NC BL 05/00/2009 Table: Kansas City, MO-KS, Bulletin, September 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $21.44 5.4 36.0 $20.98 6.1 35.8 $24.86 3.8 37.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 34.11 9.5 38.3 35.23 11.8 38.6 30.23 6.7 37.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 33.87 6.0 40.4 34.12 6.7 40.4 32.11 11.7 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 34.24 12.1 37.2 35.93 15.6 37.5 29.80 8.4 36.5 Service............................................................. 11.32 12.4 30.5 9.35 7.8 29.2 20.01 10.6 38.2 Sales and office.................................................... 16.84 5.5 35.8 16.90 5.8 35.7 15.96 7.6 37.0 Sales and related................................................. 19.09 10.5 32.0 19.16 10.7 32.0 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.99 5.4 37.5 15.97 5.9 37.6 16.18 7.8 37.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.75 5.5 39.2 20.83 5.7 39.1 18.08 1.9 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 22.05 8.3 38.7 22.20 8.6 38.7 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.35 4.8 39.5 20.37 5.0 39.5 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.07 6.0 36.4 16.88 6.1 36.4 – – – Production........................................................ 18.37 3.1 39.8 18.05 2.1 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.57 12.2 33.2 15.58 12.3 33.3 – – – Full time........................................................... 22.37 4.1 40.0 21.91 4.5 40.0 25.56 3.7 39.8 Part time........................................................... 14.59 23.4 20.7 14.48 25.4 20.7 16.08 6.3 21.5 Union............................................................... 24.66 5.1 39.1 23.99 6.5 38.6 26.56 3.6 40.6 Nonunion............................................................ 21.02 6.1 35.6 20.66 6.7 35.5 24.29 5.1 36.5 Time................................................................ 20.35 4.4 36.1 19.70 4.9 35.9 24.86 3.8 37.5 Incentive........................................................... 37.48 27.3 34.8 37.48 27.3 34.8 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.88 7.1 40.6 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 18.00 6.1 35.1 17.96 6.3 35.1 19.08 5.8 35.9 100-499 workers..................................................... 24.38 13.3 37.4 24.18 15.2 37.2 25.79 10.7 39.4 500 workers or more................................................. 27.22 2.6 36.9 27.97 3.6 36.8 25.79 2.4 37.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.44 5.4 $22.37 4.1 $14.59 23.4 Management occupations.............................................. 36.90 5.9 36.92 5.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.40 4.2 24.40 4.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.02 8.5 29.02 8.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.63 14.1 41.63 14.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.85 12.3 41.92 12.3 – – General and operations managers................................... 33.17 11.4 33.17 11.4 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.63 20.0 54.63 20.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 32.51 3.7 32.51 3.7 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 41.93 27.6 41.93 27.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.13 9.2 30.06 9.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.03 10.9 19.03 10.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.95 5.2 28.52 5.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.18 5.4 41.18 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.79 9.7 32.79 9.7 – – Management analysts............................................... 41.60 7.4 41.60 7.4 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 32.56 13.5 32.56 13.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.55 3.5 37.01 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.50 6.8 33.50 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.32 6.0 38.32 6.0 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.12 4.8 33.12 4.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.57 1.7 36.57 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.27 4.8 30.27 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.90 3.5 39.90 3.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.15 2.0 45.15 2.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 38.56 1.5 38.56 1.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.15 2.0 45.15 2.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.36 35.1 36.12 16.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.66 5.6 17.17 5.7 – – Legal occupations................................................... 51.52 20.7 51.52 20.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.86 5.8 28.01 7.3 15.65 4.0 Level 4 .................................................. 13.14 3.5 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.04 6.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.35 4.8 33.42 4.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.61 14.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.39 5.7 30.75 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.83 4.4 32.88 4.2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.78 7.1 31.78 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.37 5.6 32.37 5.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.27 10.6 30.27 10.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.68 9.9 30.68 9.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.56 1.1 34.56 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.70 2.8 35.70 2.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.38 1.4 32.79 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.99 6.3 34.19 6.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.37 4.2 31.90 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.88 2.2 33.10 1.8 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 17.95 2.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.94 4.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.14 3.5 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.58 6.9 26.64 6.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.83 4.4 24.83 4.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 41.79 30.2 36.27 23.2 77.16 41.6 Level 5 .................................................. 16.67 12.7 16.55 13.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.41 6.6 26.38 6.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.86 2.7 24.21 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.52 1.1 27.44 1.9 27.83 4.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.33 15.5 38.57 14.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.78 16.4 34.96 19.8 27.89 2.4 Level 8 .................................................. 25.99 3.5 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.27 1.3 27.01 1.6 28.09 5.6 Therapists........................................................ 28.67 5.4 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.87 7.2 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 22.26 11.6 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.68 2.3 27.02 3.2 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.29 3.9 25.29 3.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.07 12.5 16.13 13.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.54 4.0 12.46 6.6 9.40 10.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.34 2.3 11.29 2.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.12 6.6 11.03 2.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.33 4.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.64 5.4 11.56 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.33 4.0 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.78 12.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.95 7.5 22.95 5.6 12.44 18.3 Level 6 .................................................. 20.69 12.4 21.20 10.5 – – Police officers................................................... 23.26 11.0 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.26 11.0 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.32 17.0 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.05 9.3 8.59 12.3 7.36 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.12 6.6 – – 6.78 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.04 5.6 – – 7.50 6.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.31 5.5 9.37 5.9 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.63 8.6 9.52 7.3 7.53 8.0 Level 3 .................................................. 9.75 7.6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.17 .5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.85 3.6 11.02 4.8 10.41 5.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.52 9.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.98 2.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.78 4.5 11.16 5.8 9.95 8.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.98 2.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.90 5.2 11.68 5.6 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.52 8.4 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.50 10.9 9.81 11.1 11.34 15.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.00 3.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.09 10.5 22.26 11.2 10.95 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.71 4.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.72 4.3 – – 8.98 3.9 Level 6 .................................................. 30.39 33.2 30.39 33.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.94 4.1 12.92 2.8 10.94 9.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.71 4.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.90 3.9 – – 9.18 5.1 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.30 10.8 11.84 9.5 8.66 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.71 4.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.30 10.8 11.84 9.5 8.66 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.71 4.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.73 8.2 14.18 1.5 13.31 12.8 Level 3 .................................................. 9.20 6.5 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 39.87 26.0 40.49 26.1 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 19.47 23.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.99 5.4 16.23 5.5 11.32 11.3 Level 2 .................................................. 12.05 5.9 12.58 4.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.16 6.2 12.25 6.7 11.47 15.0 Level 4 .................................................. 14.98 4.4 15.03 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.52 5.0 16.51 5.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.54 3.0 20.54 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.89 5.4 22.89 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.65 8.5 15.61 8.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 27.29 8.0 27.29 8.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.74 7.1 12.83 8.1 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.34 4.5 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.62 5.9 14.61 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.47 4.5 15.47 4.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.87 4.3 13.88 4.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.26 11.6 14.26 11.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.61 3.0 19.74 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.61 4.6 15.75 4.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.10 3.0 21.10 3.0 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.97 5.7 20.97 5.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.43 4.2 18.74 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.96 6.4 16.18 6.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.40 13.2 12.38 15.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.74 15.3 14.74 15.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.05 8.3 22.10 8.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 24.08 16.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 28.96 18.1 28.96 18.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 19.66 20.9 19.66 20.9 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 28.06 7.8 28.06 7.8 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.06 7.8 28.06 7.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.35 4.8 20.48 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.87 13.4 15.87 13.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.97 4.5 22.97 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.22 3.5 21.22 3.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.52 6.4 19.52 6.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.26 9.1 17.26 9.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.37 3.1 18.45 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.14 6.3 10.14 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 24.55 6.4 25.38 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.39 3.3 17.39 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.72 8.0 18.72 8.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.14 4.5 25.14 4.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.38 28.1 19.38 28.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.57 12.2 16.68 15.1 10.96 10.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.36 8.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.49 4.7 13.93 4.4 12.88 8.9 Level 4 .................................................. 20.99 5.0 20.99 5.0 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.73 22.1 15.50 24.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.81 7.6 21.81 7.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.77 8.4 21.77 8.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.94 7.6 22.41 7.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.82 3.0 13.36 5.2 11.84 11.3 Level 2 .................................................. 13.44 4.9 13.93 4.4 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.76 3.6 13.29 6.6 11.93 11.1 Level 2 .................................................. 13.42 5.8 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.98 6.1 $21.91 4.5 $14.48 25.4 Management occupations.............................................. 37.95 5.9 37.97 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.02 8.5 29.02 8.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.90 16.8 43.90 16.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.85 12.3 41.92 12.3 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.63 20.0 54.63 20.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 32.51 3.7 32.51 3.7 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.62 26.5 48.62 26.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.49 10.0 29.39 10.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.92 8.4 17.92 8.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.76 5.8 28.27 5.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.14 5.5 41.14 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.79 9.7 32.79 9.7 – – Management analysts............................................... 43.18 8.1 43.18 8.1 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 32.56 13.5 32.56 13.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.57 3.9 38.02 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.50 6.8 33.50 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.32 6.0 38.32 6.0 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.12 4.8 33.12 4.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.35 .8 37.35 .8 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.90 3.5 39.90 3.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.15 2.0 45.15 2.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 38.56 1.5 38.56 1.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.15 2.0 45.15 2.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.28 41.0 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.38 5.2 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 47.58 27.3 47.58 27.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.40 9.3 22.19 8.9 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.58 6.9 26.64 6.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.83 4.4 24.83 4.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 44.28 32.2 37.87 25.5 83.20 40.5 Level 5 .................................................. 16.50 13.7 16.36 14.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.92 1.0 24.78 1.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.39 2.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.21 .9 27.03 1.9 27.83 4.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.33 15.5 38.57 14.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 34.61 17.3 35.92 20.6 27.52 2.8 Level 9 .................................................. 27.52 1.2 27.32 1.6 28.09 5.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.57 7.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.27 2.8 26.69 4.1 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.03 1.9 24.03 1.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.07 12.5 16.13 13.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.33 2.5 12.57 8.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.29 2.0 11.29 2.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.05 8.7 11.56 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.23 3.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.57 5.3 11.56 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.23 3.4 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.99 13.7 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.32 17.0 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.62 3.9 7.88 4.4 7.30 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.12 6.6 – – 6.78 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.04 5.6 – – 7.50 6.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.28 5.3 9.37 5.9 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.59 8.4 9.52 7.3 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.17 .5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.63 3.1 10.73 4.5 10.41 5.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.52 9.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.52 3.6 10.81 5.6 9.95 8.2 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.50 2.3 11.21 2.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.41 11.9 9.65 11.4 11.39 16.8 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.16 10.7 22.41 11.3 10.95 6.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.72 4.3 – – 8.98 3.9 Level 6 .................................................. 30.39 33.2 30.39 33.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.97 4.0 13.02 2.7 10.94 9.4 Level 3 .................................................. 9.90 3.9 – – 9.18 5.1 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.31 11.2 11.96 9.9 8.66 1.1 Cashiers...................................................... 10.31 11.2 11.96 9.9 8.66 1.1 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.73 8.2 14.18 1.5 13.31 12.8 Level 3 .................................................. 9.20 6.5 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 39.87 26.0 40.49 26.1 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 19.47 23.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.97 5.9 16.20 6.0 11.49 12.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.13 5.6 12.58 4.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.18 6.3 12.25 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.01 4.9 15.05 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.71 5.5 16.70 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.13 2.0 21.13 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.54 7.0 22.54 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.65 8.5 15.61 8.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.74 7.1 12.83 8.1 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.34 4.5 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.56 6.1 14.54 6.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.87 4.3 13.88 4.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.26 11.6 14.26 11.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.55 2.1 20.55 2.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.35 7.2 16.35 7.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.19 5.8 21.19 5.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.09 2.8 20.09 2.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.40 13.2 12.38 15.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.74 15.3 14.74 15.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.20 8.6 22.26 8.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 28.96 18.1 28.96 18.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 19.66 20.9 19.66 20.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.37 5.0 20.52 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.97 4.5 22.97 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.22 3.5 21.22 3.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.40 8.5 19.40 8.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.05 2.1 18.13 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.14 6.3 10.14 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 24.55 6.4 25.38 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.39 3.3 17.39 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.72 8.0 18.72 8.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.64 5.4 24.64 5.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.38 28.1 19.38 28.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.58 12.3 16.68 15.1 10.79 10.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.36 8.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.44 4.9 13.93 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.99 5.0 20.99 5.0 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.73 22.1 15.50 24.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.81 7.6 21.81 7.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.77 8.4 21.77 8.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.94 7.6 22.41 7.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.82 3.0 13.36 5.2 11.84 11.3 Level 2 .................................................. 13.44 4.9 13.93 4.4 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.76 3.6 13.29 6.6 11.93 11.1 Level 2 .................................................. 13.42 5.8 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.86 3.8 $25.56 3.7 $16.08 6.3 Management occupations.............................................. 29.93 15.0 29.93 15.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.23 13.7 35.23 13.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.73 6.4 29.25 8.3 14.94 1.7 Level 4 .................................................. 13.14 3.5 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.04 6.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.35 4.8 33.42 4.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.70 4.6 32.14 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.83 4.4 32.88 4.2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.78 7.1 31.78 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.37 5.6 32.37 5.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.27 10.6 30.27 10.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.68 9.9 30.68 9.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.56 1.1 34.56 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.70 2.8 35.70 2.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.38 1.4 32.79 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.99 6.3 34.19 6.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.37 4.2 31.90 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.88 2.2 33.10 1.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.94 4.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.14 3.5 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.47 3.5 27.53 3.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.56 6.0 23.87 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.82 13.3 – – – – Police officers................................................... 23.26 11.0 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.26 11.0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.18 7.8 16.52 7.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.74 3.6 14.86 3.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.14 9.6 17.50 9.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.98 4.5 15.19 3.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.28 6.9 16.82 6.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.32 5.8 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.44 5.4 $22.37 4.1 $14.59 23.4 Management occupations.............................................. 36.90 5.9 36.92 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.51 5.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.84 8.2 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 33.17 11.4 33.17 11.4 – – Group III................................................. 33.17 11.4 33.17 11.4 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.63 20.0 54.63 20.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 32.51 3.7 32.51 3.7 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 41.93 27.6 41.93 27.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.13 9.2 30.06 9.5 – – Group II.................................................. 17.87 10.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.90 5.5 – – – – Management analysts............................................... 41.60 7.4 41.60 7.4 – – Group III................................................. 43.87 6.2 43.87 6.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 32.56 13.5 32.56 13.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.55 3.5 37.01 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 25.73 4.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 42.59 5.1 – – – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.12 4.8 33.12 4.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.57 1.7 36.57 1.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.63 1.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.05 3.2 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 38.56 1.5 38.56 1.5 – – Group III................................................. 39.79 1.1 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.36 35.1 36.12 16.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.66 5.6 17.17 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 15.80 4.2 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 51.52 20.7 51.52 20.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.86 5.8 28.01 7.3 15.65 4.0 Group I................................................... 12.49 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.69 5.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.16 4.6 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.61 14.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.39 5.7 30.75 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.53 11.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.83 4.4 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.78 7.1 31.78 7.1 – – Group III................................................. 32.37 5.6 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.27 10.6 30.27 10.6 – – Group III................................................. 30.68 9.9 30.68 9.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.56 1.1 34.56 1.1 – – Group III................................................. 35.70 2.8 35.70 2.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.38 1.4 32.79 7.6 – – Group III................................................. 33.99 6.3 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.37 4.2 31.90 3.2 – – Group III................................................. 32.88 2.2 33.10 1.8 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 17.95 2.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.95 2.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.94 4.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.94 4.7 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.58 6.9 26.64 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.85 10.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.76 10.2 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 41.79 30.2 36.27 23.2 77.16 41.6 Group I................................................... 13.55 3.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.94 4.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 63.48 34.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.78 16.4 34.96 19.8 27.89 2.4 Group II.................................................. 25.85 2.9 25.23 3.7 – – Group III................................................. 37.39 18.1 39.19 21.6 28.09 5.6 Therapists........................................................ 28.67 5.4 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.87 7.2 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 22.26 11.6 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.68 2.3 27.02 3.2 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.29 3.9 25.29 3.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.07 12.5 16.13 13.3 – – Group II.................................................. 16.13 13.3 16.13 13.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.54 4.0 12.46 6.6 9.40 10.0 Group I................................................... 10.35 5.7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.12 6.6 11.03 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.07 6.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.64 5.4 11.56 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.67 5.9 11.58 6.0 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.78 12.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.95 7.5 22.95 5.6 12.44 18.3 Group I................................................... 11.78 11.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.82 6.7 – – – – Police officers................................................... 23.26 11.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.26 11.0 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.26 11.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.26 11.0 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.32 17.0 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.05 9.3 8.59 12.3 7.36 3.4 Group I................................................... 7.58 3.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.63 8.6 9.52 7.3 7.53 8.0 Group I................................................... 8.61 8.6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.17 .5 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.17 .5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.85 3.6 11.02 4.8 10.41 5.5 Group I................................................... 10.70 3.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.78 4.5 11.16 5.8 9.95 8.2 Group I................................................... 10.74 4.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.90 5.2 11.68 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.90 5.2 11.68 5.6 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.52 8.4 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.50 10.9 9.81 11.1 11.34 15.0 Group I................................................... 8.94 6.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.09 10.5 22.26 11.2 10.95 6.7 Group I................................................... 9.86 11.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.74 16.5 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.94 4.1 12.92 2.8 10.94 9.4 Group I................................................... 9.90 11.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.30 10.8 11.84 9.5 8.66 1.1 Group I................................................... 10.31 13.7 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.30 10.8 11.84 9.5 8.66 1.1 Group I................................................... 10.31 13.7 – – 8.55 2.0 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.73 8.2 14.18 1.5 13.31 12.8 Group I................................................... 9.12 2.1 – – 8.90 2.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 39.87 26.0 40.49 26.1 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 19.47 23.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.99 5.4 16.23 5.5 11.32 11.3 Group I................................................... 13.64 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.51 5.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 27.29 8.0 27.29 8.0 – – Group II.................................................. 27.29 8.0 27.29 8.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.74 7.1 12.83 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.54 6.7 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 11.34 4.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.19 3.0 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.62 5.9 14.61 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.13 4.6 14.13 4.6 – – Group II.................................................. 16.25 15.9 16.20 16.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.87 4.3 13.88 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.87 4.3 13.88 4.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.26 11.6 14.26 11.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.61 3.0 19.74 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.48 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.21 2.9 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.97 5.7 20.97 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.28 6.8 21.28 6.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.43 4.2 18.74 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 15.75 6.1 16.18 6.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.40 13.2 12.38 15.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.00 13.1 11.91 14.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.05 8.3 22.10 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 20.70 9.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.41 9.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.32 2.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 28.96 18.1 28.96 18.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 19.66 20.9 19.66 20.9 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 28.06 7.8 28.06 7.8 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.06 7.8 28.06 7.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.35 4.8 20.48 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.52 6.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.78 5.1 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.52 6.4 19.52 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.06 7.3 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.26 9.1 17.26 9.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.37 3.1 18.45 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 16.92 3.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.15 5.6 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.38 28.1 19.38 28.1 – – Group I................................................... 19.38 28.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.57 12.2 16.68 15.1 10.96 10.5 Group I................................................... 13.59 9.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.73 19.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.73 22.1 15.50 24.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.72 20.1 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.77 8.4 21.77 8.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.94 7.6 22.41 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 21.94 7.6 22.41 7.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.82 3.0 13.36 5.2 11.84 11.3 Group I................................................... 12.82 3.0 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.76 3.6 13.29 6.6 11.93 11.1 Group I................................................... 12.76 3.6 13.29 6.6 11.93 11.1 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.84 $11.84 $17.89 $25.89 $35.51 Management occupations.............................................. 19.01 23.50 29.49 45.88 60.58 General and operations managers................................... 23.34 28.02 33.65 35.36 59.61 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 11.61 11.61 60.58 72.12 100.43 Financial managers................................................ 22.36 22.72 27.47 40.87 44.80 Medical and health services managers.............................. 25.48 25.48 27.46 36.41 95.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.01 19.08 29.41 37.51 48.09 Management analysts............................................... 24.78 31.25 44.41 46.02 62.12 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.70 22.74 31.02 32.94 55.31 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.39 28.37 35.91 46.84 51.92 Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.44 26.59 33.43 36.68 42.55 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.60 30.00 36.47 43.28 46.85 Engineers......................................................... 28.68 34.06 37.25 43.57 46.85 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 10.75 12.00 25.63 29.94 51.20 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.50 13.91 15.00 18.03 18.40 Legal occupations................................................... 27.20 27.20 62.58 62.75 72.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.23 18.12 26.26 34.24 40.96 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 18.64 20.86 27.94 34.80 38.62 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.84 23.50 29.50 36.03 41.39 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.93 25.80 30.54 36.27 41.65 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.57 24.88 30.54 34.80 38.88 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.88 27.95 33.17 40.96 45.10 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.81 23.50 29.50 39.54 44.44 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 17.87 23.03 29.13 36.15 45.12 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 13.32 14.38 18.12 23.02 23.48 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.76 11.59 12.90 13.68 14.90 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.46 18.28 24.69 30.48 38.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.77 21.50 27.37 32.79 73.74 Registered nurses................................................. 21.50 24.73 28.15 32.18 64.73 Therapists........................................................ 21.10 25.00 29.00 32.24 37.89 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.80 14.35 21.84 26.48 28.86 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 14.35 15.52 22.59 28.34 28.86 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 16.81 20.00 24.99 32.71 38.21 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 18.80 22.60 24.99 26.82 36.26 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 11.00 11.00 17.59 19.74 19.74 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.45 9.25 10.79 12.32 15.79 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.45 8.45 9.68 10.79 12.10 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.75 10.79 10.79 12.23 14.01 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.42 10.75 11.33 15.79 18.45 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.79 17.02 20.81 27.17 31.21 Police officers................................................... 17.02 17.02 22.21 30.30 31.21 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 17.02 17.02 22.21 30.30 31.21 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.50 9.50 12.76 19.00 19.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.33 6.75 7.28 9.60 10.07 Cooks............................................................. 6.75 7.00 8.07 10.07 10.46 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.40 6.40 7.25 7.80 8.12 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 9.12 10.44 11.65 14.95 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.65 14.95 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.84 9.12 10.00 11.42 14.95 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.50 8.50 11.21 11.65 11.98 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.35 9.71 14.17 14.17 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 9.50 16.91 21.37 34.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.16 8.68 9.70 13.35 16.36 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.16 8.25 9.25 11.62 14.55 Cashiers...................................................... 8.16 8.25 9.25 11.62 14.55 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.40 8.68 10.10 14.62 29.94 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 21.37 21.68 43.45 49.45 60.56 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 8.63 8.63 19.08 30.65 34.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.54 14.85 18.20 22.32 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.11 28.85 28.99 28.99 28.99 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.00 11.10 14.70 17.89 Tellers......................................................... 10.00 10.19 10.80 11.52 14.41 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 13.00 13.00 16.16 19.62 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.30 13.03 14.43 14.43 14.43 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.80 12.07 15.25 15.60 16.40 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.87 17.06 19.88 21.00 25.71 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.24 19.05 19.88 22.91 25.71 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.17 15.38 18.94 19.10 27.49 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.84 8.84 12.50 14.42 16.99 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 15.50 25.23 26.44 32.16 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 17.50 17.50 34.73 37.92 41.14 Construction laborers............................................. 11.07 12.00 21.00 26.44 26.44 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.42 29.79 29.79 32.16 32.16 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.42 29.79 29.79 32.16 32.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.12 18.00 20.25 23.63 25.33 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.95 15.12 22.10 22.10 25.45 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.82 13.95 16.65 20.08 22.89 Production occupations.............................................. 10.01 11.84 18.50 21.96 28.77 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.01 10.01 14.51 28.77 29.70 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.25 9.50 14.66 21.34 27.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.25 9.50 9.50 21.42 28.51 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.00 19.50 21.42 22.25 28.51 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.07 17.89 21.33 28.24 28.24 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.13 9.50 12.69 15.06 17.19 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.13 9.50 12.69 15.14 17.38 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.63 $11.10 $17.50 $25.63 $34.79 Management occupations.............................................. 20.91 23.50 31.51 50.09 60.58 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 11.61 11.61 60.58 72.12 100.43 Financial managers................................................ 22.36 22.72 27.47 40.87 44.80 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.90 26.00 35.01 76.77 106.86 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.01 18.90 28.04 37.02 46.92 Management analysts............................................... 24.78 31.25 44.80 46.92 62.12 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.70 22.74 31.02 32.94 55.31 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.39 28.37 36.68 47.89 51.92 Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.44 26.59 33.43 36.68 42.55 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.24 34.06 36.87 43.28 46.85 Engineers......................................................... 28.68 34.06 37.25 43.57 46.85 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 10.75 12.00 21.02 26.55 38.58 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.50 13.78 15.00 18.03 18.03 Legal occupations................................................... 26.67 27.20 53.09 72.89 72.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.95 18.12 19.84 26.52 30.22 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.46 18.28 24.69 30.48 38.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.96 21.49 27.37 35.06 102.43 Registered nurses................................................. 21.50 25.02 28.29 33.61 64.86 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.80 14.35 21.37 28.34 28.86 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 16.81 20.36 24.99 28.16 39.46 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 18.80 23.07 24.35 26.07 28.16 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 11.00 11.00 17.59 19.74 19.74 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.45 8.45 10.75 11.33 15.30 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.45 8.45 9.25 10.79 12.46 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.69 10.79 10.79 12.00 13.84 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.22 9.50 15.52 19.00 21.01 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.50 9.50 12.76 19.00 19.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.33 6.75 7.28 9.50 10.07 Cooks............................................................. 6.75 7.00 8.07 10.07 10.07 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.40 6.40 7.25 7.80 8.12 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 9.12 10.44 11.42 14.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.65 14.12 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.84 9.12 10.00 11.25 14.95 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.35 8.25 14.17 14.17 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 9.50 17.00 21.37 34.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.16 8.68 9.67 13.49 16.59 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.16 8.25 9.25 11.62 14.55 Cashiers...................................................... 8.16 8.25 9.25 11.62 14.55 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.40 8.68 10.10 14.62 29.94 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 21.37 21.68 43.45 49.45 60.56 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 8.63 8.63 19.08 30.65 34.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.50 14.70 17.94 22.64 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.00 11.10 14.70 17.89 Tellers......................................................... 10.00 10.19 10.80 11.52 14.41 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 13.00 13.00 16.02 18.71 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.30 13.03 14.43 14.43 14.43 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.80 12.07 15.25 15.60 16.40 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.00 19.10 21.00 21.80 25.23 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.75 19.88 19.94 21.80 22.91 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 18.49 19.10 22.98 27.49 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.84 8.84 12.50 14.42 16.99 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 15.50 25.23 26.44 32.16 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 17.50 17.50 34.73 37.92 41.14 Construction laborers............................................. 11.07 12.00 21.00 26.44 26.44 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.12 18.00 20.25 23.84 25.45 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.84 15.12 22.10 22.10 25.45 Production occupations.............................................. 10.01 11.84 18.50 21.33 28.77 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.01 10.01 14.51 28.77 29.70 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.25 9.50 14.66 21.34 27.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.25 9.50 9.50 21.42 28.51 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.00 19.50 21.42 22.25 28.51 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.07 17.89 21.33 28.24 28.24 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.13 9.50 12.69 15.06 17.19 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.13 9.50 12.69 15.14 17.38 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.39 $15.79 $22.93 $30.58 $40.54 Management occupations.............................................. 16.35 18.12 25.48 44.87 45.24 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.02 30.69 31.44 41.72 51.09 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.83 22.08 27.77 34.94 41.07 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.57 25.78 30.54 36.27 42.16 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.93 25.80 30.54 36.27 41.65 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.57 24.88 30.54 34.80 38.88 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.88 27.95 33.17 40.96 45.10 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.81 23.50 29.50 39.54 44.44 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 17.87 23.03 29.13 36.15 45.12 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.76 11.59 12.90 13.68 14.90 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.50 22.88 27.84 32.50 33.95 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.38 18.24 22.21 27.71 31.21 Police officers................................................... 17.02 17.02 22.21 30.30 31.21 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 17.02 17.02 22.21 30.30 31.21 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.20 13.26 15.26 18.94 22.02 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.20 13.87 16.24 18.94 25.71 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.17 13.00 15.38 18.94 18.94 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $13.40 $18.64 $27.20 $36.87 Management occupations.............................................. 19.04 23.50 29.57 45.88 60.58 General and operations managers................................... 23.34 28.02 33.65 35.36 59.61 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 11.61 11.61 60.58 72.12 100.43 Financial managers................................................ 22.36 22.72 27.47 40.87 44.80 Medical and health services managers.............................. 25.48 25.48 27.46 36.41 95.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.01 18.90 29.19 37.51 49.04 Management analysts............................................... 24.78 31.25 44.41 46.02 62.12 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.70 22.74 31.02 32.94 55.31 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.39 28.37 34.85 43.06 51.92 Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.44 26.59 33.43 36.68 42.55 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.60 30.00 36.47 43.28 46.85 Engineers......................................................... 28.68 34.06 37.25 43.57 46.85 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.02 25.63 29.94 47.56 69.22 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.78 13.91 15.51 18.03 18.56 Legal occupations................................................... 27.20 27.20 62.58 62.75 72.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.85 22.08 27.77 34.80 41.07 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.90 24.83 30.20 36.27 41.39 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.93 25.80 30.54 36.27 41.65 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.57 24.88 30.54 34.80 38.88 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.88 27.95 33.17 40.96 45.10 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.03 25.24 30.85 40.30 44.44 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.93 23.60 30.50 38.13 45.77 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.46 18.28 24.69 30.48 38.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.95 21.43 27.37 32.51 64.73 Registered nurses................................................. 21.50 24.10 28.59 33.63 65.19 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 18.29 21.90 24.99 35.06 38.21 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 18.80 22.60 24.99 26.82 36.26 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 11.00 11.00 17.65 19.74 19.74 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.68 10.65 10.79 14.87 15.79 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.68 9.96 10.79 11.28 13.66 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.69 10.79 10.79 12.00 13.84 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.52 18.24 21.01 27.71 31.21 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.33 7.27 8.50 10.07 10.64 Cooks............................................................. 7.28 8.07 10.07 10.07 11.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 9.50 10.44 11.42 14.95 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 9.50 10.00 11.64 14.95 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.00 10.00 11.11 14.95 14.95 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.35 7.98 8.25 11.92 13.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.00 14.55 17.95 24.35 43.45 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.00 9.67 11.62 14.57 16.36 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.16 9.45 11.62 14.55 14.59 Cashiers...................................................... 9.16 9.45 11.62 14.55 14.59 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.90 9.80 11.10 16.17 24.35 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 21.68 21.68 43.45 49.45 60.56 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.36 12.97 15.25 18.49 22.91 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.11 28.85 28.99 28.99 28.99 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.00 11.10 14.70 17.89 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 13.00 13.00 16.10 19.26 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.30 13.03 14.43 14.43 14.43 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.80 12.07 15.25 15.60 16.40 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.00 18.49 19.88 21.00 25.71 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.24 19.05 19.88 22.91 25.71 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.17 15.38 18.94 19.10 27.49 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.84 8.84 12.50 14.42 18.43 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 15.50 25.23 26.44 32.16 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 17.50 17.50 34.73 37.92 41.14 Construction laborers............................................. 11.07 12.00 21.00 26.44 26.44 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.42 29.79 29.79 32.16 32.16 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.42 29.79 29.79 32.16 32.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.12 18.00 20.25 23.63 25.33 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.95 15.12 22.10 22.10 25.45 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.82 13.95 16.65 20.08 22.89 Production occupations.............................................. 10.01 11.84 18.50 21.96 28.77 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.01 10.01 14.51 28.77 29.70 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.26 9.50 14.66 21.46 27.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.25 9.50 9.50 21.42 28.51 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.00 19.50 21.42 22.25 28.51 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.60 19.54 21.33 28.24 28.24 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.16 10.48 12.93 15.47 16.92 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.16 9.27 12.93 15.59 17.19 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.80 $7.45 $8.92 $12.50 $21.10 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.60 11.59 14.38 17.87 18.81 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.28 25.02 28.38 153.71 241.20 Registered nurses................................................. 24.44 25.02 27.54 30.93 32.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.45 8.45 8.45 9.25 12.32 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.22 7.50 9.50 15.38 15.38 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.40 6.75 7.00 7.70 8.92 Cooks............................................................. 6.75 6.85 7.00 7.25 9.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.08 9.00 10.87 11.65 11.98 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.08 9.00 10.00 11.65 11.98 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.28 14.17 14.17 14.17 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.90 8.25 8.68 9.74 21.37 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.90 8.25 8.68 9.70 29.94 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.90 8.16 8.25 9.25 9.85 Cashiers...................................................... 7.90 8.16 8.25 9.25 9.85 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 8.68 8.68 10.80 29.94 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.00 8.00 9.74 14.42 16.39 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.65 8.10 10.44 12.00 16.12 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 9.25 10.50 12.35 18.22 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.75 9.50 10.50 12.35 19.82 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.37 $18.64 $894 $752 40.0 $45,506 $38,480 2,034 Management occupations.............................................. 36.92 29.57 1,514 1,365 41.0 78,194 72,821 2,118 General and operations managers................................... 33.17 33.65 1,406 1,414 42.4 73,131 73,549 2,205 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.63 60.58 2,215 2,423 40.5 115,168 126,000 2,108 Financial managers................................................ 32.51 27.47 1,274 1,067 39.2 66,270 55,501 2,039 Medical and health services managers.............................. 41.93 27.46 1,733 1,147 41.3 90,114 59,630 2,149 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.06 29.19 1,204 1,171 40.0 62,484 60,986 2,079 Management analysts............................................... 41.60 44.41 1,664 1,776 40.0 86,534 92,377 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 32.56 31.02 1,302 1,241 40.0 67,716 64,522 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.01 34.85 1,485 1,394 40.1 77,206 72,488 2,086 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.12 33.43 1,325 1,337 40.0 68,883 69,534 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.57 36.47 1,463 1,459 40.0 76,069 75,858 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 38.56 37.25 1,543 1,490 40.0 80,211 77,480 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 36.12 29.94 1,445 1,198 40.0 73,302 63,315 2,029 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.17 15.51 685 620 39.9 35,104 32,311 2,045 Legal occupations................................................... 51.52 62.58 2,168 2,510 42.1 112,731 130,524 2,188 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.01 27.77 1,076 1,052 38.4 41,984 42,574 1,499 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.75 30.20 1,194 1,179 38.8 45,626 44,450 1,484 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.78 30.54 1,233 1,222 38.8 46,403 45,692 1,460 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.27 30.54 1,167 1,202 38.5 44,082 45,692 1,456 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.56 33.17 1,359 1,325 39.3 50,709 49,286 1,467 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.79 30.85 1,260 1,184 38.4 46,530 44,046 1,419 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.90 30.50 1,227 1,165 38.5 45,404 42,875 1,423 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.64 24.69 1,066 988 40.0 55,410 51,364 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 36.27 27.37 1,425 1,040 39.3 73,400 52,499 2,024 Registered nurses................................................. 34.96 28.59 1,343 1,095 38.4 69,830 56,921 1,998 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.02 24.99 1,071 1,000 39.6 55,682 51,979 2,060 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.29 24.99 998 1,000 39.5 51,915 51,979 2,053 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.13 17.65 637 655 39.5 33,105 34,040 2,053 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.46 10.79 488 430 39.1 25,353 22,360 2,035 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.03 10.79 424 404 38.5 22,055 21,033 1,999 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.56 10.79 434 404 37.6 22,573 21,033 1,953 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.95 21.01 983 967 42.8 51,098 50,269 2,226 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.59 8.50 317 328 36.9 16,485 17,063 1,919 Cooks............................................................. 9.52 10.07 362 352 38.0 18,830 18,329 1,978 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.02 10.44 441 418 40.0 22,927 21,711 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.16 10.00 447 400 40.0 23,223 20,800 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.68 11.11 467 444 40.0 24,300 23,109 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.81 8.25 393 330 40.0 20,234 17,160 2,062 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.26 17.95 906 769 40.7 46,836 40,000 2,104 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.92 11.62 516 465 39.9 26,339 24,170 2,038 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.84 11.62 472 465 39.8 23,724 24,170 2,003 Cashiers...................................................... 11.84 11.62 472 465 39.8 23,724 24,170 2,003 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.18 11.10 567 444 40.0 29,495 23,088 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 40.49 43.45 1,630 1,738 40.2 84,741 90,374 2,093 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.23 15.25 644 610 39.7 33,388 31,720 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 27.29 28.99 1,055 1,087 38.7 54,878 56,532 2,011 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.83 11.10 512 444 39.9 26,601 23,086 2,073 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.61 13.00 584 520 40.0 30,367 27,040 2,079 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.88 14.43 551 577 39.7 28,656 30,012 2,064 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.26 15.25 560 610 39.3 29,134 31,720 2,043 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.74 19.88 776 787 39.3 39,894 40,942 2,021 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.97 19.88 839 795 40.0 43,619 41,344 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.74 18.94 742 758 39.6 37,359 39,395 1,994 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.38 12.50 490 500 39.6 25,474 26,000 2,058 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.10 25.23 914 964 41.4 44,591 45,414 2,018 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 28.96 34.73 1,143 1,364 39.5 59,447 70,925 2,052 Construction laborers............................................. 19.66 21.00 785 816 39.9 37,086 41,246 1,886 Construction equipment operators.................................. 28.06 29.79 1,122 1,192 40.0 52,528 46,472 1,872 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.06 29.79 1,122 1,192 40.0 52,528 46,472 1,872 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.48 20.25 816 810 39.8 42,433 42,120 2,072 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.52 22.10 781 884 40.0 40,605 45,968 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.26 16.65 691 666 40.0 35,910 34,632 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.45 18.50 738 740 40.0 38,353 38,480 2,079 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.38 14.51 775 580 40.0 40,317 30,181 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.68 14.66 675 586 40.5 34,732 30,487 2,082 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.50 9.50 640 380 41.3 32,523 19,760 2,098 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.77 21.42 953 900 43.8 46,408 44,476 2,131 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 22.41 21.33 897 853 40.0 46,619 44,366 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.36 12.93 527 517 39.4 27,401 26,894 2,051 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.29 12.93 523 517 39.4 27,198 26,894 2,046 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.91 $18.33 $877 $738 40.0 $45,247 $38,376 2,065 Management occupations.............................................. 37.97 31.51 1,561 1,436 41.1 81,148 74,687 2,137 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.63 60.58 2,215 2,423 40.5 115,168 126,000 2,108 Financial managers................................................ 32.51 27.47 1,274 1,067 39.2 66,270 55,501 2,039 Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.62 35.01 1,945 1,400 40.0 101,137 72,821 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.39 27.21 1,180 1,120 40.1 61,352 58,225 2,087 Management analysts............................................... 43.18 44.80 1,727 1,792 40.0 89,819 93,192 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 32.56 31.02 1,302 1,241 40.0 67,716 64,522 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.02 36.19 1,526 1,467 40.1 79,344 76,294 2,087 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.12 33.43 1,325 1,337 40.0 68,883 69,534 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.35 36.87 1,494 1,475 40.0 77,698 76,690 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 38.56 37.25 1,543 1,490 40.0 80,211 77,480 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 47.58 53.09 2,039 2,164 42.9 106,047 112,507 2,229 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.19 19.84 901 772 40.6 42,086 36,500 1,897 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.64 24.69 1,066 988 40.0 55,410 51,364 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.87 27.37 1,489 1,036 39.3 77,448 53,884 2,045 Registered nurses................................................. 35.92 29.22 1,389 1,095 38.7 72,214 56,921 2,010 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.69 24.99 1,059 1,000 39.7 55,050 51,979 2,062 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.03 24.35 949 970 39.5 49,330 50,461 2,053 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.13 17.65 637 655 39.5 33,105 34,040 2,053 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.57 10.79 487 430 38.7 25,313 22,360 2,014 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.56 10.79 434 404 37.6 22,573 21,033 1,953 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.56 10.79 434 404 37.6 22,573 21,033 1,953 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.88 8.30 290 328 36.8 15,089 17,042 1,914 Cooks............................................................. 9.52 10.07 362 352 38.0 18,830 18,329 1,978 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.73 10.44 429 418 40.0 22,315 21,711 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.81 10.00 432 400 40.0 22,484 20,800 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.21 10.00 448 400 40.0 23,314 20,800 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.65 8.25 386 330 40.0 19,887 17,160 2,061 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.41 17.95 913 769 40.8 47,493 40,000 2,120 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.02 11.62 521 465 40.0 27,089 24,170 2,080 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.96 11.62 478 465 40.0 24,874 24,170 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 11.96 11.62 478 465 40.0 24,874 24,170 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.18 11.10 567 444 40.0 29,495 23,088 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 40.49 43.45 1,630 1,738 40.2 84,741 90,374 2,093 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.20 15.25 643 610 39.7 33,425 31,720 2,063 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.83 11.10 512 444 39.9 26,601 23,086 2,073 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.54 13.00 581 520 40.0 30,233 27,040 2,079 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.88 14.43 551 577 39.7 28,656 30,012 2,064 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.26 15.25 560 610 39.3 29,134 31,720 2,043 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.55 21.00 806 787 39.3 41,937 40,942 2,041 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.19 19.94 848 798 40.0 44,072 41,475 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.09 19.10 801 764 39.9 41,660 39,736 2,073 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.38 12.50 490 500 39.6 25,474 26,000 2,058 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.26 25.23 922 1,009 41.4 44,880 45,414 2,016 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 28.96 34.73 1,143 1,364 39.5 59,447 70,925 2,052 Construction laborers............................................. 19.66 21.00 785 816 39.9 37,086 41,246 1,886 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.52 20.25 817 810 39.8 42,494 42,120 2,071 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.40 22.10 776 884 40.0 40,354 45,968 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.13 18.50 725 740 40.0 37,694 38,480 2,079 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.38 14.51 775 580 40.0 40,317 30,181 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.68 14.66 675 586 40.5 34,732 30,487 2,082 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.50 9.50 640 380 41.3 32,523 19,760 2,098 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.77 21.42 953 900 43.8 46,408 44,476 2,131 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 22.41 21.33 897 853 40.0 46,619 44,366 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.36 12.93 527 517 39.4 27,401 26,894 2,051 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.29 12.93 523 517 39.4 27,198 26,894 2,046 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.56 $23.44 $1,017 $950 39.8 $47,123 $43,736 1,844 Management occupations.............................................. 29.93 25.48 1,209 1,147 40.4 59,851 59,630 2,000 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.23 31.44 1,387 1,258 39.4 70,917 65,399 2,013 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.25 29.30 1,112 1,143 38.0 41,968 43,150 1,435 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.14 30.54 1,244 1,222 38.7 46,633 45,692 1,451 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.78 30.54 1,233 1,222 38.8 46,403 45,692 1,460 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.27 30.54 1,167 1,202 38.5 44,082 45,692 1,456 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.56 33.17 1,359 1,325 39.3 50,709 49,286 1,467 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.79 30.85 1,260 1,184 38.4 46,530 44,046 1,419 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.90 30.50 1,227 1,165 38.5 45,404 42,875 1,423 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.53 27.84 1,073 1,040 39.0 52,661 50,338 1,913 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.87 22.21 1,035 1,028 43.3 53,815 53,456 2,254 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.52 15.38 657 605 39.8 33,013 30,900 1,999 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.50 16.24 692 650 39.5 34,423 33,779 1,967 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.82 17.75 659 710 39.2 31,801 30,925 1,891 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.98 $17.96 $24.18 $27.97 Management, professional, and related...... 35.23 29.71 41.54 35.06 Management, business, and financial...... 34.12 30.20 36.48 38.06 Professional and related................. 35.93 29.17 43.27 33.31 Service.................................... 9.35 8.74 10.43 12.25 Sales and office........................... 16.90 17.30 15.22 17.43 Sales and related........................ 19.16 20.99 13.94 – Office and administrative support........ 15.97 15.76 15.91 17.50 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 20.83 20.40 23.12 25.76 Construction and extraction............. 22.20 21.82 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.37 19.78 21.40 24.89 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.88 15.13 15.43 24.48 Production............................... 18.05 15.57 16.06 27.23 Transportation and material moving....... 15.58 14.80 14.49 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 6.1 6.3 15.2 3.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 11.8 14.8 21.5 3.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.7 11.6 12.1 8.1 Professional and related.......................................... 15.6 20.8 26.9 5.4 Service............................................................. 7.8 7.9 9.2 4.9 Sales and office.................................................... 5.8 7.3 8.2 5.4 Sales and related................................................. 10.7 12.5 14.8 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.9 7.8 7.0 5.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.7 5.9 8.0 6.3 Construction and extraction...................................... 8.6 7.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.0 5.1 8.6 5.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.1 15.9 5.5 2.5 Production........................................................ 2.1 18.5 4.6 3.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.3 23.3 11.2 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.23 $17.25 $769 $693 40.0 $39,544 $36,192 2,056 Management occupations.............................................. 31.18 25.74 1,260 978 40.4 65,535 50,862 2,102 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.98 17.82 1,119 713 40.0 58,202 37,057 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.75 30.24 1,028 1,210 39.9 53,443 62,899 2,076 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.74 8.12 283 328 36.6 14,722 17,042 1,902 Cooks............................................................. 9.46 10.07 359 352 38.0 18,692 18,329 1,975 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.81 10.00 392 400 40.0 20,395 20,800 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.56 18.14 1,008 808 41.0 52,420 42,001 2,134 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.37 14.55 575 582 40.0 29,881 30,264 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.04 14.70 635 588 39.6 33,046 30,576 2,060 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.36 10.50 495 420 40.0 25,714 21,840 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.21 13.00 568 520 40.0 29,557 27,040 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.28 21.00 790 787 38.9 41,064 40,942 2,025 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.84 12.50 468 500 39.5 24,350 26,000 2,056 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.87 25.23 907 880 41.5 44,036 43,680 2,013 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 28.96 34.73 1,143 1,364 39.5 59,426 70,925 2,052 Construction laborers............................................. 19.66 21.00 785 816 39.9 37,086 41,246 1,886 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.78 20.00 787 800 39.8 40,918 41,600 2,069 Production occupations.............................................. 15.77 18.50 630 740 39.9 32,747 38,480 2,076 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.68 9.50 634 380 40.4 32,322 19,760 2,061 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.28 9.50 544 380 40.9 27,484 19,760 2,069 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.96 22.15 949 900 43.2 44,917 44,476 2,046 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $26.02 $21.50 $1,043 $860 40.1 $54,074 $44,637 2,078 Management occupations.............................................. 46.42 44.80 1,949 1,781 42.0 101,335 92,601 2,183 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.10 29.19 1,210 1,168 40.2 62,931 60,719 2,091 Management analysts............................................... 40.06 44.41 1,602 1,776 40.0 83,321 92,377 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.75 33.41 1,436 1,336 40.2 74,676 69,493 2,089 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.12 33.43 1,325 1,337 40.0 68,883 69,534 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.35 36.87 1,494 1,475 40.0 77,698 76,690 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 38.56 37.25 1,543 1,490 40.0 80,211 77,480 2,080 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.39 24.69 1,096 988 40.0 56,969 51,364 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 41.44 27.19 1,623 1,010 39.2 84,402 52,499 2,037 Registered nurses................................................. 36.72 29.22 1,417 1,095 38.6 73,694 56,921 2,007 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.69 24.99 1,059 1,000 39.7 55,050 51,979 2,062 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.03 24.35 949 970 39.5 49,330 50,461 2,053 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.84 10.79 444 404 37.5 23,072 21,033 1,949 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.76 9.64 390 386 40.0 20,303 20,060 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.73 11.79 509 472 40.0 26,473 24,523 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.82 12.12 513 485 40.0 26,665 25,210 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.62 11.92 465 477 40.0 23,697 24,794 2,039 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.46 14.89 658 596 40.0 34,236 30,971 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.59 15.68 661 626 39.9 34,384 32,552 2,073 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.59 14.66 574 587 39.4 29,851 30,499 2,046 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.26 14.65 609 582 39.9 31,693 30,243 2,077 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.03 20.03 838 801 39.8 43,552 41,662 2,071 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.59 18.54 704 742 40.0 36,587 38,563 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.23 23.63 929 945 40.0 48,312 49,150 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.25 18.96 770 758 40.0 40,037 39,437 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.38 14.51 775 580 40.0 40,317 30,181 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.81 15.01 721 600 40.5 37,499 31,212 2,106 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.15 14.45 566 578 40.0 29,440 30,056 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $24.66 $23.99 $26.56 $21.02 $20.66 $24.29 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.63 25.85 32.18 34.37 35.44 29.64 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 33.89 34.06 32.18 Professional and related.......................................... 29.96 23.53 32.25 34.64 36.33 29.08 Service............................................................. 20.78 – – 10.65 9.30 18.68 Sales and office.................................................... 18.55 20.95 – 16.79 16.83 16.16 Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.09 19.17 – Office and administrative support................................. 18.58 21.24 – 15.90 15.85 16.43 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.85 26.50 – 18.64 18.63 – Construction and extraction...................................... 28.13 29.08 – 19.14 19.14 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.13 23.38 – 19.25 19.26 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.39 22.14 – 14.93 14.80 – Production........................................................ 22.54 22.17 – 16.03 15.80 – Transportation and material moving................................ 22.07 22.07 – 13.91 13.90 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.1 6.5 3.6 6.1 6.7 5.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.0 11.0 3.8 10.1 12.0 8.8 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.3 6.8 16.1 Professional and related.......................................... 4.6 6.6 4.8 13.1 15.9 10.7 Service............................................................. 9.3 – – 11.5 7.8 14.5 Sales and office.................................................... 5.8 11.7 – 5.7 6.0 9.0 Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.5 10.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.9 12.7 – 5.7 6.2 9.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.4 4.7 – 7.6 7.7 – Construction and extraction...................................... 7.0 7.2 – 12.5 12.5 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.2 3.6 – 5.5 5.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11.0 11.1 – 9.7 10.0 – Production........................................................ 14.9 15.2 – 6.4 7.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.3 6.3 – 15.9 16.1 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.35 $19.70 $37.48 $37.48 Management, professional, and related............................... 31.37 31.72 106.12 106.12 Management, business, and financial............................... 32.85 32.96 – – Professional and related.......................................... 30.60 30.92 – – Service............................................................. 11.22 9.11 – – Sales and office.................................................... 15.79 15.77 26.67 26.67 Sales and related................................................. 14.69 14.75 29.87 29.87 Office and administrative support................................. 16.09 16.08 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.30 20.38 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 21.33 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.50 20.53 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.94 16.75 – – Production........................................................ 18.26 17.93 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.43 15.44 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.4 4.9 27.3 27.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.5 5.5 33.4 33.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.6 7.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.8 5.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.9 7.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... 5.8 6.2 16.3 16.3 Sales and related................................................. 11.4 11.6 17.5 17.5 Office and administrative support................................. 5.5 6.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.5 5.7 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 9.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.9 5.2 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.0 6.1 – – Production........................................................ 3.0 1.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.9 12.0 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $20.42 – – – $22.73 – – $8.75 $17.55 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 36.27 – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 32.84 – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – 46.35 – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – 7.96 – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 16.31 – – – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – 25.59 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 14.46 – – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.09 – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 6.7 – – – 12.2 – – 6.2 10.9 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 14.7 – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 11.1 – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – 18.8 – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – 4.3 – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 7.0 – – – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – 4.7 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 4.7 – – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.2 – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 955,900 832,300 123,600 Management, professional, and related............................... 265,900 193,100 72,800 Management, business, and financial............................... 80,600 70,300 10,300 Professional and related.......................................... 185,300 122,800 62,500 Service............................................................. 176,100 149,800 26,300 Sales and office.................................................... 275,200 257,300 17,900 Sales and related................................................. 84,800 83,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 190,400 173,400 17,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 126,200 122,600 3,600 Construction and extraction...................................... 64,800 63,500 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 57,600 55,300 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 112,500 109,500 – Production........................................................ 54,700 52,600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 57,800 56,900 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 47,662 46,186 1,476 Total in sample....................................................... 277 248 29 Responding........................................................ 174 149 25 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 79 75 4 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 24 24 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.