NC BL 05/00/2010 Table: Kansas City, MO-KS, Bulletin, August 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $21.84 5.3 35.5 $21.34 6.1 35.2 $25.30 3.7 37.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 35.73 9.5 37.9 37.25 11.8 38.2 30.92 6.5 37.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 35.07 5.4 40.2 35.48 5.9 40.2 32.26 12.5 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 36.09 13.0 36.8 38.45 16.9 36.9 30.60 8.2 36.5 Service............................................................. 11.42 8.4 31.1 9.58 4.7 30.0 20.45 9.5 38.2 Sales and office.................................................... 17.38 4.6 35.1 17.50 4.9 35.0 15.91 8.5 37.0 Sales and related................................................. 19.01 11.3 32.0 19.08 11.5 32.0 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.72 4.9 36.5 16.78 5.3 36.5 16.10 8.4 37.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.82 5.6 38.6 20.93 5.8 38.5 18.14 2.4 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 21.95 9.4 37.5 22.15 9.8 37.4 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.59 4.7 39.6 20.63 4.9 39.6 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.41 4.2 35.8 17.22 4.1 35.8 – – – Production........................................................ 18.28 3.5 39.0 17.91 3.1 39.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.48 9.0 32.9 16.50 9.1 33.0 – – – Full time........................................................... 22.90 3.7 39.8 22.40 4.2 39.8 26.02 3.6 39.8 Part time........................................................... 15.26 26.0 21.2 15.19 28.0 21.1 16.23 7.0 21.5 Union............................................................... 24.28 4.0 39.1 23.42 4.7 38.6 26.75 5.0 40.6 Nonunion............................................................ 21.49 6.1 35.0 21.09 6.8 34.8 24.80 5.1 36.5 Time................................................................ 20.51 3.2 35.3 19.75 3.5 35.0 25.30 3.7 37.5 Incentive........................................................... 39.72 27.7 37.6 39.72 27.7 37.6 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 18.77 4.7 34.4 18.73 4.9 34.3 19.88 7.1 35.9 100-499 workers..................................................... 23.55 14.3 36.8 23.22 16.3 36.4 26.14 10.0 39.4 500 workers or more................................................. 26.33 3.9 36.5 26.39 5.7 36.2 26.19 2.6 37.1 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), Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.84 5.3 $22.90 3.7 $15.26 26.0 Management occupations.............................................. 38.61 6.8 38.61 6.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.72 4.8 24.72 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.17 9.4 25.17 9.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.67 11.4 42.67 11.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.29 20.0 49.29 20.0 – – General and operations managers................................... 33.59 10.6 33.59 10.6 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 53.12 22.6 53.12 22.6 – – Financial managers................................................ 34.44 14.9 34.44 14.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.28 6.9 31.34 7.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.80 5.6 21.80 5.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.71 7.8 32.52 8.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.91 5.4 41.91 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.28 8.6 28.28 8.6 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.20 22.2 24.20 22.2 – – Management analysts............................................... 40.54 6.8 40.54 6.8 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.54 7.5 34.27 10.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.66 15.2 34.66 15.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.17 5.5 39.68 6.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.92 2.7 37.92 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.27 4.6 36.27 4.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.14 3.4 41.14 3.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.73 1.3 45.73 1.3 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.73 2.1 40.73 2.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.12 4.2 39.12 4.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.73 1.3 45.73 1.3 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.48 7.5 40.48 7.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.70 13.0 36.08 14.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.42 7.5 18.06 6.9 – – Legal occupations................................................... 50.00 17.4 50.00 17.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.45 6.8 29.64 8.4 14.40 4.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 5.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.00 6.7 27.11 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.47 6.0 34.56 5.8 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.65 6.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.64 5.7 33.12 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.88 5.5 33.94 5.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.92 7.1 32.92 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.55 5.6 33.55 5.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.24 9.4 31.24 9.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.67 8.6 31.67 8.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.01 3.0 36.01 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.26 .8 37.26 .8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.57 2.3 33.00 8.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.24 7.5 34.44 7.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.97 3.5 32.58 4.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.18 3.9 33.39 3.6 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 19.68 4.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.75 5.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 5.9 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.23 5.9 27.28 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.00 4.7 26.00 4.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... – – 35.86 19.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.86 9.6 17.94 11.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.22 12.0 26.22 12.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.21 6.3 26.12 6.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.52 2.0 24.89 2.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.98 1.8 29.01 2.3 28.84 3.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.11 16.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.75 12.4 33.44 14.7 28.60 1.8 Level 8 .................................................. 26.48 2.9 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.90 2.2 28.86 2.6 29.05 4.2 Therapists........................................................ 29.48 4.2 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.12 5.3 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 28.77 1.7 28.77 1.7 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.93 4.8 25.93 4.8 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.96 7.8 17.11 9.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.39 4.4 12.06 4.5 9.69 10.8 Level 3 .................................................. 11.20 2.3 11.12 2.0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.32 5.3 11.30 1.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.54 3.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.91 4.3 11.84 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.54 3.5 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.70 8.2 12.68 9.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.66 17.8 18.46 17.8 11.91 10.7 Level 6 .................................................. 21.18 7.9 21.58 6.4 – – Police officers................................................... 24.03 7.2 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.03 7.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.21 6.9 8.75 13.0 7.47 6.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.61 9.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.23 5.3 – – 7.38 13.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.63 5.1 9.74 5.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.21 6.4 9.68 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.89 5.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.82 6.1 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.48 1.1 – – 7.29 1.9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.50 1.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.29 6.3 10.66 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.60 3.0 12.01 2.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.43 6.7 10.93 7.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.60 3.0 12.01 2.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.96 9.2 11.23 9.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.67 3.2 12.13 2.1 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.33 9.9 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.22 6.7 9.96 5.3 10.50 13.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.39 3.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.64 3.6 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.70 6.1 10.27 7.5 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.01 11.3 24.39 13.8 9.11 4.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.52 5.3 – – 8.47 6.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.95 13.0 – – 10.03 11.7 Level 5 .................................................. 21.00 3.3 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.98 5.1 21.98 5.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.76 9.8 13.11 5.2 8.81 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.48 5.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.95 13.0 – – 10.03 11.7 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.63 5.5 11.28 6.4 8.66 2.7 Cashiers...................................................... 9.63 5.5 11.28 6.4 8.66 2.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.87 12.1 14.36 .0 9.00 7.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.67 9.5 – – 10.66 12.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.25 13.5 35.93 13.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.72 4.9 17.07 4.9 12.20 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.44 4.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.40 5.9 13.83 6.3 11.61 10.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.67 3.9 14.74 4.0 13.23 15.9 Level 5 .................................................. 16.39 3.9 16.47 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.68 3.0 20.68 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.15 4.1 24.15 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.89 10.5 15.96 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 27.16 6.7 27.16 6.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.47 5.8 12.54 6.5 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.87 3.9 11.87 4.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.25 5.0 14.29 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.77 6.4 14.77 6.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.81 4.3 15.03 4.0 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.33 7.6 14.41 8.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.43 4.0 19.57 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.33 5.9 14.47 6.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.03 5.9 18.03 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.73 2.5 20.73 2.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.56 6.7 21.56 6.7 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 13.94 2.8 13.94 2.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.93 5.1 18.23 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 8.5 14.50 9.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.41 7.2 15.93 9.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.52 12.9 15.52 12.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.95 9.4 22.00 9.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 24.64 17.7 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.51 11.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 30.51 19.1 30.51 19.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 20.41 17.1 20.41 17.1 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 28.10 7.9 28.10 7.9 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.10 7.9 28.10 7.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.59 4.7 20.76 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.55 14.7 15.55 14.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.38 6.0 24.38 6.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.29 4.7 22.29 4.7 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.02 12.1 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.74 5.2 19.74 5.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.13 7.9 17.13 7.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.28 3.5 18.94 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.66 6.9 10.19 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 24.25 8.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.64 6.3 16.64 6.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.30 7.2 19.30 7.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.94 5.3 25.94 5.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.57 27.4 18.57 27.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 27.45 6.0 27.45 6.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.48 9.0 17.30 10.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.76 6.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.36 12.6 12.27 17.0 12.61 9.0 Level 3 .................................................. 19.46 13.2 19.64 14.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.20 6.1 21.20 6.1 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.01 16.8 18.52 16.9 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.48 8.2 22.48 8.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.02 10.4 21.30 10.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.87 9.3 12.31 12.1 10.79 13.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.78 6.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 13.1 12.27 17.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.87 10.8 12.35 14.7 10.86 13.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.81 5.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.39 15.2 – – – – 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), Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.34 6.1 $22.40 4.2 $15.19 28.0 Management occupations.............................................. 40.14 7.0 40.14 7.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.17 9.4 25.17 9.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.90 12.6 44.90 12.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.29 20.0 49.29 20.0 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 53.12 22.6 53.12 22.6 – – Financial managers................................................ 34.44 14.9 34.44 14.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.72 7.3 30.77 8.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.74 3.0 20.74 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.82 8.4 32.62 9.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.95 4.8 41.95 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.28 8.6 28.28 8.6 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.39 10.3 20.39 10.3 – – Management analysts............................................... 42.00 7.7 42.00 7.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.54 7.5 34.27 10.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.66 15.2 34.66 15.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.90 6.0 40.40 7.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.79 2.5 38.79 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.74 4.3 38.74 4.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.14 3.4 41.14 3.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.73 1.3 45.73 1.3 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.73 2.1 40.73 2.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.12 4.2 39.12 4.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.73 1.3 45.73 1.3 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.48 7.5 40.48 7.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.99 15.2 33.99 15.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.95 9.0 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 42.63 18.1 42.63 18.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.87 19.5 22.61 21.7 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.23 5.9 27.28 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.00 4.7 26.00 4.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... – – 37.37 21.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.73 10.5 17.80 12.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.22 12.0 26.22 12.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.23 1.9 24.99 1.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.60 2.0 28.53 2.7 28.84 3.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.11 16.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.39 13.2 34.15 15.4 28.26 1.6 Level 9 .................................................. 29.16 2.0 29.19 2.3 29.05 4.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.44 5.7 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 28.54 1.9 28.54 1.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.96 7.8 17.11 9.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.10 3.4 11.91 4.1 9.57 10.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.14 1.9 11.12 2.0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.25 6.8 11.84 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.44 2.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.85 4.2 11.84 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.44 2.9 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.96 6.7 11.86 8.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... – – – – 10.25 5.2 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.72 2.4 7.94 5.1 7.42 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.61 9.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.23 5.3 – – 7.38 13.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.61 5.1 9.74 5.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.18 6.3 9.68 5.7 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.82 6.1 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.48 1.1 – – 7.29 1.9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.50 1.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.96 5.4 10.30 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.67 3.2 12.13 2.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.05 5.7 10.50 6.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.67 3.2 12.13 2.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.45 6.4 10.67 6.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.67 3.2 12.13 2.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.13 7.3 9.84 5.5 10.45 14.8 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.56 6.9 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.08 11.5 24.58 14.2 9.11 4.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.52 5.3 – – 8.47 6.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.95 13.0 – – 10.03 11.7 Level 5 .................................................. 21.00 3.3 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.98 5.1 21.98 5.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.75 10.0 13.18 4.9 8.81 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.48 5.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.95 13.0 – – 10.03 11.7 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.59 5.9 11.30 7.0 8.66 2.7 Cashiers...................................................... 9.59 5.9 11.30 7.0 8.66 2.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.87 12.1 14.36 .0 9.00 7.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.67 9.5 – – 10.66 12.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.25 13.5 35.93 13.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.78 5.3 17.14 5.3 12.38 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 12.59 3.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.43 5.9 13.83 6.3 11.69 10.8 Level 4 .................................................. 14.73 4.5 14.79 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.49 4.0 16.58 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.21 2.4 21.21 2.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.22 4.7 24.22 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.89 10.5 15.96 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 28.56 2.1 28.56 2.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.47 5.8 12.54 6.5 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.87 3.9 11.87 4.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.16 5.2 14.20 5.3 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.81 4.3 15.03 4.0 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.33 7.6 14.41 8.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.47 3.4 20.47 3.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.61 3.1 15.61 3.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.83 7.4 21.83 7.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.77 5.5 19.77 5.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.41 7.2 15.93 9.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.52 12.9 15.52 12.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.15 9.8 22.21 10.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.51 11.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 30.51 19.1 30.51 19.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 20.41 17.1 20.41 17.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.63 4.9 20.80 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.38 6.0 24.38 6.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.29 4.7 22.29 4.7 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.02 12.1 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.67 6.3 19.67 6.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.91 3.1 18.57 1.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.66 6.9 10.19 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 24.25 8.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.64 6.3 16.64 6.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.30 7.2 19.30 7.2 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.57 27.4 18.57 27.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 27.45 6.0 27.45 6.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.50 9.1 17.30 10.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.76 6.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 13.1 12.27 17.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.46 13.2 19.64 14.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.20 6.1 21.20 6.1 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.01 16.8 18.52 16.9 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.48 8.2 22.48 8.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.02 10.4 21.30 10.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.87 9.3 12.31 12.1 10.79 13.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.78 6.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 13.1 12.27 17.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.87 10.8 12.35 14.7 10.86 13.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.81 5.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.39 15.2 – – – – 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), Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $25.30 3.7 $26.02 3.6 $16.23 7.0 Management occupations.............................................. 29.82 15.5 29.82 15.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.80 13.7 35.80 13.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.67 6.8 30.30 8.9 14.93 1.2 Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 5.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.56 8.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.48 6.1 34.56 5.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.64 5.7 33.12 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.88 5.5 33.94 5.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.92 7.1 32.92 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.55 5.6 33.55 5.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.24 9.4 31.24 9.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.67 8.6 31.67 8.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.01 3.0 36.01 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.26 .8 37.26 .8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.57 2.3 33.00 8.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.24 7.5 34.44 7.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.97 3.5 32.58 4.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.18 3.9 33.39 3.6 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.75 7.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 5.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.98 3.9 28.03 4.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.09 4.4 24.38 2.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.63 9.3 – – – – Police officers................................................... 24.03 7.2 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.03 7.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.10 8.4 16.42 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.31 4.6 14.41 4.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.88 11.7 17.23 12.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.04 6.7 14.19 6.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.58 10.2 16.06 11.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.01 9.0 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.84 5.3 $22.90 3.7 $15.26 26.0 Management occupations.............................................. 38.61 6.8 38.61 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.97 6.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.19 8.9 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 33.59 10.6 33.59 10.6 – – Group III................................................. 33.59 10.6 33.59 10.6 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 53.12 22.6 53.12 22.6 – – Financial managers................................................ 34.44 14.9 34.44 14.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.28 6.9 31.34 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 20.33 5.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.63 4.2 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.20 22.2 24.20 22.2 – – Management analysts............................................... 40.54 6.8 40.54 6.8 – – Group III................................................. 42.97 3.7 42.97 3.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.54 7.5 34.27 10.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.66 15.2 34.66 15.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.17 5.5 39.68 6.5 – – Group III................................................. 46.05 3.7 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.92 2.7 37.92 2.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.09 2.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.24 2.7 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 40.73 2.1 40.73 2.1 – – Group III................................................. 41.69 1.8 – – – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.48 7.5 40.48 7.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.70 13.0 36.08 14.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.42 7.5 18.06 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 16.27 6.9 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 50.00 17.4 50.00 17.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.45 6.8 29.64 8.4 14.40 4.4 Group I................................................... 12.49 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.00 9.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.44 5.9 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.65 6.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.65 6.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.64 5.7 33.12 7.1 – – Group III................................................. 33.88 5.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.92 7.1 32.92 7.1 – – Group III................................................. 33.55 5.6 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.24 9.4 31.24 9.4 – – Group III................................................. 31.67 8.6 31.67 8.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.01 3.0 36.01 3.0 – – Group III................................................. 37.26 .8 37.26 .8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.57 2.3 33.00 8.7 – – Group III................................................. 34.24 7.5 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.97 3.5 32.58 4.2 – – Group III................................................. 33.18 3.9 33.39 3.6 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 19.68 4.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.68 4.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.75 5.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.75 5.2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.23 5.9 27.28 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.79 15.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.46 10.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... – – 35.86 19.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.91 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.55 4.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.75 12.4 33.44 14.7 28.60 1.8 Group II.................................................. 26.36 2.7 25.75 2.9 – – Group III................................................. 36.81 14.6 38.02 17.5 29.05 4.2 Therapists........................................................ 29.48 4.2 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.12 5.3 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 28.77 1.7 28.77 1.7 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.93 4.8 25.93 4.8 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.96 7.8 17.11 9.6 – – Group II.................................................. 17.04 8.2 17.11 9.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.39 4.4 12.06 4.5 9.69 10.8 Group I................................................... 10.42 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.90 7.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.32 5.3 11.30 1.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.24 5.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.91 4.3 11.84 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.97 5.3 11.89 5.2 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.70 8.2 12.68 9.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.66 17.8 18.46 17.8 11.91 10.7 Group II.................................................. 22.13 4.9 – – – – Police officers................................................... 24.03 7.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.03 7.2 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.03 7.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.03 7.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.21 6.9 8.75 13.0 7.47 6.7 Group I................................................... 7.67 1.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.21 6.4 9.68 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.21 6.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.82 6.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.80 5.8 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.48 1.1 – – 7.29 1.9 Group I................................................... 7.48 1.1 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.50 1.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.50 1.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.29 6.3 10.66 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.19 6.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.43 6.7 10.93 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 10.33 6.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.96 9.2 11.23 9.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.96 9.2 11.23 9.6 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.33 9.9 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.22 6.7 9.96 5.3 10.50 13.6 Group I................................................... 9.14 3.5 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.70 6.1 10.27 7.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.40 4.9 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.01 11.3 24.39 13.8 9.11 4.0 Group I................................................... 9.41 5.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.59 5.5 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.76 9.8 13.11 5.2 8.81 4.1 Group I................................................... 9.40 6.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.63 5.5 11.28 6.4 8.66 2.7 Group I................................................... 9.31 4.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.63 5.5 11.28 6.4 8.66 2.7 Group I................................................... 9.31 4.9 – – 8.51 2.4 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.87 12.1 14.36 .0 9.00 7.5 Group I................................................... 9.52 9.1 – – 8.99 7.8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.25 13.5 35.93 13.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.72 4.9 17.07 4.9 12.20 6.0 Group I................................................... 14.04 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.32 4.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 27.16 6.7 27.16 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 27.16 6.7 27.16 6.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.47 5.8 12.54 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.26 4.2 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 11.87 3.9 11.87 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.66 2.8 11.61 3.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.25 5.0 14.29 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.85 4.7 13.85 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 15.06 11.7 15.06 11.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.81 4.3 15.03 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.81 4.3 15.03 4.0 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.33 7.6 14.41 8.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.43 4.0 19.57 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.01 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.97 3.3 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.56 6.7 21.56 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.97 8.4 21.97 8.4 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 13.94 2.8 13.94 2.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.93 5.1 18.23 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.88 4.4 14.21 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 20.76 4.0 20.76 4.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.41 7.2 15.93 9.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.99 8.2 15.44 12.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.95 9.4 22.00 9.6 – – Group I................................................... 20.38 10.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.20 11.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 30.51 19.1 30.51 19.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 20.41 17.1 20.41 17.1 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 28.10 7.9 28.10 7.9 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.10 7.9 28.10 7.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.59 4.7 20.76 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.81 6.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.31 4.8 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.02 12.1 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.74 5.2 19.74 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 21.08 5.0 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.13 7.9 17.13 7.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.28 3.5 18.94 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 15.80 5.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.67 6.7 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.57 27.4 18.57 27.4 – – Group I................................................... 18.57 27.4 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 27.45 6.0 27.45 6.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.48 9.0 17.30 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.74 4.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.33 17.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.01 16.8 18.52 16.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.35 17.3 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.48 8.2 22.48 8.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.02 10.4 21.30 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 21.02 10.4 21.30 10.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.87 9.3 12.31 12.1 10.79 13.7 Group I................................................... 11.73 9.4 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.87 10.8 12.35 14.7 10.86 13.6 Group I................................................... 11.72 10.9 12.14 15.0 10.86 13.6 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), Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.89 $11.44 $17.55 $26.56 $38.33 Management occupations.............................................. 18.91 23.47 32.31 49.41 60.45 General and operations managers................................... 25.89 29.14 33.65 35.36 54.41 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 11.82 11.82 58.76 58.76 90.91 Financial managers................................................ 24.40 27.47 27.84 46.15 46.15 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.66 20.43 29.09 37.51 52.06 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 15.39 15.39 20.43 22.95 52.06 Management analysts............................................... 26.24 31.25 41.21 46.02 56.59 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.22 22.22 35.90 37.51 37.51 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.70 20.08 31.26 43.27 55.31 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.08 30.19 38.69 49.12 54.63 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.00 29.83 39.30 45.32 49.59 Engineers......................................................... 28.83 34.20 42.32 45.32 50.49 Electrical engineers.......................................... 27.69 32.66 42.96 48.89 54.51 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.00 26.46 28.70 36.60 51.41 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.50 15.00 15.54 18.93 18.93 Legal occupations................................................... 25.39 39.90 55.50 62.75 62.75 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.74 17.30 27.05 36.23 42.05 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.94 31.53 34.80 40.23 47.82 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.89 26.47 31.19 39.06 44.54 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.09 26.47 30.84 38.33 44.55 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.50 26.47 28.28 36.62 40.01 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.96 28.77 35.62 44.55 46.58 Secondary school teachers....................................... 19.31 24.93 29.57 40.30 42.46 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 18.23 25.03 29.57 37.04 43.09 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 13.62 15.00 18.33 23.47 26.52 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.69 11.50 12.74 13.45 14.29 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.67 17.79 24.28 32.45 36.23 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations Registered nurses................................................. 22.30 24.79 28.43 33.63 56.12 Therapists........................................................ 22.68 25.49 28.64 35.73 36.97 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.32 15.22 22.17 24.90 27.83 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 19.18 24.84 25.51 37.58 39.46 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 19.33 22.34 25.51 27.02 37.58 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 13.00 13.19 17.59 19.69 20.22 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.45 9.25 11.00 12.81 15.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.45 8.45 9.96 11.09 12.73 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.81 11.09 11.09 12.73 14.13 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 11.00 11.33 15.00 17.12 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.75 10.50 16.73 21.69 27.71 Police officers................................................... 18.25 20.41 25.88 25.88 31.21 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.25 20.41 25.88 25.88 31.21 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.62 6.63 7.49 10.00 10.36 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.44 9.30 10.36 10.46 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.62 3.62 5.00 7.03 8.99 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.63 6.63 7.49 8.00 8.36 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.63 6.63 7.49 8.00 8.36 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.23 8.50 9.50 11.88 13.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.23 8.00 9.51 12.36 15.24 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.23 8.00 10.50 12.36 15.24 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.00 8.00 8.50 10.60 12.47 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.22 8.24 9.04 12.50 14.17 Personal and home care aides...................................... 8.24 8.24 9.00 10.45 12.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 8.97 12.98 21.78 44.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.70 9.00 12.08 17.57 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.36 8.97 10.35 12.98 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.36 8.97 10.35 12.98 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.35 8.89 9.86 14.76 19.82 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 21.84 22.18 36.46 44.86 53.13 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.13 13.00 15.76 19.28 24.50 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.11 27.88 27.88 29.64 29.64 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.00 10.95 14.56 17.40 Tellers......................................................... 10.15 10.76 10.95 12.54 14.56 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 12.86 13.00 14.90 18.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.00 13.00 15.86 15.86 15.86 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.10 14.00 14.70 15.50 16.40 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.78 17.39 19.71 21.39 25.29 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.62 20.04 20.38 23.55 26.36 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.25 12.25 13.37 15.02 16.42 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.54 14.93 19.10 19.36 23.67 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.00 13.65 13.98 16.86 19.37 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 15.50 22.00 27.24 32.16 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 17.50 17.50 35.60 35.60 42.21 Construction laborers............................................. 11.16 17.00 18.00 27.24 27.24 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.18 31.09 31.09 32.16 32.16 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.18 31.09 31.09 32.16 32.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.50 17.15 20.81 25.75 27.00 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 11.07 11.39 18.00 18.00 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.00 15.65 20.30 22.36 26.05 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.54 14.00 17.15 18.41 22.68 Production occupations.............................................. 9.51 10.50 17.10 24.65 28.71 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.15 10.15 10.15 28.48 28.71 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 21.13 28.48 28.48 29.77 30.55 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 9.50 14.76 21.84 27.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.25 9.47 17.00 23.40 28.78 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.00 20.25 21.84 23.40 28.78 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.85 15.45 21.84 27.95 27.95 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.16 9.00 10.00 15.33 15.33 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.16 9.00 10.00 15.33 15.33 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), Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.07 $17.10 $25.78 $37.09 Management occupations.............................................. 18.91 23.92 33.65 54.41 62.98 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 11.82 11.82 58.76 58.76 90.91 Financial managers................................................ 24.40 27.47 27.84 46.15 46.15 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.62 20.43 26.45 37.51 49.04 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 15.39 15.39 20.43 20.75 26.54 Management analysts............................................... 23.71 31.91 43.75 48.09 58.41 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.22 22.22 35.90 37.51 37.51 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.70 20.08 31.26 43.27 55.31 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.08 30.34 39.81 50.42 54.63 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.58 31.71 41.31 45.32 50.04 Engineers......................................................... 28.83 34.20 42.32 45.32 50.49 Electrical engineers.......................................... 27.69 32.66 42.96 48.89 54.51 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.14 26.46 28.70 36.60 70.38 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.50 14.61 15.39 18.93 18.93 Legal occupations................................................... 23.34 31.49 39.90 54.58 64.35 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.74 12.74 13.50 27.94 31.66 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.67 17.79 24.28 32.45 36.23 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations Registered nurses................................................. 22.30 25.32 28.43 34.17 56.46 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.32 15.22 21.69 23.54 28.80 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 18.95 24.84 25.51 36.11 39.46 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 13.00 13.19 17.59 19.69 20.22 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.45 8.72 11.00 12.00 15.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.45 8.45 9.50 11.09 13.29 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.81 11.09 11.09 12.71 14.13 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.98 10.30 11.00 14.80 15.61 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.62 6.63 7.49 9.25 10.36 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.44 9.00 10.36 10.36 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.62 3.62 5.00 7.03 8.99 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.63 6.63 7.49 8.00 8.36 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.63 6.63 7.49 8.00 8.36 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.23 8.00 9.25 11.74 12.47 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.23 8.00 9.50 12.36 13.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.23 8.00 10.24 12.36 15.24 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.67 8.24 9.00 12.53 14.17 Personal and home care aides...................................... 8.24 8.24 9.00 10.18 12.20 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 8.97 12.98 21.78 44.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.61 9.00 12.00 18.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.36 8.97 10.31 12.98 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.36 8.97 10.31 12.98 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.35 8.89 9.86 14.76 19.82 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 21.84 22.18 36.46 44.86 53.13 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.13 13.00 15.86 19.20 25.23 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 27.88 27.88 27.88 29.64 29.64 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.00 10.95 14.56 17.40 Tellers......................................................... 10.15 10.76 10.95 12.54 14.56 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 12.38 13.00 14.40 17.50 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.00 13.00 15.86 15.86 15.86 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.10 14.00 14.70 15.50 16.40 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.02 19.10 20.38 21.80 25.23 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.55 20.38 20.38 23.55 28.48 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.93 19.10 19.10 21.59 26.59 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.00 13.65 13.98 16.86 19.37 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 15.50 25.78 27.24 32.16 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 17.50 17.50 35.60 35.60 42.21 Construction laborers............................................. 11.16 17.00 18.00 27.24 27.24 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.06 17.15 20.81 25.75 27.00 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 11.07 11.39 18.00 18.00 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.39 15.65 17.15 22.36 26.05 Production occupations.............................................. 9.45 10.50 16.26 23.61 28.48 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.15 10.15 10.15 28.48 28.71 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 21.13 28.48 28.48 29.77 30.55 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 9.50 14.76 21.84 27.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.25 9.47 17.00 23.40 28.78 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.00 20.25 21.84 23.40 28.78 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.85 15.45 21.84 27.95 27.95 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.16 9.00 10.00 15.33 15.33 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.16 9.00 10.00 15.33 15.33 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), Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.33 $16.21 $23.47 $31.21 $41.07 Management occupations.............................................. 16.35 18.12 27.16 40.21 47.84 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.75 31.03 32.26 41.72 52.06 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.90 22.74 27.46 37.50 42.49 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.89 26.47 31.19 39.06 44.54 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.09 26.47 30.84 38.33 44.55 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.50 26.47 28.28 36.62 40.01 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.96 28.77 35.62 44.55 46.58 Secondary school teachers....................................... 19.31 24.93 29.57 40.30 42.46 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 18.23 25.03 29.57 37.04 43.09 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.14 11.50 12.81 13.60 14.97 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.64 23.16 28.64 32.59 36.02 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.73 19.17 23.31 27.71 31.21 Police officers................................................... 18.25 20.41 25.88 25.88 31.21 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.25 20.41 25.88 25.88 31.21 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.88 12.77 15.19 19.31 22.02 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.54 12.77 16.61 19.31 26.36 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.54 11.81 15.46 19.31 19.31 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), Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $13.24 $19.33 $27.71 $40.21 Management occupations.............................................. 18.91 23.47 32.31 49.41 60.45 General and operations managers................................... 25.89 29.14 33.65 35.36 54.41 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 11.82 11.82 58.76 58.76 90.91 Financial managers................................................ 24.40 27.47 27.84 46.15 46.15 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.66 20.43 29.09 37.87 52.06 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 15.39 15.39 20.43 22.95 52.06 Management analysts............................................... 26.24 31.25 41.21 46.02 56.59 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.15 36.26 36.26 37.51 37.51 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.70 20.08 31.26 43.27 55.31 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.08 28.80 37.55 46.97 54.63 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.00 29.83 39.30 45.32 49.59 Engineers......................................................... 28.83 34.20 42.32 45.32 50.49 Electrical engineers.......................................... 27.69 32.66 42.96 48.89 54.51 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.14 26.46 28.70 36.60 70.38 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.61 15.00 15.54 18.93 18.93 Legal occupations................................................... 25.39 39.90 55.50 62.75 62.75 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.50 23.86 28.72 37.99 42.96 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.55 26.47 31.61 39.21 44.55 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.09 26.47 30.84 38.33 44.55 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.50 26.47 28.28 36.62 40.01 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.96 28.77 35.62 44.55 46.58 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.55 25.96 32.02 40.30 42.48 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.55 26.13 30.76 38.13 43.35 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.67 18.00 24.28 32.45 36.39 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.60 21.97 28.00 33.63 57.06 Registered nurses................................................. 21.57 23.85 28.75 34.17 56.88 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 19.18 24.84 25.51 37.58 39.46 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 19.33 22.34 25.51 27.02 37.58 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 13.00 13.00 18.01 20.22 20.22 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.38 10.28 11.09 13.74 15.61 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.96 9.96 11.09 11.58 14.13 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.81 11.09 11.09 12.60 14.13 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 11.00 11.33 15.00 17.12 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.92 11.00 18.32 24.48 27.73 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.62 3.63 8.75 10.36 10.99 Cooks............................................................. 7.44 8.31 10.36 10.36 11.20 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.23 8.50 10.00 12.36 15.24 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.23 8.50 10.50 12.36 15.24 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.23 7.23 11.45 12.36 15.24 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.00 9.00 9.07 12.28 12.59 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.00 9.00 9.07 11.50 12.59 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.86 12.98 19.99 31.34 44.86 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.16 9.86 12.30 15.36 19.82 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.86 9.16 11.41 12.98 13.39 Cashiers...................................................... 8.86 9.16 11.41 12.98 13.39 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.51 10.20 13.00 19.82 19.82 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 22.18 22.18 44.72 44.86 53.13 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.43 13.16 15.86 19.47 25.69 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.11 27.88 27.88 29.64 29.64 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.00 10.95 14.56 17.40 Tellers......................................................... 10.00 10.76 10.95 13.78 14.56 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 13.00 13.00 14.99 18.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.00 14.18 15.86 15.86 15.86 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.10 13.59 14.98 15.60 16.40 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.37 17.55 19.71 21.39 25.29 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.62 20.04 20.38 23.55 26.36 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.25 12.25 13.37 15.02 16.42 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.54 14.99 19.10 19.36 24.01 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.00 13.65 13.65 18.12 19.37 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 15.50 22.00 27.24 32.16 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 17.50 17.50 35.60 35.60 42.21 Construction laborers............................................. 11.16 17.00 18.00 27.24 27.24 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.18 31.09 31.09 32.16 32.16 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.18 31.09 31.09 32.16 32.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.00 17.20 20.81 25.75 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.00 15.65 20.30 22.36 26.05 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.54 14.00 17.15 18.41 22.68 Production occupations.............................................. 10.15 12.00 17.68 25.02 28.71 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.15 10.15 10.15 28.48 28.71 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 21.13 28.48 28.48 29.77 30.55 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.35 10.15 15.83 22.78 27.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.47 9.47 19.70 23.40 28.78 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.00 20.25 21.84 23.40 28.78 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.95 18.36 21.84 27.95 27.95 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.00 9.35 10.40 15.33 15.33 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 9.00 10.00 15.33 15.33 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), Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.03 $7.50 $8.97 $12.74 $17.46 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.59 12.74 12.74 15.00 18.23 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations Registered nurses................................................. 25.60 27.04 27.14 30.93 32.19 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.45 8.45 8.45 9.25 14.58 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.00 10.00 10.50 12.97 16.24 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.00 6.63 7.03 8.00 9.20 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.63 6.63 7.25 7.75 8.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 8.24 8.24 14.17 14.17 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.35 8.00 8.89 8.97 10.70 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.35 7.55 8.89 8.97 10.30 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 7.50 8.97 8.97 10.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 7.50 8.97 8.97 10.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.35 7.90 8.89 8.89 10.40 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.00 12.77 14.00 15.98 Transportation and material moving occupations Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 8.00 10.00 11.32 16.85 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.13 10.00 11.32 17.35 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.90 $19.33 $911 $764 39.8 $46,357 $39,374 2,025 Management occupations.............................................. 38.61 32.31 1,576 1,414 40.8 81,328 72,800 2,107 General and operations managers................................... 33.59 33.65 1,435 1,414 42.7 74,642 73,549 2,222 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 53.12 58.76 2,150 2,350 40.5 111,814 122,221 2,105 Financial managers................................................ 34.44 27.84 1,335 1,114 38.8 69,402 57,907 2,015 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.34 29.09 1,251 1,171 39.9 64,944 61,090 2,072 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.20 20.43 968 817 40.0 49,922 42,501 2,063 Management analysts............................................... 40.54 41.21 1,621 1,648 40.0 84,314 85,717 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.27 36.26 1,371 1,450 40.0 71,283 75,421 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.66 31.26 1,379 1,250 39.8 71,703 65,025 2,068 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.68 37.55 1,636 1,514 41.2 85,052 78,728 2,144 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.92 39.30 1,491 1,586 39.3 77,548 82,451 2,045 Engineers......................................................... 40.73 42.32 1,595 1,595 39.2 82,932 82,914 2,036 Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.48 42.96 1,619 1,718 40.0 84,203 89,357 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 36.08 28.70 1,443 1,148 40.0 73,445 59,690 2,036 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.06 15.54 720 622 39.9 36,750 36,774 2,034 Legal occupations................................................... 50.00 55.50 1,998 2,212 40.0 103,899 115,003 2,078 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.64 28.72 1,131 1,115 38.2 43,528 42,719 1,469 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.12 31.61 1,281 1,226 38.7 48,047 46,702 1,451 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.92 30.84 1,278 1,206 38.8 48,064 46,155 1,460 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.24 28.28 1,204 1,107 38.5 45,495 41,629 1,456 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.01 35.62 1,416 1,400 39.3 52,832 52,052 1,467 Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.00 32.02 1,268 1,226 38.4 46,827 45,201 1,419 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.58 30.76 1,253 1,185 38.5 46,370 44,336 1,423 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.28 24.28 1,091 971 40.0 56,740 50,500 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.86 28.00 1,410 1,036 39.3 72,614 53,050 2,025 Registered nurses................................................. 33.44 28.75 1,288 1,121 38.5 66,990 58,302 2,003 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 28.77 25.51 1,141 1,020 39.7 59,334 53,050 2,062 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.93 25.51 1,024 1,020 39.5 53,261 53,050 2,054 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.11 18.01 677 720 39.5 35,180 37,440 2,056 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.06 11.09 466 436 38.6 24,208 22,672 2,007 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.30 11.09 435 416 38.5 22,623 21,627 2,002 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.84 11.09 446 416 37.7 23,198 21,627 1,959 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.68 11.33 491 440 38.7 25,556 22,880 2,015 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.46 18.32 769 760 41.6 39,977 39,520 2,165 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.75 8.75 320 335 36.5 16,624 17,412 1,900 Cooks............................................................. 9.68 10.36 368 363 38.0 19,127 18,859 1,976 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.66 10.00 425 383 39.9 22,109 19,906 2,073 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.93 10.50 436 420 39.8 22,649 21,840 2,072 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.23 11.45 447 448 39.8 23,230 23,296 2,069 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.96 9.07 398 363 40.0 20,657 18,928 2,074 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.27 9.07 411 363 40.0 21,353 18,866 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.39 19.99 972 793 39.9 50,207 41,221 2,058 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.11 12.30 518 483 39.5 26,477 24,128 2,020 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.28 11.41 449 456 39.8 22,354 21,694 1,982 Cashiers...................................................... 11.28 11.41 449 456 39.8 22,354 21,694 1,982 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.36 13.00 565 503 39.4 29,399 26,166 2,047 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.93 44.72 1,448 1,789 40.3 75,271 93,024 2,095 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.07 15.86 676 634 39.6 35,033 32,989 2,052 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 27.16 27.88 1,055 1,046 38.8 54,835 54,366 2,019 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.54 10.95 499 438 39.8 25,973 22,772 2,072 Tellers......................................................... 11.87 10.95 475 438 40.0 24,699 22,772 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.29 13.00 571 520 40.0 29,705 27,040 2,078 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.03 15.86 597 634 39.7 31,026 32,989 2,064 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.41 14.98 576 599 40.0 29,969 31,158 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.57 19.71 763 772 39.0 39,180 40,165 2,002 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.56 20.38 862 815 40.0 44,843 42,397 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.94 13.37 517 511 37.1 26,903 26,562 1,930 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.23 19.10 715 764 39.2 36,000 39,736 1,975 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.93 13.65 622 546 39.1 32,352 28,392 2,031 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.00 22.00 902 880 41.0 43,739 42,494 1,988 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 30.51 35.60 1,183 1,424 38.8 61,512 74,048 2,016 Construction laborers............................................. 20.41 18.00 815 720 39.9 38,554 42,494 1,889 Construction equipment operators.................................. 28.10 31.09 1,124 1,244 40.0 52,746 48,500 1,877 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.10 31.09 1,124 1,244 40.0 52,746 48,500 1,877 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.76 20.81 830 832 40.0 43,170 43,279 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.74 20.30 789 812 40.0 41,053 42,216 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.13 17.15 685 686 40.0 35,623 35,672 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.94 17.68 755 707 39.9 39,279 36,774 2,074 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.57 10.15 743 406 40.0 38,629 21,108 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 27.45 28.48 1,098 1,139 40.0 57,096 59,238 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.30 15.83 699 616 40.4 36,035 32,926 2,082 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.52 19.70 775 873 41.9 39,122 44,897 2,113 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.48 21.84 983 936 43.7 48,185 47,174 2,143 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.30 21.84 852 874 40.0 44,304 45,427 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.31 10.40 487 416 39.6 25,308 21,632 2,057 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.35 10.00 488 400 39.5 25,356 20,800 2,052 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.40 $18.61 $892 $733 39.8 $46,071 $38,066 2,056 Management occupations.............................................. 40.14 33.65 1,641 1,470 40.9 85,327 76,440 2,126 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 53.12 58.76 2,150 2,350 40.5 111,814 122,221 2,105 Financial managers................................................ 34.44 27.84 1,335 1,114 38.8 69,402 57,907 2,015 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.77 26.24 1,231 1,058 40.0 63,999 55,016 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.39 20.43 823 817 40.4 42,811 42,501 2,099 Management analysts............................................... 42.00 43.75 1,680 1,750 40.0 87,352 91,000 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.27 36.26 1,371 1,450 40.0 71,283 75,421 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.66 31.26 1,379 1,250 39.8 71,703 65,025 2,068 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.40 38.69 1,670 1,635 41.3 86,836 85,010 2,149 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.79 41.31 1,524 1,587 39.3 79,231 82,524 2,042 Engineers......................................................... 40.73 42.32 1,595 1,595 39.2 82,932 82,914 2,036 Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.48 42.96 1,619 1,718 40.0 84,203 89,357 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.99 28.70 1,360 1,148 40.0 70,705 59,690 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 42.63 39.90 1,702 1,596 39.9 88,526 82,992 2,077 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.61 18.33 900 733 39.8 44,307 35,984 1,960 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.28 24.28 1,091 971 40.0 56,740 50,500 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.37 27.97 1,472 1,020 39.4 76,549 53,050 2,048 Registered nurses................................................. 34.15 29.01 1,324 1,144 38.8 68,871 59,467 2,017 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 28.54 25.51 1,133 1,020 39.7 58,925 53,050 2,065 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.11 18.01 677 720 39.5 35,180 37,440 2,056 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.91 11.09 454 434 38.1 23,586 22,564 1,980 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.84 11.09 446 416 37.7 23,198 21,627 1,959 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.84 11.09 446 416 37.7 23,198 21,627 1,959 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.86 11.00 456 440 38.4 23,705 22,880 1,998 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.94 8.36 289 335 36.4 15,038 17,412 1,893 Cooks............................................................. 9.68 10.36 368 363 38.0 19,127 18,859 1,976 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.30 9.50 410 380 39.9 21,337 19,760 2,073 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.50 10.50 418 420 39.8 21,748 21,840 2,071 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.67 10.50 424 420 39.8 22,051 21,840 2,067 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.84 9.04 394 362 40.0 20,411 18,805 2,073 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.58 19.99 981 800 39.9 50,998 41,585 2,075 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.18 12.43 522 486 39.6 27,146 25,251 2,060 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.30 11.70 452 468 40.0 23,499 24,336 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 11.30 11.70 452 468 40.0 23,499 24,336 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.36 13.00 565 503 39.4 29,399 26,166 2,047 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.93 44.72 1,448 1,789 40.3 75,271 93,024 2,095 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.14 15.86 679 634 39.6 35,283 32,989 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 28.56 27.88 1,105 1,046 38.7 57,467 54,366 2,012 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.54 10.95 499 438 39.8 25,973 22,772 2,072 Tellers......................................................... 11.87 10.95 475 438 40.0 24,699 22,772 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.20 13.00 568 520 40.0 29,519 27,040 2,078 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.03 15.86 597 634 39.7 31,026 32,989 2,064 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.41 14.98 576 599 40.0 29,969 31,158 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.47 20.38 793 802 38.8 41,253 41,711 2,015 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.83 20.38 873 815 40.0 45,408 42,397 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.77 19.10 775 764 39.2 40,312 39,736 2,040 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.93 13.65 622 546 39.1 32,352 28,392 2,031 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.21 25.78 912 880 41.1 44,096 43,680 1,985 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 30.51 35.60 1,183 1,424 38.8 61,512 74,048 2,016 Construction laborers............................................. 20.41 18.00 815 720 39.9 38,554 42,494 1,889 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.80 20.81 832 832 40.0 43,267 43,279 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.67 17.15 787 686 40.0 40,905 35,672 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.57 17.47 741 699 39.9 38,521 36,331 2,074 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.57 10.15 743 406 40.0 38,629 21,108 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 27.45 28.48 1,098 1,139 40.0 57,096 59,238 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.30 15.83 699 616 40.4 36,035 32,926 2,082 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.52 19.70 775 873 41.9 39,122 44,897 2,113 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.48 21.84 983 936 43.7 48,185 47,174 2,143 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.30 21.84 852 874 40.0 44,304 45,427 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.31 10.40 487 416 39.6 25,308 21,632 2,057 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.35 10.00 488 400 39.5 25,356 20,800 2,052 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $26.02 $24.55 $1,036 $986 39.8 $47,982 $43,526 1,844 Management occupations.............................................. 29.82 27.16 1,205 1,165 40.4 59,689 63,554 2,002 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.80 32.26 1,409 1,290 39.4 72,081 67,105 2,014 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.30 28.72 1,151 1,136 38.0 43,474 42,719 1,435 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.12 31.61 1,281 1,226 38.7 48,047 46,702 1,451 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.92 30.84 1,278 1,206 38.8 48,064 46,155 1,460 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.24 28.28 1,204 1,107 38.5 45,495 41,629 1,456 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.01 35.62 1,416 1,400 39.3 52,832 52,052 1,467 Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.00 32.02 1,268 1,226 38.4 46,827 45,201 1,419 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.58 30.76 1,253 1,185 38.5 46,370 44,336 1,423 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.03 28.41 1,092 1,056 38.9 53,651 53,297 1,914 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.38 24.48 1,057 1,035 43.3 54,965 53,832 2,254 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.42 15.42 653 615 39.8 32,817 31,200 1,998 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.23 16.62 681 665 39.5 33,893 34,154 1,968 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.06 16.39 629 648 39.2 30,363 29,451 1,891 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $21.34 $18.73 $23.22 $26.39 Management, professional, and related...... 37.25 30.91 46.51 36.12 Management, business, and financial...... 35.48 31.47 38.86 39.81 Professional and related................. 38.45 30.14 49.11 34.06 Service.................................... 9.58 8.74 10.53 11.03 Sales and office........................... 17.50 18.52 14.53 17.54 Sales and related........................ 19.08 21.73 13.11 20.09 Office and administrative support........ 16.78 17.09 15.50 17.14 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 20.93 20.57 22.77 22.28 Construction and extraction............. 22.15 22.11 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.63 19.72 22.28 23.18 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 17.22 15.07 16.33 25.04 Production............................... 17.91 10.83 17.66 – Transportation and material moving....... 16.50 17.40 14.49 – 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........................................................... 6.1 4.9 16.3 5.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 11.8 10.7 23.0 2.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.9 9.0 15.3 8.4 Professional and related.......................................... 16.9 14.3 28.1 5.8 Service............................................................. 4.7 5.9 4.7 6.2 Sales and office.................................................... 4.9 5.6 8.3 6.8 Sales and related................................................. 11.5 13.2 12.1 5.1 Office and administrative support................................. 5.3 6.6 8.0 7.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.8 6.8 6.8 8.1 Construction and extraction...................................... 9.8 10.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.9 6.6 6.0 4.6 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.1 11.1 5.3 2.7 Production........................................................ 3.1 18.5 2.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.1 14.7 8.5 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.44 $17.94 $812 $700 39.7 $41,750 $36,400 2,043 Management occupations.............................................. 31.14 26.25 1,265 1,030 40.6 65,795 53,561 2,113 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.18 27.13 1,283 1,085 39.9 66,737 56,420 2,074 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 39.47 37.02 1,564 1,481 39.6 81,347 77,000 2,061 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 43.77 42.77 1,884 1,711 43.0 97,953 88,970 2,238 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.16 30.24 1,125 1,210 39.9 58,486 62,899 2,077 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.88 11.00 455 440 38.3 23,647 22,880 1,990 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.73 8.31 279 334 36.0 14,485 17,378 1,874 Cooks............................................................. 9.65 10.36 366 363 38.0 19,053 18,859 1,974 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.13 9.25 405 370 40.0 21,063 19,240 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 30.10 21.78 1,207 871 40.1 62,755 45,311 2,085 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.54 16.40 693 674 39.5 36,024 35,065 2,053 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.33 20.38 783 802 38.5 40,730 41,711 2,003 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.61 13.65 605 546 38.8 31,486 28,392 2,016 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.17 25.78 911 880 41.1 43,943 43,680 1,982 Construction laborers............................................. 20.90 18.00 835 720 39.9 39,344 42,494 1,883 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.72 19.23 789 769 40.0 41,028 40,000 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 12.02 11.15 479 446 39.9 24,912 23,192 2,072 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.26 14.50 698 580 40.4 35,569 30,160 2,061 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.75 16.75 698 780 41.7 34,722 41,808 2,074 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.70 $20.39 $985 $814 39.9 $51,188 $42,104 2,072 Management occupations.............................................. 52.03 46.15 2,145 1,976 41.2 111,533 102,773 2,143 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.82 26.23 1,195 1,058 40.1 62,145 55,016 2,084 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.75 20.75 1,016 830 41.0 52,810 43,160 2,134 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.06 38.00 1,531 1,512 40.2 79,596 78,603 2,091 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.71 40.87 1,520 1,587 39.3 79,044 82,524 2,042 Engineers......................................................... 40.65 42.32 1,592 1,595 39.1 82,759 82,914 2,036 Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.48 42.96 1,619 1,718 40.0 84,203 89,357 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 36.52 28.70 1,461 1,148 40.0 75,961 59,690 2,080 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.18 24.98 1,127 999 40.0 58,608 51,958 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 39.91 25.52 1,566 1,020 39.2 81,437 53,025 2,040 Registered nurses................................................. 34.56 28.75 1,338 1,121 38.7 69,570 58,302 2,013 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 28.54 25.51 1,133 1,020 39.7 58,925 53,050 2,065 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.96 11.09 452 416 37.8 23,487 21,627 1,963 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.90 11.09 449 416 37.7 23,325 21,627 1,961 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.90 11.09 449 416 37.7 23,325 21,627 1,961 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.79 8.99 392 360 40.0 20,365 18,699 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.50 11.20 417 431 39.7 21,668 22,422 2,064 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.49 11.43 416 429 39.7 21,633 22,298 2,063 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.30 11.07 412 443 40.0 21,311 23,026 2,070 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.75 12.98 624 519 39.6 32,437 26,998 2,059 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.35 14.82 650 593 39.8 33,821 30,826 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 28.52 28.13 1,143 1,149 40.1 59,453 59,723 2,084 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.29 15.60 605 636 39.5 31,442 33,072 2,056 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.34 13.78 572 551 39.9 29,766 28,660 2,076 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.74 21.59 814 846 39.2 42,307 43,992 2,040 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.16 19.67 782 787 38.8 40,649 40,914 2,016 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.00 18.93 680 757 40.0 35,367 39,374 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.50 30.72 940 1,229 40.0 48,886 63,898 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.22 22.92 929 917 40.0 48,293 47,665 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.24 22.36 889 894 40.0 46,251 46,507 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.98 19.96 797 798 39.9 41,448 41,517 2,074 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.57 10.15 743 406 40.0 38,629 21,108 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.34 15.83 701 633 40.4 36,440 32,926 2,101 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.33 21.84 853 874 40.0 44,356 45,427 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.66 15.33 546 613 40.0 28,415 31,884 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $24.28 $23.42 $26.75 $21.49 $21.09 $24.80 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.67 25.48 32.38 36.14 37.54 30.47 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 35.12 35.44 32.29 Professional and related.......................................... 29.97 23.39 32.43 36.73 39.02 30.05 Service............................................................. 18.93 – – 10.78 9.48 19.17 Sales and office.................................................... 18.62 20.00 – 17.34 17.42 16.01 Sales and related................................................. – – – 18.91 18.98 – Office and administrative support................................. 17.65 18.92 – 16.67 16.71 16.23 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.58 26.30 – 18.49 18.47 – Construction and extraction...................................... 28.47 29.73 – 18.69 18.69 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.91 23.15 – 19.37 19.37 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 23.05 22.82 – 14.90 14.76 – Production........................................................ 23.11 22.79 – 14.90 14.55 – Transportation and material moving................................ 22.90 22.90 – 14.91 14.92 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.0 4.7 5.0 6.1 6.8 5.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.1 10.1 7.1 10.1 12.0 8.5 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 5.6 5.9 17.2 Professional and related.......................................... 7.3 5.1 9.0 14.1 17.3 9.9 Service............................................................. 9.2 – – 7.6 4.7 12.7 Sales and office.................................................... 6.7 9.8 – 4.8 5.0 10.3 Sales and related................................................. – – – 11.4 11.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.4 11.1 – 5.1 5.5 10.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.5 3.7 – 8.8 9.0 – Construction and extraction...................................... 6.2 6.7 – 15.6 15.6 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.0 4.2 – 5.4 5.6 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.2 8.2 – 6.6 6.7 – Production........................................................ 10.1 10.0 – 5.7 5.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.4 6.4 – 12.0 12.1 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.51 $19.75 $39.72 $39.72 Management, professional, and related............................... 32.36 32.85 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 33.82 34.07 51.62 51.62 Professional and related.......................................... 31.59 32.04 – – Service............................................................. 11.38 9.43 – – Sales and office.................................................... 16.08 16.10 27.95 27.95 Sales and related................................................. 13.40 13.43 33.50 33.50 Office and administrative support................................. 16.91 17.00 11.95 11.95 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.36 20.46 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 21.45 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.49 20.52 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.30 17.09 – – Production........................................................ 18.16 17.78 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.37 16.38 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.2 3.5 27.7 27.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.5 4.1 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.3 7.1 22.0 22.0 Professional and related.......................................... 4.2 4.8 – – Service............................................................. 8.5 4.1 – – Sales and office.................................................... 5.9 6.3 9.3 9.3 Sales and related................................................. 14.4 14.6 13.9 13.9 Office and administrative support................................. 5.0 5.4 8.4 8.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.0 6.3 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 10.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.8 6.2 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.0 3.9 – – Production........................................................ 3.5 3.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.6 8.7 – – 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $20.47 – – $29.92 – – – – $17.45 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 33.54 – – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 33.44 – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – 20.42 – – – – – Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.76 – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 21.13 – – – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.84 – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 7.6 – – 0.9 – – – – 9.3 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 3.3 – – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 1.9 – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – 5.9 – – – – – Sales and related................................................. – – – 7.6 – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.2 – – – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.3 – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 906,200 782,700 123,600 Management, professional, and related............................... 248,800 176,400 72,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 77,500 67,100 10,400 Professional and related.......................................... 171,400 109,300 62,000 Service............................................................. 189,000 162,400 26,600 Sales and office.................................................... 255,900 238,000 17,900 Sales and related................................................. 81,500 80,600 – Office and administrative support................................. 174,300 157,400 17,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 104,400 100,700 3,700 Construction and extraction...................................... 52,800 51,500 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 48,600 46,200 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 108,200 105,200 – Production........................................................ 51,200 49,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 57,000 56,100 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Kansas City, MO-KS, August 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 45,927 44,440 1,486 Total in sample....................................................... 285 256 29 Responding........................................................ 178 152 26 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 85 82 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 22 22 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.