NC BL 10/00/2010 Table: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX, Bulletin, December 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $23.73 3.4 36.9 $23.61 3.9 36.7 $24.47 2.3 38.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 39.87 3.7 38.9 42.53 4.3 39.1 30.97 1.9 38.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 44.36 4.7 39.8 45.28 4.9 39.8 34.79 7.7 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 37.56 3.3 38.5 40.67 4.2 38.6 30.40 1.7 38.2 Service............................................................. 11.19 4.7 32.8 9.57 5.4 31.5 17.70 3.1 39.0 Sales and office.................................................... 18.26 4.4 36.1 18.43 4.6 35.9 15.84 3.1 39.8 Sales and related................................................. 21.33 10.0 33.0 21.35 10.0 33.0 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.51 2.7 38.2 16.58 2.9 38.0 15.88 3.1 39.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.75 4.8 39.7 18.79 5.1 39.9 18.12 8.7 37.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.97 3.6 40.0 16.97 3.7 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.62 4.9 39.5 20.95 5.4 40.0 18.18 9.3 36.8 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.51 2.7 37.8 15.57 2.8 37.9 14.30 4.4 36.5 Production........................................................ 16.36 4.3 39.2 16.37 4.3 39.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.91 2.8 36.9 14.96 3.0 37.0 14.30 4.5 36.4 Full time........................................................... 25.14 3.4 39.5 25.21 3.9 39.5 24.72 2.2 39.6 Part time........................................................... 9.87 5.1 22.4 9.73 5.3 22.6 13.80 9.9 17.7 Union............................................................... 23.50 5.1 34.7 23.25 5.9 33.7 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 23.74 3.5 37.0 23.63 4.1 36.8 24.45 2.4 38.4 Time................................................................ 23.44 3.5 36.8 23.27 4.1 36.6 24.47 2.3 38.5 Incentive........................................................... 28.85 13.3 38.5 28.85 13.3 38.5 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 29.12 12.2 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.86 3.3 35.8 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 19.50 6.2 35.4 19.51 6.3 35.3 19.35 9.0 39.8 100-499 workers..................................................... 23.76 5.8 38.0 23.78 6.0 37.9 23.29 8.2 39.7 500 workers or more................................................. 29.39 7.5 38.3 32.33 10.8 38.2 24.84 2.5 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 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.73 3.4 $25.14 3.4 $9.87 5.1 Management occupations.............................................. 49.64 4.9 50.11 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.36 5.9 18.36 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.43 3.7 30.43 3.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.49 2.9 45.49 2.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 60.49 6.8 61.36 6.8 – – Level 13.................................................. 63.68 6.7 63.68 6.7 – – Level 14.................................................. 84.38 13.8 84.38 13.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 54.61 9.5 56.07 9.1 – – General and operations managers................................... 74.59 26.2 74.59 26.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 91.99 21.9 91.99 21.9 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 64.97 14.3 64.97 14.3 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 87.37 9.1 87.37 9.1 – – Sales managers.................................................. 51.77 14.1 51.77 14.1 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 36.16 9.7 36.16 9.7 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.64 11.7 63.64 11.7 – – Financial managers................................................ 52.17 9.6 52.17 9.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.20 6.0 48.20 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.37 11.7 51.37 11.7 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 48.18 20.4 48.18 20.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.10 21.5 51.10 21.5 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 46.72 22.1 46.72 22.1 – – Purchasing managers............................................... 43.54 20.8 43.54 20.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 36.84 14.9 37.15 15.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.04 1.1 42.04 1.1 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.80 .2 41.80 .2 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.51 .1 42.51 .1 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 41.56 9.6 – – – – Engineering managers.............................................. 63.64 6.3 63.64 6.3 – – Level 14.................................................. 61.73 7.1 61.73 7.1 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 42.70 9.6 42.70 9.6 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.72 4.1 24.72 4.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.75 5.8 34.75 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.51 7.4 22.51 7.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.36 5.4 26.36 5.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.00 5.9 32.00 5.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.41 5.6 42.41 5.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 46.56 4.9 46.56 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.20 11.6 36.20 11.6 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 32.76 8.6 32.76 8.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.48 9.4 37.48 9.4 – – Logisticians...................................................... 39.43 5.0 39.43 5.0 – – Management analysts............................................... 35.26 12.5 35.26 12.5 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.76 8.7 34.76 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.86 19.5 37.86 19.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.46 3.7 40.71 3.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.10 5.4 25.10 5.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.17 14.1 31.17 14.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.71 4.3 40.71 4.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.09 5.9 51.09 5.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.56 16.2 46.56 16.2 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 47.79 3.3 47.79 3.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.05 4.0 41.05 4.0 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 50.70 8.1 50.70 8.1 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.94 5.8 45.94 5.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.50 4.0 41.50 4.0 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 29.79 9.1 30.79 8.7 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 48.89 19.2 48.89 19.2 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.12 5.2 31.12 5.2 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 33.31 14.5 33.31 14.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.35 5.7 47.35 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.04 3.7 27.04 3.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.13 4.3 38.13 4.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.21 4.6 48.21 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.83 6.8 53.83 6.8 – – Level 13.................................................. 76.22 18.6 76.22 18.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.05 7.5 48.05 7.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 51.06 5.4 51.06 5.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.24 5.0 26.24 5.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.76 1.6 35.76 1.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.71 4.2 48.71 4.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 54.13 6.5 54.13 6.5 – – Level 13.................................................. 76.22 18.6 76.22 18.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.30 6.8 50.30 6.8 – – Chemical engineers.............................................. 60.46 13.6 60.46 13.6 – – Civil engineers................................................. 45.87 20.3 45.87 20.3 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 38.81 6.4 38.81 6.4 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.50 14.7 37.50 14.7 – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 46.67 20.2 46.67 20.2 – – Petroleum engineers............................................. 68.00 7.5 68.00 7.5 – – Drafters.......................................................... 31.95 12.0 31.95 12.0 – – Architectural and civil drafters................................ 43.71 9.4 43.71 9.4 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 37.93 8.9 37.93 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.24 13.3 42.24 13.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 39.41 8.7 39.41 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 62.01 16.3 62.01 16.3 – – Physical scientists............................................... 51.75 11.0 51.75 11.0 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 54.65 21.6 54.65 21.6 – – Chemical technicians.............................................. 27.31 14.2 27.31 14.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.30 6.4 23.07 7.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.32 4.9 17.32 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.14 9.1 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 29.88 8.4 30.05 9.2 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.73 10.3 31.73 10.3 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.76 8.2 21.76 8.2 – – Legal occupations................................................... 45.82 13.0 45.82 13.0 – – Lawyers........................................................... 53.03 16.8 53.03 16.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.91 2.6 34.51 2.7 15.27 19.2 Level 2 .................................................. 11.52 1.9 12.08 .1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.00 9.0 12.00 9.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.35 3.2 26.32 3.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.76 3.2 32.75 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.66 1.5 34.73 1.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.33 2.7 45.73 2.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 71.42 8.3 71.42 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... – – – – 12.54 9.7 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 60.96 18.4 61.58 18.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.33 2.7 45.73 2.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 71.42 8.3 71.42 8.3 – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 62.37 23.5 64.72 22.3 – – Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 135.19 21.2 135.23 21.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.70 5.7 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 30.26 12.2 30.35 12.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.00 11.2 42.00 11.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.68 1.6 33.75 1.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.95 3.6 26.95 3.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.98 1.1 33.98 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.56 1.5 34.56 1.5 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 32.14 5.4 32.14 5.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.79 2.5 32.94 2.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.25 8.0 27.25 8.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.76 1.5 33.76 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.26 4.5 33.26 4.5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.38 1.3 33.58 .9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.59 14.4 26.59 14.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.92 1.4 33.92 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.45 2.9 34.45 2.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.05 8.8 31.05 8.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.32 .0 33.32 .0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.12 13.6 29.12 13.6 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.69 1.0 34.69 1.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.50 .6 34.50 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.21 .0 35.21 .0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.32 1.2 34.32 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.86 .3 34.86 .3 – – Special education teachers...................................... 36.06 2.3 36.06 2.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.06 2.3 36.06 2.3 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 21.15 25.5 27.44 23.5 14.32 16.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.79 9.9 – – 12.91 12.6 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 29.95 19.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.30 2.8 12.35 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.61 2.1 12.08 .1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.68 8.8 11.68 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.39 3.3 12.27 4.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 31.94 10.8 32.50 10.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.49 3.2 30.14 2.9 36.23 15.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.02 3.7 14.28 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.12 6.9 19.12 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.39 6.5 23.49 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.29 4.1 28.10 4.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.50 1.1 31.27 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.72 3.6 35.36 4.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.13 1.8 45.13 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.13 8.2 32.96 8.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.33 2.0 34.66 2.8 44.94 16.5 Level 7 .................................................. 31.10 3.4 32.18 1.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.06 1.7 31.78 1.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.28 7.2 33.72 6.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.20 2.1 41.20 2.1 – – Therapists........................................................ 39.69 6.0 39.69 6.0 – – Physical therapists............................................. 42.14 6.7 42.14 6.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.32 5.2 20.11 5.1 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.01 8.0 24.16 9.2 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.83 12.0 16.83 12.0 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.10 5.2 27.10 5.2 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 26.95 6.0 26.95 6.0 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.13 15.5 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.99 3.4 20.84 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.72 5.3 20.83 1.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.67 1.6 12.87 2.6 10.68 17.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 4.9 10.48 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.41 5.0 10.41 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.67 6.9 13.60 7.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.30 5.6 15.30 5.6 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.11 6.9 11.41 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.04 6.9 10.45 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.68 12.5 12.68 12.5 – – Home health aides............................................... 11.31 27.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.36 2.0 11.37 2.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.54 2.7 10.54 2.7 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.63 3.7 14.66 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.40 3.3 14.44 4.0 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 14.10 2.8 14.01 2.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.35 3.9 18.68 5.1 10.44 10.8 Level 6 .................................................. 19.31 11.0 19.34 11.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.72 5.7 23.72 5.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.59 3.6 27.59 3.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.87 14.7 23.87 14.7 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 21.23 5.5 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.78 3.9 15.78 3.9 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.78 3.9 15.78 3.9 – – Police officers................................................... 24.25 2.8 24.41 3.2 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.25 2.8 24.41 3.2 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.95 4.7 11.13 3.5 – – Security guards................................................. 10.95 4.7 11.13 3.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.32 6.6 7.79 6.2 6.62 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.82 8.1 7.04 5.0 6.63 11.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.74 10.8 6.81 14.3 6.64 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 6.37 7.3 7.25 11.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 8.43 10.1 8.46 17.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.46 11.0 12.67 13.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.30 10.7 12.51 13.1 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.97 1.9 9.41 14.8 8.48 15.7 Level 2 .................................................. 7.97 6.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.38 6.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.44 15.5 – – – – Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.18 3.0 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.82 8.5 10.57 10.5 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.71 5.8 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.91 3.0 8.11 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.50 1.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.24 8.5 4.21 13.4 4.29 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 5.26 16.5 6.38 8.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 4.22 4.7 3.32 6.7 5.20 .7 Bartenders...................................................... 5.94 10.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.59 7.0 2.90 8.4 2.21 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 2.82 8.9 3.06 8.9 – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.85 6.5 6.90 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.79 6.5 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.30 3.0 8.86 3.5 7.53 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.72 1.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.59 7.3 9.32 4.5 7.45 5.6 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.31 3.0 8.98 4.7 7.45 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.59 7.6 9.35 4.7 7.45 5.6 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.21 4.9 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.38 15.7 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 7.51 3.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.72 4.3 9.99 4.8 8.64 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.56 2.8 8.72 3.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 6.2 9.92 6.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.34 17.9 10.34 17.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.03 1.5 9.17 2.0 8.64 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.56 2.8 8.72 3.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.33 1.9 9.36 2.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.17 2.0 9.50 2.4 8.64 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.21 1.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.44 2.0 9.52 2.5 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.83 3.1 8.83 3.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.81 3.3 8.81 3.3 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.02 19.0 11.02 19.0 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.36 21.0 11.36 21.0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.59 7.3 16.14 8.9 8.14 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 7.48 4.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.50 1.8 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 9.71 11.6 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.69 11.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.33 10.0 25.59 10.1 8.63 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.25 5.2 – – 8.15 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.77 2.1 10.18 8.4 8.10 1.2 Level 3 .................................................. 12.63 2.5 14.81 9.8 9.11 15.0 Level 4 .................................................. 13.14 6.0 13.64 5.1 11.72 1.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.83 6.7 18.83 6.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.80 5.9 24.80 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.06 10.2 28.06 10.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 63.46 29.6 63.46 29.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.88 17.8 22.78 19.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.49 4.4 17.49 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.45 5.5 14.45 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.76 6.8 18.76 6.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.08 3.5 17.08 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.45 5.5 14.45 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.47 5.5 19.47 5.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.45 9.5 13.98 13.0 8.58 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.98 1.4 – – 7.85 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.80 2.7 10.34 11.6 8.13 1.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.07 2.7 15.53 8.3 9.10 15.8 Level 4 .................................................. 12.76 8.6 13.48 10.5 11.72 1.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.82 11.2 18.82 11.2 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.14 5.6 10.86 7.8 8.01 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.97 1.4 – – 7.85 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.34 8.1 11.07 11.8 8.11 1.0 Cashiers...................................................... 9.14 5.6 10.86 7.8 8.01 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.97 1.4 – – 7.85 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.34 8.1 11.07 11.8 8.11 1.0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.54 7.2 15.83 6.0 – – Parts salespersons............................................ 14.00 14.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.40 4.5 14.90 12.3 9.05 4.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.03 2.0 – – 8.16 2.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.20 2.5 16.81 1.5 9.05 17.2 Level 4 .................................................. 12.09 3.2 – – 11.72 1.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.17 9.8 18.17 9.8 – – Insurance sales agents............................................ 19.89 5.8 19.89 5.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.14 7.5 35.14 7.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.70 8.3 25.70 8.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.12 4.2 37.12 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.80 20.4 52.80 20.4 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.23 6.7 39.23 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.77 7.8 38.77 7.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 33.70 8.9 33.70 8.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.70 8.3 25.70 8.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.51 2.7 16.92 2.6 11.18 5.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.18 3.6 10.06 6.0 8.13 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.63 3.1 10.57 3.7 10.83 9.3 Level 3 .................................................. 13.20 3.6 13.33 3.7 11.02 5.2 Level 4 .................................................. 15.44 3.2 15.56 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.85 2.5 17.88 2.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.37 2.6 20.37 2.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.71 4.5 28.71 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.35 7.9 19.73 7.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 30.15 14.0 30.15 14.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.12 4.4 16.66 3.8 11.93 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 12.02 8.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.32 8.0 13.32 8.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.41 6.9 17.51 7.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.96 2.2 15.71 2.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.52 10.5 19.24 8.2 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.75 13.5 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.96 4.3 17.31 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.15 7.3 17.31 7.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.79 2.0 15.79 2.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.11 12.7 19.11 12.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.98 7.5 12.36 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.65 4.4 13.65 4.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.62 5.1 17.73 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.28 3.7 15.28 3.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.53 4.3 18.53 4.3 – – File clerks....................................................... 11.60 11.0 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.86 7.1 14.10 7.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.08 6.4 13.51 8.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.45 11.4 17.45 11.4 – – Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 14.23 5.9 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 16.36 8.4 16.70 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.52 7.9 – – – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.52 11.0 15.90 11.7 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.88 15.8 15.59 13.2 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.41 7.0 14.45 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.32 9.8 15.32 9.8 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.40 3.2 12.23 4.5 8.50 5.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.32 4.0 – – 8.09 2.8 Level 3 .................................................. 11.17 6.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.39 4.6 20.44 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.39 3.5 13.39 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.89 5.5 19.00 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.19 3.8 21.19 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.18 6.0 24.18 6.0 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.99 7.1 25.26 7.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.46 5.9 22.55 6.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.86 4.6 21.86 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.77 7.4 27.77 7.4 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 15.65 7.6 15.65 7.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.00 3.7 18.00 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.32 2.2 18.32 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.47 9.5 18.47 9.5 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.33 3.6 13.42 3.9 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 13.54 2.7 13.71 2.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.53 2.2 13.95 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 4.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.88 7.5 10.88 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.16 2.4 14.36 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.09 3.6 14.09 3.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.97 3.6 16.97 3.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.81 3.8 10.81 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.94 1.7 13.94 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.28 9.5 14.28 9.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.83 4.3 16.83 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.52 2.2 25.52 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.85 1.9 27.85 1.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.77 7.3 15.77 7.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.89 4.5 27.89 4.5 – – Carpenters........................................................ 16.14 2.6 16.14 2.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.02 5.5 13.02 5.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.60 9.5 10.60 9.5 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.42 10.7 15.42 10.7 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.39 8.8 14.39 8.8 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.17 1.7 21.17 1.7 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.41 .3 21.41 .3 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.90 .6 10.90 .6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.62 4.9 20.73 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.38 16.8 14.38 16.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.96 3.0 20.23 2.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.11 5.6 24.11 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.79 4.8 24.79 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.48 9.3 17.48 9.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.18 13.8 27.18 13.8 – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 25.04 3.8 25.04 3.8 – – Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 19.71 13.0 19.71 13.0 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 22.02 8.6 22.02 8.6 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 22.08 8.7 22.08 8.7 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.89 6.0 19.89 6.0 – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 20.67 11.0 20.67 11.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.61 12.2 16.91 13.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.87 6.1 19.59 4.2 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.12 2.1 24.12 2.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.21 9.3 12.39 10.3 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.85 3.3 27.85 3.3 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.78 13.3 17.78 13.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.36 4.3 16.48 4.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.75 1.8 8.71 1.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.01 4.0 10.09 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.31 5.5 13.31 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.18 8.8 14.18 8.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.47 5.9 17.47 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.40 6.7 23.40 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.00 11.6 19.60 11.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.16 12.0 24.16 12.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.84 6.5 19.84 6.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.93 3.4 13.93 3.4 – – Machinists........................................................ 18.75 10.9 18.75 10.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.24 4.8 17.24 4.8 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.90 4.5 15.90 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.58 14.5 14.58 14.5 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.02 4.9 16.02 4.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.78 6.2 19.78 6.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.93 11.9 13.96 11.8 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.58 18.7 11.63 18.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.91 2.8 15.39 3.5 10.41 5.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.63 2.9 8.42 2.4 9.10 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.56 4.3 11.86 4.9 8.96 13.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.46 6.7 13.53 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.23 4.8 18.29 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.56 11.2 20.56 11.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.82 9.9 17.44 10.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 24.53 8.8 24.53 8.8 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 16.73 3.3 18.16 6.8 14.59 1.7 Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.56 1.3 – – 14.72 .0 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.29 5.1 17.62 5.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.87 10.1 10.40 11.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.59 10.8 13.59 10.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.81 6.4 18.81 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.29 9.5 19.29 9.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.64 8.7 18.64 8.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.91 18.0 13.91 18.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.66 7.8 16.66 7.8 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.82 13.7 15.82 13.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.81 8.5 9.81 8.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.12 5.6 13.12 5.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.09 5.1 13.09 5.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.71 4.8 11.21 5.7 9.26 6.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.67 4.6 8.15 2.2 9.26 7.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.71 6.9 11.95 7.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.61 7.0 13.61 7.0 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.91 11.3 10.91 11.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.27 6.3 11.17 7.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.46 7.8 8.15 4.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.04 7.6 12.06 8.0 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.62 16.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.61 3.9 $25.21 3.9 $9.73 5.3 Management occupations.............................................. 50.61 5.2 51.14 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.36 5.9 18.36 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.01 4.0 31.01 4.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.02 3.2 46.02 3.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 65.30 6.2 66.63 6.1 – – Level 13.................................................. 63.68 6.7 63.68 6.7 – – Level 14.................................................. 84.38 13.8 84.38 13.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 54.84 9.5 56.32 9.1 – – General and operations managers................................... 74.59 26.2 74.59 26.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 91.99 21.9 91.99 21.9 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 64.97 14.3 64.97 14.3 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 87.37 9.1 87.37 9.1 – – Sales managers.................................................. 51.77 14.1 51.77 14.1 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 69.61 8.5 69.61 8.5 – – Financial managers................................................ 52.45 9.7 52.45 9.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.63 6.6 48.63 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.37 11.7 51.37 11.7 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 48.18 20.4 48.18 20.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.10 21.5 51.10 21.5 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 46.72 22.1 46.72 22.1 – – Purchasing managers............................................... 43.54 20.8 43.54 20.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.50 26.7 33.90 29.1 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 63.64 6.3 63.64 6.3 – – Level 14.................................................. 61.73 7.1 61.73 7.1 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 46.99 5.1 46.99 5.1 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.72 4.1 24.72 4.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.66 6.1 35.66 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.13 7.6 21.13 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.01 4.0 35.01 4.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.74 5.6 42.74 5.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 46.56 4.9 46.56 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.20 11.6 36.20 11.6 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.88 9.6 33.88 9.6 – – Logisticians...................................................... 39.43 5.0 39.43 5.0 – – Management analysts............................................... 38.72 9.4 38.72 9.4 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.63 9.2 35.63 9.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.86 19.5 37.86 19.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.00 4.1 41.22 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.52 5.9 25.52 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.76 14.6 30.76 14.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.87 4.6 41.87 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.74 2.2 53.74 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.74 16.5 46.74 16.5 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 48.85 3.2 48.85 3.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.50 4.0 41.50 4.0 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.94 5.8 45.94 5.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.50 4.0 41.50 4.0 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 30.19 9.6 31.29 8.9 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 51.21 22.6 51.21 22.6 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.70 5.8 30.70 5.8 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.72 16.2 32.72 16.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.92 5.7 47.92 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.43 3.6 27.43 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.13 4.3 38.13 4.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.21 4.6 48.21 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.83 6.8 53.83 6.8 – – Level 13.................................................. 76.22 18.6 76.22 18.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.05 7.5 48.05 7.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 51.06 5.4 51.06 5.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.24 5.0 26.24 5.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.76 1.6 35.76 1.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.71 4.2 48.71 4.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 54.13 6.5 54.13 6.5 – – Level 13.................................................. 76.22 18.6 76.22 18.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.30 6.8 50.30 6.8 – – Chemical engineers.............................................. 60.46 13.6 60.46 13.6 – – Civil engineers................................................. 45.87 20.3 45.87 20.3 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 38.81 6.4 38.81 6.4 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.50 14.7 37.50 14.7 – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 46.67 20.2 46.67 20.2 – – Petroleum engineers............................................. 68.00 7.5 68.00 7.5 – – Drafters.......................................................... 31.95 12.0 31.95 12.0 – – Architectural and civil drafters................................ 43.71 9.4 43.71 9.4 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 40.13 10.4 40.13 10.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.24 13.3 42.24 13.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 44.86 9.5 44.86 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 62.01 16.3 62.01 16.3 – – Physical scientists............................................... 57.63 4.9 57.63 4.9 – – Chemical technicians.............................................. 27.31 14.2 27.31 14.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.94 9.8 17.80 10.1 – – Legal occupations................................................... 45.82 13.0 45.82 13.0 – – Lawyers........................................................... 53.03 16.8 53.03 16.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 47.45 25.5 50.88 28.7 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 31.57 15.6 32.38 15.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.50 3.1 31.13 2.5 36.24 15.5 Level 4 .................................................. 13.38 2.6 13.71 1.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.18 6.9 20.18 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.45 7.1 23.45 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.39 4.5 29.23 4.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.50 1.1 31.27 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.51 4.3 35.86 5.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.27 1.7 47.27 1.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.48 1.4 34.63 2.7 44.94 16.5 Level 7 .................................................. 31.04 3.7 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.06 1.7 31.78 1.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.73 11.2 33.98 8.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.13 2.8 43.13 2.8 – – Therapists........................................................ 39.62 6.4 39.62 6.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.26 8.6 21.06 9.0 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.98 2.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.62 6.3 27.62 6.3 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.35 2.9 21.11 3.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.72 5.3 20.83 1.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.73 1.7 12.97 2.9 10.68 17.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 5.1 10.37 2.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.41 5.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.11 8.0 14.09 9.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.38 5.7 15.38 5.7 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.07 8.0 11.43 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.86 7.7 10.31 4.5 – – Home health aides............................................... 11.31 27.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.29 2.1 11.31 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.37 2.1 10.37 2.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.88 3.7 14.95 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.70 3.3 14.84 4.4 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 14.14 3.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.35 6.4 11.55 5.1 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.95 4.7 11.13 3.5 – – Security guards................................................. 10.95 4.7 11.13 3.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.00 6.5 7.31 6.4 6.56 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.81 8.2 7.04 5.0 6.61 11.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.45 11.1 6.38 16.2 6.55 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 6.27 7.4 7.14 11.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 7.69 10.1 7.45 19.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.82 12.4 11.98 15.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 11.58 11.6 11.74 14.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.77 1.6 9.06 16.2 8.48 15.7 Level 2 .................................................. 7.92 6.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.38 6.5 – – – – Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.18 3.0 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.71 5.8 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.57 1.2 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.24 8.5 4.21 13.4 4.29 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 5.26 16.5 6.38 8.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 4.22 4.7 3.32 6.7 5.20 .7 Bartenders...................................................... 5.94 10.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.59 7.0 2.90 8.4 2.21 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 2.82 8.9 3.06 8.9 – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.85 6.5 6.90 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.79 6.5 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.98 3.4 8.48 3.1 7.41 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.72 1.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.18 7.8 8.94 4.4 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.95 3.4 8.56 4.0 7.31 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.16 8.0 – – – – Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.21 4.9 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.17 14.9 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 7.51 3.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.01 2.3 9.13 3.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.55 2.9 8.71 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.16 1.9 9.14 2.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.85 1.7 8.93 2.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.55 2.9 8.71 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. – – 9.23 2.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.92 1.1 9.19 2.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 1.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. – – 9.42 .5 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.83 3.1 8.83 3.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.81 3.3 8.81 3.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.69 7.7 16.33 10.0 8.16 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.47 4.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.50 1.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.35 10.0 25.62 10.1 8.63 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.25 5.2 – – 8.15 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.77 2.1 10.18 8.4 8.10 1.2 Level 3 .................................................. 12.64 2.5 14.88 9.8 9.11 15.0 Level 4 .................................................. 13.14 6.0 13.64 5.1 11.72 1.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.83 6.7 18.83 6.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.80 5.9 24.80 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.06 10.2 28.06 10.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 63.46 29.6 63.46 29.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.88 17.8 22.78 19.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.49 4.4 17.49 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.45 5.5 14.45 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.76 6.8 18.76 6.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.08 3.5 17.08 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.45 5.5 14.45 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.47 5.5 19.47 5.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.45 9.5 13.99 13.1 8.58 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.98 1.4 – – 7.85 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.80 2.7 10.34 11.6 8.13 1.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.08 2.8 15.62 8.2 9.10 15.8 Level 4 .................................................. 12.76 8.6 13.48 10.5 11.72 1.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.82 11.2 18.82 11.2 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.14 5.6 10.86 7.8 8.01 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.97 1.4 – – 7.85 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.34 8.1 11.07 11.8 8.11 1.0 Cashiers...................................................... 9.14 5.6 10.86 7.8 8.01 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.97 1.4 – – 7.85 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.34 8.1 11.07 11.8 8.11 1.0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.54 7.2 15.83 6.0 – – Parts salespersons............................................ 14.00 14.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.40 4.5 14.93 12.3 9.05 4.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.03 2.0 – – 8.16 2.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.22 2.8 17.00 1.1 9.05 17.2 Level 4 .................................................. 12.09 3.2 – – 11.72 1.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.17 9.8 18.17 9.8 – – Insurance sales agents............................................ 19.89 5.8 19.89 5.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.14 7.5 35.14 7.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.70 8.3 25.70 8.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.12 4.2 37.12 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.80 20.4 52.80 20.4 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.23 6.7 39.23 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.77 7.8 38.77 7.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 33.70 8.9 33.70 8.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.70 8.3 25.70 8.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.58 2.9 17.04 2.9 11.19 5.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.18 3.6 10.06 6.0 8.13 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.66 3.1 10.60 3.8 10.84 9.4 Level 3 .................................................. 13.18 3.7 13.32 3.8 11.02 5.2 Level 4 .................................................. 15.48 3.8 15.63 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.11 2.8 18.15 3.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.77 3.0 20.77 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.69 4.7 28.69 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.41 8.1 19.80 7.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 30.15 14.0 30.15 14.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.14 4.6 16.71 4.0 11.93 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 12.02 8.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.32 8.0 13.32 8.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.50 7.3 17.61 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.06 2.5 15.79 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.52 10.5 19.24 8.2 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.83 14.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.97 4.5 17.34 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.11 7.6 17.27 8.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.79 2.3 15.79 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.11 12.7 19.11 12.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.98 7.5 12.36 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.65 4.4 13.65 4.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.59 5.6 17.71 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.28 3.7 15.28 3.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.47 5.6 18.47 5.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.85 7.4 14.09 7.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.08 6.4 13.51 8.2 – – Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 14.23 5.9 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 15.64 11.5 16.05 12.3 – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.64 11.5 16.05 12.3 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.83 17.0 15.58 14.4 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.29 7.2 14.33 7.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.40 3.2 12.23 4.5 8.50 5.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.32 4.0 – – 8.09 2.8 Level 3 .................................................. 11.17 6.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.92 5.0 20.98 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.85 7.4 19.01 8.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.60 4.1 22.60 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.64 5.6 24.64 5.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 27.02 7.3 27.47 7.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.37 5.3 23.37 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.77 7.4 27.77 7.4 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 15.51 8.3 15.51 8.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.15 4.8 18.15 4.8 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.65 3.3 13.78 3.4 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 13.62 2.8 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.74 2.4 14.38 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.21 4.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.24 3.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.09 3.6 14.09 3.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.97 3.7 16.97 3.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.81 3.8 10.81 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.94 1.7 13.94 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.09 9.5 14.09 9.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.83 4.3 16.83 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.52 2.2 25.52 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.85 1.9 27.85 1.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.77 7.3 15.77 7.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.89 4.5 27.89 4.5 – – Carpenters........................................................ 16.14 2.6 16.14 2.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.02 5.5 13.02 5.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.60 9.5 10.60 9.5 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.42 10.7 15.42 10.7 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.39 8.8 14.39 8.8 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.17 1.7 21.17 1.7 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.41 .3 21.41 .3 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.90 .6 10.90 .6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.95 5.4 20.95 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.38 16.8 14.38 16.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.38 3.5 20.38 3.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.36 5.8 24.36 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.79 4.8 24.79 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.09 11.9 17.09 11.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.22 16.3 27.22 16.3 – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 25.04 3.8 25.04 3.8 – – Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 19.71 13.0 19.71 13.0 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 22.36 10.0 22.36 10.0 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 22.45 10.0 22.45 10.0 – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 20.67 11.0 20.67 11.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.61 14.4 16.61 14.4 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.09 2.2 24.09 2.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.37 6.4 11.37 6.4 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.85 3.3 27.85 3.3 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.78 12.9 18.78 12.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.37 4.3 16.49 4.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.75 1.8 8.71 1.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.01 4.0 10.09 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.31 5.5 13.31 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.18 9.0 14.18 9.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.47 5.9 17.47 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.40 6.7 23.40 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.00 11.6 19.60 11.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.16 12.0 24.16 12.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.84 6.5 19.84 6.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.93 3.4 13.93 3.4 – – Machinists........................................................ 18.75 10.9 18.75 10.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.24 4.8 17.24 4.8 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.90 4.5 15.90 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.58 14.5 14.58 14.5 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.02 4.9 16.02 4.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.78 6.2 19.78 6.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.93 11.9 13.96 11.8 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.58 18.7 11.63 18.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.96 3.0 15.49 3.9 9.96 4.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.63 2.9 8.42 2.4 9.10 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.21 4.8 11.61 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.43 7.7 13.52 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.43 5.3 18.43 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.62 11.6 20.62 11.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.85 10.0 17.44 10.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 24.53 8.8 24.53 8.8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.45 5.3 17.79 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.87 10.1 10.40 11.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.66 12.3 13.66 12.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.81 6.4 18.81 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.29 9.5 19.29 9.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.82 9.3 18.82 9.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.03 20.6 14.03 20.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.66 7.8 16.66 7.8 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.96 14.2 15.96 14.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.81 8.5 9.81 8.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.12 6.6 13.12 6.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.09 5.1 13.09 5.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.68 4.9 11.18 5.8 9.26 6.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.67 4.6 8.15 2.2 9.26 7.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.65 7.5 11.90 7.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.61 7.0 13.61 7.0 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.69 12.4 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.27 6.4 11.17 7.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.46 7.8 8.15 4.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.07 7.9 12.10 8.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.62 16.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 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 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.47 2.3 $24.72 2.2 $13.80 9.9 Management occupations.............................................. 39.86 5.7 39.86 5.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.39 8.0 27.39 8.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.39 7.4 43.39 7.4 – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.69 1.4 40.69 1.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.74 .4 41.74 .4 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.80 .2 41.80 .2 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.51 .1 42.51 .1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.50 6.8 24.50 6.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.58 3.4 35.84 3.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.77 4.3 36.77 4.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.41 14.3 28.41 14.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 26.20 5.8 26.20 5.8 – – Counselors........................................................ 31.73 10.3 31.73 10.3 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.73 10.3 31.73 10.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.93 1.9 32.29 2.0 16.19 28.8 Level 2 .................................................. 11.52 1.9 12.08 .1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.47 10.3 12.47 10.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.34 5.7 26.30 5.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.77 3.2 32.76 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.14 .8 35.21 .7 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.61 2.7 46.05 2.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.03 5.0 12.27 4.0 11.30 4.2 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.01 10.7 49.70 11.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.61 2.7 46.05 2.1 – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 63.38 23.4 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 37.49 8.7 37.92 9.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.32 11.4 42.32 11.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.22 .5 34.22 .5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.10 5.4 27.10 5.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.98 1.1 33.98 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.07 .4 35.07 .4 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 32.14 5.4 32.14 5.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.64 .6 33.64 .6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.58 10.3 27.58 10.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.76 1.5 33.76 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.54 2.4 34.54 2.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.58 .9 33.58 .9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.59 14.4 26.59 14.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.92 1.4 33.92 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.45 2.9 34.45 2.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.86 .6 33.86 .6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.32 .0 33.32 .0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.03 .2 35.03 .2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.50 .6 34.50 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.21 .0 35.21 .0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.69 .7 34.69 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.86 .3 34.86 .3 – – Special education teachers...................................... 36.06 2.3 36.06 2.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.06 2.3 36.06 2.3 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 22.98 29.5 32.69 15.9 13.31 18.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.30 4.2 – – 11.30 4.2 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 34.48 16.0 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.37 2.8 12.47 2.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.61 2.1 12.08 .1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.27 4.0 12.27 4.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.67 9.5 26.67 9.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.50 7.7 33.50 7.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 34.78 7.7 34.78 7.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.37 5.1 12.37 5.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.46 4.8 13.46 4.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.15 2.1 22.22 2.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.31 11.0 19.34 11.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.72 5.7 23.72 5.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.59 3.6 27.59 3.6 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 21.23 5.5 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.78 3.9 15.78 3.9 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.78 3.9 15.78 3.9 – – Police officers................................................... 24.25 2.8 24.41 3.2 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.25 2.8 24.41 3.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.01 5.3 12.27 4.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.38 1.7 10.49 .5 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.34 2.3 10.46 1.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.26 4.2 10.37 3.7 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.34 2.3 10.46 1.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.26 4.2 10.37 3.7 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.51 11.8 12.63 11.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.09 14.3 12.09 14.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.87 4.6 9.93 4.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.76 6.9 9.76 6.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.87 4.6 9.93 4.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.76 6.9 9.76 6.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.32 7.3 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.88 3.1 15.89 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.73 5.4 13.73 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.17 3.2 15.17 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.88 5.5 16.88 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.36 3.9 18.36 3.9 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.92 2.5 17.92 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.97 5.1 18.97 5.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.11 2.1 18.11 2.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.58 3.9 18.58 3.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.56 3.4 17.56 3.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.99 5.5 12.99 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.05 3.5 14.05 3.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.18 9.3 18.98 10.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.30 4.5 14.23 4.9 14.89 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 13.21 1.5 13.03 1.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.65 2.9 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 15.98 1.5 16.64 3.1 14.89 1.0 Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.56 1.3 – – 14.72 .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 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.73 3.4 $25.14 3.4 $9.87 5.1 Management occupations.............................................. 49.64 4.9 50.11 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.03 9.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.77 4.0 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 74.80 8.2 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 74.59 26.2 74.59 26.2 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 64.97 14.3 64.97 14.3 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 87.37 9.1 87.37 9.1 – – Sales managers.................................................. 51.77 14.1 51.77 14.1 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 36.16 9.7 36.16 9.7 – – Group III................................................. 36.15 11.5 36.15 11.5 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.64 11.7 63.64 11.7 – – Financial managers................................................ 52.17 9.6 52.17 9.6 – – Group III................................................. 49.44 6.5 49.44 6.5 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 48.18 20.4 48.18 20.4 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 46.72 22.1 46.72 22.1 – – Purchasing managers............................................... 43.54 20.8 43.54 20.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 36.84 14.9 37.15 15.5 – – Group III................................................. 41.02 2.2 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.80 .2 41.80 .2 – – Group III................................................. 41.35 1.9 41.35 1.9 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 41.56 9.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.56 9.6 – – – – Engineering managers.............................................. 63.64 6.3 63.64 6.3 – – Group IV.................................................. 61.63 6.3 61.63 6.3 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 42.70 9.6 42.70 9.6 – – Group III................................................. 42.70 9.6 42.70 9.6 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.72 4.1 24.72 4.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.75 5.8 34.75 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 23.90 4.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.16 3.3 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 32.76 8.6 32.76 8.6 – – Group III................................................. 37.70 7.9 – – – – Logisticians...................................................... 39.43 5.0 39.43 5.0 – – Management analysts............................................... 35.26 12.5 35.26 12.5 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.76 8.7 34.76 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.79 5.3 25.79 5.3 – – Group III................................................. 39.88 4.9 39.88 4.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.46 3.7 40.71 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.19 5.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.97 6.5 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 47.79 3.3 47.79 3.3 – – Group III................................................. 42.61 2.9 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 50.70 8.1 50.70 8.1 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.94 5.8 45.94 5.8 – – Group III................................................. 42.11 2.5 42.11 2.5 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 29.79 9.1 30.79 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 26.14 9.1 – – – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 48.89 19.2 48.89 19.2 – – Group III................................................. 41.29 4.4 41.29 4.4 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.12 5.2 31.12 5.2 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 33.31 14.5 33.31 14.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.35 5.7 47.35 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 27.31 3.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.51 3.5 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 80.86 4.9 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 51.06 5.4 51.06 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 27.31 5.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.51 4.0 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 80.86 4.9 – – – – Chemical engineers.............................................. 60.46 13.6 60.46 13.6 – – Group III................................................. 49.09 4.2 49.09 4.2 – – Civil engineers................................................. 45.87 20.3 45.87 20.3 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 38.81 6.4 38.81 6.4 – – Group III................................................. 39.40 6.5 – – – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.50 14.7 37.50 14.7 – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 46.67 20.2 46.67 20.2 – – Group III................................................. 44.35 10.0 44.35 10.0 – – Petroleum engineers............................................. 68.00 7.5 68.00 7.5 – – Group III................................................. 60.16 16.6 60.16 16.6 – – Drafters.......................................................... 31.95 12.0 31.95 12.0 – – Architectural and civil drafters................................ 43.71 9.4 43.71 9.4 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 37.93 8.9 37.93 8.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 39.41 8.7 39.41 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 23.21 10.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.71 10.0 – – – – Physical scientists............................................... 51.75 11.0 51.75 11.0 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 54.65 21.6 54.65 21.6 – – Chemical technicians.............................................. 27.31 14.2 27.31 14.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.30 6.4 23.07 7.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.44 4.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.89 12.5 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 29.88 8.4 30.05 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 21.97 9.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.36 10.7 – – – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.73 10.3 31.73 10.3 – – Group III................................................. 40.02 7.2 40.02 7.2 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.76 8.2 21.76 8.2 – – Legal occupations................................................... 45.82 13.0 45.82 13.0 – – Lawyers........................................................... 53.03 16.8 53.03 16.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.91 2.6 34.51 2.7 15.27 19.2 Group I................................................... 11.84 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.93 4.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.81 2.4 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 60.96 18.4 61.58 18.9 – – Group III................................................. 49.93 10.5 – – – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 62.37 23.5 64.72 22.3 – – Group III................................................. 63.38 23.4 – – – – Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 135.19 21.2 135.23 21.3 – – Group III................................................. 52.40 5.5 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 30.26 12.2 30.35 12.4 – – Group III................................................. 39.35 7.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.68 1.6 33.75 1.4 – – Group II.................................................. 32.46 2.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.56 1.5 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 32.14 5.4 32.14 5.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.79 2.5 32.94 2.1 – – Group II.................................................. 32.64 1.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.26 4.5 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.38 1.3 33.58 .9 – – Group II.................................................. 32.69 1.5 32.69 1.5 – – Group III................................................. 34.45 2.9 34.45 2.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.05 8.8 31.05 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 32.49 3.5 32.49 3.5 – – Group III................................................. 29.12 13.6 29.12 13.6 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.69 1.0 34.69 1.0 – – Group II.................................................. 33.41 2.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.21 .0 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.32 1.2 34.32 1.2 – – Group II.................................................. 33.00 3.3 33.00 3.3 – – Group III................................................. 34.86 .3 34.86 .3 – – Special education teachers...................................... 36.06 2.3 36.06 2.3 – – Group III................................................. 36.06 2.3 – – – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 21.15 25.5 27.44 23.5 14.32 16.8 Group II.................................................. 23.29 26.6 – – – – Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 29.95 19.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.30 2.8 12.35 2.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.74 4.1 11.90 5.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 31.94 10.8 32.50 10.6 – – Group II.................................................. 22.41 7.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.49 3.2 30.14 2.9 36.23 15.5 Group I................................................... 13.78 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.97 2.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.28 3.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.33 2.0 34.66 2.8 44.94 16.5 Group II.................................................. 31.84 1.3 31.87 1.3 – – Group III................................................. 38.38 5.0 37.18 3.9 – – Therapists........................................................ 39.69 6.0 39.69 6.0 – – Group III................................................. 41.85 6.2 – – – – Physical therapists............................................. 42.14 6.7 42.14 6.7 – – Group III................................................. 42.14 6.7 42.14 6.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.32 5.2 20.11 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.83 4.6 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.01 8.0 24.16 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 24.01 8.0 24.16 9.2 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.83 12.0 16.83 12.0 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.10 5.2 27.10 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 26.95 6.0 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 26.95 6.0 26.95 6.0 – – Group II.................................................. 26.95 6.0 26.95 6.0 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.13 15.5 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.99 3.4 20.84 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.35 2.9 21.11 3.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.67 1.6 12.87 2.6 10.68 17.2 Group I................................................... 11.71 7.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.30 5.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.11 6.9 11.41 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.79 8.0 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 11.31 27.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.31 27.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.36 2.0 11.37 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.93 2.8 10.93 2.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.63 3.7 14.66 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.53 4.3 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 14.10 2.8 14.01 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.38 2.4 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.35 3.9 18.68 5.1 10.44 10.8 Group I................................................... 11.12 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.73 1.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.59 3.6 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 21.23 5.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.23 5.5 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.78 3.9 15.78 3.9 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.78 3.9 15.78 3.9 – – Police officers................................................... 24.25 2.8 24.41 3.2 – – Group II.................................................. 22.74 3.9 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.25 2.8 24.41 3.2 – – Group II.................................................. 22.74 3.9 22.93 4.3 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.95 4.7 11.13 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.85 5.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.95 4.7 11.13 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.85 5.1 11.03 3.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.32 6.6 7.79 6.2 6.62 6.1 Group I................................................... 6.95 9.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.34 6.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.46 11.0 12.67 13.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.77 4.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.30 10.7 12.51 13.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.77 4.0 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.97 1.9 9.41 14.8 8.48 15.7 Group I................................................... 8.57 3.3 – – – – Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.18 3.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.18 3.0 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.82 8.5 10.57 10.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.30 7.5 9.89 8.5 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.71 5.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.76 15.2 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.91 3.0 8.11 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 7.79 2.3 8.00 1.6 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.24 8.5 4.21 13.4 4.29 3.0 Group I................................................... 4.24 8.5 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 5.94 10.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.94 10.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.59 7.0 2.90 8.4 2.21 1.0 Group I................................................... 2.59 7.0 2.90 8.4 2.21 1.0 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.85 6.5 6.90 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 6.85 6.5 6.90 6.2 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.30 3.0 8.86 3.5 7.53 2.6 Group I................................................... 8.28 3.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.31 3.0 8.98 4.7 7.45 1.8 Group I................................................... 8.29 3.2 8.96 4.9 7.45 1.8 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.21 4.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.21 4.9 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.38 15.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.38 15.7 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 7.51 3.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.51 3.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.72 4.3 9.99 4.8 8.64 .7 Group I................................................... 9.34 4.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.03 1.5 9.17 2.0 8.64 .7 Group I................................................... 8.95 1.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.17 2.0 9.50 2.4 8.64 .7 Group I................................................... 9.06 1.1 9.34 1.7 8.64 .7 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.83 3.1 8.83 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.83 3.1 8.83 3.1 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.02 19.0 11.02 19.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.02 19.0 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.36 21.0 11.36 21.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.36 21.0 11.36 21.0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.59 7.3 16.14 8.9 8.14 3.7 Group I................................................... 13.14 9.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.05 8.8 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 9.71 11.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.71 11.6 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.69 11.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.33 10.0 25.59 10.1 8.63 1.6 Group I................................................... 10.56 5.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.27 4.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 63.86 22.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.49 4.4 17.49 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.11 7.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.08 3.5 17.08 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. 17.60 7.3 17.60 7.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.45 9.5 13.98 13.0 8.58 1.4 Group I................................................... 10.47 7.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.82 11.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.14 5.6 10.86 7.8 8.01 .8 Group I................................................... 9.03 6.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.14 5.6 10.86 7.8 8.01 .8 Group I................................................... 9.03 6.6 10.87 9.2 8.00 .9 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.54 7.2 15.83 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.09 9.3 – – – – Parts salespersons............................................ 14.00 14.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.40 4.5 14.90 12.3 9.05 4.0 Group I................................................... 11.15 3.3 14.56 12.7 9.10 4.4 Group II.................................................. 18.17 9.8 18.17 9.8 – – Insurance sales agents............................................ 19.89 5.8 19.89 5.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.14 7.5 35.14 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 31.63 9.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.75 8.9 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.23 6.7 39.23 6.7 – – Group III................................................. 41.05 7.5 41.05 7.5 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 33.70 8.9 33.70 8.9 – – Group II.................................................. 31.59 10.2 31.59 10.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.51 2.7 16.92 2.6 11.18 5.6 Group I................................................... 13.44 2.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.38 3.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 30.15 14.0 30.15 14.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.66 7.5 23.66 7.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.12 4.4 16.66 3.8 11.93 9.8 Group I................................................... 15.30 5.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.64 5.4 – – – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.75 13.5 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.96 4.3 17.31 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.87 7.6 16.45 7.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.75 5.9 17.75 5.9 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.98 7.5 12.36 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.98 7.5 12.36 6.8 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.62 5.1 17.73 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 15.40 2.0 15.52 1.9 – – Group II.................................................. 18.68 4.1 18.68 4.1 – – File clerks....................................................... 11.60 11.0 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.86 7.1 14.10 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.99 7.4 14.25 7.9 – – Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 14.23 5.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.23 5.9 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 16.36 8.4 16.70 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.67 11.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.21 4.5 – – – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.52 11.0 15.90 11.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.49 9.3 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.88 15.8 15.59 13.2 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.41 7.0 14.45 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.42 6.5 14.42 6.5 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.40 3.2 12.23 4.5 8.50 5.5 Group I................................................... 10.84 5.2 11.64 5.4 8.50 5.5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.39 4.6 20.44 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.32 1.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.87 7.1 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.99 7.1 25.26 7.0 – – Group II.................................................. 24.28 8.8 24.63 8.7 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 15.65 7.6 15.65 7.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.00 3.7 18.00 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.50 8.4 13.50 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 19.38 2.8 19.38 2.8 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.33 3.6 13.42 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.33 3.6 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 13.54 2.7 13.71 2.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.54 2.7 13.71 2.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.53 2.2 13.95 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.10 3.6 12.46 5.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.97 3.6 16.97 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.08 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.49 3.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.89 4.5 27.89 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 29.85 2.0 29.85 2.0 – – Carpenters........................................................ 16.14 2.6 16.14 2.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.02 5.5 13.02 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.95 5.8 12.95 5.8 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.42 10.7 15.42 10.7 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.39 8.8 14.39 8.8 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.17 1.7 21.17 1.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.91 .0 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.41 .3 21.41 .3 – – Group II.................................................. 25.91 .0 25.91 .0 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.90 .6 10.90 .6 – – Group I................................................... 10.94 .2 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.62 4.9 20.73 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.24 12.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.24 3.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.18 13.8 27.18 13.8 – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 25.04 3.8 25.04 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 25.04 3.8 – – – – Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 19.71 13.0 19.71 13.0 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 22.02 8.6 22.02 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 22.51 7.7 – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 22.08 8.7 22.08 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.58 7.8 22.58 7.8 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.89 6.0 19.89 6.0 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics Group II.................................................. 19.49 10.4 – – – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 20.67 11.0 20.67 11.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.61 12.2 16.91 13.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.53 5.0 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.12 2.1 24.12 2.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.21 9.3 12.39 10.3 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.85 3.3 27.85 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 28.46 3.5 – – – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.78 13.3 17.78 13.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.72 9.6 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.36 4.3 16.48 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.39 2.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.42 3.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.16 12.0 24.16 12.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.04 4.4 21.04 4.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.93 3.4 13.93 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.62 5.3 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 18.75 10.9 18.75 10.9 – – Group II.................................................. 17.24 4.8 17.24 4.8 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.90 4.5 15.90 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.44 9.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.06 7.3 – – – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.02 4.9 16.02 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.19 9.8 14.19 9.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.06 7.3 18.06 7.3 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.78 6.2 19.78 6.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.93 11.9 13.96 11.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.28 6.2 – – – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.58 18.7 11.63 18.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.24 17.4 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.91 2.8 15.39 3.5 10.41 5.1 Group I................................................... 13.02 4.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.32 9.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 24.53 8.8 24.53 8.8 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 16.73 3.3 18.16 6.8 14.59 1.7 Group I................................................... 16.01 1.6 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.56 1.3 – – 14.72 .0 Group I................................................... 14.52 1.7 – – 14.65 .4 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.29 5.1 17.62 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.29 7.1 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.64 8.7 18.64 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.57 6.0 15.57 6.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.82 13.7 15.82 13.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.70 12.9 15.70 12.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.09 5.1 13.09 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.64 2.1 12.64 2.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.71 4.8 11.21 5.7 9.26 6.9 Group I................................................... 10.63 5.8 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.91 11.3 10.91 11.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.91 11.3 10.91 11.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.27 6.3 11.17 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.18 8.1 11.03 9.6 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.62 16.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.71 16.1 – – – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $11.50 $17.55 $30.08 $46.15 Management occupations.............................................. 23.40 32.40 45.22 62.10 79.09 General and operations managers................................... 29.59 34.38 70.15 115.99 118.03 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.93 38.94 62.50 79.19 102.75 Marketing managers.............................................. 62.50 62.50 87.98 102.75 110.58 Sales managers.................................................. 33.93 33.93 47.08 72.12 77.99 Administrative services managers.................................. 23.57 27.15 36.20 41.24 53.80 Computer and information systems managers......................... 43.96 50.26 55.29 72.79 81.94 Financial managers................................................ 33.46 42.50 46.11 57.69 70.74 Human resources managers.......................................... 28.98 28.98 51.24 67.87 67.87 Industrial production managers.................................... 20.00 29.06 45.30 61.78 79.09 Purchasing managers............................................... 25.48 25.48 31.25 59.06 74.19 Education administrators.......................................... 17.19 20.44 38.50 45.75 59.42 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 36.42 38.50 40.90 45.75 50.30 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 26.21 26.21 41.38 48.26 61.89 Engineering managers.............................................. 46.15 51.67 62.54 66.04 96.97 Medical and health services managers.............................. 25.88 37.72 45.22 48.08 57.40 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 12.10 19.23 23.40 33.69 33.69 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.85 24.52 32.60 43.27 51.51 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.70 27.21 29.72 35.20 54.52 Logisticians...................................................... 35.43 35.43 39.75 42.49 43.58 Management analysts............................................... 20.59 23.73 32.69 48.08 48.19 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.30 24.52 32.41 43.29 49.79 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.22 29.87 37.64 48.64 54.70 Computer software engineers....................................... 34.62 37.93 46.83 53.85 64.30 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 34.21 37.40 52.36 60.10 66.31 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.14 38.02 43.22 51.44 53.85 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.59 26.39 29.56 33.62 43.27 Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.13 35.14 40.37 51.39 107.27 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 24.04 26.31 31.80 36.06 37.97 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 19.76 22.00 35.04 41.35 51.25 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.28 31.22 43.52 57.70 75.00 Engineers......................................................... 27.24 36.04 46.63 63.46 77.89 Chemical engineers.............................................. 37.98 39.99 56.83 75.00 107.60 Civil engineers................................................. 29.57 32.11 40.66 50.89 73.05 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 23.28 31.22 38.22 44.70 46.15 Industrial engineers.......................................... 23.28 24.71 31.73 44.70 65.42 Mechanical engineers............................................ 25.39 29.81 42.09 57.70 70.39 Petroleum engineers............................................. 43.33 50.96 77.89 84.52 86.78 Drafters.......................................................... 17.11 20.00 26.56 42.97 55.67 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 27.03 32.45 48.80 54.33 56.73 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.75 25.50 31.20 51.99 56.18 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.00 21.64 32.63 45.38 80.72 Physical scientists............................................... 25.47 28.67 34.89 71.06 86.83 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 25.24 27.36 34.11 80.58 89.23 Chemical technicians.............................................. 15.00 21.24 28.65 32.23 37.98 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.24 16.30 19.89 26.36 40.33 Counselors........................................................ 15.87 19.47 28.49 40.33 42.87 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.87 19.37 33.77 42.87 42.87 Social workers.................................................... 15.52 16.40 19.23 25.00 33.73 Legal occupations................................................... 26.67 32.56 38.46 43.26 100.24 Lawyers........................................................... 32.56 37.01 43.26 43.74 107.93 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.00 26.17 32.40 36.47 43.93 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.22 27.00 40.99 67.86 132.21 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 37.80 40.29 56.33 73.56 120.80 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 42.30 50.38 132.21 180.29 204.33 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.94 24.57 26.93 30.85 46.79 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.04 30.99 33.42 36.37 40.99 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.79 30.51 32.77 34.86 39.19 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.49 30.46 32.80 35.68 40.25 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.55 30.81 33.20 35.61 40.64 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.53 27.11 31.04 35.68 39.19 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.91 31.17 33.89 37.14 41.79 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.62 31.04 33.42 36.90 40.99 Special education teachers...................................... 32.06 32.89 34.34 37.53 44.28 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 8.13 11.73 16.00 32.63 39.10 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 18.00 19.00 31.33 39.10 41.49 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.52 10.54 12.41 13.57 15.16 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.00 22.98 24.04 32.79 50.48 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.50 22.00 30.35 38.00 46.47 Registered nurses................................................. 25.72 30.15 34.91 39.19 44.45 Therapists........................................................ 29.81 36.47 41.11 47.25 47.25 Physical therapists............................................. 36.47 36.47 41.58 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.95 14.42 20.71 25.24 28.01 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 14.42 22.00 24.18 26.98 29.80 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 12.21 13.25 15.39 18.48 24.66 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 15.79 24.67 29.81 30.81 33.17 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 16.59 24.87 29.00 30.81 31.60 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.00 10.90 14.19 15.77 23.94 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.00 19.57 19.78 23.24 27.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.75 10.03 12.50 14.42 18.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.50 10.74 12.67 14.19 Home health aides............................................... 7.75 7.75 11.33 11.61 18.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.69 11.07 12.73 14.08 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.00 12.99 13.99 15.75 18.69 Medical assistants.............................................. 11.00 13.00 14.72 15.18 15.87 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.50 11.75 16.66 23.75 29.08 Fire fighters..................................................... 15.08 17.44 20.29 25.50 27.58 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 13.24 14.22 15.70 17.34 18.24 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 13.24 14.22 15.70 17.34 18.24 Police officers................................................... 14.54 19.34 25.00 28.46 32.62 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.54 19.34 25.00 28.46 32.62 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.90 9.50 10.25 11.98 14.37 Security guards................................................. 8.90 9.50 10.25 11.98 14.37 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.55 7.25 8.50 11.20 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 7.96 9.00 11.50 14.42 17.84 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 7.96 8.00 11.00 14.42 20.74 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 7.00 7.85 10.23 13.00 Cooks, fast food................................................ 6.55 6.55 7.00 7.50 8.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.75 8.00 8.25 10.25 13.45 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.37 9.00 11.00 14.50 17.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 7.75 9.48 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 6.75 8.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.38 4.00 6.75 7.00 7.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.35 2.38 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.35 3.50 8.00 8.00 8.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.00 7.25 7.65 9.00 10.52 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.90 7.25 7.60 9.00 10.85 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.25 7.25 8.20 8.95 9.05 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 4.34 5.13 7.25 11.44 13.53 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.93 7.00 7.25 8.00 8.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.00 9.05 9.81 11.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.46 8.00 9.03 9.47 10.65 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.75 8.35 9.31 9.40 10.59 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.49 8.75 9.74 10.76 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 22.41 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 11.00 22.41 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.75 12.00 18.26 20.87 Child care workers................................................ 7.50 7.50 8.50 12.50 13.22 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.25 9.25 12.00 14.00 18.21 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 9.22 13.37 25.08 40.77 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.39 13.25 15.99 20.55 27.45 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.05 13.25 15.99 20.31 25.08 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.95 9.50 12.30 18.82 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.50 8.39 9.85 12.51 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.50 8.39 9.85 12.51 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.32 10.39 11.81 14.65 26.76 Parts salespersons............................................ 10.39 10.39 11.96 14.65 23.11 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 8.00 10.00 13.30 20.06 Insurance sales agents............................................ 11.22 16.00 16.89 19.85 36.37 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.92 22.60 28.15 45.63 61.60 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 22.60 26.77 40.74 50.48 57.39 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.00 20.00 28.04 38.96 61.60 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.76 12.00 15.29 19.43 23.53 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.27 20.63 26.52 30.77 60.78 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 13.00 15.39 19.95 22.08 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.50 13.04 13.04 18.75 22.56 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.25 14.66 16.63 20.17 22.08 Tellers......................................................... 10.00 10.82 11.39 12.46 15.53 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.04 15.33 16.00 19.25 24.46 File clerks....................................................... 8.24 9.00 11.54 14.61 14.61 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.76 11.00 12.05 16.46 19.23 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 10.00 10.50 11.56 18.34 19.70 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.00 12.78 16.56 19.23 21.14 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 10.00 12.20 14.71 19.23 21.14 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 9.70 9.70 14.25 18.27 20.67 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.60 10.40 14.00 18.00 20.14 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.75 9.25 10.90 13.74 15.80 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 15.53 19.00 23.81 29.99 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.39 18.69 24.00 29.04 33.65 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.25 12.50 14.00 16.39 23.56 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 15.82 17.67 21.14 22.79 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.22 12.00 12.50 14.65 16.16 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.32 12.50 13.46 14.65 14.91 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.50 10.75 13.13 15.63 19.56 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.25 11.96 15.18 20.83 27.87 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 18.30 21.00 28.75 32.04 34.38 Carpenters........................................................ 11.00 12.50 15.00 19.00 20.00 Construction laborers............................................. 9.50 11.00 11.75 16.42 16.50 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.00 13.00 15.00 17.50 20.00 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 11.00 12.50 13.50 15.00 18.40 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 14.67 15.18 21.82 27.87 28.87 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 15.18 15.18 21.82 27.87 28.87 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.75 10.25 10.88 11.74 12.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.50 15.91 20.24 24.50 30.03 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 12.50 23.08 26.96 28.37 40.67 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 18.12 22.00 27.00 30.03 30.03 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 10.40 17.30 19.79 21.59 30.03 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.85 14.95 20.00 25.11 35.13 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 12.80 14.75 20.07 25.22 35.26 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.06 18.40 19.93 23.43 23.84 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 16.74 18.00 21.60 22.72 22.72 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 8.25 10.00 15.02 23.16 26.52 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.79 22.24 23.78 26.84 27.47 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 8.00 10.00 10.92 14.75 19.00 Line installers and repairers..................................... 22.88 26.71 28.60 30.03 31.27 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.00 11.97 18.50 20.63 27.66 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 11.48 15.00 19.57 26.70 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.69 19.50 21.64 27.50 40.35 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.25 8.50 11.92 18.40 23.23 Machinists........................................................ 13.00 15.38 17.80 20.48 27.71 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 11.73 12.25 15.05 18.00 20.55 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 11.73 12.35 15.00 18.00 24.09 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 12.00 13.00 17.50 23.19 29.61 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.75 9.69 13.75 17.00 22.46 Helpers--production workers..................................... 7.70 8.24 10.10 12.00 22.46 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.82 13.13 16.91 25.18 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 18.00 21.00 22.34 27.78 28.66 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.77 14.02 15.83 20.22 22.13 Bus drivers, school............................................. 10.81 12.77 14.01 16.05 18.61 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.75 12.00 14.62 20.00 29.27 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.87 13.40 15.25 20.85 29.37 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.50 10.00 13.26 17.79 28.89 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.00 10.10 12.25 16.00 18.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.25 9.98 13.00 16.85 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.25 7.50 9.00 13.00 13.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 8.35 10.10 13.48 16.85 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 11.99 16.85 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 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $11.00 $17.00 $29.23 $48.09 Management occupations.............................................. 23.40 32.40 46.11 62.50 82.16 General and operations managers................................... 29.59 34.38 70.15 115.99 118.03 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.93 38.94 62.50 79.19 102.75 Marketing managers.............................................. 62.50 62.50 87.98 102.75 110.58 Sales managers.................................................. 33.93 33.93 47.08 72.12 77.99 Computer and information systems managers......................... 50.26 55.29 69.97 74.22 115.77 Financial managers................................................ 33.46 42.50 46.59 57.69 70.74 Human resources managers.......................................... 28.98 28.98 51.24 67.87 67.87 Industrial production managers.................................... 20.00 29.06 45.30 61.78 79.09 Purchasing managers............................................... 25.48 25.48 31.25 59.06 74.19 Education administrators.......................................... 17.19 17.19 20.44 44.57 67.59 Engineering managers.............................................. 46.15 51.67 62.54 66.04 96.97 Medical and health services managers.............................. 37.72 39.36 46.76 51.00 57.40 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 12.10 19.23 23.40 33.69 33.69 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.95 24.52 33.94 43.89 51.51 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.70 28.68 29.84 35.20 54.52 Logisticians...................................................... 35.43 35.43 39.75 42.49 43.58 Management analysts............................................... 23.46 29.70 38.81 48.08 48.19 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.20 24.52 33.94 45.56 50.48 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.00 28.85 37.87 51.02 56.55 Computer software engineers....................................... 35.19 40.10 48.64 53.85 65.31 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.14 38.02 43.22 51.44 53.85 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.59 27.59 29.42 34.03 44.73 Computer systems analysts......................................... 29.93 35.14 41.20 52.92 107.27 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 23.08 26.31 26.53 36.06 36.75 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 19.16 22.00 35.04 36.83 51.25 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.99 31.73 44.59 57.73 75.00 Engineers......................................................... 27.24 36.04 46.63 63.46 77.89 Chemical engineers.............................................. 37.98 39.99 56.83 75.00 107.60 Civil engineers................................................. 29.57 32.11 40.66 50.89 73.05 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 23.28 31.22 38.22 44.70 46.15 Industrial engineers.......................................... 23.28 24.71 31.73 44.70 65.42 Mechanical engineers............................................ 25.39 29.81 42.09 57.70 70.39 Petroleum engineers............................................. 43.33 50.96 77.89 84.52 86.78 Drafters.......................................................... 17.11 20.00 26.56 42.97 55.67 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 27.03 32.45 48.80 54.33 56.73 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.75 26.11 40.58 55.54 62.50 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.50 25.24 37.45 65.21 85.19 Physical scientists............................................... 25.24 30.59 61.55 75.00 88.56 Chemical technicians.............................................. 15.00 21.24 28.65 32.23 37.98 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.50 13.24 18.93 25.00 25.00 Legal occupations................................................... 26.67 32.56 38.46 43.26 100.24 Lawyers........................................................... 32.56 37.01 43.26 43.74 107.93 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.34 21.06 24.35 30.24 144.23 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.00 23.73 24.04 38.94 57.69 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.00 23.16 30.81 38.00 47.25 Registered nurses................................................. 26.79 30.09 35.00 39.19 44.99 Therapists........................................................ 29.81 36.47 41.11 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.95 15.33 22.23 25.89 29.19 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 22.00 23.49 25.34 28.01 30.07 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 18.02 25.58 29.81 30.81 33.17 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.81 19.57 19.78 24.09 27.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 10.00 12.59 14.60 18.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.00 10.87 12.72 14.17 Home health aides............................................... 7.75 7.75 11.33 11.61 18.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.50 9.61 11.07 12.73 13.93 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.00 13.00 14.00 16.86 19.50 Medical assistants.............................................. 11.00 13.00 14.90 15.18 15.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 9.50 10.50 12.50 15.00 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.90 9.50 10.25 11.98 14.37 Security guards................................................. 8.90 9.50 10.25 11.98 14.37 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.00 7.25 8.00 10.30 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 7.96 8.00 10.71 14.42 17.76 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 7.96 8.00 9.27 14.42 17.76 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 7.00 7.75 9.50 12.50 Cooks, fast food................................................ 6.55 6.55 7.00 7.50 8.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.37 9.00 11.00 14.50 17.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.40 7.75 8.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 6.75 8.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.38 4.00 6.75 7.00 7.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.35 2.38 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.35 3.50 8.00 8.00 8.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.90 7.25 7.50 8.45 9.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.75 7.25 7.45 8.45 9.25 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.25 7.25 8.20 8.95 9.05 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 4.30 4.34 7.25 7.93 10.77 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.93 7.00 7.25 8.00 8.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.46 8.00 8.82 9.40 10.51 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.40 8.00 8.82 9.40 10.46 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.75 8.16 9.23 9.40 9.83 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.49 8.75 9.74 10.76 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.75 10.00 18.26 24.04 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 9.22 13.37 25.09 40.77 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.39 13.25 15.99 20.55 27.45 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.05 13.25 15.99 20.31 25.08 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.88 9.50 12.27 18.89 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.50 8.39 9.85 12.51 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.50 8.39 9.85 12.51 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.32 10.39 11.81 14.65 26.76 Parts salespersons............................................ 10.39 10.39 11.96 14.65 23.11 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 8.00 9.95 13.39 20.06 Insurance sales agents............................................ 11.22 16.00 16.89 19.85 36.37 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.92 22.60 28.15 45.63 61.60 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 22.60 26.77 40.74 50.48 57.39 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.00 20.00 28.04 38.96 61.60 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.70 12.00 15.11 19.56 23.81 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.27 20.63 26.52 30.77 60.78 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 12.50 15.39 19.95 22.56 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.50 13.04 13.04 18.75 22.56 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.25 15.00 16.63 20.21 22.08 Tellers......................................................... 10.00 10.82 11.39 12.46 15.53 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.04 14.90 16.00 19.25 24.51 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.76 11.00 12.00 17.31 19.23 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 10.00 10.50 11.56 18.34 19.70 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.00 11.06 14.71 19.23 21.14 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 10.00 11.06 14.71 19.23 21.14 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 8.37 9.70 13.93 18.50 20.67 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.60 10.40 14.00 18.00 20.43 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.75 9.25 10.90 13.74 15.80 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.00 15.00 19.83 24.57 31.28 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.00 22.18 26.33 31.25 33.65 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.25 12.33 13.62 16.35 23.56 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 15.87 18.27 21.63 23.30 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.00 12.32 12.83 14.65 16.16 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.37 12.50 13.46 14.65 14.91 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.50 10.75 12.73 16.11 19.56 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.25 11.84 15.18 20.94 27.87 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 18.30 21.00 28.75 32.04 34.38 Carpenters........................................................ 11.00 12.50 15.00 19.00 20.00 Construction laborers............................................. 9.50 11.00 11.75 16.42 16.50 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.00 13.00 15.00 17.50 20.00 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 11.00 12.50 13.50 15.00 18.40 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 14.67 15.18 21.82 27.87 28.87 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 15.18 15.18 21.82 27.87 28.87 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.75 10.25 10.88 11.74 12.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.40 16.36 20.50 25.01 30.03 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 12.50 23.08 24.50 29.81 40.67 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 18.12 22.00 27.00 30.03 30.03 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 10.40 17.30 19.79 21.59 30.03 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.80 13.97 18.32 28.79 37.60 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 12.80 13.97 18.32 28.79 37.60 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 16.74 18.00 21.60 22.72 22.72 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 8.00 10.00 15.00 23.29 26.82 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.79 21.78 23.67 26.84 27.47 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 8.00 10.00 10.00 12.50 16.65 Line installers and repairers..................................... 22.88 26.71 28.60 30.03 31.27 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.00 13.00 19.12 21.20 29.68 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 11.45 15.00 19.57 26.84 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.69 19.50 21.64 27.50 40.35 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.25 8.50 11.92 18.40 23.23 Machinists........................................................ 13.00 15.38 17.80 20.48 27.71 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 11.73 12.25 15.05 18.00 20.55 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 11.73 12.35 15.00 18.00 24.09 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 12.00 13.00 17.50 23.19 29.61 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.75 9.69 13.75 17.00 22.46 Helpers--production workers..................................... 7.70 8.24 10.10 12.00 22.46 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.80 9.75 13.00 17.00 25.77 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 18.00 21.00 22.34 27.78 28.66 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.75 12.00 14.62 20.85 29.27 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.87 13.50 15.50 21.52 29.37 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.50 9.75 13.26 24.66 28.89 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.00 10.10 12.25 16.00 18.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.25 9.82 13.00 16.85 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.25 7.25 8.50 13.00 13.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 8.35 10.10 13.48 16.85 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 11.99 16.85 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 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.35 $14.47 $21.91 $33.16 $40.25 Management occupations.............................................. 23.91 34.29 40.87 50.25 50.53 Education administrators.......................................... 34.29 37.40 40.78 45.75 50.53 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 36.42 38.50 40.90 45.75 50.30 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.79 20.69 24.27 26.48 29.72 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.63 32.02 37.01 40.15 43.11 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.90 16.94 28.94 40.01 42.59 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.52 17.25 21.37 34.74 42.87 Counselors........................................................ 15.87 19.37 33.77 42.87 42.87 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.87 19.37 33.77 42.87 42.87 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.25 29.79 32.89 36.77 42.86 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.66 36.89 46.20 55.06 70.79 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 37.80 40.35 56.33 73.56 120.80 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 27.35 27.66 34.77 46.73 49.69 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.92 31.12 33.58 36.43 41.08 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.79 30.51 32.77 34.86 39.19 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.70 30.77 33.28 35.68 40.59 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.78 30.91 33.23 35.62 40.65 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.55 30.46 33.54 35.68 40.31 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.23 31.35 34.23 37.22 41.92 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.02 31.13 33.44 37.14 41.07 Special education teachers...................................... 32.06 32.89 34.34 37.53 44.28 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 8.13 11.73 19.00 36.54 39.10 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 20.56 28.00 39.02 39.10 41.49 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.39 10.65 12.41 13.84 15.45 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.70 16.59 25.72 34.68 40.46 Registered nurses................................................. 25.72 31.04 34.75 39.85 44.24 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.87 10.55 12.15 13.92 15.01 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.22 12.12 13.34 14.58 15.90 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.01 16.44 21.06 27.58 31.83 Fire fighters..................................................... 15.08 17.44 20.29 25.50 27.58 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 13.24 14.22 15.70 17.34 18.24 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 13.24 14.22 15.70 17.34 18.24 Police officers................................................... 14.54 19.34 25.00 28.46 32.62 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.54 19.34 25.00 28.46 32.62 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.31 9.96 11.05 12.83 15.10 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.31 9.72 9.96 11.05 12.08 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.31 9.72 9.96 11.05 12.08 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.40 9.00 9.90 13.39 22.67 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.15 8.80 9.31 10.67 12.44 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.15 8.80 9.31 10.67 12.44 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.70 13.22 13.22 13.33 18.21 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.34 13.13 15.70 18.22 20.66 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.90 16.04 17.22 19.39 21.55 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.74 16.49 17.88 19.66 22.50 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.31 15.60 17.22 20.66 21.55 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.38 11.32 13.13 14.53 16.71 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.92 13.49 19.65 22.40 24.52 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.67 12.64 13.64 15.75 18.01 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.19 13.64 15.75 18.01 20.22 Bus drivers, school............................................. 10.81 12.77 14.01 16.05 18.61 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.30 $12.73 $19.11 $31.61 $48.08 Management occupations.............................................. 23.57 33.69 45.67 62.41 79.23 General and operations managers................................... 29.59 34.38 70.15 115.99 118.03 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.93 38.94 62.50 79.19 102.75 Marketing managers.............................................. 62.50 62.50 87.98 102.75 110.58 Sales managers.................................................. 33.93 33.93 47.08 72.12 77.99 Administrative services managers.................................. 23.57 27.15 36.20 41.24 53.80 Computer and information systems managers......................... 43.96 50.26 55.29 72.79 81.94 Financial managers................................................ 33.46 42.50 46.11 57.69 70.74 Human resources managers.......................................... 28.98 28.98 51.24 67.87 67.87 Industrial production managers.................................... 20.00 29.06 45.30 61.78 79.09 Purchasing managers............................................... 25.48 25.48 31.25 59.06 74.19 Education administrators.......................................... 17.19 20.44 38.74 45.75 59.42 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 36.42 38.50 40.90 45.75 50.30 Engineering managers.............................................. 46.15 51.67 62.54 66.04 96.97 Medical and health services managers.............................. 25.88 37.72 45.22 48.08 57.40 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 12.10 19.23 23.40 33.69 33.69 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.85 24.52 32.60 43.27 51.51 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.70 27.21 29.72 35.20 54.52 Logisticians...................................................... 35.43 35.43 39.75 42.49 43.58 Management analysts............................................... 20.59 23.73 32.69 48.08 48.19 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.30 24.52 32.41 43.29 49.79 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.89 29.93 37.86 48.68 54.70 Computer software engineers....................................... 34.62 37.93 46.83 53.85 64.30 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 34.21 37.40 52.36 60.10 66.31 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.14 38.02 43.22 51.44 53.85 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.59 27.59 30.50 34.03 44.73 Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.13 35.14 40.37 51.39 107.27 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 24.04 26.31 31.80 36.06 37.97 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 19.76 22.00 35.04 41.35 51.25 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.28 31.22 43.52 57.70 75.00 Engineers......................................................... 27.24 36.04 46.63 63.46 77.89 Chemical engineers.............................................. 37.98 39.99 56.83 75.00 107.60 Civil engineers................................................. 29.57 32.11 40.66 50.89 73.05 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 23.28 31.22 38.22 44.70 46.15 Industrial engineers.......................................... 23.28 24.71 31.73 44.70 65.42 Mechanical engineers............................................ 25.39 29.81 42.09 57.70 70.39 Petroleum engineers............................................. 43.33 50.96 77.89 84.52 86.78 Drafters.......................................................... 17.11 20.00 26.56 42.97 55.67 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 27.03 32.45 48.80 54.33 56.73 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.75 25.50 31.20 51.99 56.18 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.00 21.64 32.63 45.38 80.72 Physical scientists............................................... 25.47 28.67 34.89 71.06 86.83 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 25.24 27.36 34.11 80.58 89.23 Chemical technicians.............................................. 15.00 21.24 28.65 32.23 37.98 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.24 16.28 19.71 26.36 40.50 Counselors........................................................ 15.87 19.23 32.91 42.01 42.87 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.87 19.37 33.77 42.87 42.87 Social workers.................................................... 15.52 16.40 19.23 25.00 33.73 Legal occupations................................................... 26.67 32.56 38.46 43.26 100.24 Lawyers........................................................... 32.56 37.01 43.26 43.74 107.93 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.72 27.69 32.50 36.77 44.28 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.24 27.00 41.96 69.26 132.21 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 37.84 40.96 57.51 76.99 120.80 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 42.30 50.38 132.21 180.29 204.33 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.97 24.59 26.93 30.85 46.81 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.09 30.99 33.42 36.37 40.99 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.79 30.51 32.77 34.86 39.19 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.08 30.46 32.80 35.68 40.28 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.78 30.91 33.23 35.62 40.65 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.53 27.11 31.04 35.68 39.19 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.91 31.17 33.89 37.14 41.79 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.62 31.04 33.42 36.90 40.99 Special education teachers...................................... 32.06 32.89 34.34 37.53 44.28 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 12.42 12.42 32.25 39.02 41.49 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.63 10.54 12.34 13.72 15.40 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.00 22.98 24.04 33.81 57.69 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.69 22.00 30.08 37.18 44.89 Registered nurses................................................. 25.72 30.09 34.65 38.29 43.26 Therapists........................................................ 29.81 36.47 41.11 47.25 47.25 Physical therapists............................................. 36.47 36.47 41.58 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.81 14.42 18.48 25.78 28.84 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 14.42 21.50 25.12 27.69 29.94 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 12.21 13.25 15.39 18.48 24.66 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 15.79 24.67 29.81 30.81 33.17 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 16.59 24.87 29.00 30.81 31.60 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.00 19.40 19.78 22.65 24.36 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.30 12.59 14.58 18.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.50 11.07 12.73 14.43 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.69 11.17 12.73 14.09 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.00 12.71 13.99 16.12 19.45 Medical assistants.............................................. 11.00 13.00 14.39 15.18 15.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.75 12.15 17.34 24.25 29.30 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 13.24 14.22 15.70 17.34 18.24 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 13.24 14.22 15.70 17.34 18.24 Police officers................................................... 14.54 20.36 25.23 28.46 32.65 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.54 20.36 25.23 28.46 32.65 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 9.50 10.50 12.00 14.52 Security guards................................................. 9.00 9.50 10.50 12.00 14.52 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.25 6.55 7.75 9.36 12.02 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 7.96 8.00 11.73 14.42 21.89 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 7.96 8.00 11.00 14.42 22.24 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 6.55 8.25 11.00 14.55 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.75 8.25 10.01 12.44 14.55 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.25 7.50 7.75 8.25 9.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 7.50 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.19 2.38 2.38 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.35 3.50 8.00 8.00 10.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.50 8.45 9.96 11.42 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.35 7.60 8.45 9.96 11.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.24 9.08 10.00 12.69 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.46 8.19 9.05 9.74 10.76 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.40 9.31 9.81 10.99 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.49 8.75 9.74 10.76 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 22.41 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 11.00 22.41 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 8.57 13.22 18.75 40.70 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.50 12.00 18.27 28.85 48.08 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.39 13.25 15.99 20.55 27.45 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.05 13.25 15.99 20.31 25.08 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.40 9.50 11.96 15.00 20.06 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.50 8.75 10.44 12.51 14.31 Cashiers...................................................... 8.50 8.75 10.44 12.51 14.31 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.39 10.39 11.96 15.00 30.11 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 9.50 12.77 18.51 20.06 Insurance sales agents............................................ 11.22 16.00 16.89 19.85 36.37 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.92 22.60 28.15 45.63 61.60 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 22.60 26.77 40.74 50.48 57.39 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.00 20.00 28.04 38.96 61.60 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.50 15.69 19.72 23.81 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.27 20.63 26.52 30.77 60.78 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.25 13.04 15.75 20.17 22.56 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.75 15.00 16.78 21.03 22.08 Tellers......................................................... 10.69 11.00 11.90 13.00 15.53 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.04 15.69 16.00 19.25 24.51 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.76 11.06 13.00 17.31 19.23 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.00 13.92 17.04 19.23 21.14 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 10.00 12.53 15.00 19.23 21.14 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 9.70 9.70 16.09 18.50 26.44 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.60 10.20 14.00 18.00 20.43 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.30 10.00 12.00 14.05 15.80 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 15.53 19.17 23.81 29.99 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.51 19.23 24.09 29.04 33.65 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.25 12.50 14.00 16.39 23.56 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 15.82 17.67 21.14 22.79 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.59 12.00 12.71 14.65 16.16 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.24 12.48 13.70 14.65 14.95 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.98 11.50 13.54 16.11 19.56 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.25 11.96 15.18 20.83 27.87 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 18.30 21.00 28.75 32.04 34.38 Carpenters........................................................ 11.00 12.50 15.00 19.00 20.00 Construction laborers............................................. 9.50 11.00 11.75 16.42 16.50 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.00 13.00 15.00 17.50 20.00 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 11.00 12.50 13.50 15.00 18.40 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 14.67 15.18 21.82 27.87 28.87 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 15.18 15.18 21.82 27.87 28.87 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.75 10.25 10.88 11.74 12.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.60 16.14 20.24 24.50 30.03 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 12.50 23.08 26.96 28.37 40.67 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 18.12 22.00 27.00 30.03 30.03 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 10.40 17.30 19.79 21.59 30.03 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.85 14.95 20.00 25.11 35.13 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 12.80 14.75 20.07 25.22 35.26 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.06 18.40 19.93 23.43 23.84 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 16.74 18.00 21.60 22.72 22.72 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 9.00 10.00 16.62 23.16 26.69 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.79 22.24 23.78 26.84 27.47 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 8.00 10.00 11.00 15.00 19.00 Line installers and repairers..................................... 22.88 26.71 28.60 30.03 31.27 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.00 11.97 18.50 20.63 27.66 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 11.50 15.00 19.62 26.84 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.69 19.50 21.64 27.50 40.35 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.25 8.50 11.92 18.40 23.23 Machinists........................................................ 13.00 15.38 17.80 20.48 27.71 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 11.73 12.25 15.05 18.00 20.55 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 11.73 12.35 15.00 18.00 24.09 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 12.00 13.00 17.50 23.19 29.61 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.75 9.69 13.75 17.00 22.46 Helpers--production workers..................................... 7.70 8.24 10.25 12.00 22.46 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.40 10.10 13.48 17.34 25.50 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 18.00 21.00 22.34 27.78 28.66 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.20 16.05 18.01 22.13 22.13 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 12.02 14.62 20.85 29.27 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.87 13.40 15.25 20.85 29.37 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.50 10.00 13.26 17.79 28.89 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.00 10.10 12.25 16.00 18.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.00 10.45 13.00 16.85 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.50 8.24 11.50 13.00 13.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 8.28 10.00 13.48 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 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.75 $7.25 $8.00 $10.39 $13.85 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.13 8.95 13.00 18.00 28.00 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 8.13 10.99 11.73 18.00 21.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.00 23.79 35.00 50.46 58.00 Registered nurses................................................. 29.30 34.00 44.77 58.00 58.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 7.75 10.50 13.91 15.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.15 8.76 9.25 11.50 16.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.55 7.25 7.75 9.27 Cooks............................................................. 6.60 7.15 7.77 9.00 11.80 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.22 6.75 7.20 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.22 2.22 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 7.25 7.25 7.50 9.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 7.25 7.25 7.40 8.90 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.35 7.75 8.50 9.40 9.63 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.35 7.75 8.50 9.40 9.63 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.35 7.75 8.50 9.40 9.63 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.40 8.00 9.19 10.90 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.90 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.85 8.30 9.49 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.85 8.30 9.49 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.40 8.50 9.83 11.92 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.76 9.00 10.82 12.50 16.50 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.74 10.31 11.50 14.66 17.65 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.25 7.25 8.05 9.50 9.99 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 7.25 8.00 12.63 15.85 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.58 14.02 14.02 15.47 15.99 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.98 13.64 14.27 15.61 17.51 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.25 7.25 10.50 13.65 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 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.14 $19.11 $994 $750 39.5 $50,559 $39,187 2,011 Management occupations.............................................. 50.11 45.67 2,005 1,827 40.0 103,515 93,446 2,066 General and operations managers................................... 74.59 70.15 2,984 2,806 40.0 155,152 145,918 2,080 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 64.97 62.50 2,599 2,500 40.0 135,143 130,000 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 87.37 87.98 3,495 3,519 40.0 181,737 183,000 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 51.77 47.08 2,071 1,883 40.0 107,682 97,928 2,080 Administrative services managers.................................. 36.16 36.20 1,413 1,448 39.1 73,495 75,304 2,033 Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.64 55.29 2,545 2,212 40.0 132,361 115,003 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 52.17 46.11 2,087 1,844 40.0 108,522 95,905 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 48.18 51.24 1,927 2,050 40.0 100,223 106,579 2,080 Industrial production managers.................................... 46.72 45.30 1,904 1,812 40.7 98,999 94,222 2,119 Purchasing managers............................................... 43.54 31.25 1,742 1,250 40.0 90,563 65,000 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 37.15 38.74 1,481 1,540 39.9 70,476 66,451 1,897 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.80 40.90 1,672 1,636 40.0 70,945 69,451 1,697 Engineering managers.............................................. 63.64 62.54 2,545 2,501 40.0 132,362 130,073 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 42.70 45.22 1,708 1,809 40.0 88,808 94,058 2,080 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.72 23.40 989 936 40.0 51,448 48,672 2,082 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.75 32.60 1,393 1,304 40.1 72,390 67,800 2,083 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 32.76 29.72 1,310 1,189 40.0 68,136 61,813 2,080 Logisticians...................................................... 39.43 39.75 1,577 1,590 40.0 82,018 82,680 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 35.26 32.69 1,410 1,308 40.0 73,344 67,999 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.76 32.41 1,389 1,295 40.0 72,170 67,350 2,076 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.71 37.86 1,628 1,515 40.0 84,531 78,146 2,077 Computer software engineers....................................... 47.79 46.83 1,911 1,873 40.0 99,397 97,400 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 50.70 52.36 2,028 2,094 40.0 105,449 108,903 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.94 43.22 1,838 1,729 40.0 95,552 89,898 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 30.79 30.50 1,232 1,220 40.0 63,921 60,083 2,076 Computer systems analysts......................................... 48.89 40.37 1,956 1,615 40.0 101,694 83,978 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.12 31.80 1,245 1,272 40.0 64,684 66,144 2,079 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 33.31 35.04 1,342 1,401 40.3 68,847 72,875 2,067 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.35 43.52 1,894 1,741 40.0 98,487 90,524 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 51.06 46.63 2,042 1,865 40.0 106,195 96,992 2,080 Chemical engineers.............................................. 60.46 56.83 2,418 2,273 40.0 125,754 118,200 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 45.87 40.66 1,835 1,626 40.0 95,400 84,564 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 38.81 38.22 1,552 1,529 40.0 80,717 79,500 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.50 31.73 1,500 1,269 40.0 78,002 66,000 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 46.67 42.09 1,867 1,684 40.0 97,082 87,549 2,080 Petroleum engineers............................................. 68.00 77.89 2,720 3,115 40.0 141,442 162,001 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 31.95 26.56 1,278 1,063 40.0 66,448 55,251 2,080 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 43.71 48.80 1,748 1,952 40.0 90,913 101,500 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 37.93 31.20 1,517 1,248 40.0 78,900 64,896 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 39.41 32.63 1,577 1,305 40.0 79,403 65,000 2,015 Physical scientists............................................... 51.75 34.89 2,070 1,396 40.0 107,645 72,571 2,080 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 54.65 34.11 2,186 1,365 40.0 113,665 70,955 2,080 Chemical technicians.............................................. 27.31 28.65 1,092 1,146 40.0 56,798 59,592 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.07 19.71 915 788 39.7 44,516 41,881 1,930 Counselors........................................................ 30.05 32.91 1,178 1,295 39.2 52,042 53,768 1,732 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.73 33.77 1,240 1,351 39.1 53,507 55,509 1,686 Social workers.................................................... 21.76 19.23 867 769 39.8 43,859 40,113 2,015 Legal occupations................................................... 45.82 38.46 1,799 1,538 39.3 93,564 79,997 2,042 Lawyers........................................................... 53.03 43.26 2,107 1,730 39.7 109,542 89,981 2,066 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.51 32.50 1,343 1,258 38.9 52,606 47,985 1,524 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 61.58 41.96 2,433 1,574 39.5 115,060 72,833 1,868 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 64.72 57.51 2,510 2,300 38.8 103,897 94,427 1,605 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 135.23 132.21 5,334 5,288 39.4 271,477 275,001 2,007 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 30.35 26.93 1,217 1,077 40.1 59,833 55,474 1,971 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.75 33.42 1,309 1,288 38.8 49,018 48,166 1,452 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 32.14 32.77 1,253 1,268 39.0 47,307 47,548 1,472 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.94 32.80 1,283 1,271 39.0 47,913 47,548 1,455 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.58 33.23 1,299 1,279 38.7 48,606 47,858 1,447 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.05 31.04 1,234 1,234 39.8 45,824 46,164 1,476 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.69 33.89 1,341 1,300 38.7 50,321 48,681 1,451 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.32 33.42 1,328 1,285 38.7 49,662 48,063 1,447 Special education teachers...................................... 36.06 34.34 1,376 1,316 38.2 51,493 49,464 1,428 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 27.44 32.25 1,055 1,209 38.5 43,519 46,285 1,586 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.35 12.34 479 471 38.8 18,452 18,067 1,494 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 32.50 24.04 1,300 962 40.0 67,605 50,003 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.14 30.08 1,193 1,200 39.6 61,424 61,630 2,038 Registered nurses................................................. 34.66 34.65 1,372 1,381 39.6 69,876 70,200 2,016 Therapists........................................................ 39.69 41.11 1,586 1,644 40.0 81,356 84,178 2,050 Physical therapists............................................. 42.14 41.58 1,686 1,663 40.0 86,903 85,509 2,062 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.11 18.48 800 739 39.8 41,619 38,438 2,069 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.16 25.12 955 963 39.5 49,672 50,066 2,056 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.83 15.39 673 616 40.0 35,006 32,011 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.10 29.81 1,084 1,192 40.0 56,371 62,001 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 26.95 29.00 1,078 1,160 40.0 56,049 60,320 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.84 19.78 789 791 37.9 41,035 41,134 1,969 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.87 12.59 474 500 36.8 24,649 26,021 1,915 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.41 11.07 420 430 36.8 21,827 22,339 1,913 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.37 11.17 431 436 37.9 22,408 22,693 1,971 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.66 13.99 540 559 36.8 28,077 29,093 1,915 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.01 14.39 549 577 39.2 28,539 30,000 2,037 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.68 17.34 762 696 40.8 39,042 35,776 2,090 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.78 15.70 636 638 40.3 33,055 33,188 2,094 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.78 15.70 636 638 40.3 33,055 33,188 2,094 Police officers................................................... 24.41 25.23 975 1,008 40.0 49,487 51,661 2,027 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.41 25.23 975 1,008 40.0 49,487 51,661 2,027 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.13 10.50 429 410 38.5 22,309 21,320 2,004 Security guards................................................. 11.13 10.50 429 410 38.5 22,309 21,320 2,004 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.79 7.75 287 290 36.8 14,421 14,560 1,852 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.67 11.73 505 469 39.8 25,113 20,800 1,981 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.51 11.00 500 440 40.0 24,808 19,622 1,984 Cooks............................................................. 9.41 8.25 335 300 35.6 17,025 15,600 1,810 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.57 10.01 395 380 37.4 18,583 17,160 1,759 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.11 7.75 315 310 38.8 15,136 15,600 1,866 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.21 2.38 157 94 37.4 8,181 4,888 1,944 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.90 2.19 110 86 37.9 5,711 4,455 1,971 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.90 8.00 262 300 37.9 13,612 15,600 1,972 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.86 8.45 296 290 33.4 14,209 13,559 1,603 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.98 8.45 293 280 32.6 13,902 13,239 1,547 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.99 9.08 392 360 39.3 20,217 18,655 2,025 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.17 9.05 358 359 39.0 18,382 18,346 2,006 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.50 9.31 374 362 39.3 19,021 18,819 2,002 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.83 8.75 340 350 38.5 17,678 18,179 2,002 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.02 9.00 441 360 40.0 22,914 18,720 2,080 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.36 9.00 454 360 40.0 23,629 18,720 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.14 13.22 545 529 33.8 28,202 27,496 1,748 Sales and related occupations....................................... 25.59 18.27 1,030 692 40.3 53,582 36,001 2,094 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.49 15.99 709 640 40.5 36,872 33,259 2,108 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.08 15.99 695 640 40.7 36,114 33,259 2,114 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.98 11.96 568 473 40.6 29,529 24,570 2,112 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.86 10.44 432 418 39.8 22,454 21,715 2,067 Cashiers...................................................... 10.86 10.44 432 418 39.8 22,454 21,715 2,067 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.83 11.96 641 479 40.5 33,329 24,883 2,106 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.90 12.77 611 482 41.0 31,775 25,066 2,133 Insurance sales agents............................................ 19.89 16.89 775 676 39.0 40,297 35,137 2,026 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.14 28.15 1,398 1,126 39.8 72,678 58,548 2,068 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.23 40.74 1,569 1,630 40.0 81,591 84,735 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 33.70 28.04 1,338 1,112 39.7 69,559 57,801 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.92 15.69 672 625 39.7 34,634 32,240 2,047 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 30.15 26.52 1,197 1,061 39.7 62,263 55,155 2,065 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.66 15.75 662 630 39.7 34,396 32,754 2,065 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.31 16.78 685 666 39.6 35,551 34,632 2,054 Tellers......................................................... 12.36 11.90 494 476 40.0 25,699 24,752 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.73 16.00 704 640 39.7 36,384 33,280 2,052 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.10 13.00 555 482 39.4 28,873 25,064 2,048 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.70 17.04 678 680 40.6 35,242 35,335 2,110 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.90 15.00 636 600 40.0 33,071 31,200 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.59 16.09 624 644 40.0 32,427 33,476 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.45 14.00 571 560 39.5 29,682 29,120 2,054 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.23 12.00 485 473 39.7 25,222 24,606 2,062 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.44 19.17 810 748 39.6 41,747 38,480 2,043 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 25.26 24.09 1,011 963 40.0 52,550 50,101 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.65 14.00 606 562 38.7 31,528 29,203 2,014 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.00 17.67 718 707 39.9 36,237 35,901 2,013 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.42 12.71 537 508 40.0 27,726 26,312 2,066 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.71 13.70 549 548 40.0 28,215 28,309 2,058 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.95 13.54 554 536 39.7 27,221 26,125 1,952 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.97 15.18 679 607 40.0 35,295 31,570 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.89 28.75 1,115 1,150 40.0 58,002 59,800 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 16.14 15.00 646 600 40.0 33,566 31,200 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 13.02 11.75 521 470 40.0 27,091 24,440 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.42 15.00 617 600 40.0 32,067 31,200 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.39 13.50 576 540 40.0 29,933 28,080 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.17 21.82 847 873 40.0 44,029 45,390 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.41 21.82 856 873 40.0 44,530 45,390 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.90 10.88 436 435 40.0 22,666 22,622 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.73 20.24 829 803 40.0 43,063 41,600 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.18 26.96 1,087 1,078 40.0 56,538 56,077 2,080 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 25.04 27.00 1,002 1,080 40.0 52,084 56,160 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 19.71 19.79 789 792 40.0 41,003 41,163 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 22.02 20.00 897 803 40.7 46,629 41,746 2,118 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 22.08 20.07 900 803 40.7 46,776 41,746 2,118 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.89 19.93 796 797 40.0 41,368 41,446 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 20.67 21.60 827 864 40.0 42,991 44,928 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.91 16.62 677 665 40.0 35,149 34,171 2,078 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.12 23.78 965 951 40.0 50,173 49,456 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.39 11.00 496 440 40.0 25,733 22,880 2,077 Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.85 28.60 1,114 1,144 40.0 57,920 59,488 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.78 18.50 711 740 40.0 36,907 38,480 2,075 Production occupations.............................................. 16.48 15.00 658 600 39.9 34,199 31,200 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.16 21.64 967 865 40.0 50,262 45,001 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.93 11.92 547 468 39.2 28,420 24,336 2,040 Machinists........................................................ 18.75 17.80 750 712 40.0 39,008 37,022 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.90 15.05 636 602 40.0 33,074 31,304 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.02 15.00 641 600 40.0 33,330 31,200 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.78 17.50 791 700 40.0 41,153 36,400 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.96 13.75 558 550 40.0 29,031 28,600 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.63 10.25 465 410 40.0 24,197 21,320 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.39 13.48 615 539 40.0 31,865 27,872 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 24.53 22.34 981 894 40.0 51,028 46,476 2,080 Bus drivers....................................................... 18.16 18.01 654 720 36.0 28,990 32,760 1,596 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.62 14.62 710 585 40.3 36,940 30,405 2,097 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.64 15.25 755 610 40.5 39,256 31,720 2,106 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.82 13.26 633 530 40.0 32,905 27,581 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.09 12.25 524 490 40.0 27,231 25,480 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.21 10.45 448 418 40.0 23,307 21,736 2,080 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.91 11.50 437 460 40.0 22,701 23,920 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.17 10.00 447 400 40.0 23,228 20,800 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.21 $18.52 $997 $728 39.5 $51,772 $37,710 2,053 Management occupations.............................................. 51.14 46.11 2,046 1,844 40.0 106,386 95,905 2,080 General and operations managers................................... 74.59 70.15 2,984 2,806 40.0 155,152 145,918 2,080 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 64.97 62.50 2,599 2,500 40.0 135,143 130,000 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 87.37 87.98 3,495 3,519 40.0 181,737 183,000 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 51.77 47.08 2,071 1,883 40.0 107,682 97,928 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 69.61 69.97 2,785 2,799 40.0 144,798 145,529 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 52.45 46.59 2,098 1,863 40.0 109,088 96,901 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 48.18 51.24 1,927 2,050 40.0 100,223 106,579 2,080 Industrial production managers.................................... 46.72 45.30 1,904 1,812 40.7 98,999 94,222 2,119 Purchasing managers............................................... 43.54 31.25 1,742 1,250 40.0 90,563 65,000 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 33.90 20.44 1,347 818 39.7 69,689 42,515 2,056 Engineering managers.............................................. 63.64 62.54 2,545 2,501 40.0 132,362 130,073 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 46.99 46.76 1,880 1,870 40.0 97,745 97,261 2,080 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.72 23.40 989 936 40.0 51,448 48,672 2,082 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.66 33.94 1,429 1,358 40.1 74,320 70,599 2,084 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.88 29.84 1,355 1,194 40.0 70,469 62,076 2,080 Logisticians...................................................... 39.43 39.75 1,577 1,590 40.0 82,018 82,680 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 38.72 38.81 1,549 1,553 40.0 80,537 80,731 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.63 33.94 1,424 1,358 40.0 74,046 70,599 2,078 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.22 38.39 1,649 1,536 40.0 85,738 79,895 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 48.85 48.64 1,954 1,946 40.0 101,611 101,175 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.94 43.22 1,838 1,729 40.0 95,552 89,898 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 31.29 31.25 1,252 1,250 40.0 65,092 65,000 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 51.21 41.20 2,048 1,648 40.0 106,507 85,700 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.70 26.53 1,228 1,061 40.0 63,852 55,182 2,080 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.72 35.04 1,319 1,401 40.3 68,582 72,875 2,096 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.92 44.59 1,917 1,783 40.0 99,680 92,741 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 51.06 46.63 2,042 1,865 40.0 106,195 96,992 2,080 Chemical engineers.............................................. 60.46 56.83 2,418 2,273 40.0 125,754 118,200 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 45.87 40.66 1,835 1,626 40.0 95,400 84,564 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 38.81 38.22 1,552 1,529 40.0 80,717 79,500 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.50 31.73 1,500 1,269 40.0 78,002 66,000 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 46.67 42.09 1,867 1,684 40.0 97,082 87,549 2,080 Petroleum engineers............................................. 68.00 77.89 2,720 3,115 40.0 141,442 162,001 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 31.95 26.56 1,278 1,063 40.0 66,448 55,251 2,080 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 43.71 48.80 1,748 1,952 40.0 90,913 101,500 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 40.13 40.58 1,605 1,623 40.0 83,478 84,400 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 44.86 37.45 1,794 1,498 40.0 93,300 77,900 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 57.63 61.55 2,305 2,462 40.0 119,877 128,024 2,080 Chemical technicians.............................................. 27.31 28.65 1,092 1,146 40.0 56,798 59,592 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.80 18.26 712 730 40.0 37,032 37,981 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 45.82 38.46 1,799 1,538 39.3 93,564 79,997 2,042 Lawyers........................................................... 53.03 43.26 2,107 1,730 39.7 109,542 89,981 2,066 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 50.88 25.00 2,051 1,027 40.3 95,428 48,422 1,876 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 32.38 24.04 1,295 962 40.0 67,343 50,003 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.13 30.81 1,227 1,209 39.4 63,813 62,858 2,050 Registered nurses................................................. 34.63 34.57 1,370 1,381 39.6 71,246 71,822 2,057 Therapists........................................................ 39.62 41.11 1,585 1,644 40.0 82,412 85,509 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.06 21.69 836 874 39.7 43,493 45,427 2,065 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.62 29.81 1,105 1,192 40.0 57,439 62,001 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.11 19.78 795 791 37.6 41,318 41,134 1,957 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.97 12.72 470 504 36.2 24,446 26,187 1,884 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.43 11.18 414 432 36.2 21,530 22,485 1,884 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.31 11.15 425 435 37.6 22,095 22,610 1,954 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.95 14.42 540 559 36.1 28,095 29,093 1,880 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.55 10.85 446 420 38.6 23,217 21,840 2,009 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.13 10.50 429 410 38.5 22,309 21,320 2,004 Security guards................................................. 11.13 10.50 429 410 38.5 22,309 21,320 2,004 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.31 7.50 271 287 37.0 14,067 14,942 1,924 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.98 10.71 477 428 39.8 24,809 22,277 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 11.74 9.00 469 360 40.0 24,412 18,720 2,080 Cooks............................................................. 9.06 7.75 324 300 35.8 16,830 15,600 1,859 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.21 2.38 157 94 37.4 8,181 4,888 1,944 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.90 2.19 110 86 37.9 5,711 4,455 1,971 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.90 8.00 262 300 37.9 13,612 15,600 1,972 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.48 8.20 284 280 33.5 14,779 14,560 1,743 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.56 8.21 278 261 32.5 14,440 13,559 1,688 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.13 8.81 356 350 39.0 18,531 18,200 2,030 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.93 8.82 346 350 38.7 17,993 18,200 2,014 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.19 9.23 357 362 38.9 18,564 18,819 2,020 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.83 8.75 340 350 38.5 17,678 18,179 2,002 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.33 13.00 545 520 33.4 28,331 27,040 1,735 Sales and related occupations....................................... 25.62 18.31 1,032 693 40.3 53,650 36,046 2,094 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.49 15.99 709 640 40.5 36,872 33,259 2,108 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.08 15.99 695 640 40.7 36,114 33,259 2,114 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.99 11.96 568 473 40.6 29,557 24,570 2,113 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.86 10.44 432 418 39.8 22,454 21,715 2,067 Cashiers...................................................... 10.86 10.44 432 418 39.8 22,454 21,715 2,067 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.83 11.96 641 479 40.5 33,329 24,883 2,106 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.93 12.77 612 482 41.0 31,848 25,066 2,133 Insurance sales agents............................................ 19.89 16.89 775 676 39.0 40,297 35,137 2,026 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.14 28.15 1,398 1,126 39.8 72,678 58,548 2,068 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.23 40.74 1,569 1,630 40.0 81,591 84,735 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 33.70 28.04 1,338 1,112 39.7 69,559 57,801 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.04 15.69 677 625 39.7 35,196 32,500 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 30.15 26.52 1,197 1,061 39.7 62,263 55,155 2,065 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.71 16.00 664 640 39.7 34,522 33,280 2,066 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.34 17.00 686 666 39.5 35,654 34,632 2,057 Tellers......................................................... 12.36 11.90 494 476 40.0 25,699 24,752 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.71 16.00 702 640 39.7 36,280 33,280 2,048 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.09 12.05 555 482 39.4 28,848 25,064 2,047 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.05 15.00 642 600 40.0 33,387 31,200 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.05 15.00 642 600 40.0 33,387 31,200 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.58 16.09 623 644 40.0 32,408 33,476 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.33 14.00 566 560 39.5 29,419 29,120 2,053 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.23 12.00 485 473 39.7 25,222 24,606 2,062 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.98 19.83 830 793 39.6 43,186 41,246 2,058 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 27.47 26.39 1,099 1,056 40.0 57,141 54,891 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.51 13.62 599 550 38.6 31,154 28,579 2,008 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.15 18.27 726 731 40.0 37,756 38,000 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.78 13.46 551 538 40.0 28,663 28,001 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.38 14.25 574 570 39.9 29,862 29,632 2,076 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.97 15.18 679 607 40.0 35,287 31,570 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.89 28.75 1,115 1,150 40.0 58,002 59,800 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 16.14 15.00 646 600 40.0 33,566 31,200 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 13.02 11.75 521 470 40.0 27,091 24,440 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.42 15.00 617 600 40.0 32,067 31,200 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.39 13.50 576 540 40.0 29,933 28,080 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.17 21.82 847 873 40.0 44,029 45,390 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.41 21.82 856 873 40.0 44,530 45,390 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.90 10.88 436 435 40.0 22,666 22,622 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.95 20.50 837 810 40.0 43,537 42,099 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.22 24.50 1,089 980 40.0 56,617 50,960 2,080 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 25.04 27.00 1,002 1,080 40.0 52,084 56,160 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 19.71 19.79 789 792 40.0 41,003 41,163 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 22.36 18.32 915 733 40.9 47,569 38,114 2,127 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 22.45 18.32 919 737 40.9 47,768 38,324 2,128 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 20.67 21.60 827 864 40.0 42,991 44,928 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.61 15.00 665 600 40.0 34,559 31,200 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.09 23.67 964 947 40.0 50,113 49,234 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.37 10.00 455 400 40.0 23,640 20,800 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.85 28.60 1,114 1,144 40.0 57,920 59,488 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.78 19.12 751 765 40.0 39,067 39,768 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.49 15.00 658 600 39.9 34,214 31,200 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.16 21.64 967 865 40.0 50,262 45,001 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.93 11.92 547 468 39.2 28,420 24,336 2,040 Machinists........................................................ 18.75 17.80 750 712 40.0 39,008 37,022 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.90 15.05 636 602 40.0 33,074 31,304 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.02 15.00 641 600 40.0 33,330 31,200 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.78 17.50 791 700 40.0 41,153 36,400 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.96 13.75 558 550 40.0 29,031 28,600 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.63 10.25 465 410 40.0 24,197 21,320 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.49 13.48 621 539 40.1 32,293 28,040 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 24.53 22.34 981 894 40.0 51,028 46,476 2,080 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.79 14.75 718 590 40.3 37,318 30,680 2,097 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.82 15.50 763 620 40.5 39,652 32,240 2,107 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.96 13.26 638 530 40.0 33,193 27,581 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.09 12.25 524 490 40.0 27,231 25,480 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.18 10.10 447 404 40.0 23,250 21,008 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.17 10.00 447 400 40.0 23,230 20,800 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.72 $22.58 $980 $911 39.6 $44,439 $44,990 1,797 Management occupations.............................................. 39.86 40.87 1,594 1,635 40.0 77,119 76,474 1,935 Education administrators.......................................... 40.69 40.78 1,628 1,631 40.0 71,208 69,451 1,750 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.80 40.90 1,672 1,636 40.0 70,945 69,451 1,697 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.50 24.27 980 971 40.0 50,768 50,208 2,072 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.84 37.31 1,434 1,492 40.0 73,342 75,005 2,046 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.41 28.94 1,138 1,158 40.1 53,816 59,207 1,894 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.20 21.37 1,034 860 39.5 48,481 47,139 1,850 Counselors........................................................ 31.73 33.77 1,240 1,351 39.1 53,507 55,509 1,686 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.73 33.77 1,240 1,351 39.1 53,507 55,509 1,686 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.29 32.96 1,251 1,273 38.8 48,013 47,985 1,487 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.70 46.73 1,950 1,861 39.2 85,701 77,793 1,725 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 37.92 35.58 1,514 1,423 39.9 69,713 63,027 1,838 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.22 33.58 1,323 1,294 38.7 49,577 48,434 1,449 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 32.14 32.77 1,253 1,268 39.0 47,307 47,548 1,472 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.64 33.28 1,303 1,281 38.7 48,726 47,935 1,449 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.58 33.23 1,299 1,279 38.7 48,606 47,858 1,447 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.86 33.54 1,316 1,292 38.9 49,213 48,334 1,454 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.03 34.23 1,352 1,311 38.6 50,756 49,212 1,449 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.69 33.44 1,340 1,295 38.6 50,125 48,434 1,445 Special education teachers...................................... 36.06 34.34 1,376 1,316 38.2 51,493 49,464 1,428 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 32.69 36.54 1,240 1,294 37.9 47,870 52,064 1,465 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.47 12.41 483 478 38.7 18,296 17,882 1,467 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.67 25.72 1,069 1,029 40.1 53,266 53,290 1,997 Registered nurses................................................. 34.78 34.75 1,378 1,376 39.6 65,701 64,875 1,889 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.37 12.15 495 486 40.0 25,730 25,272 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.46 13.34 538 534 40.0 27,990 27,747 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.22 21.25 932 924 41.9 47,373 47,141 2,132 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.78 15.70 636 638 40.3 33,055 33,188 2,094 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.78 15.70 636 638 40.3 33,055 33,188 2,094 Police officers................................................... 24.41 25.23 975 1,008 40.0 49,487 51,661 2,027 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.41 25.23 975 1,008 40.0 49,487 51,661 2,027 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.27 11.21 430 369 35.0 16,805 12,898 1,370 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.46 9.96 345 349 33.0 12,576 12,898 1,202 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.46 9.96 345 349 33.0 12,576 12,898 1,202 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.63 10.00 505 400 40.0 25,351 20,411 2,008 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.93 9.37 397 375 40.0 19,647 18,616 1,978 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.93 9.37 397 375 40.0 19,647 18,616 1,978 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.89 15.73 633 619 39.8 30,376 29,894 1,911 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.92 17.22 714 689 39.8 35,396 34,448 1,975 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.58 17.88 743 715 40.0 38,655 37,190 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.56 17.22 695 689 39.6 32,243 33,614 1,836 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.99 13.13 511 522 39.3 22,404 22,583 1,725 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.98 19.93 759 797 40.0 39,280 41,446 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.23 13.52 551 536 38.7 27,177 27,456 1,910 Bus drivers....................................................... 16.64 17.63 577 615 34.7 24,308 19,036 1,461 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 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $23.61 $19.51 $23.78 $32.33 Management, professional, and related...... 42.53 37.68 43.24 46.43 Management, business, and financial...... 45.28 38.50 46.74 51.68 Professional and related................. 40.67 37.01 41.06 43.30 Service.................................... 9.57 8.98 8.58 13.27 Sales and office........................... 18.43 17.41 19.93 18.89 Sales and related........................ 21.35 19.48 23.85 25.70 Office and administrative support........ 16.58 15.84 17.13 17.58 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 18.79 18.88 17.82 20.85 Construction and extraction............. 16.97 17.69 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.95 20.25 19.88 27.94 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.57 13.81 16.46 19.51 Production............................... 16.37 14.31 18.36 20.57 Transportation and material moving....... 14.96 13.32 15.46 18.66 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........................................................... 3.9 6.3 6.0 10.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.3 8.4 4.4 9.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 4.9 5.4 7.4 10.6 Professional and related.......................................... 4.2 15.2 7.7 8.4 Service............................................................. 5.4 7.2 6.4 2.3 Sales and office.................................................... 4.6 3.4 10.4 8.9 Sales and related................................................. 10.0 6.7 19.7 24.4 Office and administrative support................................. 2.9 4.2 3.7 8.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.1 2.7 6.5 11.3 Construction and extraction...................................... 3.7 5.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.4 5.5 7.6 10.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.8 5.7 6.1 5.7 Production........................................................ 4.3 5.3 2.9 9.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 3.0 8.8 9.2 5.7 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 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.22 $16.11 $832 $640 39.2 $43,201 $33,259 2,036 Management occupations.............................................. 42.78 37.72 1,716 1,509 40.1 89,211 78,464 2,085 Financial managers................................................ 50.04 46.11 2,002 1,844 40.0 104,082 95,905 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.22 27.09 1,218 1,084 40.3 63,329 56,356 2,095 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.82 24.52 1,193 981 40.0 62,026 51,000 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.24 33.48 1,570 1,339 40.0 81,619 69,628 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 49.48 38.22 1,979 1,529 40.0 102,911 79,500 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 55.30 57.18 2,212 2,287 40.0 115,034 118,932 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.94 18.93 758 757 40.0 39,405 39,374 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 35.76 37.01 1,396 1,480 39.0 72,591 76,981 2,030 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.53 36.25 1,294 1,400 38.6 67,286 72,800 2,007 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.87 13.99 458 523 33.0 23,801 27,214 1,716 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.77 15.00 545 559 34.6 28,350 29,093 1,797 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.11 7.45 256 280 36.0 13,296 14,560 1,869 Cooks............................................................. 9.05 7.37 315 295 34.8 16,351 15,328 1,807 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.26 2.35 83 86 36.6 4,299 4,455 1,905 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.19 8.00 269 266 32.9 14,005 13,832 1,709 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.33 9.00 362 360 38.8 18,831 18,720 2,018 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.99 9.00 343 353 38.2 17,851 18,346 1,986 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.07 14.00 508 520 36.1 26,350 27,040 1,873 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.61 19.40 947 770 40.1 49,269 40,040 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.98 15.99 691 640 40.7 35,953 33,259 2,117 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.42 15.99 671 640 40.9 34,881 33,259 2,125 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.67 12.25 557 482 40.7 28,943 25,066 2,117 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.57 8.75 383 350 40.0 19,896 18,200 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.57 8.75 383 350 40.0 19,896 18,200 2,080 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.35 11.96 534 479 40.0 27,765 24,883 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.44 17.31 637 526 41.3 33,144 27,373 2,147 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.67 27.84 1,217 1,071 39.7 63,266 55,673 2,063 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 29.10 27.79 1,153 1,063 39.6 59,939 55,301 2,060 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.29 15.63 643 623 39.5 33,410 32,400 2,051 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.34 21.26 961 825 39.5 49,966 42,910 2,052 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.99 15.00 632 600 39.5 32,855 31,200 2,055 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.41 19.95 721 788 39.2 37,509 41,001 2,038 Tellers......................................................... 12.36 11.90 494 476 40.0 25,699 24,752 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.62 16.00 656 640 39.5 33,746 33,280 2,031 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.40 12.00 523 480 39.0 27,182 24,960 2,029 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.46 19.23 658 769 40.0 34,230 39,998 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.46 19.23 658 769 40.0 34,230 39,998 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.91 13.75 516 550 40.0 26,850 28,600 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.82 15.00 618 601 39.1 32,140 31,275 2,032 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.07 16.83 744 660 39.0 38,688 34,303 2,029 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.74 14.00 548 560 39.9 28,510 29,120 2,075 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.69 16.00 708 640 40.0 36,795 33,280 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 13.05 12.50 522 500 40.0 27,149 26,000 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 25.48 27.87 1,019 1,115 40.0 52,994 57,970 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.25 20.00 804 765 39.7 41,823 39,768 2,066 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 19.28 19.80 771 792 40.0 40,111 41,184 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.38 13.75 574 550 39.9 29,839 28,600 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 19.73 20.78 789 831 40.0 41,029 43,218 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.63 10.15 367 359 38.1 19,107 18,655 1,984 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.41 15.00 616 600 40.0 32,044 31,200 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.24 15.00 609 600 40.0 31,692 31,200 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.67 16.92 787 677 40.0 40,919 35,194 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.56 13.75 542 550 40.0 28,204 28,600 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.77 13.00 551 520 40.0 28,635 27,040 2,080 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.16 13.87 607 555 40.0 31,541 28,850 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.13 14.60 725 584 40.0 37,719 30,368 2,080 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.77 12.00 471 480 40.0 24,480 24,960 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.10 11.00 444 440 40.0 23,095 22,880 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.27 11.00 451 440 40.0 23,443 22,880 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 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $28.55 $21.82 $1,137 $866 39.8 $59,068 $45,001 2,069 Management occupations.............................................. 57.25 57.40 2,287 2,296 39.9 118,874 119,392 2,076 General and operations managers................................... 91.20 115.99 3,648 4,639 40.0 189,705 241,249 2,080 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 68.90 62.50 2,756 2,500 40.0 143,306 130,000 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 69.61 69.97 2,785 2,799 40.0 144,798 145,529 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 59.24 54.19 2,370 2,168 40.0 123,219 112,721 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 57.20 62.41 2,288 2,496 40.0 118,970 129,813 2,080 Engineering managers.............................................. 63.67 63.00 2,547 2,520 40.0 132,432 131,040 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 38.17 35.43 1,526 1,417 40.0 79,370 73,701 2,079 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.96 28.89 1,238 1,156 40.0 64,400 60,091 2,080 Logisticians...................................................... 39.43 39.75 1,577 1,590 40.0 82,018 82,680 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 37.79 36.29 1,510 1,452 40.0 78,509 75,479 2,077 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 42.16 42.08 1,686 1,683 40.0 87,686 87,526 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 49.63 49.04 1,985 1,962 40.0 103,240 101,999 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 33.87 32.45 1,355 1,298 40.0 70,456 67,504 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.86 40.27 1,674 1,611 40.0 87,062 83,762 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.48 44.70 1,899 1,788 40.0 98,766 92,978 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 49.90 46.15 1,996 1,846 40.0 103,789 96,000 2,080 Chemical engineers.............................................. 45.83 40.84 1,833 1,634 40.0 95,334 84,945 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 45.87 40.66 1,835 1,626 40.0 95,400 84,564 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.07 34.79 1,563 1,392 40.0 81,270 72,363 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.50 31.73 1,500 1,269 40.0 78,002 66,000 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 41.31 39.71 1,652 1,588 40.0 85,920 82,597 2,080 Petroleum engineers............................................. 63.93 57.72 2,557 2,309 40.0 132,981 120,049 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 33.14 30.62 1,326 1,225 40.0 68,937 63,688 2,080 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 43.71 48.80 1,748 1,952 40.0 90,913 101,500 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 40.13 40.58 1,605 1,623 40.0 83,478 84,400 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 46.19 40.72 1,848 1,629 40.0 96,070 84,700 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 57.63 61.55 2,305 2,462 40.0 119,877 128,024 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 76.92 75.16 3,077 3,006 40.0 159,987 156,331 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 54.35 24.70 2,193 1,024 40.3 105,862 51,106 1,948 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.99 29.50 1,194 1,176 39.8 62,103 61,173 2,071 Registered nurses................................................. 33.73 33.25 1,343 1,320 39.8 69,860 68,640 2,071 Therapists........................................................ 34.47 34.92 1,379 1,397 40.0 71,689 72,634 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.06 21.69 836 874 39.7 43,493 45,427 2,065 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.44 27.78 1,058 1,111 40.0 54,991 57,782 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.32 19.78 802 791 39.5 41,702 41,134 2,052 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.18 11.99 483 470 39.7 25,128 24,419 2,063 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.80 11.61 467 464 39.5 24,264 24,151 2,056 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.82 11.84 467 463 39.5 24,276 24,086 2,053 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.29 10.50 435 408 38.5 22,617 21,216 2,003 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.80 10.25 415 400 38.4 21,579 20,800 1,997 Security guards................................................. 10.80 10.25 415 400 38.4 21,579 20,800 1,997 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.71 7.73 302 309 39.2 15,720 16,078 2,040 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.95 4.00 190 130 38.5 9,904 6,760 2,003 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.80 8.75 347 348 39.4 18,036 18,096 2,049 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.87 8.75 349 350 39.4 18,159 18,200 2,047 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.79 8.75 343 343 39.0 17,839 17,853 2,028 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.92 8.75 353 350 39.6 18,364 18,200 2,059 Personal care and service occupations............................... – – 606 780 29.1 31,519 40,546 1,514 Sales and related occupations....................................... 28.45 16.97 1,151 679 40.4 59,844 35,300 2,103 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.26 11.20 578 446 40.6 30,067 23,171 2,109 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.69 12.08 463 483 39.6 24,063 25,106 2,059 Cashiers...................................................... 11.69 12.08 463 483 39.6 24,063 25,106 2,059 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.58 11.10 595 443 40.8 30,958 23,023 2,124 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 45.91 38.46 1,836 1,538 40.0 95,484 80,001 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.02 40.74 1,561 1,630 40.0 81,171 84,735 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 53.51 37.02 2,140 1,481 40.0 111,304 77,006 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.80 15.75 712 630 40.0 37,010 32,754 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 37.23 27.04 1,489 1,082 40.0 77,433 56,239 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.63 17.65 705 706 40.0 36,677 36,714 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.01 15.62 641 625 40.0 33,309 32,479 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 19.63 17.36 785 694 40.0 40,821 36,100 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.27 14.76 611 590 40.0 31,761 30,701 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.55 11.50 502 460 40.0 26,095 23,920 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.56 12.41 499 490 39.7 25,928 25,480 2,064 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.36 21.41 894 856 40.0 46,514 44,533 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 27.31 26.33 1,092 1,053 40.0 56,796 54,764 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.36 15.45 694 618 40.0 36,104 32,136 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.72 18.70 749 748 40.0 38,946 38,896 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.01 14.90 640 596 40.0 33,304 30,992 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.48 15.18 659 607 40.0 34,255 31,570 2,079 Carpenters........................................................ 15.63 13.90 625 556 40.0 32,502 28,914 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 12.98 11.19 519 447 40.0 26,999 23,265 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.78 10.25 431 410 40.0 22,417 21,320 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.49 22.24 863 893 40.1 44,854 46,426 2,087 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.80 19.00 712 760 40.0 37,026 39,520 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.09 23.67 964 947 40.0 50,113 49,234 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.34 18.38 772 735 39.9 40,137 38,230 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 30.37 27.26 1,215 1,090 40.0 63,166 56,701 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.87 17.48 675 699 40.0 35,089 36,358 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 19.77 18.58 791 743 40.0 41,116 38,646 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.45 18.00 698 720 40.0 36,305 37,440 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.57 18.00 743 720 40.0 38,626 37,440 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.92 14.17 597 567 40.0 31,026 29,474 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.91 15.25 679 610 40.2 35,323 31,720 2,089 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.27 18.23 824 729 40.7 42,855 37,918 2,114 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.26 16.92 787 677 40.9 40,923 35,194 2,125 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.38 15.00 615 600 40.0 31,986 31,200 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.30 9.73 452 389 40.0 23,503 20,238 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.94 9.73 437 389 40.0 22,750 20,238 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $23.50 $23.25 – $23.74 $23.63 $24.45 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 39.86 42.53 30.97 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 44.32 45.24 34.79 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 37.58 40.71 30.40 Service............................................................. 27.86 29.33 – 10.40 9.18 16.05 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 18.32 18.50 15.81 Sales and related................................................. – – – 21.56 21.57 – Office and administrative support................................. 16.98 16.89 – 16.50 16.57 15.84 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.47 27.56 – 17.56 17.54 17.94 Construction and extraction...................................... 27.98 27.98 – 15.71 15.69 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 27.06 27.22 – 19.58 19.82 17.99 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20.71 20.98 – 14.86 14.91 13.82 Production........................................................ 21.03 21.03 – 16.04 16.04 – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.61 20.96 – 13.93 13.94 13.81 Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.1 5.9 – 3.5 4.1 2.4 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 3.7 4.3 1.9 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 4.8 5.0 7.7 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 3.3 4.2 1.7 Service............................................................. 6.9 19.7 – 4.8 5.6 3.3 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 4.4 4.7 3.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.3 10.3 – Office and administrative support................................. 13.8 14.9 – 2.7 3.0 3.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.9 2.9 – 4.7 5.0 8.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 1.8 1.8 – 5.0 5.0 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.3 5.4 – 4.7 5.3 9.3 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.1 8.5 – 2.7 2.8 3.0 Production........................................................ 19.8 19.8 – 3.5 3.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.2 8.6 – 2.4 2.6 3.1 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 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $23.44 $23.27 $28.85 $28.85 Management, professional, and related............................... 39.83 42.53 42.55 42.55 Management, business, and financial............................... 44.21 45.15 49.10 49.10 Professional and related.......................................... 37.62 40.81 – – Service............................................................. 11.19 9.56 – – Sales and office.................................................... 16.42 16.46 30.59 30.59 Sales and related................................................. 15.98 15.99 34.18 34.18 Office and administrative support................................. 16.60 16.68 14.10 14.10 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.60 18.63 21.11 21.11 Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.95 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.46 20.80 22.27 22.27 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.56 15.63 14.39 14.39 Production........................................................ 16.37 16.38 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.94 15.00 14.39 14.39 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.5 4.1 13.3 13.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.9 4.5 22.7 22.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.1 5.3 28.1 28.1 Professional and related.......................................... 3.3 4.3 – – Service............................................................. 4.7 5.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.6 2.8 16.5 16.5 Sales and related................................................. 7.7 7.7 16.8 16.8 Office and administrative support................................. 2.6 2.8 5.3 5.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.5 4.8 12.1 12.1 Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.4 6.0 9.1 9.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.7 2.8 18.9 18.9 Production........................................................ 4.3 4.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.2 3.5 20.0 20.0 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, December 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $22.96 $19.12 $29.10 – $30.73 $22.15 $9.14 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 41.27 37.92 34.01 – 46.88 32.24 29.43 – Management, business, and financial............................... – 48.46 41.07 – – 49.64 31.59 33.79 – Professional and related.......................................... – 36.70 33.96 – – 45.54 32.37 – – Service............................................................. – – 17.65 – – 10.23 11.59 7.12 – Sales and office.................................................... – 21.23 15.95 – – 21.04 15.29 11.97 – Sales and related................................................. – 30.48 16.45 – – 44.87 – 11.22 – Office and administrative support................................. – 17.65 14.98 – – 18.11 15.18 12.86 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 24.63 21.29 27.27 – 14.57 – 17.30 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 24.46 21.92 27.27 – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 16.27 16.56 – – 13.50 – – – Production........................................................ – 16.81 13.90 – – 20.05 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 14.23 17.03 – – 11.93 – – – 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........................................................... – 5.5 3.8 7.2 – 7.1 5.8 9.5 – Management, professional, and related............................... – .9 5.3 .0 – 5.4 5.5 13.3 – Management, business, and financial............................... – 3.7 8.0 – – 7.0 8.6 17.9 – Professional and related.......................................... – 1.9 5.1 – – 5.2 5.2 – – Service............................................................. – – 1.9 – – 8.5 2.1 5.8 – Sales and office.................................................... – .2 2.1 – – 12.2 8.8 12.5 – Sales and related................................................. – 2.8 3.0 – – 17.9 – 9.2 – Office and administrative support................................. – 2.7 1.7 – – 10.9 5.8 18.6 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 11.3 4.4 .8 – 7.6 – 7.9 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 16.8 3.0 .8 – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 3.6 2.1 – – 13.9 – – – Production........................................................ – 5.6 6.3 – – 3.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 3.3 2.1 – – 7.8 – – – 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 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 2,402,700 2,045,100 357,600 Management, professional, and related............................... 757,900 553,000 204,900 Management, business, and financial............................... 240,400 218,500 21,900 Professional and related.......................................... 517,500 334,500 183,000 Service............................................................. 438,200 360,200 78,000 Sales and office.................................................... 669,600 626,500 43,100 Sales and related................................................. 263,800 263,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 405,800 363,100 42,700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 204,800 191,100 13,700 Construction and extraction...................................... 105,000 104,000 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 98,500 85,700 12,800 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 332,200 314,300 17,800 Production........................................................ 133,200 132,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 198,900 181,500 17,400 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 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 93,497 92,255 1,242 Total in sample....................................................... 694 614 80 Responding........................................................ 468 394 74 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 137 131 6 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 89 89 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.