NC BL 09/00/2004 Table: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, Bulletin 3125-13, December 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Total Private industry State and local government 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) Total................................................................. $19.85 4.1 37.8 $19.65 5.1 37.6 $20.68 3.7 38.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.51 3.9 38.4 24.71 4.9 38.3 23.82 4.1 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.64 3.0 38.6 33.29 4.0 38.8 28.61 2.9 38.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.66 5.9 40.5 36.67 6.7 40.6 30.23 4.9 40.0 Sales............................................................. 14.97 9.5 34.7 15.02 9.5 34.7 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.62 2.2 38.9 13.99 2.6 38.8 12.36 1.9 39.2 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.73 2.9 38.9 14.82 3.1 38.9 13.51 5.0 38.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.58 2.4 40.2 18.82 2.5 40.2 15.21 5.5 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.78 7.7 39.6 13.78 7.7 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.30 4.9 40.1 14.33 5.4 40.9 14.06 1.9 34.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.14 2.0 36.0 10.03 2.0 35.6 11.24 3.7 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.94 3.0 33.9 8.22 4.1 31.8 13.81 4.1 39.7 Full time........................................................... 20.53 4.1 39.8 20.48 5.1 39.8 20.75 3.8 39.6 Part time........................................................... 8.84 2.6 21.1 8.56 2.7 21.3 15.64 10.4 16.8 Union............................................................... 22.10 4.3 35.2 22.55 4.7 35.0 15.60 1.1 39.0 Nonunion............................................................ 19.68 4.5 38.0 19.38 5.6 37.8 20.81 3.8 38.9 Time................................................................ 19.85 4.2 37.6 19.64 5.2 37.3 20.68 3.7 38.9 Incentive........................................................... 19.78 8.9 42.8 19.78 8.9 42.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.93 10.4 37.2 15.93 10.4 37.2 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.07 4.2 38.4 17.05 4.3 38.4 17.58 6.0 36.2 500 workers or more................................................. 22.69 4.1 37.7 23.69 5.8 37.0 20.85 4.0 39.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.85 4.1 $19.65 5.1 $20.68 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 20.31 4.3 20.20 5.4 20.73 3.6 White collar........................................................ 24.51 3.9 24.71 4.9 23.82 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.14 3.8 26.95 4.8 23.90 4.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.64 3.0 33.29 4.0 28.61 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.04 2.8 35.36 3.8 29.64 2.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.85 5.4 36.85 5.4 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 51.56 9.3 51.56 9.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.15 3.9 39.15 3.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.49 7.1 34.63 7.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.70 7.0 34.85 7.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 38.54 19.9 43.28 19.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 50.37 9.8 50.37 9.8 – – Health related................................................ 30.77 8.1 30.88 11.0 30.47 6.2 Registered nurses........................................... 28.20 1.4 27.82 1.5 29.13 3.1 Pharmacists................................................. 39.84 .7 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.06 15.5 97.45 30.7 41.86 16.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 51.03 25.7 – – 51.88 26.4 Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.16 1.3 23.50 8.5 29.42 1.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.91 .2 – – 28.91 .2 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.01 .7 – – 29.95 .8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 27.56 5.7 17.63 4.9 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.95 4.5 – – 31.20 4.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.31 13.3 – – 23.48 15.4 Librarians.................................................. 23.34 13.3 – – 23.48 15.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.35 7.4 – – 17.02 7.8 Social workers.............................................. 17.30 7.8 – – 17.02 7.8 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.37 17.5 27.43 19.9 – – Designers................................................... 17.90 25.7 17.90 25.7 – – Technical....................................................... 26.21 4.5 27.68 5.2 18.41 7.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.50 10.1 19.44 10.5 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 23.43 14.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.55 .8 16.66 .9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.02 4.5 19.04 4.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 24.40 15.7 25.99 17.7 – – Drafters.................................................... 28.95 12.0 28.95 12.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 17.66 12.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.66 5.9 36.67 6.7 30.23 4.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.45 5.3 40.34 6.5 31.36 5.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.08 18.7 – – 27.03 3.3 Financial managers.......................................... $47.72 16.4 $48.25 16.8 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.87 6.5 45.87 6.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.12 3.7 48.14 1.1 $39.26 4.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.65 1.8 26.38 1.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.34 6.1 42.35 6.5 – – Management related............................................ 30.11 9.4 30.60 9.7 20.14 6.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 30.89 5.3 30.89 5.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.15 4.6 35.15 4.6 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.21 34.3 33.21 34.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.65 17.6 – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 30.89 19.9 30.89 19.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.64 16.2 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.87 11.1 26.12 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 14.97 9.5 15.02 9.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 25.11 11.5 25.11 11.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 16.10 14.7 16.10 14.7 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 26.42 12.8 26.42 12.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.37 8.0 10.37 8.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.10 7.3 9.05 7.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.62 2.2 13.99 2.6 12.36 1.9 Supervisors, general office................................. 18.33 14.6 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.61 3.8 16.48 4.5 13.55 3.0 Receptionists............................................... 10.76 5.6 10.71 6.1 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.40 8.5 12.45 9.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.24 15.7 15.24 15.7 – – File clerks................................................. 10.57 4.6 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.13 7.0 12.93 9.5 13.64 8.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.43 3.0 13.44 3.1 – – Dispatchers................................................. 17.57 33.3 – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 19.85 10.3 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.90 4.6 12.77 5.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.33 4.6 11.32 4.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 18.17 9.9 18.37 9.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.29 3.7 14.83 4.2 11.31 3.1 Bank tellers................................................ 11.45 2.3 11.45 2.3 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 11.18 6.0 11.18 6.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.26 2.4 – – 10.26 2.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.34 3.8 13.21 4.8 13.84 2.6 Blue collar......................................................... 14.73 2.9 14.82 3.1 13.51 5.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.58 2.4 18.82 2.5 15.21 5.5 Automobile mechanics........................................ 24.53 11.6 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.40 1.8 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $15.72 6.9 $15.60 7.8 – – Carpenters.................................................. 15.44 14.2 15.44 14.2 – – Electricians................................................ 25.19 7.6 25.89 6.6 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 14.24 7.0 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 12.16 6.3 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.22 9.6 21.29 9.7 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.39 8.8 18.39 8.8 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 25.72 1.0 25.72 1.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.78 7.7 13.78 7.7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.21 12.3 15.21 12.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.30 4.9 14.33 5.4 $14.06 1.9 Truck drivers............................................... 15.90 12.1 16.01 12.5 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.48 5.3 – – 14.62 .2 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.14 8.7 11.14 8.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.14 2.0 10.03 2.0 11.24 3.7 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.67 8.9 – – 10.95 9.3 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.63 11.5 – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.32 2.4 10.12 .1 – – Construction laborers....................................... 10.22 .6 10.18 .0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.82 6.0 7.82 6.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.57 11.1 12.57 11.1 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.77 8.7 9.69 9.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.15 4.8 8.78 3.7 11.60 9.5 Service............................................................. 9.94 3.0 8.22 4.1 13.81 4.1 Protective service............................................ 16.46 6.7 8.60 10.2 18.54 1.4 Firefighting................................................ 14.91 .2 – – 14.91 .2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.21 7.5 – – 21.21 7.5 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.29 .7 – – 20.29 .7 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.55 .0 – – 12.55 .0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.14 9.5 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.66 8.9 6.28 10.8 8.87 1.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.61 16.2 3.61 16.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.71 9.9 2.71 9.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.14 3.3 7.94 4.3 8.87 1.5 Cooks....................................................... 8.65 6.1 8.65 6.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.01 2.3 8.18 3.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.37 6.1 6.35 8.4 9.14 2.6 Health service................................................ 10.28 3.3 9.75 3.4 11.29 5.5 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.58 6.7 9.71 7.8 11.83 6.1 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.89 2.6 9.69 3.1 10.44 3.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.96 3.4 7.71 3.6 9.24 1.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.27 3.1 7.27 3.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... $7.81 4.5 $7.43 4.4 $9.26 1.5 Personal service.............................................. 15.37 10.0 17.69 12.4 11.78 11.5 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.61 4.1 – – 9.67 4.4 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.53 4.1 $20.48 5.1 $20.75 3.8 All excluding sales............................................... 20.84 4.3 20.86 5.4 20.79 3.8 White collar........................................................ 25.08 3.8 25.45 4.7 23.89 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.27 3.8 27.12 4.8 23.97 4.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.77 2.9 33.45 4.0 28.73 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.17 2.8 35.50 3.8 29.79 2.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.72 5.2 36.72 5.2 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 51.56 9.3 51.56 9.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.15 3.9 39.15 3.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.49 7.1 34.63 7.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.70 7.0 34.85 7.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 38.54 19.9 43.28 19.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 50.37 9.8 50.37 9.8 – – Health related................................................ 30.95 8.5 31.15 11.8 30.47 6.3 Registered nurses........................................... 28.26 1.5 27.88 1.5 29.13 3.2 Pharmacists................................................. 40.30 1.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.44 15.8 97.45 30.7 43.08 16.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 51.48 26.5 – – 52.36 27.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.33 .9 24.55 9.8 29.53 .7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.91 .2 – – 28.91 .2 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.01 .7 – – 29.95 .8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.23 4.3 – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.95 4.5 – – 31.20 4.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.34 13.3 – – 23.48 15.4 Librarians.................................................. 23.34 13.3 – – 23.48 15.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.40 7.5 – – 17.09 8.0 Social workers.............................................. 17.36 7.9 – – 17.09 8.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.76 18.2 27.72 19.7 – – Designers................................................... 17.90 25.7 17.90 25.7 – – Technical....................................................... 26.36 4.5 27.88 5.2 18.41 7.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.43 10.9 19.37 11.4 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 23.43 14.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.53 .8 16.64 .8 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.21 4.5 19.26 4.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 24.40 15.7 25.99 17.7 – – Drafters.................................................... 28.95 12.0 28.95 12.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 17.66 12.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.68 5.9 36.69 6.7 30.23 4.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.45 5.3 40.34 6.5 31.36 5.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.08 18.7 – – 27.03 3.3 Financial managers.......................................... $47.72 16.4 $48.25 16.8 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.87 6.5 45.87 6.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.12 3.7 48.14 1.1 $39.26 4.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.65 1.8 26.38 1.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.34 6.1 42.35 6.5 – – Management related............................................ 30.13 9.4 30.62 9.7 20.14 6.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 30.99 5.3 30.99 5.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.15 4.6 35.15 4.6 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.21 34.3 33.21 34.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.65 17.6 – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 30.89 19.9 30.89 19.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.64 16.2 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.87 11.1 26.12 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 16.66 9.1 16.73 9.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 25.11 11.5 25.11 11.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 17.12 13.9 17.12 13.9 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 26.42 12.8 26.42 12.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.64 9.2 10.64 9.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.92 8.7 10.99 9.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.66 2.2 14.05 2.7 12.38 1.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 18.33 14.6 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.49 3.8 16.33 4.6 13.55 3.0 Receptionists............................................... 10.72 5.4 10.67 5.9 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.40 8.5 12.45 9.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.24 15.7 15.24 15.7 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.16 7.2 12.96 9.9 13.64 8.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.43 3.0 13.44 3.1 – – Dispatchers................................................. 17.57 33.3 – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 19.85 10.3 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.90 4.6 12.77 5.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.33 4.6 11.32 4.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 18.41 9.6 18.62 9.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.31 3.7 14.83 4.2 11.35 2.8 Data entry keyers........................................... 11.39 6.3 11.39 6.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.26 2.4 – – 10.26 2.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.35 4.0 13.23 5.1 13.82 2.3 Blue collar......................................................... 14.93 3.0 15.04 3.2 13.49 5.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.60 2.4 18.84 2.5 15.21 5.5 Automobile mechanics........................................ 24.53 11.6 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.40 1.8 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.72 6.9 15.60 7.8 – – Carpenters.................................................. 15.44 14.2 15.44 14.2 – – Electricians................................................ $25.19 7.6 $25.89 6.6 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 14.24 7.0 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 12.16 6.3 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.22 9.6 21.29 9.7 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.39 8.8 18.39 8.8 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 25.72 1.0 25.72 1.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.76 7.6 13.76 7.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.21 12.3 15.21 12.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.31 5.0 14.34 5.4 $14.06 2.1 Truck drivers............................................... 15.94 12.2 16.04 12.6 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.69 5.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.14 8.7 11.14 8.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.39 2.7 10.30 2.9 11.24 3.7 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.67 8.9 – – 10.95 9.3 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.63 11.5 – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.32 2.4 10.12 .1 – – Construction laborers....................................... 10.22 .6 10.18 .0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.49 13.7 9.49 13.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.69 14.0 12.69 14.0 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.77 8.7 9.69 9.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.26 4.9 8.88 3.8 11.60 9.5 Service............................................................. 10.73 3.5 8.88 4.9 13.81 4.1 Protective service............................................ 18.19 1.9 – – 18.56 1.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.21 7.5 – – 21.21 7.5 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.29 .7 – – 20.29 .7 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.55 .0 – – 12.55 .0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.75 9.6 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.18 10.9 6.75 14.2 8.87 1.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.76 12.5 3.76 12.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.71 11.7 2.71 11.7 – – Other food service........................................... 9.00 5.5 9.05 8.1 8.87 1.5 Cooks....................................................... 9.05 4.8 9.05 4.8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.27 5.0 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.36 8.1 7.23 17.7 9.14 2.6 Health service................................................ 10.30 3.5 9.74 3.8 11.29 5.5 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.64 7.2 9.73 8.7 11.83 6.1 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.88 2.6 9.65 3.2 10.44 3.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 8.40 4.1 8.20 4.8 9.24 1.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.31 2.6 7.31 2.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.36 6.4 8.03 7.7 9.26 1.5 Personal service.............................................. 16.30 9.4 19.72 11.3 11.78 11.5 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.61 4.1 – – 9.67 4.4 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.84 2.6 $8.56 2.7 $15.64 10.4 All excluding sales............................................... 9.29 3.5 8.91 3.8 15.64 10.4 White collar........................................................ 11.37 8.2 11.04 8.4 16.85 11.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.24 5.9 18.50 6.6 16.85 11.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.81 8.2 26.53 9.5 19.56 11.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.45 8.9 29.40 10.2 19.56 11.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.22 4.9 28.17 5.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.25 .4 27.15 .0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 21.64 3.9 – – 21.64 3.9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 13.07 18.7 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.69 1.1 7.69 1.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.55 3.9 7.55 3.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.41 1.5 7.41 1.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.69 7.5 11.87 7.6 9.83 24.7 Blue collar......................................................... 8.80 10.1 8.20 10.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.02 11.0 8.02 11.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.30 4.9 6.30 4.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.06 6.2 12.06 6.2 – – Service............................................................. 6.32 5.0 6.31 5.1 – – Protective service............................................ 8.52 11.9 8.50 12.0 – – Food service.................................................. 5.23 7.3 5.23 7.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.09 25.4 3.09 25.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.70 10.4 2.70 10.4 – – Other food service........................................... 6.03 3.0 6.03 3.0 – – Health service................................................ $9.82 5.0 $9.82 5.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 6.01 2.1 6.01 2.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.01 2.1 6.01 2.1 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $817 4.2 39.8 $816 5.2 39.8 $821 3.8 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 828 4.4 39.7 830 5.5 39.8 822 3.8 39.6 White collar........................................................ 1,002 3.7 39.9 1,019 4.5 40.1 944 4.2 39.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,047 3.7 39.8 1,084 4.6 40.0 948 4.1 39.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,258 2.9 39.6 1,329 3.9 39.7 1,130 2.9 39.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,321 2.9 39.8 1,426 3.8 40.2 1,170 2.8 39.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,485 4.8 40.4 1,485 4.8 40.4 – – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 2,062 9.3 40.0 2,062 9.3 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,596 3.4 40.8 1,596 3.4 40.8 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,376 6.8 39.9 1,382 6.8 39.9 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,385 6.7 39.9 1,391 6.8 39.9 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,541 19.9 40.0 1,731 19.3 40.0 – – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 2,015 9.8 40.0 2,015 9.8 40.0 – – – Health related................................................ 1,237 8.5 40.0 1,246 11.8 40.0 1,216 6.2 39.9 Registered nurses........................................... 1,129 1.4 40.0 1,115 1.5 40.0 1,161 2.9 39.9 Pharmacists................................................. 1,612 1.2 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,861 16.7 38.4 4,080 30.7 41.9 1,640 17.5 38.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,957 27.4 38.0 – – – 1,978 28.1 37.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,151 .9 39.2 982 9.8 40.0 1,158 .7 39.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,131 .1 39.1 – – – 1,130 .1 39.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,173 .7 39.1 – – – 1,170 .7 39.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,125 4.1 39.9 – – – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,238 4.5 40.0 – – – 1,248 4.5 40.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 926 13.4 39.7 – – – 930 15.5 39.6 Librarians.................................................. 926 13.4 39.7 – – – 930 15.5 39.6 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 696 7.5 40.0 – – – 683 8.0 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 695 7.9 40.0 – – – 683 8.0 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,110 18.2 40.0 1,109 19.7 40.0 – – – Designers................................................... 716 25.7 40.0 716 25.7 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 1,023 4.0 38.8 1,076 4.5 38.6 736 7.7 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 765 11.7 39.3 762 12.3 39.3 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 937 14.8 40.0 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 661 .8 40.0 666 .8 40.0 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 769 4.5 40.0 771 4.3 40.0 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 976 15.7 40.0 1,040 17.7 40.0 – – – Drafters.................................................... 1,158 12.0 40.0 1,158 12.0 40.0 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 718 12.3 40.7 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $1,447 5.8 40.5 $1,491 6.6 40.7 $1,208 5.0 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,562 5.3 40.6 1,646 6.4 40.8 1,253 5.3 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,363 18.7 40.0 – – – 1,081 3.3 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,976 16.2 41.4 2,000 16.5 41.5 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,848 6.5 40.3 1,848 6.5 40.3 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,592 3.6 39.7 1,807 .9 37.5 1,567 4.1 39.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,066 1.8 40.0 1,055 1.6 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,655 5.7 41.0 1,742 6.0 41.1 – – – Management related............................................ 1,217 9.5 40.4 1,238 9.8 40.4 806 6.2 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,240 5.3 40.0 1,240 5.3 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,474 8.0 41.9 1,474 8.0 41.9 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,343 34.3 40.5 1,343 34.3 40.5 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,326 16.9 39.4 – – – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 1,236 19.9 40.0 1,236 19.9 40.0 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 866 16.2 40.0 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,044 11.1 40.3 1,055 12.1 40.4 – – – Sales............................................................. 675 8.9 40.5 678 9.0 40.5 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,014 11.4 40.4 1,014 11.4 40.4 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 685 13.9 40.0 685 13.9 40.0 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,057 12.8 40.0 1,057 12.8 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 421 9.2 39.6 421 9.2 39.6 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 437 8.7 40.0 440 9.3 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 543 2.3 39.7 558 2.8 39.7 491 1.8 39.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 733 14.6 40.0 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 619 3.8 40.0 653 4.6 40.0 542 3.0 40.0 Receptionists............................................... 397 8.5 37.1 395 9.3 37.0 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 483 7.5 38.9 484 8.0 38.9 – – – Order clerks................................................ 606 15.8 39.8 606 15.8 39.8 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 519 7.6 39.5 510 10.4 39.4 541 9.0 39.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 537 3.0 40.0 537 3.1 40.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 704 33.3 40.1 – – – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 794 10.3 40.0 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 516 4.6 40.0 511 5.0 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 453 4.6 40.0 453 4.7 40.0 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 736 9.6 40.0 745 9.6 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 531 3.7 39.9 591 4.3 39.8 453 2.9 39.9 Data entry keyers........................................... 447 5.8 39.2 447 5.8 39.2 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 401 1.9 39.0 – – – 401 1.9 39.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 532 4.0 39.9 527 5.1 39.8 553 2.3 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... $600 3.1 40.2 $606 3.3 40.3 $528 5.6 39.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 747 2.4 40.2 757 2.5 40.2 608 5.5 40.0 Automobile mechanics........................................ 1,076 12.5 43.9 – – – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 696 1.8 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 629 6.9 40.0 624 7.8 40.0 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 618 14.2 40.0 618 14.2 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,007 7.6 40.0 1,036 6.6 40.0 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 570 7.0 40.0 – – – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 487 6.3 40.0 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 849 9.6 40.0 852 9.7 40.0 – – – Machinists.................................................. 736 8.8 40.0 736 8.8 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 1,029 1.0 40.0 1,029 1.0 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 550 7.6 40.0 550 7.6 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 609 12.3 40.0 609 12.3 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 581 5.0 40.6 588 5.5 41.0 516 4.1 36.7 Truck drivers............................................... 659 10.8 41.3 663 11.1 41.4 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 577 8.4 36.8 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 445 8.7 40.0 445 8.7 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 416 2.6 40.0 412 2.7 40.1 450 3.7 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 427 8.9 40.0 – – – 438 9.3 40.0 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 465 11.5 40.0 – – – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 413 2.4 40.0 405 .1 40.0 – – – Construction laborers....................................... 409 .6 40.0 407 .0 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 373 13.2 39.3 373 13.2 39.3 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 508 14.0 40.0 508 14.0 40.0 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 391 8.7 40.0 388 9.1 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 370 4.9 40.0 355 3.8 40.0 464 9.5 40.0 Service............................................................. 410 4.5 38.2 331 6.1 37.3 550 3.3 39.8 Protective service............................................ 751 1.5 41.3 – – – 767 .9 41.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 848 7.5 40.0 – – – 848 7.5 40.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 812 .7 40.0 – – – 812 .7 40.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 502 .0 40.0 – – – 502 .0 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 430 9.6 40.0 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 274 10.7 38.1 264 14.0 39.0 309 4.2 34.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 145 13.4 38.5 145 13.4 38.5 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 103 12.9 38.1 103 12.9 38.1 – – – Other food service........................................... $341 6.2 37.9 $357 9.9 39.4 $309 4.2 34.8 Cooks....................................................... 362 4.8 40.0 362 4.8 40.0 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 302 8.3 36.5 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 305 7.8 36.5 288 17.6 39.8 315 6.9 34.5 Health service................................................ 410 3.6 39.8 387 3.9 39.7 451 5.5 39.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 425 7.2 39.9 389 8.7 40.0 471 6.4 39.8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 391 2.4 39.6 380 2.9 39.4 418 3.4 40.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 318 8.7 37.8 306 10.2 37.3 369 1.5 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 292 2.6 40.0 292 2.6 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 310 12.1 37.0 289 14.7 36.0 370 1.5 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 522 4.9 32.0 548 5.0 27.8 471 11.5 40.0 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 385 4.1 40.0 – – – 387 4.4 40.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $41,078 4.2 2,001 $42,225 5.2 2,062 $37,222 3.8 1,794 All excluding sales............................................... 41,534 4.4 1,993 42,921 5.5 2,058 37,279 3.8 1,793 White collar........................................................ 49,664 3.7 1,980 52,647 4.5 2,068 41,553 4.2 1,739 White collar excluding sales.................................... 51,584 3.7 1,963 55,895 4.6 2,061 41,654 4.1 1,738 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 59,319 2.9 1,867 67,671 3.9 2,023 47,080 2.9 1,639 Professional specialty.......................................... 61,101 2.9 1,842 72,786 3.8 2,051 47,776 2.8 1,604 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 77,200 4.8 2,103 77,200 4.8 2,103 – – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 107,240 9.3 2,080 107,240 9.3 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 82,977 3.4 2,119 82,977 3.4 2,119 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 71,567 6.8 2,075 71,866 6.8 2,075 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 72,015 6.7 2,075 72,325 6.8 2,075 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 80,157 19.9 2,080 90,025 19.3 2,080 – – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 104,780 9.8 2,080 104,780 9.8 2,080 – – – Health related................................................ 60,765 8.5 1,963 61,290 11.8 1,967 59,526 6.2 1,953 Registered nurses........................................... 55,907 1.4 1,978 55,018 1.5 1,973 57,941 2.9 1,989 Pharmacists................................................. 71,242 1.2 1,768 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 79,496 16.7 1,641 185,305 30.7 1,902 69,644 17.5 1,617 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 88,129 27.4 1,712 – – – 89,552 28.1 1,710 Teachers, except college and university....................... 43,767 .9 1,492 41,743 9.8 1,701 43,839 .7 1,485 Elementary school teachers.................................. 42,359 .1 1,465 – – – 42,306 .1 1,463 Secondary school teachers................................... 43,979 .7 1,465 – – – 43,852 .7 1,464 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 42,487 4.1 1,505 – – – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 52,951 4.5 1,711 – – – 53,190 4.5 1,705 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 40,222 13.4 1,724 – – – 39,828 15.5 1,696 Librarians.................................................. 40,222 13.4 1,724 – – – 39,828 15.5 1,696 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 33,823 7.5 1,944 – – – 35,540 8.0 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 33,521 7.9 1,930 – – – 35,540 8.0 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 57,738 18.2 2,080 57,654 19.7 2,080 – – – Designers................................................... 37,239 25.7 2,080 37,239 25.7 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 51,985 4.0 1,972 54,444 4.5 1,953 38,289 7.7 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 36,995 11.7 1,904 36,796 12.3 1,900 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 48,726 14.8 2,080 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 33,096 .8 2,002 33,052 .8 1,986 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 37,340 4.5 1,943 37,083 4.3 1,925 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 50,745 15.7 2,080 54,058 17.7 2,080 – – – Drafters.................................................... 60,206 12.0 2,080 60,206 12.0 2,080 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 37,348 12.3 2,114 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $74,831 5.8 2,097 $77,488 6.6 2,112 $61,085 5.0 2,020 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 80,574 5.3 2,095 85,455 6.4 2,118 63,160 5.3 2,014 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 70,232 18.7 2,061 – – – 55,601 3.3 2,057 Financial managers.......................................... 102,757 16.2 2,153 104,008 16.5 2,155 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 96,087 6.5 2,095 96,087 6.5 2,095 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 77,187 3.6 1,924 85,175 .9 1,769 76,250 4.1 1,942 Managers, medicine and health............................... 55,436 1.8 2,080 54,866 1.6 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 86,038 5.7 2,133 90,604 6.0 2,140 – – – Management related............................................ 63,301 9.5 2,101 64,369 9.8 2,102 41,892 6.2 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 64,467 5.3 2,080 64,467 5.3 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 76,648 8.0 2,181 76,648 8.0 2,181 – – – Management analysts......................................... 69,855 34.3 2,104 69,855 34.3 2,104 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 68,937 16.9 2,049 – – – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 64,261 19.9 2,080 64,261 19.9 2,080 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 45,019 16.2 2,080 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 54,270 11.1 2,098 54,839 12.1 2,099 – – – Sales............................................................. 35,080 8.9 2,106 35,242 9.0 2,107 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 52,742 11.4 2,100 52,742 11.4 2,100 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 35,618 13.9 2,080 35,618 13.9 2,080 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 54,956 12.8 2,080 54,956 12.8 2,080 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 21,902 9.2 2,059 21,902 9.2 2,059 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 22,715 8.7 2,080 22,868 9.3 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,443 2.3 2,008 29,032 2.8 2,066 22,746 1.8 1,837 Supervisors, general office................................. 38,124 14.6 2,080 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 31,738 3.8 2,049 33,963 4.6 2,079 26,867 3.0 1,983 Receptionists............................................... 20,420 8.5 1,905 20,546 9.3 1,926 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 25,108 7.5 2,024 25,169 8.0 2,021 – – – Order clerks................................................ 31,518 15.8 2,068 31,518 15.8 2,068 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 26,632 7.6 2,024 26,538 10.4 2,047 26,855 9.0 1,969 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,779 3.0 2,069 27,950 3.1 2,080 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 36,600 33.3 2,083 – – – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 41,285 10.3 2,080 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 26,830 4.6 2,080 26,556 5.0 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 23,567 4.6 2,080 23,553 4.7 2,080 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 38,284 9.6 2,080 38,739 9.6 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,903 3.7 2,021 30,724 4.3 2,072 22,221 2.9 1,958 Data entry keyers........................................... 23,240 5.8 2,041 23,240 5.8 2,041 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 14,963 1.9 1,458 – – – 14,963 1.9 1,458 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 27,469 4.0 2,057 27,398 5.1 2,071 27,730 2.3 2,006 Blue collar......................................................... $31,102 3.1 2,083 $31,498 3.3 2,095 $26,011 5.6 1,929 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,850 2.4 2,089 39,376 2.5 2,090 31,516 5.5 2,072 Automobile mechanics........................................ 55,969 12.5 2,282 – – – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 36,200 1.8 2,080 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 32,700 6.9 2,080 32,443 7.8 2,080 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 32,114 14.2 2,080 32,114 14.2 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 52,389 7.6 2,080 53,850 6.6 2,080 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 29,357 7.0 2,061 – – – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 25,299 6.3 2,080 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 44,138 9.6 2,080 44,293 9.7 2,080 – – – Machinists.................................................. 38,258 8.8 2,080 38,258 8.8 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 53,507 1.0 2,080 53,507 1.0 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,588 7.6 2,078 28,588 7.6 2,078 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 31,642 12.3 2,080 31,642 12.3 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,743 5.0 2,078 30,575 5.5 2,133 22,726 4.1 1,616 Truck drivers............................................... 34,251 10.8 2,149 34,486 11.1 2,151 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 25,572 8.4 1,630 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 23,164 8.7 2,080 23,164 8.7 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,602 2.6 2,079 21,448 2.7 2,083 23,003 3.7 2,047 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 21,754 8.9 2,039 – – – 22,278 9.3 2,034 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 24,185 11.5 2,080 – – – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 21,471 2.4 2,080 21,057 .1 2,080 – – – Construction laborers....................................... 21,247 .6 2,080 21,179 .0 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 19,417 13.2 2,045 19,417 13.2 2,045 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 26,398 14.0 2,080 26,398 14.0 2,080 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 20,313 8.7 2,080 20,154 9.1 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,153 4.9 2,069 18,463 3.8 2,080 23,280 9.5 2,007 Service............................................................. 20,665 4.5 1,927 17,089 6.1 1,924 26,673 3.3 1,931 Protective service............................................ 38,983 1.5 2,144 – – – 39,833 .9 2,146 Police and detectives, public service....................... 43,945 7.5 2,072 – – – 43,945 7.5 2,072 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 42,233 .7 2,082 – – – 42,233 .7 2,082 Correctional institution officers........................... 26,095 .0 2,080 – – – 26,095 .0 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 22,357 9.6 2,080 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 13,234 10.7 1,844 13,586 14.0 2,012 12,268 4.2 1,383 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7,397 13.4 1,967 7,397 13.4 1,967 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5,198 12.9 1,916 5,198 12.9 1,916 – – – Other food service........................................... $16,053 6.2 1,784 $18,536 9.9 2,047 $12,268 4.2 1,383 Cooks....................................................... 18,819 4.8 2,080 18,819 4.8 2,080 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 14,796 8.3 1,789 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 13,209 7.8 1,581 14,977 17.6 2,071 12,405 6.9 1,358 Health service................................................ 21,090 3.6 2,047 19,794 3.9 2,031 23,429 5.5 2,074 Health aides, except nursing................................ 22,084 7.2 2,076 20,240 8.7 2,080 24,503 6.4 2,071 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,899 2.4 2,014 19,180 2.9 1,988 21,711 3.4 2,080 Cleaning and building service................................. 16,371 8.7 1,948 15,798 10.2 1,927 18,819 1.5 2,038 Maids and housemen.......................................... 14,879 2.6 2,036 14,881 2.6 2,035 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 16,010 12.1 1,914 15,028 14.7 1,872 18,867 1.5 2,037 Personal service.............................................. 24,742 4.9 1,518 28,506 5.0 1,446 19,133 11.5 1,625 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 14,849 4.1 1,545 – – – 14,421 4.4 1,491 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.85 4.1 $19.65 5.1 $20.68 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 20.31 4.3 20.20 5.4 20.73 3.6 White collar........................................................ 24.51 3.9 24.71 4.9 23.82 4.1 1....................................................... 8.36 3.8 8.32 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.94 2.4 9.95 2.6 9.88 2.4 3....................................................... 11.05 1.9 11.21 2.5 10.63 1.9 4....................................................... 14.30 4.3 14.38 5.3 13.95 2.1 5....................................................... 17.33 3.3 18.09 3.0 14.24 4.5 6....................................................... 20.35 2.9 19.90 3.3 21.98 5.1 7....................................................... 25.97 2.4 23.99 4.9 27.92 2.0 8....................................................... 27.92 2.1 27.83 2.9 28.06 2.5 9....................................................... 31.76 5.5 32.34 7.1 29.91 2.5 10........................................................ 41.30 11.7 42.24 12.9 33.22 5.4 11........................................................ 39.63 4.3 41.27 4.9 33.77 3.8 12........................................................ 48.51 5.7 48.56 6.0 47.71 16.2 13........................................................ 61.88 8.5 63.10 9.2 – – 14........................................................ 72.35 13.8 72.19 17.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.23 15.4 20.12 16.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.14 3.8 26.95 4.8 23.90 4.0 1....................................................... 9.63 6.9 9.75 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.73 2.3 10.86 2.5 9.78 2.3 3....................................................... 11.09 1.7 11.40 2.4 10.63 1.9 4....................................................... 13.71 2.4 13.62 3.2 13.95 2.1 5....................................................... 16.76 2.6 17.50 2.2 14.24 4.5 6....................................................... 20.54 2.9 20.11 3.3 21.98 5.1 7....................................................... 26.16 2.6 24.26 5.4 27.92 2.0 8....................................................... 28.09 2.2 28.10 3.1 28.06 2.5 9....................................................... 32.10 5.8 32.81 7.6 29.91 2.5 10........................................................ 41.87 12.7 42.99 14.2 33.22 5.4 11........................................................ 39.23 4.5 40.97 5.2 33.77 3.8 12........................................................ 48.51 5.7 48.56 6.0 47.71 16.2 13........................................................ 61.88 8.5 63.10 9.2 – – 14........................................................ 72.35 13.8 72.19 17.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.98 15.1 22.95 15.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.64 3.0 33.29 4.0 28.61 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.04 2.8 35.36 3.8 29.64 2.9 5....................................................... 18.19 7.7 19.69 8.4 – – 6....................................................... 26.48 5.4 25.29 7.2 28.90 4.6 7....................................................... 28.43 2.4 27.84 9.7 28.58 1.6 8....................................................... 28.99 1.2 29.30 1.8 28.65 2.0 9....................................................... 29.39 1.6 29.37 2.1 29.43 2.1 10........................................................ 37.25 3.7 38.29 3.1 33.23 9.3 11........................................................ 37.79 5.4 39.93 5.6 30.53 5.0 12........................................................ 47.04 6.5 47.26 6.9 – – 13........................................................ $59.55 8.3 $61.57 9.0 – – 14........................................................ 69.30 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.26 8.5 28.37 11.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.85 5.4 36.85 5.4 – – 5....................................................... 25.70 6.5 25.70 6.5 – – 6....................................................... 26.68 10.3 26.68 10.3 – – 8....................................................... 35.63 5.2 35.63 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 29.79 3.3 29.79 3.3 – – 10........................................................ 39.23 2.5 39.23 2.5 – – 11........................................................ 41.47 11.9 41.47 11.9 – – 12........................................................ 46.36 4.5 46.36 4.5 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 51.56 9.3 51.56 9.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.15 3.9 39.15 3.9 – – 5....................................................... 25.83 6.8 25.83 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 38.21 7.0 38.21 7.0 – – 10........................................................ 38.57 3.3 38.57 3.3 – – 11........................................................ 46.77 12.6 46.77 12.6 – – 12........................................................ 46.24 4.7 46.24 4.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.49 7.1 34.63 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 26.12 14.9 26.12 14.9 – – 9....................................................... 27.77 3.1 27.83 3.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.55 10.6 35.55 10.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.70 7.0 34.85 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 27.41 15.6 27.41 15.6 – – 9....................................................... 27.77 3.1 27.83 3.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.55 10.6 35.55 10.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ 38.54 19.9 43.28 19.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 50.37 9.8 50.37 9.8 – – Health related................................................ 30.77 8.1 30.88 11.0 $30.47 6.2 6....................................................... 28.12 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 29.47 11.2 25.27 9.0 – – 8....................................................... 27.08 1.1 27.08 1.4 27.11 1.5 9....................................................... 34.09 8.9 33.46 16.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.20 1.4 27.82 1.5 29.13 3.1 7....................................................... 26.86 5.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.88 .5 26.79 .3 27.11 1.5 9....................................................... 32.28 5.2 – – – – Pharmacists................................................. 39.84 .7 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.06 15.5 97.45 30.7 41.86 16.0 7....................................................... 30.76 12.8 – – 30.76 12.8 9....................................................... 38.59 8.1 – – 38.59 8.1 10........................................................ 37.26 11.9 – – 37.26 11.9 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 51.03 25.7 – – 51.88 26.4 Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.16 1.3 23.50 8.5 29.42 1.0 6....................................................... 27.55 4.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 29.12 1.5 29.27 7.2 29.11 1.5 8....................................................... $29.82 1.1 – – $29.82 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.91 .2 – – 28.91 .2 7....................................................... 28.95 1.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.70 1.4 – – 28.70 1.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.01 .7 – – 29.95 .8 7....................................................... 30.04 .2 – – – – 8....................................................... 30.17 2.8 – – 30.17 2.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 27.56 5.7 $17.63 4.9 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.95 4.5 – – 31.20 4.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.31 13.3 – – 23.48 15.4 Librarians.................................................. 23.34 13.3 – – 23.48 15.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.35 7.4 – – 17.02 7.8 Social workers.............................................. 17.30 7.8 – – 17.02 7.8 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.37 17.5 27.43 19.9 – – Designers................................................... 17.90 25.7 17.90 25.7 – – Technical....................................................... 26.21 4.5 27.68 5.2 18.41 7.7 4....................................................... 15.57 3.2 15.51 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.13 5.7 19.11 3.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.29 6.9 18.69 7.4 17.15 14.1 7....................................................... 23.44 7.1 24.18 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 27.56 5.7 26.53 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 53.80 33.1 53.80 33.1 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.50 10.1 19.44 10.5 – – 6....................................................... 20.49 7.5 20.40 8.2 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 23.43 14.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.55 .8 16.66 .9 – – 4....................................................... 15.88 3.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.10 2.7 17.12 2.9 – – 6....................................................... 16.78 3.0 16.78 3.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.02 4.5 19.04 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.53 3.3 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 24.40 15.7 25.99 17.7 – – Drafters.................................................... 28.95 12.0 28.95 12.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 17.66 12.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.66 5.9 36.67 6.7 30.23 4.9 5....................................................... 18.91 12.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.03 3.6 19.03 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.89 5.6 23.42 6.9 25.63 4.3 8....................................................... 26.90 7.6 27.66 9.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.47 4.3 30.19 4.6 – – 10........................................................ 37.77 6.6 38.14 7.1 – – 11........................................................ 40.23 5.3 41.49 6.6 – – 12........................................................ $51.51 6.1 $51.35 6.6 – – 13........................................................ 63.29 10.3 64.02 11.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.17 14.4 39.17 14.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.45 5.3 40.34 6.5 $31.36 5.3 7....................................................... 26.56 5.7 26.62 9.1 – – 8....................................................... 23.27 7.0 22.43 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 30.56 4.5 30.26 4.9 – – 10........................................................ 36.89 9.3 37.43 10.5 – – 11........................................................ 40.05 5.5 41.60 7.3 – – 12........................................................ 53.73 6.8 53.82 7.5 – – 13........................................................ 63.39 10.5 64.14 11.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.21 9.8 45.21 9.8 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.08 18.7 – – 27.03 3.3 Financial managers.......................................... 47.72 16.4 48.25 16.8 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.87 6.5 45.87 6.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.12 3.7 48.14 1.1 39.26 4.0 11........................................................ 40.48 8.4 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.65 1.8 26.38 1.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.34 6.1 42.35 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 26.56 9.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.02 6.3 29.02 6.3 – – 10........................................................ 36.82 12.7 36.82 12.7 – – 11........................................................ 40.03 8.7 40.03 8.7 – – 12........................................................ 50.64 1.7 50.64 1.7 – – 13........................................................ 61.76 16.1 61.76 16.1 – – Management related............................................ 30.11 9.4 30.60 9.7 20.14 6.2 6....................................................... 19.89 3.8 20.08 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.79 9.0 20.91 9.5 – – 8....................................................... 31.93 10.8 32.05 11.1 – – 10........................................................ 39.07 7.8 39.07 7.8 – – 11........................................................ 41.11 6.3 41.11 6.3 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 30.89 5.3 30.89 5.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.15 4.6 35.15 4.6 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.21 34.3 33.21 34.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.65 17.6 – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 30.89 19.9 30.89 19.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.64 16.2 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.87 11.1 26.12 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 14.97 9.5 15.02 9.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.89 3.4 7.89 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.65 3.4 8.54 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.95 4.8 10.95 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 16.00 13.9 16.00 13.9 – – 5....................................................... 21.16 7.5 21.16 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.26 11.6 16.26 11.6 – – 7....................................................... $19.86 9.8 $19.86 9.8 – – 8....................................................... 23.27 7.8 23.27 7.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.25 12.6 12.25 12.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 25.11 11.5 25.11 11.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 16.10 14.7 16.10 14.7 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 26.42 12.8 26.42 12.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.37 8.0 10.37 8.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.10 7.3 9.05 7.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.01 4.9 8.01 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.30 3.8 8.06 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.27 12.3 11.27 12.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.62 2.2 13.99 2.6 $12.36 1.9 1....................................................... 9.63 6.9 9.75 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.80 2.3 10.93 2.5 9.78 2.3 3....................................................... 11.08 1.8 11.39 2.5 10.63 1.9 4....................................................... 13.45 2.5 13.36 3.3 13.72 2.3 5....................................................... 15.53 3.4 16.09 3.3 13.24 6.9 6....................................................... 17.54 2.9 17.89 3.7 16.05 3.7 7....................................................... 20.51 3.3 20.81 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 23.90 16.8 23.90 16.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.75 4.9 12.71 5.0 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 18.33 14.6 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.61 3.8 16.48 4.5 13.55 3.0 4....................................................... 14.40 3.6 14.75 5.2 14.03 5.0 5....................................................... 17.49 5.4 17.60 5.4 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.76 5.6 10.71 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.56 7.4 – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.40 8.5 12.45 9.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.24 15.7 15.24 15.7 – – File clerks................................................. 10.57 4.6 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.13 7.0 12.93 9.5 13.64 8.8 3....................................................... 11.52 5.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.41 5.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.43 3.0 13.44 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.10 4.6 12.98 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.01 4.0 15.01 4.0 – – Dispatchers................................................. 17.57 33.3 – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 19.85 10.3 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.90 4.6 12.77 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.64 4.0 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.33 4.6 11.32 4.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 18.17 9.9 18.37 9.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.29 3.7 14.83 4.2 11.31 3.1 2....................................................... 11.32 3.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.60 6.4 11.84 10.4 9.79 5.5 4....................................................... $14.11 5.2 $15.11 6.7 $12.67 5.0 Bank tellers................................................ 11.45 2.3 11.45 2.3 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 11.18 6.0 11.18 6.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.26 2.4 – – 10.26 2.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.34 3.8 13.21 4.8 13.84 2.6 4....................................................... 14.42 4.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 15.11 13.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.31 2.9 12.31 2.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.73 2.9 14.82 3.1 13.51 5.0 1....................................................... 8.39 2.4 8.31 2.6 10.02 3.7 2....................................................... 10.48 6.0 10.31 6.5 12.51 5.1 3....................................................... 12.81 6.6 12.60 8.0 14.20 2.1 4....................................................... 14.52 6.9 14.86 7.6 11.73 1.2 5....................................................... 16.96 5.0 17.07 5.1 13.58 10.7 6....................................................... 18.50 4.3 18.58 4.8 17.68 4.8 7....................................................... 21.90 4.5 22.29 4.6 – – 8....................................................... 27.47 7.3 27.47 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 19.55 10.0 19.55 10.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.22 9.0 14.22 9.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.58 2.4 18.82 2.5 15.21 5.5 2....................................................... 11.18 8.8 11.18 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.16 10.4 12.10 10.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.96 3.9 13.15 4.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.19 5.8 16.29 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.92 5.7 19.11 6.5 17.68 4.8 7....................................................... 21.62 5.1 22.01 5.2 – – 8....................................................... 28.80 7.8 28.80 7.8 – – 9....................................................... 19.55 10.0 19.55 10.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.38 11.6 16.38 11.6 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 24.53 11.6 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.40 1.8 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.72 6.9 15.60 7.8 – – Carpenters.................................................. 15.44 14.2 15.44 14.2 – – Electricians................................................ 25.19 7.6 25.89 6.6 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 14.24 7.0 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 12.16 6.3 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.22 9.6 21.29 9.7 – – 8....................................................... 31.03 9.0 31.03 9.0 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.39 8.8 18.39 8.8 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 25.72 1.0 25.72 1.0 – – 7....................................................... 25.86 1.1 25.86 1.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.78 7.7 13.78 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.01 7.0 9.01 7.0 – – 3....................................................... $14.33 16.8 $14.33 16.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.63 6.2 12.63 6.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.06 6.4 16.06 6.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.15 3.2 17.15 3.2 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.21 12.3 15.21 12.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.30 4.9 14.33 5.4 $14.06 1.9 2....................................................... 9.98 8.2 9.35 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.45 5.3 11.67 7.5 14.60 .4 4....................................................... 16.89 15.7 17.02 16.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.11 5.5 19.21 5.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.90 12.1 16.01 12.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.92 5.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 17.74 24.5 17.74 24.5 – – 5....................................................... 20.09 6.0 20.09 6.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.48 5.3 – – 14.62 .2 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.14 8.7 11.14 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.85 8.6 10.85 8.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.14 2.0 10.03 2.0 11.24 3.7 1....................................................... 8.40 2.3 8.30 2.3 10.02 3.7 2....................................................... 11.08 8.8 10.95 9.9 12.21 5.0 3....................................................... 11.42 4.6 11.37 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.78 6.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.96 5.2 17.31 4.9 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.67 8.9 – – 10.95 9.3 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.63 11.5 – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.32 2.4 10.12 .1 – – Construction laborers....................................... 10.22 .6 10.18 .0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.82 6.0 7.82 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.97 6.3 6.97 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.62 7.8 12.62 7.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.57 11.1 12.57 11.1 – – 2....................................................... 13.17 15.0 13.17 15.0 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.77 8.7 9.69 9.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.15 4.8 8.78 3.7 11.60 9.5 1....................................................... 7.70 2.8 – – – – Service............................................................. 9.94 3.0 8.22 4.1 13.81 4.1 1....................................................... 6.73 2.5 6.60 2.6 8.52 4.7 2....................................................... 8.01 9.1 7.04 12.8 9.86 4.1 3....................................................... 10.19 5.1 10.08 7.9 10.36 4.9 4....................................................... 16.41 7.7 18.77 12.8 13.78 3.0 5....................................................... 12.93 8.9 – – 13.91 16.6 6....................................................... 19.68 11.4 – – 20.00 11.8 7....................................................... 21.07 1.8 – – 21.09 2.0 8....................................................... $19.67 0.3 – – $19.62 0.3 Protective service............................................ 16.46 6.7 $8.60 10.2 18.54 1.4 4....................................................... 14.89 1.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 12.13 4.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 20.26 10.5 – – 20.26 10.7 7....................................................... 21.09 2.0 – – 21.09 2.0 8....................................................... 19.62 .3 – – 19.62 .3 Firefighting................................................ 14.91 .2 – – 14.91 .2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.21 7.5 – – 21.21 7.5 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.29 .7 – – 20.29 .7 7....................................................... 20.50 1.3 – – 20.50 1.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.55 .0 – – 12.55 .0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.14 9.5 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.66 8.9 6.28 10.8 8.87 1.5 1....................................................... 5.75 3.6 5.47 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 6.21 18.8 5.12 24.2 – – 4....................................................... 9.71 7.2 9.71 7.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.61 16.2 3.61 16.2 – – 1....................................................... 3.98 17.3 3.98 17.3 – – 2....................................................... 3.04 25.2 3.04 25.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.71 9.9 2.71 9.9 – – 1....................................................... 2.79 12.9 2.79 12.9 – – 2....................................................... 2.67 18.4 2.67 18.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.14 3.3 7.94 4.3 8.87 1.5 1....................................................... 6.76 4.9 6.45 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.40 6.0 7.90 11.7 – – 4....................................................... 9.82 7.5 9.82 7.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.65 6.1 8.65 6.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.01 2.3 8.18 3.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.73 3.8 7.88 5.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.37 6.1 6.35 8.4 9.14 2.6 1....................................................... 6.36 5.5 5.96 3.3 – – Health service................................................ 10.28 3.3 9.75 3.4 11.29 5.5 2....................................................... 9.98 4.8 9.03 5.4 12.23 6.9 3....................................................... 10.54 7.2 11.32 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.31 8.9 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.58 6.7 9.71 7.8 11.83 6.1 2....................................................... 10.86 12.0 9.50 8.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.86 13.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.89 2.6 9.69 3.1 10.44 3.4 2....................................................... 9.41 3.0 8.68 4.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.96 3.4 7.71 3.6 9.24 1.5 1....................................................... 7.17 2.9 7.09 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.47 3.7 7.91 6.6 8.89 .7 3....................................................... 11.80 4.6 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.27 3.1 7.27 3.1 – – 1....................................................... $7.32 3.6 $7.32 3.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.81 4.5 7.43 4.4 $9.26 1.5 1....................................................... 7.12 3.6 7.00 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.64 2.5 8.21 5.3 8.89 .7 Personal service.............................................. 15.37 10.0 17.69 12.4 11.78 11.5 1....................................................... 6.04 10.7 6.04 10.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.19 4.8 – – 9.62 4.4 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.61 4.1 – – 9.67 4.4 3....................................................... 9.67 4.4 – – 9.67 4.4 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.53 4.1 $20.48 5.1 $20.75 3.8 All excluding sales............................................... 20.84 4.3 20.86 5.4 20.79 3.8 White collar........................................................ 25.08 3.8 25.45 4.7 23.89 4.1 1....................................................... 9.42 4.6 9.39 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.58 2.4 10.66 2.7 9.98 1.5 3....................................................... 11.15 1.8 11.37 2.5 10.63 1.8 4....................................................... 14.39 4.2 14.49 5.3 13.96 2.1 5....................................................... 17.34 3.3 18.12 3.0 14.24 4.5 6....................................................... 20.34 2.9 19.88 3.3 22.00 5.2 7....................................................... 26.09 2.5 24.04 5.0 28.12 1.8 8....................................................... 27.91 2.1 27.82 3.0 28.06 2.5 9....................................................... 31.79 5.5 32.37 7.1 29.91 2.5 10........................................................ 41.06 11.9 41.98 13.1 33.22 5.5 11........................................................ 39.63 4.3 41.28 4.9 33.77 3.8 12........................................................ 48.51 5.7 48.56 6.0 47.71 16.2 13........................................................ 61.88 8.5 63.10 9.2 – – 14........................................................ 72.35 13.8 72.19 17.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.74 15.5 20.64 16.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.27 3.8 27.12 4.8 23.97 4.0 1....................................................... 10.19 5.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.80 2.9 10.92 3.2 9.91 1.7 3....................................................... 11.09 1.8 11.41 2.5 10.63 1.8 4....................................................... 13.69 2.4 13.60 3.1 13.96 2.1 5....................................................... 16.73 2.7 17.48 2.2 14.24 4.5 6....................................................... 20.53 3.0 20.09 3.4 22.00 5.2 7....................................................... 26.29 2.6 24.32 5.5 28.12 1.8 8....................................................... 28.08 2.2 28.10 3.2 28.06 2.5 9....................................................... 32.12 5.8 32.84 7.7 29.91 2.5 10........................................................ 41.61 13.0 42.71 14.5 33.22 5.5 11........................................................ 39.23 4.5 40.98 5.2 33.77 3.8 12........................................................ 48.51 5.7 48.56 6.0 47.71 16.2 13........................................................ 61.88 8.5 63.10 9.2 – – 14........................................................ 72.35 13.8 72.19 17.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.07 15.4 23.04 16.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.77 2.9 33.45 4.0 28.73 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.17 2.8 35.50 3.8 29.79 2.8 5....................................................... 18.21 7.8 19.71 8.4 – – 6....................................................... 26.64 5.6 25.42 7.5 29.06 4.6 7....................................................... 28.65 2.2 27.99 9.8 28.83 1.2 8....................................................... 28.97 1.3 29.30 1.8 28.64 2.0 9....................................................... 29.42 1.6 29.41 2.1 29.43 2.1 10........................................................ 36.36 4.1 37.19 3.8 33.23 9.5 11........................................................ 37.80 5.4 39.95 5.6 30.53 5.0 12........................................................ 47.04 6.5 47.26 6.9 – – 13........................................................ $59.55 8.3 $61.57 9.0 – – 14........................................................ 69.30 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.93 9.1 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.72 5.2 36.72 5.2 – – 5....................................................... 25.70 6.5 25.70 6.5 – – 6....................................................... 26.68 10.3 26.68 10.3 – – 8....................................................... 35.63 5.2 35.63 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 29.79 3.3 29.79 3.3 – – 10........................................................ 37.80 4.1 37.80 4.1 – – 11........................................................ 41.47 11.9 41.47 11.9 – – 12........................................................ 46.36 4.5 46.36 4.5 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 51.56 9.3 51.56 9.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.15 3.9 39.15 3.9 – – 5....................................................... 25.83 6.8 25.83 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 38.21 7.0 38.21 7.0 – – 10........................................................ 38.57 3.3 38.57 3.3 – – 11........................................................ 46.77 12.6 46.77 12.6 – – 12........................................................ 46.24 4.7 46.24 4.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.49 7.1 34.63 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 26.12 14.9 26.12 14.9 – – 9....................................................... 27.77 3.1 27.83 3.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.55 10.6 35.55 10.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.70 7.0 34.85 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 27.41 15.6 27.41 15.6 – – 9....................................................... 27.77 3.1 27.83 3.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.55 10.6 35.55 10.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ 38.54 19.9 43.28 19.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 50.37 9.8 50.37 9.8 – – Health related................................................ 30.95 8.5 31.15 11.8 $30.47 6.3 7....................................................... 29.88 11.5 25.78 10.7 – – 8....................................................... 26.85 1.0 26.79 1.2 – – 9....................................................... 34.58 7.9 34.37 15.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.26 1.5 27.88 1.5 29.13 3.2 8....................................................... 26.82 .5 26.70 .2 – – 9....................................................... 32.77 4.5 – – – – Pharmacists................................................. 40.30 1.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.44 15.8 97.45 30.7 43.08 16.6 9....................................................... 38.74 8.1 – – 38.74 8.1 10........................................................ 37.36 12.2 – – 37.36 12.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 51.48 26.5 – – 52.36 27.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.33 .9 24.55 9.8 29.53 .7 6....................................................... 28.15 4.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 29.28 1.0 29.27 7.2 29.28 1.0 8....................................................... 29.82 1.1 – – 29.82 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.91 .2 – – 28.91 .2 7....................................................... 28.95 1.4 – – – – 8....................................................... $28.70 1.4 – – $28.70 1.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.01 .7 – – 29.95 .8 7....................................................... 30.04 .2 – – – – 8....................................................... 30.17 2.8 – – 30.17 2.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.23 4.3 – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.95 4.5 – – 31.20 4.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.34 13.3 – – 23.48 15.4 Librarians.................................................. 23.34 13.3 – – 23.48 15.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.40 7.5 – – 17.09 8.0 Social workers.............................................. 17.36 7.9 – – 17.09 8.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.76 18.2 $27.72 19.7 – – Designers................................................... 17.90 25.7 17.90 25.7 – – Technical....................................................... 26.36 4.5 27.88 5.2 18.41 7.7 4....................................................... 15.57 3.2 15.51 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.18 5.9 19.21 3.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.23 7.3 18.63 8.0 17.15 14.1 7....................................................... 23.63 7.3 24.44 7.2 – – 8....................................................... 27.85 5.7 26.89 4.2 – – 9....................................................... 53.80 33.1 53.80 33.1 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.43 10.9 19.37 11.4 – – 6....................................................... 20.37 8.9 – – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 23.43 14.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.53 .8 16.64 .8 – – 4....................................................... 15.88 3.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.10 2.7 17.12 2.9 – – 6....................................................... 16.78 3.0 16.78 3.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.21 4.5 19.26 4.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 24.40 15.7 25.99 17.7 – – Drafters.................................................... 28.95 12.0 28.95 12.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 17.66 12.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.68 5.9 36.69 6.7 30.23 4.9 5....................................................... 18.91 12.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.03 3.6 19.03 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.86 5.7 23.38 7.0 25.63 4.3 8....................................................... 26.90 7.6 27.66 9.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.47 4.3 30.19 4.6 – – 10........................................................ 37.77 6.6 38.14 7.1 – – 11........................................................ 40.23 5.3 41.49 6.6 – – 12........................................................ 51.51 6.1 51.35 6.6 – – 13........................................................ 63.29 10.3 64.02 11.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.17 14.4 39.17 14.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.45 5.3 40.34 6.5 31.36 5.3 7....................................................... $26.56 5.7 $26.62 9.1 – – 8....................................................... 23.27 7.0 22.43 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 30.56 4.5 30.26 4.9 – – 10........................................................ 36.89 9.3 37.43 10.5 – – 11........................................................ 40.05 5.5 41.60 7.3 – – 12........................................................ 53.73 6.8 53.82 7.5 – – 13........................................................ 63.39 10.5 64.14 11.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.21 9.8 45.21 9.8 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.08 18.7 – – $27.03 3.3 Financial managers.......................................... 47.72 16.4 48.25 16.8 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.87 6.5 45.87 6.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.12 3.7 48.14 1.1 39.26 4.0 11........................................................ 40.48 8.4 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.65 1.8 26.38 1.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.34 6.1 42.35 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 26.56 9.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.02 6.3 29.02 6.3 – – 10........................................................ 36.82 12.7 36.82 12.7 – – 11........................................................ 40.03 8.7 40.03 8.7 – – 12........................................................ 50.64 1.7 50.64 1.7 – – 13........................................................ 61.76 16.1 61.76 16.1 – – Management related............................................ 30.13 9.4 30.62 9.7 20.14 6.2 6....................................................... 19.89 3.8 20.08 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.65 9.2 20.77 9.7 – – 8....................................................... 31.93 10.8 32.05 11.1 – – 10........................................................ 39.07 7.8 39.07 7.8 – – 11........................................................ 41.11 6.3 41.11 6.3 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 30.99 5.3 30.99 5.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.15 4.6 35.15 4.6 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.21 34.3 33.21 34.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.65 17.6 – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 30.89 19.9 30.89 19.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.64 16.2 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.87 11.1 26.12 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 16.66 9.1 16.73 9.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.77 4.4 8.77 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.91 2.3 9.87 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.31 5.2 11.31 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 16.52 14.2 16.52 14.2 – – 5....................................................... 21.51 7.5 21.51 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.26 11.6 16.26 11.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.86 9.8 19.86 9.8 – – 8....................................................... 23.27 7.8 23.27 7.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 25.11 11.5 25.11 11.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 17.12 13.9 17.12 13.9 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. $26.42 12.8 $26.42 12.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.64 9.2 10.64 9.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.92 8.7 10.99 9.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.01 10.5 12.01 10.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.66 2.2 14.05 2.7 $12.38 1.7 1....................................................... 10.19 5.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.87 2.9 11.01 3.2 9.91 1.7 3....................................................... 11.09 1.8 11.40 2.5 10.63 1.8 4....................................................... 13.44 2.4 13.34 3.2 13.73 2.5 5....................................................... 15.45 3.4 16.00 3.3 13.24 6.9 6....................................................... 17.54 2.9 17.89 3.7 16.05 3.7 7....................................................... 20.51 3.3 20.81 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 23.90 16.8 23.90 16.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.69 4.9 12.65 5.0 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 18.33 14.6 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.49 3.8 16.33 4.6 13.55 3.0 4....................................................... 14.32 3.7 14.61 5.4 14.03 5.0 5....................................................... 17.26 5.7 17.37 5.7 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.72 5.4 10.67 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.56 7.4 – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.40 8.5 12.45 9.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.24 15.7 15.24 15.7 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.16 7.2 12.96 9.9 13.64 8.8 3....................................................... 11.52 5.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.41 5.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.43 3.0 13.44 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.10 4.6 12.98 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.01 4.0 15.01 4.0 – – Dispatchers................................................. 17.57 33.3 – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 19.85 10.3 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.90 4.6 12.77 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.64 4.0 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.33 4.6 11.32 4.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 18.41 9.6 18.62 9.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.31 3.7 14.83 4.2 11.35 2.8 2....................................................... 11.46 3.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.60 6.4 11.84 10.4 9.79 5.5 4....................................................... 14.11 5.2 15.11 6.7 12.67 5.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 11.39 6.3 11.39 6.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.26 2.4 – – 10.26 2.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.35 4.0 13.23 5.1 13.82 2.3 4....................................................... 14.42 4.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 15.11 13.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.21 3.1 12.21 3.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... $14.93 3.0 $15.04 3.2 $13.49 5.1 1....................................................... 8.57 2.7 8.49 2.8 10.02 3.7 2....................................................... 10.38 6.7 10.29 7.1 11.89 5.8 3....................................................... 12.81 6.6 12.59 7.9 14.20 2.1 4....................................................... 14.52 6.9 14.86 7.6 11.73 1.2 5....................................................... 16.96 5.0 17.07 5.1 13.58 10.7 6....................................................... 18.50 4.3 18.58 4.8 17.68 4.8 7....................................................... 21.90 4.5 22.29 4.6 – – 8....................................................... 27.47 7.3 27.47 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 19.55 10.0 19.55 10.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.19 9.0 14.19 9.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.60 2.4 18.84 2.5 15.21 5.5 2....................................................... 11.29 9.2 11.29 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.16 10.4 12.10 10.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.96 3.9 13.15 4.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.19 5.8 16.29 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.92 5.7 19.11 6.5 17.68 4.8 7....................................................... 21.62 5.1 22.01 5.2 – – 8....................................................... 28.80 7.8 28.80 7.8 – – 9....................................................... 19.55 10.0 19.55 10.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.38 11.6 16.38 11.6 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 24.53 11.6 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.40 1.8 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.72 6.9 15.60 7.8 – – Carpenters.................................................. 15.44 14.2 15.44 14.2 – – Electricians................................................ 25.19 7.6 25.89 6.6 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 14.24 7.0 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 12.16 6.3 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.22 9.6 21.29 9.7 – – 8....................................................... 31.03 9.0 31.03 9.0 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.39 8.8 18.39 8.8 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 25.72 1.0 25.72 1.0 – – 7....................................................... 25.86 1.1 25.86 1.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.76 7.6 13.76 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.01 7.0 9.01 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 14.28 16.8 14.28 16.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.63 6.2 12.63 6.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.06 6.4 16.06 6.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.15 3.2 17.15 3.2 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.21 12.3 15.21 12.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.31 5.0 14.34 5.4 14.06 2.1 2....................................................... 9.35 7.1 9.35 7.4 – – 3....................................................... $12.45 5.3 $11.67 7.5 $14.60 0.4 4....................................................... 16.89 15.7 17.02 16.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.11 5.5 19.21 5.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.94 12.2 16.04 12.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.92 5.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 17.74 24.5 17.74 24.5 – – 5....................................................... 20.09 6.0 20.09 6.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.69 5.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.14 8.7 11.14 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.85 8.6 10.85 8.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.39 2.7 10.30 2.9 11.24 3.7 1....................................................... 8.62 2.9 8.52 2.9 10.02 3.7 2....................................................... 11.04 9.7 10.90 11.1 12.21 5.0 3....................................................... 11.46 4.8 11.42 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.78 6.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.96 5.2 17.31 4.9 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.67 8.9 – – 10.95 9.3 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.63 11.5 – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.32 2.4 10.12 .1 – – Construction laborers....................................... 10.22 .6 10.18 .0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.49 13.7 9.49 13.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.40 7.8 13.40 7.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.69 14.0 12.69 14.0 – – 2....................................................... 13.30 16.7 13.30 16.7 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.77 8.7 9.69 9.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.26 4.9 8.88 3.8 11.60 9.5 Service............................................................. 10.73 3.5 8.88 4.9 13.81 4.1 1....................................................... 7.13 2.8 6.97 2.9 8.52 4.7 2....................................................... 8.43 7.3 7.46 11.6 9.86 4.2 3....................................................... 10.42 5.8 10.49 10.7 10.36 4.9 4....................................................... 16.62 7.8 19.30 13.1 13.78 3.0 5....................................................... 12.94 8.8 – – 13.94 16.5 6....................................................... 19.68 11.6 – – 20.00 11.8 7....................................................... 21.07 1.8 – – 21.09 2.0 8....................................................... 19.67 .3 – – 19.62 .3 Protective service............................................ 18.19 1.9 – – 18.56 1.4 4....................................................... 14.89 1.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 20.26 10.7 – – 20.26 10.7 7....................................................... 21.09 2.0 – – 21.09 2.0 8....................................................... 19.62 .3 – – 19.62 .3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.21 7.5 – – 21.21 7.5 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.29 .7 – – 20.29 .7 7....................................................... 20.50 1.3 – – 20.50 1.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.55 .0 – – 12.55 .0 Guards and police, except public service.................... $10.75 9.6 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.18 10.9 $6.75 14.2 $8.87 1.5 1....................................................... 5.92 3.9 5.47 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.73 18.1 5.44 29.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.76 12.5 3.76 12.5 – – 1....................................................... 4.22 14.1 4.22 14.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.71 11.7 2.71 11.7 – – Other food service........................................... 9.00 5.5 9.05 8.1 8.87 1.5 1....................................................... 7.45 10.1 7.00 10.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.09 4.1 9.34 7.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.05 4.8 9.05 4.8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.27 5.0 – – – – 1....................................................... 7.99 7.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.36 8.1 7.23 17.7 9.14 2.6 1....................................................... 7.10 11.8 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.30 3.5 9.74 3.8 11.29 5.5 2....................................................... 10.02 5.2 8.99 5.7 12.23 6.9 4....................................................... 12.31 8.9 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.64 7.2 9.73 8.7 11.83 6.1 2....................................................... 11.06 13.2 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.86 13.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.88 2.6 9.65 3.2 10.44 3.4 2....................................................... 9.42 3.1 8.66 4.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.40 4.1 8.20 4.8 9.24 1.5 1....................................................... 7.59 4.8 7.52 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.47 3.7 7.91 6.6 8.89 .7 3....................................................... 11.80 4.6 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.31 2.6 7.31 2.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.36 3.0 7.37 3.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.36 6.4 8.03 7.7 9.26 1.5 1....................................................... 7.72 8.2 7.61 8.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.64 2.5 8.21 5.3 8.89 .7 Personal service.............................................. $16.30 9.4 $19.72 11.3 $11.78 11.5 3....................................................... 9.27 5.3 – – 9.62 4.4 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.61 4.1 – – 9.67 4.4 3....................................................... 9.67 4.4 – – 9.67 4.4 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.84 2.6 $8.56 2.7 $15.64 10.4 All excluding sales............................................... 9.29 3.5 8.91 3.8 15.64 10.4 White collar........................................................ 11.37 8.2 11.04 8.4 16.85 11.4 1....................................................... 7.46 1.4 7.48 1.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.09 4.0 8.11 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.62 8.7 8.58 8.8 – – 4....................................................... 10.74 7.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.56 10.8 16.59 11.2 – – 6....................................................... 21.55 15.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.92 10.2 21.41 10.3 – – 8....................................................... 28.23 6.9 28.17 7.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.24 5.9 18.50 6.6 16.85 11.4 2....................................................... 10.13 6.7 10.30 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.64 12.2 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.55 15.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.92 10.2 21.41 10.3 – – 8....................................................... 28.23 6.9 28.17 7.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.81 8.2 26.53 9.5 19.56 11.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.45 8.9 29.40 10.2 19.56 11.1 7....................................................... 19.28 12.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 29.34 6.1 29.32 6.4 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.22 4.9 28.17 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 29.34 6.1 29.32 6.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.25 .4 27.15 .0 – – 8....................................................... 27.46 .6 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 21.64 3.9 – – 21.64 3.9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 13.07 18.7 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.69 1.1 7.69 1.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.43 1.2 7.43 1.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.46 3.5 7.46 3.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.55 3.9 7.55 3.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.41 1.5 7.41 1.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.32 3.0 7.32 3.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $11.69 7.5 $11.87 7.6 $9.83 24.7 2....................................................... 10.13 6.7 10.30 6.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.80 10.1 8.20 10.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.43 5.6 7.43 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.57 9.7 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.02 11.0 8.02 11.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.43 5.6 7.43 5.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.30 4.9 6.30 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.29 4.9 6.29 4.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.06 6.2 12.06 6.2 – – Service............................................................. 6.32 5.0 6.31 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 5.78 4.2 5.78 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 5.65 12.8 5.64 12.8 – – Protective service............................................ 8.52 11.9 8.50 12.0 – – Food service.................................................. 5.23 7.3 5.23 7.3 – – 1....................................................... 5.46 9.1 5.46 9.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.09 25.4 3.09 25.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.70 10.4 2.70 10.4 – – Other food service........................................... 6.03 3.0 6.03 3.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.01 4.1 6.01 4.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.82 5.0 9.82 5.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 6.01 2.1 6.01 2.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.01 2.1 6.01 2.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.01 2.1 6.01 2.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.01 2.1 6.01 2.1 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $20.53 $8.84 $22.10 $19.68 $19.85 $19.78 All excluding sales............................................. 20.84 9.29 22.63 20.12 20.35 18.76 White collar........................................................ 25.08 11.37 26.74 24.44 24.72 20.52 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.27 18.24 29.99 26.02 26.28 19.51 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.77 24.81 86.32 30.84 31.64 – Professional specialty.......................................... 33.17 26.45 – 33.04 33.04 – Technical....................................................... 26.36 – 86.32 21.71 26.21 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.68 – – 35.66 36.33 24.19 Sales............................................................. 16.66 7.69 8.31 15.19 13.24 21.08 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.66 11.69 15.58 13.47 13.62 – Blue collar......................................................... 14.93 8.80 20.26 13.50 14.51 19.51 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.60 – 23.31 17.30 18.41 21.34 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.76 – 21.53 12.63 13.64 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.31 – 20.67 12.47 13.98 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.39 8.02 12.30 9.80 10.11 – Service............................................................. 10.73 6.32 23.85 9.49 9.96 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.1 2.6 4.3 4.5 4.2 8.9 All excluding sales............................................. 4.3 3.5 4.5 4.7 4.2 9.2 White collar........................................................ 3.8 8.2 14.6 4.0 3.7 10.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.8 5.9 18.5 4.0 3.6 20.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.9 8.2 13.4 3.1 3.0 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.8 8.9 – 2.8 2.8 – Technical....................................................... 4.5 – 13.4 4.4 4.5 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.9 – – 5.9 5.7 22.4 Sales............................................................. 9.1 1.1 9.9 9.7 9.3 14.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.2 7.5 12.5 1.9 2.1 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.0 10.1 3.3 3.4 2.9 6.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.4 – 3.9 3.9 2.5 10.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.6 – 3.8 5.8 7.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.0 – 3.4 6.6 6.9 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.7 11.0 7.6 1.8 2.0 – Service............................................................. 3.5 5.0 10.1 2.8 3.0 – 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. 6 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 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.65 - - - - - $25.96 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 20.20 - - - - - 25.94 - - - White collar........................................................ 24.71 - - - - - 30.15 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.95 - - - - - 30.65 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.29 - - - - - 47.27 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 35.36 - - - - - 34.70 - - - Technical....................................................... 27.68 - - - - - 99.60 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.67 - - - - - 39.63 - - - Sales............................................................. 15.02 - - - - - 26.17 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.99 - - - - - 16.36 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.82 - - - - - 20.29 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.82 - - - - - 27.10 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.78 - - - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.33 - - - - - 17.93 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.03 - - - - - 14.86 - - - Service............................................................. 8.22 - - - - - – - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.1 - - - - - 3.5 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 5.4 - - - - - 3.2 - - - White collar........................................................ 4.9 - - - - - 9.3 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.8 - - - - - 9.9 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.0 - - - - - 6.4 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 - - - - - 6.7 - - - Technical....................................................... 5.2 - - - - - 30.4 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.7 - - - - - 10.8 - - - Sales............................................................. 9.5 - - - - - 9.3 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 - - - - - 9.4 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 - - - - - 6.0 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.5 - - - - - 11.9 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.7 - - - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.4 - - - - - 9.1 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.0 - - - - - 4.3 - - - Service............................................................. 4.1 - - - - - – - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 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. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.65 $15.93 $20.51 $17.05 $23.69 All excluding sales............................................. 20.20 15.92 21.18 17.55 24.19 White collar........................................................ 24.71 23.35 24.93 20.70 28.18 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.95 26.20 27.05 23.18 29.41 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.29 29.29 33.60 28.35 35.62 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.36 32.34 35.55 30.58 37.31 Technical....................................................... 27.68 23.80 28.07 23.30 30.38 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.67 41.18 35.83 33.43 37.54 Sales............................................................. 15.02 16.02 14.77 14.33 15.81 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.99 13.88 14.01 13.70 14.27 Blue collar......................................................... 14.82 11.70 16.07 14.31 18.53 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.82 15.16 19.85 17.99 21.95 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.78 11.45 14.46 12.91 17.57 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.33 12.49 15.40 13.61 18.33 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.03 8.15 11.09 10.19 12.37 Service............................................................. 8.22 7.49 8.39 7.65 9.02 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.1 10.4 4.7 4.3 5.8 All excluding sales............................................. 5.4 11.3 4.8 4.7 5.7 White collar........................................................ 4.9 14.3 4.5 4.9 4.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.8 16.1 4.4 5.7 4.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.0 13.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 14.3 3.8 3.6 3.9 Technical....................................................... 5.2 16.3 5.1 6.5 6.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.7 12.7 6.6 10.3 6.4 Sales............................................................. 9.5 17.1 8.6 8.9 15.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 6.6 2.6 4.8 3.3 Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 5.5 3.3 3.4 5.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.5 4.1 2.7 4.9 6.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.7 11.6 8.3 7.4 7.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.4 10.7 8.7 4.4 10.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.0 4.2 4.3 6.2 6.4 Service............................................................. 4.1 10.5 3.6 7.3 6.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 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 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.65 $10.03 $15.72 $25.30 $36.66 All excluding sales........................... 7.75 10.48 16.22 25.91 37.74 White collar.................................... 9.50 12.70 20.87 31.30 42.98 White collar excluding sales................ 10.57 14.24 23.08 32.69 44.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.00 23.52 28.44 36.24 44.80 Professional specialty...................... 21.08 25.19 30.55 37.83 46.14 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.50 28.85 34.28 42.94 52.77 Petroleum engineers..................... 32.27 40.87 52.02 58.89 73.32 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.65 31.59 38.85 45.45 53.13 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.22 27.22 32.51 40.74 46.42 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.32 27.24 32.51 40.89 46.45 Natural scientists........................ 15.79 21.12 40.82 49.42 63.94 Geologists and geodesists............... 38.22 42.24 46.80 59.84 66.59 Health related............................ 23.10 25.00 27.87 32.90 39.90 Registered nurses....................... 23.20 25.16 27.34 30.97 35.11 Pharmacists............................. 35.38 36.50 40.85 42.25 43.37 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.29 29.10 34.20 50.48 86.07 Other post-secondary teachers........... 25.01 31.18 43.48 60.10 86.54 Teachers, except college and university... 23.99 25.07 27.74 32.90 37.33 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.06 25.07 27.21 32.20 36.24 Secondary school teachers............... 24.21 25.29 28.13 33.98 39.20 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 23.40 24.47 27.39 31.23 34.43 Vocational and educational counselors... 23.18 26.85 32.15 35.84 38.08 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.98 17.55 24.55 28.76 32.24 Librarians.............................. 13.98 17.55 24.55 28.76 32.24 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.90 14.38 16.25 19.80 23.56 Social workers.......................... 13.90 14.38 15.90 19.80 22.58 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 11.00 17.49 28.93 32.02 37.88 Designers............................... 7.50 11.06 15.28 22.54 29.81 Technical................................... 13.83 16.38 20.34 26.77 36.54 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.78 17.00 19.24 23.10 25.32 Radiological technicians................ 14.00 17.17 22.28 26.18 41.59 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.17 15.30 16.50 17.63 18.67 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.73 16.22 19.00 21.00 24.80 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 14.42 16.02 21.92 31.21 37.36 Drafters................................ 15.00 21.17 30.00 36.19 42.31 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 12.45 12.45 19.06 21.25 23.39 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.42 22.63 30.96 44.31 57.90 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.61 25.23 33.66 46.71 60.58 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.37 23.22 28.05 38.47 72.11 Financial managers...................... 29.06 31.82 46.71 55.26 79.90 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $31.34 $35.59 $43.27 $55.29 $68.27 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.89 32.50 38.06 43.79 60.05 Managers, medicine and health........... 17.39 18.42 26.44 32.71 44.01 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.25 25.48 34.33 49.96 60.69 Management related........................ 16.34 18.72 25.43 37.26 51.43 Accountants and auditors................ 20.67 25.43 29.45 35.01 43.27 Other financial officers................ 16.68 20.60 33.40 44.90 55.67 Management analysts..................... 13.39 17.31 21.49 38.38 78.13 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 19.14 22.60 39.18 45.14 45.64 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products................. 11.47 16.32 16.32 51.43 57.69 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.34 16.34 18.17 21.37 35.40 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.68 18.72 21.32 28.13 42.98 Sales......................................... 7.21 8.50 10.76 18.41 28.37 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.16 17.44 21.63 35.88 35.88 Sales, other business services.......... 8.54 12.00 14.73 19.17 24.66 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.88 20.19 24.00 34.14 40.25 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.28 8.32 9.44 10.50 12.70 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.25 8.50 10.44 14.23 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.35 12.70 15.86 19.88 Supervisors, general office............. 12.02 14.30 16.31 19.66 34.33 Secretaries............................. 10.25 12.57 15.44 17.71 21.10 Receptionists........................... 8.12 9.38 10.00 11.50 14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.40 10.57 11.18 13.17 16.99 Order clerks............................ 8.70 10.00 15.20 20.75 23.03 File clerks............................. 8.00 9.50 10.00 11.27 13.00 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.50 10.25 13.09 14.69 16.82 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.99 11.49 13.28 14.77 17.51 Dispatchers............................. 7.92 8.45 13.32 29.85 35.18 Production coordinators................. 12.00 14.00 22.01 24.21 24.96 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 10.30 12.71 14.71 16.40 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.75 9.75 11.57 12.50 12.84 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.44 13.91 18.51 22.01 22.01 General office clerks................... 8.92 10.59 12.00 15.14 19.26 Bank tellers............................ 9.00 10.00 11.07 12.50 15.43 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 9.59 10.25 12.36 15.87 Teachers' aides......................... 8.67 8.93 9.29 11.02 13.77 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.86 11.00 12.98 15.00 16.91 Blue collar..................................... 7.50 9.86 13.00 18.00 24.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.00 13.00 17.00 22.30 27.87 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.02 19.07 21.84 32.00 34.76 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ $13.00 $15.37 $19.15 $19.31 $20.26 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.90 11.00 15.35 18.00 26.22 Carpenters.............................. 11.00 12.00 14.00 19.34 21.90 Electricians............................ 16.75 24.34 27.87 27.97 28.12 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.25 12.00 16.50 17.50 17.50 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 10.00 10.50 12.00 13.24 14.75 Supervisors, production................. 10.92 14.30 17.75 26.47 36.83 Machinists.............................. 12.25 13.50 18.83 24.05 25.93 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 24.52 24.52 25.98 27.25 27.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.35 12.60 17.00 23.00 Welders and cutters..................... 8.30 15.00 16.75 17.00 18.00 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 10.00 12.90 17.25 24.34 Truck drivers........................... 9.80 10.00 14.36 22.97 24.57 Bus drivers............................. 11.39 13.03 15.82 17.25 19.85 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.75 9.00 10.92 12.60 16.22 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.67 7.50 9.30 11.61 14.74 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.48 8.85 10.15 12.00 13.64 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 9.00 9.99 10.85 11.57 17.54 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.50 11.60 Construction laborers................... 7.00 8.00 9.30 12.90 15.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.65 7.00 9.00 12.71 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.45 9.84 10.96 13.85 21.02 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 7.50 7.75 12.06 16.22 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 7.30 7.95 9.72 13.61 Service......................................... 5.25 6.50 8.43 11.22 17.99 Protective service........................ 8.25 11.81 17.12 19.93 23.23 Firefighting............................ 12.57 13.22 14.78 17.68 17.68 Police and detectives, public service... 15.90 17.78 19.25 25.08 30.33 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.34 19.64 19.64 20.81 22.95 Correctional institution officers....... 10.64 11.80 12.25 12.31 15.41 Guards and police, except public service 7.98 8.50 9.50 11.00 13.55 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.75 6.50 8.74 10.65 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.50 3.75 6.80 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 4.70 Other food service....................... 5.50 6.00 7.50 9.50 11.00 Cooks................................... 7.00 7.50 8.50 9.90 10.75 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.25 6.91 7.50 9.00 10.65 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.35 5.55 6.50 8.69 10.53 Health service............................ 7.63 8.84 9.78 11.45 13.50 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.50 9.00 9.68 12.00 14.82 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. $7.63 $8.06 $9.89 $11.25 $12.24 Cleaning and building service............. 5.40 6.25 7.50 8.75 10.63 Maids and housemen...................... 5.75 6.50 7.21 8.00 8.69 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.40 6.00 7.50 8.75 10.25 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.50 10.00 18.54 36.18 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 7.10 8.57 9.47 10.50 11.83 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.35 $9.90 $15.00 $24.57 $37.96 All excluding sales........................... 7.50 10.00 15.87 25.21 39.33 White collar.................................... 9.44 12.26 20.01 31.73 44.92 White collar excluding sales................ 10.57 14.24 22.28 33.70 46.76 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.00 22.66 29.59 39.00 48.32 Professional specialty...................... 21.46 26.00 32.39 41.41 51.11 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.50 28.85 34.28 42.94 52.77 Petroleum engineers..................... 32.27 40.87 52.02 58.89 73.32 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.65 31.59 38.85 45.45 53.13 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.32 27.24 32.51 40.89 46.45 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.55 27.61 32.53 41.03 46.47 Natural scientists........................ 17.02 35.81 42.61 54.81 66.59 Geologists and geodesists............... 38.22 42.24 46.80 59.84 66.59 Health related............................ 22.83 25.00 27.34 31.90 39.40 Registered nurses....................... 22.77 24.96 27.00 30.75 34.93 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.84 33.85 91.09 106.37 216.35 Teachers, except college and university... 13.70 16.48 20.63 30.00 35.97 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 15.63 16.48 16.48 18.58 20.67 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 11.00 15.85 30.17 32.02 39.81 Designers............................... 7.50 11.06 15.28 22.54 29.81 Technical................................... 14.47 17.00 21.17 27.61 36.54 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.62 17.00 19.06 23.20 25.32 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.46 15.50 16.50 17.74 18.79 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.84 16.25 19.00 21.00 23.32 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 14.42 14.42 26.77 33.95 39.18 Drafters................................ 15.00 21.17 30.00 36.19 42.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.39 22.69 31.34 45.67 59.06 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.19 25.81 35.59 49.96 68.03 Financial managers...................... 28.69 31.82 46.71 55.26 79.90 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 31.34 35.59 43.27 55.29 68.27 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.77 37.82 48.61 57.69 63.49 Managers, medicine and health........... 17.39 18.42 26.44 32.00 44.01 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.63 27.76 38.86 50.72 63.94 Management related........................ 16.34 18.72 25.72 38.38 51.73 Accountants and auditors................ 20.67 25.43 29.45 35.01 43.27 Other financial officers................ 16.68 20.60 33.40 44.90 55.67 Management analysts..................... $13.39 $17.31 $21.49 $38.38 $78.13 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products................. 11.47 16.32 16.32 51.43 57.69 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.69 18.72 21.88 29.71 42.98 Sales......................................... 7.20 8.50 10.76 18.41 28.37 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.16 17.44 21.63 35.88 35.88 Sales, other business services.......... 8.54 12.00 14.73 19.17 24.66 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.88 20.19 24.00 34.14 40.25 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.28 8.32 9.44 10.50 12.70 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.10 8.43 10.35 14.23 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.09 10.49 12.98 16.35 20.99 Secretaries............................. 10.14 13.84 16.33 19.47 21.92 Receptionists........................... 8.12 9.27 10.00 11.10 14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.00 10.57 10.57 13.25 17.00 Order clerks............................ 8.70 10.00 15.20 20.75 23.03 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.00 10.25 13.18 14.57 17.82 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.99 11.49 13.31 14.77 17.57 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 10.30 12.71 14.68 16.20 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.75 9.75 11.53 12.50 12.75 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.88 13.94 19.51 22.01 22.01 General office clerks................... 10.00 11.17 13.37 18.63 22.12 Bank tellers............................ 9.00 10.00 11.07 12.50 15.43 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 9.59 10.25 12.36 15.87 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.50 10.50 12.98 14.50 16.73 Blue collar..................................... 7.50 9.70 13.02 18.24 24.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.00 13.02 17.11 23.50 27.97 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.50 11.00 15.35 17.58 26.22 Carpenters.............................. 11.00 12.00 14.00 19.34 21.90 Electricians............................ 18.00 24.34 27.87 28.02 28.12 Supervisors, production................. 10.92 14.73 17.75 26.47 36.83 Machinists.............................. 12.25 13.50 18.83 24.05 25.93 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 24.52 24.52 25.98 27.25 27.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.35 12.60 17.00 23.00 Welders and cutters..................... 8.30 15.00 16.75 17.00 18.00 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 10.00 12.50 18.55 24.52 Truck drivers........................... 9.80 10.00 14.49 23.07 24.57 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.75 9.00 10.92 12.60 16.22 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $6.50 $7.50 $9.00 $11.50 $15.00 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 Construction laborers................... 7.00 8.00 9.30 12.90 15.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.65 7.00 9.00 12.71 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.45 9.84 10.96 13.85 21.02 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 7.50 7.75 12.06 16.22 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.61 13.61 Service......................................... 4.70 5.75 7.50 9.19 11.68 Protective service........................ 5.60 6.25 8.50 9.79 11.05 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.75 5.91 8.05 10.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.50 3.75 6.80 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 4.70 Other food service....................... 5.35 5.75 7.25 9.40 11.00 Cooks................................... 7.00 7.50 8.50 9.90 10.75 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.25 7.00 8.25 9.00 10.65 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.25 5.50 5.75 6.39 8.00 Health service............................ 6.75 8.06 9.54 11.12 12.50 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.50 8.50 9.50 11.00 13.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.12 7.76 9.50 11.07 12.16 Cleaning and building service............. 5.40 6.00 7.30 8.36 9.95 Maids and housemen...................... 5.75 6.50 7.21 8.00 8.70 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.25 5.75 7.20 8.32 9.50 Personal service.......................... 5.25 6.35 9.50 31.51 42.67 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.29 $11.84 $17.78 $27.24 $34.43 All excluding sales........................... 9.30 11.88 17.78 27.24 34.44 White collar.................................... 10.53 14.01 24.28 30.59 37.11 White collar excluding sales................ 10.71 14.16 24.34 30.61 37.16 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.43 24.12 27.18 32.48 38.28 Professional specialty...................... 20.13 24.70 28.00 33.18 38.54 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 23.81 26.09 28.82 35.05 40.85 Registered nurses....................... 24.09 25.99 28.19 31.34 36.71 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.25 28.85 33.89 48.88 70.19 Other post-secondary teachers........... 25.85 31.61 45.25 60.10 88.46 Teachers, except college and university... 24.06 25.29 28.01 32.97 37.42 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.06 25.07 27.20 32.17 36.24 Secondary school teachers............... 24.21 25.29 28.02 33.76 39.16 Vocational and educational counselors... 24.11 26.87 32.15 35.84 38.29 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.54 17.05 25.72 30.06 32.24 Librarians.............................. 13.54 17.05 25.72 30.06 32.24 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.90 14.38 15.72 19.80 20.19 Social workers.......................... 13.90 14.38 15.72 19.80 20.19 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.45 12.68 16.38 20.48 26.45 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.73 21.08 28.46 36.32 42.64 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.90 23.48 30.29 37.20 43.23 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.37 16.91 27.21 33.39 38.47 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.55 32.20 37.24 43.23 60.05 Management related........................ 17.28 18.04 19.37 21.08 28.13 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.92 9.99 11.90 14.34 16.40 Secretaries............................. 11.01 11.79 13.67 15.06 17.56 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.38 11.88 12.85 16.32 16.82 General office clerks................... 8.51 9.62 11.33 12.47 14.69 Teachers' aides......................... 8.67 8.93 9.29 11.02 13.77 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.18 11.62 13.68 15.90 17.88 Blue collar..................................... 9.54 11.51 12.37 15.82 19.03 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $11.51 $12.00 $13.91 $19.03 $20.10 Transportation and material moving............ 9.93 11.65 14.43 16.48 17.25 Bus drivers............................. 11.14 12.55 15.32 17.25 17.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.85 9.66 11.52 11.90 13.64 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.48 8.85 10.15 12.31 13.64 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.61 9.36 11.43 12.61 15.51 Service......................................... 7.78 9.40 12.06 17.78 21.00 Protective service........................ 12.31 14.73 18.28 21.00 26.20 Firefighting............................ 12.57 13.22 14.78 17.68 17.68 Police and detectives, public service... 15.90 17.78 19.25 25.08 30.33 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.34 19.64 19.64 20.81 22.95 Correctional institution officers....... 10.64 11.80 12.25 12.31 15.41 Food service.............................. 7.15 7.49 8.51 9.92 10.97 Other food service....................... 7.15 7.49 8.51 9.92 10.97 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.26 7.89 8.95 10.27 11.10 Health service............................ 8.84 9.60 10.50 12.61 15.93 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.44 9.60 10.75 14.42 16.91 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.63 9.58 10.39 11.58 12.26 Cleaning and building service............. 7.41 7.78 8.75 9.95 11.83 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.43 7.81 8.75 9.97 11.92 Personal service.......................... 8.02 9.18 10.47 13.28 18.54 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 6.50 8.69 9.49 10.63 11.86 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.20 $10.71 $16.35 $25.94 $37.60 All excluding sales........................... 8.16 11.00 16.58 26.27 38.37 White collar.................................... 10.00 13.24 21.37 31.83 43.27 White collar excluding sales................ 10.61 14.30 23.29 32.83 44.61 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.00 23.56 28.51 36.27 44.87 Professional specialty...................... 21.28 25.28 30.70 37.86 46.25 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.50 28.74 34.16 42.93 51.90 Petroleum engineers..................... 32.27 40.87 52.02 58.89 73.32 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.65 31.59 38.85 45.45 53.13 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.22 27.22 32.51 40.74 46.42 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.32 27.24 32.51 40.89 46.45 Natural scientists........................ 15.79 21.12 40.82 49.42 63.94 Geologists and geodesists............... 38.22 42.24 46.80 59.84 66.59 Health related............................ 23.10 25.00 27.96 33.14 40.85 Registered nurses....................... 23.04 25.03 27.53 31.34 35.49 Pharmacists............................. 35.35 37.86 41.26 42.25 43.37 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.94 29.48 35.53 52.09 88.94 Other post-secondary teachers........... 25.57 31.25 44.59 60.10 86.80 Teachers, except college and university... 23.99 25.08 27.91 32.97 37.42 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.06 25.07 27.21 32.20 36.24 Secondary school teachers............... 24.21 25.29 28.13 33.98 39.20 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 23.56 24.73 27.91 31.97 34.43 Vocational and educational counselors... 23.18 26.85 32.15 35.84 38.08 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.98 17.55 24.55 28.76 32.24 Librarians.............................. 13.98 17.55 24.55 28.76 32.24 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.90 14.38 16.25 19.80 23.56 Social workers.......................... 13.90 14.38 16.25 19.80 23.00 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 11.06 17.50 30.17 32.02 37.88 Designers............................... 7.50 11.06 15.28 22.54 29.81 Technical................................... 13.82 16.43 20.51 26.86 36.54 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.71 17.00 19.14 22.96 25.32 Radiological technicians................ 14.00 17.17 22.28 26.18 41.59 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.07 15.25 16.50 17.62 18.68 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.73 16.52 19.27 21.77 25.00 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 14.42 16.02 21.92 31.21 37.36 Drafters................................ 15.00 21.17 30.00 36.19 42.31 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 12.45 12.45 19.06 21.25 23.39 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.41 22.60 30.96 44.31 57.93 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.61 25.23 33.66 46.71 60.58 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.37 23.22 28.05 38.47 72.11 Financial managers...................... 29.06 31.82 46.71 55.26 79.90 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $31.34 $35.59 $43.27 $55.29 $68.27 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.89 32.50 38.06 43.79 60.05 Managers, medicine and health........... 17.39 18.42 26.44 32.71 44.01 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.25 25.48 34.33 49.96 60.69 Management related........................ 16.34 18.72 25.41 37.26 51.43 Accountants and auditors................ 20.67 25.43 29.45 35.67 43.27 Other financial officers................ 16.68 20.60 33.40 44.90 55.67 Management analysts..................... 13.39 17.31 21.49 38.38 78.13 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 19.14 22.60 39.18 45.14 45.64 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products................. 11.47 16.32 16.32 51.43 57.69 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.34 16.34 18.17 21.37 35.40 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.68 18.72 21.32 28.13 42.98 Sales......................................... 8.35 9.44 12.30 20.43 32.11 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.16 17.44 21.63 35.88 35.88 Sales, other business services.......... 12.00 12.27 14.73 19.48 28.23 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.88 20.19 24.00 34.14 40.25 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.60 8.63 9.44 10.50 12.71 Cashiers................................ 8.35 9.02 10.54 13.50 14.63 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.42 12.71 15.87 19.80 Supervisors, general office............. 12.02 14.30 16.31 19.66 34.33 Secretaries............................. 10.20 12.50 15.38 17.56 21.10 Receptionists........................... 8.36 9.38 10.00 11.10 14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.40 10.57 11.18 13.17 16.99 Order clerks............................ 8.70 10.00 15.20 20.75 23.03 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.50 10.25 13.09 14.69 16.82 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.99 11.49 13.28 14.77 17.51 Dispatchers............................. 7.92 8.45 13.32 29.85 35.18 Production coordinators................. 12.00 14.00 22.01 24.21 24.96 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 10.30 12.71 14.71 16.40 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.75 9.75 11.57 12.50 12.84 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 13.00 13.94 19.38 22.01 22.01 General office clerks................... 8.96 10.59 12.00 15.17 19.31 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 10.00 10.25 12.36 15.87 Teachers' aides......................... 8.67 8.93 9.29 11.02 13.77 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.93 11.00 12.98 15.00 16.91 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.00 13.25 18.20 24.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.00 13.00 17.00 22.35 27.87 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.02 19.07 21.84 32.00 34.76 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 13.00 15.37 19.15 19.31 20.26 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... $10.90 $11.00 $15.35 $18.00 $26.22 Carpenters.............................. 11.00 12.00 14.00 19.34 21.90 Electricians............................ 16.75 24.34 27.87 27.97 28.12 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.25 12.00 16.50 17.50 17.50 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 10.00 10.50 12.00 13.24 14.75 Supervisors, production................. 10.92 14.30 17.75 26.47 36.83 Machinists.............................. 12.25 13.50 18.83 24.05 25.93 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 24.52 24.52 25.98 27.25 27.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.27 12.56 17.00 22.00 Welders and cutters..................... 8.30 15.00 16.75 17.00 18.00 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 10.00 12.75 17.76 24.34 Truck drivers........................... 9.80 10.00 14.36 23.04 24.57 Bus drivers............................. 11.65 13.09 16.71 17.25 19.85 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.75 9.00 10.92 12.60 16.22 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 7.75 9.36 12.00 15.00 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.48 8.85 10.15 12.00 13.64 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 9.00 9.99 10.85 11.57 17.54 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.50 11.60 Construction laborers................... 7.00 8.00 9.30 12.90 15.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.00 8.00 10.65 14.76 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.45 9.84 10.96 14.47 21.06 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 7.50 7.75 12.06 16.22 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 7.30 8.00 10.00 13.61 Service......................................... 5.75 7.25 9.00 12.25 18.54 Protective service........................ 11.80 13.92 17.78 20.81 26.20 Police and detectives, public service... 15.90 17.78 19.25 25.08 30.33 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.34 19.64 19.64 20.81 22.95 Correctional institution officers....... 10.64 11.80 12.25 12.31 15.41 Guards and police, except public service 5.15 9.79 10.50 13.09 13.68 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.75 7.36 9.40 10.94 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.20 5.50 6.87 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.20 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.25 8.90 10.40 11.63 Cooks................................... 7.25 7.50 8.90 10.21 10.75 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.25 7.00 8.10 9.00 10.65 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.60 6.50 7.92 9.90 11.30 Health service............................ 7.52 8.84 9.97 11.53 13.65 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.50 9.00 9.75 12.12 15.03 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.55 7.98 9.93 11.26 12.26 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 7.00 7.95 8.92 11.32 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.60 7.25 8.00 8.74 Janitors and cleaners................... $6.00 $7.14 $7.97 $9.18 $10.94 Personal service.......................... 6.35 8.55 10.67 18.54 38.48 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 7.10 8.57 9.47 10.50 11.83 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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.25 $5.65 $7.10 $9.25 $15.53 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 5.50 6.75 10.00 18.00 White collar.................................... 6.36 7.00 8.17 11.00 22.44 White collar excluding sales................ 8.38 10.00 16.48 25.89 28.95 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.50 17.43 25.00 27.00 36.50 Professional specialty...................... 12.49 19.50 26.00 28.95 36.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ 25.00 26.00 27.00 29.85 36.50 Registered nurses....................... 26.00 26.00 27.00 27.08 29.75 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.50 19.50 19.50 23.50 31.25 Teachers, except college and university... 8.00 8.67 16.48 16.48 16.48 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.24 6.70 7.44 8.32 9.55 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.23 6.47 7.40 8.00 9.75 Cashiers................................ 6.24 6.70 7.30 8.10 9.03 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.30 9.00 10.00 13.20 20.00 Blue collar..................................... 5.25 5.65 7.30 10.50 15.54 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.25 5.65 6.75 10.00 12.40 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.50 5.75 6.30 8.32 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.50 10.00 11.40 13.50 17.00 Service......................................... 4.70 5.25 5.75 7.25 9.00 Protective service........................ 5.60 6.25 8.25 9.50 11.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 4.70 5.50 6.25 7.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.28 2.85 4.99 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.26 2.50 4.70 Other food service....................... 5.15 5.50 5.75 6.50 7.50 Health service............................ 9.00 9.25 9.60 9.75 11.36 Cleaning and building service............. 5.15 5.25 5.50 6.41 7.90 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.15 5.25 5.50 6.41 8.00 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 922,500 727,100 195,400 All excluding sales............................................. 838,900 644,200 194,700 White collar........................................................ 542,700 403,400 139,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 459,100 320,500 138,600 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 208,500 123,900 84,600 Professional specialty.......................................... 168,400 89,700 78,700 Technical....................................................... 40,100 34,200 5,900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 91,700 76,900 14,800 Sales............................................................. 83,600 82,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 159,000 119,700 39,200 Blue collar......................................................... 237,000 219,500 17,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 86,600 80,800 5,800 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 35,900 35,900 – Transportation and material moving................................ 46,200 39,800 6,300 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 68,400 62,900 - Service............................................................. 142,800 104,200 38,500 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.