.0 39,431 37,981 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.51 13.00 534 512 39.5 27,761 26,645 2,055 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.28 11.39 491 456 39.9 25,506 23,689 2,076 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.37 14.51 654 580 40.0 34,031 30,170 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 23.70 21.00 948 840 40.0 49,295 43,680 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 17.64 18.42 705 737 40.0 36,685 38,316 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 13.09 14.00 523 560 40.0 27,219 29,120 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.47 14.00 579 560 40.0 30,097 29,120 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.25 13.25 570 530 40.0 29,647 27,560 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 18.75 17.00 749 680 39.9 38,932 35,360 2,076 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 18.94 18.00 756 720 39.9 39,315 37,440 2,076 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.81 11.50 472 460 40.0 24,566 23,920 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.90 20.50 839 824 40.1 43,536 42,557 2,084 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 30.42 27.40 1,217 1,096 40.0 63,271 57,000 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 21.26 19.41 903 787 42.4 46,933 40,926 2,207 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 21.34 19.41 911 795 42.7 47,392 41,340 2,220 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.79 18.95 791 758 40.0 41,156 39,420 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 20.48 18.75 819 750 40.0 42,600 39,000 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.26 15.00 650 600 40.0 33,590 30,160 2,066 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.39 24.13 976 965 40.0 49,692 49,920 2,037 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.94 10.00 437 400 40.0 22,747 20,800 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.55 27.37 1,062 1,095 40.0 55,218 56,930 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.25 18.62 730 745 40.0 37,970 38,721 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.38 14.50 654 580 39.9 34,010 30,160 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.34 20.44 934 818 40.0 48,550 42,517 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.74 10.20 501 400 39.3 26,049 20,800 2,045 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.65 13.70 546 548 40.0 28,389 28,488 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 18.49 17.75 740 710 40.0 38,456 36,920 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.90 15.00 636 600 40.0 33,065 31,200 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.07 15.00 643 600 40.0 33,422 31,200 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.81 15.00 712 600 40.0 37,037 31,200 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.91 13.00 555 520 39.9 28,878 27,040 2,077 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.02 14.00 642 560 40.1 33,384 29,120 2,085 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.39 15.25 744 610 40.4 38,667 31,699 2,103 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.61 17.47 841 697 40.8 43,730 36,234 2,121 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.62 13.75 625 550 40.0 32,499 28,600 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.30 11.25 492 450 40.0 25,575 23,400 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.88 10.00 434 400 39.9 22,581 20,800 2,076 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.20 10.89 446 417 39.9 23,209 21,680 2,073 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 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........................................................... $24.18 $22.02 $958 $904 39.6 $43,517 $44,028 1,800 Management occupations.............................................. 38.36 40.87 1,535 1,635 40.0 74,324 75,300 1,937 Education administrators.......................................... 40.79 39.86 1,632 1,594 40.0 71,621 67,753 1,756 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.09 39.86 1,643 1,594 40.0 70,031 67,753 1,704 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.33 23.31 933 932 40.0 48,354 47,925 2,072 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.04 36.69 1,402 1,468 40.0 71,769 74,703 2,048 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.79 27.42 1,114 1,097 40.1 52,640 56,624 1,894 Community and social services occupations........................... 25.85 21.16 1,021 851 39.5 47,843 46,800 1,851 Counselors........................................................ 31.03 32.84 1,213 1,290 39.1 52,337 52,786 1,686 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.03 32.84 1,213 1,290 39.1 52,337 52,786 1,686 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.63 32.13 1,226 1,243 38.8 47,237 46,810 1,494 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.52 40.96 1,792 1,554 39.4 81,188 79,839 1,783 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 34.77 30.23 1,388 1,209 39.9 66,041 60,341 1,899 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.51 32.76 1,295 1,259 38.7 48,555 47,105 1,449 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 31.52 31.68 1,228 1,217 39.0 46,388 45,595 1,472 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.89 32.24 1,274 1,243 38.7 47,651 46,475 1,449 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.81 32.11 1,269 1,234 38.7 47,489 46,170 1,447 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.23 32.58 1,292 1,282 38.9 48,302 47,947 1,454 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.38 33.47 1,327 1,282 38.6 49,809 48,250 1,449 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.01 32.97 1,314 1,263 38.6 49,153 47,226 1,445 Special education teachers...................................... 35.28 33.67 1,346 1,272 38.2 50,375 47,741 1,428 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 32.65 36.57 1,239 1,294 37.9 47,821 54,036 1,465 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.31 12.24 476 468 38.7 18,060 17,500 1,467 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.63 23.98 1,028 984 40.1 51,228 49,338 1,998 Registered nurses................................................. 33.50 33.58 1,327 1,318 39.6 63,335 63,003 1,890 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.14 11.81 485 472 40.0 25,245 24,565 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.26 13.15 531 526 40.0 27,587 27,352 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.87 21.71 917 916 41.9 46,649 46,661 2,133 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.67 15.58 631 640 40.3 32,809 33,284 2,094 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.67 15.58 631 640 40.3 32,809 33,284 2,094 Police officers................................................... 24.36 25.27 973 1,011 40.0 49,391 51,942 2,027 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.36 25.27 973 1,011 40.0 49,391 51,942 2,027 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.99 11.21 420 364 35.0 16,433 12,725 1,371 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.44 9.81 345 343 33.0 12,550 12,704 1,202 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.44 9.81 345 343 33.0 12,550 12,704 1,202 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.20 9.88 488 395 40.0 24,502 19,911 2,008 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.74 9.33 390 373 40.0 19,266 18,554 1,978 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.74 9.33 390 373 40.0 19,266 18,554 1,978 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.69 15.58 625 612 39.8 30,011 29,713 1,913 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.32 17.59 727 697 41.9 37,784 36,254 2,181 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.66 17.22 704 689 39.8 34,762 34,448 1,968 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.48 17.79 739 712 40.0 38,449 37,003 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.12 17.22 678 689 39.6 31,300 32,855 1,828 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.01 12.62 512 505 39.3 22,448 22,472 1,725 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.74 19.48 750 779 40.0 38,776 40,518 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.84 13.10 536 518 38.8 26,440 26,666 1,911 Bus drivers....................................................... 16.26 17.29 564 601 34.7 23,780 18,495 1,463 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $22.72 $18.91 $22.60 $30.99 Management, professional, and related...... 41.74 36.09 43.35 45.51 Management, business, and financial...... 45.18 37.69 46.10 51.77 Professional and related................. 39.08 34.75 41.15 41.17 Service.................................... 8.62 8.25 7.47 13.22 Sales and office........................... 17.79 17.55 17.78 18.56 Sales and related........................ 21.11 20.53 20.80 26.33 Office and administrative support........ 15.78 15.30 15.77 16.82 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 18.35 18.57 17.72 19.16 Construction and extraction............. 16.37 17.06 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.90 20.15 20.17 27.51 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.72 13.95 16.73 19.18 Production............................... 16.24 14.29 16.60 21.60 Transportation and material moving....... 15.21 13.61 16.87 16.93 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........................................................... 3.6 5.5 4.4 8.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.7 9.8 5.0 8.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.2 6.8 5.3 9.6 Professional and related.......................................... 4.2 18.2 9.9 7.6 Service............................................................. 2.3 4.8 6.4 8.8 Sales and office.................................................... 3.1 3.7 5.8 9.6 Sales and related................................................. 4.5 5.6 11.1 27.5 Office and administrative support................................. 3.6 5.5 3.5 7.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.9 3.3 6.6 14.1 Construction and extraction...................................... 2.7 6.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.0 6.2 8.9 8.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.3 4.9 5.8 6.7 Production........................................................ 2.8 4.5 4.9 9.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 8.5 8.4 12.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 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........................................................... $20.25 $16.00 $800 $615 39.5 $41,566 $32,001 2,053 Management occupations.............................................. 41.02 34.38 1,646 1,392 40.1 85,589 72,367 2,086 Financial managers................................................ 55.33 45.67 2,213 1,827 40.0 115,085 95,000 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.14 30.04 1,277 1,202 41.0 66,385 62,489 2,132 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.06 32.45 1,362 1,298 40.0 70,838 67,496 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.78 34.62 1,671 1,385 40.0 86,893 71,999 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.67 43.28 1,907 1,731 40.0 98,991 90,018 2,076 Engineers......................................................... 52.81 55.98 2,112 2,239 40.0 109,843 116,447 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.23 16.83 689 673 40.0 35,849 35,000 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.59 35.17 1,318 1,396 39.2 68,514 72,592 2,040 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.51 11.00 451 412 33.4 23,459 21,430 1,736 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.27 14.85 521 550 34.1 27,114 28,581 1,776 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.25 10.94 485 438 39.6 25,200 22,764 2,057 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.95 7.00 258 280 37.1 13,407 14,560 1,928 Cooks............................................................. 8.82 8.50 327 340 37.1 17,002 17,680 1,927 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.46 2.38 122 86 35.2 6,330 4,455 1,828 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.23 2.13 79 85 35.5 4,118 4,430 1,844 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.43 7.25 279 290 37.6 14,518 15,080 1,954 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.72 8.25 389 330 40.0 20,208 17,160 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.97 8.50 379 340 38.0 19,697 16,835 1,975 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.74 20.00 963 800 40.6 50,085 41,600 2,110 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.04 16.40 690 656 40.5 35,886 34,112 2,106 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.66 16.40 675 656 40.5 35,115 34,112 2,108 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.63 12.50 558 470 40.9 29,012 24,440 2,129 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.74 8.00 344 315 39.4 17,898 16,380 2,047 Cashiers...................................................... 8.74 8.00 344 315 39.4 17,898 16,380 2,047 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.94 13.00 618 504 41.4 32,142 26,208 2,151 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.23 27.79 1,357 1,088 39.7 70,575 56,601 2,062 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.87 27.45 1,302 1,033 39.6 67,699 53,691 2,059 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.76 14.90 624 592 39.6 32,405 30,703 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.74 20.81 910 832 40.0 47,297 43,287 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.64 14.40 619 560 39.6 32,211 29,141 2,060 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.30 20.10 718 798 39.2 37,337 41,496 2,040 Tellers......................................................... 12.50 12.00 500 480 40.0 26,004 24,968 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 19.42 17.50 765 704 39.4 39,453 36,400 2,032 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.79 10.82 466 433 39.5 24,233 22,499 2,056 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.79 15.00 616 592 39.0 32,030 30,800 2,028 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.53 16.91 688 676 39.2 35,758 35,167 2,039 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.90 16.61 716 664 40.0 37,238 34,547 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.05 10.50 441 420 39.9 22,916 21,840 2,075 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.06 16.00 682 640 40.0 35,444 33,280 2,078 Construction laborers............................................. 12.51 13.50 500 540 40.0 26,021 28,080 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 19.77 14.51 785 580 39.7 40,836 30,170 2,065 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 20.71 23.50 821 940 39.7 42,716 48,880 2,063 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.15 20.00 809 769 40.1 41,920 39,975 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.85 19.19 853 787 43.0 44,380 40,926 2,236 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.93 8.00 517 320 40.0 26,294 16,640 2,033 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.49 26.00 1,060 1,040 40.0 55,101 54,080 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.54 19.22 742 769 40.0 38,565 39,978 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.46 14.00 577 560 39.9 30,001 29,120 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.31 19.50 812 780 40.0 42,240 40,560 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.14 8.75 354 350 38.7 18,406 18,200 2,015 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.83 15.00 593 600 40.0 30,848 31,200 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 14.76 15.00 591 600 40.0 30,711 31,200 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.80 17.00 752 680 40.0 39,114 35,360 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.82 13.00 553 520 40.0 28,740 27,040 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.21 13.20 574 528 40.4 29,826 27,458 2,099 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.61 14.00 636 560 40.7 33,051 29,120 2,117 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.20 16.00 796 627 41.5 41,402 32,614 2,156 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.91 12.25 476 490 40.0 24,768 25,480 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.00 10.00 440 400 40.0 22,871 20,800 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.09 12.00 484 480 40.0 25,148 24,960 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 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........................................................... $27.51 $21.00 $1,089 $836 39.6 $56,580 $43,181 2,057 Management occupations.............................................. 56.17 54.19 2,240 2,168 39.9 116,268 112,721 2,070 General and operations managers................................... 89.86 98.08 3,594 3,923 40.0 186,904 204,000 2,080 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 63.50 66.28 2,540 2,651 40.0 132,076 137,862 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 66.00 63.57 2,640 2,543 40.0 137,283 132,230 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 62.56 63.74 2,502 2,550 40.0 130,116 132,575 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 58.76 61.83 2,350 2,473 40.0 122,212 128,600 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 36.32 33.64 1,453 1,346 40.0 75,548 69,971 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 50.61 46.17 1,874 1,783 37.0 92,774 92,699 1,833 Engineering managers.............................................. 56.25 55.97 2,250 2,239 40.0 117,005 116,418 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.56 34.62 1,462 1,385 40.0 76,013 71,999 2,079 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.41 28.14 1,136 1,126 40.0 59,086 58,531 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.10 32.26 1,402 1,290 39.9 72,903 67,101 2,077 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 42.72 42.99 1,707 1,720 40.0 88,742 89,428 2,078 Computer software engineers....................................... 49.65 44.42 1,986 1,777 40.0 103,269 92,400 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 32.24 29.04 1,290 1,162 40.0 67,068 60,403 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.07 42.99 1,683 1,720 40.0 87,497 89,428 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.10 44.38 1,884 1,775 40.0 97,967 92,300 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 49.65 45.94 1,986 1,838 40.0 103,282 95,564 2,080 Chemical engineers.............................................. 46.56 40.72 1,862 1,629 40.0 96,838 84,700 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 44.12 37.54 1,765 1,501 40.0 91,764 78,073 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.49 43.82 1,580 1,753 40.0 82,149 91,144 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.15 37.32 1,486 1,493 40.0 77,269 77,626 2,080 Petroleum engineers............................................. 67.25 77.69 2,690 3,108 40.0 139,889 161,599 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 34.88 30.90 1,395 1,236 40.0 72,548 64,272 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 40.42 40.39 1,617 1,615 40.0 84,083 84,001 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 49.19 44.04 1,968 1,762 40.0 102,324 91,599 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 57.05 52.88 2,282 2,115 40.0 118,669 109,990 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 70.87 24.24 2,887 1,114 40.7 132,602 40,106 1,871 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 130.15 101.39 5,189 3,846 39.9 256,733 199,992 1,973 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.58 27.24 1,138 1,089 39.8 59,186 56,653 2,071 Registered nurses................................................. 31.88 32.13 1,270 1,280 39.8 66,020 66,560 2,071 Therapists........................................................ 34.17 38.00 1,367 1,520 40.0 71,072 79,040 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.55 22.19 816 895 39.7 42,433 46,556 2,065 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.80 25.06 992 1,002 40.0 51,578 52,125 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 26.66 26.27 1,066 1,051 40.0 55,452 54,642 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.24 19.00 759 757 39.4 39,473 39,354 2,051 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.34 11.10 449 440 39.6 23,354 22,880 2,060 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.14 11.07 440 436 39.5 22,885 22,693 2,054 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.12 11.04 439 436 39.5 22,823 22,693 2,052 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.84 4.00 229 150 39.1 11,895 7,800 2,035 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.97 3.50 154 130 38.8 8,016 6,760 2,019 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.03 2.15 120 86 39.6 6,239 4,472 2,058 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.15 7.86 290 304 35.6 15,083 15,818 1,850 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.19 7.95 290 304 35.4 15,061 15,818 1,838 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.23 9.00 359 356 38.9 18,666 18,512 2,022 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.59 7.00 255 191 33.6 13,251 9,933 1,746 Personal care and service occupations............................... 20.31 13.85 589 558 29.0 30,605 29,016 1,507 Sales and related occupations....................................... 25.60 19.10 1,025 752 40.0 53,282 39,115 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.05 21.85 842 874 40.0 43,794 45,448 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.59 18.76 743 750 40.0 38,658 39,021 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.03 11.22 602 434 40.1 31,320 22,568 2,083 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.89 10.50 436 420 40.0 22,652 21,840 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 10.89 10.50 436 420 40.0 22,652 21,840 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.07 11.22 642 426 39.9 33,369 22,173 2,076 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 47.53 50.00 1,901 2,000 40.0 98,864 104,008 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 41.56 43.65 1,662 1,746 40.0 86,446 90,800 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 51.57 50.00 2,063 2,000 40.0 107,267 104,008 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.92 15.25 675 608 39.9 35,098 31,620 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 31.77 27.02 1,271 1,081 40.0 66,089 56,202 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.08 17.65 683 706 40.0 35,516 36,712 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.11 15.67 644 627 40.0 33,500 32,594 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.86 15.25 712 610 39.8 37,009 31,724 2,072 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.39 13.49 561 540 39.0 29,161 28,057 2,026 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.93 11.87 517 475 40.0 26,900 24,683 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.19 13.40 515 529 39.0 26,773 27,500 2,030 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.64 21.17 866 847 40.0 45,007 44,032 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 26.07 24.09 1,043 963 40.0 54,220 50,101 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.85 15.20 674 608 40.0 35,058 31,616 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.36 19.25 775 770 40.0 40,278 40,040 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.05 14.25 602 570 40.0 31,302 29,640 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.90 14.51 636 580 40.0 33,082 30,170 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 26.67 28.75 1,067 1,150 40.0 55,474 59,800 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 16.98 15.00 679 600 40.0 35,310 31,200 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 13.43 14.51 537 580 40.0 27,937 30,170 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.19 11.50 448 460 40.0 23,282 23,920 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.66 21.90 869 880 40.1 45,196 45,760 2,087 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.65 16.40 706 656 40.0 36,718 34,112 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.39 24.13 975 965 40.0 50,726 50,197 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.34 16.50 733 660 40.0 38,120 34,320 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.39 25.00 1,096 1,000 40.0 56,980 52,000 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.75 17.16 670 686 40.0 34,844 35,693 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.17 13.70 527 548 40.0 27,396 28,488 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 19.41 18.18 776 727 40.0 40,374 37,806 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.11 23.62 765 945 40.0 39,754 49,130 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.28 24.60 811 984 40.0 42,180 51,168 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.02 10.44 559 418 39.9 29,051 21,721 2,072 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.05 16.19 718 648 39.8 37,345 33,675 2,069 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 22.39 23.78 897 954 40.0 46,625 49,627 2,082 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.21 22.00 890 880 40.1 46,263 45,760 2,083 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.73 12.25 549 490 40.0 28,558 25,480 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.73 10.15 427 389 39.8 22,208 20,238 2,071 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.19 9.45 405 378 39.7 21,042 19,656 2,065 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $22.67 $22.39 – $22.89 $22.74 $23.92 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 39.15 41.74 30.22 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 44.25 45.18 33.40 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 36.20 39.08 29.75 Service............................................................. 26.89 27.69 – 9.48 8.18 15.85 Sales and office.................................................... 16.69 16.65 – 17.69 17.83 15.63 Sales and related................................................. 16.30 16.30 – 21.25 21.26 – Office and administrative support................................. 16.92 16.87 – 15.74 15.75 15.65 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 26.65 26.75 – 17.51 17.51 17.47 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 16.02 16.03 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.52 26.64 – 19.49 19.71 17.74 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 21.15 21.48 – 15.04 15.10 13.49 Production........................................................ 23.41 23.41 – 15.83 15.84 – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.38 20.76 – 14.23 14.29 13.47 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........................................................... 3.9 4.7 – 3.2 3.7 2.3 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.0 4.7 1.8 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.0 6.2 6.3 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 3.1 4.2 1.7 Service............................................................. 4.4 9.2 – 2.2 2.8 3.4 Sales and office.................................................... 6.5 6.8 – 2.9 3.1 3.0 Sales and related................................................. 4.1 4.1 – 4.6 4.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 12.4 13.1 – 3.3 3.6 2.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.0 4.0 – 3.2 3.3 8.7 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – .9 1.0 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.1 4.2 – 3.7 3.9 9.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.6 9.8 – 2.5 2.5 3.1 Production........................................................ 8.8 8.8 – 3.0 3.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.7 14.2 – 4.4 4.8 3.2 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $22.71 $22.51 $25.52 $25.52 Management, professional, and related............................... 39.16 41.80 38.94 38.94 Management, business, and financial............................... 44.44 45.43 39.62 39.62 Professional and related.......................................... 36.20 39.11 – – Service............................................................. 10.32 8.62 – – Sales and office.................................................... 16.03 16.06 27.00 27.00 Sales and related................................................. 16.44 16.45 30.34 30.34 Office and administrative support................................. 15.88 15.90 13.57 13.57 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.27 18.30 18.99 18.99 Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.46 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.53 20.85 21.26 21.26 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.51 15.59 18.93 18.93 Production........................................................ 16.25 16.25 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.84 14.92 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.3 3.8 5.1 5.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.2 4.8 14.8 14.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.3 6.5 17.6 17.6 Professional and related.......................................... 3.1 4.3 – – Service............................................................. 2.1 2.3 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.2 3.4 5.3 5.3 Sales and related................................................. 7.9 7.9 3.8 3.8 Office and administrative support................................. 3.1 3.5 6.0 6.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.2 4.4 16.8 16.8 Construction and extraction...................................... – 1.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.1 4.4 3.7 3.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.9 3.0 13.7 13.7 Production........................................................ 3.1 3.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 5.9 – – 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 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........................................................... $23.17 $22.86 $19.95 $28.54 – – $21.18 $8.46 – Management, professional, and related............................... 46.05 42.38 37.77 – – – 30.42 32.07 – Management, business, and financial............................... 43.99 47.39 40.55 – – – 31.47 35.52 – Professional and related.......................................... – 39.42 34.30 – – – 30.24 – – Service............................................................. – – 19.12 – – – 10.78 6.51 – Sales and office.................................................... 22.09 21.60 16.96 – – – 15.05 11.13 – Sales and related................................................. – 30.36 18.02 – – – – 9.99 – Office and administrative support................................. 19.64 17.87 14.89 – – – 14.36 12.59 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.95 23.05 21.15 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.22 25.21 21.69 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.98 15.92 16.13 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 16.61 14.60 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.07 12.42 16.58 – – – – – – 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........................................................... 16.3 1.2 3.4 2.4 – – 7.3 10.8 – Management, professional, and related............................... 10.1 4.2 6.8 – – – 6.4 17.0 – Management, business, and financial............................... 15.9 6.4 7.8 – – – 9.4 24.6 – Professional and related.......................................... – 3.5 7.5 – – – 7.8 – – Service............................................................. – – 11.9 – – – 2.1 2.9 – Sales and office.................................................... 6.4 10.7 3.9 – – – .8 13.3 – Sales and related................................................. – .1 5.3 – – – – 6.3 – Office and administrative support................................. 6.8 10.4 2.4 – – – 5.8 19.4 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.8 25.3 2.9 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.1 26.2 1.9 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.9 .9 4.5 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 1.3 13.8 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.8 6.0 4.0 – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 2,486,500 2,140,100 346,500 Management, professional, and related............................... 751,600 553,200 198,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 256,600 235,500 21,100 Professional and related.......................................... 495,000 317,800 177,200 Service............................................................. 436,500 360,900 75,600 Sales and office.................................................... 686,400 644,400 42,000 Sales and related................................................. 262,600 262,300 – Office and administrative support................................. 423,800 382,100 41,600 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 250,200 237,000 13,300 Construction and extraction...................................... 135,100 134,200 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 113,600 101,200 12,300 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 361,800 344,600 17,200 Production........................................................ 166,600 166,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 195,200 178,300 16,800 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 86,279 85,042 1,237 Total in sample....................................................... 723 643 80 Responding........................................................ 473 401 72 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 150 142 8 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 100 100 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.