NC SM 10/00/2009 Table: Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, Summary, December 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, December 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $19.52 5.4 37.7 $19.05 6.4 37.8 $22.34 2.2 37.4 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 29.84 7.4 38.6 31.31 9.9 39.0 25.77 2.4 37.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 36.40 9.3 40.5 37.49 10.4 41.0 30.71 10.1 38.0 Professional and related.......................................... 26.97 7.7 37.8 28.02 11.4 38.0 24.64 4.3 37.3 Service............................................................. 11.02 5.1 34.4 9.96 6.4 33.7 17.03 8.2 39.0 Sales and office.................................................... 15.02 4.4 38.0 14.89 4.9 38.2 16.71 3.6 35.1 Sales and related................................................. 15.35 6.8 37.2 15.35 6.8 37.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.92 4.3 38.2 14.74 4.9 38.6 16.71 3.6 35.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.21 6.4 40.5 16.07 6.8 40.8 17.61 12.7 37.7 Construction and extraction...................................... 14.95 12.2 39.8 14.79 13.4 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.34 9.5 41.2 17.24 10.4 41.6 18.24 10.5 37.6 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.78 10.2 37.5 15.82 10.5 37.5 – – – Production........................................................ 18.27 14.3 38.4 18.27 14.3 38.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.01 13.5 36.9 14.01 14.1 36.8 – – – Full time........................................................... 20.11 5.6 39.8 19.68 6.6 40.1 22.55 2.1 38.1 Part time........................................................... 10.80 7.1 21.2 10.79 7.3 21.3 11.09 21.7 19.5 Union............................................................... 20.63 15.5 38.5 20.14 16.9 38.6 24.83 11.4 37.8 Nonunion............................................................ 19.41 5.7 37.6 18.94 6.8 37.7 22.16 3.2 37.4 Time................................................................ 19.46 5.2 37.5 18.96 6.2 37.6 22.34 2.2 37.4 Incentive........................................................... 21.48 21.7 44.2 21.48 21.7 44.2 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.16 13.3 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.04 7.1 37.4 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.30 10.0 37.4 17.30 10.1 37.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.37 9.4 38.2 18.90 10.2 38.3 25.19 8.3 36.9 500 workers or more................................................. 22.87 6.0 37.8 23.38 9.7 38.1 22.08 3.3 37.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, December 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $19.52 5.4 $20.11 5.6 $10.80 7.1 Management occupations.............................................. 41.33 12.6 41.33 12.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.35 24.6 35.35 24.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.67 9.1 30.67 9.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.77 5.0 21.77 5.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.28 10.6 24.28 10.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.66 6.0 31.66 6.0 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.69 8.3 27.69 8.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.25 15.7 30.25 15.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.12 5.8 18.12 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.32 2.6 17.32 2.6 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 17.17 4.5 17.17 4.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.18 3.5 30.38 3.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.71 4.5 26.71 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.87 2.3 28.87 2.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.36 21.2 51.36 21.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.62 2.8 28.62 2.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.10 1.3 29.10 1.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.17 2.7 29.17 2.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.21 2.2 28.21 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.29 .3 29.29 .3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.05 2.8 28.05 2.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.29 .3 29.29 .3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.31 4.9 24.15 5.4 26.93 7.4 Level 5 .................................................. 17.78 3.6 17.78 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.03 4.1 24.59 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.09 5.2 28.65 5.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.07 5.0 28.05 5.7 28.25 1.4 Level 7 .................................................. 28.69 1.2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.70 6.0 28.20 6.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.64 7.2 12.43 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 13.6 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.43 5.9 12.84 3.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.71 8.2 18.14 8.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.73 5.8 9.10 6.9 7.50 6.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.71 5.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.75 2.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.35 6.8 16.17 7.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.70 3.3 14.82 3.0 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.13 5.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.13 5.6 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.92 4.3 15.07 4.6 10.74 10.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.19 7.1 10.21 7.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.36 5.4 11.33 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.95 3.0 14.06 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.48 3.1 16.48 3.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.07 2.6 19.07 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.46 10.2 13.81 9.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.03 3.2 21.03 3.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.04 5.4 15.04 5.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.73 2.3 16.73 2.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.97 7.1 13.97 7.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.71 9.2 14.71 9.2 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.20 10.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.26 9.6 17.73 7.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.36 14.2 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.61 4.6 20.61 4.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.08 3.3 19.08 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.07 6.0 20.07 6.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.49 8.5 12.18 9.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.95 12.2 14.95 12.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.34 9.5 17.34 9.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.51 6.5 12.51 6.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.27 14.3 18.45 14.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.92 4.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.89 25.9 19.89 25.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.01 13.5 15.02 13.6 9.94 20.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.89 11.2 10.45 6.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.31 14.2 14.31 14.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.79 27.0 17.79 27.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.82 7.4 11.53 9.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.97 7.9 10.45 6.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.35 6.9 10.55 4.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.20 8.9 10.45 6.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, December 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $19.05 6.4 $19.68 6.6 $10.79 7.3 Management occupations.............................................. 42.33 14.5 42.33 14.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.35 24.6 35.35 24.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.63 10.2 31.63 10.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.52 6.7 31.52 6.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.39 17.0 30.39 17.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.11 4.7 17.11 4.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 16.80 1.0 16.80 1.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 44.73 17.5 44.73 17.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.91 5.5 24.75 6.2 26.93 7.4 Level 7 .................................................. 25.21 4.0 24.69 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.87 4.6 29.36 5.1 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.04 4.0 29.16 4.6 28.25 1.4 Level 7 .................................................. 28.69 1.2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.66 5.1 29.12 5.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.64 7.2 12.43 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 13.6 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.43 5.9 12.84 3.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.73 5.9 9.10 6.9 7.43 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 7.68 5.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.75 2.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.35 6.8 16.17 7.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.70 3.3 14.82 3.0 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.13 5.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.13 5.6 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.74 4.9 14.89 5.2 10.08 6.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 8.1 10.23 8.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.24 6.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.76 3.3 13.93 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.53 3.2 16.53 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.84 2.7 18.84 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.50 7.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.87 3.2 20.87 3.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.02 5.7 15.02 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.98 2.0 16.98 2.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.71 9.2 14.71 9.2 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.20 10.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.84 13.5 16.54 11.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.14 14.7 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.36 10.1 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.79 13.4 14.79 13.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.24 10.4 17.24 10.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.27 14.3 18.45 14.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.92 4.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.89 25.9 19.89 25.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.01 14.1 15.06 14.3 9.94 20.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.89 11.2 10.45 6.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.39 15.5 14.39 15.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.82 7.4 11.53 9.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.97 7.9 10.45 6.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.35 6.9 10.55 4.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.20 8.9 10.45 6.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, December 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.34 2.2 $22.55 2.1 $11.09 21.7 Management occupations.............................................. 35.43 14.9 35.43 14.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.35 10.5 26.35 10.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.30 7.2 21.30 7.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.63 5.5 26.83 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.09 4.8 27.09 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.87 2.3 28.87 2.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.99 3.3 28.99 3.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.36 2.6 28.36 2.6 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.21 3.2 28.21 3.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.27 15.6 22.27 15.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.14 8.0 18.14 8.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.71 3.6 16.82 3.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.25 9.4 15.63 8.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.25 6.0 20.25 6.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.92 3.9 19.92 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.07 6.0 20.07 6.0 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.01 4.7 20.01 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.07 6.0 20.07 6.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.24 10.5 18.24 10.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, December 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.35 $11.50 $16.05 $23.60 $33.21 Management occupations.............................................. 21.63 22.97 41.99 50.36 70.48 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.90 24.53 29.34 36.06 50.33 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.05 21.19 26.59 34.47 36.94 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.94 17.94 29.16 43.99 43.99 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.00 16.00 17.15 17.80 23.51 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.00 15.00 17.59 17.80 20.03 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.64 21.70 28.77 33.26 45.56 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.40 34.68 45.56 50.93 115.48 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.68 24.96 28.98 29.92 35.72 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.81 28.77 28.98 29.07 33.49 Secondary school teachers....................................... 22.59 24.08 27.51 29.92 36.63 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.59 24.09 27.72 29.92 35.68 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.37 17.82 23.09 30.32 34.91 Registered nurses................................................. 20.58 25.00 28.56 31.68 33.23 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.83 11.32 12.56 15.39 19.40 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.32 11.32 13.11 17.28 19.47 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.48 13.09 16.45 20.95 26.97 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.55 7.00 7.25 8.83 11.98 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.33 7.50 8.86 12.36 13.44 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.20 8.50 12.20 21.73 27.34 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 8.75 10.70 15.71 25.77 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 7.40 8.90 10.81 11.30 Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 7.40 8.90 10.81 11.30 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.60 14.00 17.57 20.26 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.06 18.06 18.07 22.88 29.82 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.60 12.76 14.43 17.57 17.95 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 12.76 12.76 16.46 17.66 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.16 12.98 14.30 16.92 16.92 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.50 9.60 11.00 12.05 15.05 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.25 11.00 17.67 20.33 21.62 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.81 16.83 19.42 20.74 22.15 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.46 10.00 12.82 14.50 15.17 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 10.50 14.38 16.50 20.11 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.11 12.50 15.00 18.26 32.87 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 11.45 17.77 24.67 28.77 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.75 9.54 12.00 14.50 28.49 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.50 12.00 13.50 28.99 28.99 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.53 10.00 10.70 13.15 18.68 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.75 10.00 10.70 11.85 14.27 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 6. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, December 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $11.00 $15.17 $21.78 $33.22 Management occupations.............................................. 21.63 24.00 41.99 54.07 76.92 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.05 25.49 29.34 36.06 50.33 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.94 17.94 27.06 43.99 43.99 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.00 15.25 16.76 17.71 17.80 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.42 27.97 35.84 46.14 115.48 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.43 18.00 24.10 30.45 34.91 Registered nurses................................................. 23.69 25.51 30.32 31.73 33.47 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.83 11.32 12.56 15.39 19.40 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.32 11.32 13.11 17.28 19.47 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.55 6.96 7.25 8.83 12.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.33 7.50 8.86 12.36 13.44 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.20 8.50 12.20 21.73 27.34 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 8.75 10.70 15.71 25.77 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 7.40 8.90 10.81 11.30 Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 7.40 8.90 10.81 11.30 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.60 14.00 17.33 20.05 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.06 18.06 18.07 22.77 29.82 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.60 12.76 14.00 17.57 17.95 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.16 12.98 14.30 16.92 16.92 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.50 9.60 11.00 12.05 15.05 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.00 10.83 12.35 18.41 21.62 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.46 10.00 12.82 14.50 15.17 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 10.50 14.38 16.00 19.23 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.11 12.50 14.62 18.26 33.15 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 11.45 17.77 24.67 28.77 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.54 12.00 14.50 28.99 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.53 10.00 10.70 13.15 18.68 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.75 10.00 10.70 11.85 14.27 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. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, December 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.48 $15.45 $21.01 $27.40 $32.46 Management occupations.............................................. 22.00 22.97 33.24 45.10 58.98 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.37 22.07 26.50 29.66 36.94 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.19 17.59 20.30 24.12 26.79 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.18 20.95 27.38 29.92 38.28 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.97 25.52 28.98 29.92 36.21 Secondary school teachers....................................... 22.59 24.24 28.07 29.92 36.63 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.59 24.24 28.07 29.92 35.72 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.87 15.69 21.01 26.31 31.58 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.54 13.09 16.45 20.95 26.97 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.67 12.57 16.79 19.42 22.95 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.79 18.46 19.42 20.95 23.06 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.79 18.46 19.42 20.95 23.06 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.41 15.48 15.90 23.15 25.56 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. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, December 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.11 $16.76 $800 $660 39.8 $41,052 $34,320 2,042 Management occupations.............................................. 41.33 41.99 1,675 1,574 40.5 87,031 81,873 2,106 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.67 29.34 1,239 1,135 40.4 64,377 58,995 2,099 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.69 26.59 1,070 1,064 38.6 55,434 55,311 2,002 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.25 29.16 1,207 1,093 39.9 62,770 56,856 2,075 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.12 17.15 698 660 38.5 36,083 34,320 1,992 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 17.17 17.59 654 660 38.1 34,027 34,308 1,982 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.38 28.77 1,151 1,079 37.9 47,044 43,467 1,548 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.36 45.56 2,035 1,594 39.6 82,186 60,730 1,600 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.62 28.98 1,080 1,087 37.7 43,442 43,467 1,518 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.17 28.98 1,099 1,087 37.7 44,233 43,467 1,517 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.21 27.51 1,060 1,045 37.6 42,574 42,167 1,509 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.05 27.72 1,054 1,049 37.6 42,354 42,180 1,510 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.15 22.94 941 914 39.0 48,636 46,968 2,014 Registered nurses................................................. 28.05 28.56 1,099 1,142 39.2 56,114 59,399 2,001 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.43 11.61 493 460 39.7 25,649 23,926 2,064 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.84 12.01 513 480 40.0 26,702 24,981 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.14 16.45 737 661 40.6 38,320 34,388 2,112 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.10 7.60 356 276 39.1 18,532 14,326 2,036 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.17 15.71 644 628 39.8 33,467 32,679 2,070 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.82 11.70 591 464 39.9 30,745 24,128 2,075 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.07 14.13 594 563 39.5 30,891 29,259 2,050 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.03 18.07 840 723 39.9 43,680 37,586 2,077 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.04 14.43 587 567 39.0 30,476 29,259 2,026 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.97 12.76 554 510 39.7 28,647 26,541 2,051 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.71 14.30 588 572 40.0 30,597 29,744 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.73 18.41 692 728 39.0 35,991 37,863 2,030 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.08 19.42 734 728 38.5 38,151 37,863 2,000 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.18 12.82 481 513 39.5 25,012 26,670 2,053 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.95 14.38 595 575 39.8 30,963 29,900 2,071 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.34 15.00 714 585 41.2 37,146 30,401 2,142 Production occupations.............................................. 18.45 17.77 721 666 39.1 37,423 34,644 2,028 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.02 12.85 628 500 41.8 32,541 26,000 2,166 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.79 13.50 816 500 45.9 42,420 26,000 2,385 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.53 10.70 457 428 39.6 23,748 22,256 2,059 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.55 10.70 422 428 40.0 21,948 22,256 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 9. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, December 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.68 $15.78 $789 $628 40.1 $40,961 $32,679 2,081 Management occupations.............................................. 42.33 41.99 1,735 1,574 41.0 90,102 81,873 2,129 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.63 29.34 1,295 1,137 41.0 67,310 59,120 2,128 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.39 27.06 1,219 1,082 40.1 63,396 56,283 2,086 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.11 16.76 665 643 38.9 34,567 33,443 2,021 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 44.73 35.84 1,796 1,384 40.2 78,034 56,991 1,744 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.75 24.00 977 962 39.5 50,804 50,024 2,053 Registered nurses................................................. 29.16 30.32 1,163 1,213 39.9 60,464 63,066 2,074 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.43 11.61 493 460 39.7 25,649 23,926 2,064 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.84 12.01 513 480 40.0 26,702 24,981 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.10 7.60 356 276 39.1 18,532 14,326 2,036 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.17 15.71 644 628 39.8 33,467 32,679 2,070 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.82 11.70 591 464 39.9 30,745 24,128 2,075 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.89 14.00 590 560 39.6 30,686 29,120 2,061 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.87 18.07 835 723 40.0 43,400 37,586 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.02 14.00 588 574 39.1 30,574 29,869 2,035 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.71 14.30 588 572 40.0 30,597 29,744 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.54 18.41 657 736 39.7 34,183 38,297 2,066 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.79 14.38 591 575 40.0 30,753 29,900 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.24 14.62 718 585 41.6 37,321 30,401 2,164 Production occupations.............................................. 18.45 17.77 721 666 39.1 37,423 34,644 2,028 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.06 12.50 633 500 42.0 32,892 26,000 2,184 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.53 10.70 457 428 39.6 23,748 22,256 2,059 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.55 10.70 422 428 40.0 21,948 22,256 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 10. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN, December 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.55 $21.16 $858 $823 38.1 $41,508 $40,399 1,841 Management occupations.............................................. 35.43 33.24 1,349 1,308 38.1 70,136 68,032 1,980 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.35 26.50 1,002 994 38.0 52,093 51,671 1,977 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.30 20.30 799 747 37.5 40,599 38,940 1,906 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.83 27.80 1,003 1,053 37.4 40,424 43,149 1,506 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.99 28.98 1,090 1,087 37.6 43,647 43,467 1,505 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.36 28.07 1,064 1,053 37.5 42,606 42,180 1,502 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.21 28.07 1,058 1,053 37.5 42,380 42,180 1,502 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.27 21.01 834 837 37.4 42,325 42,826 1,900 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.14 16.45 737 661 40.6 38,320 34,388 2,112 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.82 16.79 635 644 37.8 32,848 33,494 1,953 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.92 19.42 753 728 37.8 39,147 37,863 1,966 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.01 19.42 757 728 37.8 39,350 37,863 1,967 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.24 15.90 686 596 37.6 35,655 31,001 1,955 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