Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2010 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $22.06 3.3 36.9 $21.56 3.9 36.6 $24.87 3.6 38.3 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 38.07 3.3 38.6 40.13 4.0 39.0 31.50 3.4 37.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 40.14 6.6 40.9 40.27 7.3 41.0 39.20 11.8 39.7 Professional and related.......................................... 37.36 4.3 37.9 40.07 5.5 38.2 30.30 2.6 37.2 Service............................................................. 11.03 5.4 33.9 9.06 3.9 32.5 17.67 9.1 39.6 Sales and office.................................................... 14.91 3.8 35.9 14.96 4.2 35.7 14.38 4.2 39.1 Sales and related................................................. 15.82 6.4 35.4 15.85 6.4 35.5 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.35 3.3 36.2 14.32 3.7 35.8 14.50 4.5 39.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.98 6.7 39.2 16.81 4.3 39.1 24.69 13.6 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.98 6.7 38.5 16.41 5.9 38.3 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.08 8.6 40.1 17.28 6.3 40.1 27.21 6.2 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.71 2.2 37.4 14.67 2.2 37.5 17.33 5.0 33.0 Production........................................................ 15.42 2.9 37.7 15.44 2.9 37.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.89 5.7 36.8 12.56 6.3 37.1 – – – Full time........................................................... 23.77 3.9 39.7 23.49 4.7 40.0 25.09 3.6 38.7 Part time........................................................... 10.48 4.8 24.7 10.33 5.0 24.6 15.68 16.0 27.8 Union............................................................... 21.90 5.6 38.5 21.90 5.6 38.5 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 22.07 3.4 36.8 21.54 4.0 36.5 24.87 3.6 38.3 Time................................................................ 22.15 3.6 36.7 21.62 4.2 36.4 24.87 3.6 38.3 Incentive........................................................... 20.49 10.4 40.5 20.49 10.4 40.5 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 22.59 2.5 39.4 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.21 5.3 35.8 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 19.29 6.8 35.4 19.29 6.8 35.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 20.74 8.4 37.4 20.75 9.4 37.2 20.73 9.3 39.4 500 workers or more................................................. 27.67 2.7 39.0 29.03 3.2 39.6 25.85 4.4 38.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.06 3.3 $23.77 3.9 $10.48 4.8 Management occupations.............................................. 43.62 10.1 43.62 10.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.33 12.3 24.33 12.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.84 4.8 48.84 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.91 6.2 50.91 6.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 38.10 5.8 38.10 5.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.39 4.7 36.39 4.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.49 7.1 24.49 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.99 14.5 29.99 14.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 37.94 1.7 37.94 1.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.14 .5 42.14 .5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.42 5.8 25.42 5.8 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.16 6.5 25.16 6.5 – – Management analysts............................................... 41.22 5.0 41.22 5.0 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.96 12.5 30.96 12.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 42.86 2.8 43.00 2.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.59 9.2 32.59 9.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.32 8.3 34.55 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.26 3.5 35.26 3.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 53.16 2.8 54.42 3.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.79 4.6 53.79 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.07 11.3 42.07 11.3 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 30.37 8.8 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 47.48 3.2 48.14 2.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 54.67 2.9 55.20 3.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.96 4.0 52.96 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.83 14.0 48.83 14.0 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.32 6.1 41.68 5.4 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 51.23 1.2 51.32 1.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.40 4.2 53.40 4.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 48.30 2.3 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 42.90 2.3 42.90 2.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.13 2.7 34.13 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.00 3.0 35.00 3.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.50 1.7 46.50 1.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 59.84 4.2 59.84 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.69 6.8 47.69 6.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 50.08 1.3 50.08 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.20 2.4 36.20 2.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.50 1.7 46.50 1.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 59.84 4.2 59.84 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.12 5.7 50.12 5.7 – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 52.58 6.9 52.58 6.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.23 4.3 25.23 4.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.70 12.6 25.70 12.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.06 5.2 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.91 1.8 29.91 1.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.50 .9 36.50 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.35 1.9 33.35 1.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.54 .2 34.54 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.89 .2 33.89 .2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.34 .8 33.34 .8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.69 11.8 26.18 11.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.32 18.1 35.23 18.7 22.78 9.3 Level 4 .................................................. 15.21 7.3 15.09 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.01 4.0 21.01 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.39 5.7 28.58 5.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.79 6.0 28.95 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.39 5.7 28.58 5.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.66 1.9 17.59 2.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.59 7.0 12.08 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.86 3.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.80 6.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.74 7.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.32 3.9 10.81 2.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.55 2.6 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.63 7.8 12.93 7.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.33 12.3 18.47 12.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.08 3.6 18.08 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.80 15.3 23.80 15.3 – – Police officers................................................... 21.53 9.1 21.53 9.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.53 9.1 21.53 9.1 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.01 12.2 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.01 12.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.97 2.2 8.55 2.3 7.35 1.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.39 4.4 7.22 10.4 7.54 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 6.26 7.6 4.85 19.5 7.26 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 8.20 7.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.96 6.4 14.96 6.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.96 6.4 14.96 6.4 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.75 3.7 10.33 4.9 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.32 15.9 2.93 22.7 6.41 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.03 10.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.19 1.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.42 29.3 2.21 .7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.19 1.6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.75 1.1 – – 7.64 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.61 .8 – – 7.63 .9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.76 1.0 – – 7.65 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.61 .8 – – 7.63 .9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.82 4.1 10.97 4.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.44 5.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.15 6.4 11.32 5.5 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.53 4.6 10.67 4.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.44 5.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.19 6.3 11.37 5.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.76 4.4 10.94 4.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.23 6.6 11.43 5.6 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.04 24.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.82 6.4 17.71 7.0 9.39 8.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.54 6.7 – – 8.56 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.27 2.5 – – 9.67 6.1 Level 3 .................................................. 12.42 14.4 13.96 19.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.46 9.0 15.29 9.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.24 6.2 20.24 6.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.31 8.7 20.31 8.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.31 8.7 20.31 8.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.52 6.5 12.50 6.8 9.10 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.76 5.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 2.6 – – 9.70 6.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.55 .9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.49 2.3 10.49 2.3 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.39 4.3 11.40 8.0 8.22 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.50 2.5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.39 4.3 11.40 8.0 8.22 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.50 2.5 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.85 7.4 12.81 9.5 9.55 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 10.05 5.2 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.40 29.2 30.40 29.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.35 3.3 14.87 3.4 10.74 5.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.64 7.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.01 4.7 10.15 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.85 3.6 12.09 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.69 3.5 15.08 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.34 10.2 19.72 10.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.47 7.1 19.51 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.08 6.6 13.80 5.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.93 14.0 21.93 14.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.75 5.1 13.26 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.41 8.9 13.77 8.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.30 9.5 13.84 7.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.17 8.4 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.14 11.1 16.20 11.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.57 5.5 15.65 5.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.31 8.7 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.23 1.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.23 6.2 16.58 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.76 1.1 9.71 1.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.08 5.4 16.52 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.83 5.8 19.83 5.8 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.10 9.0 18.10 9.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.61 7.7 15.05 6.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.72 1.2 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.90 3.4 12.05 4.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.98 6.7 17.23 7.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.30 1.0 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.20 6.0 16.20 6.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.35 10.7 28.35 10.7 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.88 9.7 21.88 9.7 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.32 1.3 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.32 1.3 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.08 8.6 19.08 8.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.46 6.4 15.46 6.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.80 8.3 14.80 8.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.83 6.8 23.83 6.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.01 9.4 18.01 9.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.86 15.8 13.86 15.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.44 4.9 24.44 4.9 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.93 7.8 21.93 7.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.38 12.3 16.38 12.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.42 2.9 16.42 3.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.93 5.6 9.02 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.06 4.7 11.16 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.64 5.3 16.81 5.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.48 2.9 14.52 2.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.89 5.8 17.89 5.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.31 5.2 22.31 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.61 8.6 23.61 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.41 8.0 21.03 .0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.88 5.0 24.88 5.0 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.96 5.0 13.16 7.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. – – 11.61 4.0 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.13 7.0 17.64 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 21.15 6.5 21.15 6.5 – – Team assemblers................................................. 19.85 13.5 19.85 13.5 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.48 16.2 14.48 16.2 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.65 11.6 13.65 11.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.05 4.8 18.23 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.50 2.2 15.50 2.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.72 .9 18.72 .9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.97 6.3 12.00 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.89 5.7 13.56 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.45 9.9 10.76 10.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.27 9.9 13.08 6.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.47 7.6 13.47 7.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.34 9.8 16.04 10.3 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.56 10.4 13.72 8.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.55 2.6 11.55 2.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.96 10.4 17.30 9.1 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.10 9.3 14.40 10.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.96 10.4 17.30 9.1 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.65 3.6 14.27 4.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 5.8 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.27 9.4 11.56 8.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.45 9.9 10.76 10.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.56 3.9 $23.49 4.7 $10.33 5.0 Management occupations.............................................. 44.27 11.8 44.27 11.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.33 12.3 24.33 12.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 50.58 5.0 50.58 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.61 4.5 56.61 4.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.58 4.7 36.58 4.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.35 1.6 26.35 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.99 14.5 29.99 14.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 37.38 1.8 37.38 1.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.14 .5 42.14 .5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.42 5.8 25.42 5.8 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.16 6.5 25.16 6.5 – – Management analysts............................................... 41.22 5.0 41.22 5.0 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.61 13.9 29.61 13.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 43.72 2.7 43.92 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.59 9.2 32.59 9.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.32 8.3 34.55 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.37 3.7 35.37 3.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 53.16 2.8 54.42 3.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.79 4.6 53.79 4.6 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 30.37 8.8 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 48.46 2.4 49.20 .9 – – Level 11.................................................. 54.67 2.9 55.20 3.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.96 4.0 52.96 4.0 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 42.42 4.9 44.21 1.4 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 51.23 1.2 51.32 1.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.40 4.2 53.40 4.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 48.30 2.3 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 42.89 2.3 42.89 2.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.13 2.7 34.13 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.00 3.0 35.00 3.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.50 1.7 46.50 1.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 59.84 4.2 59.84 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.12 8.9 49.12 8.9 – – Engineers......................................................... 50.26 1.2 50.26 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.20 2.4 36.20 2.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.50 1.7 46.50 1.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 59.84 4.2 59.84 4.2 – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 53.17 8.2 53.17 8.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.23 4.3 25.23 4.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.70 12.6 25.70 12.6 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.19 12.0 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.63 29.6 – – 22.22 10.6 Level 4 .................................................. 15.30 8.0 15.19 7.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.95 4.2 20.95 4.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.50 18.5 35.17 19.3 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.93 9.4 30.56 9.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.50 18.5 35.17 19.3 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.66 1.9 17.59 2.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.63 8.7 12.29 6.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.11 4.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.74 7.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.81 5.7 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.78 8.2 13.14 7.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 10.16 11.8 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.86 2.2 8.36 1.7 7.35 1.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.33 4.6 7.09 10.0 7.54 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 6.05 8.1 4.14 23.9 7.26 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 8.13 7.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.91 6.6 14.91 6.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.91 6.6 14.91 6.6 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.47 3.5 10.08 5.7 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.32 15.9 2.93 22.7 6.41 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.03 10.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.19 1.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.42 29.3 2.21 .7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.19 1.6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.75 1.1 – – 7.64 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.61 .8 – – 7.63 .9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.76 1.0 – – 7.65 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.61 .8 – – 7.63 .9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.78 3.0 9.88 3.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.54 4.2 9.64 4.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.73 4.4 9.86 3.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.59 29.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.85 6.4 17.71 7.0 9.42 8.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.58 6.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.27 2.5 – – 9.67 6.1 Level 3 .................................................. 12.42 14.4 13.96 19.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.46 9.0 15.29 9.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.24 6.2 20.24 6.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.31 8.7 20.31 8.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.31 8.7 20.31 8.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.54 6.5 12.50 6.8 9.13 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 2.6 – – 9.70 6.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.55 .9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.49 2.3 10.49 2.3 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.43 4.2 11.40 8.0 8.26 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.50 2.5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.43 4.2 11.40 8.0 8.26 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.50 2.5 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.85 7.4 12.81 9.5 9.55 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 10.05 5.2 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.40 29.2 30.40 29.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.32 3.7 14.92 3.9 10.42 5.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.64 7.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.83 5.0 9.91 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.95 3.7 12.18 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.52 4.0 15.06 3.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.28 10.5 19.67 10.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.80 7.1 19.85 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.19 7.3 12.93 6.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.95 14.8 21.95 14.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.80 5.3 13.35 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.58 9.6 14.00 8.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.30 9.5 13.84 7.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.17 8.4 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.14 11.1 16.20 11.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.57 5.5 15.65 5.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.31 8.7 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.23 1.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.30 6.2 17.68 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.23 6.5 16.84 6.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.83 5.8 19.83 5.8 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.99 11.9 18.99 11.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.97 6.8 16.21 6.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.72 3.2 11.78 4.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.41 5.9 16.67 7.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.30 1.0 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.23 6.3 16.23 6.3 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.88 9.7 21.88 9.7 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.32 1.3 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.32 1.3 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.28 6.3 17.28 6.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.71 8.1 15.71 8.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.80 8.3 14.80 8.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.87 5.9 22.87 5.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.01 9.4 18.01 9.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.86 15.8 13.86 15.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.44 4.9 24.44 4.9 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.93 7.8 21.93 7.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.38 12.3 16.38 12.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.44 2.9 16.44 3.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.96 5.6 9.05 2.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.06 4.7 11.16 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.64 5.3 16.81 5.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.48 2.9 14.52 2.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.89 5.8 17.89 5.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.31 5.2 22.31 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.61 8.6 23.61 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.41 8.0 21.03 .0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.88 5.0 24.88 5.0 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.96 5.0 13.16 7.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. – – 11.61 4.0 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.13 7.0 17.64 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 21.15 6.5 21.15 6.5 – – Team assemblers................................................. 19.85 13.5 19.85 13.5 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.48 16.2 14.48 16.2 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.65 11.6 13.65 11.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.05 4.8 18.23 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.50 2.2 15.50 2.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.72 .9 18.72 .9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.97 6.3 12.00 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.56 6.3 13.23 5.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.45 9.9 10.76 10.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.75 9.1 12.47 2.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.30 8.0 13.30 8.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.69 13.1 15.53 14.0 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.41 10.8 13.58 9.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.07 11.4 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.06 9.6 14.37 11.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.07 11.4 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.65 3.6 14.27 4.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 5.8 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.27 9.4 11.56 8.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.45 9.9 10.76 10.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.87 3.6 $25.09 3.6 $15.68 16.0 Management occupations.............................................. 40.86 13.8 40.86 13.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.07 1.7 30.07 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.35 1.9 33.35 1.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.54 .2 34.54 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.89 .2 33.89 .2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.34 .8 33.34 .8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.55 1.5 30.61 1.3 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.11 8.6 28.13 8.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.79 8.9 21.91 8.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.15 3.8 18.15 3.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.80 15.3 23.80 15.3 – – Police officers................................................... 21.53 9.1 21.53 9.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.53 9.1 21.53 9.1 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.20 6.1 13.39 6.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.76 5.0 12.95 4.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.76 5.0 12.95 4.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.50 4.5 14.53 4.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.24 7.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.23 9.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.56 4.8 15.14 4.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.04 7.6 14.35 6.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.49 3.4 16.49 3.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.21 6.2 27.21 6.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.06 3.3 $23.77 3.9 $10.48 4.8 Management occupations.............................................. 43.62 10.1 43.62 10.1 – – Group II.................................................. 18.17 7.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 42.19 12.3 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 38.10 5.8 38.10 5.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.39 4.7 36.39 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 24.49 8.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.49 4.7 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.42 5.8 25.42 5.8 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.16 6.5 25.16 6.5 – – Management analysts............................................... 41.22 5.0 41.22 5.0 – – Group III................................................. 41.17 1.6 41.17 1.6 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.96 12.5 30.96 12.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 42.86 2.8 43.00 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 29.92 9.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.87 .9 – – – – Computer programmers.............................................. 30.37 8.8 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 47.48 3.2 48.14 2.4 – – Group II.................................................. 33.63 3.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 51.71 1.9 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.32 6.1 41.68 5.4 – – Group III................................................. 49.14 8.0 49.14 8.0 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 51.23 1.2 51.32 1.4 – – Group III................................................. 52.61 3.4 52.88 3.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 48.30 2.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 49.17 2.0 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 42.90 2.3 42.90 2.3 – – Group II.................................................. 27.30 3.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 48.73 1.2 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 50.08 1.3 50.08 1.3 – – Group III................................................. 49.60 1.2 – – – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 52.58 6.9 52.58 6.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.23 4.3 25.23 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 24.82 6.2 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.70 12.6 25.70 12.6 – – Group II.................................................. 25.70 12.6 25.70 12.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.06 5.2 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.91 1.8 29.91 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. 34.70 1.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.93 2.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.54 .2 34.54 .2 – – Group II.................................................. 34.90 .3 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.89 .2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.34 .8 33.34 .8 – – Group II.................................................. 34.50 .0 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.69 11.8 26.18 11.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.32 18.1 35.23 18.7 22.78 9.3 Group I................................................... 14.24 6.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.43 4.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.98 27.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.79 6.0 28.95 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.50 4.0 22.77 2.1 – – Group III................................................. 29.70 6.8 29.95 6.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.66 1.9 17.59 2.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.59 7.0 12.08 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.40 7.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.32 3.9 10.81 2.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.32 3.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.55 2.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.55 2.6 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.63 7.8 12.93 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.63 7.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.33 12.3 18.47 12.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.72 12.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.75 10.8 – – – – Police officers................................................... 21.53 9.1 21.53 9.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.53 9.1 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.53 9.1 21.53 9.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.53 9.1 21.53 9.1 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.01 12.2 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.01 12.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.97 2.2 8.55 2.3 7.35 1.0 Group I................................................... 7.07 2.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.73 6.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.96 6.4 14.96 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 15.89 1.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.96 6.4 14.96 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 15.89 1.0 15.89 1.0 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.75 3.7 10.33 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.70 4.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.32 15.9 2.93 22.7 6.41 7.1 Group I................................................... 4.32 15.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.42 29.3 2.21 .7 – – Group I................................................... 3.42 29.3 2.21 .7 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.75 1.1 – – 7.64 .8 Group I................................................... 7.75 1.1 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.76 1.0 – – 7.65 .8 Group I................................................... 7.76 1.0 – – 7.65 .8 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.82 4.1 10.97 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.80 4.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.53 4.6 10.67 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.61 5.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.76 4.4 10.94 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.89 4.9 11.06 4.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.04 24.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.29 16.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.82 6.4 17.71 7.0 9.39 8.1 Group I................................................... 12.02 5.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.40 12.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.31 8.7 20.31 8.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.31 8.7 20.31 8.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.52 6.5 12.50 6.8 9.10 7.7 Group I................................................... 10.07 1.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.39 4.3 11.40 8.0 8.22 1.2 Group I................................................... 10.41 3.4 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.39 4.3 11.40 8.0 8.22 1.2 Group I................................................... 10.41 3.4 – – 8.16 2.1 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.85 7.4 12.81 9.5 9.55 7.6 Group I................................................... 9.91 1.8 10.08 1.7 9.67 8.3 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.40 29.2 30.40 29.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.35 3.3 14.87 3.4 10.74 5.6 Group I................................................... 12.84 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.25 8.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.93 14.0 21.93 14.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.93 14.0 21.93 14.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.75 5.1 13.26 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.58 6.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.30 9.5 13.84 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.29 9.4 13.10 7.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.14 11.1 16.20 11.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.09 5.7 14.10 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.06 26.3 22.06 26.3 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.31 8.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.31 8.7 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.23 1.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.23 6.2 16.58 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.52 7.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.23 9.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.10 9.0 18.10 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.29 16.1 20.29 16.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.61 7.7 15.05 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.12 13.4 12.47 14.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.90 3.4 12.05 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.46 3.0 11.39 3.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.98 6.7 17.23 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.51 1.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.50 8.2 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 21.88 9.7 21.88 9.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.44 8.8 22.44 8.8 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.32 1.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.32 1.3 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.08 8.6 19.08 8.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.67 7.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.37 11.3 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.01 9.4 18.01 9.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.09 10.6 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.93 7.8 21.93 7.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.05 5.1 21.05 5.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.38 12.3 16.38 12.3 – – Group II.................................................. 16.92 14.3 16.92 14.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.42 2.9 16.42 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.36 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.38 5.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.88 5.0 24.88 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 24.57 6.6 24.57 6.6 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.96 5.0 13.16 7.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. – – 11.61 4.0 – – Group I................................................... – – 11.45 6.0 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.13 7.0 17.64 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 17.75 8.0 – – – – Team assemblers................................................. 19.85 13.5 19.85 13.5 – – Group I................................................... 20.17 14.5 20.17 14.5 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.48 16.2 14.48 16.2 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.65 11.6 13.65 11.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.05 4.8 18.23 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.38 2.3 14.75 1.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.54 1.5 19.52 1.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.97 6.3 12.00 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.69 6.8 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.89 5.7 13.56 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.54 5.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.56 10.4 13.72 8.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.87 9.7 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.10 9.3 14.40 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.80 9.2 14.09 10.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.65 3.6 14.27 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.65 3.6 14.27 4.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.27 9.4 11.56 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.27 9.4 – – – – 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.77 $16.12 $27.94 $45.91 Management occupations.............................................. 18.34 30.50 45.14 56.52 70.00 Education administrators.......................................... 30.60 33.91 38.20 38.20 47.39 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.63 29.00 38.09 43.86 47.44 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 19.58 19.58 26.76 29.49 32.21 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 19.58 19.58 25.04 30.24 32.31 Management analysts............................................... 30.91 36.06 41.26 47.68 50.20 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.13 21.38 31.36 40.40 40.40 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.46 31.17 41.85 54.00 60.19 Computer programmers.............................................. 21.47 21.47 31.17 36.84 38.98 Computer software engineers....................................... 25.70 40.38 51.44 57.30 63.78 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 24.46 25.70 40.90 52.40 54.25 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 31.89 44.70 53.46 58.26 64.38 Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.53 41.83 48.67 55.50 56.90 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.91 31.50 44.39 52.13 66.09 Engineers......................................................... 35.22 41.38 50.04 56.44 68.20 Aerospace engineers............................................. 32.46 44.23 50.04 68.20 68.20 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.45 21.19 23.26 30.64 34.00 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.45 18.89 28.60 33.17 34.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.60 17.13 17.13 20.14 20.19 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.20 26.38 33.94 35.90 40.56 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.60 33.15 34.09 35.90 40.14 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.01 33.15 33.94 34.09 35.90 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.14 24.92 27.14 28.14 36.06 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.57 19.43 25.25 33.52 57.49 Registered nurses................................................. 22.00 25.25 25.25 30.00 37.66 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.16 16.83 18.70 18.70 19.35 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.95 11.25 13.02 14.67 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.48 9.50 10.30 11.25 12.10 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.25 10.00 10.30 11.25 11.25 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.50 11.13 12.75 14.67 15.05 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 11.19 17.94 24.21 28.77 Police officers................................................... 16.88 18.07 21.23 25.37 26.94 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.88 18.07 21.23 25.37 26.94 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.25 7.50 10.00 12.55 12.55 Security guards................................................. 7.25 7.50 10.00 12.55 12.55 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.23 7.25 7.52 9.00 12.86 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.50 12.69 15.39 17.22 19.38 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.50 12.69 15.39 17.22 19.38 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 9.79 11.01 12.86 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.15 2.25 7.25 8.40 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.23 2.38 7.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.52 7.75 9.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.32 7.52 7.75 9.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.35 10.45 12.35 14.93 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.25 10.00 12.35 14.51 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.35 8.83 11.11 12.35 14.78 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 8.00 12.00 15.05 20.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.95 9.15 11.75 17.79 27.78 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.55 18.86 19.89 22.38 24.48 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.55 18.86 19.89 22.38 24.48 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.50 10.25 12.23 15.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.00 9.75 11.75 14.48 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.00 9.75 11.75 14.48 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.45 8.75 10.55 12.42 16.23 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 15.36 17.00 18.30 48.66 48.66 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.50 10.75 13.00 16.62 20.32 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 13.00 19.07 23.14 43.66 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 11.50 12.50 14.42 15.15 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.25 9.86 11.50 15.00 15.15 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.25 10.75 14.00 18.91 23.25 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.53 14.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.50 9.55 10.75 10.75 12.37 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.99 13.34 16.12 19.53 21.50 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.69 15.69 17.02 18.76 26.10 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.65 9.99 13.75 19.53 21.01 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.50 12.00 12.26 14.45 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.75 12.08 14.00 19.28 31.73 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 14.00 16.74 32.50 35.82 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.37 10.00 12.00 12.08 12.08 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.44 13.10 17.00 25.61 30.61 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 9.18 13.74 17.46 24.00 26.98 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 14.43 18.95 23.70 26.00 26.98 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.18 9.18 15.11 18.29 27.75 Production occupations.............................................. 8.93 10.77 13.76 20.50 23.80 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 21.63 21.63 24.38 26.47 28.91 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.00 10.77 10.77 12.30 15.87 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.25 9.50 14.55 23.80 23.80 Team assemblers................................................. 10.77 13.76 23.80 23.80 23.80 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.43 8.43 17.26 17.26 21.46 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.77 11.70 13.74 16.06 16.06 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.23 15.00 17.55 23.04 24.25 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.35 10.00 10.53 14.55 18.25 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.50 11.87 15.81 18.30 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.75 9.00 11.25 15.84 19.57 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.00 11.25 11.25 16.40 20.01 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.16 11.00 14.62 16.32 17.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.50 10.00 12.60 14.86 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.95 $10.52 $15.00 $26.13 $47.44 Management occupations.............................................. 18.34 27.28 48.80 57.78 70.67 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.08 29.49 38.09 43.86 47.44 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 19.58 19.58 26.76 29.49 32.21 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 19.58 19.58 25.04 30.24 32.31 Management analysts............................................... 30.91 36.06 41.26 47.68 50.20 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.38 21.63 28.32 33.60 38.93 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.46 31.89 45.65 54.25 62.07 Computer programmers.............................................. 21.47 21.47 31.17 36.84 38.98 Computer software engineers....................................... 28.13 40.38 52.40 57.30 63.78 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 24.46 29.81 45.65 52.40 54.25 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 31.89 44.70 53.46 58.26 64.38 Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.53 41.83 48.67 55.50 56.90 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.91 31.50 43.87 52.56 66.09 Engineers......................................................... 35.00 41.53 50.04 56.44 68.20 Aerospace engineers............................................. 32.46 44.71 50.04 68.20 68.20 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.45 21.19 23.26 30.64 34.00 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.45 18.89 28.60 33.17 34.00 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.80 23.09 27.14 28.14 28.16 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.57 18.70 21.50 28.18 68.68 Registered nurses................................................. 21.26 22.28 27.21 28.65 38.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.16 16.83 18.70 18.70 19.35 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.55 10.52 14.05 15.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.15 8.94 10.00 10.33 10.95 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.50 12.12 13.50 14.67 15.18 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.25 7.50 10.75 12.55 12.55 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.23 7.25 7.52 9.00 12.86 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.50 12.69 15.39 17.22 19.38 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.50 12.69 15.39 17.22 19.38 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 9.60 10.65 12.86 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.15 2.25 7.25 8.40 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.23 2.38 7.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.52 7.75 9.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.32 7.52 7.75 9.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.14 9.15 11.55 12.35 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.14 9.15 11.55 12.06 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 8.25 9.15 11.55 12.35 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 9.93 12.00 20.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.15 11.75 17.79 27.78 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.55 18.86 19.89 22.38 24.48 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.55 18.86 19.89 22.38 24.48 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.50 10.25 12.30 15.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.00 9.85 11.75 14.48 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.00 9.85 11.75 14.48 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.45 8.75 10.55 12.42 16.23 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 15.36 17.00 18.30 48.66 48.66 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.75 13.00 16.53 20.88 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 13.00 19.07 23.14 43.66 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 11.50 12.50 14.42 15.15 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.25 9.86 11.50 15.00 15.15 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.25 10.75 14.00 18.91 23.25 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.53 14.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.50 9.55 10.75 10.75 12.37 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.00 13.40 17.48 20.79 24.46 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.69 14.28 17.48 21.05 27.19 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.74 10.00 19.53 21.01 21.50 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.50 11.40 12.00 13.20 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.75 12.08 14.00 18.00 31.73 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 14.00 16.74 32.50 35.82 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.37 10.00 12.00 12.08 12.08 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.18 13.10 15.11 22.50 26.98 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 9.18 13.74 17.46 24.00 26.98 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 14.43 18.95 23.70 26.00 26.98 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.18 9.18 15.11 18.29 27.75 Production occupations.............................................. 8.93 10.77 13.76 20.50 23.80 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 21.63 21.63 24.38 26.47 28.91 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.00 10.77 10.77 12.30 15.87 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.25 9.50 14.55 23.80 23.80 Team assemblers................................................. 10.77 13.76 23.80 23.80 23.80 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.43 8.43 17.26 17.26 21.46 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.77 11.70 13.74 16.06 16.06 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.23 15.00 17.55 23.04 24.25 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.35 10.00 10.53 14.55 18.25 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.42 11.50 15.30 17.50 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.75 9.00 11.25 15.46 19.57 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.00 11.25 11.25 16.40 20.01 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.16 11.00 14.62 16.32 17.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.50 10.00 12.60 14.86 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.01 $14.78 $25.25 $33.52 $38.20 Management occupations.............................................. 30.60 31.28 38.20 45.90 54.53 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.20 27.62 33.94 35.90 40.56 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.60 33.15 34.09 35.90 40.14 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.01 33.15 33.94 34.09 35.90 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.29 25.25 25.25 33.52 57.49 Registered nurses................................................. 25.25 25.25 25.25 33.52 37.66 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.78 17.32 21.87 26.59 30.21 Police officers................................................... 16.88 18.07 21.23 25.37 26.94 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.88 18.07 21.23 25.37 26.94 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.53 11.50 13.37 14.93 16.17 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.53 11.11 13.23 14.93 14.93 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.53 11.11 13.23 14.93 14.93 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.77 10.86 14.82 16.69 18.45 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.99 10.00 14.40 16.12 18.23 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.00 15.69 16.12 17.50 18.23 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.47 24.11 30.61 32.44 34.25 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 2010 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.25 $12.03 $17.92 $31.17 $48.32 Management occupations.............................................. 18.34 30.50 45.14 56.52 70.00 Education administrators.......................................... 30.60 33.91 38.20 38.20 47.39 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.63 29.00 38.09 43.86 47.44 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 19.58 19.58 26.76 29.49 32.21 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 19.58 19.58 25.04 30.24 32.31 Management analysts............................................... 30.91 36.06 41.26 47.68 50.20 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.13 21.38 31.36 40.40 40.40 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.48 31.17 41.83 54.12 60.80 Computer software engineers....................................... 27.02 40.38 52.40 57.30 63.78 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 25.48 25.70 40.90 52.40 54.25 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 31.89 44.70 53.46 58.26 64.95 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.91 31.50 44.39 52.13 66.09 Engineers......................................................... 35.22 41.38 50.04 56.44 68.20 Aerospace engineers............................................. 32.46 44.23 50.04 68.20 68.20 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.45 21.19 23.26 30.64 34.00 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.45 18.89 28.60 33.17 34.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.20 26.38 33.94 35.90 40.56 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.60 33.15 34.09 35.90 40.14 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.01 33.15 33.94 34.09 35.90 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.64 24.92 27.14 28.14 36.06 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.57 19.90 25.25 33.52 57.49 Registered nurses................................................. 22.00 25.25 25.25 33.00 37.66 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.16 16.38 18.70 18.70 19.49 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.25 10.30 11.25 14.05 15.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.55 10.00 10.82 11.25 12.10 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.50 11.80 13.99 14.67 15.18 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 11.19 17.94 24.21 28.77 Police officers................................................... 16.88 18.07 21.23 25.37 26.94 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.88 18.07 21.23 25.37 26.94 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.15 2.38 8.21 11.01 16.25 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.50 12.69 15.39 17.22 19.38 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.50 12.69 15.39 17.22 19.38 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 9.00 10.65 11.01 12.86 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.23 2.25 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.23 2.25 2.38 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.86 11.17 12.55 14.93 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.40 8.35 10.45 12.35 14.78 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.61 8.86 11.50 12.35 14.93 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 10.15 13.20 19.85 32.59 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.55 18.86 19.89 22.38 24.48 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.55 18.86 19.89 22.38 24.48 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.05 11.40 12.50 16.85 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 9.30 11.50 12.40 15.75 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 9.30 11.50 12.40 15.75 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 9.00 11.03 12.50 21.35 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 15.36 17.00 18.30 48.66 48.66 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.74 11.12 13.55 17.51 21.01 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 13.00 19.07 23.14 43.66 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.77 11.50 12.56 14.42 15.15 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.50 11.50 15.00 15.00 15.15 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.25 10.75 14.00 18.91 23.25 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.74 13.69 16.16 19.53 21.50 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.69 15.69 17.02 18.76 26.10 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.65 9.74 13.75 19.53 21.50 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 9.69 11.12 13.02 17.56 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.75 12.08 14.16 19.28 31.73 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 14.00 16.74 32.50 35.82 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.44 13.10 17.00 25.61 30.61 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 9.18 13.74 17.46 24.00 26.98 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 14.43 18.95 23.70 26.00 26.98 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.18 9.18 15.11 18.29 27.75 Production occupations.............................................. 9.35 11.12 15.62 21.35 23.80 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 21.63 21.63 24.38 26.47 28.91 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 8.50 10.00 12.36 15.41 21.35 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 8.17 9.00 11.52 13.68 15.56 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.50 11.44 16.28 23.80 23.80 Team assemblers................................................. 10.77 13.76 23.80 23.80 23.80 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.43 8.43 17.26 17.26 21.46 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.77 11.70 13.74 16.06 16.06 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.23 15.00 17.55 23.04 24.52 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.35 10.00 10.53 14.55 18.25 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.75 11.00 12.87 16.32 18.30 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.00 11.00 11.25 16.40 19.82 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.25 11.25 12.24 16.88 20.17 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.00 12.00 14.62 16.83 17.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.50 10.97 12.99 14.86 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 2010 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $7.50 $8.67 $10.77 $13.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.00 17.50 23.31 28.16 28.65 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 7.62 8.67 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.22 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.40 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.32 7.52 7.62 8.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.35 7.52 7.62 8.60 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.45 7.85 9.00 10.74 10.87 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.45 7.65 8.50 10.74 10.80 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.45 7.50 7.95 8.65 9.95 Cashiers...................................................... 7.45 7.50 7.95 8.65 9.95 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.45 8.00 10.00 10.74 10.86 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.35 9.50 10.28 12.00 13.12 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.77 $17.92 $945 $712 39.7 $48,271 $36,999 2,031 Management occupations.............................................. 43.62 45.14 1,809 1,829 41.5 92,619 89,211 2,123 Education administrators.......................................... 38.10 38.20 1,471 1,528 38.6 69,622 70,533 1,827 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.39 38.09 1,464 1,524 40.2 76,114 79,233 2,092 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.42 26.76 1,036 1,086 40.7 53,850 56,493 2,118 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.16 25.04 1,006 1,002 40.0 52,332 52,083 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 41.22 41.26 1,649 1,650 40.0 85,728 85,819 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.96 31.36 1,256 1,254 40.6 65,337 65,229 2,111 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 43.00 41.83 1,742 1,788 40.5 90,592 92,980 2,107 Computer software engineers....................................... 48.14 52.40 1,940 2,096 40.3 100,884 109,000 2,096 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.68 40.90 1,667 1,636 40.0 86,697 85,072 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 51.32 53.46 2,076 2,138 40.5 107,956 111,197 2,103 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 42.90 44.39 1,722 1,763 40.1 89,560 91,686 2,088 Engineers......................................................... 50.08 50.04 2,014 2,002 40.2 104,702 104,081 2,091 Aerospace engineers............................................. 52.58 50.04 2,103 2,002 40.0 109,377 104,081 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.23 23.26 1,009 930 40.0 52,479 48,381 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.70 28.60 1,028 1,144 40.0 53,456 59,488 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.91 33.94 1,104 1,257 36.9 42,126 47,509 1,408 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.54 34.09 1,279 1,355 37.0 48,241 50,779 1,397 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.34 33.94 1,259 1,326 37.7 47,768 50,779 1,433 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.18 27.14 1,047 1,086 40.0 54,449 56,451 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.23 25.25 1,339 909 38.0 69,013 47,268 1,959 Registered nurses................................................. 28.95 25.25 1,101 909 38.0 56,388 47,268 1,948 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.59 18.70 654 673 37.2 34,002 35,006 1,933 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.08 11.25 467 450 38.6 24,263 23,392 2,009 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.81 10.82 409 421 37.8 21,244 21,882 1,966 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.93 13.99 511 528 39.5 26,552 27,458 2,054 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.47 17.94 759 719 41.1 39,451 37,378 2,136 Police officers................................................... 21.53 21.23 861 849 40.0 44,773 44,158 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.53 21.23 861 849 40.0 44,773 44,158 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.21 328 316 38.4 16,608 15,080 1,943 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.96 15.39 683 650 45.7 35,245 33,800 2,356 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.96 15.39 683 650 45.7 35,245 33,800 2,356 Cooks............................................................. 10.33 10.65 382 360 37.0 17,863 18,720 1,729 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.93 2.23 104 78 35.5 5,406 4,051 1,845 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.21 2.23 78 78 35.3 4,053 4,051 1,834 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.97 11.17 410 418 37.3 20,728 19,941 1,889 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.67 10.45 396 398 37.1 19,978 19,664 1,872 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.94 11.50 410 426 37.5 20,613 19,822 1,884 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.71 13.20 719 518 40.6 37,400 26,936 2,111 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.31 19.89 858 895 42.3 44,614 46,559 2,197 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.31 19.89 858 895 42.3 44,614 46,559 2,197 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.50 11.40 501 456 40.1 26,066 23,712 2,085 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.40 11.50 456 460 40.0 23,712 23,920 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 11.40 11.50 456 460 40.0 23,712 23,920 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.81 11.03 515 441 40.2 26,755 22,942 2,088 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.40 18.30 1,287 915 42.3 66,898 47,567 2,201 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.87 13.55 596 545 40.1 30,954 28,080 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.93 19.07 877 763 40.0 45,607 39,672 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.26 12.56 527 502 39.8 27,429 26,121 2,069 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.84 15.00 542 545 39.2 28,177 28,357 2,036 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.20 14.00 661 560 40.8 34,360 29,120 2,122 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.58 16.16 661 646 39.9 34,309 33,604 2,069 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.10 17.02 724 681 40.0 37,463 35,402 2,070 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.05 13.75 598 550 39.7 31,083 28,604 2,065 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.05 11.12 482 445 40.0 25,065 23,121 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.23 14.16 689 566 40.0 35,835 29,453 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 21.88 16.74 875 669 40.0 45,513 34,811 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.08 17.00 766 680 40.1 39,806 35,360 2,086 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.01 17.46 720 698 40.0 37,417 36,317 2,078 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.93 23.70 874 920 39.9 45,461 47,848 2,073 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.38 15.11 655 604 40.0 34,079 31,429 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.42 15.62 654 623 39.8 34,007 32,406 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.88 24.38 1,001 975 40.2 52,059 50,700 2,092 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.16 12.36 526 494 40.0 27,367 25,709 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.61 11.52 464 461 40.0 24,146 23,962 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.64 16.28 705 651 40.0 36,686 33,862 2,080 Team assemblers................................................. 19.85 23.80 794 952 40.0 41,289 49,504 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.48 17.26 579 690 40.0 30,088 35,901 2,078 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.65 13.74 546 550 40.0 28,384 28,579 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.23 17.55 727 702 39.9 37,800 36,504 2,074 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.00 10.53 478 421 39.8 24,834 21,900 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.56 12.87 537 490 39.6 27,563 25,314 2,032 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.72 11.25 555 450 40.5 28,848 23,400 2,103 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.40 12.24 587 471 40.8 30,517 24,502 2,120 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.27 14.62 571 585 40.0 29,684 30,401 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.56 10.97 463 439 40.0 24,052 22,818 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.49 $17.00 $939 $677 40.0 $48,820 $35,194 2,078 Management occupations.............................................. 44.27 48.80 1,856 1,952 41.9 96,415 101,504 2,178 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.58 38.09 1,472 1,524 40.2 76,531 79,233 2,092 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.42 26.76 1,036 1,086 40.7 53,850 56,493 2,118 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.16 25.04 1,006 1,002 40.0 52,332 52,083 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 41.22 41.26 1,649 1,650 40.0 85,728 85,819 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.61 28.32 1,212 1,133 40.9 63,035 58,906 2,129 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 43.92 46.09 1,781 1,844 40.6 92,612 95,876 2,109 Computer software engineers....................................... 49.20 52.40 1,984 2,096 40.3 103,143 109,000 2,096 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.21 49.49 1,768 1,980 40.0 91,960 102,945 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 51.32 53.46 2,076 2,138 40.5 107,956 111,197 2,103 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 42.89 43.87 1,722 1,750 40.1 89,541 91,000 2,088 Engineers......................................................... 50.26 50.04 2,021 2,002 40.2 105,106 104,081 2,091 Aerospace engineers............................................. 53.17 50.04 2,127 2,002 40.0 110,599 104,081 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.23 23.26 1,009 930 40.0 52,479 48,381 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.70 28.60 1,028 1,144 40.0 53,456 59,488 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations Registered nurses................................................. 30.56 27.21 1,189 1,088 38.9 61,847 56,597 2,024 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.59 18.70 654 673 37.2 34,002 35,006 1,933 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.29 12.12 472 472 38.4 24,530 24,544 1,996 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.14 14.18 518 533 39.4 26,945 27,726 2,051 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.36 8.00 325 290 38.8 16,889 15,080 2,019 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.91 15.39 686 650 46.0 35,684 33,800 2,393 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.91 15.39 686 650 46.0 35,684 33,800 2,393 Cooks............................................................. 10.08 9.79 392 392 38.9 20,382 20,363 2,021 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.93 2.23 104 78 35.5 5,406 4,051 1,845 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.21 2.23 78 78 35.3 4,053 4,051 1,834 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.88 9.15 363 366 36.8 18,885 19,032 1,911 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.64 9.15 351 355 36.5 18,278 18,436 1,896 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.86 9.15 364 366 36.9 18,924 19,032 1,920 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.71 13.20 719 518 40.6 37,400 26,936 2,111 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.31 19.89 858 895 42.3 44,614 46,559 2,197 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.31 19.89 858 895 42.3 44,614 46,559 2,197 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.50 11.40 501 456 40.1 26,066 23,712 2,085 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.40 11.50 456 460 40.0 23,712 23,920 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 11.40 11.50 456 460 40.0 23,712 23,920 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.81 11.03 515 441 40.2 26,755 22,942 2,088 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.40 18.30 1,287 915 42.3 66,898 47,567 2,201 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.92 13.47 598 539 40.1 31,082 28,016 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.95 19.07 878 763 40.0 45,662 39,672 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.35 12.56 531 502 39.8 27,605 26,121 2,068 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.84 15.00 542 545 39.2 28,177 28,357 2,036 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.20 14.00 661 560 40.8 34,360 29,120 2,122 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.68 18.66 704 734 39.8 36,619 38,189 2,071 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.99 17.48 759 699 40.0 39,491 36,348 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.21 19.53 642 781 39.6 33,385 40,622 2,059 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.78 11.12 471 445 40.0 24,512 23,121 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.67 14.00 667 560 40.0 34,671 29,120 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 21.88 16.74 875 669 40.0 45,513 34,811 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.28 15.11 694 604 40.1 36,066 31,429 2,087 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.01 17.46 720 698 40.0 37,417 36,317 2,078 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.93 23.70 874 920 39.9 45,461 47,848 2,073 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.38 15.11 655 604 40.0 34,079 31,429 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.44 15.65 655 625 39.8 34,059 32,479 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.88 24.38 1,001 975 40.2 52,059 50,700 2,092 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.16 12.36 526 494 40.0 27,367 25,709 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.61 11.52 464 461 40.0 24,146 23,962 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.64 16.28 705 651 40.0 36,686 33,862 2,080 Team assemblers................................................. 19.85 23.80 794 952 40.0 41,289 49,504 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.48 17.26 579 690 40.0 30,088 35,901 2,078 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.65 13.74 546 550 40.0 28,384 28,579 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.23 17.55 727 702 39.9 37,800 36,504 2,074 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.00 10.53 478 421 39.8 24,834 21,900 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.23 12.02 532 481 40.2 27,650 25,002 2,089 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.58 11.25 550 450 40.5 28,622 23,400 2,107 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.37 11.29 586 450 40.8 30,484 23,400 2,121 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.27 14.62 571 585 40.0 29,684 30,401 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.56 10.97 463 439 40.0 24,052 22,818 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.09 $25.25 $971 $909 38.7 $45,932 $46,997 1,830 Management occupations.............................................. 40.86 38.20 1,618 1,528 39.6 78,300 73,195 1,916 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.07 33.94 1,109 1,257 36.9 42,189 47,793 1,403 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.54 34.09 1,279 1,355 37.0 48,241 50,779 1,397 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.34 33.94 1,259 1,326 37.7 47,768 50,779 1,433 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.61 25.25 1,159 909 37.9 59,235 47,268 1,935 Registered nurses................................................. 28.13 25.25 1,058 909 37.6 53,751 47,268 1,911 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.91 21.87 910 875 41.5 47,324 45,490 2,160 Police officers................................................... 21.53 21.23 861 849 40.0 44,773 44,158 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.53 21.23 861 849 40.0 44,773 44,158 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.39 13.37 518 496 38.7 24,660 23,164 1,841 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.95 13.37 500 477 38.6 23,589 22,960 1,821 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.95 13.37 500 477 38.6 23,589 22,960 1,821 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.53 15.69 581 628 40.0 30,128 30,722 2,074 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.35 14.77 574 591 40.0 29,628 30,374 2,064 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.49 16.12 660 645 40.0 33,833 33,525 2,051 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.21 30.61 1,089 1,224 40.0 56,606 63,669 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 2010 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $21.56 $19.29 $20.75 $29.03 Management, professional, and related...... 40.13 41.05 37.51 40.83 Management, business, and financial...... 40.27 33.71 40.84 46.97 Professional and related................. 40.07 43.52 36.03 37.50 Service.................................... 9.06 8.97 9.31 – Sales and office........................... 14.96 14.07 15.31 18.77 Sales and related........................ 15.85 15.61 14.77 – Office and administrative support........ 14.32 12.80 15.80 16.86 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 16.81 14.09 21.58 24.36 Construction and extraction............. 16.41 14.26 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.28 13.80 23.57 20.57 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.67 13.05 13.35 18.22 Production............................... 15.44 13.78 13.62 18.49 Transportation and material moving....... 12.56 12.14 12.21 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.9 6.8 9.4 3.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.0 8.2 7.2 3.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 7.3 13.4 10.4 4.1 Professional and related.......................................... 5.5 10.6 8.7 2.1 Service............................................................. 3.9 4.8 3.6 – Sales and office.................................................... 4.2 4.8 8.0 20.4 Sales and related................................................. 6.4 8.0 9.4 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.7 3.6 8.3 11.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.3 4.6 7.1 11.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 5.9 6.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.3 5.7 4.4 9.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.2 4.9 1.6 4.6 Production........................................................ 2.9 6.2 1.9 5.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.3 8.3 3.8 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.49 $14.42 $856 $570 39.9 $44,523 $29,619 2,072 Management occupations.............................................. 31.48 30.50 1,353 1,220 43.0 70,186 63,436 2,229 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.39 36.70 1,406 1,468 39.7 73,087 76,326 2,065 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 49.49 52.40 1,980 2,096 40.0 102,948 109,000 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 51.72 53.46 2,069 2,138 40.0 107,584 111,197 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 52.77 53.46 2,111 2,138 40.0 109,755 111,197 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 45.81 45.15 1,832 1,806 40.0 95,278 93,912 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 50.28 50.04 2,011 2,002 40.0 104,580 104,081 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.22 8.00 320 290 39.0 16,659 15,080 2,026 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.73 15.39 686 650 46.6 35,660 33,800 2,421 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.73 15.39 686 650 46.6 35,660 33,800 2,421 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.34 13.72 705 500 40.7 36,668 26,000 2,114 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.24 11.03 486 441 39.7 25,276 22,942 2,065 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.23 11.03 523 441 39.6 27,207 22,942 2,057 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.44 13.00 536 520 39.9 27,870 27,040 2,073 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.61 12.56 541 502 39.7 28,131 26,121 2,066 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.84 15.00 542 545 39.2 28,177 28,357 2,036 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.75 13.50 543 500 39.5 28,250 26,000 2,054 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.45 14.00 578 560 40.0 30,059 29,120 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.80 13.10 552 524 40.0 28,699 27,252 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.11 11.37 564 455 40.0 29,347 23,658 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.40 11.37 536 455 40.0 27,882 23,658 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.94 12.17 553 487 39.7 28,757 25,314 2,063 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.23 10.77 449 431 40.0 23,353 22,402 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.29 15.00 611 600 40.0 31,794 31,200 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.99 10.00 436 400 39.7 22,670 20,800 2,063 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.09 11.50 524 460 40.1 27,273 23,920 2,083 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.27 11.25 532 450 40.1 27,683 23,400 2,086 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.05 11.25 565 450 40.2 29,362 23,400 2,090 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.78 $21.01 $1,034 $834 40.1 $53,762 $43,285 2,085 Management occupations.............................................. 51.11 52.55 2,115 2,102 41.4 109,957 109,304 2,152 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 37.46 38.09 1,522 1,524 40.6 79,148 79,233 2,113 Management analysts............................................... 43.43 41.65 1,737 1,666 40.0 90,344 86,632 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.58 35.68 1,623 1,427 41.0 84,372 74,210 2,132 Computer software engineers....................................... 46.78 46.75 1,900 1,844 40.6 98,822 95,876 2,112 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 35.15 33.32 1,406 1,333 40.0 73,118 69,299 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 50.20 53.94 2,049 2,182 40.8 106,529 113,464 2,122 Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.49 40.17 1,700 1,607 40.0 88,382 83,554 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.15 38.90 1,618 1,560 40.3 84,110 81,120 2,095 Engineers......................................................... 50.24 49.23 2,035 2,022 40.5 105,810 105,165 2,106 Aerospace engineers............................................. 55.09 54.53 2,203 2,181 40.0 114,580 113,420 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.45 23.43 1,018 937 40.0 52,940 48,734 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 26.09 28.60 1,044 1,144 40.0 54,271 59,488 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.27 21.50 1,007 794 38.3 52,364 41,296 1,993 Registered nurses................................................. 23.88 23.00 932 920 39.0 48,467 47,840 2,029 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.55 10.25 427 404 37.0 22,217 21,029 1,924 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.32 8.50 354 328 38.0 18,396 17,073 1,975 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.90 8.86 311 332 34.9 16,151 17,285 1,814 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.83 8.50 306 318 34.6 15,890 16,536 1,799 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.75 8.50 295 318 33.7 15,334 16,536 1,753 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.39 13.02 745 520 40.5 38,731 27,040 2,106 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.41 14.04 661 562 40.3 34,364 29,203 2,093 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.79 14.39 689 601 41.0 35,845 31,256 2,134 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.62 19.53 785 781 40.0 40,806 40,622 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.55 17.48 782 699 40.0 40,670 36,348 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.13 12.87 525 515 40.0 27,317 26,776 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.95 31.73 1,038 1,269 40.0 53,975 65,998 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 26.86 32.50 1,074 1,300 40.0 55,861 67,600 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.93 23.76 884 940 40.3 45,983 48,880 2,097 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.01 19.50 839 780 39.9 43,625 40,560 2,077 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.91 24.56 873 982 39.8 45,409 51,085 2,072 Production occupations.............................................. 17.83 18.08 712 702 39.9 37,002 36,504 2,076 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.18 12.26 527 490 40.0 27,424 25,501 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.54 11.52 462 461 40.0 24,001 23,962 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 21.43 23.80 857 952 40.0 44,572 49,504 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.48 17.26 579 690 40.0 30,088 35,901 2,078 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.81 19.62 789 785 39.8 41,008 40,810 2,070 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.58 10.53 543 421 40.0 28,247 21,900 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.48 13.55 545 542 40.4 28,317 28,174 2,101 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.78 11.42 471 457 40.0 24,511 23,760 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 2010 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.90 $21.90 – $22.07 $21.54 $24.87 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 38.27 40.44 31.50 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 40.14 40.27 39.20 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 37.60 40.52 30.30 Service............................................................. – – – 11.03 9.06 17.67 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 14.94 14.99 14.38 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.84 15.87 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 14.38 14.36 14.50 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 30.68 30.68 – 17.19 15.78 24.69 Construction and extraction...................................... 33.22 33.22 – 15.36 14.48 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 19.06 17.19 27.21 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20.32 20.32 – 13.88 13.81 17.33 Production........................................................ 20.41 20.41 – 14.35 14.37 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.89 12.56 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.6 5.6 – 3.4 4.0 3.6 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 3.4 4.0 3.4 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.6 7.3 11.8 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 4.4 5.5 2.6 Service............................................................. – – – 5.4 3.9 9.1 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 3.8 4.2 4.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 6.6 6.6 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 3.3 3.7 4.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.4 3.4 – 7.4 3.5 13.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 3.2 3.2 – 7.6 5.7 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 8.8 6.4 6.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.6 7.6 – 2.9 2.9 5.0 Production........................................................ 7.6 7.6 – 2.8 2.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 5.7 6.4 – 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 2010 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $22.15 $21.62 $20.49 $20.49 Management, professional, and related............................... 38.23 40.38 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 40.94 41.21 – – Professional and related.......................................... 37.36 40.07 – – Service............................................................. 11.22 9.26 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.91 13.86 21.16 21.16 Sales and related................................................. 13.63 13.65 21.60 21.60 Office and administrative support................................. 14.05 13.98 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.81 16.56 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.41 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.77 16.75 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.55 14.50 18.64 18.64 Production........................................................ 15.39 15.41 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.28 11.88 20.07 20.07 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.6 4.2 10.4 10.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.3 4.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.1 6.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.3 5.5 – – Service............................................................. 6.4 4.9 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.2 3.5 6.2 6.2 Sales and related................................................. 7.4 7.5 6.2 6.2 Office and administrative support................................. 2.5 2.8 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.1 4.6 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.5 6.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.4 2.4 5.2 5.2 Production........................................................ 3.0 3.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.0 6.9 8.8 8.8 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 2010 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $24.98 $14.50 – $19.22 $30.96 $22.65 – $13.42 Management, professional, and related............................... – 37.98 29.78 – 37.94 43.26 36.77 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 46.36 – – 37.94 40.58 – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 33.37 – – – 44.18 37.35 – – Service............................................................. – – 9.16 – – 9.87 11.10 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 21.85 13.77 – 14.79 15.38 13.97 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 14.39 – – 13.70 – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 18.01 11.95 – 13.28 15.59 13.37 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 24.47 17.66 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 21.38 17.66 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 17.42 13.00 – – 11.28 – – – Production........................................................ – 17.53 12.56 – – 11.32 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 13.05 13.09 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – 2.4 6.3 – 15.5 5.3 26.1 – 6.9 Management, professional, and related............................... – 5.8 11.7 – 18.4 2.6 28.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 1.3 – – 18.4 13.2 – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 3.4 – – – 2.1 29.8 – – Service............................................................. – – .6 – – 7.7 14.0 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 24.1 7.1 – 10.2 6.5 1.7 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 8.3 – – 28.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 17.1 .5 – 3.9 4.1 2.7 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 7.6 5.3 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 5.3 5.3 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 3.8 7.5 – – 4.8 – – – Production........................................................ – 3.9 20.4 – – 4.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 2.6 6.1 – – – – – – 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 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 226,300 190,300 36,100 Management, professional, and related............................... 73,400 53,500 19,900 Management, business, and financial............................... 17,300 14,900 2,300 Professional and related.......................................... 56,100 38,500 17,600 Service............................................................. 44,500 35,500 9,100 Sales and office.................................................... 54,200 50,100 4,100 Sales and related................................................. 20,900 20,900 – Office and administrative support................................. 33,200 29,300 4,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14,300 12,200 2,100 Construction and extraction...................................... 7,600 6,800 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6,700 5,500 1,200 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 39,900 39,000 900 Production........................................................ 28,400 28,400 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11,500 10,600 – 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 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 11,289 10,818 471 Total in sample....................................................... 318 289 29 Responding........................................................ 218 192 26 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 56 53 3 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.