NC BL 09/00/2002 Table: Knoxville, TN, Bulletin 3115-17, May 2002 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $14.43 2.5 38.4 $13.97 3.1 38.4 $0.00 0.0 - Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.00 3.4 38.4 16.70 4.3 38.5 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.98 3.8 38.2 21.64 4.4 38.5 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.75 8.9 39.2 25.19 13.9 40.2 - - - Sales............................................................. 14.17 8.5 36.5 14.19 8.5 36.5 - - - Administrative support............................................ 12.19 3.0 39.2 11.94 3.9 39.5 - - - Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.69 3.0 40.6 13.44 3.4 40.7 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.13 4.5 39.9 16.94 5.6 40.0 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.00 4.0 39.9 12.00 4.0 39.9 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 6.8 44.6 13.77 7.1 45.1 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.82 4.9 38.1 10.65 5.9 37.6 - - - Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.88 4.5 35.2 7.48 4.5 33.8 - - - Full time........................................................... 14.73 2.5 40.1 14.30 3.1 40.4 - - - Part time........................................................... 8.31 8.6 20.6 8.20 9.3 20.7 - - - Union............................................................... 13.91 4.2 39.6 13.60 4.1 39.6 - - - Nonunion............................................................ 14.50 2.8 38.3 14.03 3.6 38.2 - - - Time................................................................ 14.36 2.7 38.2 13.84 3.4 38.1 - - - Incentive........................................................... 15.31 7.4 42.3 15.31 7.4 42.3 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.39 3.9 39.6 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.11 6.9 38.4 12.98 7.2 38.4 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 13.12 3.5 38.4 12.65 3.8 38.5 - - - 500 workers or more................................................. 17.16 3.1 38.5 18.40 3.8 38.3 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.43 2.5 $13.97 3.1 - - All excluding sales............................................... 14.45 2.7 13.95 3.4 - - White collar........................................................ 17.00 3.4 16.70 4.3 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.58 3.7 17.43 4.9 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.98 3.8 21.64 4.4 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 22.78 4.1 23.95 4.6 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.87 5.4 30.43 4.0 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.12 4.2 30.12 4.2 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 19.40 4.2 18.97 3.2 - - Registered nurses........................................... 18.56 2.0 18.52 2.1 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.21 10.6 - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.43 10.2 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.84 5.0 € € - - Social workers.............................................. 15.84 5.0 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 17.72 7.1 18.51 7.4 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.11 2.6 13.15 2.6 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.75 8.9 25.19 13.9 - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.24 11.6 28.80 16.8 - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 38.43 4.1 € € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 23.58 22.3 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.62 19.4 33.93 20.5 € € Management related............................................ 18.34 6.2 17.85 5.9 - - Other financial officers.................................... 23.02 4.0 € € € € Sales............................................................. 14.17 8.5 14.19 8.5 - - Sales, other business services.............................. 16.54 14.4 16.54 14.4 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.01 9.7 9.01 9.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.19 3.0 11.94 3.9 - - Secretaries................................................. 13.00 4.0 12.07 8.7 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.33 9.7 13.44 12.1 € € Dispatchers................................................. 11.93 13.6 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.97 8.2 11.97 8.2 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.32 8.5 12.32 8.5 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.45 5.0 10.67 6.0 € € Bank tellers................................................ 9.62 7.5 9.62 7.5 € € Data entry keyers........................................... $9.82 5.0 $9.82 5.0 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.28 6.5 10.12 6.6 € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.69 3.0 13.44 3.4 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.13 4.5 16.94 5.6 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.86 9.4 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.43 5.7 17.43 5.7 € € Electrical power installers and repairers................... 16.05 6.2 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 20.06 6.8 20.06 6.8 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.00 4.0 12.00 4.0 € € Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 12.35 4.0 12.35 4.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.57 15.0 13.57 15.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 11.91 3.7 11.91 3.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 6.8 13.77 7.1 - - Truck drivers............................................... 14.15 13.2 14.33 13.5 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.38 3.9 11.38 3.9 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.82 4.9 10.65 5.9 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.48 6.6 9.48 6.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.78 12.4 11.78 12.4 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.69 9.3 9.69 9.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.84 5.8 9.37 9.8 € € Service............................................................. 8.88 4.5 7.48 4.5 - - Protective service............................................ 12.36 7.1 - - - - Firefighting................................................ 12.08 7.8 € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.12 4.6 € € € € Food service.................................................. 6.80 8.1 6.71 8.4 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.66 9.0 2.66 9.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.57 9.8 2.57 9.8 € € Other food service........................................... 8.97 7.9 8.98 8.4 - - Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.89 12.9 14.89 12.9 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.18 8.6 8.04 9.4 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.00 2.0 7.00 2.0 € € Health service................................................ 8.85 1.5 8.85 1.5 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.85 1.5 8.85 1.5 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.20 5.6 8.24 3.6 - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.80 2.3 7.80 2.3 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.23 6.6 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 7.75 7.1 7.71 7.3 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.73 2.5 $14.30 3.1 - - All excluding sales............................................... 14.71 2.7 14.24 3.4 - - White collar........................................................ 17.24 3.4 16.96 4.3 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.66 3.7 17.49 5.0 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.09 3.9 21.79 4.5 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 22.90 4.1 24.11 4.7 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.91 5.4 30.48 4.1 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.12 4.2 30.12 4.2 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 19.38 4.6 18.91 3.5 - - Registered nurses........................................... 18.44 2.2 18.40 2.2 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.21 10.6 - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.43 10.2 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.84 5.0 € € - - Social workers.............................................. 15.84 5.0 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 17.84 7.1 18.68 7.5 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.25 2.7 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.74 8.9 25.12 14.1 - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.30 11.6 28.80 16.8 - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 38.43 4.1 € € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 23.58 22.3 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.62 19.4 33.93 20.5 € € Management related............................................ 18.14 6.3 17.39 5.5 - - Sales............................................................. 14.88 8.7 14.90 8.7 - - Cashiers.................................................... 8.26 7.1 8.20 7.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.25 3.0 12.00 3.8 - - Secretaries................................................. 13.14 3.9 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.33 9.7 13.44 12.1 € € Dispatchers................................................. 11.93 13.6 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.97 8.2 11.97 8.2 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.32 8.5 12.32 8.5 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.45 5.0 10.67 6.0 € € Bank tellers................................................ 9.62 7.5 9.62 7.5 € € Data entry keyers........................................... 9.83 5.1 9.83 5.1 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.31 6.7 10.15 6.8 € € Blue collar......................................................... $13.75 3.0 $13.51 3.4 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.13 4.5 16.94 5.6 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.86 9.4 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.43 5.7 17.43 5.7 € € Electrical power installers and repairers................... 16.05 6.2 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 20.06 6.8 20.06 6.8 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.00 4.0 12.00 4.0 € € Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 12.35 4.0 12.35 4.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.57 15.0 13.57 15.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 11.93 3.7 11.93 3.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 6.8 13.77 7.1 - - Truck drivers............................................... 14.15 13.2 14.33 13.5 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.38 3.9 11.38 3.9 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.04 4.9 10.91 5.9 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.57 7.0 9.57 7.0 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.69 9.3 9.69 9.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.88 6.1 € € € € Service............................................................. 9.35 4.5 7.87 4.3 - - Protective service............................................ 12.51 6.7 - - - - Firefighting................................................ 12.08 7.8 € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.12 4.6 € € € € Food service.................................................. 7.21 8.4 7.13 8.7 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.67 10.2 2.67 10.2 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.67 10.2 2.67 10.2 € € Other food service........................................... 9.62 8.1 9.64 8.6 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 15.38 13.5 15.38 13.5 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.99 4.5 8.94 5.3 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.07 2.7 7.07 2.7 € € Health service................................................ 8.86 1.5 8.86 1.5 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.86 1.5 8.86 1.5 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.21 5.7 8.24 3.6 - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.80 2.3 7.80 2.3 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.26 6.8 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 8.38 8.5 8.35 8.7 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.31 8.6 $8.20 9.3 - - All excluding sales............................................... 7.76 10.1 7.55 11.2 - - White collar........................................................ 11.57 10.0 11.62 11.0 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.99 11.4 14.90 13.4 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... - - - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ - - - - € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Management related............................................ - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 9.92 12.9 9.92 12.9 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.63 8.1 9.63 8.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.14 13.4 7.89 10.6 - - Blue collar......................................................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... - - - - € € Service............................................................. 5.68 8.4 5.55 9.0 - - Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.33 13.3 5.25 13.9 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.62 10.6 2.62 10.6 € € Other food service........................................... 6.74 10.2 6.71 10.8 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - € € - - Personal service.............................................. 6.01 5.1 6.01 5.1 € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $591 2.7 40.1 $578 3.4 40.4 - - - All excluding sales............................................... 590 2.9 40.1 575 3.7 40.4 - - - White collar........................................................ 685 3.5 39.7 681 4.4 40.2 - - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 699 3.8 39.6 701 5.0 40.1 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 828 4.0 39.3 872 4.6 40.0 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 894 4.3 39.0 964 4.8 40.0 - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,150 6.2 39.8 1,225 4.3 40.2 - - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,205 4.2 40.0 1,205 4.2 40.0 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 770 4.6 39.7 754 3.5 39.9 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 734 2.2 39.8 734 2.2 39.9 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 908 10.6 37.5 - - - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 954 10.2 37.5 € € € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 603 4.3 38.1 € € € - - - Social workers.............................................. 603 4.3 38.1 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 707 7.4 39.6 747 7.5 40.0 - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 529 2.8 39.9 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 982 9.4 39.7 1,022 14.8 40.7 - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,181 12.4 40.3 1,181 17.7 41.0 - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,537 4.1 40.0 € € € € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 943 22.3 40.0 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,441 20.5 41.6 1,415 21.7 41.7 € € € Management related............................................ 705 6.1 38.8 696 5.5 40.0 - - - Sales............................................................. 604 8.9 40.6 605 8.9 40.6 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 331 7.1 40.0 328 7.3 40.0 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 488 3.0 39.8 480 3.9 40.0 - - - Secretaries................................................. 511 4.0 38.9 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 533 9.7 40.0 538 12.1 40.0 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 477 13.6 40.0 € € € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 479 8.2 40.0 479 8.2 40.0 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 493 8.5 40.0 493 8.5 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... $454 5.4 39.7 $427 6.0 40.0 € € € Bank tellers................................................ 377 7.4 39.2 377 7.4 39.2 € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 393 5.1 40.0 393 5.1 40.0 € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 412 6.7 40.0 406 6.8 40.0 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 563 4.2 41.0 556 4.8 41.2 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 683 4.6 39.9 678 5.6 40.0 - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 714 9.4 40.0 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 697 5.7 40.0 697 5.7 40.0 € € € Electrical power installers and repairers................... 642 6.2 40.0 € € € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 802 6.8 40.0 802 6.8 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 480 4.0 40.0 480 4.0 40.0 € € € Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 494 4.0 40.0 494 4.0 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 543 15.0 40.0 543 15.0 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 477 3.7 40.0 477 3.7 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 609 13.9 44.6 622 14.9 45.1 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 716 27.3 50.6 739 28.2 51.6 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 455 3.9 40.0 455 3.9 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 441 4.9 40.0 436 5.9 39.9 - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 381 7.0 39.8 381 7.0 39.8 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 388 9.3 40.0 388 9.3 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 395 6.1 40.0 € € € € € € Service............................................................. 371 4.8 39.7 309 4.6 39.2 - - - Protective service............................................ 515 7.0 41.1 - - - - - - Firefighting................................................ 598 4.7 49.5 € € € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 606 4.7 40.1 € € € € € € Food service.................................................. 283 9.1 39.3 280 9.4 39.2 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 103 12.3 38.5 103 12.3 38.5 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 103 12.3 38.5 103 12.3 38.5 € € € Other food service........................................... 381 8.1 39.6 382 8.6 39.6 € € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 630 12.3 41.0 630 12.3 41.0 € € € Cooks....................................................... 355 3.8 39.6 353 4.4 39.5 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 276 2.8 39.1 276 2.8 39.1 € € € Health service................................................ 338 2.1 38.2 338 2.1 38.2 € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 338 2.1 38.2 338 2.1 38.2 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 360 5.2 39.1 324 3.7 39.3 - - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 302 3.5 38.7 302 3.5 38.7 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... $369 6.7 39.9 € € € € € € Personal service.............................................. 335 8.5 40.0 $334 8.7 40.0 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $30,539 2.7 2,074 $30,046 3.4 2,101 - - - All excluding sales............................................... 30,471 2.9 2,071 29,899 3.7 2,099 - - - White collar........................................................ 35,127 3.5 2,038 35,415 4.4 2,088 - - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 35,764 3.8 2,025 36,410 5.0 2,082 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 41,708 4.0 1,977 45,268 4.6 2,077 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 44,283 4.3 1,934 50,032 4.8 2,075 - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 59,811 6.2 2,069 63,718 4.3 2,090 - - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 62,644 4.2 2,080 62,644 4.2 2,080 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 40,048 4.6 2,066 39,229 3.5 2,075 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 38,191 2.2 2,071 38,155 2.2 2,074 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,835 10.6 1,521 - - - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 38,790 10.2 1,525 € € € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 31,358 4.3 1,980 € € € - - - Social workers.............................................. 31,358 4.3 1,980 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 36,760 7.4 2,060 38,861 7.5 2,080 - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 27,502 2.8 2,076 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 50,967 9.4 2,060 53,150 14.8 2,115 - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 61,211 12.4 2,089 61,413 17.7 2,133 - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 79,925 4.1 2,080 € € € € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 49,048 22.3 2,080 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 74,957 20.5 2,165 73,603 21.7 2,169 € € € Management related............................................ 36,636 6.1 2,019 36,168 5.5 2,080 - - - Sales............................................................. 31,415 8.9 2,111 31,456 8.9 2,111 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 17,191 7.1 2,080 17,065 7.3 2,080 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 25,233 3.0 2,059 24,936 3.9 2,078 - - - Secretaries................................................. 26,575 4.0 2,023 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,725 9.7 2,080 27,953 12.1 2,080 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 24,806 13.6 2,080 € € € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 24,903 8.2 2,080 24,903 8.2 2,080 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 25,621 8.5 2,080 25,621 8.5 2,080 € € € General office clerks....................................... $23,624 5.4 2,062 $22,184 6.0 2,080 € € € Bank tellers................................................ 19,619 7.4 2,038 19,619 7.4 2,038 € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 20,442 5.1 2,080 20,442 5.1 2,080 € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 21,434 6.7 2,080 21,113 6.8 2,080 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 29,283 4.2 2,130 28,908 4.8 2,140 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 35,531 4.6 2,074 35,234 5.6 2,079 - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 37,151 9.4 2,080 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 36,246 5.7 2,080 36,246 5.7 2,080 € € € Electrical power installers and repairers................... 33,377 6.2 2,080 € € € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 41,723 6.8 2,080 41,723 6.8 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 24,936 4.0 2,078 24,936 4.0 2,078 € € € Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 25,686 4.0 2,080 25,686 4.0 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 28,216 15.0 2,080 28,216 15.0 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 24,823 3.7 2,080 24,823 3.7 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 31,662 13.9 2,322 32,321 14.9 2,347 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 37,257 27.3 2,633 38,421 28.2 2,681 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 23,669 3.9 2,080 23,669 3.9 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,930 4.9 2,078 22,659 5.9 2,077 - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 19,802 7.0 2,068 19,802 7.0 2,068 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 20,155 9.3 2,080 20,155 9.3 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 20,550 6.1 2,080 € € € € € € Service............................................................. 19,314 4.8 2,065 16,055 4.6 2,039 - - - Protective service............................................ 26,760 7.0 2,139 - - - - - - Firefighting................................................ 31,087 4.7 2,573 € € € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 31,514 4.7 2,085 € € € € € € Food service.................................................. 14,726 9.1 2,041 14,540 9.4 2,040 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5,355 12.3 2,004 5,355 12.3 2,004 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5,355 12.3 2,004 5,355 12.3 2,004 € € € Other food service........................................... 19,822 8.1 2,061 19,855 8.6 2,060 € € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 32,756 12.3 2,130 32,756 12.3 2,130 € € € Cooks....................................................... 18,485 3.8 2,057 18,346 4.4 2,053 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 14,376 2.8 2,035 14,376 2.8 2,035 € € € Health service................................................ 17,592 2.1 1,986 17,592 2.1 1,986 € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 17,592 2.1 1,986 17,592 2.1 1,986 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 18,745 5.2 2,035 16,837 3.7 2,042 - - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 15,709 3.5 2,014 15,709 3.5 2,014 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... $19,193 6.7 2,072 € € € € € € Personal service.............................................. 17,438 8.5 2,080 $17,359 8.7 2,080 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.43 2.5 $13.97 3.1 - - All excluding sales............................................... 14.45 2.7 13.95 3.4 - - White collar........................................................ 17.00 3.4 16.70 4.3 - - 1....................................................... 7.83 5.5 € € € € 2....................................................... 8.76 3.7 8.76 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 10.15 3.6 9.92 3.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.49 2.5 11.24 2.9 € € 5....................................................... 15.07 3.9 15.29 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.75 3.4 16.17 3.5 € € 7....................................................... 17.25 3.5 18.22 3.8 € € 8....................................................... 21.84 3.5 22.01 4.6 € € 9....................................................... 25.07 4.6 25.11 4.7 € € 10........................................................ 26.34 9.4 € € € € 11........................................................ 35.93 7.2 35.56 9.0 € € 12........................................................ 39.78 8.9 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.27 35.9 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.58 3.7 17.43 4.9 - - 1....................................................... 8.53 13.1 € € € € 2....................................................... 8.98 3.7 9.04 4.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.37 3.7 10.12 3.9 € € 4....................................................... 11.89 2.3 11.69 2.7 € € 5....................................................... 14.68 4.3 14.91 4.8 € € 6....................................................... 15.70 3.4 16.21 3.1 € € 7....................................................... 17.28 3.8 18.45 4.2 € € 8....................................................... 20.65 3.3 20.08 4.6 € € 9....................................................... 25.06 4.6 25.09 4.8 € € 10........................................................ 24.87 8.4 € € € € 11........................................................ 36.14 7.4 35.80 9.4 € € 12........................................................ 39.78 8.9 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.27 35.9 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.98 3.8 21.64 4.4 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 22.78 4.1 23.95 4.6 - - 7....................................................... 18.02 5.6 20.01 6.0 € € 8....................................................... 20.69 4.6 20.43 5.7 € € 9....................................................... 25.98 5.2 € € € € 11........................................................ 34.67 8.2 34.67 8.2 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.87 5.4 30.43 4.0 - - 11........................................................ 33.88 9.1 33.88 9.1 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.12 4.2 30.12 4.2 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 19.40 4.2 18.97 3.2 - - 7....................................................... 17.79 2.0 18.23 1.1 € € 8....................................................... 19.49 1.9 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... $18.56 2.0 $18.52 2.1 € € 8....................................................... 19.49 1.9 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.21 10.6 - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.43 10.2 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.84 5.0 € € - - Social workers.............................................. 15.84 5.0 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 17.72 7.1 18.51 7.4 - - 5....................................................... 14.13 5.3 14.16 5.3 € € 6....................................................... 14.37 5.8 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.11 2.6 13.15 2.6 € € 5....................................................... 13.25 2.7 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.75 8.9 25.19 13.9 - - 5....................................................... 15.42 1.3 € € € € 7....................................................... 15.54 4.6 € € € € 8....................................................... 20.59 5.4 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.08 12.9 21.11 11.9 € € 11........................................................ 34.18 4.7 32.01 4.7 € € 12........................................................ 43.73 8.8 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.24 11.6 28.80 16.8 - - 8....................................................... 18.86 2.4 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.35 16.7 20.72 16.1 € € 11........................................................ 34.85 5.3 € € € € 12........................................................ 43.73 8.8 € € € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 38.43 4.1 € € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 23.58 22.3 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.62 19.4 33.93 20.5 € € Management related............................................ 18.34 6.2 17.85 5.9 - - Other financial officers.................................... 23.02 4.0 € € € € Sales............................................................. 14.17 8.5 14.19 8.5 - - 3....................................................... 8.84 6.1 8.80 6.4 € € 4....................................................... 10.71 5.5 10.71 5.5 € € 5....................................................... 16.55 6.7 16.55 6.7 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 16.54 14.4 16.54 14.4 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.01 9.7 9.01 9.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.19 3.0 11.94 3.9 - - 1....................................................... 8.53 13.1 € € € € 2....................................................... 8.98 3.7 9.04 4.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.37 3.7 10.12 3.9 € € 4....................................................... $11.95 2.3 $11.66 2.8 € € 5....................................................... 15.07 8.4 15.76 9.7 € € 6....................................................... 16.58 3.4 16.51 5.1 € € 7....................................................... 16.81 5.8 16.98 6.1 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.37 18.4 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 13.00 4.0 12.07 8.7 € € 4....................................................... 13.30 3.5 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.33 9.7 13.44 12.1 € € 4....................................................... 11.72 2.9 € € € € Dispatchers................................................. 11.93 13.6 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.97 8.2 11.97 8.2 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.32 8.5 12.32 8.5 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.45 5.0 10.67 6.0 € € 4....................................................... 11.56 5.1 € € € € Bank tellers................................................ 9.62 7.5 9.62 7.5 € € Data entry keyers........................................... 9.82 5.0 9.82 5.0 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.28 6.5 10.12 6.6 € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.69 3.0 13.44 3.4 - - 1....................................................... 8.97 6.0 8.89 6.3 € € 2....................................................... 10.30 5.0 10.31 5.4 € € 3....................................................... 11.39 2.9 11.38 3.1 € € 4....................................................... 13.37 6.5 13.46 7.0 € € 5....................................................... 13.86 5.4 14.16 6.4 € € 6....................................................... 17.49 3.5 17.06 5.8 € € 7....................................................... 18.42 2.9 17.99 3.2 € € 8....................................................... 24.65 2.7 € € € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.13 4.5 16.94 5.6 - - 2....................................................... 10.40 9.6 9.92 9.2 € € 4....................................................... 13.60 3.4 13.02 2.4 € € 5....................................................... 13.29 10.0 13.54 13.7 € € 7....................................................... 18.32 3.9 17.58 3.8 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.86 9.4 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.43 5.7 17.43 5.7 € € Electrical power installers and repairers................... 16.05 6.2 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 20.06 6.8 20.06 6.8 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.00 4.0 12.00 4.0 € € 1....................................................... 9.14 10.8 9.14 10.8 € € 2....................................................... 10.65 5.0 10.65 5.0 € € 3....................................................... 11.49 4.6 11.49 4.6 € € 4....................................................... 12.21 4.2 12.21 4.2 € € 5....................................................... 14.27 4.5 14.27 4.5 € € Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 12.35 4.0 12.35 4.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.57 15.0 13.57 15.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. $11.91 3.7 $11.91 3.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 6.8 13.77 7.1 - - 2....................................................... 10.68 9.8 10.68 9.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.62 3.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 14.71 9.8 15.37 8.2 € € Truck drivers............................................... 14.15 13.2 14.33 13.5 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.38 3.9 11.38 3.9 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.82 4.9 10.65 5.9 - - 1....................................................... 8.84 6.5 8.69 7.0 € € 2....................................................... 9.57 4.6 9.61 5.7 € € 3....................................................... 11.95 3.6 11.93 4.6 € € 5....................................................... 14.89 4.1 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.48 6.6 9.48 6.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.78 12.4 11.78 12.4 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.69 9.3 9.69 9.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.84 5.8 9.37 9.8 € € 2....................................................... 9.40 5.6 € € € € Service............................................................. 8.88 4.5 7.48 4.5 - - 1....................................................... 6.27 5.5 6.21 5.6 € € 2....................................................... 6.96 7.2 6.78 8.1 € € 3....................................................... 6.38 16.0 6.32 16.3 € € 4....................................................... 9.95 3.5 8.83 4.1 € € 5....................................................... 13.25 2.1 € € € € 6....................................................... 13.32 7.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 15.46 9.1 € € € € Protective service............................................ 12.36 7.1 - - - - 5....................................................... 13.44 2.8 € € € € 6....................................................... 13.56 8.6 € € € € 7....................................................... 13.90 6.7 € € € € Firefighting................................................ 12.08 7.8 € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.12 4.6 € € € € Food service.................................................. 6.80 8.1 6.71 8.4 - - 1....................................................... 5.64 11.2 5.58 11.6 € € 2....................................................... 5.42 10.5 5.42 10.5 € € 3....................................................... 4.15 22.0 4.15 22.0 € € 4....................................................... 8.94 2.7 8.86 3.3 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.66 9.0 2.66 9.0 € € 1....................................................... 2.71 8.6 2.71 8.6 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.57 9.8 2.57 9.8 € € Other food service........................................... 8.97 7.9 8.98 8.4 € € 1....................................................... 7.15 2.5 7.14 2.6 € € 2....................................................... 6.68 8.2 6.68 8.2 € € 4....................................................... 9.18 1.4 9.16 1.8 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... $14.89 12.9 $14.89 12.9 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.18 8.6 8.04 9.4 € € 4....................................................... 9.21 1.5 9.18 2.0 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.00 2.0 7.00 2.0 € € 1....................................................... 6.95 2.3 6.95 2.3 € € Health service................................................ 8.85 1.5 8.85 1.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.02 2.0 9.02 2.0 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.85 1.5 8.85 1.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.02 2.0 9.02 2.0 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.20 5.6 8.24 3.6 - - 1....................................................... 7.99 2.2 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.80 2.3 7.80 2.3 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.23 6.6 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 7.75 7.1 7.71 7.3 - - 1....................................................... 6.34 6.0 6.34 6.0 € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.73 2.5 $14.30 3.1 - - All excluding sales............................................... 14.71 2.7 14.24 3.4 - - White collar........................................................ 17.24 3.4 16.96 4.3 - - 1....................................................... 7.74 4.2 7.56 3.6 € € 2....................................................... 8.76 3.8 8.76 4.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.30 3.6 10.07 3.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.56 2.6 11.32 3.2 € € 5....................................................... 15.08 3.9 15.31 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.90 3.4 16.43 3.1 € € 7....................................................... 17.29 3.5 18.22 3.8 € € 8....................................................... 21.95 3.6 22.20 4.8 € € 9....................................................... 25.08 4.6 25.12 4.7 € € 10........................................................ 26.34 9.4 € € € € 11........................................................ 36.32 7.6 36.01 9.6 € € 12........................................................ 39.78 8.9 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.66 3.7 17.49 5.0 - - 2....................................................... 8.98 3.8 9.04 4.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.38 3.7 10.13 3.9 € € 4....................................................... 11.89 2.3 11.67 2.8 € € 5....................................................... 14.68 4.3 14.91 4.8 € € 6....................................................... 15.70 3.4 16.21 3.1 € € 7....................................................... 17.33 3.8 18.45 4.2 € € 8....................................................... 20.72 3.5 20.13 5.1 € € 9....................................................... 25.07 4.7 25.11 4.8 € € 10........................................................ 24.87 8.4 € € € € 11........................................................ 36.32 7.6 36.01 9.6 € € 12........................................................ 39.78 8.9 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.09 3.9 21.79 4.5 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 22.90 4.1 24.11 4.7 - - 7....................................................... 18.12 5.6 20.01 6.0 € € 8....................................................... 20.81 5.1 20.55 6.5 € € 9....................................................... 26.00 5.2 € € € € 11........................................................ 34.67 8.2 34.67 8.2 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.91 5.4 30.48 4.1 - - 11........................................................ 33.88 9.1 33.88 9.1 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.12 4.2 30.12 4.2 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 19.38 4.6 18.91 3.5 - - 7....................................................... 17.79 2.0 18.23 1.1 € € Registered nurses........................................... 18.44 2.2 18.40 2.2 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.21 10.6 - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.43 10.2 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $15.84 5.0 € € - - Social workers.............................................. 15.84 5.0 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 17.84 7.1 $18.68 7.5 - - 5....................................................... 14.13 5.3 14.16 5.3 € € 6....................................................... 14.37 5.8 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.25 2.7 € € € € 5....................................................... 13.25 2.7 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.74 8.9 25.12 14.1 - - 5....................................................... 15.42 1.3 € € € € 7....................................................... 15.54 4.6 € € € € 8....................................................... 20.59 5.4 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.08 12.9 21.11 11.9 € € 11........................................................ 34.41 5.0 € € € € 12........................................................ 43.73 8.8 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.30 11.6 28.80 16.8 - - 8....................................................... 18.86 2.4 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.35 16.7 20.72 16.1 € € 11........................................................ 34.85 5.3 € € € € 12........................................................ 43.73 8.8 € € € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 38.43 4.1 € € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 23.58 22.3 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.62 19.4 33.93 20.5 € € Management related............................................ 18.14 6.3 17.39 5.5 - - Sales............................................................. 14.88 8.7 14.90 8.7 - - 4....................................................... 10.90 6.2 10.90 6.2 € € 5....................................................... 16.64 6.6 16.64 6.6 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.26 7.1 8.20 7.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.25 3.0 12.00 3.8 - - 2....................................................... 8.98 3.8 9.04 4.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.38 3.7 10.13 3.9 € € 4....................................................... 11.95 2.3 11.67 2.8 € € 5....................................................... 15.07 8.4 15.76 9.7 € € 6....................................................... 16.58 3.4 16.51 5.1 € € 7....................................................... 16.81 5.8 16.98 6.1 € € Secretaries................................................. 13.14 3.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.31 3.5 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.33 9.7 13.44 12.1 € € 4....................................................... 11.72 2.9 € € € € Dispatchers................................................. 11.93 13.6 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $11.97 8.2 $11.97 8.2 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.32 8.5 12.32 8.5 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.45 5.0 10.67 6.0 € € 4....................................................... 11.56 5.1 € € € € Bank tellers................................................ 9.62 7.5 9.62 7.5 € € Data entry keyers........................................... 9.83 5.1 9.83 5.1 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.31 6.7 10.15 6.8 € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.75 3.0 13.51 3.4 - - 1....................................................... 9.19 6.2 9.12 6.5 € € 2....................................................... 10.30 5.0 10.31 5.4 € € 3....................................................... 11.41 2.9 11.40 3.1 € € 4....................................................... 13.37 6.5 13.46 7.0 € € 5....................................................... 13.86 5.4 14.16 6.4 € € 6....................................................... 17.49 3.5 17.06 5.8 € € 7....................................................... 18.42 2.9 17.99 3.2 € € 8....................................................... 24.65 2.7 € € € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.13 4.5 16.94 5.6 - - 2....................................................... 10.40 9.6 9.92 9.2 € € 4....................................................... 13.60 3.4 13.02 2.4 € € 5....................................................... 13.29 10.0 13.54 13.7 € € 7....................................................... 18.32 3.9 17.58 3.8 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.86 9.4 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.43 5.7 17.43 5.7 € € Electrical power installers and repairers................... 16.05 6.2 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 20.06 6.8 20.06 6.8 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.00 4.0 12.00 4.0 € € 1....................................................... 9.14 10.8 9.14 10.8 € € 2....................................................... 10.65 5.0 10.65 5.0 € € 3....................................................... 11.51 4.5 11.51 4.5 € € 4....................................................... 12.21 4.2 12.21 4.2 € € 5....................................................... 14.27 4.5 14.27 4.5 € € Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 12.35 4.0 12.35 4.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.57 15.0 13.57 15.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 11.93 3.7 11.93 3.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 6.8 13.77 7.1 - - 2....................................................... 10.68 9.8 10.68 9.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.62 3.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 14.71 9.8 15.37 8.2 € € Truck drivers............................................... 14.15 13.2 14.33 13.5 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.38 3.9 11.38 3.9 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.04 4.9 10.91 5.9 - - 1....................................................... $9.24 6.1 $9.10 6.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.58 4.6 9.61 5.7 € € 3....................................................... 11.98 3.6 11.97 4.6 € € 5....................................................... 14.89 4.1 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.57 7.0 9.57 7.0 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.69 9.3 9.69 9.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.88 6.1 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.40 5.6 € € € € Service............................................................. 9.35 4.5 7.87 4.3 - - 1....................................................... 6.39 6.6 6.37 6.6 € € 2....................................................... 7.42 6.9 7.22 8.2 € € 3....................................................... 6.72 13.8 6.67 13.9 € € 4....................................................... 10.21 3.1 9.18 3.4 € € 5....................................................... 13.34 1.9 € € € € 6....................................................... 13.51 7.9 € € € € 7....................................................... 15.46 9.1 € € € € Protective service............................................ 12.51 6.7 - - - - 6....................................................... 13.56 8.6 € € € € 7....................................................... 13.90 6.7 € € € € Firefighting................................................ 12.08 7.8 € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.12 4.6 € € € € Food service.................................................. 7.21 8.4 7.13 8.7 - - 1....................................................... 5.64 12.4 5.64 12.4 € € 2....................................................... 5.46 18.8 5.46 18.8 € € 3....................................................... 4.48 18.8 4.48 18.8 € € 4....................................................... 9.24 1.3 9.23 1.6 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.67 10.2 2.67 10.2 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.67 10.2 2.67 10.2 € € Other food service........................................... 9.62 8.1 9.64 8.6 € € 1....................................................... 7.25 3.3 7.25 3.3 € € 4....................................................... 9.24 1.3 9.23 1.6 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 15.38 13.5 15.38 13.5 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.99 4.5 8.94 5.3 € € 4....................................................... 9.27 1.4 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.07 2.7 7.07 2.7 € € 1....................................................... 7.03 2.8 7.03 2.8 € € Health service................................................ 8.86 1.5 8.86 1.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.02 2.0 9.02 2.0 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.86 1.5 8.86 1.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.02 2.0 9.02 2.0 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.21 5.7 8.24 3.6 - - 1....................................................... 7.98 2.3 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.80 2.3 7.80 2.3 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.26 6.8 € € € € Personal service.............................................. $8.38 8.5 $8.35 8.7 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.31 8.6 $8.20 9.3 - - All excluding sales............................................... 7.76 10.1 7.55 11.2 - - White collar........................................................ 11.57 10.0 11.62 11.0 - - 3....................................................... 8.18 9.4 8.18 9.4 € € 4....................................................... 10.00 7.5 10.00 7.5 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.99 11.4 14.90 13.4 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... - - - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ - - - - € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Management related............................................ - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 9.92 12.9 9.92 12.9 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.63 8.1 9.63 8.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.14 13.4 7.89 10.6 - - Blue collar......................................................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... - - - - € € Service............................................................. 5.68 8.4 5.55 9.0 - - 1....................................................... 5.78 8.0 5.45 8.7 € € 2....................................................... 5.69 7.0 5.69 7.0 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.33 13.3 5.25 13.9 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.62 10.6 2.62 10.6 € € Other food service........................................... 6.74 10.2 6.71 10.8 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - € € - - Personal service.............................................. 6.01 5.1 6.01 5.1 € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.73 $8.31 $13.91 $14.50 $14.36 $15.31 All excluding sales............................................. 14.71 7.76 13.90 14.53 14.46 14.26 White collar........................................................ 17.24 11.57 15.73 17.07 17.12 15.68 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.66 13.99 15.77 17.69 17.71 12.11 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.09 - 15.76 21.53 20.98 € Professional specialty.......................................... 22.90 - - 22.88 22.78 € Technical....................................................... 17.84 - 14.40 18.56 17.72 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.74 - € 24.75 24.75 € Sales............................................................. 14.88 9.92 - 14.17 12.75 16.84 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.25 9.14 15.78 12.04 12.20 12.11 Blue collar......................................................... 13.75 - 13.50 13.76 13.51 15.57 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.13 € 18.80 16.84 17.12 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.00 - 12.42 11.68 12.08 - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 € - 14.03 12.75 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.04 - 12.83 10.10 10.82 € Service............................................................. 9.35 5.68 - 8.88 8.86 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.5 8.6 4.2 2.8 2.7 7.4 All excluding sales............................................. 2.7 10.1 4.3 3.0 2.8 9.4 White collar........................................................ 3.4 10.0 5.6 3.6 3.8 10.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.7 11.4 5.8 3.9 3.7 9.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.9 - 7.4 4.0 3.8 € Professional specialty.......................................... 4.1 - - 4.2 4.1 € Technical....................................................... 7.1 - 7.4 7.7 7.1 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.9 - € 8.9 8.9 € Sales............................................................. 8.7 12.9 - 8.5 9.4 12.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 13.4 7.7 3.1 3.1 9.2 Blue collar......................................................... 3.0 - 4.6 3.9 3.1 8.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.5 € 6.5 5.1 4.7 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.0 - 5.8 5.6 4.3 - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.8 € - 9.0 7.3 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.9 - 7.2 4.7 4.9 € Service............................................................. 4.5 8.4 - 4.5 4.6 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $13.97 $16.39 - - $16.57 - - - - $12.81 All excluding sales............................................. 13.95 16.45 - - 16.65 - - - - 12.73 White collar........................................................ 16.70 21.83 € - 21.78 - - - - 16.27 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.43 22.38 € - 22.36 - - - - 16.29 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.64 - € - - - - - - 19.32 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.95 - € - - - - - - 21.06 Technical....................................................... 18.51 - € - - - - - - 16.83 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.19 26.36 € - 26.21 - - - - 29.45 Sales............................................................. 14.19 13.75 € - 13.75 - - - - 15.97 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.94 15.30 € - 15.43 - - - - 10.72 Blue collar......................................................... 13.44 13.58 - - 13.50 - - - - 9.87 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.94 18.07 € - 18.75 - - - - 14.27 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.00 12.26 € - 12.26 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.77 11.37 - - 11.57 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.65 11.26 € - 10.71 - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.48 - € - - - - - - 8.07 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.1 3.9 - - 4.3 - - - - 7.6 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 4.0 - - 4.4 - - - - 7.8 White collar........................................................ 4.3 6.2 € - 6.5 - - - - 8.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.9 6.4 € - 6.7 - - - - 8.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 - € - - - - - - 6.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.6 - € - - - - - - 5.2 Technical....................................................... 7.4 - € - - - - - - 9.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 13.9 18.7 € - 22.2 - - - - 29.5 Sales............................................................. 8.5 15.3 € - 15.3 - - - - 12.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 6.5 € - 6.7 - - - - 3.2 Blue collar......................................................... 3.4 4.0 - - 4.5 - - - - 6.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.6 5.8 € - 7.0 - - - - 9.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.0 3.7 € - 3.7 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 7.1 3.5 - - 4.0 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.9 7.6 € - 6.4 - - - - - Service............................................................. 4.5 - € - - - - - - 4.2 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $13.97 $12.98 $14.45 $12.65 $18.40 All excluding sales............................................. 13.95 12.64 14.53 12.66 18.29 White collar........................................................ 16.70 16.15 16.91 14.61 19.68 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.43 16.88 17.59 15.39 19.57 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.64 21.15 21.71 22.77 21.39 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.95 26.67 23.66 25.09 23.17 Technical....................................................... 18.51 - 18.81 18.14 18.97 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.19 39.57 21.04 21.04 21.03 Sales............................................................. 14.19 14.97 13.51 12.57 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.94 11.05 12.31 11.06 14.81 Blue collar......................................................... 13.44 13.13 13.61 12.81 17.32 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.94 14.61 18.38 16.87 19.96 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.00 12.40 11.90 11.77 13.27 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.77 13.64 - - € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.65 10.73 10.60 10.63 - Service............................................................. 7.48 6.45 8.15 7.91 9.33 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.1 7.2 3.3 3.8 3.8 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 8.5 3.5 4.1 4.0 White collar........................................................ 4.3 11.5 4.3 5.8 4.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.9 17.7 4.2 6.2 4.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 22.0 4.0 6.3 5.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.6 13.2 4.9 6.3 6.3 Technical....................................................... 7.4 - 6.3 5.9 7.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 13.9 30.3 8.9 10.8 15.3 Sales............................................................. 8.5 10.4 12.2 11.2 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 3.6 5.2 4.0 7.2 Blue collar......................................................... 3.4 6.9 4.1 4.0 8.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.6 9.5 5.7 5.4 7.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.0 6.3 4.7 5.1 8.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.1 13.2 - - € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.9 12.0 4.9 5.7 - Service............................................................. 4.5 8.3 4.7 5.3 6.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.63 $9.50 $12.51 $17.77 $23.15 All excluding sales........................... 7.75 9.50 12.62 17.77 23.00 White collar.................................... 8.85 11.11 15.01 19.54 28.84 White collar excluding sales................ 9.17 11.66 15.31 20.41 29.25 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.44 15.49 19.14 26.25 29.81 Professional specialty...................... 15.37 18.37 20.23 29.25 30.03 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.69 25.55 29.25 29.62 39.48 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.00 29.25 29.25 29.25 33.76 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.37 17.15 18.66 20.19 21.12 Registered nurses....................... 15.37 17.15 18.75 20.19 20.57 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 18.84 18.84 19.51 30.03 31.75 Elementary school teachers.............. 18.84 18.84 27.19 30.12 31.75 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.69 15.02 16.80 16.80 16.80 Social workers.......................... 12.69 15.02 16.80 16.80 16.80 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.68 12.91 15.83 22.29 26.25 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.36 12.44 12.98 14.24 14.24 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.51 15.93 18.80 28.65 39.40 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 13.27 18.41 26.93 37.50 49.82 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 35.38 35.38 39.40 39.40 45.19 Personnel and labor relations managers.. 13.30 13.30 18.80 24.76 48.75 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.27 13.51 30.63 48.09 59.06 Management related........................ 14.16 15.09 15.95 21.74 24.18 Other financial officers................ 15.18 21.45 24.18 24.18 28.65 Sales......................................... 7.43 8.69 12.05 16.94 27.20 Sales, other business services.......... 12.50 12.93 14.49 15.88 31.62 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.42 7.50 7.85 11.41 12.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.52 9.36 11.56 14.11 18.26 Secretaries............................. 9.35 12.59 13.12 14.28 15.27 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.00 9.19 12.46 18.26 18.26 Dispatchers............................. 7.14 7.14 12.02 15.34 16.11 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.52 11.50 11.92 12.22 17.71 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.50 9.50 12.00 14.81 15.79 General office clerks................... 9.36 9.60 10.81 12.87 14.71 Bank tellers............................ 8.28 8.28 8.54 10.94 15.31 Data entry keyers....................... 8.23 8.63 9.68 11.02 11.20 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.22 9.17 9.35 10.93 12.99 Blue collar..................................... $8.40 $10.50 $12.51 $16.93 $19.32 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.97 13.30 16.81 20.60 25.62 Automobile mechanics.................... 14.37 16.25 16.25 23.15 23.15 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.30 14.49 18.86 20.82 20.82 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 13.58 13.65 16.81 16.81 22.37 Supervisors, production................. 15.56 17.83 17.83 22.33 28.24 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.31 10.71 11.71 13.81 14.97 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 10.89 11.56 11.56 13.89 13.89 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.25 9.97 15.45 18.69 18.69 Assemblers.............................. 10.71 10.71 11.71 11.98 13.81 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.04 12.31 17.07 18.64 Truck drivers........................... 8.00 9.50 17.07 17.07 18.64 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 10.50 11.04 11.41 14.24 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.20 8.41 10.06 12.35 15.66 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.35 8.40 8.64 11.41 11.41 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.61 8.61 9.80 13.29 17.30 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.06 7.18 9.69 12.35 12.35 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.55 8.38 9.00 11.46 12.99 Service......................................... 3.50 7.19 8.68 11.36 14.26 Protective service........................ 7.39 10.35 12.08 14.80 15.23 Firefighting............................ 9.62 9.62 11.36 14.32 14.90 Police and detectives, public service... 13.58 14.00 14.26 14.81 19.37 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.50 7.08 9.00 11.33 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 3.86 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 3.50 Other food service....................... 5.95 7.19 7.63 9.28 13.00 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.00 11.33 13.00 19.96 21.78 Cooks................................... 5.56 7.38 8.52 9.28 9.53 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.59 7.19 7.44 7.63 Health service............................ 8.52 8.68 8.68 8.90 10.07 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.52 8.68 8.68 8.90 10.07 Cleaning and building service............. 7.42 7.76 8.74 11.36 11.36 Maids and housemen...................... 7.27 7.38 7.69 8.05 8.57 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.45 7.76 8.74 9.00 13.62 Personal service.......................... 5.26 5.97 7.75 8.19 10.95 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.40 $9.00 $12.31 $17.07 $22.33 All excluding sales........................... 7.39 9.04 12.31 17.07 22.29 White collar.................................... 8.63 10.70 14.24 19.54 28.13 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 11.02 15.09 20.23 29.25 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.98 16.24 19.56 26.25 29.81 Professional specialty...................... 17.15 18.80 21.12 29.25 29.81 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.55 27.64 29.25 30.95 39.48 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.00 29.25 29.25 29.25 33.76 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.37 17.76 18.66 19.35 20.57 Registered nurses....................... 15.37 17.15 18.75 20.19 20.57 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.68 12.98 16.24 22.29 26.25 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.36 12.44 12.98 14.24 14.24 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.27 15.06 18.46 28.29 48.75 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 13.27 13.51 24.76 31.20 59.06 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.27 13.51 28.29 48.09 59.06 Management related........................ 15.06 15.06 15.95 21.74 22.66 Sales......................................... 7.43 8.69 12.05 16.94 27.20 Sales, other business services.......... 12.50 12.93 14.49 15.88 31.62 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.42 7.50 7.85 11.41 12.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.37 9.16 11.02 13.13 18.26 Secretaries............................. 7.00 9.63 13.12 13.12 15.21 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.00 9.19 13.13 18.26 18.26 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.52 11.50 11.92 12.22 17.71 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.50 9.50 12.00 14.81 15.79 General office clerks................... 9.36 9.36 10.50 10.77 14.71 Bank tellers............................ 8.28 8.28 8.54 10.94 15.31 Data entry keyers....................... 8.23 8.63 9.68 11.02 11.20 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.22 9.17 9.34 10.93 12.99 Blue collar..................................... 8.31 10.50 12.31 16.25 19.32 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.23 12.95 16.25 20.63 25.62 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.30 14.49 18.86 20.82 20.82 Supervisors, production................. 15.56 17.83 17.83 22.33 28.24 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $8.31 $10.71 $11.71 $13.81 $14.97 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 10.89 11.56 11.56 13.89 13.89 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.25 9.97 15.45 18.69 18.69 Assemblers.............................. 10.71 10.71 11.71 11.98 13.81 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.04 12.51 17.07 19.32 Truck drivers........................... 8.00 9.50 17.07 17.07 18.64 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 10.50 11.04 11.41 14.24 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.06 8.25 9.82 12.35 15.66 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.35 8.40 8.64 11.41 11.41 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.61 8.61 9.80 13.29 17.30 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.06 7.18 9.69 12.35 12.35 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.20 7.55 8.25 11.46 12.99 Service......................................... 2.13 5.56 7.50 8.90 10.95 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 3.50 6.65 9.00 12.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 3.86 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 3.50 Other food service....................... 5.56 7.08 7.63 9.36 13.00 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.00 11.33 13.00 19.96 21.78 Cooks................................... 5.56 5.56 8.43 9.36 9.95 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.59 7.19 7.44 7.63 Health service............................ 8.52 8.68 8.68 8.90 10.07 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.52 8.68 8.68 8.90 10.07 Cleaning and building service............. 7.38 7.45 8.05 9.00 9.00 Maids and housemen...................... 7.27 7.38 7.69 8.05 8.57 Personal service.......................... 5.26 5.80 7.75 8.19 10.95 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... - - - - - All excluding sales........................... - - - - - White collar.................................... - - - - - White collar excluding sales................ - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.......... - - - - - Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... - - - - - Blue collar..................................... - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... - - - - - Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.06 $9.75 $12.93 $17.90 $24.18 All excluding sales........................... 8.15 9.86 12.99 17.99 23.18 White collar.................................... 9.00 11.41 15.09 20.04 29.07 White collar excluding sales................ 9.19 11.68 15.37 20.60 29.25 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.69 15.83 19.14 26.25 29.81 Professional specialty...................... 15.37 18.37 20.57 29.25 30.03 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.69 25.55 29.25 29.62 39.48 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.00 29.25 29.25 29.25 33.76 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.37 17.15 18.66 20.19 21.12 Registered nurses....................... 15.37 17.15 18.66 20.19 20.93 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 18.84 18.84 19.51 30.03 31.75 Elementary school teachers.............. 18.84 18.84 27.19 30.12 31.75 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.69 15.02 16.80 16.80 16.80 Social workers.......................... 12.69 15.02 16.80 16.80 16.80 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.68 12.98 16.00 22.29 26.25 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.44 12.91 12.98 14.24 14.24 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.51 15.93 18.80 28.65 39.40 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 13.27 18.41 26.93 37.50 49.82 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 35.38 35.38 39.40 39.40 45.19 Personnel and labor relations managers.. 13.30 13.30 18.80 24.76 48.75 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.27 13.51 30.63 48.09 59.06 Management related........................ 14.16 15.09 15.95 21.45 24.18 Sales......................................... 7.53 8.69 12.42 17.18 27.20 Cashiers................................ 7.38 7.38 7.43 8.74 10.94 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.54 9.36 11.56 14.11 18.26 Secretaries............................. 9.63 12.59 13.12 14.28 15.27 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.00 9.19 12.46 18.26 18.26 Dispatchers............................. 7.14 7.14 12.02 15.34 16.11 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.52 11.50 11.92 12.22 17.71 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.50 9.50 12.00 14.81 15.79 General office clerks................... 9.36 9.60 10.81 12.87 14.71 Bank tellers............................ 8.28 8.28 8.54 10.94 15.31 Data entry keyers....................... 8.23 8.63 9.68 11.02 11.20 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.22 9.17 9.38 10.93 12.99 Blue collar..................................... 8.61 10.71 12.51 16.93 19.32 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $9.97 $13.30 $16.81 $20.60 $25.62 Automobile mechanics.................... 14.37 16.25 16.25 23.15 23.15 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.30 14.49 18.86 20.82 20.82 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 13.58 13.65 16.81 16.81 22.37 Supervisors, production................. 15.56 17.83 17.83 22.33 28.24 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.31 10.71 11.71 13.81 14.97 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 10.89 11.56 11.56 13.89 13.89 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.25 9.97 15.45 18.69 18.69 Assemblers.............................. 10.71 10.71 11.71 11.98 13.81 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.04 12.31 17.07 18.64 Truck drivers........................... 8.00 9.50 17.07 17.07 18.64 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 10.50 11.04 11.41 14.24 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.75 9.00 10.23 12.99 15.66 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.35 8.40 10.06 11.41 12.04 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.06 7.18 9.69 12.35 12.35 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.55 8.25 9.00 11.46 12.99 Service......................................... 3.50 7.44 8.74 11.67 14.32 Protective service........................ 7.39 10.35 12.08 14.81 15.23 Firefighting............................ 9.62 9.62 11.36 14.32 14.90 Police and detectives, public service... 13.58 14.00 14.26 14.81 19.37 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.50 7.44 9.14 12.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 3.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 3.50 Other food service....................... 7.08 7.44 9.00 9.53 13.26 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.00 12.50 13.26 19.96 21.78 Cooks................................... 7.50 8.43 9.03 9.36 9.95 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.59 7.19 7.44 7.63 Health service............................ 8.52 8.68 8.68 8.90 10.07 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.52 8.68 8.68 8.90 10.07 Cleaning and building service............. 7.42 7.76 8.74 11.36 11.36 Maids and housemen...................... 7.27 7.38 7.69 8.05 8.57 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.45 7.76 8.74 9.00 13.62 Personal service.......................... 4.75 7.46 8.06 10.37 10.95 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $4.80 $5.56 $6.71 $9.13 $13.06 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 5.56 6.50 8.21 13.06 White collar.................................... 6.42 7.33 9.23 12.50 19.35 White collar excluding sales................ 6.15 9.23 13.06 19.35 20.41 Professional specialty and technical.......... - - - - - Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.42 6.68 8.89 9.84 12.50 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.00 6.42 9.84 12.50 12.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.15 6.50 8.92 11.13 13.06 Blue collar..................................... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 2.13 5.26 5.56 7.00 7.53 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 5.56 6.65 7.34 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 Other food service....................... 5.56 5.56 6.33 7.34 7.80 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.26 5.26 5.97 6.50 7.40 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 126,400 98,500 - All excluding sales............................................. 115,500 87,600 - White collar........................................................ 61,600 45,500 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 50,800 34,700 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21,300 14,300 - Professional specialty.......................................... 14,100 8,400 - Technical....................................................... 7,200 5,900 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7,200 4,000 - Sales............................................................. 10,900 10,800 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 22,300 16,400 - Blue collar......................................................... 40,100 34,600 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 12,000 8,700 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12,200 12,200 € Transportation and material moving................................ 8,500 7,700 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,400 6,000 - Service............................................................. 24,600 18,400 - 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.