NC BL 06/00/2003 Table: Kansas City, MO-KS, Bulletin 3115-71, September 2002 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $18.71 2.3 36.7 $18.37 2.9 36.6 $19.96 2.7 36.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.19 2.4 36.7 21.05 3.2 36.7 21.61 2.4 36.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.82 2.8 36.8 24.91 3.8 37.2 24.66 3.8 36.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.26 7.3 42.2 30.80 8.3 42.9 27.40 12.4 38.7 Sales............................................................. 13.03 8.3 30.1 13.03 8.3 30.1 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.18 2.6 36.1 13.30 3.4 36.2 12.79 1.5 36.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.27 3.7 38.9 17.30 4.0 38.9 16.94 2.6 38.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.29 4.0 39.8 21.57 4.4 39.8 19.29 5.0 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 16.99 2.0 39.6 16.99 2.0 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.68 7.1 39.1 17.98 7.7 39.7 13.25 3.0 31.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.81 7.2 37.2 12.74 7.7 37.0 13.94 2.6 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.46 5.9 33.4 9.46 9.6 31.8 15.87 9.0 37.6 Full time........................................................... 19.70 1.8 40.0 19.52 2.2 40.2 20.31 2.9 39.2 Part time........................................................... 9.59 5.9 20.9 9.06 6.5 21.3 13.68 4.4 17.8 Union............................................................... 20.07 2.7 39.5 19.84 3.1 39.9 20.70 5.5 38.5 Nonunion............................................................ 18.35 2.9 36.0 18.03 3.6 35.9 19.69 3.4 36.2 Time................................................................ 18.56 2.1 36.6 18.17 2.7 36.5 19.96 2.7 36.8 Incentive........................................................... 21.84 12.4 39.0 21.84 12.4 39.0 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.03 2.4 39.6 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.76 4.0 35.6 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.41 5.0 35.8 14.40 5.0 35.8 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.68 3.5 36.0 17.46 4.0 35.7 19.43 5.2 38.5 500 workers or more................................................. 21.37 2.5 37.7 22.18 3.7 38.7 20.11 2.3 36.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.71 2.3 $18.37 2.9 $19.96 2.7 All excluding sales............................................... 19.05 2.4 18.79 3.0 19.96 2.7 White collar........................................................ 21.19 2.4 21.05 3.2 21.61 2.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.07 2.6 22.25 3.5 21.61 2.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.82 2.8 24.91 3.8 24.66 3.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.27 3.0 26.77 4.2 25.51 4.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.71 5.4 33.24 5.8 – – Civil engineers............................................. 38.50 8.0 40.06 8.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.85 6.0 30.85 6.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.69 7.8 31.20 8.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.91 7.7 30.32 7.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.45 8.0 32.05 8.1 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 22.92 5.4 22.92 5.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 24.61 18.6 34.43 10.7 – – Health related................................................ 24.90 4.9 24.93 6.3 24.79 6.5 Registered nurses........................................... 22.91 3.1 23.17 3.5 21.91 5.7 Pharmacists................................................. 36.94 4.4 – – – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 21.00 1.8 21.00 1.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.67 6.4 27.34 8.8 36.01 3.9 Medical science teachers.................................... 34.41 5.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.95 4.2 19.41 12.4 27.56 4.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.70 3.9 – – 30.75 4.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.32 9.3 – – 29.28 9.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.07 2.7 – – 25.11 2.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 27.58 5.0 – – 27.88 5.7 Librarians.................................................. 27.58 5.0 – – 27.88 5.7 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 16.02 6.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.15 3.7 16.41 4.6 15.85 5.9 Social workers.............................................. 16.13 3.8 16.40 5.0 15.85 5.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 19.56 12.2 19.74 12.6 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 20.37 28.5 20.37 28.5 – – Technical....................................................... 18.72 3.7 19.14 4.5 16.75 3.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.56 10.8 18.36 14.1 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.38 2.6 19.43 3.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.66 2.2 15.22 2.6 12.40 8.7 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.26 8.6 12.56 8.1 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.33 5.3 24.33 5.3 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.32 5.1 25.66 5.4 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 20.21 7.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.26 7.3 30.80 8.3 27.40 12.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.70 8.1 35.90 9.1 29.90 13.3 Financial managers.......................................... $39.40 24.2 $40.03 24.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 38.65 42.3 38.65 42.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.02 14.0 – – $35.04 14.3 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 17.95 29.7 17.95 29.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.88 8.1 39.08 8.4 – – Management related............................................ 21.68 7.7 22.20 8.0 16.03 6.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 17.66 8.7 17.66 8.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 31.90 11.9 31.90 11.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 27.95 18.1 28.00 18.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.22 11.7 20.22 11.7 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.21 5.0 22.63 4.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.00 9.4 18.65 11.0 – – Sales............................................................. 13.03 8.3 13.03 8.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.42 11.1 15.42 11.1 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 19.16 15.2 19.16 15.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.90 12.2 11.90 12.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.55 4.8 8.55 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.18 2.6 13.30 3.4 12.79 1.5 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.06 6.5 – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 23.61 9.9 23.61 9.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.76 4.9 14.31 5.7 12.82 6.0 Receptionists............................................... 10.11 5.6 9.88 5.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.90 6.8 13.90 6.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.27 .8 – – 9.28 .8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.38 12.4 13.59 17.1 13.12 17.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.17 4.4 13.20 4.7 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.33 5.7 14.33 5.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.26 7.2 13.26 7.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.82 4.2 13.13 5.5 12.01 7.4 Bank tellers................................................ 9.45 3.2 9.45 3.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.16 1.4 – – 10.16 1.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.08 7.4 12.36 8.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.27 3.7 17.30 4.0 16.94 2.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.29 4.0 21.57 4.4 19.29 5.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.46 6.6 25.22 9.6 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.11 2.8 17.11 2.8 – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 18.62 3.0 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.35 3.7 18.35 3.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.54 2.6 22.71 2.1 – – Electricians................................................ 26.63 9.0 28.58 3.9 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.87 8.8 23.12 10.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $16.99 2.0 $16.99 2.0 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.49 12.1 16.49 12.1 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.16 12.6 15.16 12.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.26 3.2 11.26 3.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 22.18 5.1 22.18 5.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 19.59 6.9 19.59 6.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.68 7.1 17.98 7.7 $13.25 3.0 Truck drivers............................................... 18.77 8.4 19.01 8.5 – – Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 8.97 7.3 8.97 7.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.43 7.2 16.43 7.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.81 7.2 12.74 7.7 13.94 2.6 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.64 16.1 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.57 10.4 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.26 9.7 12.27 9.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.89 19.5 12.89 19.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 14.02 6.4 14.02 6.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.85 16.7 10.36 17.6 – – Service............................................................. 11.46 5.9 9.46 9.6 15.87 9.0 Protective service............................................ 19.44 3.4 15.87 12.3 21.70 2.8 Protective service, n.e.c................................... 8.68 5.4 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.51 6.1 7.33 7.4 8.68 2.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.09 6.3 3.01 7.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.39 4.4 2.39 4.4 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.51 7.3 5.51 9.1 – – Other food service........................................... 9.50 2.7 9.62 3.1 8.94 2.0 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 12.81 11.6 12.78 13.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.31 2.7 10.80 2.7 8.94 2.6 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.68 5.0 9.72 5.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.95 2.0 7.83 1.9 8.42 6.3 Health service................................................ 10.50 1.5 10.51 1.6 10.42 4.2 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.60 9.5 10.60 9.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.49 1.3 10.50 1.3 10.42 4.2 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.71 4.1 9.49 3.4 12.82 6.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.14 2.3 8.12 2.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.96 4.0 10.28 5.4 11.73 4.6 Personal service.............................................. 8.81 4.8 8.71 6.7 9.05 4.8 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.79 2.3 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.02 9.9 – – 10.59 9.8 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.40 7.4 9.40 7.4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.70 1.8 $19.52 2.2 $20.31 2.9 All excluding sales............................................... 19.86 2.0 19.72 2.4 20.31 2.9 White collar........................................................ 22.06 2.2 22.13 2.8 21.85 2.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.50 2.4 22.75 3.2 21.85 2.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.14 2.9 25.30 3.8 24.86 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.53 3.1 27.12 4.0 25.65 5.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.71 5.4 33.24 5.8 – – Civil engineers............................................. 38.50 8.0 40.06 8.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.85 6.0 30.85 6.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.69 7.8 31.20 8.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.91 7.7 30.32 7.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.45 8.0 32.05 8.1 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 22.92 5.4 22.92 5.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 24.61 18.6 34.43 10.7 – – Health related................................................ 24.51 5.8 24.84 7.2 23.47 8.1 Registered nurses........................................... 22.45 3.1 22.50 3.5 22.23 7.0 Pharmacists................................................. 36.94 4.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.67 6.4 27.34 8.8 36.01 3.9 Medical science teachers.................................... 34.41 5.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.39 5.0 19.47 12.3 28.05 5.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.70 3.9 – – 30.75 4.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.32 9.3 – – 29.28 9.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.41 3.2 – – 25.46 3.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 16.02 6.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.15 3.7 16.41 4.6 15.85 5.9 Social workers.............................................. 16.13 3.8 16.40 5.0 15.85 5.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.80 11.0 21.06 11.3 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 20.59 29.3 20.59 29.3 – – Technical....................................................... 19.16 3.6 19.63 4.3 16.84 4.1 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.60 10.8 18.41 14.0 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.61 2.6 19.82 3.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.64 2.2 15.29 2.5 11.83 11.3 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.75 5.1 14.21 3.9 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.33 5.3 24.33 5.3 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.32 5.1 25.66 5.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.27 7.3 30.81 8.3 27.43 12.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.71 8.1 35.90 9.1 29.94 13.3 Financial managers.......................................... 39.40 24.2 40.03 24.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 38.65 42.3 38.65 42.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.02 14.0 – – 35.04 14.3 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... $17.95 29.7 $17.95 29.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.88 8.1 39.08 8.4 – – Management related............................................ 21.69 7.7 22.21 8.0 $16.03 6.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 17.66 8.7 17.66 8.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 31.90 11.9 31.90 11.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 27.95 18.1 28.00 18.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.22 11.7 20.22 11.7 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.21 5.0 22.63 4.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.01 9.4 18.66 11.0 – – Sales............................................................. 15.83 9.4 15.83 9.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 20.56 11.1 20.56 11.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.92 8.0 9.92 8.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.49 2.3 13.66 3.0 12.95 2.2 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.06 6.5 – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 23.61 9.9 23.61 9.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.79 5.0 14.31 5.7 12.86 6.2 Receptionists............................................... 9.74 5.0 9.61 5.2 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.14 7.0 14.14 7.0 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.66 12.0 13.59 17.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.98 4.0 13.00 4.2 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.33 5.7 14.33 5.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.07 6.1 14.07 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.48 3.0 14.08 2.8 12.08 7.9 Bank tellers................................................ 9.20 5.4 9.20 5.4 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.12 2.2 – – 10.12 2.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.13 7.6 12.36 8.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.87 3.3 17.93 3.6 17.10 2.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.36 4.0 21.66 4.4 19.29 5.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.46 6.6 25.22 9.6 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.11 2.8 17.11 2.8 – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 18.62 3.0 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.35 3.7 18.35 3.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.54 2.6 22.71 2.1 – – Electricians................................................ 26.63 9.0 28.58 3.9 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.87 8.8 23.12 10.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.09 2.2 17.09 2.2 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.49 12.1 16.49 12.1 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.16 12.6 15.16 12.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.28 3.2 11.28 3.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 22.30 4.7 22.30 4.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 19.59 6.9 19.59 6.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $18.52 5.6 $18.82 6.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.78 8.4 19.02 8.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.52 7.1 16.52 7.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.76 6.4 13.75 6.9 $13.94 2.6 Construction laborers....................................... 18.57 10.4 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.05 9.1 13.08 9.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.17 19.8 13.17 19.8 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 14.31 6.3 14.31 6.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.37 10.0 13.05 11.2 – – Service............................................................. 12.79 5.9 10.67 9.7 16.53 9.2 Protective service............................................ 19.87 3.8 – – 21.76 2.6 Food service.................................................. 8.92 6.3 8.91 7.5 8.95 2.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.65 12.0 2.65 12.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.46 5.9 2.46 5.9 – – Other food service........................................... 10.01 3.7 10.26 4.0 8.95 2.8 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.50 7.9 13.59 9.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.43 3.6 11.02 2.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.05 4.0 7.99 4.8 – – Health service................................................ 10.56 1.2 10.58 1.3 10.42 4.2 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.51 5.8 11.51 5.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.49 1.3 10.50 1.4 10.42 4.2 Cleaning and building service................................. $10.85 4.3 $9.62 3.5 $12.83 6.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.02 2.6 8.00 2.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.11 4.0 10.51 5.5 11.73 4.6 Personal service.............................................. 9.13 4.0 9.07 5.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.59 5.9 $9.06 6.5 $13.68 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 9.89 7.1 9.24 8.1 13.68 4.4 White collar........................................................ 11.99 5.9 11.26 6.9 16.76 8.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.66 8.4 14.01 10.5 16.76 8.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.59 8.4 19.13 11.2 20.70 11.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.69 10.6 21.50 13.9 22.14 13.6 Health related................................................ 26.59 2.4 25.35 3.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.76 2.8 25.76 2.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 11.64 7.0 – – 11.62 7.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 9.81 38.7 9.81 38.7 – – Technical....................................................... 13.20 10.0 12.07 13.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.98 3.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.53 5.5 8.53 5.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.05 6.7 10.05 6.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.71 4.3 7.71 4.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.71 5.7 9.58 6.8 10.34 3.3 General office clerks....................................... 8.20 14.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.16 10.4 8.00 10.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.80 9.0 9.39 10.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.41 11.9 7.41 11.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.75 9.4 9.75 9.4 – – Service............................................................. 6.38 5.4 6.11 5.8 8.32 1.8 Protective service............................................ 7.79 2.2 – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.75 7.3 5.50 8.0 8.12 2.7 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.25 3.0 3.15 3.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.36 6.3 2.36 6.3 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.38 6.4 5.35 8.0 – – Other food service........................................... $8.38 4.2 $8.29 5.3 $8.90 1.0 Cooks....................................................... 9.79 6.0 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.80 4.2 7.61 4.8 – – Health service................................................ 9.39 8.4 9.39 8.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.23 8.9 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.86 9.4 7.63 13.2 8.40 .7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $787 2.0 40.0 $785 2.5 40.2 $795 2.9 39.2 All excluding sales............................................... 793 2.2 40.0 793 2.7 40.2 795 2.9 39.2 White collar........................................................ 880 2.5 39.9 894 3.2 40.4 842 2.7 38.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 898 2.7 39.9 920 3.6 40.4 842 2.7 38.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 986 3.2 39.2 1,004 4.0 39.7 955 5.4 38.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,035 3.4 39.0 1,073 4.2 39.6 981 6.0 38.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,308 5.4 40.0 1,330 5.8 40.0 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 1,540 8.0 40.0 1,602 8.3 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,234 6.0 40.0 1,234 6.0 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,228 7.8 40.0 1,248 8.7 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,204 7.7 40.2 1,220 7.8 40.3 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,267 8.0 40.3 1,292 8.0 40.3 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 917 5.4 40.0 917 5.4 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 975 17.8 39.6 1,348 9.9 39.2 – – – Health related................................................ 935 6.5 38.1 943 8.1 38.0 906 7.9 38.6 Registered nurses........................................... 850 2.7 37.9 850 3.1 37.8 850 6.5 38.2 Pharmacists................................................. 1,327 5.2 35.9 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,316 5.7 40.3 1,122 6.7 41.0 1,433 4.3 39.8 Medical science teachers.................................... 1,382 5.6 40.2 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,030 6.8 37.6 765 13.6 39.3 1,051 7.2 37.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,166 6.0 38.0 – – – 1,166 6.3 37.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,113 10.5 38.0 – – – 1,110 10.8 37.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 933 5.4 36.7 – – – 934 5.4 36.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 641 6.4 40.0 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 639 3.3 39.6 651 3.9 39.7 626 5.4 39.5 Social workers.............................................. 640 3.4 39.7 653 4.5 39.8 626 5.4 39.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 832 11.0 40.0 842 11.3 40.0 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 824 29.3 40.0 824 29.3 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 768 3.9 40.1 786 4.7 40.0 678 4.3 40.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 778 10.5 39.7 729 13.4 39.6 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 766 4.0 39.1 777 5.5 39.2 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 574 2.9 39.2 600 3.4 39.2 465 10.5 39.3 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 608 7.8 41.2 565 3.9 39.7 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 1,000 4.9 41.1 1,000 4.9 41.1 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 991 5.0 40.8 1,052 4.3 41.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,283 8.8 42.4 1,323 10.0 42.9 1,089 12.2 39.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $1,500 10.4 43.2 $1,588 11.9 44.2 $1,186 13.0 39.6 Financial managers.......................................... 1,576 24.2 40.0 1,601 24.4 40.0 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,597 43.7 41.3 1,597 43.7 41.3 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,390 13.9 39.7 – – – 1,391 14.1 39.7 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 746 27.3 41.6 746 27.3 41.6 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,807 13.2 46.5 1,829 13.7 46.8 – – – Management related............................................ 886 7.9 40.9 909 8.2 40.9 641 6.6 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 706 8.7 40.0 706 8.7 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,276 11.9 40.0 1,276 11.9 40.0 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,200 14.6 42.9 1,202 14.6 42.9 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 819 12.3 40.5 819 12.3 40.5 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 938 5.6 42.2 963 5.7 42.5 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 719 9.4 40.0 746 11.0 39.9 – – – Sales............................................................. 635 9.5 40.1 635 9.5 40.1 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 844 9.0 41.1 844 9.0 41.1 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 393 7.9 39.6 393 7.9 39.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 531 2.3 39.4 542 3.0 39.7 497 3.4 38.4 Supervisors, general office................................. 662 7.6 41.2 – – – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 928 10.0 39.3 928 10.0 39.3 – – – Secretaries................................................. 542 4.6 39.3 562 5.0 39.3 505 6.5 39.3 Receptionists............................................... 390 5.0 40.0 385 5.2 40.0 – – – Order clerks................................................ 565 7.0 40.0 565 7.0 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 546 12.0 40.0 543 17.1 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 516 4.0 39.8 517 4.3 39.7 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 573 5.7 40.0 573 5.7 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 559 6.7 39.7 559 6.7 39.7 – – – General office clerks....................................... 538 3.0 39.9 563 2.8 40.0 479 7.9 39.7 Bank tellers................................................ 368 5.4 40.0 368 5.4 40.0 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 347 .5 34.3 – – – 347 .5 34.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 478 8.0 39.4 487 9.1 39.4 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 716 3.6 40.1 719 3.9 40.1 673 3.1 39.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 856 4.1 40.1 868 4.5 40.1 772 5.0 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,064 4.8 41.8 1,076 7.1 42.7 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 684 2.8 40.0 684 2.8 40.0 – – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 745 3.0 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 734 3.7 40.0 734 3.7 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 862 2.6 40.0 908 2.1 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,065 9.0 40.0 1,143 3.9 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... $965 7.8 40.4 $937 9.1 40.5 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 681 1.9 39.9 681 1.9 39.9 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 646 11.2 39.2 646 11.2 39.2 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 603 12.3 39.8 603 12.3 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 450 3.3 39.9 450 3.3 39.9 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 892 4.7 40.0 892 4.7 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 784 6.9 40.0 784 6.9 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 771 7.6 41.7 792 8.1 42.1 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 818 11.3 43.6 831 11.5 43.7 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 658 7.4 39.8 658 7.4 39.8 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 541 7.0 39.3 540 7.5 39.3 $557 2.6 40.0 Construction laborers....................................... 725 12.4 39.1 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 520 9.1 39.9 521 9.2 39.9 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 500 22.6 38.0 500 22.6 38.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 572 6.3 40.0 572 6.3 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 528 9.8 39.5 514 10.9 39.4 – – – Service............................................................. 512 6.1 40.0 420 10.1 39.4 681 9.3 41.2 Protective service............................................ 841 4.8 42.3 – – – 943 3.9 43.3 Food service.................................................. 345 5.9 38.7 349 6.9 39.1 329 4.2 36.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 101 10.0 38.1 101 10.0 38.1 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 94 4.3 38.0 94 4.3 38.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 389 4.3 38.8 403 4.2 39.3 329 4.2 36.8 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 528 8.9 39.1 544 9.0 40.0 – – – Cooks....................................................... 404 4.6 38.8 433 4.4 39.3 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 302 5.1 37.6 305 5.1 38.1 – – – Health service................................................ 409 1.6 38.7 410 1.7 38.7 407 4.1 39.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 460 5.8 40.0 460 5.8 40.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 405 1.9 38.6 405 2.1 38.6 407 4.1 39.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 429 4.3 39.5 378 4.1 39.3 513 6.7 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 306 6.2 38.2 305 6.5 38.1 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 444 4.0 40.0 421 5.5 40.0 469 4.6 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 362 3.7 39.7 360 4.8 39.7 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $39,716 2.0 2,016 $40,687 2.5 2,084 $36,733 2.9 1,808 All excluding sales............................................... 39,982 2.2 2,014 41,096 2.7 2,084 36,733 2.9 1,808 White collar........................................................ 43,812 2.5 1,986 46,375 3.2 2,096 37,787 2.7 1,730 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,540 2.7 1,980 47,699 3.6 2,096 37,787 2.7 1,730 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 47,429 3.2 1,886 51,834 4.0 2,049 40,999 5.4 1,649 Professional specialty.......................................... 48,969 3.4 1,846 55,280 4.2 2,039 41,431 6.0 1,615 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 68,027 5.4 2,080 69,149 5.8 2,080 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 80,082 8.0 2,080 83,324 8.3 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 64,168 6.0 2,080 64,168 6.0 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 63,837 7.8 2,080 64,891 8.7 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 62,584 7.7 2,093 63,458 7.8 2,093 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 65,900 8.0 2,095 67,180 8.0 2,096 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 47,671 5.4 2,080 47,671 5.4 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 50,700 17.8 2,060 70,108 9.9 2,036 – – – Health related................................................ 48,160 6.5 1,965 49,055 8.1 1,975 45,371 7.9 1,933 Registered nurses........................................... 44,218 2.7 1,970 44,221 3.1 1,965 44,206 6.5 1,989 Pharmacists................................................. 69,008 5.2 1,868 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 62,671 5.7 1,918 51,428 6.7 1,881 69,945 4.3 1,942 Medical science teachers.................................... 70,961 5.6 2,062 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39,760 6.8 1,452 33,624 13.6 1,727 40,181 7.2 1,433 Elementary school teachers.................................. 43,700 6.0 1,424 – – – 43,827 6.3 1,425 Secondary school teachers................................... 41,070 10.5 1,401 – – – 41,035 10.8 1,401 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 35,453 5.4 1,395 – – – 35,508 5.4 1,395 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 33,325 6.4 2,080 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 33,233 3.3 2,058 33,849 3.9 2,063 32,533 5.4 2,053 Social workers.............................................. 33,267 3.4 2,062 33,960 4.5 2,071 32,533 5.4 2,053 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 43,243 11.0 2,079 43,773 11.3 2,079 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 42,833 29.3 2,080 42,833 29.3 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 39,938 3.9 2,084 40,876 4.7 2,083 35,268 4.3 2,094 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40,472 10.5 2,065 37,918 13.4 2,060 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 39,834 4.0 2,031 40,412 5.5 2,039 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 29,862 2.9 2,040 31,180 3.4 2,039 24,175 10.5 2,044 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 31,625 7.8 2,145 29,365 3.9 2,067 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 52,011 4.9 2,137 52,011 4.9 2,137 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 51,553 5.0 2,120 54,707 4.3 2,132 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 66,290 8.8 2,190 68,784 10.0 2,232 54,631 12.2 1,992 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $77,238 10.4 2,225 $82,500 11.9 2,298 $59,082 13.0 1,973 Financial managers.......................................... 81,959 24.2 2,080 83,265 24.4 2,080 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 83,032 43.7 2,148 83,032 43.7 2,148 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 68,893 13.9 1,967 – – – 69,144 14.1 1,973 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 38,815 27.3 2,162 38,815 27.3 2,162 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 93,975 13.2 2,417 95,100 13.7 2,434 – – – Management related............................................ 46,083 7.9 2,125 47,292 8.2 2,129 33,353 6.6 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 36,733 8.7 2,080 36,733 8.7 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 66,347 11.9 2,080 66,347 11.9 2,080 – – – Management analysts......................................... 62,375 14.6 2,232 62,529 14.6 2,233 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 42,613 12.3 2,107 42,613 12.3 2,107 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 48,786 5.6 2,196 50,069 5.7 2,212 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 37,414 9.4 2,078 38,772 11.0 2,077 – – – Sales............................................................. 33,018 9.5 2,086 33,018 9.5 2,086 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 43,913 9.0 2,136 43,913 9.0 2,136 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 20,432 7.9 2,060 20,432 7.9 2,060 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,952 2.3 1,998 28,207 3.0 2,064 23,517 3.4 1,816 Supervisors, general office................................. 34,401 7.6 2,142 – – – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 48,274 10.0 2,045 48,274 10.0 2,045 – – – Secretaries................................................. 27,670 4.6 2,006 29,245 5.0 2,043 25,002 6.5 1,944 Receptionists............................................... 20,255 5.0 2,080 19,999 5.2 2,080 – – – Order clerks................................................ 29,406 7.0 2,080 29,406 7.0 2,080 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 28,409 12.0 2,080 28,260 17.1 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,846 4.0 2,068 26,870 4.3 2,067 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 29,809 5.7 2,080 29,809 5.7 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 29,076 6.7 2,066 29,076 6.7 2,066 – – – General office clerks....................................... 27,966 3.0 2,075 29,277 2.8 2,080 24,924 7.9 2,062 Bank tellers................................................ 19,144 5.4 2,080 19,144 5.4 2,080 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13,323 .5 1,316 – – – 13,323 .5 1,316 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 24,882 8.0 2,051 25,313 9.1 2,047 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 37,003 3.6 2,070 37,230 3.9 2,077 33,931 3.1 1,984 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 44,259 4.1 2,072 44,840 4.5 2,071 40,123 5.0 2,080 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 55,305 4.8 2,172 55,978 7.1 2,220 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 35,587 2.8 2,080 35,587 2.8 2,080 – – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 38,732 3.0 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 38,163 3.7 2,080 38,163 3.7 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 44,807 2.6 2,080 47,229 2.1 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 55,381 9.0 2,080 59,439 3.9 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... $50,197 7.8 2,103 $48,719 9.1 2,108 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 35,414 1.9 2,072 35,414 1.9 2,072 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 33,599 11.2 2,037 33,599 11.2 2,037 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 31,338 12.3 2,068 31,338 12.3 2,068 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 23,378 3.3 2,073 23,378 3.3 2,073 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 46,391 4.7 2,080 46,391 4.7 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 40,752 6.9 2,080 40,752 6.9 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 39,599 7.6 2,138 41,185 8.1 2,188 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 42,531 11.3 2,265 43,235 11.5 2,273 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 34,198 7.4 2,070 34,198 7.4 2,070 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 27,872 7.0 2,025 27,797 7.5 2,021 $28,897 2.6 2,074 Construction laborers....................................... 34,162 12.4 1,839 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 27,058 9.1 2,073 27,112 9.2 2,073 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 26,018 22.6 1,975 26,018 22.6 1,975 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 29,770 6.3 2,080 29,770 6.3 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 27,433 9.8 2,052 26,711 10.9 2,046 – – – Service............................................................. 26,168 6.1 2,046 21,849 10.1 2,048 33,770 9.3 2,043 Protective service............................................ 42,677 4.8 2,148 – – – 47,184 3.9 2,168 Food service.................................................. 17,373 5.9 1,947 18,123 6.9 2,033 14,259 4.2 1,593 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5,246 10.0 1,980 5,246 10.0 1,980 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4,869 4.3 1,976 4,869 4.3 1,976 – – – Other food service........................................... 19,447 4.3 1,942 20,974 4.2 2,045 14,259 4.2 1,593 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 25,607 8.9 1,897 28,277 9.0 2,080 – – – Cooks....................................................... 20,669 4.6 1,981 22,506 4.4 2,043 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 15,164 5.1 1,884 15,839 5.1 1,982 – – – Health service................................................ 21,279 1.6 2,015 21,296 1.7 2,013 21,149 4.1 2,029 Health aides, except nursing................................ 23,935 5.8 2,080 23,935 5.8 2,080 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,073 1.9 2,010 21,062 2.1 2,007 21,149 4.1 2,029 Cleaning and building service................................. 22,270 4.3 2,052 19,631 4.1 2,042 26,545 6.7 2,069 Maids and housemen.......................................... 15,929 6.2 1,986 15,864 6.5 1,983 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 23,032 4.0 2,074 21,868 5.5 2,080 24,253 4.6 2,067 Personal service.............................................. 18,554 3.7 2,033 18,652 4.8 2,057 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.71 2.3 $18.37 2.9 $19.96 2.7 All excluding sales............................................... 19.05 2.4 18.79 3.0 19.96 2.7 White collar........................................................ 21.19 2.4 21.05 3.2 21.61 2.4 1....................................................... 8.46 6.0 8.09 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.47 7.0 9.52 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.71 3.6 10.60 4.2 11.25 3.0 4....................................................... 12.87 2.2 13.25 2.6 11.47 2.5 5....................................................... 14.98 3.9 15.32 4.3 12.86 2.0 6....................................................... 15.80 2.7 16.19 3.5 14.76 1.2 7....................................................... 20.40 3.8 19.28 4.0 22.35 7.8 8....................................................... 23.40 1.7 22.13 3.0 25.39 2.1 9....................................................... 24.64 2.8 24.18 2.9 25.37 5.1 10........................................................ 26.41 9.3 27.38 10.7 23.00 14.4 11........................................................ 35.18 3.1 36.29 2.9 29.15 9.9 12........................................................ 40.89 8.0 41.88 6.5 35.65 33.7 13........................................................ 39.24 10.1 44.23 4.8 – – 14........................................................ 53.64 4.0 56.06 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.67 8.3 22.48 8.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.07 2.6 22.25 3.5 21.61 2.4 1....................................................... 9.37 10.9 8.46 11.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.23 8.8 10.38 9.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.16 4.2 11.14 5.2 11.25 3.0 4....................................................... 12.75 2.5 13.16 3.0 11.47 2.5 5....................................................... 14.74 3.1 15.16 3.6 12.86 2.0 6....................................................... 15.65 2.4 16.01 3.2 14.76 1.2 7....................................................... 20.54 3.8 19.39 4.0 22.35 7.8 8....................................................... 23.42 1.7 22.13 3.1 25.39 2.1 9....................................................... 24.67 2.9 24.21 3.1 25.37 5.1 10........................................................ 26.41 9.3 27.38 10.7 23.00 14.4 11........................................................ 34.96 3.1 36.06 2.9 29.15 9.9 12........................................................ 40.88 8.0 41.87 6.5 35.65 33.7 13........................................................ 39.24 10.1 44.23 4.8 – – 14........................................................ 53.64 4.0 56.06 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.67 8.3 22.48 8.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.82 2.8 24.91 3.8 24.66 3.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.27 3.0 26.77 4.2 25.51 4.3 5....................................................... 14.55 7.2 – – – – 6....................................................... 15.74 3.8 16.58 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 22.29 5.9 20.29 4.1 24.41 12.7 8....................................................... 24.67 2.4 22.78 4.5 26.41 2.0 9....................................................... 25.36 3.3 24.21 3.0 26.70 4.9 10........................................................ 24.02 7.6 24.82 8.4 – – 11........................................................ 33.60 4.0 35.07 3.3 26.05 19.0 12........................................................ 34.95 5.9 37.19 3.7 – – 13........................................................ $39.82 13.6 $47.06 2.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.24 19.4 20.62 22.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.71 5.4 33.24 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.78 3.6 27.89 2.5 – – 10........................................................ 28.95 8.1 28.95 8.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.44 6.6 35.44 6.6 – – 12........................................................ 37.98 5.1 37.98 5.1 – – Civil engineers............................................. 38.50 8.0 40.06 8.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.85 6.0 30.85 6.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.69 7.8 31.20 8.7 – – 10........................................................ 28.80 9.5 28.80 9.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.30 8.2 35.30 8.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.91 7.7 30.32 7.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.62 4.7 23.62 4.7 – – 8....................................................... 24.37 11.8 24.37 11.8 – – 9....................................................... 24.29 5.1 25.31 3.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.68 4.2 35.68 4.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.45 8.0 32.05 8.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.81 5.5 23.81 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 25.06 13.3 25.06 13.3 – – 9....................................................... 24.06 6.1 25.20 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 36.20 4.1 36.20 4.1 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 22.92 5.4 22.92 5.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 24.61 18.6 34.43 10.7 – – Health related................................................ 24.90 4.9 24.93 6.3 $24.79 6.5 7....................................................... 19.55 1.6 19.82 1.9 – – 8....................................................... 24.27 8.0 24.43 8.2 – – 9....................................................... 23.10 2.7 22.81 1.0 23.76 8.6 11........................................................ 35.97 5.5 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.91 3.1 23.17 3.5 21.91 5.7 7....................................................... 19.80 1.7 20.24 2.5 – – 8....................................................... 24.20 8.8 24.37 9.1 – – 9....................................................... 22.51 1.3 22.90 1.4 21.49 2.1 Pharmacists................................................. 36.94 4.4 – – – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 21.00 1.8 21.00 1.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.67 6.4 27.34 8.8 36.01 3.9 11........................................................ 34.55 5.9 – – – – Medical science teachers.................................... 34.41 5.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.95 4.2 19.41 12.4 27.56 4.3 7....................................................... 24.31 10.6 – – 25.78 13.0 8....................................................... 28.26 1.0 – – 28.17 1.0 9....................................................... 31.07 3.3 – – 31.19 3.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.70 3.9 – – 30.75 4.1 9....................................................... 34.13 3.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 29.32 9.3 – – 29.28 9.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.07 2.7 – – 25.11 2.8 7....................................................... $25.08 6.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 27.58 5.0 – – $27.88 5.7 Librarians.................................................. 27.58 5.0 – – 27.88 5.7 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 16.02 6.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.15 3.7 $16.41 4.6 15.85 5.9 Social workers.............................................. 16.13 3.8 16.40 5.0 15.85 5.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 19.56 12.2 19.74 12.6 – – 9....................................................... 24.60 11.6 24.60 11.6 – – 11........................................................ 32.64 8.2 32.64 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.81 27.3 13.81 27.3 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 20.37 28.5 20.37 28.5 – – Technical....................................................... 18.72 3.7 19.14 4.5 16.75 3.6 4....................................................... 11.72 7.1 12.21 8.9 – – 5....................................................... 14.82 3.0 15.02 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 16.54 4.7 16.89 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.64 7.0 20.25 11.4 18.63 4.9 8....................................................... 22.01 3.5 22.12 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 24.19 6.1 25.64 6.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.56 10.8 18.36 14.1 – – 9....................................................... 22.15 1.8 – – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.38 2.6 19.43 3.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.66 2.2 15.22 2.6 12.40 8.7 5....................................................... 14.71 2.8 14.71 2.8 – – 6....................................................... 15.66 2.7 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.26 8.6 12.56 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.04 11.5 11.04 11.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.33 5.3 24.33 5.3 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.32 5.1 25.66 5.4 – – 8....................................................... 24.13 2.0 24.13 2.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 20.21 7.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.26 7.3 30.80 8.3 27.40 12.4 5....................................................... 15.82 9.9 15.82 9.9 – – 7....................................................... 19.03 4.5 19.20 4.7 – – 8....................................................... 20.65 5.2 20.47 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 23.20 5.8 24.20 6.0 20.42 15.5 10........................................................ 30.86 19.2 33.03 24.1 – – 11........................................................ 36.49 3.8 37.38 3.9 30.41 10.8 12........................................................ 45.63 10.4 45.64 10.4 – – 13........................................................ 37.67 6.0 – – – – 14........................................................ 53.36 3.9 55.64 3.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.70 8.1 35.90 9.1 29.90 13.3 5....................................................... 17.90 18.7 17.90 18.7 – – 8....................................................... 20.24 8.6 19.44 10.2 – – 9....................................................... $25.09 9.3 $25.42 10.4 – – 10........................................................ 33.91 27.5 41.06 36.0 – – 11........................................................ 36.90 4.1 38.27 4.4 – – 12........................................................ 45.63 10.4 45.64 10.4 – – 13........................................................ 37.67 6.0 – – – – 14........................................................ 53.36 4.0 55.65 3.9 – – Financial managers.......................................... 39.40 24.2 40.03 24.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 38.65 42.3 38.65 42.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.02 14.0 – – $35.04 14.3 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 17.95 29.7 17.95 29.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.88 8.1 39.08 8.4 – – 9....................................................... 32.82 11.4 30.85 12.6 – – 11........................................................ 41.65 6.9 41.65 6.9 – – 12........................................................ 47.56 14.1 47.56 14.1 – – Management related............................................ 21.68 7.7 22.20 8.0 16.03 6.6 7....................................................... 18.84 4.9 19.11 5.0 – – 9....................................................... 21.54 7.0 23.18 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.48 8.3 35.55 8.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 17.66 8.7 17.66 8.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 31.90 11.9 31.90 11.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 27.95 18.1 28.00 18.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.22 11.7 20.22 11.7 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.21 5.0 22.63 4.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.00 9.4 18.65 11.0 – – 7....................................................... 17.79 3.6 18.29 .6 – – 9....................................................... 22.16 20.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 13.03 8.3 13.03 8.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.97 2.7 7.97 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.88 5.1 7.88 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.18 7.3 9.18 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.71 3.8 13.71 3.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.74 11.2 15.74 11.2 – – 7....................................................... 18.13 5.7 18.13 5.7 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.42 11.1 15.42 11.1 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 19.16 15.2 19.16 15.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.90 12.2 11.90 12.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.55 4.8 8.55 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.11 3.3 8.11 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 7.88 5.0 7.88 5.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.18 2.6 13.30 3.4 12.79 1.5 1....................................................... 9.37 10.9 8.46 11.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.25 8.8 10.41 9.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.20 4.3 11.18 5.5 11.25 3.0 4....................................................... 12.88 2.6 13.26 3.1 11.64 2.5 5....................................................... $14.28 3.5 $14.88 3.7 $12.73 2.3 6....................................................... 15.20 4.3 15.38 6.1 14.82 4.1 7....................................................... 16.54 5.2 16.83 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 20.56 8.1 21.87 7.6 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 16.06 6.5 – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 23.61 9.9 23.61 9.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.76 4.9 14.31 5.7 12.82 6.0 4....................................................... 12.22 2.6 12.40 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.73 5.3 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 10.11 5.6 9.88 5.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.90 6.8 13.90 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.66 7.6 15.66 7.6 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.27 .8 – – 9.28 .8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.38 12.4 13.59 17.1 13.12 17.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.17 4.4 13.20 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.45 4.8 12.74 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 13.96 4.5 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.33 5.7 14.33 5.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.26 7.2 13.26 7.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.82 4.2 13.13 5.5 12.01 7.4 3....................................................... 10.58 10.8 10.77 13.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.39 5.2 13.66 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 13.56 5.9 14.86 4.2 – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.45 3.2 9.45 3.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.16 1.4 – – 10.16 1.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.08 7.4 12.36 8.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.11 13.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.27 3.7 17.30 4.0 16.94 2.6 1....................................................... 9.53 8.4 9.53 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.31 7.2 11.31 7.2 – – 3....................................................... 17.64 2.9 17.88 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.20 2.6 15.28 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.35 6.2 16.63 6.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.12 5.5 18.70 6.0 15.07 .7 7....................................................... 21.51 3.4 21.67 3.6 19.70 6.9 8....................................................... 23.64 2.5 23.64 2.5 – – 9....................................................... 28.62 4.6 28.87 5.1 – – 10........................................................ 31.15 2.5 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.29 4.0 21.57 4.4 19.29 5.0 4....................................................... 14.06 9.0 14.06 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.08 5.9 20.21 5.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.16 3.6 17.97 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.82 3.8 22.07 4.1 19.70 6.9 8....................................................... 24.03 1.4 24.03 1.4 – – 9....................................................... $27.99 3.4 $28.19 3.9 – – 10........................................................ 31.15 2.5 – – – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.46 6.6 25.22 9.6 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.11 2.8 17.11 2.8 – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 18.62 3.0 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.35 3.7 18.35 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.32 3.0 18.32 3.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.54 2.6 22.71 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.42 2.3 – – – – Electricians................................................ 26.63 9.0 28.58 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.31 12.2 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.87 8.8 23.12 10.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.99 2.0 16.99 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 19.79 3.9 19.79 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.58 6.4 12.58 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 13.64 1.7 13.64 1.7 – – 6....................................................... 16.55 4.7 16.55 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.82 4.2 18.82 4.2 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.49 12.1 16.49 12.1 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.16 12.6 15.16 12.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.26 3.2 11.26 3.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 22.18 5.1 22.18 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 23.78 4.4 23.78 4.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 19.59 6.9 19.59 6.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.68 7.1 17.98 7.7 $13.25 3.0 2....................................................... 8.61 13.2 8.61 13.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.42 8.9 13.62 12.3 – – 4....................................................... 16.74 2.9 17.01 2.7 – – 5....................................................... 18.39 14.6 18.91 14.8 – – 6....................................................... 20.74 12.6 20.74 12.6 – – 7....................................................... 23.05 4.5 23.05 4.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.77 8.4 19.01 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.27 4.4 16.56 4.6 – – 6....................................................... 20.97 13.9 20.97 13.9 – – Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 8.97 7.3 8.97 7.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.43 7.2 16.43 7.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.81 7.2 12.74 7.7 13.94 2.6 1....................................................... 9.06 10.3 9.06 10.3 – – 2....................................................... 12.10 6.9 12.10 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 14.83 14.2 15.08 14.8 – – 4....................................................... 16.95 5.6 17.12 5.6 – – 5....................................................... 14.73 1.8 14.62 2.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.53 10.6 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... $10.64 16.1 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.57 10.4 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.26 9.7 $12.27 9.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.73 14.1 11.73 14.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.09 18.0 13.20 18.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.89 19.5 12.89 19.5 – – 3....................................................... 16.54 22.5 16.54 22.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 14.02 6.4 14.02 6.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.85 16.7 10.36 17.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.39 11.3 12.39 11.3 – – Service............................................................. 11.46 5.9 9.46 9.6 $15.87 9.0 1....................................................... 8.01 4.5 7.53 3.8 9.90 5.1 2....................................................... 7.82 6.1 7.53 8.2 9.21 .8 3....................................................... 8.78 4.4 7.93 7.3 10.21 5.5 4....................................................... 10.63 2.9 10.58 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.25 9.1 – – 12.49 3.9 6....................................................... 12.34 7.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 19.24 4.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 21.49 1.9 – – 21.49 1.9 Protective service............................................ 19.44 3.4 15.87 12.3 21.70 2.8 3....................................................... 9.53 3.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 21.49 1.9 – – 21.49 1.9 Guards and police, except public service 3....................................................... 9.42 8.1 – – – – Protective service, n.e.c................................... 8.68 5.4 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.51 6.1 7.33 7.4 8.68 2.6 1....................................................... 7.24 5.1 7.13 5.9 7.98 5.2 2....................................................... 6.08 10.4 5.71 12.6 8.07 5.0 3....................................................... 6.90 14.6 6.54 18.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.72 8.4 11.72 8.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.09 6.3 3.01 7.2 – – 1....................................................... 4.57 22.1 4.57 22.1 – – 2....................................................... 2.65 6.4 2.37 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 2.68 12.0 2.68 12.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.39 4.4 2.39 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 2.39 5.7 2.39 5.7 – – 3....................................................... 2.21 3.4 2.21 3.4 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.51 7.3 5.51 9.1 – – Other food service........................................... 9.50 2.7 9.62 3.1 8.94 2.0 1....................................................... 8.00 2.1 8.01 2.3 7.98 5.2 2....................................................... 8.37 3.7 8.26 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.85 7.1 11.54 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.72 8.4 11.72 8.4 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 12.81 11.6 12.78 13.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.31 2.7 10.80 2.7 8.94 2.6 3....................................................... $10.33 5.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.69 10.9 $11.69 10.9 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.68 5.0 9.72 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.76 3.6 8.76 3.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.95 2.0 7.83 1.9 $8.42 6.3 1....................................................... 7.79 2.0 7.69 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.13 4.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.50 1.5 10.51 1.6 10.42 4.2 2....................................................... 10.35 1.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.24 2.6 10.18 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.94 1.5 10.94 1.5 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.60 9.5 10.60 9.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.49 1.3 10.50 1.3 10.42 4.2 2....................................................... 10.35 1.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.18 2.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.87 1.6 10.87 1.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.71 4.1 9.49 3.4 12.82 6.6 1....................................................... 10.04 12.5 8.57 9.6 12.26 13.0 2....................................................... 9.32 6.8 9.12 9.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.14 3.8 9.68 4.4 12.15 4.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.14 2.3 8.12 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.50 4.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.21 3.4 8.21 3.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.96 4.0 10.28 5.4 11.73 4.6 1....................................................... 11.20 11.8 9.61 12.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.64 10.0 11.81 22.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.23 3.9 9.75 5.0 12.15 4.5 Personal service.............................................. 8.81 4.8 8.71 6.7 9.05 4.8 1....................................................... 8.33 2.2 8.42 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.32 12.0 7.04 12.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.88 2.1 8.99 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.77 4.8 10.53 4.1 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.79 2.3 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.02 9.9 – – 10.59 9.8 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.40 7.4 9.40 7.4 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.70 1.8 $19.52 2.2 $20.31 2.9 All excluding sales............................................... 19.86 2.0 19.72 2.4 20.31 2.9 White collar........................................................ 22.06 2.2 22.13 2.8 21.85 2.7 1....................................................... 9.73 7.9 9.16 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.21 8.7 10.29 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.63 3.7 11.71 4.6 11.35 3.4 4....................................................... 12.98 2.2 13.37 2.6 11.51 2.6 5....................................................... 15.18 4.1 15.56 4.5 12.77 2.0 6....................................................... 15.81 2.7 16.21 3.6 14.75 1.2 7....................................................... 20.46 3.9 19.24 4.0 22.68 8.2 8....................................................... 23.29 1.8 21.85 3.3 25.39 2.1 9....................................................... 24.66 2.9 24.15 2.9 25.43 5.2 10........................................................ 26.41 9.3 27.38 10.7 23.00 14.4 11........................................................ 35.18 3.1 36.29 2.9 29.15 9.9 12........................................................ 40.89 8.0 41.88 6.5 35.65 33.7 13........................................................ 39.24 10.1 44.23 4.8 – – 14........................................................ 53.64 4.0 56.06 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.29 4.4 24.18 4.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.50 2.4 22.75 3.2 21.85 2.7 1....................................................... 10.79 7.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.48 8.9 10.59 9.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.67 4.0 11.75 5.2 11.35 3.4 4....................................................... 12.85 2.5 13.27 3.0 11.51 2.6 5....................................................... 14.78 3.2 15.20 3.7 12.77 2.0 6....................................................... 15.67 2.4 16.03 3.2 14.75 1.2 7....................................................... 20.61 3.9 19.35 4.1 22.68 8.2 8....................................................... 23.31 1.9 21.83 3.4 25.39 2.1 9....................................................... 24.68 3.0 24.19 3.1 25.43 5.2 10........................................................ 26.41 9.3 27.38 10.7 23.00 14.4 11........................................................ 34.96 3.1 36.06 2.9 29.15 9.9 12........................................................ 40.88 8.0 41.87 6.5 35.65 33.7 13........................................................ 39.24 10.1 44.23 4.8 – – 14........................................................ 53.64 4.0 56.06 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.29 4.4 24.18 4.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.14 2.9 25.30 3.8 24.86 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.53 3.1 27.12 4.0 25.65 5.0 6....................................................... 15.88 3.9 16.79 8.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.40 6.0 20.26 4.2 24.75 13.0 8....................................................... 24.57 2.8 22.24 5.4 26.41 2.0 9....................................................... 25.44 3.4 24.16 3.0 26.83 5.0 10........................................................ 24.02 7.6 24.82 8.4 – – 11........................................................ 33.60 4.0 35.07 3.3 26.05 19.0 12........................................................ 34.95 5.9 37.19 3.7 – – 13........................................................ 39.82 13.6 47.06 2.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $23.54 14.6 $23.13 17.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.71 5.4 33.24 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.78 3.6 27.89 2.5 – – 10........................................................ 28.95 8.1 28.95 8.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.44 6.6 35.44 6.6 – – 12........................................................ 37.98 5.1 37.98 5.1 – – Civil engineers............................................. 38.50 8.0 40.06 8.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.85 6.0 30.85 6.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.69 7.8 31.20 8.7 – – 10........................................................ 28.80 9.5 28.80 9.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.30 8.2 35.30 8.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.91 7.7 30.32 7.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.62 4.7 23.62 4.7 – – 8....................................................... 24.37 11.8 24.37 11.8 – – 9....................................................... 24.29 5.1 25.31 3.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.68 4.2 35.68 4.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.45 8.0 32.05 8.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.81 5.5 23.81 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 25.06 13.3 25.06 13.3 – – 9....................................................... 24.06 6.1 25.20 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 36.20 4.1 36.20 4.1 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 22.92 5.4 22.92 5.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 24.61 18.6 34.43 10.7 – – Health related................................................ 24.51 5.8 24.84 7.2 $23.47 8.1 7....................................................... 19.65 2.5 19.55 3.0 – – 8....................................................... 23.57 8.4 23.76 8.9 – – 9....................................................... 22.79 3.4 22.34 1.6 23.74 10.1 11........................................................ 35.97 5.5 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.45 3.1 22.50 3.5 22.23 7.0 7....................................................... 20.00 2.7 19.94 3.2 – – 8....................................................... 23.36 8.8 23.54 9.3 – – 9....................................................... 22.00 1.7 22.37 1.7 21.15 1.2 Pharmacists................................................. 36.94 4.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.67 6.4 27.34 8.8 36.01 3.9 11........................................................ 34.55 5.9 – – – – Medical science teachers.................................... 34.41 5.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.39 5.0 19.47 12.3 28.05 5.2 7....................................................... 24.37 10.4 – – 25.87 12.7 8....................................................... 28.26 1.0 – – 28.17 1.0 9....................................................... 31.20 3.5 – – 31.32 3.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.70 3.9 – – 30.75 4.1 9....................................................... 34.13 3.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 29.32 9.3 – – 29.28 9.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.41 3.2 – – 25.46 3.2 7....................................................... 25.08 6.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... $16.02 6.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.15 3.7 $16.41 4.6 $15.85 5.9 Social workers.............................................. 16.13 3.8 16.40 5.0 15.85 5.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.80 11.0 21.06 11.3 – – 9....................................................... 24.60 11.6 24.60 11.6 – – 11........................................................ 32.64 8.2 32.64 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.08 19.8 16.08 19.8 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 20.59 29.3 20.59 29.3 – – Technical....................................................... 19.16 3.6 19.63 4.3 16.84 4.1 4....................................................... 12.12 7.3 13.00 8.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.90 3.3 15.14 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.52 4.8 16.89 5.9 – – 7....................................................... 19.93 7.5 20.30 11.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.01 3.5 22.12 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 24.19 6.1 25.64 6.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.60 10.8 18.41 14.0 – – 9....................................................... 22.15 1.8 – – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.61 2.6 19.82 3.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.64 2.2 15.29 2.5 11.83 11.3 5....................................................... 14.79 2.8 14.79 2.9 – – 6....................................................... 15.62 2.8 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.75 5.1 14.21 3.9 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.33 5.3 24.33 5.3 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.32 5.1 25.66 5.4 – – 8....................................................... 24.13 2.0 24.13 2.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.27 7.3 30.81 8.3 27.43 12.4 5....................................................... 15.82 9.9 15.82 9.9 – – 7....................................................... 19.03 4.5 19.20 4.7 – – 8....................................................... 20.67 5.3 20.50 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 23.20 5.8 24.20 6.0 20.42 15.5 10........................................................ 30.86 19.2 33.03 24.1 – – 11........................................................ 36.49 3.8 37.38 3.9 30.41 10.8 12........................................................ 45.63 10.4 45.64 10.4 – – 13........................................................ 37.67 6.0 – – – – 14........................................................ 53.36 3.9 55.64 3.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.71 8.1 35.90 9.1 29.94 13.3 5....................................................... 17.90 18.7 17.90 18.7 – – 8....................................................... 20.24 8.6 19.44 10.2 – – 9....................................................... 25.09 9.3 25.42 10.4 – – 10........................................................ 33.91 27.5 41.06 36.0 – – 11........................................................ 36.90 4.1 38.27 4.4 – – 12........................................................ 45.63 10.4 45.64 10.4 – – 13........................................................ 37.67 6.0 – – – – 14........................................................ $53.36 4.0 $55.65 3.9 – – Financial managers.......................................... 39.40 24.2 40.03 24.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 38.65 42.3 38.65 42.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.02 14.0 – – $35.04 14.3 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 17.95 29.7 17.95 29.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.88 8.1 39.08 8.4 – – 9....................................................... 32.82 11.4 30.85 12.6 – – 11........................................................ 41.65 6.9 41.65 6.9 – – 12........................................................ 47.56 14.1 47.56 14.1 – – Management related............................................ 21.69 7.7 22.21 8.0 16.03 6.6 7....................................................... 18.84 4.9 19.11 5.0 – – 9....................................................... 21.54 7.0 23.18 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.48 8.3 35.55 8.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 17.66 8.7 17.66 8.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 31.90 11.9 31.90 11.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 27.95 18.1 28.00 18.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.22 11.7 20.22 11.7 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.21 5.0 22.63 4.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.01 9.4 18.66 11.0 – – 7....................................................... 17.79 3.6 18.29 .6 – – 9....................................................... 22.16 20.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 15.83 9.4 15.83 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.95 5.3 13.95 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.62 13.0 16.62 13.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.13 5.7 18.13 5.7 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 20.56 11.1 20.56 11.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.92 8.0 9.92 8.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.49 2.3 13.66 3.0 12.95 2.2 1....................................................... 10.79 7.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.51 8.8 10.62 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.74 4.2 11.85 5.6 11.35 3.4 4....................................................... 12.91 2.6 13.30 3.1 11.63 2.7 5....................................................... 14.32 3.5 14.93 3.6 12.73 2.3 6....................................................... 15.20 4.3 15.38 6.1 14.82 4.1 7....................................................... 16.29 5.1 16.49 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 20.56 8.1 21.87 7.6 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 16.06 6.5 – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 23.61 9.9 23.61 9.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.79 5.0 14.31 5.7 12.86 6.2 4....................................................... 12.22 2.6 12.40 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.73 5.3 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.74 5.0 9.61 5.2 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.14 7.0 14.14 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.66 7.6 15.66 7.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $13.66 12.0 $13.59 17.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.98 4.0 13.00 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.45 4.8 12.74 4.4 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.33 5.7 14.33 5.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.07 6.1 14.07 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.48 3.0 14.08 2.8 $12.08 7.9 4....................................................... 13.39 5.2 13.66 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 13.56 5.9 14.86 4.2 – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.20 5.4 9.20 5.4 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.12 2.2 – – 10.12 2.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.13 7.6 12.36 8.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.11 13.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.87 3.3 17.93 3.6 17.10 2.3 1....................................................... 10.89 7.0 10.89 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.76 6.8 11.76 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 17.97 2.1 18.20 2.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.22 2.6 15.30 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.40 6.3 16.65 7.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.12 5.5 18.70 6.0 15.07 .7 7....................................................... 21.51 3.4 21.67 3.6 19.70 6.9 8....................................................... 23.64 2.5 23.64 2.5 – – 9....................................................... 28.62 4.6 28.87 5.1 – – 10........................................................ 31.15 2.5 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.36 4.0 21.66 4.4 19.29 5.0 4....................................................... 14.06 9.0 14.06 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.08 5.9 20.21 5.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.16 3.6 17.97 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.82 3.8 22.07 4.1 19.70 6.9 8....................................................... 24.03 1.4 24.03 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.99 3.4 28.19 3.9 – – 10........................................................ 31.15 2.5 – – – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.46 6.6 25.22 9.6 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.11 2.8 17.11 2.8 – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 18.62 3.0 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.35 3.7 18.35 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.32 3.0 18.32 3.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.54 2.6 22.71 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.42 2.3 – – – – Electricians................................................ 26.63 9.0 28.58 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.31 12.2 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.87 8.8 23.12 10.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.09 2.2 17.09 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 19.79 3.9 19.79 3.9 – – 4....................................................... $12.58 6.4 $12.58 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 13.64 1.7 13.64 1.7 – – 6....................................................... 16.55 4.7 16.55 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.82 4.2 18.82 4.2 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.49 12.1 16.49 12.1 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.16 12.6 15.16 12.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.28 3.2 11.28 3.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 22.30 4.7 22.30 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 23.78 4.4 23.78 4.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 19.59 6.9 19.59 6.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.52 5.6 18.82 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 14.72 12.2 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.74 2.9 17.01 2.7 – – 5....................................................... 18.62 14.5 18.94 14.7 – – 6....................................................... 20.74 12.6 20.74 12.6 – – 7....................................................... 23.05 4.5 23.05 4.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.78 8.4 19.02 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.27 4.4 16.56 4.6 – – 6....................................................... 20.97 13.9 20.97 13.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.52 7.1 16.52 7.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.76 6.4 13.75 6.9 $13.94 2.6 1....................................................... 10.65 9.8 10.65 9.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.26 6.7 12.26 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 14.87 14.3 15.14 14.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.07 5.7 17.24 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.76 1.9 14.65 2.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.53 10.6 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.57 10.4 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.05 9.1 13.08 9.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.86 13.6 11.86 13.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.09 18.0 13.20 18.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.17 19.8 13.17 19.8 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 14.31 6.3 14.31 6.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.37 10.0 13.05 11.2 – – 2....................................................... 12.48 11.8 12.48 11.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.79 5.9 10.67 9.7 16.53 9.2 1....................................................... 8.72 4.7 8.16 2.0 10.41 7.5 2....................................................... 9.05 5.1 8.87 6.8 9.76 1.8 3....................................................... 9.44 4.9 8.84 8.9 10.28 6.1 4....................................................... 10.88 3.2 10.83 3.2 – – 6....................................................... 12.34 7.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 19.23 4.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 21.49 1.9 – – 21.49 1.9 Protective service............................................ $19.87 3.8 – – $21.76 2.6 9....................................................... 21.49 1.9 – – 21.49 1.9 Food service.................................................. 8.92 6.3 $8.91 7.5 8.95 2.8 1....................................................... 7.60 3.9 7.58 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.29 3.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.09 18.6 7.90 23.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.06 6.9 12.06 6.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.65 12.0 2.65 12.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.46 5.9 2.46 5.9 – – Other food service........................................... 10.01 3.7 10.26 4.0 8.95 2.8 1....................................................... 7.96 3.7 8.02 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.46 2.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.23 7.1 12.12 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.06 6.9 12.06 6.9 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.50 7.9 13.59 9.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.43 3.6 11.02 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.32 7.0 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.05 4.0 7.99 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.79 5.8 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.56 1.2 10.58 1.3 10.42 4.2 2....................................................... 10.35 1.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.24 2.6 10.18 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.94 1.5 10.94 1.5 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.51 5.8 11.51 5.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.49 1.3 10.50 1.4 10.42 4.2 2....................................................... 10.35 1.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.18 2.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.87 1.7 10.87 1.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.85 4.3 9.62 3.5 12.83 6.7 1....................................................... 10.53 13.3 9.03 13.2 12.26 13.0 2....................................................... 9.34 7.4 9.11 10.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.14 3.8 9.68 4.4 12.17 4.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.02 2.6 8.00 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.07 4.1 8.07 4.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.11 4.0 10.51 5.5 11.73 4.6 1....................................................... 12.11 9.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.65 10.0 11.82 22.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.23 4.0 9.75 5.0 12.17 4.6 Personal service.............................................. 9.13 4.0 9.07 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.85 .7 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.17 2.7 10.94 1.3 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.59 5.9 $9.06 6.5 $13.68 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 9.89 7.1 9.24 8.1 13.68 4.4 White collar........................................................ 11.99 5.9 11.26 6.9 16.76 8.8 1....................................................... 7.40 3.0 7.41 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 7.70 6.5 7.71 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.88 3.3 8.64 3.4 10.88 3.1 4....................................................... 11.30 5.0 11.40 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 12.34 4.6 12.04 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.47 5.3 – – 16.80 4.8 8....................................................... 26.05 6.3 26.05 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 24.28 3.8 24.66 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.51 27.6 10.52 27.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.66 8.4 14.01 10.5 16.76 8.8 1....................................................... 7.38 8.2 7.42 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.29 3.6 – – 10.88 3.1 4....................................................... 11.13 6.0 11.20 8.4 – – 5....................................................... 13.75 4.4 13.67 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.47 5.3 – – 16.80 4.8 8....................................................... 26.05 6.3 26.05 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 24.28 3.8 24.66 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.51 27.6 10.52 27.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.59 8.4 19.13 11.2 20.70 11.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.69 10.6 21.50 13.9 22.14 13.6 7....................................................... 18.46 4.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.22 6.1 26.22 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 24.28 3.8 24.66 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.12 40.7 10.12 40.7 – – Health related................................................ 26.59 2.4 25.35 3.1 – – 8....................................................... 26.22 6.1 26.22 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 24.48 3.9 24.65 5.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.76 2.8 25.76 2.2 – – 8....................................................... 27.00 6.2 27.00 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 24.49 4.2 24.65 5.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 11.64 7.0 – – 11.62 7.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 9.81 38.7 9.81 38.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.80 41.9 9.80 41.9 – – Technical....................................................... 13.20 10.0 12.07 13.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.26 2.2 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.98 3.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. $8.53 5.5 $8.53 5.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.40 2.4 7.40 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 7.86 6.6 7.86 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.48 5.8 8.48 5.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.05 6.7 10.05 6.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.71 4.3 7.71 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 7.57 3.5 7.57 3.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.71 5.7 9.58 6.8 $10.34 3.3 1....................................................... 7.38 8.2 7.42 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.29 3.6 – – 10.88 3.1 4....................................................... 11.82 2.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 8.20 14.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.16 10.4 8.00 10.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.84 8.7 6.84 8.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.57 10.8 8.57 10.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.08 4.4 10.97 5.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.80 9.0 9.39 10.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.41 11.9 7.41 11.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.69 8.2 6.69 8.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.75 9.4 9.75 9.4 – – Service............................................................. 6.38 5.4 6.11 5.8 8.32 1.8 1....................................................... 6.95 7.0 6.74 8.2 8.41 3.7 2....................................................... 5.70 8.9 5.43 10.4 – – 3....................................................... 5.59 15.2 5.03 7.8 – – Protective service............................................ 7.79 2.2 – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.75 7.3 5.50 8.0 8.12 2.7 1....................................................... 6.77 10.0 6.60 11.2 – – 2....................................................... 5.31 11.4 4.98 13.5 – – 3....................................................... 4.49 10.2 4.15 .0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.25 3.0 3.15 3.7 – – 1....................................................... 4.75 20.3 4.75 20.3 – – 2....................................................... 2.62 5.9 2.33 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 3.07 .0 3.07 .0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.36 6.3 2.36 6.3 – – 2....................................................... $2.34 4.2 $2.34 4.2 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.38 6.4 5.35 8.0 – – Other food service........................................... 8.38 4.2 8.29 5.3 $8.90 1.0 1....................................................... 8.08 4.9 7.98 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.30 6.1 8.22 7.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.79 6.0 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.80 4.2 7.61 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.77 4.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.39 8.4 9.39 8.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.23 8.9 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.86 9.4 7.63 13.2 8.40 .7 1....................................................... 7.29 4.2 6.88 3.8 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.70 $9.59 $20.07 $18.35 $18.56 $21.84 All excluding sales............................................. 19.86 9.89 20.15 18.75 18.87 26.55 White collar........................................................ 22.06 11.99 21.76 21.13 21.10 22.83 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.50 14.66 22.14 22.07 21.82 39.20 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.14 19.59 28.05 24.41 24.80 – Professional specialty.......................................... 26.53 21.69 28.25 25.96 26.25 – Technical....................................................... 19.16 13.20 – 18.64 18.72 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.27 – – 30.40 29.22 50.31 Sales............................................................. 15.83 8.53 – 13.08 10.70 16.95 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.49 9.71 15.04 12.90 13.21 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.87 8.16 20.19 14.34 17.11 20.09 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.36 – 22.56 19.75 21.27 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.09 – 19.67 13.56 17.04 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.52 9.80 22.01 13.38 16.41 21.69 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.76 7.41 15.79 10.88 12.86 – Service............................................................. 12.79 6.38 15.07 10.86 11.47 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 1.8 5.9 2.7 2.9 2.1 12.4 All excluding sales............................................. 2.0 7.1 2.7 3.1 2.0 16.6 White collar........................................................ 2.2 5.9 5.8 2.7 2.2 17.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.4 8.4 5.7 2.9 2.1 26.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.9 8.4 6.4 2.9 2.8 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.1 10.6 6.5 3.1 3.0 – Technical....................................................... 3.6 10.0 – 3.8 3.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.3 – – 7.4 7.0 21.7 Sales............................................................. 9.4 5.5 – 8.5 6.3 12.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 5.7 2.5 2.8 2.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 10.4 3.5 4.1 3.5 10.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.0 – 3.8 4.2 4.1 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.2 – 4.5 6.1 1.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.6 9.0 2.3 4.3 5.5 10.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.4 11.9 9.8 9.5 7.4 – Service............................................................. 5.9 5.4 6.9 6.1 6.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.37 $20.03 - $23.55 $19.24 $17.76 $20.88 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.79 20.14 - 23.58 19.36 18.26 20.92 - - - White collar........................................................ 21.05 22.23 - 25.20 21.99 20.81 23.45 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.25 22.71 - 25.41 22.49 22.15 23.63 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.91 26.22 - – 26.30 24.63 25.22 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 26.77 28.08 - – 28.24 26.52 26.39 - - - Technical....................................................... 19.14 22.47 - – 22.47 18.08 18.92 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.80 24.96 - – 23.71 32.25 30.33 - - - Sales............................................................. 13.03 14.79 - – 14.83 12.89 18.54 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.30 16.03 - – 15.98 12.79 15.68 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 17.30 18.98 - 23.32 17.59 15.10 18.20 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.57 22.49 - 24.51 20.37 19.62 21.61 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.99 17.36 - – 17.36 11.85 – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 17.98 19.31 - – 16.35 17.68 19.38 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.74 15.77 - 18.50 14.49 11.40 13.33 - - - Service............................................................. 9.46 – - – – 9.35 10.69 - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.9 2.4 - 1.4 2.3 4.0 6.1 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 2.5 - 1.4 2.6 4.2 6.6 - - - White collar........................................................ 3.2 3.7 - 18.5 3.2 3.8 5.0 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 4.1 - 18.4 3.8 4.2 4.7 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 5.7 - – 5.8 4.6 4.2 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.2 6.0 - – 6.1 4.9 4.7 - - - Technical....................................................... 4.5 8.6 - – 8.6 5.7 11.0 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.3 9.0 - – 7.4 9.1 6.1 - - - Sales............................................................. 8.3 4.1 - – 4.2 9.0 20.3 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 2.3 - – 2.5 3.7 3.8 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.0 3.5 - 5.6 1.5 6.5 11.7 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.4 5.4 - 6.9 1.6 5.2 5.4 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.0 2.0 - – 2.0 7.2 – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 7.7 9.2 - – 9.8 8.2 9.1 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.7 4.5 - 6.7 4.0 11.5 16.6 - - - Service............................................................. 9.6 – - – – 10.0 7.8 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.37 $14.40 $19.38 $17.46 $22.18 All excluding sales............................................. 18.79 14.41 19.76 17.81 22.57 White collar........................................................ 21.05 16.00 22.09 20.15 24.55 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.25 16.91 23.02 21.12 25.34 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.91 22.62 24.98 23.44 26.36 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.77 25.82 26.79 25.28 28.11 Technical....................................................... 19.14 – 19.22 17.88 20.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.80 21.68 33.06 30.77 36.44 Sales............................................................. 13.03 14.39 11.82 11.55 12.39 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.30 12.50 13.50 12.59 15.06 Blue collar......................................................... 17.30 16.54 17.51 15.49 21.09 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.57 18.94 22.56 22.44 22.90 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.99 13.40 17.97 12.30 22.68 Transportation and material moving................................ 17.98 17.84 18.02 14.83 22.82 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.74 15.55 12.16 11.50 14.20 Service............................................................. 9.46 6.66 10.64 10.85 10.26 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.9 5.0 3.3 4.0 3.7 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 5.3 3.3 3.9 3.8 White collar........................................................ 3.2 7.2 3.9 5.3 3.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 7.3 3.9 5.2 3.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 10.7 3.8 5.8 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.2 6.2 4.2 7.7 3.7 Technical....................................................... 4.5 – 4.6 6.3 5.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.3 7.8 9.3 13.7 6.0 Sales............................................................. 8.3 13.5 8.0 11.3 5.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 6.2 3.2 4.6 2.8 Blue collar......................................................... 4.0 5.9 4.1 6.6 3.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.4 8.9 3.3 5.0 2.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.0 4.7 2.4 4.1 4.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.7 13.5 7.6 15.7 5.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.7 5.9 9.4 12.2 7.7 Service............................................................. 9.6 9.5 10.1 15.0 3.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.31 $11.00 $16.11 $23.66 $32.19 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 11.37 16.55 24.00 32.69 White collar.................................... 9.36 12.88 18.06 25.97 36.53 White collar excluding sales................ 10.31 13.64 18.97 27.09 37.59 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.23 17.81 22.68 30.22 37.74 Professional specialty...................... 15.00 19.06 24.22 32.25 39.07 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.25 26.58 31.25 38.40 44.16 Civil engineers......................... 22.12 32.26 41.58 45.90 50.66 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 19.90 26.65 32.25 36.65 39.07 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.50 26.00 29.33 35.60 40.10 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.50 22.33 26.71 36.06 41.73 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.00 23.08 29.22 38.46 45.54 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 17.57 19.10 24.99 24.99 26.85 Natural scientists........................ 13.09 15.39 20.61 29.33 48.72 Health related............................ 17.64 19.34 22.41 26.25 35.00 Registered nurses....................... 17.74 19.34 22.25 25.50 29.50 Pharmacists............................. 28.65 35.33 36.69 40.00 40.00 Respiratory therapists.................. 18.27 20.29 21.70 21.93 21.93 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.16 23.86 28.69 36.72 48.52 Medical science teachers................ 19.08 22.84 30.29 43.17 57.59 Teachers, except college and university... 15.92 21.02 26.39 33.52 37.35 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.16 24.67 32.03 35.66 40.83 Secondary school teachers............... 20.82 23.69 28.77 35.99 39.41 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 16.33 19.60 23.48 29.88 35.19 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 16.48 25.77 30.84 30.84 33.67 Librarians.............................. 16.48 25.77 30.84 30.84 33.67 Social scientists and urban planners...... 12.09 13.33 15.31 18.80 18.80 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.89 14.42 16.12 18.13 19.04 Social workers.......................... 12.89 14.23 16.05 18.13 19.17 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.00 12.63 18.17 21.17 33.58 Editors and reporters................... 11.66 12.62 16.67 22.79 35.53 Technical................................... 12.16 14.98 17.55 22.18 27.17 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.32 17.65 21.50 22.94 25.42 Radiological technicians................ 16.22 16.94 18.96 21.39 23.53 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.10 13.62 14.87 16.10 17.23 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.50 10.30 12.89 15.79 17.40 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.25 21.63 23.97 28.60 30.79 Computer programmers.................... 18.22 20.49 23.49 27.17 31.83 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 13.56 15.01 17.45 25.45 30.42 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.42 18.22 25.46 37.50 52.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.95 22.14 30.51 43.41 56.09 Financial managers...................... 22.29 29.71 35.20 43.26 77.69 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $15.70 $17.47 $23.67 $39.52 $141.83 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 19.09 24.63 31.41 39.72 60.27 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 11.54 13.22 13.94 18.00 25.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.10 25.46 33.65 52.56 56.09 Management related........................ 13.00 15.04 20.44 25.74 33.65 Accountants and auditors................ 13.77 14.75 16.76 21.64 21.64 Other financial officers................ 16.00 29.00 33.57 37.98 41.41 Management analysts..................... 18.08 19.90 25.28 37.96 43.56 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 9.56 12.00 21.10 25.96 29.34 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 15.95 19.03 20.53 24.11 30.51 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.02 13.96 15.90 20.95 28.72 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.00 10.01 15.47 22.04 Supervisors, sales...................... 8.75 10.45 15.00 16.90 22.50 Sales, other business services.......... 11.27 14.33 21.75 21.94 25.93 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.00 7.57 9.65 14.15 20.79 Cashiers................................ 6.76 7.10 8.00 9.75 10.69 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.56 10.18 12.71 15.00 18.46 Supervisors, general office............. 10.55 14.54 15.61 19.90 21.19 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 17.50 17.50 23.63 23.63 35.82 Secretaries............................. 10.30 11.04 13.31 14.91 18.11 Receptionists........................... 7.21 9.27 10.84 11.21 11.50 Order clerks............................ 9.35 11.33 13.07 17.12 18.99 Library clerks.......................... 6.90 8.09 9.05 9.76 12.02 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.46 10.52 13.46 17.24 17.71 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.59 11.11 12.98 14.91 17.25 Billing clerks.......................... 11.66 11.85 13.63 15.94 19.26 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.24 11.30 13.27 14.94 16.11 General office clerks................... 8.57 10.82 13.07 14.64 17.38 Bank tellers............................ 8.50 8.56 9.00 9.50 11.57 Teachers' aides......................... 8.14 9.07 9.82 11.21 12.34 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.50 10.00 11.00 14.00 17.79 Blue collar..................................... 8.85 11.70 16.00 22.90 26.10 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.50 16.38 20.28 25.96 29.78 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 20.54 20.54 25.96 26.49 30.84 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 11.58 14.83 19.15 19.81 19.81 Heavy equipment mechanics............... 15.79 16.40 19.51 19.66 21.08 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.91 16.93 18.16 19.93 22.52 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.98 18.25 21.94 24.55 25.05 Electricians............................ 19.15 21.07 29.34 30.78 30.78 Supervisors, production................. 17.50 19.61 24.72 27.89 28.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $10.00 $11.45 $15.10 $24.52 $25.88 Printing press operators................ 11.60 12.90 15.10 19.13 24.81 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.82 10.82 12.13 14.19 27.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.75 9.50 10.24 13.63 14.50 Assemblers.............................. 10.50 20.75 25.47 25.88 25.88 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 12.57 15.08 20.74 24.52 25.70 Transportation and material moving............ 9.30 12.44 16.19 23.51 26.36 Truck drivers........................... 12.00 14.42 18.75 23.62 26.03 Motor transportation, n.e.c............. 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.50 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.43 13.71 16.19 18.87 19.51 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.80 12.05 16.12 20.43 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 7.26 7.42 9.56 13.13 16.19 Construction laborers................... 11.00 15.00 21.40 21.40 21.84 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.36 9.10 13.10 15.69 16.41 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.85 8.35 11.19 17.83 20.43 Hand packers and packagers.............. 9.95 13.20 14.12 16.15 16.15 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 6.39 9.96 12.55 18.64 Service......................................... 5.50 8.00 9.67 13.39 19.10 Protective service........................ 10.40 16.37 17.12 22.22 32.52 Protective service, n.e.c............... 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.55 9.84 Food service.............................. 2.13 4.25 8.00 9.73 12.23 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 5.15 5.50 6.71 7.50 Other food service....................... 7.07 8.00 8.88 10.81 12.33 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 10.13 11.82 12.06 13.46 19.10 Cooks................................... 8.26 8.85 10.00 12.00 12.33 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.66 8.40 8.98 10.60 13.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.65 7.27 7.92 8.55 9.27 Health service............................ 8.67 9.50 10.40 11.38 12.44 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.50 8.00 11.14 12.51 13.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.61 10.40 11.38 12.23 Cleaning and building service............. 7.25 8.49 9.48 11.37 15.82 Maids and housemen...................... 6.95 7.30 8.20 8.82 9.48 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.96 9.10 9.96 12.13 15.82 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.34 8.85 10.00 11.08 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 7.32 8.26 8.55 9.28 10.12 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 6.00 6.00 9.00 9.91 12.13 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.50 7.50 9.00 11.08 11.08 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.61 $15.81 $23.37 $31.03 All excluding sales........................... 8.26 11.00 16.19 23.80 31.59 White collar.................................... 9.00 12.55 17.68 25.50 36.93 White collar excluding sales................ 10.25 13.56 18.81 26.75 38.46 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.42 17.69 22.86 29.86 38.48 Professional specialty...................... 15.76 19.34 24.89 32.60 40.39 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.00 27.00 31.97 38.66 44.35 Civil engineers......................... 27.40 33.36 42.14 46.19 50.66 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 19.90 26.65 32.25 36.65 39.07 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.25 26.00 30.03 35.64 40.13 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.60 23.08 27.45 36.56 41.80 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.30 24.00 30.49 38.46 46.63 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 17.57 19.10 24.99 24.99 26.85 Natural scientists........................ 21.78 23.54 29.33 48.72 48.72 Health related............................ 17.78 19.47 22.68 26.46 33.00 Registered nurses....................... 17.73 19.34 22.68 25.59 29.97 Respiratory therapists.................. 18.27 20.29 21.70 21.93 21.93 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.62 23.78 25.52 31.36 34.28 Teachers, except college and university... 10.50 15.76 19.84 22.76 29.33 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.89 14.90 16.59 18.32 18.84 Social workers.......................... 12.45 14.90 16.52 18.32 18.84 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.00 12.62 19.00 21.17 34.19 Editors and reporters................... 11.66 12.62 16.67 22.79 35.53 Technical................................... 12.36 15.10 17.69 22.89 27.39 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.27 15.06 20.43 22.65 22.94 Radiological technicians................ 16.22 16.88 18.50 22.20 23.53 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.31 14.06 15.23 16.10 17.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.50 10.25 11.37 15.00 17.20 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.25 21.63 23.97 28.60 30.79 Computer programmers.................... 20.52 21.63 25.10 28.85 32.29 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.40 18.22 25.46 37.96 52.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.70 22.82 31.73 45.56 56.09 Financial managers...................... 23.50 31.05 35.26 43.26 77.69 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 15.70 17.47 23.67 39.52 141.83 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 11.54 13.22 13.94 18.00 25.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.10 25.24 34.09 52.56 56.49 Management related........................ 13.00 15.75 20.65 25.96 34.47 Accountants and auditors................ $13.77 $14.75 $16.76 $21.64 $21.64 Other financial officers................ 16.00 29.00 33.57 37.98 41.41 Management analysts..................... 18.08 19.90 25.28 37.96 43.56 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 9.56 12.00 21.10 25.96 29.34 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 15.95 17.80 21.16 25.00 31.32 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.25 14.00 16.50 22.14 28.99 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.00 10.01 15.47 22.04 Supervisors, sales...................... 8.75 10.45 15.00 16.90 22.50 Sales, other business services.......... 11.27 14.33 21.75 21.94 25.93 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.00 7.57 9.65 14.15 20.79 Cashiers................................ 6.76 7.10 8.00 9.75 10.69 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.50 10.25 12.98 15.32 18.80 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 17.50 17.50 23.63 23.63 35.82 Secretaries............................. 10.58 11.04 13.75 16.02 20.68 Receptionists........................... 7.21 8.64 9.86 11.21 11.50 Order clerks............................ 9.35 11.33 13.07 17.12 18.99 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.00 10.00 13.22 17.71 17.71 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.88 11.11 12.98 14.80 17.25 Billing clerks.......................... 11.66 11.85 13.63 15.94 19.26 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.24 11.30 13.27 14.94 16.11 General office clerks................... 7.80 11.10 13.48 14.64 17.65 Bank tellers............................ 8.50 8.56 9.00 9.50 11.57 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 10.00 11.00 15.36 17.79 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 11.50 16.09 23.12 26.30 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.74 16.80 20.92 26.49 30.50 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 20.54 20.54 22.80 29.48 34.27 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 11.58 14.83 19.15 19.81 19.81 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.91 16.93 18.16 19.93 22.52 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 18.15 21.94 23.55 24.55 24.55 Electricians............................ 23.21 28.78 29.34 30.78 30.78 Supervisors, production................. 13.21 19.50 23.56 27.07 28.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.00 11.45 15.10 24.52 25.88 Printing press operators................ 11.60 12.90 15.10 19.13 24.81 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.82 10.82 12.13 14.19 27.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.75 9.50 10.24 13.63 14.50 Assemblers.............................. 10.50 20.75 25.47 25.88 25.88 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 12.57 15.08 20.74 24.52 25.70 Transportation and material moving............ $9.00 $12.47 $17.47 $23.75 $26.36 Truck drivers........................... 12.00 14.50 18.75 23.79 26.30 Motor transportation, n.e.c............. 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.50 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.43 13.71 16.19 18.87 19.51 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 8.50 12.00 16.12 20.66 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.36 9.10 13.25 15.71 16.41 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.85 8.35 11.19 17.83 20.43 Hand packers and packagers.............. 9.95 13.20 14.12 16.15 16.15 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 6.25 9.50 12.02 18.64 Service......................................... 2.13 7.25 9.00 11.20 17.12 Protective service........................ 8.00 16.55 17.12 17.12 22.22 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.58 7.92 9.85 12.23 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.58 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 5.15 6.00 7.50 7.50 Other food service....................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 11.01 13.13 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 10.13 10.93 11.82 19.10 19.10 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.25 10.70 12.33 14.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.70 8.40 9.00 10.81 13.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.00 7.92 8.55 9.10 Health service............................ 8.67 9.50 10.42 11.38 12.34 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.50 8.00 11.14 12.51 13.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.75 10.40 11.38 12.16 Cleaning and building service............. 7.15 7.75 9.00 9.79 13.13 Maids and housemen...................... 6.95 7.30 8.18 8.82 9.48 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.25 8.32 9.25 10.94 14.51 Personal service.......................... 5.97 6.75 9.00 10.25 11.08 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.50 7.50 9.00 11.08 11.08 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.43 $12.34 $17.55 $25.21 $34.46 All excluding sales........................... 9.43 12.34 17.55 25.21 34.46 White collar.................................... 10.50 13.72 19.04 27.79 36.09 White collar excluding sales................ 10.50 13.72 19.04 27.79 36.09 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.96 18.00 22.45 30.97 36.68 Professional specialty...................... 14.53 18.76 23.57 31.92 37.13 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.28 18.77 20.89 26.22 37.59 Registered nurses....................... 17.99 19.23 20.65 23.89 27.93 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.23 24.04 33.43 47.16 57.59 Teachers, except college and university... 18.30 21.25 27.59 33.53 37.84 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.14 24.75 32.03 35.66 40.83 Secondary school teachers............... 20.82 23.69 28.77 36.11 39.02 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 16.33 19.93 23.48 29.88 35.19 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 16.18 23.10 30.84 30.84 34.19 Librarians.............................. 16.18 23.10 30.84 30.84 34.19 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.19 13.70 15.29 18.00 19.17 Social workers.......................... 13.19 13.70 15.29 18.00 19.17 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.35 13.86 17.01 19.71 21.98 Licensed practical nurses............... 8.16 9.19 12.58 14.92 18.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.63 18.34 22.29 33.32 43.51 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.22 18.80 27.50 36.89 44.35 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 19.09 24.63 31.41 39.72 60.27 Management related........................ 12.21 14.36 14.91 19.03 20.44 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.94 9.95 11.76 14.34 16.99 Secretaries............................. 10.30 10.79 12.73 14.41 15.36 Library clerks.......................... 6.90 7.90 9.05 9.92 12.46 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.18 11.42 13.89 16.44 16.65 General office clerks................... 8.94 9.86 11.41 13.94 16.99 Teachers' aides......................... 8.14 9.07 9.82 11.21 12.34 Blue collar..................................... 12.00 13.18 15.29 20.28 25.96 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.72 14.35 18.73 25.05 28.00 Transportation and material moving............ 11.25 12.30 13.54 14.50 14.91 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $11.27 $12.75 $13.82 $16.09 $16.87 Service......................................... 8.26 9.39 12.88 19.22 28.02 Protective service........................ 12.21 16.37 19.02 25.28 35.95 Food service.............................. 6.75 7.78 8.48 9.45 10.85 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.27 8.26 8.59 9.50 11.05 Cooks................................... 8.06 8.26 8.77 9.50 10.32 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.07 7.44 8.33 9.21 9.79 Health service............................ 7.91 9.39 10.05 11.82 12.99 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.91 9.39 10.05 11.82 12.99 Cleaning and building service............. $9.33 $9.62 $10.66 $15.10 $20.05 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.43 9.62 10.44 13.46 15.82 Personal service.......................... 8.26 8.26 8.55 9.14 10.80 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 8.50 8.65 9.80 12.52 13.45 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.25 $12.16 $17.12 $24.28 $33.27 All excluding sales........................... 9.35 12.32 17.24 24.52 33.34 White collar.................................... 10.32 13.77 18.80 26.92 37.59 White collar excluding sales................ 10.87 13.94 19.23 27.51 37.96 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.65 18.18 22.93 30.77 38.06 Professional specialty...................... 15.31 19.21 24.49 32.77 39.52 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.25 26.58 31.25 38.40 44.16 Civil engineers......................... 22.12 32.26 41.58 45.90 50.66 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 19.90 26.65 32.25 36.65 39.07 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.50 26.00 29.33 35.60 40.10 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.50 22.33 26.71 36.06 41.73 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.00 23.08 29.22 38.46 45.54 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 17.57 19.10 24.99 24.99 26.85 Natural scientists........................ 13.09 15.39 20.61 29.33 48.72 Health related............................ 17.64 19.25 21.88 25.59 35.30 Registered nurses....................... 17.71 19.16 21.50 25.08 28.43 Pharmacists............................. 28.65 35.33 36.69 40.00 40.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.16 23.86 28.69 36.72 48.52 Medical science teachers................ 19.08 22.84 30.29 43.17 57.59 Teachers, except college and university... 18.30 21.23 27.06 33.52 37.78 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.16 24.67 32.03 35.66 40.83 Secondary school teachers............... 20.82 23.69 28.77 35.99 39.41 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 17.52 20.21 23.75 29.88 35.37 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 12.09 13.33 15.31 18.80 18.80 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.89 14.42 16.12 18.13 19.04 Social workers.......................... 12.89 14.23 16.05 18.13 19.17 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 11.88 14.65 19.65 21.64 34.33 Editors and reporters................... 11.66 12.99 16.83 23.03 35.53 Technical................................... 12.58 15.35 18.22 22.65 27.17 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.32 17.66 21.50 22.94 25.42 Radiological technicians................ 15.96 17.30 19.02 22.20 23.64 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.85 13.50 14.94 16.10 17.01 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.38 11.54 15.30 17.20 18.49 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.25 21.63 23.97 28.60 30.79 Computer programmers.................... 18.22 20.49 23.49 27.17 31.83 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.42 18.30 25.46 37.52 52.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.95 22.14 30.51 43.41 56.09 Financial managers...................... 22.29 29.71 35.20 43.26 77.69 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 15.70 17.47 23.67 39.52 141.83 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 19.09 24.63 31.41 39.72 60.27 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... $11.54 $13.22 $13.94 $18.00 $25.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.10 25.46 33.65 52.56 56.09 Management related........................ 13.00 15.00 20.44 25.78 33.65 Accountants and auditors................ 13.77 14.75 16.76 21.64 21.64 Other financial officers................ 16.00 29.00 33.57 37.98 41.41 Management analysts..................... 18.08 19.90 25.28 37.96 43.56 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 9.56 12.00 21.10 25.96 29.34 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 15.95 19.03 20.53 24.11 30.51 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.02 13.96 15.90 21.00 28.72 Sales......................................... 7.88 9.65 14.33 17.98 24.17 Sales, other business services.......... 13.85 15.30 21.94 22.50 25.93 Cashiers................................ 7.50 8.00 9.75 10.61 15.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.94 10.58 12.98 15.32 18.80 Supervisors, general office............. 10.55 14.54 15.61 19.90 21.19 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 17.50 17.50 23.63 23.63 35.82 Secretaries............................. 10.30 11.04 13.31 15.01 18.24 Receptionists........................... 7.21 8.64 9.86 11.14 11.21 Order clerks............................ 9.35 11.38 13.34 17.53 19.91 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.00 10.75 13.89 17.24 17.71 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.59 11.11 12.95 14.68 16.70 Billing clerks.......................... 11.66 11.85 13.63 15.94 19.26 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 11.00 12.90 14.07 14.94 16.29 General office clerks................... 9.50 11.28 13.48 14.64 17.65 Bank tellers............................ 8.50 8.50 8.99 9.42 10.60 Teachers' aides......................... 8.12 9.07 9.74 11.21 12.34 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.65 10.00 11.00 14.00 17.79 Blue collar..................................... 9.81 12.52 16.55 23.56 26.49 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.63 16.50 20.41 25.96 29.78 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 20.54 20.54 25.96 26.49 30.84 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 11.58 14.83 19.15 19.81 19.81 Heavy equipment mechanics............... 15.79 16.40 19.51 19.66 21.08 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.91 16.93 18.16 19.93 22.52 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.98 18.25 21.94 24.55 25.05 Electricians............................ 19.15 21.07 29.34 30.78 30.78 Supervisors, production................. 17.50 19.61 24.72 27.89 28.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.24 11.50 15.11 24.52 25.88 Printing press operators................ 11.60 12.90 15.10 19.13 24.81 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.82 10.82 12.13 14.19 27.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.75 9.50 10.24 13.63 14.77 Assemblers.............................. 10.50 21.82 25.47 25.88 25.88 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ $12.57 $15.08 $20.74 $24.52 $25.70 Transportation and material moving............ 10.52 13.57 18.50 23.80 26.40 Truck drivers........................... 12.00 14.42 18.75 23.64 26.03 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.43 13.71 16.19 18.87 19.51 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.35 9.65 13.13 16.41 21.40 Construction laborers................... 11.00 15.00 21.40 21.40 21.84 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.50 10.17 13.52 15.96 16.55 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.85 8.35 12.05 18.50 20.43 Hand packers and packagers.............. 10.12 13.60 14.12 16.15 17.37 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.50 9.96 12.02 16.22 20.10 Service......................................... 7.42 8.76 10.60 16.44 20.05 Protective service........................ 11.98 16.76 17.12 22.22 32.52 Food service.............................. 2.13 7.50 8.77 11.31 13.18 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.30 3.99 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.74 Other food service....................... 7.44 8.26 9.10 11.82 13.64 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 10.40 11.82 12.23 13.86 19.10 Cooks................................... 8.26 8.85 10.00 12.00 13.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.44 8.00 8.65 9.27 Health service............................ 8.80 9.59 10.43 11.41 12.50 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.08 8.67 11.41 12.74 13.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.59 10.30 11.38 12.23 Cleaning and building service............. 7.30 8.50 9.49 11.64 15.82 Maids and housemen...................... 6.75 7.25 8.00 8.76 9.25 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.24 9.10 10.00 12.13 15.82 Personal service.......................... 6.21 8.26 9.00 10.25 11.22 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $6.50 $8.00 $10.43 $15.00 All excluding sales........................... 2.58 6.25 8.25 10.80 18.08 White collar.................................... 6.53 7.35 9.10 12.75 22.92 White collar excluding sales................ 6.52 8.42 11.25 18.97 26.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 7.75 10.67 18.04 25.29 30.55 Professional specialty...................... 6.25 11.43 22.14 26.15 32.00 Health related............................ 18.05 21.39 24.96 29.00 33.00 Registered nurses....................... 18.00 20.86 25.12 28.54 32.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.00 10.67 10.67 11.87 13.63 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 6.25 6.25 6.25 8.76 10.88 Technical................................... 8.50 10.25 14.07 14.98 16.88 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.68 13.92 14.07 15.81 18.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.75 7.00 8.00 9.48 11.03 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.00 7.24 8.86 12.20 14.50 Cashiers................................ 6.65 6.78 7.50 8.25 9.30 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.50 7.50 9.05 11.50 13.07 General office clerks................... 6.00 6.00 6.75 10.51 11.30 Blue collar..................................... 5.50 6.00 7.30 9.70 12.51 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 8.00 9.45 11.85 13.40 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 5.90 6.25 8.00 11.67 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.85 7.85 8.85 11.67 12.82 Service......................................... 2.13 2.58 7.00 8.62 9.85 Protective service........................ 6.95 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.06 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.50 8.35 9.85 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 4.25 6.49 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.58 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 5.15 5.50 6.50 7.50 Other food service....................... 6.65 7.50 8.35 9.50 10.00 Cooks................................... 7.81 8.50 9.73 11.00 12.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.65 7.00 7.60 8.33 9.25 Health service............................ $7.50 $7.90 $9.50 $10.52 $11.32 Cleaning and building service............. 5.74 6.25 8.82 9.48 9.70 Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.50 7.34 8.58 10.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 424,800 327,500 97,300 All excluding sales............................................. 395,600 298,300 97,300 White collar........................................................ 251,800 181,800 70,000 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 222,700 152,700 70,000 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 110,200 66,200 44,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 91,000 50,600 40,400 Technical....................................................... 19,200 15,600 3,600 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 38,000 31,200 6,800 Sales............................................................. 29,100 29,100 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 74,500 55,400 19,100 Blue collar......................................................... 102,600 95,700 7,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 30,300 26,600 3,700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,900 25,900 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17,300 15,600 1,700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 29,200 27,600 1,600 Service............................................................. 70,300 50,000 20,400 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.