RSE Table 19                                                                                                       Private industry sector(1): Relative standard errors(2) of mean
                                                                                                                                  hourly earnings(3) for major occupational groups
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                           Goods producing                                      Service providing                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  Trade,                             Profes-    Education                         
                                                                        Construc-    Manufac-   transpor-     Infor-    Financial   sional and     and       Leisure      Other   
                        Occupational group(4)                              tion       turing     tation,      mation    activities   business     health       and       services 
                                                                                                   and                               services    services  hospitality            
                                                                                                utilities                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                    Relative error(5)                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................      –          3.8%         –          9.0%        3.8%         –          4.0%         –          6.7%   
                                                                                                                                                                                  
  Management, professional, and related...............................      –          2.8          –          8.5         3.8          –          7.3          –         19.9    
    Management, business, and financial...............................      –          5.7          –         12.9         5.3          –          8.3          –         10.0    
    Professional and related..........................................      –          2.6          –          8.0         4.9          –          8.0          –         24.8    
  Service.............................................................      –         12.3          –           –          8.7          –          7.3          –          6.3    
  Sales and office....................................................      –          6.5          –         15.6         5.1          –          4.2          –         14.9    
    Sales and related.................................................      –         17.4          –         28.8         9.4          –         19.8          –         32.7    
    Office and administrative support.................................      –          3.2          –          8.9         2.7          –          3.9          –          4.7    
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................      –          7.7          –          5.0        25.5          –         17.5          –          5.9    
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................      –          9.1          –          5.0        14.6          –         20.3          –          7.4    
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................      –          3.3          –          7.7          –           –          9.2          –          4.6    
    Production........................................................      –          3.5          –         11.8          –           –         10.2          –          5.2    
    Transportation and material moving................................      –          6.6          –          5.1          –           –          9.7          –          8.9    

  1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
  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 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay
for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by
hours.
  4 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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 data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.