Lincoln, NE, Bulletin, April 2010 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $17.24 4.5 33.3 $15.92 5.4 32.6 $22.42 5.7 36.7 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 26.00 5.6 36.5 24.77 8.0 35.6 28.20 7.8 38.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 28.79 7.2 40.5 29.22 9.8 40.8 27.93 7.7 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 25.03 6.1 35.3 23.14 8.1 34.1 28.29 10.6 37.6 Service............................................................. 11.09 5.3 28.3 9.63 6.3 27.3 16.32 7.0 32.7 Sales and office.................................................... 14.28 4.6 33.4 14.05 5.2 33.0 16.02 3.6 37.0 Sales and related................................................. 11.53 9.2 31.0 11.46 9.3 30.9 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.45 2.5 34.6 15.33 2.9 34.2 16.06 3.8 36.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.82 4.8 39.7 17.48 5.1 40.1 19.18 12.0 38.3 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.56 6.5 40.0 16.41 6.4 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.22 5.8 40.2 19.15 5.4 40.3 19.34 13.3 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.25 9.2 32.0 14.03 9.7 31.6 – – – Production........................................................ 16.85 4.3 38.9 16.67 4.4 38.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.13 15.9 27.9 12.11 16.0 27.9 – – – Full time........................................................... 19.22 3.8 39.9 17.95 4.8 40.0 23.48 5.5 39.7 Part time........................................................... 10.24 5.7 21.0 9.63 4.3 20.7 14.96 13.5 23.8 Union............................................................... 20.00 2.3 38.5 17.69 4.8 39.2 21.07 2.9 38.1 Nonunion............................................................ 16.75 5.3 32.6 15.80 5.7 32.2 23.80 9.9 35.3 Time................................................................ 17.36 4.3 33.4 16.03 5.3 32.6 22.48 5.7 36.7 Incentive........................................................... 11.56 11.2 31.6 11.31 12.1 31.1 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.57 6.8 31.2 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.24 9.9 31.3 14.89 10.8 30.9 20.30 9.8 36.8 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.74 4.6 34.6 15.46 4.3 33.9 23.42 8.9 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 21.35 4.4 36.2 20.16 3.0 36.4 22.56 7.9 35.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.24 4.5 $19.22 3.8 $10.24 5.7 Management occupations.............................................. 31.83 8.3 31.82 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.68 10.4 32.68 10.4 – – Education administrators.......................................... 29.20 4.0 29.16 4.0 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 29.39 3.9 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.29 7.4 25.29 7.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.50 2.9 26.50 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.34 1.3 20.34 1.3 – – Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.06 3.6 26.06 3.6 – – Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.06 3.6 26.06 3.6 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.68 4.7 25.68 4.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.00 8.7 24.00 8.7 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.37 7.7 22.37 7.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.97 3.8 15.97 3.8 – – Legal occupations................................................... 36.39 24.4 36.39 24.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.38 15.0 33.51 18.3 15.47 18.0 Level 7 .................................................. 21.44 14.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.37 8.2 36.23 6.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.78 17.6 38.36 16.5 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ – – – – 28.06 16.7 Level 11.................................................. 36.92 18.1 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.51 9.5 36.09 5.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.42 8.3 36.35 6.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.16 6.3 36.16 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.42 6.7 36.42 6.7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.37 8.7 35.37 8.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.68 9.3 35.68 9.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.19 3.1 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.06 4.6 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... – – 19.67 7.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.79 8.4 25.00 9.6 23.92 8.1 Level 7 .................................................. 26.58 3.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.75 5.4 28.79 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.85 11.3 30.53 15.4 – – Registered nurses................................................. 24.04 7.8 24.38 8.5 22.78 14.3 Level 9 .................................................. 28.13 6.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.34 9.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.04 5.2 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.80 4.5 18.33 4.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.55 12.8 12.92 16.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.12 7.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.99 21.4 15.01 21.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.51 8.5 12.73 13.5 7.07 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.37 22.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 .7 – – 7.66 .6 Level 3 .................................................. 6.32 13.6 – – 6.41 9.5 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.25 17.1 16.25 17.1 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.48 7.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.06 13.2 – – 5.08 7.8 Level 3 .................................................. 3.74 28.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.06 13.2 – – 5.08 7.8 Level 3 .................................................. 3.74 28.7 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.78 1.0 – – 7.63 2.0 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.78 1.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.85 6.9 12.29 7.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.16 3.2 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.13 4.7 11.19 4.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.16 4.9 11.23 4.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.88 19.1 13.05 21.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.53 9.2 13.55 4.7 8.55 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 1.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.26 2.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.88 12.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.27 6.0 15.27 6.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.27 6.0 15.27 6.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.67 7.7 11.09 7.2 8.49 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 1.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 8.7 – – – – Cashiers Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 8.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.68 13.2 12.35 12.2 8.45 2.0 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.45 2.5 16.05 2.1 11.63 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.30 8.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.83 4.5 11.91 4.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.62 2.9 14.04 2.7 12.00 3.2 Level 5 .................................................. 15.70 5.3 15.70 5.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.77 3.1 18.29 2.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.88 6.4 20.88 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.70 4.7 16.22 4.3 12.12 7.6 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.69 4.7 16.17 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.44 6.3 14.23 5.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.75 5.3 17.02 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.33 7.9 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.56 5.5 13.10 4.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.75 7.0 12.94 6.0 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.55 7.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.47 3.5 17.58 3.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.78 6.2 14.78 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.56 3.8 15.56 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.27 3.3 18.27 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.04 6.4 18.37 6.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.35 3.9 17.35 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.74 5.6 17.74 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.70 4.1 17.70 4.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 16.37 9.4 17.25 6.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.66 4.8 14.66 4.8 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.43 3.9 16.43 3.9 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.42 6.3 18.42 6.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.77 4.8 13.79 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.12 8.5 13.12 8.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.56 6.5 16.56 6.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.22 5.8 19.22 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.48 9.0 26.48 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.15 7.0 18.15 7.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.08 10.0 18.08 10.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.68 10.6 17.68 10.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.85 4.3 17.09 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.20 .6 18.20 .6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.23 10.7 17.23 10.7 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.28 7.8 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.13 15.9 15.67 15.0 8.72 7.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 4.6 – – 9.04 4.6 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.71 23.2 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.16 6.9 – – 9.50 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.28 6.0 – – 9.28 6.0 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.67 8.2 – – 9.52 9.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $15.92 5.4 $17.95 4.8 $9.63 4.3 Management occupations.............................................. 33.86 9.6 33.85 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.23 10.6 35.23 10.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.31 10.9 24.31 10.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.04 2.2 26.04 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.12 1.3 20.12 1.3 – – Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.06 3.6 26.06 3.6 – – Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.06 3.6 26.06 3.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.51 3.6 15.51 3.6 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... – – 19.67 7.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.99 7.8 24.76 8.6 26.09 5.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.61 3.7 27.23 3.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 24.98 7.9 24.48 8.8 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.04 5.2 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.42 4.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.52 13.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.36 9.2 12.51 15.4 7.01 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 6.08 28.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.63 .6 – – 7.63 .6 Level 3 .................................................. 6.26 14.4 – – 6.41 9.5 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.06 13.2 – – 5.08 7.8 Level 3 .................................................. 3.74 28.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.06 13.2 – – 5.08 7.8 Level 3 .................................................. 3.74 28.7 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.78 1.0 – – 7.63 2.0 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.78 1.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... – – 13.72 14.5 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... – – 10.74 4.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 10.81 5.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.46 9.3 13.50 4.8 8.55 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 1.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.26 2.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.51 11.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.27 6.0 15.27 6.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.27 6.0 15.27 6.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.55 7.4 10.89 7.6 8.49 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 1.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 8.7 – – – – Cashiers Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 8.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.50 12.7 – – 8.45 2.0 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.33 2.9 15.96 2.4 11.63 3.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 8.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.68 4.7 11.84 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.68 3.0 14.16 2.8 12.00 3.2 Level 5 .................................................. 15.72 5.4 15.72 5.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.82 5.2 18.73 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.99 5.1 16.40 4.8 12.53 9.3 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.76 4.9 16.27 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.37 6.3 14.14 6.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.87 5.6 17.17 5.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.56 5.5 13.10 4.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.65 7.1 12.94 6.0 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.55 7.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.77 4.7 17.99 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.27 5.1 15.27 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.13 2.0 15.13 2.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.36 5.2 19.98 3.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.70 6.4 17.70 6.4 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 16.37 9.4 17.25 6.7 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.43 3.9 16.43 3.9 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.42 6.3 18.42 6.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.72 5.1 13.74 5.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.41 6.4 16.41 6.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.15 5.4 19.15 5.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.67 4.4 16.93 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.20 .6 18.20 .6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.23 10.7 17.23 10.7 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.28 7.8 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.11 16.0 15.65 15.0 8.68 7.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 4.6 – – 9.04 4.6 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.71 23.2 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.16 6.9 – – 9.50 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.28 6.0 – – 9.28 6.0 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.67 8.2 – – 9.52 9.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.42 5.7 $23.48 5.5 $14.96 13.5 Management occupations.............................................. 28.22 12.8 28.22 12.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.46 6.6 25.46 6.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.49 15.5 34.96 20.6 19.29 16.8 Level 9 .................................................. 37.48 3.0 38.68 .1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.25 2.3 38.35 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.62 2.8 38.90 .5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.68 1.7 38.68 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.12 1.6 39.12 1.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.83 1.9 38.83 1.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.19 3.1 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.88 11.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.39 10.8 20.67 11.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.10 12.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.78 6.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.90 6.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.90 6.9 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 21.70 16.4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.06 3.8 16.49 3.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.71 1.2 17.71 1.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.35 8.1 15.23 4.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.09 4.6 17.09 4.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.82 1.8 17.82 1.8 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.87 2.7 16.87 2.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.05 3.2 17.05 3.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.34 13.3 19.34 13.3 – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.24 4.5 $19.22 3.8 $10.24 5.7 Management occupations.............................................. 31.83 8.3 31.82 8.3 – – Group III................................................. 30.48 9.6 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 29.20 4.0 29.16 4.0 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 29.39 3.9 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.29 7.4 25.29 7.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.02 6.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.19 11.3 – – – – Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.06 3.6 26.06 3.6 – – Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.06 3.6 26.06 3.6 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.68 4.7 25.68 4.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.00 8.7 24.00 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.83 4.7 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.37 7.7 22.37 7.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.97 3.8 15.97 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 15.72 6.6 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 36.39 24.4 36.39 24.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.38 15.0 33.51 18.3 15.47 18.0 Group III................................................. 34.02 6.8 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ – – – – 28.06 16.7 Group III................................................. 37.69 10.8 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.51 9.5 36.09 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 26.67 18.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.42 8.3 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.16 6.3 36.16 6.3 – – Group III................................................. 36.42 6.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.37 8.7 35.37 8.7 – – Group III................................................. 35.68 9.3 35.68 9.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.19 3.1 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.06 4.6 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... – – 19.67 7.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.79 8.4 25.00 9.6 23.92 8.1 Group II.................................................. 20.46 8.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.75 5.4 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 24.04 7.8 24.38 8.5 22.78 14.3 Group II.................................................. 21.28 11.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.13 6.7 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.04 5.2 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.80 4.5 18.33 4.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.55 12.8 12.92 16.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.12 7.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.99 21.4 15.01 21.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.51 8.5 12.73 13.5 7.07 1.9 Group I................................................... 7.28 1.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 12.92 5.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.25 17.1 16.25 17.1 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.48 7.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.13 4.9 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.06 13.2 – – 5.08 7.8 Group I................................................... 5.06 13.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.06 13.2 – – 5.08 7.8 Group I................................................... 5.06 13.2 – – 5.08 7.8 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.78 1.0 – – 7.63 2.0 Group I................................................... 7.78 1.0 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.78 1.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.78 1.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.85 6.9 12.29 7.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.13 4.7 11.19 4.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.16 4.9 11.23 4.2 – – Group I................................................... – – 11.68 2.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.88 19.1 13.05 21.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.53 9.2 13.55 4.7 8.55 1.2 Group I................................................... 9.19 5.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.24 5.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.27 6.0 15.27 6.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.27 6.0 15.27 6.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.67 7.7 11.09 7.2 8.49 1.5 Group I................................................... 8.87 3.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers Group I................................................... 9.27 8.7 – – – – Cashiers Group I................................................... 9.27 8.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.68 13.2 12.35 12.2 8.45 2.0 Group I................................................... 8.86 5.4 – – 8.39 .0 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.45 2.5 16.05 2.1 11.63 3.2 Group I................................................... 13.03 2.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.28 3.4 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.69 4.7 16.17 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.22 5.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.94 6.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.75 5.3 17.02 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.27 6.6 15.13 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.57 5.9 17.57 5.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.56 5.5 13.10 4.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.75 7.0 12.94 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.75 7.0 12.94 6.0 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.55 7.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.47 3.5 17.58 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.50 5.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.66 4.1 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.35 3.9 17.35 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 18.28 6.4 18.28 6.4 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 16.37 9.4 17.25 6.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.66 4.8 14.66 4.8 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.43 3.9 16.43 3.9 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.42 6.3 18.42 6.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.77 4.8 13.79 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.16 1.5 14.29 1.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.56 6.5 16.56 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 17.54 3.8 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.22 5.8 19.22 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.23 7.8 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.08 10.0 18.08 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.60 10.7 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.68 10.6 17.68 10.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.85 4.3 17.09 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.68 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.59 3.9 – – – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.28 7.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.28 7.8 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.13 15.9 15.67 15.0 8.72 7.6 Group I................................................... 11.20 20.2 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.71 23.2 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.16 6.9 – – 9.50 6.3 Group I................................................... 10.16 6.9 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.67 8.2 – – 9.52 9.1 Group I................................................... 9.67 8.2 – – 9.52 9.1 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.72 $15.14 $20.55 $29.34 Management occupations.............................................. 19.67 21.98 29.34 35.58 48.66 Education administrators.......................................... 25.96 28.72 28.72 28.72 28.72 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 28.72 28.72 28.72 28.72 28.72 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.59 19.31 23.08 26.20 31.97 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 25.58 25.58 25.74 26.20 26.20 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 25.58 25.58 25.74 26.20 26.20 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 18.78 19.87 23.67 25.88 33.29 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.00 17.81 18.40 32.00 36.25 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.04 17.88 23.60 25.07 29.48 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.94 14.33 16.16 17.43 18.32 Legal occupations................................................... 17.33 22.21 25.23 52.89 60.58 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.00 12.44 24.41 36.02 47.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.33 28.10 34.17 41.93 46.97 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 17.78 31.08 37.52 43.18 48.01 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 17.30 30.86 37.52 42.47 48.36 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.69 28.51 32.61 34.91 45.20 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.21 9.89 11.70 12.44 12.44 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.92 18.59 22.93 30.54 33.28 Registered nurses................................................. 14.92 20.18 24.44 27.63 33.28 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 22.93 22.93 25.84 36.00 36.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.83 18.59 18.59 20.36 21.99 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.54 9.20 12.13 14.08 18.62 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.54 8.54 10.25 11.87 11.87 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.00 8.22 10.25 17.20 22.82 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.00 7.25 7.50 8.50 12.25 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.15 11.15 13.13 15.01 30.77 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.50 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.25 7.50 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 3.25 7.50 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.63 10.11 10.40 12.21 15.43 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.64 10.11 10.14 12.05 12.81 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.65 10.11 10.20 12.05 12.81 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.50 9.00 9.50 11.58 24.05 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 8.15 9.90 13.75 17.70 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.45 12.36 14.97 16.94 18.74 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.45 12.36 14.97 16.94 18.74 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 7.83 8.75 10.60 12.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.75 8.68 10.30 14.54 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.18 12.60 14.70 17.95 20.84 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.25 12.71 15.00 18.17 20.84 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.17 13.95 16.50 19.00 20.84 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 11.60 13.27 13.65 14.32 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.58 11.55 12.54 14.30 14.61 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.02 10.00 12.25 14.03 16.24 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.74 14.56 16.59 20.54 22.12 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.78 14.69 16.55 20.54 22.07 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.48 14.64 15.00 17.40 22.09 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.49 12.66 14.56 16.49 18.37 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.13 16.13 17.28 17.28 17.48 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.86 13.27 20.07 20.86 26.51 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.40 12.74 14.30 15.50 15.68 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.25 14.00 15.78 19.48 22.04 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.50 16.00 18.17 21.51 24.28 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.60 14.42 17.86 21.51 22.88 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.60 14.42 16.76 21.51 21.51 Production occupations.............................................. 12.38 13.65 17.51 18.85 20.61 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.61 11.50 13.30 19.17 19.17 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 8.00 10.00 13.76 20.25 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.50 8.45 11.70 20.25 29.62 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.25 10.15 11.00 13.76 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.50 10.00 10.43 13.76 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.00 $14.20 $19.23 $25.74 Management occupations.............................................. 20.00 21.28 33.57 37.58 55.05 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.08 19.26 22.59 25.74 26.20 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 25.58 25.58 25.74 26.20 26.20 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 25.58 25.58 25.74 26.20 26.20 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.28 13.94 16.16 16.95 18.32 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.07 19.74 24.44 30.54 33.28 Registered nurses................................................. 17.60 21.12 24.86 29.61 33.28 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 22.93 22.93 25.84 36.00 36.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.83 16.07 18.59 18.59 21.88 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.54 9.00 11.87 14.10 18.62 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.25 7.25 7.50 8.25 11.40 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.25 7.50 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 3.25 7.50 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 8.05 9.69 13.15 17.70 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.45 12.36 14.97 16.94 18.74 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.45 12.36 14.97 16.94 18.74 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 7.80 8.75 10.54 11.54 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.75 8.50 10.00 12.23 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.10 12.54 14.61 17.95 20.84 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.25 13.17 15.14 18.63 20.84 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.17 14.58 16.50 19.00 20.84 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 11.60 13.27 13.65 14.32 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.58 11.55 12.54 14.30 14.36 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.02 10.00 12.25 14.03 16.24 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.74 14.29 16.59 22.12 23.60 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.50 14.29 16.59 20.54 24.50 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.48 14.64 15.00 17.40 22.09 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.13 16.13 17.28 17.28 17.48 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.86 13.27 20.07 20.86 26.51 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.40 12.74 14.30 15.50 15.68 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.25 14.00 15.78 19.48 21.63 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.75 16.00 20.00 21.65 22.81 Production occupations.............................................. 12.05 13.50 17.65 19.17 20.61 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.61 11.50 13.30 19.17 19.17 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 8.00 10.00 13.76 20.25 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.50 8.45 11.70 20.25 29.62 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.25 10.15 11.00 13.76 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.50 10.00 10.43 13.76 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.26 $14.56 $18.68 $27.18 $36.02 Management occupations.............................................. 19.67 21.98 28.72 28.72 38.71 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.57 22.28 23.67 29.46 34.07 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.07 17.78 31.08 38.34 49.76 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.51 31.08 36.38 42.47 47.75 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.76 32.61 38.34 43.39 48.36 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.76 32.61 38.89 43.18 48.57 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.69 28.51 32.61 34.91 45.20 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.21 9.89 10.58 12.14 12.39 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.86 14.21 19.59 21.75 29.58 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.49 7.49 9.59 13.54 16.56 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.63 10.04 11.32 12.30 14.60 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.65 10.22 11.63 12.30 14.61 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.65 10.22 11.63 12.30 14.61 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.72 11.39 21.85 34.67 34.67 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.18 13.89 15.91 18.21 20.95 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.67 14.81 16.49 19.07 21.96 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.09 15.41 16.01 17.61 20.42 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.60 14.98 17.45 21.51 32.25 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.25 $13.25 $16.81 $21.85 $30.77 Management occupations.............................................. 19.67 21.98 29.34 35.58 48.66 Education administrators.......................................... 25.96 28.72 28.72 28.72 28.72 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.59 19.31 23.08 26.20 31.97 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 25.58 25.58 25.74 26.20 26.20 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 25.58 25.58 25.74 26.20 26.20 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 18.78 19.87 23.67 25.88 33.29 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.00 17.81 18.40 32.00 36.25 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.04 17.88 23.60 25.07 29.48 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.94 14.33 16.16 17.43 18.32 Legal occupations................................................... 17.33 22.21 25.23 52.89 60.58 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.18 17.78 32.03 40.76 56.74 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.78 31.08 37.52 42.47 48.01 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 17.78 31.08 37.52 43.18 48.01 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 17.30 30.86 37.52 42.47 48.36 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 14.00 14.42 16.83 24.00 26.44 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.90 18.59 23.98 30.54 33.28 Registered nurses................................................. 12.55 21.12 24.44 27.61 33.28 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.83 16.07 18.59 18.59 21.99 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.54 8.54 12.80 16.65 18.62 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.00 8.50 14.21 20.29 26.36 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.00 9.00 11.15 13.13 23.22 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.15 11.15 13.13 15.01 30.77 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.50 10.10 11.41 12.30 15.84 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.50 9.86 11.03 12.22 12.81 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.50 9.99 11.05 12.23 12.81 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.50 9.00 9.50 11.63 24.05 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.20 9.41 12.36 16.35 19.68 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.45 12.36 14.97 16.94 18.74 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.45 12.36 14.97 16.94 18.74 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.20 8.92 9.98 11.54 14.64 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.68 9.41 10.39 14.54 19.68 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.70 13.42 15.30 18.63 20.91 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.17 13.89 15.14 18.63 20.84 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.52 14.70 17.29 19.00 20.84 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.23 11.70 13.27 13.65 14.93 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.13 11.71 12.54 14.30 14.36 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.50 14.64 16.59 20.54 22.12 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.78 14.69 16.55 20.54 22.07 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.64 15.00 15.00 17.40 25.16 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.49 12.66 14.56 16.49 18.37 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.13 16.13 17.28 17.28 17.48 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.86 13.27 20.07 20.86 26.51 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.40 12.74 14.30 15.50 15.68 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.25 14.00 15.78 19.48 22.04 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.50 16.00 18.17 21.51 24.28 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.60 14.42 17.86 21.51 22.88 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.60 14.42 16.76 21.51 21.51 Production occupations.............................................. 13.06 14.00 17.65 19.17 20.61 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.49 11.00 13.22 17.31 28.33 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $7.50 $8.50 $11.18 $13.76 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.30 10.00 12.39 15.79 28.86 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.83 27.00 27.00 37.00 37.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.12 20.18 22.93 29.00 32.13 Registered nurses................................................. 14.92 18.17 20.18 32.13 32.13 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.25 7.25 7.49 7.65 8.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.50 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.50 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.40 7.90 8.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.70 8.00 9.00 10.60 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.75 8.00 8.75 10.60 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.75 8.00 8.75 10.60 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.94 11.48 12.10 13.65 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 8.00 8.00 9.74 10.43 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.00 9.90 10.43 11.15 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.35 10.00 10.43 13.76 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.22 $16.81 $767 $670 39.9 $39,281 $34,823 2,044 Management occupations.............................................. 31.82 29.34 1,313 1,260 41.3 68,201 65,499 2,143 Education administrators.......................................... 29.16 28.72 1,176 1,149 40.3 60,838 59,731 2,086 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.29 23.08 1,006 923 39.8 52,298 47,998 2,068 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.06 25.74 1,014 997 38.9 52,752 51,860 2,024 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.06 25.74 1,014 997 38.9 52,752 51,860 2,024 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.68 23.67 1,025 947 39.9 53,326 49,234 2,077 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.00 18.40 1,007 824 41.9 52,344 42,841 2,181 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.37 23.60 895 944 40.0 46,533 49,082 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.97 16.16 639 646 40.0 33,217 33,613 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 36.39 25.23 1,456 1,009 40.0 75,692 52,478 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.51 32.03 1,293 1,264 38.6 52,803 50,376 1,576 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.09 37.52 1,313 1,342 36.4 49,879 50,684 1,382 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.16 37.52 1,306 1,334 36.1 49,710 50,684 1,375 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.37 37.52 1,289 1,342 36.4 49,095 50,994 1,388 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.67 16.83 808 673 41.1 42,025 34,998 2,136 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.00 23.98 992 880 39.7 51,569 45,750 2,063 Registered nurses................................................. 24.38 24.44 955 926 39.2 49,685 48,152 2,038 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.33 18.59 716 744 39.1 37,255 38,669 2,032 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.92 12.80 517 512 40.0 26,880 26,624 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.01 14.21 600 568 40.0 31,222 29,557 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.73 11.15 512 446 40.2 26,394 23,192 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.25 13.13 703 525 43.2 36,301 27,300 2,233 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.29 11.41 491 456 40.0 25,557 23,733 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.19 11.03 448 441 40.0 23,279 22,942 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.23 11.05 449 442 40.0 23,365 22,984 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.05 9.50 501 379 38.4 26,040 19,693 1,996 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.55 12.36 541 480 39.9 28,114 24,960 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.27 14.97 624 599 40.9 32,440 31,140 2,125 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.27 14.97 624 599 40.9 32,440 31,140 2,125 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.09 9.98 430 390 38.8 22,344 20,301 2,016 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.35 10.39 463 406 37.5 24,082 21,091 1,950 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.05 15.30 638 609 39.7 33,015 31,495 2,057 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.17 15.14 647 606 40.0 33,635 31,495 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.02 17.29 681 691 40.0 35,410 35,957 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.10 13.27 519 529 39.6 27,005 27,507 2,061 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.94 12.54 499 489 38.6 25,971 25,403 2,007 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.58 16.59 703 664 40.0 36,100 34,516 2,054 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.35 16.55 694 662 40.0 36,075 34,424 2,079 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.25 15.00 690 600 40.0 35,880 31,200 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.66 14.56 586 582 40.0 28,413 26,330 1,939 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.43 17.28 638 670 38.9 33,198 34,823 2,021 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.42 20.07 714 778 38.8 37,114 40,431 2,015 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.79 14.30 548 555 39.7 28,430 28,865 2,062 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.56 15.78 663 631 40.0 34,369 32,822 2,075 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.22 18.17 773 727 40.2 40,172 37,794 2,090 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.08 17.86 723 714 40.0 37,601 37,143 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.68 16.76 707 670 40.0 36,772 34,861 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.09 17.65 683 700 40.0 35,505 36,421 2,078 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.67 13.22 631 529 40.3 32,721 27,248 2,089 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.95 $16.00 $718 $632 40.0 $37,224 $32,822 2,073 Management occupations.............................................. 33.85 33.57 1,422 1,367 42.0 73,922 71,092 2,184 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.31 22.59 964 923 39.7 50,140 47,998 2,062 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.06 25.74 1,014 997 38.9 52,752 51,860 2,024 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.06 25.74 1,014 997 38.9 52,752 51,860 2,024 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.51 16.16 621 646 40.0 32,267 33,613 2,080 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.67 16.83 808 673 41.1 42,025 34,998 2,136 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.76 24.82 981 926 39.6 50,994 48,152 2,059 Registered nurses................................................. 24.48 24.44 958 906 39.1 49,837 47,091 2,035 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.51 11.15 505 446 40.3 26,252 23,192 2,098 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.72 11.77 549 471 40.0 28,529 24,482 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.74 10.40 430 416 40.0 22,338 21,632 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.81 10.40 433 416 40.0 22,493 21,632 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.50 12.00 539 462 39.9 28,003 24,003 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.27 14.97 624 599 40.9 32,440 31,140 2,125 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.27 14.97 624 599 40.9 32,440 31,140 2,125 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.89 9.69 421 380 38.7 21,914 19,760 2,012 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.96 15.14 633 606 39.7 32,924 31,495 2,063 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.27 15.14 651 606 40.0 33,839 31,495 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.17 17.50 687 700 40.0 35,720 36,400 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.10 13.27 519 529 39.6 27,005 27,507 2,061 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.94 12.54 499 489 38.6 25,971 25,403 2,007 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.99 17.40 719 696 40.0 37,399 36,192 2,079 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.70 16.59 708 664 40.0 36,804 34,516 2,079 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.25 15.00 690 600 40.0 35,880 31,200 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.43 17.28 638 670 38.9 33,198 34,823 2,021 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.42 20.07 714 778 38.8 37,114 40,431 2,015 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.74 14.30 545 555 39.7 28,357 28,865 2,064 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.41 15.78 657 631 40.0 34,052 32,822 2,075 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.15 20.00 772 800 40.3 40,144 41,600 2,096 Production occupations.............................................. 16.93 17.65 677 706 40.0 35,180 36,704 2,078 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.65 13.22 632 529 40.4 32,850 27,498 2,099 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.48 $19.67 $933 $787 39.7 $45,793 $40,909 1,951 Management occupations.............................................. 28.22 28.72 1,129 1,149 40.0 58,564 59,731 2,075 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.46 23.67 1,018 947 40.0 52,946 49,234 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.96 32.18 1,341 1,275 38.4 54,920 50,798 1,571 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.35 38.34 1,381 1,361 36.0 52,248 51,477 1,362 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.68 38.34 1,380 1,361 35.7 52,300 51,724 1,352 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.83 38.89 1,393 1,384 35.9 52,727 52,602 1,358 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.67 20.29 827 812 40.0 42,985 42,203 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.49 15.99 660 640 40.0 33,458 33,091 2,029 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.09 16.49 683 660 40.0 34,565 33,696 2,023 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.87 16.01 675 640 40.0 35,088 33,301 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.34 17.45 773 698 40.0 40,219 36,296 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $15.92 $14.89 $15.46 $20.16 Management, professional, and related...... 24.77 24.86 21.93 27.12 Management, business, and financial...... 29.22 34.79 20.78 25.92 Professional and related................. 23.14 22.04 22.24 28.06 Service.................................... 9.63 8.79 12.86 – Sales and office........................... 14.05 13.56 13.34 16.28 Sales and related........................ 11.46 11.39 11.00 – Office and administrative support........ 15.33 15.25 14.72 16.15 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.48 17.32 – – Construction and extraction............. 16.41 16.52 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.15 19.25 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.03 10.81 16.37 – Production............................... 16.67 – 16.25 – Transportation and material moving....... 12.11 10.48 16.57 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.4 10.8 4.3 3.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 8.0 14.0 3.7 3.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.8 12.5 8.4 7.2 Professional and related.......................................... 8.1 14.8 5.2 2.2 Service............................................................. 6.3 6.2 7.2 – Sales and office.................................................... 5.2 9.5 5.8 2.2 Sales and related................................................. 9.3 14.3 6.9 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.9 5.4 5.6 2.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.1 7.7 – – Construction and extraction...................................... 6.4 9.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.4 5.8 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.7 4.5 7.2 – Production........................................................ 4.4 – .3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.0 3.8 17.7 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.79 $15.50 $715 $608 40.2 $37,079 $31,537 2,085 Management occupations.............................................. 34.68 31.42 1,481 1,414 42.7 76,997 73,518 2,220 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.72 20.36 956 744 40.3 49,698 38,669 2,096 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.92 12.36 554 456 39.8 28,805 23,712 2,069 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.07 9.41 419 347 37.9 21,812 18,054 1,971 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.79 15.50 629 620 39.8 32,714 32,240 2,072 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.22 16.50 649 660 40.0 33,738 34,320 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.74 16.50 670 660 40.0 34,814 34,320 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.95 12.54 500 489 38.6 25,993 25,403 2,007 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.39 16.59 695 664 40.0 36,163 34,516 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.73 15.30 589 612 40.0 30,634 31,828 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.52 15.00 661 600 40.0 34,234 31,200 2,072 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.25 20.35 784 814 40.7 40,744 42,328 2,117 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.90 11.70 523 468 40.5 27,192 24,336 2,107 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.11 $16.54 $721 $658 39.8 $37,359 $34,424 2,063 Management occupations.............................................. 31.72 34.18 1,279 1,367 40.3 66,489 71,092 2,096 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.61 21.67 855 867 39.6 44,472 45,063 2,058 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.96 18.40 998 736 40.0 51,918 38,272 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.66 25.59 1,001 1,018 39.0 52,072 52,915 2,029 Registered nurses................................................. 22.24 23.97 850 880 38.2 44,206 45,750 1,988 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 15.59 12.89 634 525 40.6 32,961 27,300 2,114 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.72 11.77 549 471 40.0 28,529 24,482 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.74 10.40 430 416 40.0 22,338 21,632 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.81 10.40 433 416 40.0 22,493 21,632 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.02 11.60 521 464 40.0 27,088 24,128 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.05 14.64 635 586 39.6 33,036 30,451 2,058 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.34 15.14 654 606 40.0 33,987 31,495 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.10 13.27 519 529 39.6 27,005 27,507 2,061 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.42 17.40 736 696 40.0 38,285 36,196 2,079 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.69 20.54 747 822 40.0 38,842 42,725 2,079 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.42 20.07 714 778 38.7 37,114 40,431 2,015 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.41 14.03 529 544 39.4 27,499 28,270 2,051 Production occupations.............................................. 17.16 17.65 686 706 40.0 35,649 36,704 2,078 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.00 $17.69 $21.07 $16.75 $15.80 $23.80 Management, professional, and related............................... 23.72 – 23.72 26.53 24.77 33.19 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 29.30 29.22 29.52 Professional and related.......................................... 23.73 – 23.73 25.40 23.14 35.37 Service............................................................. 18.17 – 18.55 9.92 9.54 13.17 Sales and office.................................................... 15.47 – – 14.21 14.03 16.47 Sales and related................................................. – – – 11.53 11.46 – Office and administrative support................................. 15.47 – – 15.45 15.32 16.59 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.66 – 21.84 17.48 17.77 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 16.52 16.52 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.88 – 21.84 18.43 19.10 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 12.88 12.49 – Production........................................................ – – – 16.50 16.14 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 10.55 10.51 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.3 4.8 2.9 5.3 5.7 9.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.9 – 2.9 6.6 8.0 13.3 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 7.3 9.8 6.6 Professional and related.......................................... 3.9 – 3.9 7.6 8.1 24.1 Service............................................................. 7.2 – 7.8 5.9 6.0 17.8 Sales and office.................................................... 2.8 – – 4.9 5.2 5.0 Sales and related................................................. – – – 9.2 9.3 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.8 – – 2.7 2.9 5.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.5 – 11.3 5.6 6.2 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 9.6 9.6 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.0 – 12.6 5.8 5.5 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 6.2 5.8 – Production........................................................ – – – 6.5 7.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 5.2 5.2 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $17.36 $16.03 $11.56 $11.31 Management, professional, and related............................... 26.00 24.77 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 28.79 29.22 – – Professional and related.......................................... 25.03 23.14 – – Service............................................................. 11.12 9.63 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.40 14.18 12.05 11.79 Sales and related................................................. 11.41 11.39 12.05 11.79 Office and administrative support................................. 15.45 15.33 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.82 17.48 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.41 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.22 19.15 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.25 14.03 – – Production........................................................ 16.85 16.67 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.13 12.11 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.3 5.3 11.2 12.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.6 8.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 7.2 9.8 – – Professional and related.......................................... 6.1 8.1 – – Service............................................................. 5.4 6.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.3 4.9 11.5 13.0 Sales and related................................................. 10.5 10.5 11.5 13.0 Office and administrative support................................. 2.5 2.9 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.8 5.1 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 6.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.8 5.4 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.2 9.7 – – Production........................................................ 4.3 4.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.9 16.0 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – – $12.07 – $19.60 – – $8.35 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 29.07 – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 28.27 – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – 8.34 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 11.29 – 16.26 – – – – Sales and related................................................. – – 10.61 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 12.83 – 15.86 – – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – 11.60 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 11.46 – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – – 8.3 – 2.3 – – 11.5 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 7.5 – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 7.7 – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – 11.7 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 7.9 – 3.4 – – – – Sales and related................................................. – – 9.3 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 4.5 – 3.4 – – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – 19.4 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 20.8 – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 151,600 121,900 29,700 Management, professional, and related............................... 40,300 25,300 15,000 Management, business, and financial............................... 8,900 5,900 3,000 Professional and related.......................................... 31,400 19,400 12,000 Service............................................................. 34,200 27,700 6,500 Sales and office.................................................... 47,500 42,400 5,100 Sales and related................................................. 15,300 15,000 – Office and administrative support................................. 32,200 27,300 4,900 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10,700 8,400 2,300 Construction and extraction...................................... 5,300 5,200 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5,200 3,300 1,900 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19,000 18,100 – Production........................................................ 7,000 6,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12,000 11,900 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Lincoln, NE, April 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 6,236 6,015 221 Total in sample....................................................... 198 171 27 Responding........................................................ 125 100 25 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 43 42 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 30 29 1 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.