NC BL 12/00/2001 Table: New Orleans, LA, Bulletin 3110-24, March 2001 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $14.94 3.6 37.5 $14.91 5.0 37.3 $15.01 3.0 38.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 18.19 4.2 37.2 18.59 6.3 36.9 17.56 3.7 37.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.04 3.9 36.4 24.02 6.4 35.5 20.11 3.5 37.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.92 6.9 39.1 28.99 8.8 39.9 25.68 9.4 37.7 Sales............................................................. 11.27 9.9 35.6 11.34 10.1 35.5 - - - Administrative support............................................ 11.10 3.3 37.8 11.60 4.1 37.5 10.18 5.3 38.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.97 4.2 39.9 14.38 4.7 40.1 11.57 4.6 38.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.62 4.9 39.8 18.54 5.3 40.0 13.25 4.9 39.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.45 7.1 39.3 12.52 7.5 39.3 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.41 4.4 43.0 12.42 4.9 44.3 12.32 7.0 34.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.67 7.9 38.0 9.92 9.0 37.9 8.55 9.8 38.7 Service occupations(5).............................................. 7.95 5.2 34.4 7.18 7.1 32.6 9.62 4.4 39.2 Full time........................................................... 15.49 3.6 39.8 15.67 4.9 40.0 15.08 3.1 39.3 Part time........................................................... 8.07 9.1 21.9 7.07 9.5 21.8 13.41 13.9 22.3 Union............................................................... 15.66 5.6 39.8 15.61 6.3 39.9 15.92 11.8 39.2 Nonunion............................................................ 14.87 4.0 37.3 14.83 5.6 37.0 14.96 3.1 38.0 Time................................................................ 14.78 3.4 37.4 14.68 4.8 37.1 15.01 3.0 38.1 Incentive........................................................... 18.77 22.3 39.4 18.77 22.3 39.4 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.60 7.4 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 10.45 9.7 34.8 10.44 10.0 34.5 10.58 9.8 43.1 100-499 workers..................................................... 13.87 6.6 37.4 13.94 7.0 37.3 12.57 6.2 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 16.71 4.4 38.1 18.48 7.8 38.3 15.27 3.2 38.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.94 3.6 $14.91 5.0 $15.01 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 15.09 3.7 15.11 5.1 15.03 3.0 White collar........................................................ 18.19 4.2 18.59 6.3 17.56 3.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.81 4.2 19.67 6.4 17.61 3.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.04 3.9 24.02 6.4 20.11 3.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.43 4.1 27.54 6.8 21.91 3.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.42 7.2 32.74 7.0 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.39 6.1 32.39 6.1 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 28.32 23.2 28.32 23.2 - - Health related................................................ 21.36 3.9 19.66 3.1 22.91 5.9 Registered nurses........................................... 21.16 3.8 19.90 2.8 22.29 6.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.03 10.1 42.58 9.1 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.26 5.3 - - 24.59 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.49 1.2 - - 25.49 1.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.04 1.7 - - 26.04 1.7 Teachers, special education................................. 19.41 10.8 - - 22.11 4.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.08 7.8 - - 12.04 1.6 Social workers.............................................. 13.31 8.2 - - 12.18 1.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 19.51 7.0 - - - - Technical....................................................... 15.64 6.3 17.18 8.6 13.15 5.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.97 12.4 - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 17.21 2.2 - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.06 2.8 13.34 3.3 - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.84 6.6 - - 12.89 5.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.92 6.9 28.99 8.8 25.68 9.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.74 9.0 29.92 13.0 27.15 11.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.33 14.7 - - 34.24 19.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 29.86 8.6 - - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.98 15.5 37.35 15.5 - - Management related............................................ 26.96 10.8 28.21 12.1 22.15 14.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.97 7.1 27.07 4.3 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.78 19.7 19.44 20.8 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 32.06 17.3 33.44 21.1 - - Sales............................................................. 11.27 9.9 11.34 10.1 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.99 5.9 6.91 6.1 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.10 3.3 11.60 4.1 10.18 5.3 Supervisors, general office................................. $15.21 11.8 - - - - Secretaries................................................. 12.55 5.1 $13.65 5.9 $10.88 5.8 Receptionists............................................... 7.82 8.3 7.73 11.9 - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.21 19.2 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.18 7.8 11.45 8.0 - - Billing clerks.............................................. 9.49 7.9 - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 8.80 8.1 - - - - General office clerks....................................... 10.21 8.2 11.85 13.4 9.31 8.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.27 5.5 - - 10.24 7.4 Blue collar......................................................... 13.97 4.2 14.38 4.7 11.57 4.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.62 4.9 18.54 5.3 13.25 4.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.57 24.8 35.27 14.7 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.56 10.2 - - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.92 6.5 15.96 7.8 12.35 6.0 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 22.63 13.6 - - - - Electricians................................................ 15.21 4.9 15.46 5.7 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 26.33 9.5 26.92 9.6 - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.50 13.8 - - 11.50 13.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.45 7.1 12.52 7.5 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.40 4.6 12.41 4.6 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 15.10 4.1 15.10 4.1 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.41 4.4 12.42 4.9 12.32 7.0 Truck drivers............................................... 11.30 15.2 11.62 18.7 - - Bus drivers................................................. 13.82 3.2 - - 13.65 8.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.19 6.3 12.29 6.3 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.67 7.9 9.92 9.0 8.55 9.8 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.14 5.0 - - 7.78 4.1 Helpers, construction trades................................ 8.85 6.4 - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 8.09 7.7 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.75 14.5 9.75 14.5 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.69 21.2 - - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.99 11.8 11.08 11.7 - - Service............................................................. 7.95 5.2 7.18 7.1 9.62 4.4 Protective service............................................ 10.51 5.7 9.91 13.5 10.81 4.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.45 2.0 - - 16.45 2.0 Firefighting................................................ 10.97 14.1 - - 9.23 5.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 12.68 4.2 - - 12.96 3.7 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 9.80 13.7 - - 9.80 13.7 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.06 6.0 - - 9.06 6.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.11 5.2 7.93 6.2 - - Food service.................................................. $5.85 6.0 $5.63 6.3 $9.80 4.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.94 15.2 3.94 15.2 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.34 17.2 3.34 17.2 - - Other food service........................................... 6.98 6.5 6.73 6.5 9.80 4.3 Cooks....................................................... 8.18 6.5 7.79 6.9 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.84 9.8 6.77 9.8 - - Health service................................................ 8.01 8.8 7.27 11.0 8.76 9.3 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.29 6.8 6.86 9.8 7.78 3.3 Cleaning and building service................................. 6.95 5.9 6.86 7.2 7.25 6.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.04 5.4 6.91 6.8 7.17 8.5 Personal service.............................................. 9.65 23.4 10.20 25.6 - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.42 9.7 - - - - 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.49 3.6 $15.67 4.9 $15.08 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 15.62 3.6 15.86 5.0 15.10 3.1 White collar........................................................ 18.58 4.2 19.24 6.3 17.57 3.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.11 4.3 20.22 6.5 17.62 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.18 4.1 24.22 6.6 20.17 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.66 4.4 27.92 7.0 22.00 3.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.42 7.2 32.74 7.0 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.39 6.1 32.39 6.1 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 28.32 23.2 28.32 23.2 - - Health related................................................ 21.20 4.3 19.17 2.5 22.91 6.4 Registered nurses........................................... 20.99 4.2 19.49 2.6 22.23 6.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.03 10.1 42.58 9.1 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.36 5.6 - - 24.81 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.34 1.1 - - 25.34 1.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.04 1.7 - - 26.04 1.7 Teachers, special education................................. 19.92 11.3 - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.08 7.8 - - 12.04 1.6 Social workers.............................................. 13.31 8.2 - - 12.18 1.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.17 7.0 - - - - Technical....................................................... 15.72 6.5 17.21 8.8 13.32 5.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.97 12.4 - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 17.23 2.3 - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.06 2.8 13.34 3.3 - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.76 7.0 - - 12.89 5.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.03 6.9 28.99 8.8 25.98 9.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.92 9.1 29.92 13.0 27.55 11.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.33 14.7 - - 34.24 19.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 29.86 8.6 - - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.98 15.5 37.35 15.5 - - Management related............................................ 26.99 10.8 28.21 12.1 22.25 14.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.97 7.1 27.07 4.3 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.78 19.7 19.44 20.8 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 32.26 17.3 33.44 21.1 - - Sales............................................................. 12.07 9.0 12.17 9.1 - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.45 5.2 7.38 5.6 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.34 3.4 12.01 4.3 10.21 5.3 Supervisors, general office................................. $15.21 11.8 - - - - Secretaries................................................. 12.69 5.2 $13.98 6.0 $10.88 5.8 Receptionists............................................... 8.11 9.2 - - - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.21 19.2 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.18 7.8 11.45 8.0 - - Billing clerks.............................................. 9.49 7.9 - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 8.80 8.1 - - - - General office clerks....................................... 10.34 8.4 11.85 13.4 9.47 8.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.27 5.5 - - 10.24 7.4 Blue collar......................................................... 14.10 4.2 14.55 4.8 11.54 4.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.69 4.9 18.62 5.3 13.28 4.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.57 24.8 35.27 14.7 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.56 10.2 - - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.92 6.5 15.96 7.8 12.35 6.0 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 22.63 13.6 - - - - Electricians................................................ 15.21 4.9 15.46 5.7 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 26.33 9.5 26.92 9.6 - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.93 15.4 - - 11.93 15.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.52 7.1 12.59 7.5 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.52 4.5 12.54 4.5 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 15.10 4.1 15.10 4.1 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.42 4.5 12.46 5.0 11.98 7.6 Truck drivers............................................... 11.30 15.2 11.62 18.7 - - Bus drivers................................................. 13.65 3.0 - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.19 6.3 12.29 6.3 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.82 8.0 10.12 9.0 8.56 9.8 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.13 5.0 - - 7.78 4.2 Helpers, construction trades................................ 8.85 6.4 - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 8.17 7.4 - - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.99 11.8 11.08 11.7 - - Service............................................................. 8.68 5.9 8.01 8.8 9.80 4.3 Protective service............................................ 10.81 4.9 10.65 11.9 10.87 4.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.45 2.0 - - 16.45 2.0 Firefighting................................................ 10.97 14.1 - - 9.23 5.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 12.68 4.2 - - 12.96 3.7 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.06 6.0 - - 9.06 6.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.50 3.3 8.44 3.7 - - Food service.................................................. 7.18 7.7 6.88 8.2 9.80 4.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.37 4.4 5.37 4.4 - - Other food service........................................... 8.27 6.9 7.97 8.1 9.80 4.3 Cooks....................................................... $7.97 7.6 $7.42 7.7 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.71 10.0 8.68 10.8 - - Health service................................................ 7.95 9.9 - - $8.81 9.4 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.26 7.2 - - 7.82 3.3 Cleaning and building service................................. 6.93 5.9 6.86 7.2 7.18 6.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.98 5.5 6.91 6.8 7.06 8.8 Personal service.............................................. 10.16 25.1 10.20 25.6 - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.03 10.1 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.07 9.1 $7.07 9.5 $13.41 13.9 All excluding sales............................................... 8.22 9.4 7.17 10.2 13.41 13.9 White collar........................................................ 11.84 12.9 10.18 15.1 17.21 12.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.16 11.0 11.51 14.1 17.21 12.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.36 7.8 19.84 10.1 18.96 11.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 20.60 7.2 - - 20.41 9.4 Health related................................................ 22.74 4.3 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.48 4.6 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.04 8.3 8.12 8.6 - - Blue collar......................................................... 8.29 9.7 7.53 7.5 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.31 9.0 7.30 9.2 - - Service............................................................. 5.27 7.1 5.04 7.5 7.26 16.3 Protective service............................................ 7.53 18.9 - - - - Food service.................................................. 4.51 7.1 4.51 7.1 - - Other food service........................................... 5.70 7.0 5.70 7.0 - - Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $616 3.5 39.8 $627 4.8 40.0 $592 3.1 39.3 All excluding sales............................................... 622 3.5 39.8 635 4.9 40.0 593 3.1 39.3 White collar........................................................ 730 4.3 39.3 765 6.3 39.7 680 3.8 38.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 750 4.3 39.3 803 6.5 39.7 681 3.8 38.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 871 4.2 39.3 962 6.7 39.7 783 3.6 38.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 964 4.4 39.1 1,110 7.1 39.7 849 3.7 38.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,296 7.2 40.0 1,309 7.0 40.0 - - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,296 6.1 40.0 1,296 6.1 40.0 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 1,110 24.8 39.2 1,110 24.8 39.2 - - - Health related................................................ 851 4.3 40.1 761 2.2 39.7 927 6.3 40.5 Registered nurses........................................... 845 4.2 40.3 776 2.3 39.8 903 6.8 40.6 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,223 10.2 39.4 1,634 10.5 38.4 - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 848 4.7 36.3 - - - 889 2.6 35.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 903 1.5 35.6 - - - 903 1.5 35.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 934 1.4 35.9 - - - 934 1.4 35.9 Teachers, special education................................. 730 8.3 36.6 - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 518 8.0 39.6 - - - 476 2.3 39.5 Social workers.............................................. 526 8.4 39.5 - - - 481 2.2 39.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 807 7.0 40.0 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 624 6.5 39.7 683 8.9 39.7 529 5.4 39.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 559 12.4 40.0 - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 689 2.3 40.0 - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 522 2.8 40.0 534 3.3 40.0 - - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 542 6.4 39.4 - - - 515 5.9 40.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,102 7.0 39.3 1,156 8.8 39.9 994 9.4 38.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,138 9.1 39.4 1,192 13.2 39.8 1,067 10.9 38.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,331 14.6 39.9 - - - 1,366 19.5 39.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,089 8.8 36.5 - - - - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,478 15.5 40.0 1,492 15.5 40.0 - - - Management related............................................ 1,061 11.0 39.3 1,126 12.1 39.9 827 14.1 37.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 971 8.5 38.9 1,081 4.3 39.9 - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 855 18.7 39.3 778 20.8 40.0 - - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,267 17.8 39.3 1,332 21.3 39.8 - - - Sales............................................................. $481 8.9 39.8 $485 9.0 39.8 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 298 5.2 40.0 295 5.6 40.0 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 445 3.4 39.2 476 4.3 39.6 $394 5.4 38.6 Supervisors, general office................................. 579 14.3 38.1 - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 496 5.3 39.1 552 6.0 39.5 420 5.7 38.6 Receptionists............................................... 324 9.2 39.9 - - - - - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 407 19.3 39.8 - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 445 7.9 39.8 456 8.2 39.8 - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 379 7.9 40.0 - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 352 8.1 40.0 - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 398 8.8 38.5 472 13.4 39.8 357 9.3 37.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 445 5.5 39.5 - - - 399 6.4 39.0 Blue collar......................................................... 571 4.1 40.5 594 4.5 40.8 449 4.8 38.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 706 4.9 39.9 745 5.3 40.0 524 4.6 39.5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,143 24.8 40.0 1,411 14.7 40.0 - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 582 10.2 40.0 - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 592 6.7 39.7 638 7.8 40.0 480 6.8 38.8 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 905 13.6 40.0 - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 608 4.9 40.0 618 5.7 40.0 - - - Supervisors, production..................................... 1,053 9.5 40.0 1,077 9.6 40.0 - - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 477 15.4 40.0 - - - 477 15.4 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 495 7.8 39.6 498 8.2 39.6 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 501 4.5 40.0 501 4.5 40.0 - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 604 4.1 40.0 604 4.1 40.0 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 544 5.6 43.8 558 5.6 44.8 438 8.4 36.6 Truck drivers............................................... 442 13.6 39.2 455 16.7 39.2 - - - Bus drivers................................................. 498 8.3 36.5 - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 487 6.3 40.0 492 6.3 40.0 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 390 8.1 39.8 404 9.0 40.0 333 10.5 39.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 269 5.2 37.7 - - - 267 11.0 34.4 Helpers, construction trades................................ 354 6.4 40.0 - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 327 7.4 40.0 - - - - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 440 11.8 40.0 443 11.7 40.0 - - - Service............................................................. 345 5.8 39.7 309 7.9 38.6 409 4.7 41.7 Protective service............................................ $453 5.6 41.9 $406 13.9 38.1 $476 4.9 43.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 695 3.0 42.2 - - - 695 3.0 42.2 Firefighting................................................ 549 9.9 50.0 - - - 485 5.7 52.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 528 4.4 41.6 - - - 541 3.6 41.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 377 5.4 41.6 - - - 377 5.4 41.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 323 6.0 38.0 310 7.6 36.7 - - - Food service.................................................. 285 7.6 39.7 275 8.2 40.0 361 4.3 36.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 215 4.4 40.0 215 4.4 40.0 - - - Other food service........................................... 326 6.7 39.4 319 8.1 40.0 361 4.3 36.9 Cooks....................................................... 316 7.4 39.7 297 7.7 40.0 - - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 345 10.1 39.6 347 10.8 40.0 - - - Health service................................................ 314 9.7 39.6 - - - 350 9.5 39.7 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 287 7.0 39.5 - - - 310 3.5 39.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 271 7.7 39.0 266 9.4 38.8 285 6.8 39.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 278 5.4 39.8 277 6.8 40.0 279 8.6 39.6 Personal service.............................................. 367 18.0 36.1 368 18.4 36.1 - - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 321 10.1 40.0 - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $31,281 3.5 2,019 $32,477 4.8 2,072 $28,769 3.1 1,908 All excluding sales............................................... 31,516 3.5 2,017 32,876 4.9 2,072 28,803 3.1 1,908 White collar........................................................ 36,410 4.3 1,959 39,380 6.3 2,047 32,325 3.8 1,839 White collar excluding sales.................................... 37,284 4.3 1,951 41,307 6.5 2,043 32,391 3.8 1,838 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 41,610 4.2 1,876 48,707 6.7 2,011 35,489 3.6 1,759 Professional specialty.......................................... 44,698 4.4 1,812 55,398 7.1 1,984 37,239 3.7 1,693 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 67,412 7.2 2,079 68,060 7.0 2,079 - - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 67,388 6.1 2,081 67,388 6.1 2,081 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 57,703 24.8 2,038 57,703 24.8 2,038 - - - Health related................................................ 44,227 4.3 2,087 39,576 2.2 2,065 48,226 6.3 2,105 Registered nurses........................................... 43,931 4.2 2,093 40,347 2.3 2,070 46,967 6.8 2,113 Teachers, college and university.............................. 48,550 10.2 1,565 63,282 10.5 1,486 - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 32,614 4.7 1,396 - - - 33,137 2.6 1,336 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33,142 1.5 1,308 - - - 33,142 1.5 1,308 Secondary school teachers................................... 34,353 1.4 1,319 - - - 34,353 1.4 1,319 Teachers, special education................................. 29,617 8.3 1,487 - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 26,930 8.0 2,058 - - - 24,754 2.3 2,056 Social workers.............................................. 27,369 8.4 2,056 - - - 25,017 2.2 2,054 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 41,950 7.0 2,080 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 32,455 6.5 2,064 35,525 8.9 2,065 27,488 5.4 2,064 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 29,055 12.4 2,080 - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 35,828 2.3 2,080 - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 27,166 2.8 2,080 27,746 3.3 2,080 - - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 28,199 6.4 2,049 - - - 26,802 5.9 2,080 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 56,660 7.0 2,022 60,098 8.8 2,073 49,889 9.4 1,920 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 58,450 9.1 2,021 61,960 13.2 2,071 53,872 10.9 1,955 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 69,203 14.6 2,076 - - - 71,044 19.5 2,075 Administrators, education and related fields................ 49,905 8.8 1,671 - - - - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 76,834 15.5 2,078 77,605 15.5 2,078 - - - Management related............................................ 54,594 11.0 2,023 58,528 12.1 2,075 40,992 14.1 1,842 Accountants and auditors.................................... 50,277 8.5 2,013 56,231 4.3 2,077 - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 43,903 18.7 2,016 40,444 20.8 2,080 - - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 64,036 17.8 1,985 69,249 21.3 2,071 - - - Sales............................................................. $25,008 8.9 2,072 $25,216 9.0 2,072 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 15,505 5.2 2,080 15,350 5.6 2,080 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 22,883 3.4 2,018 24,759 4.3 2,061 $19,932 5.4 1,951 Supervisors, general office................................. 30,123 14.3 1,981 - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 25,519 5.3 2,010 28,685 6.0 2,052 21,252 5.7 1,954 Receptionists............................................... 16,848 9.2 2,077 - - - - - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 21,139 19.3 2,070 - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 23,136 7.9 2,070 23,694 8.2 2,069 - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 19,731 7.9 2,080 - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 18,297 8.1 2,080 - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 20,592 8.8 1,991 24,530 13.4 2,070 18,438 9.3 1,947 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 23,158 5.5 2,056 - - - 20,753 6.4 2,027 Blue collar......................................................... 29,617 4.1 2,100 30,886 4.5 2,122 22,855 4.8 1,981 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 36,706 4.9 2,074 38,744 5.3 2,080 27,181 4.6 2,047 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 59,419 24.8 2,080 73,353 14.7 2,080 - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 30,285 10.2 2,080 - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 30,759 6.7 2,062 33,201 7.8 2,080 24,938 6.8 2,020 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 47,066 13.6 2,080 - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 31,640 4.9 2,080 32,160 5.7 2,080 - - - Supervisors, production..................................... 54,767 9.5 2,080 55,999 9.6 2,080 - - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 24,824 15.4 2,080 - - - 24,824 15.4 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,764 7.8 2,058 25,908 8.2 2,057 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 26,049 4.5 2,080 26,074 4.5 2,080 - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 31,408 4.1 2,080 31,408 4.1 2,080 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 27,778 5.6 2,237 29,033 5.6 2,329 19,815 8.4 1,654 Truck drivers............................................... 23,003 13.6 2,037 23,672 16.7 2,037 - - - Bus drivers................................................. 22,182 8.3 1,626 - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 25,347 6.3 2,080 25,559 6.3 2,080 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,293 8.1 2,067 21,028 9.0 2,078 17,341 10.5 2,026 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13,966 5.2 1,958 - - - 13,902 11.0 1,787 Helpers, construction trades................................ 18,412 6.4 2,080 - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 17,001 7.4 2,080 - - - - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 22,861 11.8 2,080 23,053 11.7 2,080 - - - Service............................................................. 17,713 5.8 2,041 16,044 7.9 2,003 20,646 4.7 2,108 Protective service............................................ $23,533 5.6 2,178 $21,103 13.9 1,981 $24,710 4.9 2,273 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 36,140 3.0 2,197 - - - 36,140 3.0 2,197 Firefighting................................................ 28,546 9.9 2,602 - - - 25,218 5.7 2,733 Police and detectives, public service....................... 27,436 4.4 2,165 - - - 28,145 3.6 2,171 Correctional institution officers........................... 19,582 5.4 2,161 - - - 19,582 5.4 2,161 Guards and police, except public service.................... 16,696 6.0 1,965 16,111 7.6 1,908 - - - Food service.................................................. 14,133 7.6 1,967 14,317 8.2 2,080 13,108 4.3 1,338 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 11,168 4.4 2,080 11,168 4.4 2,080 - - - Other food service........................................... 15,755 6.7 1,906 16,568 8.1 2,080 13,108 4.3 1,338 Cooks....................................................... 15,191 7.4 1,906 15,430 7.7 2,080 - - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 17,389 10.1 1,996 18,045 10.8 2,080 - - - Health service................................................ 16,353 9.7 2,058 - - - 18,200 9.5 2,066 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 14,912 7.0 2,054 - - - 16,115 3.5 2,061 Cleaning and building service................................. 14,047 7.7 2,027 13,847 9.4 2,019 14,712 6.8 2,050 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14,381 5.4 2,059 14,381 6.8 2,080 14,381 8.6 2,036 Personal service.............................................. 18,935 18.0 1,864 18,956 18.4 1,859 - - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 16,708 10.1 2,080 - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1.Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.94 3.6 $14.91 5.0 $15.01 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 15.09 3.7 15.11 5.1 15.03 3.0 White collar........................................................ 18.19 4.2 18.59 6.3 17.56 3.7 1....................................................... 7.32 3.1 7.16 3.1 7.69 7.8 2....................................................... 8.30 4.3 8.09 5.2 8.70 7.4 3....................................................... 10.08 4.7 10.68 5.5 8.79 3.8 4....................................................... 11.08 3.9 11.15 4.2 10.94 8.1 5....................................................... 16.61 9.8 16.30 15.8 17.12 6.5 6....................................................... 16.62 4.2 17.08 4.0 15.58 9.8 7....................................................... 18.81 5.4 19.99 5.8 16.97 10.6 8....................................................... 21.20 3.8 21.18 7.9 21.21 3.9 9....................................................... 25.54 5.5 27.81 7.6 22.59 5.7 10........................................................ 30.95 11.7 32.07 14.3 29.41 19.1 11........................................................ 31.67 6.0 33.72 4.6 25.15 10.5 12........................................................ 38.40 5.2 39.73 5.9 - - 13........................................................ 47.61 4.5 49.88 3.5 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.79 20.6 - - 23.19 26.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.81 4.2 19.67 6.4 17.61 3.7 1....................................................... 7.38 5.5 - - 7.54 9.0 2....................................................... 8.68 4.1 8.66 4.5 8.70 7.4 3....................................................... 10.08 4.7 10.68 5.5 8.79 3.8 4....................................................... 10.68 4.1 10.51 3.8 10.94 8.1 5....................................................... 16.96 11.0 16.84 18.6 17.12 6.5 6....................................................... 16.54 4.4 16.99 4.2 15.58 9.8 7....................................................... 18.80 5.8 20.10 6.3 16.97 10.6 8....................................................... 21.20 3.8 21.18 7.9 21.21 3.9 9....................................................... 25.48 5.6 27.74 7.8 22.59 5.7 10........................................................ 30.95 11.7 32.07 14.3 29.41 19.1 11........................................................ 31.67 6.0 33.72 4.6 25.15 10.5 12........................................................ 38.40 5.2 39.73 5.9 - - 13........................................................ 47.61 4.5 49.88 3.5 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.79 20.6 - - 23.19 26.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.04 3.9 24.02 6.4 20.11 3.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.43 4.1 27.54 6.8 21.91 3.6 5....................................................... 19.89 8.0 14.81 10.4 23.01 5.7 6....................................................... 17.19 8.1 - - - - 7....................................................... 18.20 12.7 29.82 2.4 15.59 12.5 8....................................................... 21.66 4.3 21.64 11.6 21.66 4.2 9....................................................... 24.81 4.8 26.41 8.0 23.91 5.8 10........................................................ 33.25 15.3 - - - - 11........................................................ 31.35 8.1 33.26 6.2 - - 12........................................................ 41.40 3.2 41.28 4.4 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.79 6.3 - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.42 7.2 32.74 7.0 - - 9....................................................... $26.96 7.7 $26.96 7.7 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.39 6.1 32.39 6.1 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 28.32 23.2 28.32 23.2 - - Health related................................................ 21.36 3.9 19.66 3.1 $22.91 5.9 8....................................................... 20.46 2.9 20.03 6.1 - - 9....................................................... 24.82 5.2 - - 25.18 5.3 Registered nurses........................................... 21.16 3.8 19.90 2.8 22.29 6.3 8....................................................... 20.46 2.9 20.03 6.1 - - 9....................................................... 22.58 3.3 - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.03 10.1 42.58 9.1 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.26 5.3 - - 24.59 2.4 5....................................................... 21.29 10.5 - - 24.41 2.9 8....................................................... 25.21 1.3 - - 25.21 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.49 1.2 - - 25.49 1.2 8....................................................... 25.14 1.5 - - 25.14 1.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.04 1.7 - - 26.04 1.7 Teachers, special education................................. 19.41 10.8 - - 22.11 4.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.08 7.8 - - 12.04 1.6 Social workers.............................................. 13.31 8.2 - - 12.18 1.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 19.51 7.0 - - - - Technical....................................................... 15.64 6.3 17.18 8.6 13.15 5.3 4....................................................... 12.16 5.8 - - - - 5....................................................... 13.60 5.3 - - - - 6....................................................... 15.85 4.9 16.09 6.8 15.33 7.1 8....................................................... 16.33 6.8 - - - - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.97 12.4 - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 17.21 2.2 - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.06 2.8 13.34 3.3 - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.84 6.6 - - 12.89 5.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.92 6.9 28.99 8.8 25.68 9.4 6....................................................... 17.66 10.1 16.41 8.3 19.08 18.0 7....................................................... 22.12 10.3 20.29 7.9 - - 8....................................................... 21.69 13.4 - - - - 9....................................................... 27.32 9.6 28.84 11.2 22.97 9.4 11........................................................ 31.45 5.3 - - - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.29 23.0 - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.74 9.0 29.92 13.0 27.15 11.0 6....................................................... 16.57 5.0 - - - - 9....................................................... 24.98 5.1 25.37 6.5 24.23 7.2 11........................................................ 31.40 5.9 - - - - Not able to be leveled.................................... $37.29 23.0 - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.33 14.7 - - $34.24 19.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 29.86 8.6 - - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.98 15.5 $37.35 15.5 - - Management related............................................ 26.96 10.8 28.21 12.1 22.15 14.0 6....................................................... 18.72 17.7 - - - - 7....................................................... 20.29 7.9 20.29 7.9 - - 9....................................................... 29.84 17.0 31.82 17.4 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.97 7.1 27.07 4.3 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.78 19.7 19.44 20.8 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 32.06 17.3 33.44 21.1 - - Sales............................................................. 11.27 9.9 11.34 10.1 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.99 5.9 6.91 6.1 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.10 3.3 11.60 4.1 10.18 5.3 1....................................................... 7.38 5.5 - - 7.54 9.0 2....................................................... 8.70 4.3 8.66 4.7 8.75 8.0 3....................................................... 10.23 5.0 10.80 5.6 8.88 4.5 4....................................................... 10.50 4.5 10.22 3.9 10.93 9.2 5....................................................... 12.24 5.3 12.80 6.1 10.19 2.8 6....................................................... 15.85 9.4 18.21 6.4 11.42 6.2 7....................................................... 18.33 6.8 - - 15.59 12.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.21 11.8 - - - - Secretaries................................................. 12.55 5.1 13.65 5.9 10.88 5.8 4....................................................... 10.77 7.3 - - - - 5....................................................... 12.72 7.2 - - - - Receptionists............................................... 7.82 8.3 7.73 11.9 - - 2....................................................... 8.02 10.0 - - - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.21 19.2 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.18 7.8 11.45 8.0 - - 4....................................................... 10.25 4.4 10.57 3.8 - - Billing clerks.............................................. 9.49 7.9 - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 8.80 8.1 - - - - General office clerks....................................... 10.21 8.2 11.85 13.4 9.31 8.5 3....................................................... 9.04 5.2 - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.27 5.5 - - 10.24 7.4 Blue collar......................................................... 13.97 4.2 14.38 4.7 11.57 4.6 1....................................................... 7.67 5.7 7.84 6.1 6.77 4.8 2....................................................... 9.67 7.8 9.57 9.2 10.20 8.8 3....................................................... 10.77 5.7 10.89 6.3 10.04 8.4 4....................................................... 12.12 5.0 12.28 5.7 11.21 3.8 5....................................................... 14.98 4.6 14.95 4.8 15.20 15.0 6....................................................... 17.34 5.4 17.35 5.5 - - 7....................................................... 17.61 7.3 19.16 7.8 13.31 4.4 8....................................................... $23.99 6.2 $24.87 5.8 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.62 4.9 18.54 5.3 $13.25 4.9 3....................................................... 10.06 8.3 - - 11.00 2.3 4....................................................... 10.08 6.9 - - - - 5....................................................... 14.95 7.0 14.70 7.0 16.86 21.5 6....................................................... 18.01 5.7 18.03 5.9 - - 7....................................................... 17.46 8.5 19.04 9.3 13.21 5.0 8....................................................... 24.31 5.8 25.26 5.1 - - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.57 24.8 35.27 14.7 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.56 10.2 - - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.92 6.5 15.96 7.8 12.35 6.0 7....................................................... 15.54 9.8 16.82 12.3 - - Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 22.63 13.6 - - - - Electricians................................................ 15.21 4.9 15.46 5.7 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 26.33 9.5 26.92 9.6 - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.50 13.8 - - 11.50 13.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.45 7.1 12.52 7.5 - - 2....................................................... 8.69 15.5 8.69 15.5 - - 3....................................................... 10.40 8.9 10.40 8.9 - - 4....................................................... 13.28 4.3 13.82 3.5 - - 7....................................................... 18.55 7.2 19.30 5.5 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.40 4.6 12.41 4.6 - - 3....................................................... 10.62 7.5 10.62 7.5 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 15.10 4.1 15.10 4.1 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.41 4.4 12.42 4.9 12.32 7.0 2....................................................... 13.88 7.1 - - 13.22 13.7 3....................................................... 11.29 5.4 11.32 6.2 11.15 4.3 4....................................................... 12.48 7.4 12.62 7.5 - - Truck drivers............................................... 11.30 15.2 11.62 18.7 - - Bus drivers................................................. 13.82 3.2 - - 13.65 8.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.19 6.3 12.29 6.3 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.67 7.9 9.92 9.0 8.55 9.8 1....................................................... 7.13 3.8 7.26 4.6 6.64 4.7 2....................................................... 9.32 2.8 9.42 3.5 - - 3....................................................... 10.52 11.4 11.02 11.4 - - Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.14 5.0 - - 7.78 4.1 Helpers, construction trades................................ 8.85 6.4 - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 8.09 7.7 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.75 14.5 9.75 14.5 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.69 21.2 - - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.99 11.8 11.08 11.7 - - 1....................................................... 7.54 1.4 - - - - Service............................................................. $7.95 5.2 $7.18 7.1 $9.62 4.4 1....................................................... 6.03 3.8 5.97 4.0 6.70 9.3 2....................................................... 6.59 4.3 6.07 4.7 7.90 4.0 3....................................................... 7.39 7.7 6.84 13.9 8.05 3.9 4....................................................... 8.82 9.0 8.25 12.0 10.24 6.9 5....................................................... 11.13 14.3 - - 9.49 4.5 6....................................................... 12.81 7.1 - - 12.85 7.3 7....................................................... 21.42 28.7 - - 14.01 2.4 8....................................................... 16.18 9.2 - - - - Protective service............................................ 10.51 5.7 9.91 13.5 10.81 4.9 2....................................................... 8.17 2.4 - - 8.07 4.3 3....................................................... 9.36 8.7 - - 8.16 8.8 5....................................................... 11.27 14.9 - - 9.47 4.6 6....................................................... 12.01 6.0 - - 12.01 6.0 7....................................................... 14.01 2.4 - - 14.01 2.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.45 2.0 - - 16.45 2.0 Firefighting................................................ 10.97 14.1 - - 9.23 5.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 12.68 4.2 - - 12.96 3.7 5....................................................... 10.66 9.9 - - - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 9.80 13.7 - - 9.80 13.7 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.06 6.0 - - 9.06 6.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.11 5.2 7.93 6.2 - - Food service.................................................. 5.85 6.0 5.63 6.3 9.80 4.3 1....................................................... 5.33 7.5 5.33 7.5 - - 2....................................................... 5.72 6.5 5.47 5.5 - - 3....................................................... 5.69 15.8 4.78 18.1 - - 4....................................................... 7.22 18.9 7.22 18.9 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.94 15.2 3.94 15.2 - - 3....................................................... 4.13 21.4 4.13 21.4 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.34 17.2 3.34 17.2 - - Other food service........................................... 6.98 6.5 6.73 6.5 9.80 4.3 1....................................................... 5.95 7.3 5.95 7.3 - - 2....................................................... 5.93 7.9 - - - - 3....................................................... 8.97 5.4 - - - - 4....................................................... 9.73 8.4 9.73 8.4 - - Cooks....................................................... 8.18 6.5 7.79 6.9 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.84 9.8 6.77 9.8 - - Health service................................................ 8.01 8.8 7.27 11.0 8.76 9.3 2....................................................... 6.62 6.7 - - - - 3....................................................... 8.45 3.8 - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.29 6.8 6.86 9.8 7.78 3.3 2....................................................... 6.62 6.7 - - - - 3....................................................... 8.45 3.8 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 6.95 5.9 6.86 7.2 7.25 6.6 1....................................................... 6.36 3.8 6.33 4.0 6.49 9.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... $7.04 5.4 $6.91 6.8 $7.17 8.5 1....................................................... 6.74 6.8 - - - - Personal service.............................................. 9.65 23.4 10.20 25.6 - - 3....................................................... 6.72 8.1 - - - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.42 9.7 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.49 3.6 $15.67 4.9 $15.08 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 15.62 3.6 15.86 5.0 15.10 3.1 White collar........................................................ 18.58 4.2 19.24 6.3 17.57 3.8 1....................................................... 7.68 4.0 - - 7.92 9.7 2....................................................... 8.56 3.9 8.44 4.1 8.74 7.6 3....................................................... 10.14 4.9 10.81 5.6 8.79 3.8 4....................................................... 11.37 3.9 11.60 4.1 10.94 8.1 5....................................................... 16.63 10.1 16.36 16.1 17.08 6.8 6....................................................... 16.68 4.3 17.18 4.0 15.61 9.9 7....................................................... 18.55 5.5 19.90 5.7 16.36 11.0 8....................................................... 21.04 4.1 20.91 8.8 21.12 4.1 9....................................................... 25.57 5.6 27.86 7.6 22.59 5.7 10........................................................ 30.95 11.7 32.07 14.3 29.41 19.1 11........................................................ 31.67 6.0 33.72 4.6 25.15 10.5 12........................................................ 38.40 5.2 39.73 5.9 - - 13........................................................ 47.61 4.5 49.88 3.5 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.64 22.2 - - - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.11 4.3 20.22 6.5 17.62 3.8 1....................................................... 8.09 9.3 - - - - 2....................................................... 8.71 4.2 8.68 4.7 8.74 7.6 3....................................................... 10.14 4.9 10.81 5.6 8.79 3.8 4....................................................... 11.00 4.2 11.05 3.6 10.94 8.1 5....................................................... 16.99 11.4 16.93 18.9 17.08 6.8 6....................................................... 16.61 4.5 17.09 4.3 15.61 9.9 7....................................................... 18.53 5.9 20.01 6.3 16.36 11.0 8....................................................... 21.04 4.1 20.91 8.8 21.12 4.1 9....................................................... 25.50 5.6 27.79 7.8 22.59 5.7 10........................................................ 30.95 11.7 32.07 14.3 29.41 19.1 11........................................................ 31.67 6.0 33.72 4.6 25.15 10.5 12........................................................ 38.40 5.2 39.73 5.9 - - 13........................................................ 47.61 4.5 49.88 3.5 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.64 22.2 - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.18 4.1 24.22 6.6 20.17 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.66 4.4 27.92 7.0 22.00 3.8 5....................................................... 20.37 9.0 15.13 10.5 - - 6....................................................... 17.14 8.5 16.99 8.7 - - 7....................................................... 17.24 13.0 29.61 2.4 14.45 11.8 8....................................................... 21.49 4.6 21.18 14.2 21.58 4.4 9....................................................... 24.86 4.8 26.59 8.1 23.91 5.8 10........................................................ 33.25 15.3 - - - - 11........................................................ 31.35 8.1 33.26 6.2 - - 12........................................................ 41.40 3.2 41.28 4.4 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.42 7.2 32.74 7.0 - - 9....................................................... 26.96 7.7 26.96 7.7 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $32.39 6.1 $32.39 6.1 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 28.32 23.2 28.32 23.2 - - Health related................................................ 21.20 4.3 19.17 2.5 $22.91 6.4 8....................................................... 19.73 2.4 18.86 4.6 - - 9....................................................... 24.97 5.1 - - 25.18 5.3 Registered nurses........................................... 20.99 4.2 19.49 2.6 22.23 6.8 8....................................................... 19.73 2.4 18.86 4.6 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.03 10.1 42.58 9.1 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.36 5.6 - - 24.81 2.4 5....................................................... 21.66 11.8 - - - - 8....................................................... 25.21 1.3 - - 25.21 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.34 1.1 - - 25.34 1.1 8....................................................... 25.14 1.5 - - 25.14 1.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.04 1.7 - - 26.04 1.7 Teachers, special education................................. 19.92 11.3 - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.08 7.8 - - 12.04 1.6 Social workers.............................................. 13.31 8.2 - - 12.18 1.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.17 7.0 - - - - Technical....................................................... 15.72 6.5 17.21 8.8 13.32 5.3 4....................................................... 12.18 5.9 - - - - 5....................................................... 13.46 5.4 - - - - 6....................................................... 15.83 5.4 16.03 7.6 - - 8....................................................... 16.33 6.8 - - - - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.97 12.4 - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 17.23 2.3 - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.06 2.8 13.34 3.3 - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.76 7.0 - - 12.89 5.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.03 6.9 28.99 8.8 25.98 9.4 6....................................................... 17.68 10.2 16.41 8.3 19.16 18.4 7....................................................... 22.12 10.3 20.29 7.9 - - 8....................................................... 21.69 13.4 - - - - 9....................................................... 27.32 9.6 28.84 11.2 22.97 9.4 11........................................................ 31.45 5.3 - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.92 9.1 29.92 13.0 27.55 11.1 6....................................................... 16.57 5.0 - - - - 9....................................................... 24.98 5.1 25.37 6.5 24.23 7.2 11........................................................ 31.40 5.9 - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.33 14.7 - - 34.24 19.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 29.86 8.6 - - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.98 15.5 37.35 15.5 - - Management related............................................ $26.99 10.8 $28.21 12.1 $22.25 14.2 6....................................................... 18.79 18.0 - - - - 7....................................................... 20.29 7.9 20.29 7.9 - - 9....................................................... 29.84 17.0 31.82 17.4 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.97 7.1 27.07 4.3 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.78 19.7 19.44 20.8 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 32.26 17.3 33.44 21.1 - - Sales............................................................. 12.07 9.0 12.17 9.1 - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.45 5.2 7.38 5.6 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.34 3.4 12.01 4.3 10.21 5.3 1....................................................... 8.09 9.3 - - - - 2....................................................... 8.71 4.4 8.68 4.9 8.75 8.0 3....................................................... 10.31 5.1 10.94 5.7 8.88 4.5 4....................................................... 10.84 4.7 10.76 3.4 10.93 9.2 5....................................................... 12.24 5.3 12.80 6.1 10.19 2.8 6....................................................... 16.11 9.6 18.78 5.8 11.42 6.2 7....................................................... 18.33 6.8 - - 15.59 12.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.21 11.8 - - - - Secretaries................................................. 12.69 5.2 13.98 6.0 10.88 5.8 4....................................................... 10.77 7.3 - - - - 5....................................................... 12.72 7.2 - - - - Receptionists............................................... 8.11 9.2 - - - - 2....................................................... 8.02 10.0 - - - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.21 19.2 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.18 7.8 11.45 8.0 - - 4....................................................... 10.25 4.4 10.57 3.8 - - Billing clerks.............................................. 9.49 7.9 - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 8.80 8.1 - - - - General office clerks....................................... 10.34 8.4 11.85 13.4 9.47 8.7 3....................................................... 9.04 5.2 - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.27 5.5 - - 10.24 7.4 Blue collar......................................................... 14.10 4.2 14.55 4.8 11.54 4.7 1....................................................... 7.75 5.8 7.95 6.1 6.77 4.8 2....................................................... 9.68 8.1 9.70 9.5 9.56 6.1 3....................................................... 10.82 6.0 10.95 6.7 10.02 9.0 4....................................................... 12.12 5.0 12.28 5.7 11.21 3.8 5....................................................... 14.98 4.6 14.95 4.8 15.20 15.0 6....................................................... 17.62 5.1 17.63 5.2 - - 7....................................................... 17.61 7.3 19.16 7.8 13.31 4.4 8....................................................... 23.99 6.2 24.87 5.8 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.69 4.9 18.62 5.3 13.28 4.9 3....................................................... 10.10 8.4 - - 11.15 2.0 4....................................................... $10.08 6.9 - - - - 5....................................................... 14.95 7.0 $14.70 7.0 $16.86 21.5 6....................................................... 18.38 5.3 18.41 5.4 - - 7....................................................... 17.46 8.5 19.04 9.3 13.21 5.0 8....................................................... 24.31 5.8 25.26 5.1 - - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.57 24.8 35.27 14.7 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.56 10.2 - - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.92 6.5 15.96 7.8 12.35 6.0 7....................................................... 15.54 9.8 16.82 12.3 - - Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 22.63 13.6 - - - - Electricians................................................ 15.21 4.9 15.46 5.7 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 26.33 9.5 26.92 9.6 - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.93 15.4 - - 11.93 15.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.52 7.1 12.59 7.5 - - 2....................................................... 8.69 15.5 8.69 15.5 - - 3....................................................... 10.47 9.3 10.47 9.3 - - 4....................................................... 13.28 4.3 13.82 3.5 - - 7....................................................... 18.55 7.2 19.30 5.5 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.52 4.5 12.54 4.5 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 15.10 4.1 15.10 4.1 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.42 4.5 12.46 5.0 11.98 7.6 2....................................................... 13.39 8.6 - - - - 3....................................................... 11.29 5.5 11.32 6.2 11.07 4.8 4....................................................... 12.48 7.4 12.62 7.5 - - Truck drivers............................................... 11.30 15.2 11.62 18.7 - - Bus drivers................................................. 13.65 3.0 - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.19 6.3 12.29 6.3 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.82 8.0 10.12 9.0 8.56 9.8 1....................................................... 7.18 4.0 7.35 5.0 6.64 4.7 2....................................................... 9.55 3.1 9.71 3.5 - - 3....................................................... 10.63 12.6 11.17 12.6 - - Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.13 5.0 - - 7.78 4.2 Helpers, construction trades................................ 8.85 6.4 - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 8.17 7.4 - - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.99 11.8 11.08 11.7 - - 1....................................................... 7.54 1.4 - - - - Service............................................................. 8.68 5.9 8.01 8.8 9.80 4.3 1....................................................... 6.49 2.9 6.46 2.9 6.76 9.6 2....................................................... 6.92 4.7 6.38 3.9 7.95 4.1 3....................................................... 8.00 6.1 7.60 10.7 8.51 2.8 4....................................................... 10.06 4.6 10.26 6.7 9.78 5.8 5....................................................... 11.15 14.4 - - 9.47 4.6 6....................................................... $12.81 7.1 - - $12.85 7.3 7....................................................... 21.42 28.7 - - 14.01 2.4 8....................................................... 16.18 9.2 - - - - Protective service............................................ 10.81 4.9 $10.65 11.9 10.87 4.9 2....................................................... 7.99 3.1 - - 8.07 4.3 3....................................................... 9.70 7.8 - - - - 5....................................................... 11.27 14.9 - - 9.47 4.6 6....................................................... 12.01 6.0 - - 12.01 6.0 7....................................................... 14.01 2.4 - - 14.01 2.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.45 2.0 - - 16.45 2.0 Firefighting................................................ 10.97 14.1 - - 9.23 5.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 12.68 4.2 - - 12.96 3.7 5....................................................... 10.66 9.9 - - - - Correctional institution officers........................... 9.06 6.0 - - 9.06 6.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.50 3.3 8.44 3.7 - - Food service.................................................. 7.18 7.7 6.88 8.2 9.80 4.3 1....................................................... 6.45 5.6 6.45 5.6 - - 3....................................................... 6.68 10.1 5.75 9.1 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.37 4.4 5.37 4.4 - - Other food service........................................... 8.27 6.9 7.97 8.1 9.80 4.3 3....................................................... 8.97 5.4 - - - - Cooks....................................................... 7.97 7.6 7.42 7.7 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.71 10.0 8.68 10.8 - - Health service................................................ 7.95 9.9 - - 8.81 9.4 3....................................................... 8.45 3.8 - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.26 7.2 - - 7.82 3.3 3....................................................... 8.45 3.8 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 6.93 5.9 6.86 7.2 7.18 6.8 1....................................................... 6.36 3.8 6.33 4.0 6.49 9.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.98 5.5 6.91 6.8 7.06 8.8 1....................................................... 6.74 6.8 - - - - Personal service.............................................. 10.16 25.1 10.20 25.6 - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.03 10.1 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.07 9.1 $7.07 9.5 $13.41 13.9 All excluding sales............................................... 8.22 9.4 7.17 10.2 13.41 13.9 White collar........................................................ 11.84 12.9 10.18 15.1 17.21 12.8 1....................................................... 6.44 1.1 - - - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.11 14.6 - - 13.11 14.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.16 11.0 11.51 14.1 17.21 12.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.11 14.6 - - 13.11 14.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.36 7.8 19.84 10.1 18.96 11.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 20.60 7.2 - - 20.41 9.4 Health related................................................ 22.74 4.3 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.48 4.6 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.04 8.3 8.12 8.6 - - Blue collar......................................................... 8.29 9.7 7.53 7.5 - - 3....................................................... 9.62 10.9 - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.31 9.0 7.30 9.2 - - Service............................................................. 5.27 7.1 5.04 7.5 7.26 16.3 1....................................................... 4.98 8.6 4.97 8.7 - - 2....................................................... 5.19 7.5 - - - - 4....................................................... 6.74 19.1 6.15 18.6 - - Protective service............................................ 7.53 18.9 - - - - Food service.................................................. 4.51 7.1 4.51 7.1 - - 1....................................................... 4.79 9.8 4.79 9.8 - - Other food service........................................... $5.70 7.0 $5.70 7.0 - - Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.49 $8.07 $15.66 $14.87 $14.78 $18.77 All excluding sales............................................. 15.62 8.22 15.58 15.04 14.91 22.44 White collar........................................................ 18.58 11.84 20.80 18.13 18.17 18.73 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.11 13.16 21.23 18.76 18.62 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.18 19.36 - 21.97 22.04 - Professional specialty.......................................... 24.66 20.60 - 24.43 24.43 - Technical....................................................... 15.72 - - 15.64 15.64 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.03 - - 27.92 27.08 - Sales............................................................. 12.07 - - 10.86 9.89 13.37 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.34 8.04 - 11.01 11.07 - Blue collar......................................................... 14.10 8.29 16.04 13.52 13.67 18.82 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.69 - 18.22 17.47 17.09 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.52 - 14.58 11.68 12.59 - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.42 - 13.73 12.03 12.21 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.82 7.31 - 9.44 9.67 - Service............................................................. 8.68 5.27 9.51 7.83 7.95 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.6 9.1 5.6 4.0 3.4 22.3 All excluding sales............................................. 3.6 9.4 5.7 4.0 3.4 23.8 White collar........................................................ 4.2 12.9 5.5 4.3 4.2 25.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.3 11.0 6.4 4.3 4.2 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.1 7.8 - 4.1 3.9 - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.4 7.2 - 4.3 4.1 - Technical....................................................... 6.5 - - 6.3 6.3 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.9 - - 6.9 6.8 - Sales............................................................. 9.0 - - 10.1 12.7 11.0 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 8.3 - 3.3 3.3 - Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 9.7 6.2 5.0 3.9 23.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.9 - 6.0 6.0 4.5 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.1 - 4.9 9.0 5.3 - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.5 - 4.1 4.7 4.1 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.0 9.0 - 8.7 7.9 - Service............................................................. 5.9 7.1 14.3 5.5 5.2 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.91 $18.60 - $16.13 $16.87 - $18.34 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 15.11 18.60 - 16.13 16.87 - 18.32 - - - White collar........................................................ 18.59 25.04 $35.88 - 21.47 - 22.85 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.67 25.04 35.88 - 21.47 - 23.18 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.02 30.62 - - 26.17 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 27.54 34.30 - - 30.22 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.18 22.81 - - 22.64 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.99 32.15 - - 27.89 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.34 - - - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.60 14.33 19.62 - 13.09 - 14.93 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.38 15.47 - 16.17 14.86 - 14.45 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.54 18.51 - 17.43 18.21 - 19.59 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.52 12.36 - - 12.05 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.42 14.21 - - 14.10 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.92 9.14 - 9.77 8.95 - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.18 - - - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.0 7.4 - 3.9 6.9 - 14.1 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 5.1 7.4 - 3.9 6.9 - 14.5 - - - White collar........................................................ 6.3 9.8 6.9 - 7.3 - 8.5 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.4 9.8 6.9 - 7.3 - 10.2 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.4 7.1 - - 7.6 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.8 3.6 - - 4.7 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 8.6 13.8 - - 14.4 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.8 12.9 - - 6.7 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.1 - - - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.1 8.5 6.6 - 10.0 - 6.5 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.7 5.9 - 3.6 7.0 - 13.3 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 5.6 - 4.4 7.3 - 9.0 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.5 7.4 - - 7.6 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.9 7.1 - - 7.2 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.0 8.6 - 8.3 10.8 - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.1 - - - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.91 $10.44 $15.54 $13.94 $18.48 All excluding sales............................................. 15.11 10.53 15.79 14.18 18.50 White collar........................................................ 18.59 12.48 19.08 17.03 21.10 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.67 12.99 20.26 19.03 21.14 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.02 - 24.31 23.71 24.61 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.54 - 28.26 27.22 28.65 Technical....................................................... 17.18 - 17.18 19.91 14.96 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.99 19.63 29.78 26.76 32.47 Sales............................................................. 11.34 - 11.58 11.58 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.60 9.03 11.93 12.36 11.54 Blue collar......................................................... 14.38 12.27 14.75 14.22 16.94 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.54 15.19 19.16 19.17 19.14 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.52 - 13.76 13.27 16.18 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.42 - 11.88 11.73 12.82 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.92 8.43 10.21 9.91 12.59 Service............................................................. 7.18 5.00 7.67 7.04 9.08 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.0 10.0 5.3 7.0 7.8 All excluding sales............................................. 5.1 9.9 5.4 7.2 7.8 White collar........................................................ 6.3 12.4 6.5 8.5 9.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.4 12.4 6.4 8.8 9.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.4 - 6.4 9.4 9.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.8 - 6.5 10.0 8.4 Technical....................................................... 8.6 - 8.6 13.3 8.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.8 17.9 9.0 12.3 12.7 Sales............................................................. 10.1 - 10.0 10.1 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.1 6.6 4.2 6.3 6.0 Blue collar......................................................... 4.7 11.0 4.9 6.0 7.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 9.3 5.5 7.2 8.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.5 - 5.2 6.2 5.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.9 - 3.4 3.4 6.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.0 13.1 9.5 11.2 16.3 Service............................................................. 7.1 13.9 8.0 10.2 6.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.50 $8.61 $12.50 $18.82 $25.95 All excluding sales........................... 6.50 8.64 12.65 19.13 26.43 White collar.................................... 7.93 10.41 15.23 23.65 31.60 White collar excluding sales................ 8.48 10.75 16.20 24.22 32.22 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.04 14.40 20.44 25.95 35.39 Professional specialty...................... 12.56 17.86 23.65 28.00 39.67 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.96 27.38 33.31 37.64 41.39 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 22.50 26.90 35.39 35.39 42.88 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ 11.79 11.79 26.27 35.73 44.47 Health related............................ 16.24 18.00 20.44 23.65 25.95 Registered nurses....................... 17.50 18.27 20.44 23.59 24.22 Teachers, college and university.......... 17.44 21.33 28.09 41.69 48.07 Teachers, except college and university... 13.97 23.02 25.04 25.87 26.90 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.68 24.52 25.29 26.15 26.57 Secondary school teachers............... 25.11 25.11 25.49 26.43 28.57 Teachers, special education............. 13.97 13.97 22.85 23.77 23.82 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.22 12.04 12.24 12.56 12.87 Social workers.......................... 11.26 12.04 12.25 12.56 12.87 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.32 17.04 17.88 20.56 27.31 Technical................................... 9.67 12.34 13.89 17.52 22.42 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.36 9.67 12.51 18.19 19.65 Radiological technicians................ 15.62 16.37 17.32 18.18 18.25 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.79 11.81 13.01 13.89 14.99 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.71 10.24 13.75 17.37 17.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.10 17.64 26.05 32.22 45.77 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.23 18.61 27.40 32.22 49.77 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 24.01 27.09 31.11 49.77 49.77 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.61 28.15 28.69 36.35 36.35 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.04 27.88 28.64 48.71 66.39 Management related........................ 14.02 16.75 23.17 31.60 45.77 Accountants and auditors................ 14.10 21.50 28.57 31.60 31.60 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.80 12.80 16.67 26.94 36.97 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.54 21.78 32.54 45.77 45.77 Sales......................................... 5.75 7.39 11.48 12.50 18.92 Cashiers................................ 5.75 5.75 7.07 7.55 8.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.05 8.52 10.15 12.63 17.56 Supervisors, general office............. $10.40 $10.40 $18.78 $18.99 $19.40 Secretaries............................. 9.31 9.89 12.00 14.07 16.75 Receptionists........................... 6.00 6.50 7.54 9.14 10.60 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.01 7.05 7.63 12.58 17.18 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.60 9.75 10.25 11.22 18.00 Billing clerks.......................... 7.75 7.75 9.91 10.20 11.42 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.60 7.81 9.00 10.15 11.00 General office clerks................... 6.86 8.12 9.06 10.26 16.40 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.52 9.78 11.69 11.69 12.07 Blue collar..................................... 7.33 9.67 13.09 16.34 22.13 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.01 13.21 15.43 20.60 25.74 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 11.52 11.52 26.46 45.66 45.66 Automobile mechanics.................... 10.28 11.04 16.46 16.46 16.46 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.01 11.91 14.35 16.28 24.70 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 15.21 19.13 19.13 28.75 28.75 Electricians............................ 13.84 13.87 14.60 15.75 20.39 Supervisors, production................. 17.14 19.53 22.73 33.74 34.39 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.16 8.16 10.03 14.79 18.09 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.06 9.00 12.74 14.91 17.46 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.00 10.80 12.74 14.01 15.37 Welders and cutters..................... 13.45 13.45 15.00 15.78 17.46 Transportation and material moving............ 8.27 9.67 11.38 14.12 18.06 Truck drivers........................... 8.64 8.64 9.80 10.85 23.13 Bus drivers............................. 10.38 11.76 14.92 14.92 16.41 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.27 10.99 12.80 12.80 14.97 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.30 6.75 9.08 11.86 14.10 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.50 6.50 6.50 7.33 7.94 Helpers, construction trades............ 7.65 8.00 8.05 9.15 10.46 Construction laborers................... 6.38 6.38 8.74 9.07 9.07 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.19 6.30 9.88 9.88 20.05 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 5.65 5.65 7.83 14.05 21.50 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.54 7.56 11.86 14.10 14.10 Service......................................... 5.15 5.90 6.81 9.00 11.82 Protective service........................ 6.50 8.20 9.54 12.47 15.00 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.31 16.59 16.91 16.91 16.91 Firefighting............................ 6.84 8.43 9.25 10.81 20.09 Police and detectives, public service... 11.11 11.55 12.47 14.02 14.62 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 6.50 6.50 7.98 14.65 15.00 Correctional institution officers....... $7.44 $7.57 $7.57 $11.65 $11.82 Guards and police, except public service 6.03 7.60 8.29 9.08 9.18 Food service.............................. 2.52 4.87 5.58 6.81 9.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.37 3.26 5.58 6.48 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.37 3.94 5.83 Other food service....................... 5.15 5.16 6.50 8.50 10.04 Cooks................................... 6.16 6.50 9.00 9.25 10.34 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.16 5.16 6.30 7.88 9.25 Health service............................ 5.90 5.90 8.04 8.80 9.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.90 5.90 7.74 8.16 8.48 Cleaning and building service............. 5.92 5.92 5.98 7.29 9.14 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.32 5.97 7.01 8.33 9.13 Personal service.......................... 5.34 5.69 6.50 7.95 21.01 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.69 5.69 6.74 6.74 10.90 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.15 $8.29 $12.52 $18.19 $26.46 All excluding sales........................... 6.16 8.39 12.75 18.62 27.19 White collar.................................... 7.81 10.60 14.32 23.61 35.39 White collar excluding sales................ 8.69 10.76 16.37 25.04 36.05 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.58 15.62 20.88 29.56 41.39 Professional specialty...................... 13.97 17.99 25.56 35.39 44.47 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.50 27.42 33.31 37.64 41.39 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 22.50 26.90 35.39 35.39 42.88 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ 11.79 11.79 26.27 35.73 44.47 Health related............................ 15.42 17.50 18.62 23.65 24.22 Registered nurses....................... 16.41 17.86 19.25 23.65 24.22 Teachers, college and university.......... 32.40 37.07 42.54 48.07 57.14 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.79 13.01 16.37 18.25 25.61 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.79 12.99 13.01 14.08 14.99 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.02 17.85 27.40 31.60 48.71 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.01 17.64 28.64 32.83 54.57 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.04 27.88 28.85 48.71 66.39 Management related........................ 13.80 18.08 23.19 31.60 45.77 Accountants and auditors................ 21.50 23.19 28.57 31.60 31.60 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.80 12.80 14.02 22.06 26.94 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.54 21.78 45.77 45.77 45.77 Sales......................................... 5.75 7.25 11.48 12.50 18.92 Cashiers................................ 5.75 5.75 7.07 7.39 8.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.23 8.75 10.60 12.88 18.77 Secretaries............................. 10.01 10.93 13.37 14.55 20.26 Receptionists........................... 6.00 6.00 6.50 10.25 10.60 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.14 9.75 10.76 12.71 18.00 General office clerks................... 7.68 8.81 9.06 14.17 19.19 Blue collar..................................... 7.52 9.67 13.44 16.58 23.13 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.91 14.35 16.46 22.36 25.81 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 22.75 23.28 35.96 45.66 45.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.21 13.44 14.35 17.03 24.70 Electricians............................ 13.84 14.60 14.60 15.75 20.39 Supervisors, production................. $17.14 $21.41 $22.73 $33.74 $34.39 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.06 9.00 13.15 15.00 17.46 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.00 10.80 12.74 14.01 15.37 Welders and cutters..................... 13.45 13.45 15.00 15.78 17.46 Transportation and material moving............ 8.64 9.67 11.38 13.86 19.75 Truck drivers........................... 8.64 8.64 9.80 11.38 23.13 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.00 10.99 12.80 12.80 14.97 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.00 9.50 11.86 14.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.19 6.30 9.88 9.88 20.05 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.54 7.56 11.86 14.10 14.10 Service......................................... 3.60 5.58 6.30 7.95 10.38 Protective service........................ 6.20 7.60 8.61 11.50 14.00 Guards and police, except public service 6.03 6.20 8.20 8.29 10.38 Food service.............................. 2.37 4.40 5.16 6.78 8.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.37 3.26 5.58 6.48 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.37 3.94 5.83 Other food service....................... 5.15 5.16 6.50 7.88 9.02 Cooks................................... 6.16 6.50 7.35 9.02 10.04 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.16 5.16 6.00 7.88 8.50 Health service............................ 5.90 5.90 5.90 9.00 9.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.90 5.90 5.90 8.04 9.00 Cleaning and building service............. 5.92 5.92 5.97 6.85 9.83 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.97 5.97 6.55 7.29 8.33 Personal service.......................... 4.59 6.50 6.54 7.95 21.01 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.29 $9.02 $12.47 $20.11 $25.76 All excluding sales........................... 7.29 9.08 12.47 20.11 25.76 White collar.................................... 7.93 10.40 15.86 23.69 28.09 White collar excluding sales................ 7.93 10.40 15.92 23.69 28.09 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.81 13.75 20.44 24.55 28.00 Professional specialty...................... 12.25 17.83 23.02 25.29 28.09 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 19.42 20.33 20.44 24.21 28.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.42 20.33 20.44 23.59 24.21 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.79 23.82 25.22 26.15 28.24 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.68 24.52 25.29 26.15 26.57 Secondary school teachers............... 25.11 25.11 25.49 26.43 28.57 Teachers, special education............. 21.20 22.85 23.02 23.82 23.82 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.65 12.04 12.24 12.56 12.56 Social workers.......................... 11.26 12.04 12.24 12.56 12.87 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.64 10.41 13.18 15.44 18.18 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.24 10.24 13.75 13.75 15.44 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.10 16.20 24.49 32.22 36.97 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.23 20.40 27.09 32.22 49.77 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 17.68 27.09 27.09 49.77 49.77 Management related........................ 14.10 14.10 16.20 32.54 33.87 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.72 7.75 9.44 11.42 15.81 Secretaries............................. 9.31 9.55 9.89 13.46 13.81 General office clerks................... 6.86 8.12 8.53 10.26 10.26 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.52 8.52 9.78 11.42 12.07 Blue collar..................................... 6.38 9.02 11.49 13.87 16.12 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.28 11.01 12.43 14.72 17.86 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.82 11.01 12.43 14.43 14.43 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.16 8.16 10.03 14.79 18.09 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ $8.27 $10.37 $10.85 $16.12 $16.41 Bus drivers............................. 10.38 10.45 14.62 16.41 18.06 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.65 6.30 7.41 9.15 13.42 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.87 7.33 7.33 7.90 9.02 Service......................................... 6.17 7.74 8.93 11.43 14.62 Protective service........................ 6.84 8.93 10.81 12.81 15.00 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.31 16.59 16.91 16.91 16.91 Firefighting............................ 6.84 8.43 9.25 10.81 10.81 Police and detectives, public service... 11.55 11.55 12.81 14.05 14.62 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 6.50 6.50 7.98 14.65 15.00 Correctional institution officers....... 7.44 7.57 7.57 11.65 11.82 Food service.............................. 7.92 9.25 9.53 10.54 11.43 Other food service....................... 7.92 9.25 9.53 10.54 11.43 Health service............................ 6.36 7.74 8.16 8.59 8.80 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.36 7.74 8.12 8.16 8.48 Cleaning and building service............. 5.32 5.48 7.29 8.05 9.14 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.32 5.32 7.01 9.13 9.14 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.86 $9.08 $12.80 $19.33 $26.57 All excluding sales........................... 6.84 9.09 12.99 19.40 27.04 White collar.................................... 8.52 10.76 15.62 23.77 32.07 White collar excluding sales................ 8.67 10.92 16.40 24.52 32.49 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.04 14.08 20.44 26.15 35.39 Professional specialty...................... 12.56 17.86 23.65 28.00 41.39 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.96 27.38 33.31 37.64 41.39 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 22.50 26.90 35.39 35.39 42.88 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ 11.79 11.79 26.27 35.73 44.47 Health related............................ 16.05 17.99 20.44 23.59 25.95 Registered nurses....................... 16.41 18.27 20.44 23.59 24.21 Teachers, college and university.......... 17.44 21.33 28.09 41.69 48.07 Teachers, except college and university... 13.97 23.56 25.11 25.87 26.90 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.68 24.52 25.24 25.87 26.48 Secondary school teachers............... 25.11 25.11 25.49 26.43 28.57 Teachers, special education............. 13.97 13.97 22.85 23.77 23.82 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.22 12.04 12.24 12.56 12.87 Social workers.......................... 11.26 12.04 12.25 12.56 12.87 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 16.23 17.88 20.08 20.56 27.31 Technical................................... 9.67 12.34 13.89 17.75 22.42 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.36 9.67 12.51 18.19 19.65 Radiological technicians................ 15.62 16.37 17.32 18.18 18.25 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.79 11.81 13.01 13.89 14.99 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.71 10.24 13.75 17.37 17.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.10 17.64 26.66 32.22 45.77 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.23 20.21 27.40 32.22 49.77 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 24.01 27.09 31.11 49.77 49.77 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.61 28.15 28.69 36.35 36.35 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.04 27.88 28.64 48.71 66.39 Management related........................ 14.02 16.75 23.17 31.60 45.77 Accountants and auditors................ 14.10 21.50 28.57 31.60 31.60 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.80 12.80 16.67 26.94 36.97 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.54 21.78 32.54 45.77 45.77 Sales......................................... 7.25 8.25 11.48 13.62 19.03 Cashiers................................ 5.75 7.07 7.39 8.24 8.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.54 8.67 10.25 12.71 18.00 Supervisors, general office............. $10.40 $10.40 $18.78 $18.99 $19.40 Secretaries............................. 9.31 9.89 12.50 14.07 16.75 Receptionists........................... 6.00 6.50 7.65 10.25 10.60 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.01 7.05 7.63 12.58 17.18 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.60 9.75 10.25 11.22 18.00 Billing clerks.......................... 7.75 7.75 9.91 10.20 11.42 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.60 7.81 9.00 10.15 11.00 General office clerks................... 6.86 8.12 9.06 10.26 16.40 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.52 9.78 11.69 11.69 12.07 Blue collar..................................... 7.52 9.80 13.15 16.34 22.36 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.11 13.44 15.62 20.60 25.74 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 11.52 11.52 26.46 45.66 45.66 Automobile mechanics.................... 10.28 11.04 16.46 16.46 16.46 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.01 11.91 14.35 16.28 24.70 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 15.21 19.13 19.13 28.75 28.75 Electricians............................ 13.84 13.87 14.60 15.75 20.39 Supervisors, production................. 17.14 19.53 22.73 33.74 34.39 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.16 8.16 11.46 14.79 18.09 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.06 9.09 13.15 15.00 17.46 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.00 10.80 12.74 14.01 15.37 Welders and cutters..................... 13.45 13.45 15.00 15.78 17.46 Transportation and material moving............ 8.27 9.67 11.38 14.12 16.41 Truck drivers........................... 8.64 8.64 9.80 10.85 23.13 Bus drivers............................. 9.00 10.45 14.92 14.92 14.92 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.27 10.99 12.80 12.80 14.97 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.38 7.00 9.15 11.86 14.10 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.50 6.50 6.50 7.33 7.94 Helpers, construction trades............ 7.65 8.00 8.05 9.15 10.46 Construction laborers................... 6.38 6.38 8.74 9.07 9.07 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.54 7.56 11.86 14.10 14.10 Service......................................... 5.90 6.16 7.60 9.25 12.47 Protective service........................ 7.60 8.30 9.82 12.47 14.65 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.31 16.59 16.91 16.91 16.91 Firefighting............................ 6.84 8.43 9.25 10.81 20.09 Police and detectives, public service... 11.11 11.55 12.47 14.02 14.62 Correctional institution officers....... 7.44 7.57 7.57 11.65 11.82 Guards and police, except public service 7.60 8.20 8.61 9.08 9.18 Food service.............................. 5.38 5.83 6.64 8.50 10.54 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.26 3.94 5.58 6.47 6.64 Other food service....................... 6.30 6.70 7.88 9.25 11.63 Cooks................................... $6.16 $6.50 $7.35 $9.53 $10.34 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.70 6.78 8.50 9.25 12.33 Health service............................ 5.90 5.90 7.74 8.48 9.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.90 5.90 7.72 8.16 8.59 Cleaning and building service............. 5.92 5.92 5.98 7.29 9.13 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.32 5.97 7.01 8.08 9.13 Personal service.......................... 4.59 6.50 6.54 8.64 21.01 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.87 6.55 6.74 8.64 10.90 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.52 $5.16 $6.30 $8.75 $17.00 All excluding sales........................... 2.52 5.15 6.50 8.95 18.00 White collar.................................... 5.75 6.60 7.23 17.00 24.22 White collar excluding sales................ 6.50 7.23 8.75 20.00 24.22 Professional specialty and technical.......... 8.22 15.32 20.00 24.22 25.00 Professional specialty...................... 15.32 18.00 21.00 24.22 25.00 Health related............................ 18.00 21.00 24.22 24.22 25.00 Registered nurses....................... 18.00 21.00 24.22 24.22 25.00 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.50 6.68 7.23 8.75 13.38 Blue collar..................................... 6.19 6.30 7.83 8.47 11.76 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.19 6.30 6.75 7.83 7.83 Service......................................... 2.13 3.05 5.16 6.03 9.00 Protective service........................ 5.55 5.75 6.03 6.20 15.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.52 5.15 5.16 7.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 4.87 5.15 5.16 5.16 8.02 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2001 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 233,400 162,800 70,600 All excluding sales............................................. 223,800 153,500 70,400 White collar........................................................ 116,100 69,700 46,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 106,500 60,400 46,100 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,100 25,000 27,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 39,800 17,500 22,400 Technical....................................................... 12,200 7,600 4,700 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 15,700 10,300 5,400 Sales............................................................. 9,500 9,300 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 38,800 25,100 13,700 Blue collar......................................................... 72,300 60,900 11,500 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 30,800 25,300 5,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9,900 9,300 - Transportation and material moving................................ 13,100 11,000 2,100 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 18,600 15,200 3,400 Service............................................................. 45,000 32,200 12,800 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.