NC BL 09/00/2003 Table: Knoxville, TN, Bulletin 3120-05, May 2003 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 2003 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................................................................. $14.56 2.9 38.1 $13.73 3.3 38.0 $17.88 1.9 38.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.33 3.7 38.1 16.16 4.9 38.0 20.64 2.7 38.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.02 3.1 38.1 21.88 4.6 38.1 24.66 4.3 38.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.68 9.2 40.1 23.92 11.2 40.8 23.14 16.6 38.7 Sales............................................................. 11.86 12.9 35.8 11.86 13.0 35.8 - - - Administrative support............................................ 12.01 4.5 38.6 12.20 5.5 38.8 11.31 2.5 37.7 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.92 3.2 40.5 13.97 3.5 40.6 13.27 3.1 39.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.36 3.3 39.9 16.55 3.7 40.0 15.30 3.5 39.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.33 4.0 39.5 11.33 4.0 39.5 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.42 5.1 43.7 16.65 5.5 43.9 11.76 2.7 39.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.79 6.7 38.6 10.74 7.8 38.4 11.11 5.4 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.78 7.1 35.1 7.51 7.4 33.7 12.83 8.7 40.6 Full time........................................................... 15.08 1.7 40.2 14.30 1.9 40.4 17.99 2.2 39.5 Part time........................................................... 7.06 18.9 22.0 6.97 19.5 22.2 9.17 8.6 16.6 Union............................................................... 13.77 5.9 39.5 13.60 5.9 39.5 - - - Nonunion............................................................ 14.63 3.2 38.0 13.75 3.7 37.8 17.86 2.0 38.9 Time................................................................ 14.43 3.4 37.9 13.52 4.1 37.7 17.88 1.9 38.9 Incentive........................................................... 17.51 14.7 43.9 17.51 14.7 43.9 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.32 2.6 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.80 3.2 38.3 13.76 3.2 38.2 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 12.22 3.2 38.3 11.79 3.2 38.3 17.54 6.8 38.2 500 workers or more................................................. 17.61 3.2 37.9 17.33 5.8 36.9 17.93 2.0 39.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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 2003 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................................................................... $14.56 2.9 $13.73 3.3 $17.88 1.9 All excluding sales............................................... 14.81 2.5 13.95 3.0 17.90 1.9 White collar........................................................ 17.33 3.7 16.16 4.9 20.64 2.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.44 3.0 17.42 4.4 20.68 2.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.02 3.1 21.88 4.6 24.66 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.67 3.6 23.98 6.0 25.26 4.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.96 3.6 29.38 4.1 - - Industrial engineers........................................ 29.81 7.2 29.81 7.2 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.42 1.7 30.42 1.7 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 22.00 7.5 21.71 7.5 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.70 1.5 19.67 1.6 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 27.53 4.9 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.81 7.8 - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 22.96 4.8 - - - - Librarians.................................................. 24.37 7.2 - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 18.46 9.3 18.97 9.1 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.38 4.3 14.46 4.4 - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.47 2.7 15.56 1.6 - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.73 5.0 18.73 5.0 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.68 9.2 23.92 11.2 23.14 16.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.62 12.0 29.38 16.1 34.27 10.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 38.60 .4 - - 38.60 .4 Financial managers.......................................... 28.15 25.4 - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.90 3.7 31.92 .8 - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.19 22.2 35.03 26.4 - - Management related............................................ 17.71 5.0 18.52 3.1 16.18 12.5 Other financial officers.................................... 21.31 2.9 20.33 2.2 - - Sales............................................................. 11.86 12.9 11.86 13.0 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.31 30.9 12.31 30.9 - - Cashiers.................................................... 8.26 10.6 8.18 11.0 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.01 4.5 12.20 5.5 11.31 2.5 Secretaries................................................. 12.21 3.3 11.87 4.1 12.46 5.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.23 10.5 13.74 11.1 - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.24 14.4 14.24 14.4 - - Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.02 4.2 12.02 4.2 - - General office clerks....................................... $10.73 5.1 $10.36 4.2 $11.25 8.7 Bank tellers................................................ 9.76 11.9 9.76 11.9 - - Data entry keyers........................................... 10.13 8.6 10.13 8.6 - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.63 5.2 10.52 5.4 - - Blue collar......................................................... 13.92 3.2 13.97 3.5 13.27 3.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.36 3.3 16.55 3.7 15.30 3.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.19 7.3 19.19 7.3 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 12.69 10.5 13.04 10.5 - - Electrical power installers and repairers................... 15.36 14.3 - - 18.01 8.9 Supervisors, production..................................... 22.39 11.8 22.39 11.8 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.33 4.0 11.33 4.0 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.78 7.6 13.78 7.6 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.42 5.1 16.65 5.5 11.76 2.7 Truck drivers............................................... 18.19 8.8 18.37 9.1 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.64 5.7 12.64 5.7 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.79 6.7 10.74 7.8 11.11 5.4 Construction laborers....................................... 9.63 4.6 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.38 10.1 9.34 11.3 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.18 16.4 13.18 16.4 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.73 6.6 - - - - Service............................................................. 8.78 7.1 7.51 7.4 12.83 8.7 Protective service............................................ 11.69 8.6 - - 13.21 2.2 Firefighting................................................ 12.21 1.6 - - 12.21 1.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.66 3.9 - - 15.66 3.9 Food service.................................................. 6.47 15.3 6.47 15.3 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.53 4.5 2.53 4.5 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.38 8.1 2.38 8.1 - - Other food service........................................... 8.21 15.6 8.21 15.6 - - Cooks....................................................... 8.45 6.1 8.45 6.1 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.08 7.3 6.08 7.3 - - Health service................................................ 9.26 2.7 9.26 2.7 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.25 2.7 9.25 2.7 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 9.62 12.6 7.74 5.6 12.47 17.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.46 15.2 8.51 4.4 - - Personal service.............................................. 6.73 8.4 6.73 8.4 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2003 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................................................................... $15.08 1.7 $14.30 1.9 $17.99 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 15.30 1.6 14.50 1.8 18.01 2.1 White collar........................................................ 17.75 3.4 16.59 4.7 20.82 2.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.70 3.0 17.69 4.5 20.86 2.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.24 3.3 22.10 5.1 24.82 4.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.84 3.5 24.13 6.1 25.44 4.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.11 4.3 29.55 5.0 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.42 1.7 30.42 1.7 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 22.12 7.9 21.81 8.0 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.63 1.8 19.61 1.8 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 27.54 4.9 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 18.68 9.6 19.23 9.3 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.49 5.9 14.59 6.3 - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.52 3.1 15.63 2.0 - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.73 5.0 18.73 5.0 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.58 9.3 23.78 11.3 23.15 16.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.64 12.0 29.38 16.1 34.38 10.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 38.60 .4 - - 38.60 .4 Financial managers.......................................... 28.15 25.4 - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.12 3.2 32.51 .9 - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.19 22.2 35.03 26.4 - - Management related............................................ 17.47 5.0 18.17 3.0 16.18 12.5 Other financial officers.................................... 20.42 4.1 - - - - Sales............................................................. 12.40 13.3 12.41 13.4 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.31 30.9 12.31 30.9 - - Cashiers.................................................... 8.68 11.0 - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.21 4.5 12.43 5.6 11.41 2.6 Secretaries................................................. 12.27 4.0 11.79 4.8 12.58 6.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.23 10.5 13.74 11.1 - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.24 14.4 14.24 14.4 - - Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.17 3.7 12.17 3.7 - - General office clerks....................................... 10.85 4.9 10.55 4.1 11.25 8.7 Bank tellers................................................ 9.76 12.0 9.76 12.0 - - Data entry keyers........................................... $10.14 9.2 $10.14 9.2 - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.66 5.5 10.55 5.7 - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.02 3.1 14.09 3.4 $13.27 3.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.36 3.3 16.55 3.7 15.30 3.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.19 7.3 19.19 7.3 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 12.69 10.5 13.04 10.5 - - Electrical power installers and repairers................... 15.36 14.3 - - 18.01 8.9 Supervisors, production..................................... 22.39 11.8 22.39 11.8 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.45 3.3 11.45 3.3 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.78 7.6 13.78 7.6 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.42 5.1 16.65 5.5 11.76 2.7 Truck drivers............................................... 18.19 8.8 18.37 9.1 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.64 5.7 12.64 5.7 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.94 6.6 10.92 7.6 11.11 5.4 Construction laborers....................................... 9.63 4.6 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.70 7.1 9.70 8.1 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.78 7.0 - - - - Service............................................................. 9.69 3.6 8.44 2.2 12.87 8.7 Protective service............................................ 11.84 7.9 - - 13.24 2.2 Firefighting................................................ 12.21 1.6 - - 12.21 1.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.77 3.8 - - 15.77 3.8 Food service.................................................. 8.57 4.8 8.57 4.8 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.57 7.8 2.57 7.8 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.57 7.8 2.57 7.8 - - Other food service........................................... 10.66 8.6 10.66 8.6 - - Cooks....................................................... 9.19 2.1 9.19 2.1 - - Health service................................................ 9.26 2.7 9.26 2.7 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.26 2.7 9.26 2.7 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 9.63 12.7 7.74 5.6 12.52 17.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.50 15.2 8.51 4.4 - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 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 2003 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................................................................... $7.06 18.9 $6.97 19.5 $9.17 8.6 All excluding sales............................................... 6.60 26.0 6.47 27.2 9.17 8.6 White collar........................................................ 10.55 5.7 10.64 6.2 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 11.90 5.4 12.26 5.3 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.08 5.7 17.07 6.1 - - Professional specialty.......................................... - - - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.90 10.2 8.90 10.2 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.68 3.2 8.78 3.7 - - Blue collar......................................................... 6.66 6.9 6.66 6.9 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... - - - - - - Service............................................................. 3.93 32.5 3.87 32.6 - - Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 3.07 40.3 3.07 40.3 - - Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 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 2003 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................................................................... $606 1.7 40.2 $577 1.9 40.4 $711 1.9 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 614 1.6 40.1 585 1.8 40.3 712 1.9 39.5 White collar........................................................ 707 3.4 39.8 667 4.6 40.2 808 2.5 38.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 742 2.9 39.7 709 4.3 40.1 810 2.5 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 917 3.3 39.5 886 4.9 40.1 959 4.2 38.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 976 3.6 39.3 966 6.0 40.0 985 4.4 38.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,172 5.6 40.2 1,194 6.6 40.4 - - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,217 1.7 40.0 1,217 1.7 40.0 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 880 8.0 39.8 870 8.0 39.9 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 782 1.5 39.8 782 1.6 39.9 - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,102 4.9 40.0 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 746 9.9 39.9 772 9.5 40.1 - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 572 4.8 39.5 577 5.1 39.6 - - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 574 3.3 39.5 625 2.0 40.0 - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 809 5.6 43.2 809 5.6 43.2 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 954 9.6 40.4 976 11.8 41.1 905 16.6 39.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,265 13.1 41.3 1,231 17.7 41.9 1,361 11.2 39.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,544 .4 40.0 - - - 1,544 .4 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,183 30.6 42.0 - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,445 3.2 40.0 1,301 .9 40.0 - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,523 23.9 42.1 1,486 28.6 42.4 - - - Management related............................................ 694 5.0 39.7 731 3.4 40.3 628 11.2 38.8 Other financial officers.................................... 796 4.6 39.0 - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 503 13.9 40.6 504 14.0 40.6 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 512 33.0 41.6 512 33.0 41.6 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 347 11.0 40.0 - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 484 4.6 39.7 495 5.7 39.8 446 3.1 39.1 Secretaries................................................. 483 4.1 39.3 469 4.7 39.8 491 6.5 39.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 529 10.5 40.0 549 11.1 40.0 - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $570 14.4 40.0 $570 14.4 40.0 - - - Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 487 3.7 40.0 487 3.7 40.0 - - - General office clerks....................................... 427 5.6 39.3 422 4.1 40.0 $432 10.7 38.4 Bank tellers................................................ 385 10.6 39.5 385 10.6 39.5 - - - Data entry keyers........................................... 406 9.2 40.0 406 9.2 40.0 - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 427 5.5 40.0 422 5.7 40.0 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 574 3.0 40.9 578 3.3 41.0 529 3.2 39.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 653 3.3 39.9 661 3.6 40.0 608 3.7 39.7 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 767 7.3 40.0 767 7.3 40.0 - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 503 11.0 39.7 522 10.5 40.0 - - - Electrical power installers and repairers................... 614 14.3 40.0 - - - 720 8.9 40.0 Supervisors, production..................................... 896 11.8 40.0 896 11.8 40.0 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 458 3.4 40.0 458 3.4 40.0 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 551 7.6 40.0 551 7.6 40.0 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 717 9.2 43.7 731 10.2 43.9 468 2.7 39.8 Truck drivers............................................... 826 17.9 45.4 837 18.7 45.6 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 506 5.7 40.0 506 5.7 40.0 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 437 6.5 39.9 435 7.6 39.9 444 5.4 40.0 Construction laborers....................................... 376 6.3 39.0 - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 388 7.1 40.0 388 8.1 40.0 - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 391 7.0 40.0 - - - - - - Service............................................................. 386 3.5 39.9 332 1.8 39.3 532 8.7 41.4 Protective service............................................ 498 9.3 42.1 - - - 571 1.8 43.1 Firefighting................................................ 645 1.9 52.8 - - - 645 1.9 52.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 633 4.1 40.1 - - - 633 4.1 40.1 Food service.................................................. 338 5.0 39.5 338 5.0 39.5 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 97 5.3 37.8 97 5.3 37.8 - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 97 5.3 37.8 97 5.3 37.8 - - - Other food service........................................... 427 8.7 40.1 427 8.7 40.1 - - - Cooks....................................................... 368 2.1 40.0 368 2.1 40.0 - - - Health service................................................ 355 3.0 38.3 355 3.0 38.3 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 355 3.0 38.3 355 3.0 38.3 - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 381 12.4 39.6 305 4.9 39.4 499 17.3 39.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 455 15.8 39.5 333 3.2 39.1 - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - - - - 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 2003 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................................................................... $30,906 1.7 2,050 $30,002 1.9 2,098 $33,942 1.9 1,887 All excluding sales............................................... 31,276 1.6 2,045 30,393 1.8 2,097 33,972 1.9 1,886 White collar........................................................ 35,362 3.4 1,992 34,664 4.6 2,089 36,939 2.5 1,775 White collar excluding sales.................................... 36,896 2.9 1,973 36,842 4.3 2,083 36,995 2.5 1,773 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 44,141 3.3 1,899 45,990 4.9 2,081 42,049 4.2 1,694 Professional specialty.......................................... 45,814 3.6 1,845 50,126 6.0 2,077 42,838 4.4 1,684 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 60,923 5.6 2,093 62,076 6.6 2,101 - - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 63,274 1.7 2,080 63,274 1.7 2,080 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 45,761 8.0 2,068 45,264 8.0 2,075 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 40,666 1.5 2,071 40,668 1.6 2,074 - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 56,211 4.9 2,041 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 38,770 9.9 2,076 40,121 9.5 2,086 - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 29,763 4.8 2,054 30,028 5.1 2,058 - - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 29,845 3.3 2,055 32,520 2.0 2,080 - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 42,075 5.6 2,246 42,075 5.6 2,246 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 49,570 9.6 2,102 50,734 11.8 2,134 47,042 16.6 2,032 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 65,728 13.1 2,145 63,942 17.7 2,176 70,757 11.2 2,058 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 80,278 .4 2,080 - - - 80,278 .4 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 61,517 30.6 2,185 - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 73,346 3.2 2,031 61,958 .9 1,906 - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 79,187 23.9 2,188 77,291 28.6 2,206 - - - Management related............................................ 36,095 5.0 2,066 38,035 3.4 2,093 32,644 11.2 2,017 Other financial officers.................................... 41,373 4.6 2,026 - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 26,169 13.9 2,111 26,200 14.0 2,111 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26,626 33.0 2,163 26,626 33.0 2,163 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 18,047 11.0 2,080 - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,688 4.6 2,022 25,756 5.7 2,072 21,221 3.1 1,860 Secretaries................................................. 24,087 4.1 1,963 24,409 4.7 2,070 23,899 6.5 1,900 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,517 10.5 2,080 28,570 11.1 2,080 - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $29,620 14.4 2,080 $29,620 14.4 2,080 - - - Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 25,315 3.7 2,080 25,315 3.7 2,080 - - - General office clerks....................................... 21,737 5.6 2,003 21,944 4.1 2,080 $21,489 10.7 1,911 Bank tellers................................................ 20,040 10.6 2,053 20,040 10.6 2,053 - - - Data entry keyers........................................... 21,101 9.2 2,080 21,101 9.2 2,080 - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 22,182 5.5 2,080 21,948 5.7 2,080 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 29,849 3.0 2,129 30,057 3.3 2,134 27,484 3.2 2,072 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 33,957 3.3 2,076 34,375 3.6 2,078 31,611 3.7 2,067 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 39,908 7.3 2,080 39,908 7.3 2,080 - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 26,177 11.0 2,063 27,130 10.5 2,080 - - - Electrical power installers and repairers................... 31,940 14.3 2,080 - - - 37,457 8.9 2,080 Supervisors, production..................................... 46,571 11.8 2,080 46,571 11.8 2,080 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 23,792 3.4 2,078 23,792 3.4 2,078 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 28,655 7.6 2,080 28,655 7.6 2,080 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 37,284 9.2 2,271 37,990 10.2 2,282 24,332 2.7 2,069 Truck drivers............................................... 42,964 17.9 2,362 43,543 18.7 2,371 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 26,293 5.7 2,080 26,293 5.7 2,080 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,701 6.5 2,074 22,642 7.6 2,073 23,099 5.4 2,080 Construction laborers....................................... 19,530 6.3 2,027 - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 20,186 7.1 2,080 20,176 8.1 2,080 - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 20,346 7.0 2,080 - - - - - - Service............................................................. 20,081 3.5 2,073 17,248 1.8 2,043 27,686 8.7 2,152 Protective service............................................ 25,908 9.3 2,187 - - - 29,684 1.8 2,243 Firefighting................................................ 33,533 1.9 2,746 - - - 33,533 1.9 2,746 Police and detectives, public service....................... 32,917 4.1 2,087 - - - 32,917 4.1 2,087 Food service.................................................. 17,574 5.0 2,052 17,574 5.0 2,052 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5,038 5.3 1,964 5,038 5.3 1,964 - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5,038 5.3 1,964 5,038 5.3 1,964 - - - Other food service........................................... 22,217 8.7 2,084 22,217 8.7 2,084 - - - Cooks....................................................... 19,125 2.1 2,080 19,125 2.1 2,080 - - - Health service................................................ 18,469 3.0 1,994 18,469 3.0 1,994 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,459 3.0 1,994 18,459 3.0 1,994 - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 19,827 12.4 2,059 15,862 4.9 2,050 25,964 17.3 2,074 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 23,639 15.8 2,056 17,316 3.2 2,034 - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - - - - 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 2003 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................................................................... $14.56 2.9 $13.73 3.3 $17.88 1.9 All excluding sales............................................... 14.81 2.5 13.95 3.0 17.90 1.9 White collar........................................................ 17.33 3.7 16.16 4.9 20.64 2.7 1....................................................... 7.64 3.5 7.64 3.5 - - 2....................................................... 9.49 1.8 9.42 2.5 - - 3....................................................... 9.71 5.7 9.70 6.0 - - 4....................................................... 11.76 2.4 11.87 3.0 11.46 2.3 5....................................................... 15.97 4.8 16.11 5.0 13.40 3.1 6....................................................... 15.08 4.6 15.64 4.9 13.04 5.1 7....................................................... 19.90 5.9 19.59 1.5 20.53 16.6 8....................................................... 22.71 1.6 20.26 1.4 24.18 1.0 9....................................................... 27.19 5.1 26.75 5.9 - - 10........................................................ 32.60 8.1 30.72 7.6 - - 11........................................................ 30.07 8.5 38.13 7.6 26.40 12.1 12........................................................ 45.86 3.2 - - - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.18 17.2 16.45 18.6 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.44 3.0 17.42 4.4 20.68 2.7 2....................................................... 9.56 3.3 9.50 4.8 - - 3....................................................... 10.47 3.2 10.53 3.3 - - 4....................................................... 11.91 2.3 12.17 3.5 11.46 2.3 5....................................................... 15.73 4.8 15.87 5.0 13.40 3.1 6....................................................... 15.66 4.6 16.62 4.0 13.04 5.1 7....................................................... 19.86 6.5 19.48 1.6 20.53 16.6 8....................................................... 22.56 2.6 19.52 4.4 24.18 1.0 9....................................................... 27.13 5.4 26.67 6.2 - - 10........................................................ 32.34 8.6 30.16 8.0 - - 11........................................................ 30.07 8.5 38.13 7.6 26.40 12.1 12........................................................ 45.86 3.2 - - - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.26 17.4 16.54 18.8 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.02 3.1 21.88 4.6 24.66 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.67 3.6 23.98 6.0 25.26 4.5 6....................................................... 15.56 5.3 16.41 3.7 - - 7....................................................... 21.00 9.5 20.33 3.5 21.79 18.4 8....................................................... 22.81 3.0 19.18 5.5 24.40 .7 9....................................................... 28.07 3.8 27.75 4.6 - - 10........................................................ 34.86 8.7 33.47 11.7 - - 11........................................................ 27.28 11.0 36.38 7.6 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.96 3.6 29.38 4.1 - - 9....................................................... 28.73 1.5 28.73 1.5 - - Industrial engineers........................................ 29.81 7.2 29.81 7.2 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.42 1.7 30.42 1.7 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 22.00 7.5 21.71 7.5 - - 7....................................................... $18.44 1.1 $18.67 0.4 - - 8....................................................... 20.63 2.0 20.60 2.1 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.70 1.5 19.67 1.6 - - 7....................................................... 18.97 .2 18.97 .2 - - 8....................................................... 20.63 2.0 20.60 2.1 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 27.53 4.9 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.81 7.8 - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 22.96 4.8 - - - - Librarians.................................................. 24.37 7.2 - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 18.46 9.3 18.97 9.1 - - 4....................................................... 12.47 3.0 13.60 1.2 - - 5....................................................... 15.19 6.0 15.26 6.1 - - 6....................................................... 16.09 3.7 17.11 5.0 - - 7....................................................... 19.32 6.9 19.32 6.9 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.38 4.3 14.46 4.4 - - 5....................................................... 13.71 2.9 13.80 3.0 - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.47 2.7 15.56 1.6 - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.73 5.0 18.73 5.0 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.68 9.2 23.92 11.2 $23.14 16.6 5....................................................... 16.65 2.1 16.65 2.1 - - 7....................................................... 16.61 4.7 17.10 7.8 - - 8....................................................... 20.91 4.7 20.17 4.3 - - 9....................................................... 27.71 7.0 26.36 7.5 - - 11........................................................ 37.71 9.3 37.72 16.6 - - 12........................................................ 45.86 3.2 - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.62 12.0 29.38 16.1 34.27 10.5 8....................................................... 20.36 5.8 - - - - 9....................................................... 30.06 7.4 - - - - 11........................................................ 40.27 6.2 - - - - 12........................................................ 45.86 3.2 - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 38.60 .4 - - 38.60 .4 Financial managers.......................................... 28.15 25.4 - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.90 3.7 31.92 .8 - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.19 22.2 35.03 26.4 - - Management related............................................ 17.71 5.0 18.52 3.1 16.18 12.5 5....................................................... 16.78 2.5 16.78 2.5 - - 7....................................................... 16.96 4.0 - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 21.31 2.9 20.33 2.2 - - Sales............................................................. 11.86 12.9 11.86 13.0 - - 1....................................................... 7.42 4.9 7.42 4.9 - - 3....................................................... $8.28 8.4 $8.22 8.7 - - 4....................................................... 11.47 8.2 11.47 8.2 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.31 30.9 12.31 30.9 - - Cashiers.................................................... 8.26 10.6 8.18 11.0 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.01 4.5 12.20 5.5 $11.31 2.5 2....................................................... 9.56 3.3 9.50 4.8 - - 3....................................................... 10.47 3.2 10.53 3.3 - - 4....................................................... 11.85 2.5 12.00 4.0 11.60 2.4 5....................................................... 15.92 13.2 16.26 14.0 - - 6....................................................... 16.26 5.9 16.60 6.4 14.68 4.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.45 10.5 14.77 12.6 - - Secretaries................................................. 12.21 3.3 11.87 4.1 12.46 5.5 4....................................................... 11.98 4.1 12.58 2.4 11.68 5.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.23 10.5 13.74 11.1 - - 4....................................................... 11.62 8.3 - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.24 14.4 14.24 14.4 - - Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.02 4.2 12.02 4.2 - - General office clerks....................................... 10.73 5.1 10.36 4.2 11.25 8.7 3....................................................... 10.12 2.8 10.28 2.5 - - 4....................................................... 11.78 8.1 - - - - Bank tellers................................................ 9.76 11.9 9.76 11.9 - - Data entry keyers........................................... 10.13 8.6 10.13 8.6 - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.63 5.2 10.52 5.4 - - 3....................................................... 9.71 3.6 9.71 3.6 - - Blue collar......................................................... 13.92 3.2 13.97 3.5 13.27 3.1 1....................................................... 9.56 6.9 9.56 6.9 - - 2....................................................... 9.41 5.8 9.35 6.1 - - 3....................................................... 10.92 2.8 10.89 2.9 - - 4....................................................... 12.81 2.3 13.12 2.6 11.33 4.7 5....................................................... 17.03 15.6 17.44 16.8 13.87 5.1 7....................................................... 18.15 3.5 18.14 4.0 18.24 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.36 3.3 16.55 3.7 15.30 3.5 4....................................................... 12.77 3.3 13.02 4.3 - - 5....................................................... 12.56 7.1 11.98 9.1 14.00 7.4 7....................................................... 17.98 3.3 17.84 3.6 19.02 2.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.19 7.3 19.19 7.3 - - 7....................................................... 19.98 3.9 19.98 3.9 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 12.69 10.5 13.04 10.5 - - Electrical power installers and repairers................... 15.36 14.3 - - 18.01 8.9 Supervisors, production..................................... 22.39 11.8 22.39 11.8 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.33 4.0 11.33 4.0 - - 1....................................................... 9.32 7.9 9.32 7.9 - - 2....................................................... $8.29 7.8 $8.29 7.8 - - 3....................................................... 11.52 5.4 11.52 5.4 - - 4....................................................... 13.11 3.6 13.11 3.6 - - 5....................................................... 13.53 .4 13.53 .4 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.78 7.6 13.78 7.6 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.42 5.1 16.65 5.5 $11.76 2.7 2....................................................... 9.22 7.0 9.22 7.0 - - 3....................................................... 10.85 2.0 - - - - 4....................................................... 12.95 5.1 13.45 6.7 - - Truck drivers............................................... 18.19 8.8 18.37 9.1 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.64 5.7 12.64 5.7 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.79 6.7 10.74 7.8 11.11 5.4 1....................................................... 9.80 9.3 9.80 9.4 - - 2....................................................... 9.86 7.7 9.92 8.7 - - 3....................................................... 10.88 4.1 - - - - 5....................................................... 15.73 10.0 - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 9.63 4.6 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.38 10.1 9.34 11.3 - - 1....................................................... 9.26 16.0 9.26 16.0 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.18 16.4 13.18 16.4 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.73 6.6 - - - - Service............................................................. 8.78 7.1 7.51 7.4 12.83 8.7 1....................................................... 8.47 23.8 6.38 13.0 - - 2....................................................... 6.48 16.0 5.92 16.6 - - 3....................................................... 9.11 1.7 9.10 1.7 - - 4....................................................... 10.37 6.3 9.81 9.8 - - 5....................................................... 13.50 1.5 - - 13.48 2.0 6....................................................... 13.36 4.4 - - 13.43 5.5 7....................................................... 17.30 13.0 - - - - Protective service............................................ 11.69 8.6 - - 13.21 2.2 6....................................................... 13.43 5.5 - - 13.43 5.5 7....................................................... 15.00 11.1 - - - - Firefighting................................................ 12.21 1.6 - - 12.21 1.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.66 3.9 - - 15.66 3.9 Food service.................................................. 6.47 15.3 6.47 15.3 - - 1....................................................... 4.74 24.5 4.74 24.5 - - 2....................................................... 3.58 15.8 3.58 15.8 - - 4....................................................... 11.07 13.7 11.07 13.7 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.53 4.5 2.53 4.5 - - 1....................................................... 2.77 3.6 2.77 3.6 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.38 8.1 2.38 8.1 - - Other food service........................................... 8.21 15.6 8.21 15.6 - - Cooks....................................................... 8.45 6.1 8.45 6.1 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $6.08 7.3 $6.08 7.3 - - Health service................................................ 9.26 2.7 9.26 2.7 - - 3....................................................... 9.00 .7 9.00 .7 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.25 2.7 9.25 2.7 - - 3....................................................... 8.99 .6 8.99 .6 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 9.62 12.6 7.74 5.6 $12.47 17.1 1....................................................... 11.61 15.5 8.57 3.4 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.46 15.2 8.51 4.4 - - 1....................................................... 12.33 14.7 - - - - Personal service.............................................. 6.73 8.4 6.73 8.4 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2003 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................................................................... $15.08 1.7 $14.30 1.9 $17.99 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 15.30 1.6 14.50 1.8 18.01 2.1 White collar........................................................ 17.75 3.4 16.59 4.7 20.82 2.3 2....................................................... 9.50 1.8 9.43 2.5 - - 3....................................................... 9.83 5.5 9.80 5.7 - - 4....................................................... 11.77 2.6 11.88 3.3 11.46 2.3 5....................................................... 16.01 5.0 16.16 5.1 13.40 3.1 6....................................................... 15.33 4.6 15.88 4.8 13.30 5.2 7....................................................... 19.92 6.0 19.61 1.6 20.53 16.6 8....................................................... 22.77 1.7 20.24 1.5 24.18 1.0 9....................................................... 27.26 4.8 26.82 5.6 - - 10........................................................ 32.60 8.1 30.72 7.6 - - 11........................................................ 29.90 8.6 37.83 7.8 26.40 12.1 12........................................................ 45.86 3.2 - - - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.61 18.1 16.77 19.1 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.70 3.0 17.69 4.5 20.86 2.3 2....................................................... 9.58 3.3 9.52 4.9 - - 3....................................................... 10.52 3.2 10.54 3.3 - - 4....................................................... 11.87 2.3 12.13 3.6 11.46 2.3 5....................................................... 15.76 4.9 15.91 5.1 13.40 3.1 6....................................................... 15.79 4.6 16.62 4.0 13.30 5.2 7....................................................... 19.88 6.5 19.51 1.7 20.53 16.6 8....................................................... 22.62 2.7 19.43 4.8 24.18 1.0 9....................................................... 27.20 5.1 26.74 5.9 - - 10........................................................ 32.34 8.6 30.16 8.0 - - 11........................................................ 29.90 8.6 37.83 7.8 26.40 12.1 12........................................................ 45.86 3.2 - - - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.61 18.1 16.77 19.1 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.24 3.3 22.10 5.1 24.82 4.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.84 3.5 24.13 6.1 25.44 4.2 7....................................................... 21.03 9.5 20.38 3.4 21.79 18.4 8....................................................... 22.89 3.1 19.01 6.0 24.40 .7 9....................................................... 28.19 3.2 27.87 3.9 - - 10........................................................ 34.86 8.7 33.47 11.7 - - 11........................................................ 27.28 11.0 36.38 7.6 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.11 4.3 29.55 5.0 - - 9....................................................... 29.01 1.5 29.01 1.5 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.42 1.7 30.42 1.7 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 22.12 7.9 21.81 8.0 - - 7....................................................... 18.47 1.1 18.71 .3 - - 8....................................................... 20.66 2.3 20.63 2.5 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.63 1.8 19.61 1.8 - - 7....................................................... $18.97 0.2 $18.97 0.2 - - 8....................................................... 20.66 2.3 20.63 2.5 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 27.54 4.9 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 18.68 9.6 19.23 9.3 - - 4....................................................... 12.15 4.8 - - - - 5....................................................... 15.24 6.4 15.32 6.5 - - 6....................................................... 16.09 3.7 17.11 5.0 - - 7....................................................... 19.35 7.2 19.35 7.2 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.49 5.9 14.59 6.3 - - 5....................................................... 13.65 3.6 - - - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.52 3.1 15.63 2.0 - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.73 5.0 18.73 5.0 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.58 9.3 23.78 11.3 $23.15 16.7 5....................................................... 16.65 2.1 16.65 2.1 - - 7....................................................... 16.61 4.7 17.10 7.8 - - 8....................................................... 20.91 4.7 20.16 4.3 - - 9....................................................... 27.71 7.0 26.36 7.5 - - 11........................................................ 37.21 9.7 36.81 17.9 - - 12........................................................ 45.86 3.2 - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.64 12.0 29.38 16.1 34.38 10.4 8....................................................... 20.36 5.8 - - - - 9....................................................... 30.06 7.4 - - - - 11........................................................ 40.27 6.2 - - - - 12........................................................ 45.86 3.2 - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 38.60 .4 - - 38.60 .4 Financial managers.......................................... 28.15 25.4 - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.12 3.2 32.51 .9 - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.19 22.2 35.03 26.4 - - Management related............................................ 17.47 5.0 18.17 3.0 16.18 12.5 5....................................................... 16.78 2.5 16.78 2.5 - - 7....................................................... 16.96 4.0 - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 20.42 4.1 - - - - Sales............................................................. 12.40 13.3 12.41 13.4 - - 3....................................................... 8.29 7.9 8.22 8.2 - - 4....................................................... 11.57 8.9 11.57 8.9 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.31 30.9 12.31 30.9 - - Cashiers.................................................... 8.68 11.0 - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ $12.21 4.5 $12.43 5.6 $11.41 2.6 2....................................................... 9.58 3.3 9.52 4.9 - - 3....................................................... 10.52 3.2 10.54 3.3 - - 4....................................................... 11.85 2.5 12.00 4.0 11.60 2.4 5....................................................... 15.92 13.2 16.26 14.0 - - 6....................................................... 16.26 5.9 16.60 6.4 14.68 4.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.88 11.1 15.04 12.4 - - Secretaries................................................. 12.27 4.0 11.79 4.8 12.58 6.5 4....................................................... 11.98 4.1 12.58 2.4 11.68 5.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.23 10.5 13.74 11.1 - - 4....................................................... 11.62 8.3 - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.24 14.4 14.24 14.4 - - Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.17 3.7 12.17 3.7 - - General office clerks....................................... 10.85 4.9 10.55 4.1 11.25 8.7 3....................................................... 10.30 3.0 10.50 1.9 - - 4....................................................... 11.78 8.1 - - - - Bank tellers................................................ 9.76 12.0 9.76 12.0 - - Data entry keyers........................................... 10.14 9.2 10.14 9.2 - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.66 5.5 10.55 5.7 - - 3....................................................... 9.74 3.9 9.74 3.9 - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.02 3.1 14.09 3.4 13.27 3.1 1....................................................... 9.91 5.1 9.91 5.1 - - 2....................................................... 9.41 5.8 9.35 6.1 - - 3....................................................... 10.92 2.8 10.89 2.9 - - 4....................................................... 12.81 2.3 13.12 2.6 11.33 4.7 5....................................................... 17.03 15.6 17.44 16.8 13.87 5.1 7....................................................... 18.15 3.5 18.14 4.0 18.24 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.36 3.3 16.55 3.7 15.30 3.5 4....................................................... 12.77 3.3 13.02 4.3 - - 5....................................................... 12.56 7.1 11.98 9.1 14.00 7.4 7....................................................... 17.98 3.3 17.84 3.6 19.02 2.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.19 7.3 19.19 7.3 - - 7....................................................... 19.98 3.9 19.98 3.9 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 12.69 10.5 13.04 10.5 - - Electrical power installers and repairers................... 15.36 14.3 - - 18.01 8.9 Supervisors, production..................................... 22.39 11.8 22.39 11.8 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.45 3.3 11.45 3.3 - - 1....................................................... 9.60 6.2 9.60 6.2 - - 2....................................................... 8.29 7.8 8.29 7.8 - - 3....................................................... 11.52 5.4 11.52 5.4 - - 4....................................................... 13.11 3.6 13.11 3.6 - - 5....................................................... 13.53 .4 13.53 .4 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $13.78 7.6 $13.78 7.6 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.42 5.1 16.65 5.5 $11.76 2.7 2....................................................... 9.22 7.0 9.22 7.0 - - 3....................................................... 10.85 2.0 - - - - 4....................................................... 12.95 5.1 13.45 6.7 - - Truck drivers............................................... 18.19 8.8 18.37 9.1 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.64 5.7 12.64 5.7 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.94 6.6 10.92 7.6 11.11 5.4 1....................................................... 10.21 5.8 10.22 5.9 - - 2....................................................... 9.86 7.7 9.92 8.7 - - 3....................................................... 10.88 4.1 - - - - 5....................................................... 15.73 10.0 - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 9.63 4.6 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.70 7.1 9.70 8.1 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.78 7.0 - - - - Service............................................................. 9.69 3.6 8.44 2.2 12.87 8.7 1....................................................... 8.95 24.1 6.64 13.2 - - 2....................................................... 7.80 7.8 7.28 6.7 - - 3....................................................... 9.11 1.7 9.10 1.7 - - 4....................................................... 10.77 7.6 10.32 12.2 - - 5....................................................... 13.59 1.2 - - - - 6....................................................... 13.36 4.4 - - 13.43 5.5 7....................................................... 17.30 13.0 - - - - Protective service............................................ 11.84 7.9 - - 13.24 2.2 6....................................................... 13.43 5.5 - - 13.43 5.5 7....................................................... 15.00 11.1 - - - - Firefighting................................................ 12.21 1.6 - - 12.21 1.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.77 3.8 - - 15.77 3.8 Food service.................................................. 8.57 4.8 8.57 4.8 - - 1....................................................... 4.99 25.1 4.99 25.1 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.57 7.8 2.57 7.8 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.57 7.8 2.57 7.8 - - Other food service........................................... 10.66 8.6 10.66 8.6 - - Cooks....................................................... 9.19 2.1 9.19 2.1 - - Health service................................................ 9.26 2.7 9.26 2.7 - - 3....................................................... 9.00 .7 9.00 .7 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.26 2.7 9.26 2.7 - - 3....................................................... 8.99 .6 8.99 .6 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 9.63 12.7 7.74 5.6 12.52 17.2 1....................................................... 11.65 15.5 8.57 3.4 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.50 15.2 8.51 4.4 - - 1....................................................... 12.40 14.6 - - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 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 2003 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................................................................... $7.06 18.9 $6.97 19.5 $9.17 8.6 All excluding sales............................................... 6.60 26.0 6.47 27.2 9.17 8.6 White collar........................................................ 10.55 5.7 10.64 6.2 - - 1....................................................... 7.48 4.2 7.48 4.2 - - 3....................................................... 8.83 6.5 8.92 7.1 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 11.90 5.4 12.26 5.3 - - 3....................................................... 9.74 5.9 10.29 5.5 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.08 5.7 17.07 6.1 - - Professional specialty.......................................... - - - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.90 10.2 8.90 10.2 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.68 3.2 8.78 3.7 - - 3....................................................... 9.75 6.0 - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 6.66 6.9 6.66 6.9 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... - - - - - - Service............................................................. 3.93 32.5 3.87 32.6 - - 1....................................................... 5.25 13.0 5.07 12.5 - - 2....................................................... 3.33 40.3 3.33 40.3 - - Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 3.07 40.3 3.07 40.3 - - Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 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 2003 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....................................................... $15.08 $7.06 $13.77 $14.63 $14.43 $17.51 All excluding sales............................................. 15.30 6.60 13.83 14.89 14.70 17.81 White collar........................................................ 17.75 10.55 16.89 17.35 17.46 14.32 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.70 11.90 17.53 18.48 18.60 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.24 16.08 18.34 23.29 23.02 - Professional specialty.......................................... 24.84 - - 24.73 24.67 - Technical....................................................... 18.68 - - 18.77 18.46 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.58 - - 23.68 23.68 - Sales............................................................. 12.40 8.90 - 11.84 11.15 16.63 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.21 8.68 16.52 11.79 12.02 - Blue collar......................................................... 14.02 6.66 12.60 14.18 13.40 20.67 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.36 - 18.20 16.14 16.43 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.45 - 11.40 11.31 11.33 - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.42 - - 16.71 14.83 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.94 - 11.19 10.62 10.77 - Service............................................................. 9.69 3.93 - 8.79 8.79 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 1.7 18.9 5.9 3.2 3.4 14.7 All excluding sales............................................. 1.6 26.0 5.9 2.8 2.9 18.2 White collar........................................................ 3.4 5.7 3.5 3.9 4.1 13.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.0 5.4 1.2 3.2 3.3 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.3 5.7 4.3 3.8 3.1 - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.5 - - 3.6 3.6 - Technical....................................................... 9.6 - - 10.6 9.3 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.3 - - 9.2 9.2 - Sales............................................................. 13.3 10.2 - 13.5 12.0 13.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.5 3.2 4.1 4.8 4.7 - Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 6.9 5.8 3.4 6.4 13.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 - 5.3 3.6 3.6 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.3 - 13.8 4.5 4.1 - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.1 - - 5.7 14.7 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.6 - 3.6 8.8 6.9 - Service............................................................. 3.6 32.5 - 7.1 7.1 - 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 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 2003 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....................................................... $13.73 $16.32 - - $16.60 - - - - $12.38 All excluding sales............................................. 13.95 16.38 - - 16.69 - - - - 12.38 White collar........................................................ 16.16 21.73 - - 21.77 - - - - 15.99 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.42 22.28 - - 22.34 - - - - 16.06 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.88 26.46 - - 26.43 - - - - 19.60 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.98 28.57 - - 28.60 - - - - 21.72 Technical....................................................... 18.97 - - - - - - - - 16.95 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.92 25.20 - - 25.39 - - - - 26.88 Sales............................................................. 11.86 13.47 - - 13.47 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.20 15.43 - - 15.56 - - - - 10.92 Blue collar......................................................... 13.97 13.33 - - 13.13 - - - - 10.58 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.55 17.34 - - 18.09 - - - - 15.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.33 11.78 - - 11.78 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.65 12.10 - - 12.65 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.74 10.99 - - 10.66 - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.51 - - - - - - - - 8.28 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....................................................... 3.3 2.6 - - 3.1 - - - - 1.7 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 2.8 - - 3.2 - - - - 1.7 White collar........................................................ 4.9 5.8 - - 5.8 - - - - 4.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 6.0 - - 6.1 - - - - 4.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.6 5.3 - - 5.4 - - - - 5.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.0 1.9 - - 2.1 - - - - 5.8 Technical....................................................... 9.1 - - - - - - - - 8.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.2 18.2 - - 19.1 - - - - 21.7 Sales............................................................. 13.0 3.0 - - 3.0 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.5 11.4 - - 11.3 - - - - 2.9 Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 5.2 - - 6.2 - - - - 9.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 1.9 - - 1.4 - - - - 9.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.0 2.6 - - 2.6 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 5.8 - - 7.8 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.8 5.7 - - 4.9 - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.4 - - - - - - - - 1.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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 2003 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....................................................... $13.73 $13.76 $13.72 $11.79 $17.33 All excluding sales............................................. 13.95 14.37 13.76 11.72 17.22 White collar........................................................ 16.16 14.21 16.94 14.40 19.45 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.42 16.50 17.71 15.33 19.34 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.88 21.36 21.96 24.07 21.34 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.98 25.74 23.82 26.78 22.84 Technical....................................................... 18.97 18.64 19.04 18.68 19.13 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.92 30.77 21.19 17.95 24.41 Sales............................................................. 11.86 10.16 13.30 12.40 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.20 11.70 12.42 11.14 14.13 Blue collar......................................................... 13.97 15.46 12.99 11.98 16.85 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.55 13.58 17.62 15.55 21.17 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.33 13.05 11.02 10.31 14.65 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.65 17.43 13.38 13.38 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.74 11.22 10.54 10.83 - Service............................................................. 7.51 7.38 7.55 7.83 6.49 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....................................................... 3.3 3.2 4.3 3.2 5.8 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 2.8 3.5 3.3 6.0 White collar........................................................ 4.9 6.3 6.6 8.3 5.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 5.9 5.3 6.9 5.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.6 10.1 4.8 9.0 5.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.0 9.2 6.5 9.5 8.4 Technical....................................................... 9.1 17.1 10.2 6.5 12.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.2 17.2 14.7 10.3 21.7 Sales............................................................. 13.0 14.1 18.6 16.5 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.5 5.5 8.1 3.7 10.9 Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 2.8 5.8 3.9 11.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 14.0 2.4 7.1 7.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.0 7.1 4.6 3.8 3.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 7.3 6.4 6.4 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.8 20.4 5.1 5.1 - Service............................................................. 7.4 9.3 7.2 2.0 33.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.10 $12.50 $18.55 $24.85 All excluding sales........................... 7.50 9.28 12.93 19.23 25.17 White collar.................................... 8.50 10.50 14.71 21.73 29.02 White collar excluding sales................ 9.32 11.38 16.64 22.68 29.70 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.16 17.01 21.88 27.34 31.55 Professional specialty...................... 16.64 19.25 23.32 28.75 34.37 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.91 25.55 29.16 31.25 34.25 Industrial engineers.................... 23.32 25.55 30.29 33.82 42.51 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.00 28.50 30.29 31.26 34.25 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.50 17.75 19.53 21.96 40.87 Registered nurses....................... 15.50 17.75 19.51 21.29 23.31 Teachers, college and university.......... 18.12 22.48 27.89 32.69 36.21 Teachers, except college and university... 20.07 21.88 26.15 28.72 37.39 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 16.27 18.24 23.39 26.39 28.72 Librarians.............................. 16.27 20.49 26.15 28.39 29.84 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.69 13.68 16.80 22.68 26.90 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.00 13.12 13.84 15.00 18.29 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.01 13.19 14.47 16.00 17.53 Electrical and electronic technicians... 13.39 15.15 17.28 24.21 26.17 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.50 15.39 19.23 28.22 43.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.50 17.94 28.22 43.50 51.94 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 36.26 36.26 39.40 39.40 39.40 Financial managers...................... 19.23 19.23 19.23 28.55 49.42 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 25.79 37.42 37.42 37.42 38.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.43 16.25 43.50 51.94 54.30 Management related........................ 12.99 14.21 17.22 19.30 22.66 Other financial officers................ 15.39 16.93 19.88 21.67 28.83 Sales......................................... 7.00 7.98 10.11 12.69 17.31 Supervisors, sales...................... 7.47 7.75 8.00 13.00 25.48 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.57 7.75 9.71 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.35 9.49 11.04 13.75 18.32 Secretaries............................. 9.15 10.00 12.26 13.58 15.67 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.02 9.75 12.46 17.44 19.12 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 11.27 12.52 18.33 18.33 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 10.23 11.54 12.98 15.26 General office clerks................... $8.35 $9.50 $10.50 $11.20 $14.08 Bank tellers............................ 8.00 8.41 9.03 10.30 12.53 Data entry keyers....................... 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.29 12.02 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.50 9.58 10.25 11.54 13.36 Blue collar..................................... 8.20 9.73 12.95 17.88 20.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.23 12.54 15.73 19.50 24.85 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.47 15.84 20.12 21.90 21.90 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 8.85 9.65 11.95 16.89 16.89 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 8.25 8.50 14.31 20.73 24.72 Supervisors, production................. 15.91 18.13 21.85 28.20 28.76 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.69 9.23 11.05 13.48 15.10 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.25 12.41 13.66 16.55 16.55 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.46 18.58 19.25 23.80 Truck drivers........................... 9.50 17.19 19.25 19.25 26.40 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.80 11.46 11.46 14.35 17.82 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.75 8.50 10.00 12.83 13.75 Construction laborers................... 8.00 8.50 10.00 10.00 11.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.85 7.75 9.75 10.55 12.83 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.25 8.80 13.69 17.87 18.33 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.41 8.62 8.75 10.73 13.10 Service......................................... 2.13 7.00 8.25 10.94 13.93 Protective service........................ 7.00 9.00 11.46 13.97 16.55 Firefighting............................ 10.20 10.53 12.14 13.73 14.11 Police and detectives, public service... 13.66 13.97 14.95 17.75 18.81 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 5.75 9.00 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 3.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.25 3.75 Other food service....................... 2.13 5.50 8.00 9.75 14.65 Cooks................................... 6.00 7.50 8.50 9.50 10.31 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.13 2.13 5.75 7.65 14.65 Health service............................ 8.00 8.25 9.19 9.80 10.70 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.25 9.18 9.80 10.70 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.00 8.00 11.95 13.75 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.00 12.08 13.75 17.79 Personal service.......................... 5.20 5.25 6.75 7.69 8.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $8.51 $11.70 $17.50 $22.74 All excluding sales........................... 7.00 8.75 12.08 18.11 23.00 White collar.................................... 8.01 10.00 13.72 19.39 27.27 White collar excluding sales................ 9.17 11.08 15.60 20.79 28.87 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.84 16.64 20.20 26.71 30.70 Professional specialty...................... 16.57 18.12 21.25 29.08 32.07 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.92 25.76 29.58 31.26 34.50 Industrial engineers.................... 23.32 25.55 30.29 33.82 42.51 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.00 28.50 30.29 31.26 34.25 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.50 17.93 19.53 21.95 28.06 Registered nurses....................... 15.50 17.75 19.50 21.25 23.31 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.78 14.16 17.16 23.07 26.97 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.00 13.20 14.00 15.00 19.85 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.39 14.35 15.36 16.50 17.55 Electrical and electronic technicians... 13.39 15.15 17.28 24.21 26.17 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.28 16.11 19.23 26.27 48.75 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 11.00 16.11 26.27 48.09 51.94 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.56 24.68 38.46 38.46 39.55 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.28 15.38 28.97 51.94 54.30 Management related........................ 13.62 16.22 17.50 19.23 22.66 Other financial officers................ 15.39 16.83 17.60 19.88 29.86 Sales......................................... 7.00 7.98 10.11 12.70 17.31 Supervisors, sales...................... 7.47 7.75 8.00 13.00 25.48 Cashiers................................ 6.40 6.55 7.75 9.50 10.72 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.28 9.50 11.15 13.93 18.36 Secretaries............................. 9.25 10.00 11.68 13.12 14.80 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.50 10.00 13.60 17.69 19.15 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 11.27 12.52 18.33 18.33 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 10.23 11.54 12.98 15.26 General office clerks................... 8.35 8.75 10.19 11.20 13.40 Bank tellers............................ 8.00 8.41 9.03 10.30 12.53 Data entry keyers....................... 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.29 12.02 Administrative support, n.e.c........... $8.50 $9.35 $10.25 $11.54 $13.36 Blue collar..................................... 8.03 9.73 13.00 18.32 20.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.23 12.97 16.25 19.50 24.85 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.47 15.84 20.12 21.90 21.90 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 8.85 10.00 12.54 16.89 16.89 Supervisors, production................. 15.91 18.13 21.85 28.20 28.76 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.69 9.23 11.05 13.48 15.10 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.25 12.41 13.66 16.55 16.55 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.46 19.25 19.25 23.80 Truck drivers........................... 9.50 18.32 19.25 19.25 26.40 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.80 11.46 11.46 14.35 17.82 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.75 8.50 10.50 12.83 13.69 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.85 7.75 9.45 10.55 12.83 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.25 8.80 13.69 17.87 18.33 Service......................................... 2.13 6.25 7.50 9.00 11.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 5.75 9.00 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 3.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.25 3.75 Other food service....................... 2.13 5.50 8.00 9.75 14.65 Cooks................................... 6.00 7.50 8.50 9.50 10.31 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.13 2.13 5.75 7.65 14.65 Health service............................ 8.00 8.25 9.19 9.80 10.70 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.25 9.18 9.80 10.70 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.95 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.25 7.55 8.00 8.28 12.08 Personal service.......................... 5.20 5.25 6.75 7.69 8.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.62 $11.15 $14.63 $22.73 $28.75 All excluding sales........................... 9.62 11.15 14.63 22.78 28.75 White collar.................................... 9.85 12.38 20.07 26.71 34.33 White collar excluding sales................ 9.81 12.50 20.11 26.71 34.33 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.31 20.02 24.08 28.39 35.88 Professional specialty...................... 16.93 20.62 24.41 28.39 36.21 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 11.57 13.67 19.30 36.26 39.40 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.17 27.20 37.42 39.40 43.50 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 36.26 36.26 39.40 39.40 39.40 Management related........................ 11.00 12.99 14.21 19.30 21.75 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.37 9.36 10.75 12.84 14.71 Secretaries............................. 9.10 10.26 12.66 14.27 16.09 General office clerks................... 8.71 10.13 10.58 12.66 14.08 Blue collar..................................... 9.15 9.91 12.30 14.63 19.24 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.91 11.18 13.50 18.32 24.72 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 12.31 14.31 17.88 23.02 24.72 Transportation and material moving............ 9.90 10.84 10.84 12.47 15.76 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.62 9.18 9.75 12.39 15.57 Service......................................... 9.16 10.84 12.65 14.08 17.79 Protective service........................ 10.33 11.10 13.07 14.46 16.77 Firefighting............................ 10.20 10.53 12.14 13.73 14.11 Police and detectives, public service... 13.66 13.97 14.95 17.75 18.81 Cleaning and building service............. 8.26 10.55 12.43 13.75 17.79 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.91 $9.50 $12.98 $19.23 $25.48 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 9.66 13.10 19.25 25.78 White collar.................................... 8.75 10.97 15.44 22.13 29.08 White collar excluding sales................ 9.50 11.54 16.75 22.92 29.84 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.40 17.35 22.13 27.63 31.88 Professional specialty...................... 16.64 19.39 23.50 28.98 34.57 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.92 25.57 29.26 31.26 34.50 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.00 28.50 30.29 31.26 34.25 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.50 17.75 19.50 21.95 40.87 Registered nurses....................... 15.50 17.75 19.48 21.18 23.31 Teachers, college and university.......... 18.12 23.50 27.89 32.69 36.21 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.70 13.75 17.01 22.98 26.97 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.00 13.12 13.84 15.00 19.85 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.01 13.39 14.49 16.50 17.55 Electrical and electronic technicians... 13.39 15.15 17.28 24.21 26.17 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.50 15.39 19.23 27.37 43.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.50 17.94 28.22 43.50 51.94 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 36.26 36.26 39.40 39.40 39.40 Financial managers...................... 19.23 19.23 19.23 28.55 49.42 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 25.79 37.42 37.42 37.42 38.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.43 16.25 43.50 51.94 54.30 Management related........................ 12.98 14.21 17.22 19.23 22.66 Other financial officers................ 15.39 16.93 19.88 21.67 27.37 Sales......................................... 7.47 8.00 10.55 13.40 19.17 Supervisors, sales...................... 7.47 7.75 8.00 13.00 25.48 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.75 8.00 10.55 11.44 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.51 9.50 11.20 13.92 18.33 Secretaries............................. 9.25 10.00 11.92 13.79 15.67 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.02 9.75 12.46 17.44 19.12 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 11.27 12.52 18.33 18.33 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 10.68 12.01 12.98 15.26 General office clerks................... 8.55 9.58 10.50 11.20 14.08 Bank tellers............................ 8.00 8.40 9.03 10.30 12.53 Data entry keyers....................... $8.50 $9.00 $9.50 $11.29 $12.02 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.50 9.79 10.25 11.54 13.36 Blue collar..................................... 8.40 9.85 12.99 18.01 20.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.23 12.54 15.73 19.50 24.85 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.47 15.84 20.12 21.90 21.90 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 8.85 9.65 11.95 16.89 16.89 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 8.25 8.50 14.31 20.73 24.72 Supervisors, production................. 15.91 18.13 21.85 28.20 28.76 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.90 9.30 11.19 13.48 15.17 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.25 12.41 13.66 16.55 16.55 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.46 18.58 19.25 23.80 Truck drivers........................... 9.50 17.19 19.25 19.25 26.40 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.80 11.46 11.46 14.35 17.82 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 8.50 10.50 12.83 13.75 Construction laborers................... 8.00 8.50 10.00 10.00 11.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 8.15 9.75 10.55 12.83 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.41 8.74 8.96 10.73 13.10 Service......................................... 6.75 7.25 8.93 11.50 14.65 Protective service........................ 7.00 9.80 11.46 13.97 16.62 Firefighting............................ 10.20 10.53 12.14 13.73 14.11 Police and detectives, public service... 13.75 13.97 15.04 17.75 18.81 Food service.............................. 2.13 4.00 8.40 10.00 16.10 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.25 2.50 3.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.25 2.50 3.75 Other food service....................... 7.00 8.00 9.16 12.84 16.10 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.75 11.00 Health service............................ 8.00 8.25 9.23 9.80 10.70 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.25 9.20 9.80 10.70 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.00 8.00 11.95 13.75 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.00 12.08 13.75 17.79 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.13 $2.13 $6.75 $8.53 $12.50 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 2.13 6.25 8.00 12.65 White collar.................................... 6.50 7.75 8.82 12.50 15.85 White collar excluding sales................ 7.75 7.75 9.00 14.00 19.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.19 13.49 14.65 19.42 22.16 Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.25 6.97 8.75 10.25 12.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.16 7.75 7.94 9.16 12.40 Blue collar..................................... 5.54 6.00 6.50 6.50 8.26 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.15 7.21 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 129,200 102,100 27,100 All excluding sales............................................. 118,100 91,000 27,100 White collar........................................................ 64,800 46,300 18,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 53,600 35,200 18,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25,500 14,000 11,500 Professional specialty.......................................... 19,300 8,300 11,000 Technical....................................................... 6,200 5,800 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5,900 4,000 1,900 Sales............................................................. 11,200 11,100 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 22,300 17,100 5,100 Blue collar......................................................... 37,000 34,100 2,900 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9,400 8,000 1,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9,600 9,600 - Transportation and material moving................................ 9,700 9,200 500 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8,200 7,200 1,000 Service............................................................. 27,500 21,800 5,700 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.