NC BL 03/00/2010 Table: Huntsville-Decatur, AL, Bulletin, May 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $21.08 3.2 36.8 $20.51 3.9 36.6 $24.33 3.4 38.1 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 34.91 3.6 38.6 36.09 4.3 38.9 30.80 3.2 37.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 38.04 6.3 40.5 38.05 7.0 40.7 37.91 10.1 39.7 Professional and related.......................................... 33.78 3.2 38.0 35.24 4.2 38.2 29.67 2.6 37.3 Service............................................................. 11.05 5.5 32.9 9.03 6.0 31.3 17.61 8.7 39.4 Sales and office.................................................... 14.73 3.7 36.5 14.78 3.9 36.3 14.14 4.2 39.0 Sales and related................................................. 15.55 5.5 36.8 15.57 5.5 36.9 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.19 2.6 36.3 14.18 2.9 35.9 14.25 4.5 39.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.09 6.7 39.6 16.98 4.7 39.6 24.44 13.0 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 17.09 7.7 39.5 16.44 7.2 39.4 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.07 7.9 39.8 17.53 6.5 39.7 26.56 6.2 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.71 2.8 37.1 14.68 2.8 37.3 16.83 7.6 28.9 Production........................................................ 15.41 3.0 37.7 15.43 3.1 37.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.00 7.8 35.6 12.72 8.3 36.2 17.72 7.1 28.2 Full time........................................................... 22.66 3.6 39.8 22.28 4.3 40.0 24.57 3.4 38.6 Part time........................................................... 10.31 5.3 24.3 10.17 5.4 24.3 14.84 16.1 25.2 Union............................................................... 22.90 4.9 37.6 22.90 4.9 37.6 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 21.00 3.4 36.8 20.39 4.1 36.5 24.33 3.4 38.1 Time................................................................ 21.18 3.3 36.6 20.60 4.0 36.3 24.33 3.4 38.1 Incentive........................................................... 19.41 12.2 40.8 19.41 12.2 40.8 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 22.65 2.8 39.7 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.74 5.3 35.6 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.20 5.7 35.3 17.20 5.7 35.3 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 20.76 3.9 37.4 20.79 4.2 37.2 20.54 8.8 39.5 500 workers or more................................................. 27.54 3.2 38.9 29.17 4.1 39.6 25.23 4.3 37.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.08 3.2 $22.66 3.6 $10.31 5.3 Management occupations.............................................. 41.45 10.0 41.45 10.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 22.96 14.8 22.96 14.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.73 4.7 48.73 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.48 7.8 47.48 7.8 – – General and operations managers................................... 60.60 12.6 60.60 12.6 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 34.44 26.4 34.44 26.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 31.38 21.0 31.38 21.0 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 40.51 6.0 40.51 6.0 – – Education administrators.......................................... 36.62 3.1 36.62 3.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.46 4.5 34.50 4.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.61 6.2 23.71 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.55 11.7 27.55 11.7 – – Level 10.................................................. 34.50 7.0 34.50 7.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.19 1.0 42.19 1.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.85 6.0 43.85 6.0 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.86 4.9 24.86 4.9 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.71 5.6 24.71 5.6 – – Management analysts............................................... 40.88 8.7 40.88 8.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.31 10.5 31.31 10.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.24 7.6 23.24 7.6 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.35 2.9 41.45 3.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.54 7.9 31.54 7.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.30 9.0 33.42 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.01 2.1 33.01 2.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 39.64 7.1 39.64 7.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.39 3.7 52.53 4.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.72 .8 51.72 .8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.32 11.4 41.32 11.4 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 29.87 7.4 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.52 1.8 46.13 2.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.48 3.8 52.93 4.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.22 .2 52.22 .2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.22 13.2 48.22 13.2 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.10 5.3 40.39 4.5 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.97 4.4 49.04 4.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 47.37 .9 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 39.48 5.5 39.48 5.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.74 .0 34.74 .0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.82 2.8 33.82 2.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.97 3.5 43.97 3.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.62 2.6 52.62 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.45 3.8 44.45 3.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 45.95 5.0 45.95 5.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.60 3.1 34.60 3.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.97 3.5 43.97 3.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.62 2.6 52.62 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.54 4.2 46.54 4.2 – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 49.23 15.6 49.23 15.6 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 49.86 3.2 49.86 3.2 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 43.24 4.2 43.24 4.2 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 43.24 4.2 43.24 4.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.55 7.7 24.55 7.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.86 14.6 25.86 14.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.39 2.4 29.39 2.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 35.34 1.5 35.34 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.44 1.9 33.44 1.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.04 7.4 31.04 7.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.09 1.4 36.09 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.62 .2 33.62 .2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.09 11.3 28.09 11.3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.24 8.2 24.24 8.2 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.96 5.8 31.96 5.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.54 9.5 25.81 9.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.00 5.7 26.43 5.5 21.51 9.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.97 7.9 14.96 6.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.04 5.4 21.04 5.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.03 3.5 26.08 4.3 – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.06 6.2 27.15 6.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.16 3.2 23.16 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.03 3.5 26.08 4.3 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.40 1.9 17.35 2.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.35 2.5 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.45 11.0 12.17 7.7 9.23 13.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.48 5.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.20 7.4 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.96 4.7 10.64 1.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.23 2.6 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.61 11.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.59 13.3 18.75 13.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.14 2.3 18.14 2.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.77 14.9 23.77 14.9 – – Police officers................................................... 21.39 9.0 21.39 9.0 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.39 9.0 21.39 9.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.81 4.7 8.88 4.9 6.77 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 6.81 5.9 7.35 11.1 6.40 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 5.71 8.3 3.96 27.6 6.85 6.0 Level 3 .................................................. 7.54 9.7 – – 7.23 10.4 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.46 8.5 15.46 8.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.24 13.7 16.24 13.7 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.33 4.0 9.98 6.5 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.03 10.2 3.21 21.3 5.10 6.9 Level 1 .................................................. 5.93 12.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.12 22.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 1.9 – – 7.20 1.5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.26 1.9 – – 7.21 1.5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.20 5.7 11.24 5.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.85 4.1 7.88 4.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.35 3.3 12.35 3.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.41 3.5 10.45 3.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.85 4.1 7.88 4.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.35 3.3 12.35 3.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.18 3.4 11.24 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.47 3.1 12.47 3.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.55 5.5 17.15 7.1 9.40 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.46 6.8 – – 8.43 7.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.78 6.3 11.24 10.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.70 13.2 13.71 24.4 9.62 4.0 Level 4 .................................................. 14.16 5.6 13.95 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.51 9.2 21.51 9.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.49 3.1 12.34 5.1 9.01 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.89 8.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.13 3.3 10.29 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.99 7.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.16 14.6 11.15 15.4 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.04 5.9 10.95 9.0 8.17 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.26 5.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.04 5.9 10.95 9.0 8.17 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.26 5.1 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.96 19.5 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.97 3.9 12.67 8.7 9.73 2.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.02 20.3 28.02 20.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 20.84 17.6 20.84 17.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.19 2.6 14.61 2.6 10.96 8.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.14 6.0 – – 8.99 10.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.08 3.4 11.51 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.22 5.8 11.33 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.51 3.6 14.74 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.30 9.0 20.03 8.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.81 4.4 18.81 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.34 25.9 25.34 25.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.17 6.5 13.44 5.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.03 15.5 22.03 15.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.41 4.9 12.90 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.05 8.7 13.40 7.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.17 9.3 13.03 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.05 8.2 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 12.21 .3 12.21 .3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.14 8.2 16.23 8.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.53 6.0 15.65 6.1 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.80 6.0 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.19 7.3 16.34 7.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.73 1.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.04 4.9 16.04 4.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.52 8.8 17.52 8.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.74 9.2 15.10 8.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.46 3.8 12.21 5.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.09 7.7 17.21 7.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.83 4.3 15.83 4.3 – – Electricians...................................................... 22.10 11.0 22.10 11.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.59 4.7 16.59 4.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.07 7.9 19.12 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.66 5.2 14.66 5.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.58 9.5 14.58 9.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.42 6.3 23.42 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.18 17.8 22.18 17.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.54 10.4 17.54 10.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.25 21.3 13.25 21.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.39 5.1 23.39 5.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.96 5.4 20.96 5.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.34 13.9 15.34 13.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.41 3.0 16.36 3.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.54 5.8 8.61 2.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.49 7.2 10.58 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.33 5.5 17.57 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.34 3.2 15.39 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.87 6.9 17.87 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.05 4.6 22.05 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.29 7.3 23.29 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.02 10.4 20.14 5.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.66 6.1 22.66 6.1 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.64 4.4 12.78 6.5 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. – – 11.67 2.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.53 7.8 17.65 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.47 .9 20.47 .9 – – Team assemblers................................................. 19.87 2.9 19.87 2.9 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 17.59 16.8 17.59 16.8 – – Machinists........................................................ 17.22 2.3 17.22 2.3 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.85 8.7 18.06 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.10 15.7 17.10 15.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.16 5.3 19.16 5.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.40 9.3 13.46 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.60 13.5 19.08 13.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.00 7.8 14.00 5.9 7.63 9.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.23 8.5 9.79 7.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.54 9.5 12.03 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.29 5.7 14.29 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.39 15.2 18.39 15.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.03 17.4 15.80 10.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.72 8.5 14.72 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.49 15.9 20.49 15.9 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.49 5.7 16.54 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.49 15.9 20.49 15.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.58 8.3 12.21 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.67 4.2 11.41 .8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.48 4.4 10.74 4.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.02 6.4 10.29 7.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.82 5.2 10.81 5.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.25 7.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.51 3.9 $22.28 4.3 $10.17 5.4 Management occupations.............................................. 41.93 11.7 41.93 11.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 22.96 14.8 22.96 14.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.02 4.5 51.02 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.08 7.0 52.08 7.0 – – General and operations managers................................... 60.60 12.6 60.60 12.6 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 34.44 26.4 34.44 26.4 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 40.51 6.0 40.51 6.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.52 4.6 34.56 4.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.73 3.8 24.88 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.55 11.7 27.55 11.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.19 1.0 42.19 1.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.85 6.0 43.85 6.0 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.86 4.9 24.86 4.9 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.71 5.6 24.71 5.6 – – Management analysts............................................... 40.88 8.7 40.88 8.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.38 10.2 30.38 10.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 42.09 2.7 42.24 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.54 7.9 31.54 7.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.30 9.0 33.42 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.40 1.5 33.40 1.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 39.64 7.1 39.64 7.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.39 3.7 52.53 4.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.72 .8 51.72 .8 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 29.87 7.4 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 46.33 .7 47.00 2.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.48 3.8 52.93 4.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.22 .2 52.22 .2 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.80 4.3 42.43 .9 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.97 4.4 49.04 4.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 47.37 .9 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 39.51 5.6 39.51 5.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.74 .0 34.74 .0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.82 2.8 33.82 2.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.97 3.5 43.97 3.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.62 2.6 52.62 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.56 4.7 45.56 4.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 46.17 4.9 46.17 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.60 3.1 34.60 3.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.97 3.5 43.97 3.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.62 2.6 52.62 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.23 4.0 48.23 4.0 – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 51.04 17.9 51.04 17.9 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 49.86 3.2 49.86 3.2 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 43.24 4.2 43.24 4.2 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 43.24 4.2 43.24 4.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.55 7.7 24.55 7.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.86 14.6 25.86 14.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.78 15.9 23.78 15.9 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.50 9.2 24.71 9.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.74 10.0 23.04 10.5 20.94 10.6 Level 4 .................................................. 15.03 8.6 15.03 7.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.96 5.5 20.96 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.85 7.4 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.14 7.5 26.20 10.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.85 7.4 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.40 1.9 17.35 2.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.35 2.5 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.49 13.4 12.46 9.5 9.23 13.5 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.40 6.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.95 2.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.69 4.8 8.70 5.6 6.77 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 6.76 6.1 7.25 11.1 6.40 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 5.39 8.0 – – 6.85 6.0 Level 3 .................................................. 7.45 9.9 – – 7.23 10.4 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.42 8.7 15.42 8.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.21 14.0 16.21 14.0 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.02 3.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.03 10.2 3.21 21.3 5.10 6.9 Level 1 .................................................. 5.93 12.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.12 22.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 1.9 – – 7.20 1.5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.26 1.9 – – 7.21 1.5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.45 8.3 10.45 8.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.47 1.9 9.47 1.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.26 1.1 10.26 1.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.57 5.5 17.15 7.1 9.43 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 6.9 – – 8.47 7.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.78 6.3 11.24 10.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.70 13.2 13.71 24.4 9.62 4.0 Level 4 .................................................. 14.16 5.6 13.95 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.51 9.2 21.51 9.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.51 3.1 12.34 5.1 9.04 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.90 8.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.13 3.3 10.29 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.99 7.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.16 14.6 11.15 15.4 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.08 5.9 10.95 9.0 8.19 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.26 5.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.08 5.9 10.95 9.0 8.19 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.26 5.1 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.96 19.5 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.97 3.9 12.67 8.7 9.73 2.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.02 20.3 28.02 20.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 20.84 17.6 20.84 17.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.18 2.9 14.66 3.0 10.65 9.5 Level 1 .................................................. 10.14 6.0 – – 8.99 10.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.09 3.7 11.50 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.25 6.5 11.34 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.37 4.2 14.73 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.24 9.5 19.99 8.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.10 4.3 19.10 4.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.34 25.9 25.34 25.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.35 7.5 12.64 6.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.09 16.2 22.09 16.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.47 5.1 12.99 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.20 9.3 13.59 8.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.17 9.3 13.03 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.05 8.2 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 12.21 .3 12.21 .3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.14 8.2 16.23 8.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.53 6.0 15.65 6.1 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.80 6.0 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.26 8.4 17.26 8.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.24 5.5 16.24 5.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.02 11.4 18.02 11.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.40 10.2 16.40 10.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.27 4.0 11.93 5.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.44 7.2 16.57 7.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.82 4.5 15.82 4.5 – – Electricians...................................................... 22.10 11.0 22.10 11.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.59 4.7 16.59 4.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.53 6.5 17.58 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.83 6.3 14.83 6.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.58 9.5 14.58 9.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.49 5.1 22.49 5.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.54 10.4 17.54 10.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.25 21.3 13.25 21.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.39 5.1 23.39 5.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.96 5.4 20.96 5.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.34 13.9 15.34 13.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.43 3.1 16.38 3.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.55 5.8 8.63 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.49 7.2 10.58 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.33 5.5 17.57 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.34 3.2 15.39 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.87 6.9 17.87 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.05 4.6 22.05 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.29 7.3 23.29 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.02 10.4 20.14 5.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.66 6.1 22.66 6.1 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.64 4.4 12.78 6.5 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. – – 11.67 2.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.53 7.8 17.65 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.47 .9 20.47 .9 – – Team assemblers................................................. 19.87 2.9 19.87 2.9 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 17.59 16.8 17.59 16.8 – – Machinists........................................................ 17.22 2.3 17.22 2.3 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.85 8.7 18.06 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.10 15.7 17.10 15.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.16 5.3 19.16 5.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.40 9.3 13.46 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.60 13.5 19.08 13.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.72 8.3 13.72 6.5 7.57 9.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.23 8.5 9.79 7.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.01 8.8 11.36 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.18 5.9 14.18 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.67 19.2 18.67 19.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.97 17.9 15.79 11.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.63 8.9 14.63 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.04 16.3 21.04 16.3 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.55 5.9 16.61 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.04 16.3 21.04 16.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.58 8.3 12.21 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.67 4.2 11.41 .8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.48 4.4 10.74 4.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.02 6.4 10.29 7.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.82 5.2 10.81 5.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.25 7.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.33 3.4 $24.57 3.4 $14.84 16.1 Management occupations.............................................. 39.22 11.9 39.22 11.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.51 2.4 29.51 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.44 1.9 33.44 1.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.03 7.4 31.03 7.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.62 .2 33.62 .2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.05 11.4 28.05 11.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.83 1.3 29.88 1.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.58 8.5 27.58 8.7 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.57 8.4 21.70 7.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.26 2.5 18.26 2.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.77 14.9 23.77 14.9 – – Police officers................................................... 21.39 9.0 21.39 9.0 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.39 9.0 21.39 9.0 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.10 6.2 13.33 6.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.72 5.5 12.95 5.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.72 5.5 12.95 5.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.25 4.5 14.29 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.02 7.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.04 8.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.28 5.1 14.84 4.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.80 7.7 14.11 6.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.25 3.5 16.25 3.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.56 6.2 26.56 6.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.72 7.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.08 3.2 $22.66 3.6 $10.31 5.3 Management occupations.............................................. 41.45 10.0 41.45 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 15.95 14.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.74 12.8 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 60.60 12.6 60.60 12.6 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 34.44 26.4 34.44 26.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 31.38 21.0 31.38 21.0 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 40.51 6.0 40.51 6.0 – – Education administrators.......................................... 36.62 3.1 36.62 3.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.46 4.5 34.50 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 23.03 6.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.22 7.8 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.86 4.9 24.86 4.9 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.71 5.6 24.71 5.6 – – Management analysts............................................... 40.88 8.7 40.88 8.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.31 10.5 31.31 10.5 – – Group II.................................................. 23.04 6.7 23.04 6.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.35 2.9 41.45 3.2 – – Group II.................................................. 29.55 7.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.55 3.0 – – – – Computer programmers.............................................. 29.87 7.4 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.52 1.8 46.13 2.8 – – Group II.................................................. 32.45 3.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 49.89 3.6 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.10 5.3 40.39 4.5 – – Group III................................................. 45.83 7.9 45.83 7.9 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.97 4.4 49.04 4.8 – – Group III................................................. 51.33 5.4 51.57 6.0 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 47.37 .9 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 39.48 5.5 39.48 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.95 5.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.64 6.4 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 45.95 5.0 45.95 5.0 – – Group III................................................. 45.31 5.1 – – – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 49.23 15.6 49.23 15.6 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 49.86 3.2 49.86 3.2 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 43.24 4.2 43.24 4.2 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 43.24 4.2 43.24 4.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.55 7.7 24.55 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 24.39 8.5 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.86 14.6 25.86 14.6 – – Group II.................................................. 25.74 15.2 25.74 15.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.39 2.4 29.39 2.4 – – Group II.................................................. 33.49 2.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.00 2.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.04 7.4 31.04 7.4 – – Group II.................................................. 33.76 1.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.62 .2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.09 11.3 28.09 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 33.07 2.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.24 8.2 24.24 8.2 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.96 5.8 31.96 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 32.41 4.8 32.41 4.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.54 9.5 25.81 9.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.00 5.7 26.43 5.5 21.51 9.6 Group I................................................... 14.05 7.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.01 5.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.92 6.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.06 6.2 27.15 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 23.94 2.8 23.44 2.7 – – Group III................................................. 27.71 6.5 27.91 7.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.40 1.9 17.35 2.3 – – Group I................................................... 17.35 2.5 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.45 11.0 12.17 7.7 9.23 13.5 Group I................................................... 11.18 11.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.96 4.7 10.64 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.96 4.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.23 2.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.23 2.6 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.61 11.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.61 11.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.59 13.3 18.75 13.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.80 14.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.50 10.4 – – – – Police officers................................................... 21.39 9.0 21.39 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.39 9.0 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.39 9.0 21.39 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.39 9.0 21.39 9.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.81 4.7 8.88 4.9 6.77 1.3 Group I................................................... 6.64 2.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.14 8.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.46 8.5 15.46 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 16.39 1.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.24 13.7 16.24 13.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.55 5.8 17.55 5.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.33 4.0 9.98 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.35 4.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.03 10.2 3.21 21.3 5.10 6.9 Group I................................................... 4.03 10.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.12 22.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 3.12 22.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 1.9 – – 7.20 1.5 Group I................................................... 7.25 1.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.26 1.9 – – 7.21 1.5 Group I................................................... 7.26 1.9 – – 7.21 1.5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.20 5.7 11.24 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.72 3.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.41 3.5 10.45 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.50 3.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.18 3.4 11.24 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.39 3.5 11.47 3.5 – – Personal care and service occupations Group I................................................... 9.03 21.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.55 5.5 17.15 7.1 9.40 7.1 Group I................................................... 11.84 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.26 13.6 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.49 3.1 12.34 5.1 9.01 6.1 Group I................................................... 10.28 6.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.04 5.9 10.95 9.0 8.17 2.1 Group I................................................... 10.15 6.0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.04 5.9 10.95 9.0 8.17 2.1 Group I................................................... 10.15 6.0 11.14 11.0 8.14 2.9 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.96 19.5 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.97 3.9 12.67 8.7 9.73 2.2 Group I................................................... 10.22 5.9 10.37 7.8 9.93 .8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.02 20.3 28.02 20.3 – – Group II.................................................. 26.62 18.9 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 20.84 17.6 20.84 17.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.19 2.6 14.61 2.6 10.96 8.6 Group I................................................... 12.83 2.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.09 8.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.03 15.5 22.03 15.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.03 15.5 22.03 15.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.41 4.9 12.90 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.44 5.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.17 9.3 13.03 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.17 9.3 13.03 6.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.21 .3 12.21 .3 – – Group I................................................... 12.21 .3 12.21 .3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.14 8.2 16.23 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.51 6.5 14.58 6.6 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.80 6.0 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.19 7.3 16.34 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.97 8.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.81 11.1 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.52 8.8 17.52 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.76 13.8 18.76 13.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.74 9.2 15.10 8.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.36 13.5 13.76 13.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.46 3.8 12.21 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.92 4.0 11.41 3.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.09 7.7 17.21 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.49 2.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.42 9.2 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 22.10 11.0 22.10 11.0 – – Group II.................................................. 22.10 11.0 22.10 11.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.07 7.9 19.12 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.09 5.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.17 11.9 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.54 10.4 17.54 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.05 12.1 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.96 5.4 20.96 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.80 4.7 21.80 4.7 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.34 13.9 15.34 13.9 – – Group II.................................................. 16.01 17.0 16.01 17.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.41 3.0 16.36 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.25 4.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.28 5.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.66 6.1 22.66 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.99 7.6 21.99 7.6 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.64 4.4 12.78 6.5 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. – – 11.67 2.3 – – Group I................................................... – – 11.58 3.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.53 7.8 17.65 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 17.75 6.1 – – – – Team assemblers................................................. 19.87 2.9 19.87 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 20.20 3.4 20.20 3.4 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 17.59 16.8 17.59 16.8 – – Group I................................................... 17.47 17.5 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 17.22 2.3 17.22 2.3 – – Group II.................................................. 17.02 .8 17.02 .8 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.85 8.7 18.06 8.9 – – Group I................................................... 15.08 7.6 15.47 8.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.85 3.9 19.80 4.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.40 9.3 13.46 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.59 9.4 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.00 7.8 14.00 5.9 7.63 9.3 Group I................................................... 12.61 8.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.68 17.7 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.03 17.4 15.80 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.93 18.5 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.49 5.7 16.54 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 16.30 6.0 16.35 5.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.58 8.3 12.21 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.58 8.3 12.21 6.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.48 4.4 10.74 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.48 4.4 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.82 5.2 10.81 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.82 5.2 10.81 5.7 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.50 $16.14 $27.15 $43.05 Management occupations.............................................. 16.57 29.52 44.55 50.49 67.59 General and operations managers................................... 22.44 43.46 69.60 80.67 80.67 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 16.57 16.57 29.52 46.95 63.39 Financial managers................................................ 16.83 18.73 31.22 45.17 50.49 Industrial production managers.................................... 21.43 31.25 47.26 47.26 47.26 Education administrators.......................................... 30.60 30.97 37.62 41.68 45.20 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.89 25.96 33.06 42.94 48.81 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.83 18.83 25.64 29.28 31.42 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 18.83 18.83 24.19 30.20 31.92 Management analysts............................................... 29.72 31.44 41.79 48.81 51.05 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.72 21.20 30.15 40.40 40.40 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.50 30.66 40.43 51.50 56.80 Computer programmers.............................................. 20.00 21.83 30.71 35.57 36.05 Computer software engineers....................................... 25.66 38.04 49.48 54.86 58.37 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 23.86 25.66 38.04 50.93 51.50 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.66 41.18 50.48 56.00 62.25 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.12 40.43 47.77 55.62 61.93 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.20 29.35 38.24 48.69 55.96 Engineers......................................................... 33.75 37.75 45.35 52.37 60.18 Aerospace engineers............................................. 35.02 38.46 46.35 56.18 68.07 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.08 44.34 52.26 54.57 61.54 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 29.23 38.24 42.02 50.07 52.96 Industrial engineers.......................................... 29.23 38.24 42.02 50.07 52.96 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.67 20.72 22.46 27.50 36.31 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 16.33 20.72 26.58 28.97 36.31 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.20 25.37 32.11 36.59 40.82 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 7.47 27.78 33.08 37.42 40.84 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 7.47 25.13 30.30 35.06 38.91 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 7.47 7.47 27.73 34.49 40.82 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.17 29.97 32.27 35.06 36.52 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.98 24.92 26.41 27.41 36.06 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.20 18.54 24.67 28.12 36.79 Registered nurses................................................. 22.00 24.67 24.67 29.41 35.21 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.29 16.83 18.25 18.50 18.60 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.15 9.25 10.97 13.75 14.77 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.76 10.00 10.97 11.54 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.77 9.35 10.22 10.97 10.97 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.75 10.72 13.78 14.30 15.23 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 12.55 18.07 23.40 27.80 Police officers................................................... 16.71 18.56 23.40 23.40 23.40 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.71 18.56 23.40 23.40 23.40 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.20 6.55 7.25 9.00 13.23 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.32 11.00 16.68 18.75 20.00 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.32 13.23 16.68 19.38 20.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 7.25 9.00 10.75 12.53 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.19 2.38 7.25 8.16 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.25 3.00 7.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.62 6.75 7.00 7.50 8.35 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.62 6.75 7.00 7.50 8.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.00 11.35 12.46 14.93 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.95 11.35 12.00 14.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.86 9.07 11.35 12.46 14.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.50 11.61 16.79 30.18 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.65 8.80 10.00 12.59 15.60 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.44 8.00 9.50 11.25 14.08 Cashiers...................................................... 7.44 8.00 9.50 11.25 14.08 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.75 8.00 10.50 17.86 25.12 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.05 9.30 10.19 12.59 15.11 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 12.35 14.76 23.69 36.98 47.28 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.35 14.76 14.76 23.69 35.01 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.28 10.86 13.02 16.69 19.93 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 18.86 19.07 22.77 43.05 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.86 11.00 12.24 14.42 14.91 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 6.78 9.86 11.50 13.78 14.75 Tellers......................................................... 10.16 11.15 12.24 13.00 14.91 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.34 11.94 15.05 18.52 27.90 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.35 9.00 10.25 11.00 11.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.18 13.74 15.92 19.09 21.45 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.69 15.56 16.10 19.93 23.18 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.51 10.18 13.74 19.09 19.10 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.93 12.60 13.25 14.45 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.01 12.75 14.00 17.50 34.53 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 15.00 17.50 34.53 34.63 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.23 13.32 17.19 25.15 30.01 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 9.00 12.00 17.19 23.70 26.50 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 12.92 17.89 21.70 24.00 26.00 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.00 9.00 14.79 18.21 26.55 Production occupations.............................................. 8.45 10.50 14.08 21.22 23.73 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.50 17.50 24.38 24.38 27.95 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.32 10.50 10.50 12.37 15.11 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.25 9.50 16.92 21.22 21.22 Team assemblers................................................. 14.26 21.22 21.22 21.22 21.22 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.24 8.24 20.34 26.02 26.02 Machinists........................................................ 14.10 16.50 17.10 18.00 20.46 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.93 12.00 17.48 22.54 26.89 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.85 9.18 11.00 16.50 22.51 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.95 9.00 11.25 15.50 21.28 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.55 9.00 11.25 17.51 29.27 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.25 11.25 15.50 20.01 29.37 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.50 9.03 11.00 13.85 15.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.75 10.36 11.50 13.49 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.18 9.50 10.36 11.50 13.86 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.75 $10.37 $15.00 $26.16 $45.41 Management occupations.............................................. 16.57 24.62 46.88 54.45 67.59 General and operations managers................................... 22.44 43.46 69.60 80.67 80.67 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 16.57 16.57 29.52 46.95 63.39 Industrial production managers.................................... 21.43 31.25 47.26 47.26 47.26 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.89 25.96 32.98 44.44 48.81 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.83 18.83 25.64 29.28 31.42 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 18.83 18.83 24.19 30.20 31.92 Management analysts............................................... 29.72 31.44 41.79 48.81 51.05 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.89 21.20 25.96 33.06 38.01 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.05 33.65 42.31 51.50 56.80 Computer programmers.............................................. 20.00 21.83 30.71 35.57 36.05 Computer software engineers....................................... 28.29 38.04 50.00 54.86 58.37 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 23.86 33.82 44.62 50.93 51.50 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.66 41.18 50.48 56.00 62.25 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.12 40.43 47.77 55.62 61.93 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.20 29.23 38.24 48.69 55.98 Engineers......................................................... 33.75 38.24 46.15 52.37 60.47 Aerospace engineers............................................. 36.62 41.04 49.31 57.64 68.07 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.08 44.34 52.26 54.57 61.54 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 29.23 38.24 42.02 50.07 52.96 Industrial engineers.......................................... 29.23 38.24 42.02 50.07 52.96 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.67 20.72 22.46 27.50 36.31 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 16.33 20.72 26.58 28.97 36.31 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.87 18.87 22.06 22.06 34.65 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.00 24.81 26.41 27.41 30.41 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.20 17.00 19.51 26.16 32.91 Registered nurses................................................. 19.81 22.00 26.16 28.05 32.91 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.29 16.83 18.25 18.50 18.60 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.75 10.30 14.00 15.18 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.90 8.27 9.30 10.08 10.83 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.76 9.25 9.94 10.30 11.21 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.20 6.55 7.25 9.00 13.23 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.32 11.00 16.68 18.75 20.00 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.32 13.23 16.68 19.38 20.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 7.25 9.00 9.25 12.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.19 2.38 7.25 8.16 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.25 3.00 7.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.62 6.75 7.00 7.50 8.35 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.62 6.75 7.00 7.50 8.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.50 9.92 11.99 12.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.25 9.00 11.35 12.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 8.74 11.35 12.00 12.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.53 11.61 16.79 30.59 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 8.85 10.00 12.59 15.63 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.44 8.00 9.50 11.25 14.08 Cashiers...................................................... 7.44 8.00 9.50 11.25 14.08 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.75 8.00 10.50 17.86 25.12 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.05 9.30 10.19 12.59 15.11 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 12.35 14.76 23.69 36.98 47.28 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.35 14.76 14.76 23.69 35.01 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.10 10.86 13.00 17.00 19.93 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 18.76 19.07 22.77 43.05 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.86 11.00 12.24 14.42 14.91 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 6.78 9.86 11.50 13.78 14.75 Tellers......................................................... 10.16 11.15 12.24 13.00 14.91 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.34 11.94 15.05 18.52 27.90 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.35 9.00 10.25 11.00 11.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 14.03 17.00 19.93 23.18 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.69 15.00 17.00 21.01 23.18 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.51 13.00 18.27 19.09 21.45 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.93 12.60 13.25 13.39 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.75 14.00 17.00 34.53 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 15.00 17.50 34.53 34.63 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.00 12.00 16.00 23.56 27.50 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 9.00 12.00 17.19 23.70 26.50 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 12.92 17.89 21.70 24.00 26.00 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.00 9.00 14.79 18.21 26.55 Production occupations.............................................. 8.45 10.50 14.17 21.22 23.73 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.50 17.50 24.38 24.38 27.95 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.32 10.50 10.50 12.37 15.11 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.25 9.50 16.92 21.22 21.22 Team assemblers................................................. 14.26 21.22 21.22 21.22 21.22 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.24 8.24 20.34 26.02 26.02 Machinists........................................................ 14.10 16.50 17.10 18.00 20.46 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.93 12.00 17.48 22.54 26.89 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.85 9.18 11.00 16.50 22.51 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.75 9.00 11.23 14.26 21.53 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.55 7.50 11.25 17.51 29.27 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.25 11.25 15.50 20.01 29.37 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.50 9.03 11.00 13.85 15.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.75 10.36 11.50 13.49 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.18 9.50 10.36 11.50 13.86 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.86 $14.77 $23.50 $31.81 $38.61 Management occupations.............................................. 30.52 30.97 37.62 42.49 48.78 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.20 26.53 32.27 36.68 40.84 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 7.47 27.78 33.08 37.42 40.84 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 7.47 25.13 30.30 35.06 38.91 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.30 24.67 24.67 32.86 56.15 Registered nurses................................................. 24.67 24.67 24.67 32.86 36.79 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.78 17.54 22.61 23.70 28.61 Police officers................................................... 16.71 18.56 23.40 23.40 23.40 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.71 18.56 23.40 23.40 23.40 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.07 11.90 13.13 14.93 16.17 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.07 11.61 12.93 14.50 14.93 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.07 11.61 12.93 14.50 14.93 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.30 10.86 14.45 16.30 18.09 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.33 10.21 14.05 16.10 18.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.10 15.56 16.10 16.69 18.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.35 23.64 30.01 31.81 34.25 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.18 16.88 18.11 19.06 21.28 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.15 $12.00 $18.06 $29.41 $45.93 Management occupations.............................................. 16.57 29.52 44.55 50.49 67.59 General and operations managers................................... 22.44 43.46 69.60 80.67 80.67 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 16.57 16.57 29.52 46.95 63.39 Financial managers................................................ 16.83 18.73 31.22 45.17 50.49 Industrial production managers.................................... 21.43 31.25 47.26 47.26 47.26 Education administrators.......................................... 30.60 30.97 37.62 41.68 45.20 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.89 25.96 33.06 42.94 48.81 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.83 18.83 25.64 29.28 31.42 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 18.83 18.83 24.19 30.20 31.92 Management analysts............................................... 29.72 31.44 41.79 48.81 51.05 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.72 21.20 30.15 40.40 40.40 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.66 30.66 40.43 51.50 56.80 Computer software engineers....................................... 28.13 38.04 50.00 54.86 58.37 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 24.17 28.03 42.31 50.93 51.50 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.66 40.76 52.64 56.00 62.25 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.20 29.35 38.24 48.69 55.96 Engineers......................................................... 33.75 37.75 45.35 52.37 60.18 Aerospace engineers............................................. 35.02 38.46 46.35 56.18 68.07 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.08 44.34 52.26 54.57 61.54 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 29.23 38.24 42.02 50.07 52.96 Industrial engineers.......................................... 29.23 38.24 42.02 50.07 52.96 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.67 20.72 22.46 27.50 36.31 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 16.33 20.72 26.58 28.97 36.31 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.20 25.37 32.11 36.59 40.82 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 7.47 27.78 33.08 37.42 40.84 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 7.47 25.13 30.30 35.06 38.91 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 7.47 7.47 27.73 34.49 40.82 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.17 29.97 32.27 35.06 36.52 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.98 24.92 26.41 27.41 36.06 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.20 18.83 24.67 29.22 46.80 Registered nurses................................................. 22.00 24.67 24.67 31.93 35.21 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.00 16.25 18.42 18.50 18.54 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.27 10.00 10.97 14.30 15.19 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.27 9.94 10.61 10.97 12.12 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 12.55 18.43 23.50 27.80 Police officers................................................... 16.71 18.56 23.40 23.40 23.40 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.71 18.56 23.40 23.40 23.40 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.38 8.55 11.29 16.85 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.32 11.00 16.68 18.75 20.00 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.32 13.23 16.68 19.38 20.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.21 9.00 9.25 11.00 13.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.19 2.37 8.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.00 11.35 12.46 14.93 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.95 11.35 12.00 14.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.95 9.20 11.35 12.46 14.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.80 9.80 12.59 19.60 31.66 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.45 10.90 13.43 16.76 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 9.10 10.90 12.05 15.22 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 9.10 10.90 12.05 15.22 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.85 9.53 10.82 13.43 17.95 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 12.35 14.76 23.69 36.98 47.28 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.35 14.76 14.76 23.69 35.01 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.51 11.22 13.50 17.00 20.03 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 18.86 19.07 22.77 43.05 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.34 11.50 12.24 14.42 14.91 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.50 11.50 11.50 14.75 14.75 Tellers......................................................... 10.16 11.15 12.24 13.00 14.91 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.34 12.32 15.05 18.52 27.90 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.19 13.74 15.92 19.09 21.45 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.69 15.56 16.10 19.93 23.18 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.51 10.19 14.40 19.09 19.82 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.50 10.93 12.60 17.05 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.52 13.00 14.00 17.50 34.53 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 15.00 17.50 34.53 34.63 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.23 13.35 17.35 25.15 30.01 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 9.00 12.00 17.19 23.70 26.50 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 12.92 17.89 21.70 24.00 26.00 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.00 9.00 14.79 18.21 26.55 Production occupations.............................................. 8.77 11.00 16.07 21.22 24.71 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.50 17.50 24.38 24.38 27.95 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 8.43 10.00 12.37 14.73 21.23 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 8.37 9.50 11.35 13.20 15.11 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.50 13.61 21.22 21.22 21.22 Team assemblers................................................. 14.26 21.22 21.22 21.22 21.22 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.24 8.24 20.34 26.02 26.02 Machinists........................................................ 14.10 16.50 17.10 18.00 20.46 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 12.00 18.12 22.54 26.89 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.85 9.18 11.00 16.50 22.51 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.76 10.00 11.63 16.00 22.17 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.00 11.25 13.34 20.01 29.27 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.25 11.25 15.50 20.01 29.37 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 10.00 12.00 14.50 15.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.18 9.00 10.36 11.60 13.49 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.18 9.00 10.36 11.50 13.86 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.55 $7.15 $8.50 $10.50 $17.13 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.00 17.00 21.84 27.25 28.32 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 8.13 8.75 9.27 12.73 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.62 7.00 7.50 8.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.20 2.50 4.00 7.25 7.71 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.62 6.75 7.00 7.50 8.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.62 6.75 7.00 7.50 8.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.65 9.20 10.00 12.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.14 7.50 8.50 10.00 12.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.44 7.85 8.90 9.75 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.44 7.85 8.90 9.75 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.14 7.80 10.00 10.80 12.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.00 9.00 10.50 13.25 13.25 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.55 6.55 7.00 7.53 10.38 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.66 $18.06 $902 $722 39.8 $46,106 $37,440 2,035 Management occupations.............................................. 41.45 44.55 1,698 1,807 41.0 87,039 91,541 2,100 General and operations managers................................... 60.60 69.60 2,450 2,784 40.4 126,608 144,774 2,089 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 34.44 29.52 1,476 1,181 42.9 76,771 61,391 2,229 Financial managers................................................ 31.38 31.22 1,255 1,249 40.0 65,272 64,938 2,080 Industrial production managers.................................... 40.51 47.26 1,691 1,890 41.7 87,914 98,301 2,170 Education administrators.......................................... 36.62 37.62 1,414 1,395 38.6 66,901 64,418 1,827 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.50 33.06 1,385 1,322 40.2 72,021 68,763 2,088 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.86 25.64 1,012 1,114 40.7 52,617 57,924 2,117 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.71 24.19 988 968 40.0 51,393 50,315 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 40.88 41.79 1,635 1,672 40.0 85,028 86,923 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.31 30.15 1,270 1,206 40.6 66,022 62,712 2,109 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.45 40.43 1,695 1,735 40.9 88,124 90,205 2,126 Computer software engineers....................................... 46.13 50.00 1,876 2,019 40.7 97,557 105,000 2,115 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.39 42.31 1,616 1,692 40.0 84,014 87,999 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 49.04 52.64 2,011 2,133 41.0 104,598 110,926 2,133 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 39.48 38.24 1,584 1,530 40.1 82,373 79,541 2,086 Engineers......................................................... 45.95 45.35 1,846 1,824 40.2 96,013 94,827 2,089 Aerospace engineers............................................. 49.23 46.35 1,969 1,854 40.0 102,396 96,408 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 49.86 52.26 2,096 2,182 42.0 108,967 113,443 2,185 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 43.24 42.02 1,729 1,681 40.0 89,930 87,402 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 43.24 42.02 1,729 1,681 40.0 89,930 87,402 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.55 22.46 982 898 40.0 51,057 46,717 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.86 26.58 1,034 1,063 40.0 53,785 55,280 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.39 32.11 1,085 1,186 36.9 41,420 45,897 1,409 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.04 33.08 1,159 1,227 37.3 43,828 45,897 1,412 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.09 30.30 1,071 1,200 38.1 40,799 45,897 1,453 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.24 27.73 923 991 38.1 34,990 37,787 1,444 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.96 32.27 1,219 1,227 38.1 46,713 45,897 1,462 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.81 26.41 1,033 1,056 40.0 53,636 54,933 2,078 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.43 24.67 1,009 888 38.2 52,018 46,173 1,968 Registered nurses................................................. 27.15 24.67 1,037 888 38.2 53,021 46,173 1,953 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.35 18.42 640 604 36.9 33,270 31,416 1,917 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.17 10.97 463 439 38.0 24,083 22,820 1,979 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.64 10.61 392 412 36.8 20,372 21,424 1,914 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.75 18.43 763 793 40.7 39,688 41,246 2,116 Police officers................................................... 21.39 23.40 856 936 40.0 44,493 48,670 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.39 23.40 856 936 40.0 44,493 48,670 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.88 8.55 339 319 38.2 17,111 14,993 1,926 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.46 16.68 698 750 45.1 36,030 39,000 2,331 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.24 16.68 750 775 46.2 38,674 40,300 2,381 Cooks............................................................. 9.98 9.25 368 367 36.9 17,109 18,720 1,714 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.21 2.19 113 77 35.3 5,898 3,980 1,838 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.24 11.35 420 443 37.4 21,310 21,341 1,896 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.45 11.35 386 415 36.9 19,518 19,664 1,868 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.24 11.35 406 454 36.1 20,408 22,526 1,815 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.15 12.59 703 508 41.0 36,544 26,416 2,131 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.34 10.90 501 450 40.6 26,052 23,400 2,112 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.95 10.90 438 436 40.0 22,780 22,672 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 10.95 10.90 438 436 40.0 22,780 22,672 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.67 10.82 518 477 40.9 26,931 24,814 2,126 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.02 23.69 1,175 1,185 42.0 61,124 61,604 2,181 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 20.84 14.76 905 617 43.4 47,059 32,102 2,258 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.61 13.50 585 533 40.1 30,421 27,643 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.03 19.07 881 763 40.0 45,825 39,672 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.90 12.24 513 490 39.8 26,673 25,459 2,067 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.03 11.50 502 460 38.6 26,123 23,920 2,005 Tellers......................................................... 12.21 12.24 488 490 40.0 25,401 25,459 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.23 15.05 667 602 41.1 34,658 31,312 2,136 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.34 15.92 652 637 39.9 33,832 33,114 2,071 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.52 16.10 701 644 40.0 36,285 33,490 2,072 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.10 14.40 600 576 39.7 31,186 29,952 2,066 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.21 10.93 489 437 40.0 25,405 22,724 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.21 14.00 688 560 40.0 35,789 29,120 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 22.10 17.50 884 700 40.0 45,968 36,400 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.12 17.35 776 698 40.6 40,376 36,317 2,112 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.54 17.19 700 688 39.9 36,423 35,755 2,077 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.96 21.70 834 868 39.8 43,386 45,136 2,070 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.34 14.79 613 592 40.0 31,902 30,763 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.36 16.07 651 640 39.8 33,867 33,280 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.66 24.38 912 975 40.3 47,449 50,700 2,094 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.78 12.37 511 495 40.0 26,573 25,721 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.67 11.35 467 454 40.0 24,271 23,608 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.65 21.22 706 849 40.0 36,707 44,133 2,080 Team assemblers................................................. 19.87 21.22 795 849 40.0 41,337 44,133 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 17.59 20.34 703 793 40.0 36,544 41,250 2,078 Machinists........................................................ 17.22 17.10 689 684 40.0 35,814 35,566 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.06 18.12 720 725 39.9 37,441 37,690 2,073 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.46 11.00 535 440 39.8 27,843 22,880 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.00 11.63 554 460 39.6 28,497 23,920 2,036 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.80 13.34 639 525 40.4 33,176 27,310 2,099 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.54 15.50 672 620 40.6 34,950 32,240 2,113 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.21 12.00 488 480 40.0 25,389 24,960 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.74 10.36 430 415 40.0 22,339 21,557 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.81 10.36 433 415 40.0 22,491 21,557 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.28 $17.00 $892 $680 40.0 $46,366 $35,360 2,081 Management occupations.............................................. 41.93 46.88 1,729 1,878 41.2 89,873 97,656 2,143 General and operations managers................................... 60.60 69.60 2,450 2,784 40.4 126,608 144,774 2,089 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 34.44 29.52 1,476 1,181 42.9 76,771 61,391 2,229 Industrial production managers.................................... 40.51 47.26 1,691 1,890 41.7 87,914 98,301 2,170 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.56 32.98 1,388 1,322 40.2 72,164 68,763 2,088 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.86 25.64 1,012 1,114 40.7 52,617 57,924 2,117 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.71 24.19 988 968 40.0 51,393 50,315 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 40.88 41.79 1,635 1,672 40.0 85,028 86,923 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.38 25.96 1,240 1,038 40.8 64,458 54,001 2,122 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 42.24 42.31 1,727 1,825 40.9 89,815 94,877 2,126 Computer software engineers....................................... 47.00 50.48 1,913 2,037 40.7 99,470 105,941 2,116 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 42.43 47.59 1,697 1,904 40.0 88,245 98,985 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 49.04 52.64 2,011 2,133 41.0 104,598 110,926 2,133 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 39.51 38.24 1,585 1,530 40.1 82,438 79,541 2,086 Engineers......................................................... 46.17 46.15 1,855 1,849 40.2 96,485 96,140 2,090 Aerospace engineers............................................. 51.04 49.31 2,041 1,972 40.0 106,156 102,567 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 49.86 52.26 2,096 2,182 42.0 108,967 113,443 2,185 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 43.24 42.02 1,729 1,681 40.0 89,930 87,402 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 43.24 42.02 1,729 1,681 40.0 89,930 87,402 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.55 22.46 982 898 40.0 51,057 46,717 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.86 26.58 1,034 1,063 40.0 53,785 55,280 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.78 22.06 927 838 39.0 40,587 36,302 1,707 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.71 26.41 988 1,056 40.0 51,335 54,933 2,078 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.04 19.51 888 741 38.5 46,151 38,542 2,003 Registered nurses................................................. 26.20 26.16 1,035 1,046 39.5 53,809 54,404 2,054 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.35 18.42 640 604 36.9 33,270 31,416 1,917 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.46 12.13 469 483 37.6 24,365 25,106 1,956 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.70 8.50 336 315 38.7 17,492 16,380 2,010 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.42 16.68 701 769 45.4 36,432 40,001 2,362 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.21 16.68 755 775 46.6 39,244 40,300 2,421 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.21 2.19 113 77 35.3 5,898 3,980 1,838 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.45 9.92 385 368 36.9 20,024 19,136 1,917 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.47 9.00 344 350 36.3 17,863 18,183 1,886 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.26 11.35 357 414 34.8 18,577 21,516 1,811 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.15 12.59 703 508 41.0 36,544 26,416 2,131 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.34 10.90 501 450 40.6 26,052 23,400 2,112 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.95 10.90 438 436 40.0 22,780 22,672 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 10.95 10.90 438 436 40.0 22,780 22,672 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.67 10.82 518 477 40.9 26,931 24,814 2,126 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.02 23.69 1,175 1,185 42.0 61,124 61,604 2,181 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 20.84 14.76 905 617 43.4 47,059 32,102 2,258 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.66 13.02 587 520 40.1 30,544 27,040 2,084 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.09 19.07 884 763 40.0 45,946 39,672 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.99 12.24 516 490 39.7 26,843 25,459 2,067 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.03 11.50 502 460 38.6 26,123 23,920 2,005 Tellers......................................................... 12.21 12.24 488 490 40.0 25,401 25,459 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.23 15.05 667 602 41.1 34,658 31,312 2,136 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.26 17.00 688 680 39.9 35,788 35,360 2,074 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.02 17.00 721 680 40.0 37,492 35,360 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.40 18.27 650 731 39.6 33,788 38,002 2,060 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.93 10.93 477 437 40.0 24,821 22,724 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.57 14.00 663 560 40.0 34,465 29,120 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 22.10 17.50 884 700 40.0 45,968 36,400 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.58 16.00 716 678 40.7 37,254 35,246 2,119 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.54 17.19 700 688 39.9 36,423 35,755 2,077 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.96 21.70 834 868 39.8 43,386 45,136 2,070 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.34 14.79 613 592 40.0 31,902 30,763 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.38 16.21 652 640 39.8 33,913 33,280 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.66 24.38 912 975 40.3 47,449 50,700 2,094 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.78 12.37 511 495 40.0 26,573 25,721 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.67 11.35 467 454 40.0 24,271 23,608 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.65 21.22 706 849 40.0 36,707 44,133 2,080 Team assemblers................................................. 19.87 21.22 795 849 40.0 41,337 44,133 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 17.59 20.34 703 793 40.0 36,544 41,250 2,078 Machinists........................................................ 17.22 17.10 689 684 40.0 35,814 35,566 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.06 18.12 720 725 39.9 37,441 37,690 2,073 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.46 11.00 535 440 39.8 27,843 22,880 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.72 11.50 551 460 40.2 28,674 23,920 2,090 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.79 12.75 638 505 40.4 33,192 26,250 2,102 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.61 15.50 675 620 40.7 35,107 32,240 2,114 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.21 12.00 488 480 40.0 25,389 24,960 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.74 10.36 430 415 40.0 22,339 21,557 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.81 10.36 433 415 40.0 22,491 21,557 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.57 $23.70 $950 $888 38.6 $44,952 $45,490 1,829 Management occupations.............................................. 39.22 37.62 1,555 1,459 39.6 75,172 65,619 1,917 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.51 32.27 1,088 1,192 36.9 41,434 45,897 1,404 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.03 33.08 1,158 1,227 37.3 43,807 45,897 1,412 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.05 30.30 1,069 1,200 38.1 40,742 45,897 1,452 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.88 24.67 1,132 888 37.9 57,794 46,173 1,934 Registered nurses................................................. 27.58 24.67 1,038 888 37.6 52,682 46,173 1,910 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.70 22.96 888 936 40.9 46,196 48,670 2,129 Police officers................................................... 21.39 23.40 856 936 40.0 44,493 48,670 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.39 23.40 856 936 40.0 44,493 48,670 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.33 13.18 516 499 38.7 24,568 22,960 1,843 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.95 13.04 500 494 38.6 23,594 22,960 1,822 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.95 13.04 500 494 38.6 23,594 22,960 1,822 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.29 14.45 572 578 40.0 29,632 29,952 2,074 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.11 14.40 565 576 40.0 29,129 29,224 2,064 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.25 16.10 650 644 40.0 33,326 33,490 2,051 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.56 30.01 1,063 1,200 40.0 55,255 62,421 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.51 $17.20 $20.79 $29.17 Management, professional, and related...... 36.09 34.08 35.67 39.04 Management, business, and financial...... 38.05 30.98 38.63 46.22 Professional and related................. 35.24 35.32 34.25 35.98 Service.................................... 9.03 8.92 9.48 – Sales and office........................... 14.78 14.29 14.18 19.49 Sales and related........................ 15.57 15.99 12.87 – Office and administrative support........ 14.18 12.68 15.25 17.14 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 16.98 13.56 21.89 25.32 Construction and extraction............. 16.44 13.66 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.53 13.40 23.25 20.93 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.68 12.17 14.21 18.84 Production............................... 15.43 12.90 13.68 18.99 Transportation and material moving....... 12.72 11.36 15.73 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.9 5.7 4.2 4.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.3 8.5 4.8 4.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 7.0 15.8 5.8 3.2 Professional and related.......................................... 4.2 8.3 6.1 2.3 Service............................................................. 6.0 7.2 3.3 – Sales and office.................................................... 3.9 3.1 5.6 24.7 Sales and related................................................. 5.5 4.2 6.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.9 2.6 5.7 13.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.7 2.1 8.7 10.8 Construction and extraction...................................... 7.2 1.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.5 4.7 5.3 6.9 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.8 5.9 5.5 3.4 Production........................................................ 3.1 7.1 2.0 3.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.3 9.4 18.5 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.10 $14.00 $765 $560 40.1 $39,789 $29,120 2,084 Management occupations.............................................. 29.49 29.52 1,256 1,181 42.6 65,210 61,391 2,211 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.23 29.72 1,280 1,189 39.7 66,566 61,818 2,065 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 47.84 50.93 1,914 2,037 40.0 99,506 105,941 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 50.06 51.50 2,002 2,060 40.0 104,116 107,120 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 51.63 54.86 2,065 2,194 40.0 107,395 114,109 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 41.56 43.00 1,663 1,720 40.0 86,454 89,440 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 46.25 46.64 1,850 1,866 40.0 96,208 97,011 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.59 19.51 797 741 38.7 41,426 38,542 2,012 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.68 8.55 338 288 38.9 17,556 14,993 2,021 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.42 16.68 701 769 45.4 36,432 40,001 2,362 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.21 16.68 755 775 46.6 39,244 40,300 2,421 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.34 11.35 457 454 40.3 23,780 23,608 2,096 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.39 13.43 716 570 41.1 37,209 29,640 2,140 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.04 10.00 488 436 40.5 25,384 22,672 2,108 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.06 10.00 531 480 40.7 27,626 24,960 2,116 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.35 23.08 1,151 923 42.1 59,829 48,000 2,188 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.19 12.91 525 516 39.8 27,322 26,853 2,072 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.27 12.42 527 502 39.7 27,380 26,125 2,064 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.03 11.50 502 460 38.6 26,123 23,920 2,005 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.63 13.69 498 548 39.4 25,914 28,484 2,051 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.77 14.00 551 560 40.0 28,639 29,120 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.46 13.56 554 545 41.2 28,816 28,350 2,141 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.13 11.00 525 440 40.0 27,318 22,880 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.05 11.77 518 471 39.7 26,913 24,477 2,062 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.83 9.50 433 380 40.0 22,527 19,760 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.93 12.00 597 480 40.0 31,052 24,960 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.52 11.25 502 450 40.1 26,097 23,400 2,084 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.66 11.25 508 450 40.2 26,437 23,400 2,088 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.53 11.25 585 450 40.3 30,431 23,400 2,094 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.89 10.36 436 415 40.0 22,648 21,557 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.89 10.36 436 415 40.0 22,648 21,557 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.55 $21.22 $1,021 $849 40.0 $53,080 $44,133 2,078 Management occupations.............................................. 48.84 47.26 1,979 1,890 40.5 102,919 98,301 2,107 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.20 34.91 1,465 1,422 40.5 76,178 73,950 2,105 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.45 36.22 1,597 1,430 41.5 83,024 74,360 2,159 Computer software engineers....................................... 44.35 45.61 1,833 1,820 41.3 95,295 94,640 2,149 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 34.95 34.01 1,398 1,360 40.0 72,690 70,739 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.25 49.48 1,973 1,940 41.7 102,576 100,880 2,171 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.95 36.22 1,678 1,449 40.0 87,249 75,327 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.24 36.62 1,537 1,462 40.2 79,939 75,999 2,090 Engineers......................................................... 46.11 45.33 1,860 1,820 40.3 96,706 94,661 2,097 Aerospace engineers............................................. 51.04 49.31 2,041 1,972 40.0 106,156 102,567 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 43.24 42.02 1,729 1,681 40.0 89,930 87,402 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 43.24 42.02 1,729 1,681 40.0 89,930 87,402 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.22 26.44 1,009 1,058 40.0 52,466 54,997 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 26.31 26.58 1,052 1,063 40.0 54,720 55,280 2,080 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 29.30 26.92 1,172 1,077 40.0 60,741 55,987 2,073 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.55 21.52 979 753 38.3 50,926 39,166 1,993 Registered nurses................................................. 24.40 25.69 956 961 39.2 49,689 49,982 2,036 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.82 18.00 598 589 35.6 31,099 30,651 1,849 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.54 10.03 414 400 35.9 21,543 20,800 1,866 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.85 8.74 283 318 32.0 14,735 16,536 1,664 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.85 8.74 283 318 32.0 14,735 16,536 1,664 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.80 8.74 271 318 30.7 14,068 16,536 1,599 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.63 12.59 675 504 40.6 35,098 26,189 2,111 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.05 14.42 647 571 40.3 33,633 29,702 2,095 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.90 12.00 476 480 40.0 24,753 24,960 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.63 15.27 689 627 41.5 35,846 32,598 2,155 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.59 19.09 743 764 40.0 38,661 39,707 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.42 17.94 737 718 40.0 38,321 37,315 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.75 19.09 750 764 40.0 38,993 39,707 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.90 12.50 516 500 40.0 26,826 26,000 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.91 34.53 1,076 1,381 40.0 55,970 71,822 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 27.89 34.53 1,116 1,381 40.0 58,021 71,822 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.25 23.90 896 948 40.3 46,605 49,296 2,095 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.38 20.72 813 829 39.9 42,277 43,098 2,074 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.33 21.84 849 897 39.8 44,139 46,632 2,069 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.97 17.14 759 686 40.0 39,454 35,651 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.98 18.59 717 734 39.9 37,308 38,160 2,075 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.78 12.06 511 482 40.0 26,581 25,085 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.60 11.33 464 453 40.0 24,126 23,568 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.86 21.22 795 849 40.0 41,317 44,133 2,080 Team assemblers................................................. 20.41 21.22 816 849 40.0 42,452 44,133 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 18.26 20.57 729 823 40.0 37,933 42,786 2,078 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.96 19.95 794 798 39.8 41,289 41,496 2,068 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 17.60 16.50 704 660 40.0 36,613 34,320 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.74 12.50 636 500 40.4 33,050 26,000 2,100 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.79 20.99 892 1,002 40.9 46,400 52,083 2,129 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.09 10.00 443 400 40.0 23,057 20,800 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.42 10.40 417 416 40.0 21,682 21,632 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $22.90 $22.90 – $21.00 $20.39 $24.33 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 34.90 36.10 30.80 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 38.04 38.05 37.91 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 33.77 35.24 29.67 Service............................................................. – – – 11.05 9.03 17.61 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 14.77 14.83 14.14 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.57 15.60 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 14.25 14.25 14.25 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 31.48 31.48 – 16.91 15.46 24.44 Construction and extraction...................................... 33.75 33.75 – 15.05 13.97 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 18.63 16.89 26.56 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 21.73 21.73 – 13.45 13.38 16.83 Production........................................................ 21.61 21.61 – 14.07 14.09 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.06 11.69 17.72 Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.9 4.9 – 3.4 4.1 3.4 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 3.7 4.4 3.2 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.3 7.0 10.1 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 3.2 4.2 2.6 Service............................................................. – – – 5.5 6.0 8.7 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 3.5 3.8 4.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 5.5 5.5 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.5 2.8 4.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.1 3.1 – 7.4 2.5 13.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 1.1 1.1 – 7.2 1.8 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 8.2 5.8 6.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.3 2.3 – 2.8 2.8 7.6 Production........................................................ 1.8 1.8 – 2.6 2.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 6.4 6.7 7.1 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.18 $20.60 $19.41 $19.41 Management, professional, and related............................... 35.01 36.25 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 38.70 38.81 – – Professional and related.......................................... 33.78 35.24 – – Service............................................................. 11.25 9.24 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.75 13.71 19.73 19.73 Sales and related................................................. 13.18 13.21 19.93 19.93 Office and administrative support................................. 14.00 13.97 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.06 16.86 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.44 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.15 17.36 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.58 14.54 18.02 18.02 Production........................................................ 15.38 15.40 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.48 12.14 19.09 19.09 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.3 4.0 12.2 12.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.6 4.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 5.3 5.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... 3.2 4.2 – – Service............................................................. 5.8 5.8 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.1 3.3 9.0 9.0 Sales and related................................................. 7.9 8.0 9.9 9.9 Office and administrative support................................. 2.3 2.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.2 5.2 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 7.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.0 7.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.0 3.0 2.2 2.2 Production........................................................ 3.1 3.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.9 9.8 2.5 2.5 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $13.67 $24.61 $14.67 $23.77 $19.27 $29.97 $15.98 $7.79 $13.42 Management, professional, and related............................... – 36.87 27.64 32.61 34.87 40.62 22.22 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 45.62 – – 34.87 38.74 25.96 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 32.17 – 20.06 – 41.25 21.98 – – Service............................................................. – – 8.89 – – 10.91 10.73 7.70 – Sales and office.................................................... 12.98 21.06 13.97 – 14.90 15.41 13.15 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 14.65 – – 14.16 – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 18.06 11.66 – 13.83 15.62 13.14 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 13.64 24.55 16.84 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 21.20 16.84 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 17.27 13.55 – – 11.05 – – – Production........................................................ – 17.44 12.83 – – 11.13 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 13.86 13.72 – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 7.0 2.9 5.5 14.8 13.4 7.9 2.0 7.4 0.8 Management, professional, and related............................... – 8.2 9.6 26.0 16.7 4.2 4.7 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 1.3 – – 16.7 11.2 3.2 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 5.1 – 13.5 – 2.6 5.1 – – Service............................................................. – – .2 – – 5.0 19.8 5.7 – Sales and office.................................................... 14.6 28.3 6.0 – 6.7 5.0 1.1 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 5.5 – – 18.9 – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 17.9 4.5 – .4 3.0 1.2 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 1.4 7.0 7.3 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 3.2 7.3 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 4.0 7.7 – – 4.2 – – – Production........................................................ – 4.7 18.4 – – 4.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 9.3 7.1 – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 231,200 195,600 35,700 Management, professional, and related............................... 75,400 56,100 19,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 18,400 16,100 2,300 Professional and related.......................................... 57,000 40,000 17,000 Service............................................................. 44,500 35,400 9,100 Sales and office.................................................... 53,500 49,400 4,000 Sales and related................................................. 21,100 21,000 – Office and administrative support................................. 32,400 28,500 3,900 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14,700 12,600 2,200 Construction and extraction...................................... 7,300 6,400 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7,400 6,200 1,300 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 43,200 42,000 1,200 Production........................................................ 30,100 30,000 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13,100 12,000 1,100 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 11,299 10,822 477 Total in sample....................................................... 328 299 29 Responding........................................................ 231 204 27 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 53 51 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 44 44 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.