RSE Table 32                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Private industry sector(1): Relative standard errors(2) of mean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              hourly earnings(3) for major occupational groups
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                 Goods producing                                                                                            Service providing                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                          Mining   Constructi- Manufactur-             Trade, transportation, and utilities                    Financial activities           Education and health services          Leisure and hospitality          Other   
                                                                                        on         ing                                                                                                                                                                               services 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                        Occupational group(4)                                                                                                  Transporta-                                                                         Health care                Arts,    Accommodat-            
                                                                                                                        Wholesale     Retail       tion                              Finance   Real estate             Educational     and                 entertainm-     ion                
                                                                                                               All        trade       trade        and      Utilities      All         and      and rental     All       services     social       All         ent,      and food             
                                                                                Relative error(5)                                              warehousing                          insurance  and leasing                          assistance                 and       services    Relative 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            recreation               error(5) 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                      Relative error(5)                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
All workers...........................................................      –           –          1.2%        0.7%         –          1.3%        2.2%        1.8%         –           –           –          1.3%        1.5%        1.4%        1.0%        4.7%        1.6%        2.6%   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  Management, professional, and related...............................      –           –          1.1         1.4          –          3.0         3.1         2.3          –           –           –          1.7         1.4         1.9         6.4         8.5        10.4         3.9    
    Management, business, and financial...............................      –           –          1.7         1.9          –          5.3         3.3         4.4          –           –           –          1.9         1.8         2.4         5.0         5.6         6.7         5.8    
    Professional and related..........................................      –           –          1.1         1.9          –          4.0         5.6         2.3          –           –           –          1.9         1.9         2.1        14.2        14.4          –          5.2    
  Service.............................................................      –           –          6.3         1.7          –          1.4         7.4        10.3          –           –           –          1.0         2.9         1.0          .9         2.9          .9         3.6    
  Sales and office....................................................      –           –          1.5         1.1          –          1.1         2.3         3.4          –           –           –          1.1         1.4         1.2         2.6         5.9         2.5         2.8    
    Sales and related.................................................      –           –          4.6         1.3          –          1.4         8.7         9.9          –           –           –          7.8         7.4        11.1         5.6         7.0         6.5         7.7    
    Office and administrative support.................................      –           –          1.3         1.1          –          1.3         3.1         3.3          –           –           –          1.1         1.5         1.1         3.7         8.1         2.5         2.6    
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................      –           –          2.1         1.8          –          2.2         3.4         2.2          –           –           –          3.0         4.3         3.7         5.7        10.6         9.0         6.1    
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................      –           –          2.1         1.8          –          2.2         3.7         2.2          –           –           –          3.7         6.0         4.6         7.3        11.7        10.3         6.2    
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................      –           –           .9         1.4          –          2.0         2.9         3.6          –           –           –          6.5         6.4         7.0         6.7        17.5         7.2         4.3    
    Production........................................................      –           –           .9         3.2          –          1.8        15.9         3.4          –           –           –          4.9        10.2         5.2        13.5          –         14.2         4.6    
    Transportation and material moving................................      –           –          1.8         1.6          –          2.6         2.9         8.4          –           –           –         10.5         9.2        11.2         3.0        15.1         2.8         9.0    

  1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 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.

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SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.