NC BL 12/00/2002 Table: New Orleans, LA, Bulletin 3115-26, March 2002 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 2002 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................................................................. $15.88 3.4 37.0 $15.62 4.6 36.9 $16.52 4.0 37.4 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 19.84 3.6 36.8 19.60 5.1 36.4 20.23 4.5 37.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.63 4.8 36.2 25.60 8.3 35.2 23.61 4.4 37.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.24 6.8 39.0 26.38 8.4 39.5 29.18 10.8 37.8 Sales............................................................. 12.38 13.1 33.6 12.38 13.1 33.6 € € € Administrative support............................................ 12.06 5.1 37.6 12.77 6.7 37.3 10.71 5.0 38.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.99 4.5 39.4 15.63 5.1 39.7 11.79 4.4 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.61 4.9 39.9 19.65 5.3 40.0 13.66 4.7 39.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.84 10.0 39.6 13.95 10.2 39.6 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.90 3.4 41.1 13.18 4.0 43.0 11.65 5.4 34.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.39 7.4 37.3 10.74 8.2 36.9 9.05 9.7 38.6 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.02 5.2 34.0 7.25 6.7 33.1 9.85 5.7 36.5 Full time........................................................... 16.58 3.4 39.5 16.42 4.5 39.8 16.94 4.0 38.7 Part time........................................................... 8.82 13.3 22.8 8.46 17.1 22.3 10.22 12.3 25.0 Union............................................................... 16.22 5.2 39.8 16.17 5.7 40.0 16.60 10.3 38.8 Nonunion............................................................ 15.84 3.8 36.7 15.54 5.2 36.5 16.51 4.1 37.4 Time................................................................ 15.55 3.0 37.0 15.14 3.9 36.8 16.52 4.0 37.4 Incentive........................................................... 27.60 17.0 39.6 27.60 17.0 39.6 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.44 6.2 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.28 11.3 33.7 12.24 11.6 33.7 14.92 15.6 37.4 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.72 6.9 37.6 15.84 7.1 37.6 12.98 4.3 38.5 500 workers or more................................................. 17.20 3.4 37.8 17.84 5.8 38.4 16.74 4.2 37.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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 2002 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................................................................... $15.88 3.4 $15.62 4.6 $16.52 4.0 All excluding sales............................................... 16.00 3.5 15.77 4.7 16.52 4.0 White collar........................................................ 19.84 3.6 19.60 5.1 20.23 4.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.39 3.6 20.50 5.2 20.23 4.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.63 4.8 25.60 8.3 23.61 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.08 4.3 29.91 7.2 24.87 4.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.66 5.1 34.16 4.9 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.20 6.7 33.20 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 23.48 5.5 22.33 5.4 25.70 11.2 Registered nurses........................................... 23.14 6.0 21.81 4.8 26.01 14.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.62 9.4 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.98 3.6 - - 26.78 2.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.57 2.6 € € 26.57 2.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.57 1.7 € € 27.57 1.7 Teachers, special education................................. 28.00 1.9 € € 28.00 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 12.35 6.8 - - 12.01 6.6 Social workers.............................................. 12.49 7.3 € € 12.12 7.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.63 12.1 - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.05 7.9 17.77 10.4 14.89 6.8 Radiological technicians.................................... 18.76 3.7 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.53 .8 € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.49 9.8 € € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 14.83 12.4 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.24 6.8 26.38 8.4 29.18 10.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.60 8.6 27.37 11.5 32.26 10.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 45.73 20.7 € € 45.73 20.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.06 2.7 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.95 9.2 35.89 9.2 € € Management related............................................ 25.10 10.3 25.78 11.7 21.89 13.9 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.46 7.1 27.05 5.3 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 27.88 22.5 27.74 27.9 € € Sales............................................................. 12.38 13.1 12.38 13.1 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.06 7.8 7.06 7.8 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.06 5.1 12.77 6.7 10.71 5.0 Secretaries................................................. 13.10 5.5 14.51 7.7 11.83 6.3 Receptionists............................................... $8.99 5.9 $8.97 6.4 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.48 17.6 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.14 7.3 12.05 9.1 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.82 11.4 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 9.59 10.5 € € $8.50 9.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.41 3.5 € € 9.41 3.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.77 4.4 € € 11.15 7.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.99 4.5 15.63 5.1 11.79 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.61 4.9 19.65 5.3 13.66 4.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.55 24.7 € € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.62 11.3 € € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.65 5.8 16.39 6.9 13.11 6.2 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 19.49 9.3 € € 15.24 5.2 Electricians................................................ 15.69 5.7 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 28.15 11.5 28.97 11.7 € € Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.69 13.1 € € 10.69 13.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.84 10.0 13.95 10.2 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.66 17.3 11.66 17.5 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 15.21 4.2 15.21 4.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.90 3.4 13.18 4.0 11.65 5.4 Truck drivers............................................... 13.28 20.7 € € € € Bus drivers................................................. 12.75 6.5 € € 11.73 4.2 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.63 10.0 11.70 10.1 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.39 7.4 10.74 8.2 9.05 9.7 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.52 3.3 € € 8.04 5.4 Construction laborers....................................... 8.66 5.7 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.64 12.6 9.64 12.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.96 22.8 € € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.28 7.7 € € € € Service............................................................. 8.02 5.2 7.25 6.7 9.85 5.7 Protective service............................................ 11.16 6.6 9.24 10.0 12.07 6.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 17.75 3.3 € € 17.75 3.3 Firefighting................................................ 12.98 8.6 € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 13.26 6.0 € € 13.95 3.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.27 6.1 € € 9.27 6.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.87 3.7 8.17 4.0 € € Food service.................................................. 5.70 9.5 5.45 10.4 9.84 4.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.38 13.3 3.38 13.3 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.94 13.8 2.94 13.8 € € Other food service........................................... 7.15 8.7 6.88 9.3 9.84 4.5 Cooks....................................................... $8.17 9.7 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.27 13.2 $7.08 14.3 € € Health service................................................ 7.71 7.9 7.53 10.5 $8.12 7.3 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.43 7.3 7.09 8.4 8.16 8.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.61 4.5 7.49 5.5 7.91 5.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.68 4.4 6.68 4.5 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.78 4.6 7.62 5.6 7.99 6.3 Personal service.............................................. 9.33 23.5 10.40 26.9 - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.05 12.9 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.58 6.0 7.58 6.0 € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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 2002 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................................................................... $16.58 3.4 $16.42 4.5 $16.94 4.0 All excluding sales............................................... 16.65 3.4 16.53 4.6 16.94 4.0 White collar........................................................ 20.22 3.5 20.19 5.0 20.26 4.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.61 3.7 20.87 5.3 20.26 4.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.80 4.9 25.94 8.8 23.70 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.27 4.7 30.55 8.1 24.95 4.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.66 5.1 34.16 4.9 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.20 6.7 33.20 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 22.91 6.5 20.84 4.5 26.04 11.9 Registered nurses........................................... 22.68 7.5 20.48 4.1 26.51 15.6 Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.62 9.4 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.90 3.7 - - 26.70 2.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.39 2.6 € € 26.39 2.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.57 1.7 € € 27.57 1.7 Teachers, special education................................. 28.00 1.9 € € 28.00 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 12.35 6.8 - - 12.01 6.6 Social workers.............................................. 12.49 7.3 € € 12.12 7.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.04 12.7 - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.06 8.4 17.78 11.1 15.04 6.9 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.24 1.9 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.34 6.8 26.38 8.4 29.52 10.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.82 8.6 27.37 11.5 32.83 10.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 45.73 20.7 € € 45.73 20.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.06 2.7 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.95 9.2 35.89 9.2 € € Management related............................................ 25.10 10.3 25.78 11.7 21.89 13.9 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.46 7.1 27.05 5.3 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 27.88 22.5 27.74 27.9 € € Sales............................................................. 13.81 9.5 13.81 9.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.30 5.1 13.20 6.8 10.72 5.0 Secretaries................................................. 13.38 5.5 15.31 6.9 11.83 6.3 Receptionists............................................... 9.29 5.5 9.30 6.1 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.48 17.6 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.14 7.3 12.05 9.1 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.82 11.4 € € € € General office clerks....................................... $9.59 10.5 € € $8.50 9.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.41 3.5 € € 9.41 3.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.77 4.4 € € 11.15 7.2 Blue collar......................................................... 15.26 4.5 $15.88 5.1 11.85 4.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.65 4.9 19.68 5.3 13.69 4.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.55 24.7 € € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.62 11.3 € € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.65 5.8 16.39 6.9 13.11 6.2 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 19.49 9.3 € € 15.24 5.2 Electricians................................................ 15.69 5.7 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 28.15 11.5 28.97 11.7 € € Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.91 14.5 € € 10.91 14.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.91 10.0 14.02 10.2 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.70 17.5 11.70 17.7 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 15.21 4.2 15.21 4.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.09 3.7 13.23 4.1 11.90 9.5 Truck drivers............................................... 13.28 20.7 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.63 10.0 11.70 10.1 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.67 7.3 11.14 7.8 9.05 9.7 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.52 3.4 € € 8.04 5.5 Construction laborers....................................... 8.82 4.9 € € € € Service............................................................. 8.91 5.9 8.18 7.9 10.42 5.5 Protective service............................................ 11.40 6.1 9.43 9.8 12.28 6.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 17.75 3.3 € € 17.75 3.3 Firefighting................................................ 12.98 8.6 € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 13.26 6.0 € € 13.95 3.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.27 6.1 € € 9.27 6.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.94 4.2 8.27 3.7 € € Food service.................................................. 7.45 10.4 7.26 11.1 10.29 6.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.09 5.3 5.09 5.3 € € Other food service........................................... 8.53 10.1 8.35 11.2 10.29 6.8 Cooks....................................................... 8.17 9.7 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.62 12.9 9.64 13.5 € € Health service................................................ 7.75 9.4 - - 8.12 7.3 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.47 8.6 € € 8.16 8.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.59 4.9 7.49 5.9 7.85 6.4 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.57 4.2 6.57 4.2 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.74 4.8 7.62 5.6 7.94 7.4 Personal service.............................................. 10.51 27.1 10.56 27.7 - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.51 16.2 € € € € 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 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 2002 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................................................................... $8.82 13.3 $8.46 17.1 $10.22 12.3 All excluding sales............................................... 8.94 14.0 8.58 18.4 10.22 12.3 White collar........................................................ 14.31 18.6 13.83 21.3 18.46 16.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.47 16.0 16.15 18.8 18.46 16.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.19 9.4 22.69 10.4 20.05 15.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.23 7.0 24.89 6.7 - - Health related................................................ 25.60 3.3 26.18 1.9 - - Registered nurses........................................... 24.77 3.2 € € € € 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...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. - - - - € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.13 7.2 8.17 7.2 - - Blue collar......................................................... 9.07 7.8 7.60 6.6 11.25 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.59 7.1 7.56 7.2 - - Service............................................................. 5.05 9.0 4.62 11.1 6.75 10.1 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 4.06 14.5 3.77 14.9 - - Other food service........................................... 5.54 9.4 5.15 7.0 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.66 11.8 € € € € 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 2002 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................................................................... $654 3.3 39.5 $654 4.5 39.8 $656 3.9 38.7 All excluding sales............................................... 657 3.4 39.5 658 4.6 39.8 656 3.9 38.7 White collar........................................................ 787 3.6 38.9 798 5.2 39.5 771 4.6 38.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 801 3.7 38.9 824 5.4 39.5 771 4.6 38.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 961 4.8 38.8 1,031 8.8 39.7 897 4.4 37.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,048 4.7 38.4 1,209 8.1 39.6 939 4.6 37.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,341 5.0 39.8 1,361 4.8 39.8 - - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,329 6.8 40.0 1,329 6.8 40.0 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 909 6.5 39.7 824 4.5 39.5 1,038 11.9 39.9 Registered nurses........................................... 902 7.4 39.8 811 4.0 39.6 1,060 15.6 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,404 9.5 39.4 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 925 3.2 35.7 - - - 947 2.3 35.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 933 2.9 35.4 € € € 933 2.9 35.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 978 2.5 35.5 € € € 978 2.5 35.5 Teachers, special education................................. 980 1.9 35.0 € € € 980 1.9 35.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 488 6.8 39.6 - - - 475 6.7 39.5 Social workers.............................................. 493 7.4 39.5 € € € 479 7.2 39.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 882 12.7 40.0 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 679 8.5 39.8 711 11.1 40.0 592 7.3 39.3 Licensed practical nurses................................... 528 1.9 39.9 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,071 7.0 39.2 1,041 8.7 39.5 1,136 11.3 38.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,169 8.8 39.2 1,079 11.9 39.4 1,278 11.1 38.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,821 20.8 39.8 € € € 1,821 20.8 39.8 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,319 2.8 38.7 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,395 9.2 39.9 1,432 9.2 39.9 € € € Management related............................................ 982 10.6 39.1 1,019 12.1 39.5 821 14.3 37.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 992 8.4 39.0 1,073 6.0 39.7 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,083 23.5 38.9 1,083 29.1 39.0 € € € Sales............................................................. 551 9.5 39.9 551 9.5 39.9 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 478 5.3 38.9 518 7.1 39.3 410 4.9 38.2 Secretaries................................................. 524 5.7 39.2 607 6.9 39.7 459 6.8 38.8 Receptionists............................................... $371 5.5 39.9 $371 6.0 39.9 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 452 17.3 39.4 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 473 6.8 39.0 482 9.1 40.0 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 393 11.4 40.0 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 371 10.6 38.7 € € € $325 8.8 38.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 329 3.5 35.0 € € € 329 3.5 35.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 426 4.3 39.5 € € € 426 6.1 38.2 Blue collar......................................................... 615 4.5 40.3 644 5.0 40.5 463 5.0 39.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 744 4.9 39.9 787 5.3 40.0 540 4.5 39.5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,102 24.7 40.0 € € € € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 585 11.3 40.0 € € € € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 622 6.0 39.7 656 6.9 40.0 509 7.2 38.8 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 779 9.3 40.0 € € € 610 5.2 40.0 Electricians................................................ 628 5.7 40.0 € € € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 1,126 11.5 40.0 1,159 11.7 40.0 € € € Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 437 14.5 40.0 € € € 437 14.5 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 554 10.0 39.8 559 10.3 39.8 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 468 17.5 40.0 468 17.7 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 609 4.2 40.0 609 4.2 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 560 6.4 42.7 574 6.7 43.4 448 10.3 37.6 Truck drivers............................................... 506 18.0 38.1 € € € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 465 10.0 40.0 468 10.1 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 424 7.4 39.8 446 7.8 40.0 353 10.5 39.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 278 7.0 37.0 € € € 276 12.8 34.4 Construction laborers....................................... 353 4.8 40.0 € € € € € € Service............................................................. 350 5.6 39.3 316 6.8 38.6 426 6.2 40.9 Protective service............................................ 465 8.3 40.8 348 13.4 36.9 526 6.3 42.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 750 4.3 42.3 € € € 750 4.3 42.3 Firefighting................................................ 619 6.5 47.7 € € € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 551 6.8 41.6 € € € 583 3.9 41.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 385 5.5 41.5 € € € 385 5.5 41.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 293 6.3 36.8 296 8.1 35.8 € € € Food service.................................................. 296 10.3 39.8 291 11.1 40.0 374 6.8 36.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 204 5.3 40.0 204 5.3 40.0 € € € Other food service........................................... 338 10.0 39.6 334 11.2 40.0 374 6.8 36.4 Cooks....................................................... 326 9.5 39.9 € € € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $382 13.1 39.7 $385 13.5 40.0 € € € Health service................................................ 304 9.3 39.2 - - - $319 7.2 39.3 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 292 8.3 39.1 € € € 320 8.3 39.3 Cleaning and building service................................. $297 5.6 39.1 $295 7.3 39.3 $302 4.5 38.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 252 6.3 38.3 252 6.4 38.3 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 304 3.9 39.3 305 5.6 40.0 304 5.1 38.2 Personal service.............................................. 380 19.3 36.2 381 19.7 36.1 - - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 300 16.2 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 2002 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................................................................... $32,897 3.3 1,985 $33,851 4.5 2,061 $30,911 3.9 1,825 All excluding sales............................................... 33,012 3.4 1,982 34,063 4.6 2,061 30,911 3.9 1,825 White collar........................................................ 38,472 3.6 1,903 41,102 5.2 2,036 35,069 4.6 1,731 White collar excluding sales.................................... 39,021 3.7 1,893 42,395 5.4 2,032 35,069 4.6 1,731 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 44,423 4.8 1,791 52,182 8.8 2,012 38,368 4.4 1,619 Professional specialty.......................................... 46,825 4.7 1,717 60,332 8.1 1,975 39,207 4.6 1,572 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 69,730 5.0 2,072 70,769 4.8 2,071 - - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 69,122 6.8 2,082 69,122 6.8 2,082 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 47,255 6.5 2,062 42,846 4.5 2,056 53,968 11.9 2,072 Registered nurses........................................... 46,890 7.4 2,067 42,188 4.0 2,060 55,132 15.6 2,080 Teachers, college and university.............................. 55,846 9.5 1,568 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 34,764 3.2 1,342 - - - 35,070 2.3 1,313 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34,220 2.9 1,297 € € € 34,220 2.9 1,297 Secondary school teachers................................... 35,909 2.5 1,302 € € € 35,909 2.5 1,302 Teachers, special education................................. 35,942 1.9 1,284 € € € 35,942 1.9 1,284 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 25,399 6.8 2,057 - - - 24,700 6.7 2,056 Social workers.............................................. 25,656 7.4 2,055 € € € 24,897 7.2 2,054 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 45,850 12.7 2,080 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 35,324 8.5 2,071 36,986 11.1 2,080 30,766 7.3 2,045 Licensed practical nurses................................... 27,436 1.9 2,072 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 54,603 7.0 1,997 54,151 8.7 2,053 55,545 11.3 1,882 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 58,782 8.8 1,971 56,098 11.9 2,050 61,803 11.1 1,882 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 94,698 20.8 2,071 € € € 94,698 20.8 2,071 Administrators, education and related fields................ 57,725 2.8 1,695 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 72,532 9.2 2,076 74,478 9.2 2,075 € € € Management related............................................ 50,742 10.6 2,022 52,976 12.1 2,055 41,164 14.3 1,881 Accountants and auditors.................................... 51,523 8.4 2,024 55,785 6.0 2,062 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 55,395 23.5 1,987 56,299 29.1 2,030 € € € Sales............................................................. 28,664 9.5 2,076 28,664 9.5 2,076 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,460 5.3 1,989 26,948 7.1 2,041 20,409 4.9 1,904 Secretaries................................................. 26,251 5.7 1,963 31,570 6.9 2,062 22,349 6.8 1,890 Receptionists............................................... $19,267 5.5 2,075 $19,283 6.0 2,074 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 23,528 17.3 2,050 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,059 6.8 1,982 25,067 9.1 2,080 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 20,420 11.4 2,080 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 19,267 10.6 2,009 € € € $16,858 8.8 1,983 Teachers' aides............................................. 11,970 3.5 1,273 € € € 11,970 3.5 1,273 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 22,144 4.3 2,056 € € € 22,141 6.1 1,985 Blue collar......................................................... 31,930 4.5 2,093 33,465 5.0 2,108 23,866 5.0 2,014 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,692 4.9 2,075 40,932 5.3 2,080 28,074 4.5 2,050 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 57,295 24.7 2,080 € € € € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 30,411 11.3 2,080 € € € € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 32,330 6.0 2,065 34,088 6.9 2,080 26,449 7.2 2,017 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 40,532 9.3 2,080 € € € 31,702 5.2 2,080 Electricians................................................ 32,632 5.7 2,080 € € € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 58,545 11.5 2,080 60,248 11.7 2,080 € € € Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 22,699 14.5 2,080 € € € 22,699 14.5 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,821 10.0 2,072 29,044 10.3 2,071 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 24,328 17.5 2,080 24,340 17.7 2,080 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 31,646 4.2 2,080 31,646 4.2 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 28,838 6.4 2,202 29,847 6.7 2,257 21,570 10.3 1,812 Truck drivers............................................... 26,304 18.0 1,981 € € € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 24,188 10.0 2,080 24,329 10.1 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,053 7.4 2,068 23,166 7.8 2,080 18,337 10.5 2,026 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14,468 7.0 1,924 € € € 14,375 12.8 1,787 Construction laborers....................................... 18,339 4.8 2,080 € € € € € € Service............................................................. 17,917 5.6 2,011 16,409 6.8 2,007 21,058 6.2 2,020 Protective service............................................ 24,163 8.3 2,120 18,071 13.4 1,917 27,311 6.3 2,225 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 39,008 4.3 2,197 € € € 39,008 4.3 2,197 Firefighting................................................ 32,167 6.5 2,479 € € € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 28,671 6.8 2,162 € € € 30,325 3.9 2,174 Correctional institution officers........................... 20,008 5.5 2,159 € € € 20,008 5.5 2,159 Guards and police, except public service.................... 15,166 6.3 1,909 15,379 8.1 1,860 € € € Food service.................................................. 14,960 10.3 2,008 15,107 11.1 2,080 13,565 6.8 1,319 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 10,593 5.3 2,080 10,593 5.3 2,080 € € € Other food service........................................... 16,854 10.0 1,976 17,373 11.2 2,080 13,565 6.8 1,319 Cooks....................................................... 16,344 9.5 2,000 € € € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $19,442 13.1 2,021 $20,043 13.5 2,080 € € € Health service................................................ 15,807 9.3 2,040 - - - $16,612 7.2 2,046 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 15,206 8.3 2,034 € € € 16,646 8.3 2,041 Cleaning and building service................................. $14,947 5.6 1,970 $15,327 7.3 2,046 $14,034 4.5 1,787 Maids and housemen.......................................... 13,099 6.3 1,992 13,089 6.4 1,991 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14,972 3.9 1,933 15,849 5.6 2,080 13,826 5.1 1,741 Personal service.............................................. 19,769 19.3 1,880 19,801 19.7 1,875 - - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 15,623 16.2 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 2002 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................................................................... $15.88 3.4 $15.62 4.6 $16.52 4.0 All excluding sales............................................... 16.00 3.5 15.77 4.7 16.52 4.0 White collar........................................................ 19.84 3.6 19.60 5.1 20.23 4.5 1....................................................... 7.16 5.0 7.38 3.2 6.87 9.4 2....................................................... 8.92 6.1 8.59 7.3 9.98 8.0 3....................................................... 11.41 12.6 12.05 14.0 9.01 5.6 4....................................................... 11.89 4.3 11.87 5.4 11.91 6.7 5....................................................... 17.34 10.7 16.78 15.2 18.79 8.7 6....................................................... 16.77 4.5 17.08 4.3 15.70 13.5 7....................................................... 22.07 6.4 23.63 6.2 18.07 12.7 8....................................................... 22.38 4.1 20.85 5.7 23.00 5.1 9....................................................... 26.50 4.6 27.99 5.7 24.79 7.1 10........................................................ 36.67 13.0 39.87 14.7 29.81 20.6 11........................................................ 34.10 5.2 33.90 5.5 34.41 10.2 12........................................................ 43.99 10.0 € € € € 13........................................................ 49.61 5.8 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.80 15.8 17.51 16.4 26.83 29.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.39 3.6 20.50 5.2 20.23 4.5 1....................................................... 6.99 6.9 € € 6.87 9.4 2....................................................... 9.58 3.6 9.41 3.6 9.98 8.0 3....................................................... 11.38 12.6 12.05 14.0 9.01 5.6 4....................................................... 11.73 4.2 11.48 3.3 11.91 6.7 5....................................................... 17.93 13.2 17.45 20.4 18.79 8.7 6....................................................... 16.70 4.6 17.00 4.4 15.70 13.5 7....................................................... 22.17 6.5 23.83 6.3 18.07 12.7 8....................................................... 22.71 3.9 21.88 3.9 23.00 5.1 9....................................................... 26.47 4.6 27.95 5.8 24.79 7.1 10........................................................ 36.67 13.0 39.87 14.7 29.81 20.6 11........................................................ 34.10 5.2 33.90 5.5 34.41 10.2 12........................................................ 43.99 10.0 € € € € 13........................................................ 49.61 5.8 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.80 15.8 17.51 16.4 26.83 29.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.63 4.8 25.60 8.3 23.61 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.08 4.3 29.91 7.2 24.87 4.7 5....................................................... 22.53 12.0 € € € € 6....................................................... 18.76 10.9 € € € € 7....................................................... 24.11 9.5 € € 16.50 14.8 8....................................................... 23.13 4.3 22.39 4.0 23.33 5.2 9....................................................... 26.80 4.7 24.65 4.5 28.17 6.3 10........................................................ 41.05 16.6 46.52 16.2 € € 11........................................................ 32.52 10.2 30.95 9.2 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.00 18.5 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.66 5.1 34.16 4.9 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.20 6.7 33.20 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ $23.48 5.5 $22.33 5.4 $25.70 11.2 8....................................................... 21.91 2.7 21.98 3.4 € € 9....................................................... 24.78 3.9 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 23.14 6.0 21.81 4.8 26.01 14.3 8....................................................... 21.91 2.7 21.98 3.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.62 9.4 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.98 3.6 - - 26.78 2.3 8....................................................... 26.88 2.1 € € 26.88 2.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.57 2.6 € € 26.57 2.6 8....................................................... 25.90 3.0 € € 25.90 3.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.57 1.7 € € 27.57 1.7 8....................................................... 27.42 1.8 € € 27.42 1.8 Teachers, special education................................. 28.00 1.9 € € 28.00 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 12.35 6.8 - - 12.01 6.6 Social workers.............................................. 12.49 7.3 € € 12.12 7.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.63 12.1 - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.05 7.9 17.77 10.4 14.89 6.8 5....................................................... 16.39 8.4 € € € € 6....................................................... 16.58 7.5 16.65 8.9 € € Radiological technicians.................................... 18.76 3.7 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.53 .8 € € € € 6....................................................... 13.63 .5 € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.49 9.8 € € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 14.83 12.4 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.24 6.8 26.38 8.4 29.18 10.8 6....................................................... 16.87 7.2 15.67 4.2 22.38 18.7 7....................................................... 22.91 13.2 20.46 11.2 € € 9....................................................... 27.99 7.6 30.16 8.5 22.86 9.3 10........................................................ 29.26 5.8 € € € € 11........................................................ 35.49 4.8 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.03 38.1 € € 50.33 15.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.60 8.6 27.37 11.5 32.26 10.9 9....................................................... 27.19 5.0 29.16 5.4 24.39 6.7 11........................................................ 35.68 5.3 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.03 38.1 € € 50.33 15.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 45.73 20.7 € € 45.73 20.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.06 2.7 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.95 9.2 35.89 9.2 € € Management related............................................ 25.10 10.3 25.78 11.7 21.89 13.9 6....................................................... $16.44 9.9 $14.87 1.8 € € 7....................................................... 20.46 11.2 20.46 11.2 € € 9....................................................... 28.66 13.1 € € € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.46 7.1 27.05 5.3 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 27.88 22.5 27.74 27.9 € € Sales............................................................. 12.38 13.1 12.38 13.1 € € 5....................................................... 15.19 9.0 15.19 9.0 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.06 7.8 7.06 7.8 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.06 5.1 12.77 6.7 $10.71 5.0 1....................................................... 6.99 6.9 € € 6.87 9.4 2....................................................... 9.61 3.8 9.43 3.9 9.98 8.0 3....................................................... 11.32 14.3 12.01 16.1 9.04 6.0 4....................................................... 11.75 4.3 11.51 3.4 11.93 7.0 5....................................................... 12.42 5.2 12.87 6.3 10.88 4.1 6....................................................... 15.04 12.0 17.64 5.4 10.86 11.7 7....................................................... 19.66 7.1 21.67 6.1 € € Secretaries................................................. 13.10 5.5 14.51 7.7 11.83 6.3 4....................................................... 11.96 7.7 € € 11.55 9.5 5....................................................... 14.03 10.8 15.38 10.5 € € Receptionists............................................... 8.99 5.9 8.97 6.4 € € 2....................................................... 9.03 6.8 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.48 17.6 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.14 7.3 12.05 9.1 € € 4....................................................... 11.46 7.2 € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.82 11.4 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 9.59 10.5 € € 8.50 9.3 3....................................................... 9.40 7.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 9.86 15.6 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 9.41 3.5 € € 9.41 3.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.77 4.4 € € 11.15 7.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.99 4.5 15.63 5.1 11.79 4.4 1....................................................... 7.81 5.5 7.98 6.2 7.11 6.1 2....................................................... 10.14 6.0 10.06 8.7 10.32 4.4 3....................................................... 11.57 5.0 11.82 5.4 10.29 7.5 4....................................................... 12.72 6.6 12.98 7.2 10.84 4.2 5....................................................... 15.13 3.8 15.25 4.1 13.26 8.3 6....................................................... 20.16 5.5 20.28 5.6 € € 7....................................................... 18.94 8.9 20.69 10.1 14.37 5.3 8....................................................... 24.42 8.3 25.57 8.3 € € 9....................................................... 28.99 7.6 28.99 7.6 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.61 4.9 19.65 5.3 13.66 4.7 3....................................................... 10.96 13.6 € € 11.12 3.2 4....................................................... $12.60 16.6 € € € € 5....................................................... 15.31 6.2 $15.48 6.4 € € 6....................................................... 20.55 5.6 20.69 5.7 € € 7....................................................... 18.45 7.8 19.95 9.1 $14.45 6.2 8....................................................... 24.88 7.9 26.15 7.6 € € Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.55 24.7 € € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.62 11.3 € € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.65 5.8 16.39 6.9 13.11 6.2 7....................................................... 17.26 9.2 18.43 10.8 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 19.49 9.3 € € 15.24 5.2 Electricians................................................ 15.69 5.7 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 28.15 11.5 28.97 11.7 € € Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.69 13.1 € € 10.69 13.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.84 10.0 13.95 10.2 - - 2....................................................... 10.04 16.4 10.04 16.4 € € 4....................................................... 13.36 5.3 13.63 5.6 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.66 17.3 11.66 17.5 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 15.21 4.2 15.21 4.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.90 3.4 13.18 4.0 11.65 5.4 2....................................................... 11.71 4.8 € € 11.20 3.5 3....................................................... 12.18 3.7 12.31 3.9 11.34 4.2 4....................................................... 12.14 11.6 12.26 11.9 € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.28 20.7 € € € € Bus drivers................................................. 12.75 6.5 € € 11.73 4.2 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.63 10.0 11.70 10.1 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.39 7.4 10.74 8.2 9.05 9.7 1....................................................... 7.48 3.6 7.65 4.2 7.00 6.2 2....................................................... 9.43 2.7 9.50 3.5 € € 3....................................................... 11.23 9.0 11.78 8.6 € € Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.52 3.3 € € 8.04 5.4 1....................................................... 7.24 2.1 € € € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.66 5.7 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.64 12.6 9.64 12.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.96 22.8 € € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.28 7.7 € € € € Service............................................................. 8.02 5.2 7.25 6.7 9.85 5.7 1....................................................... 6.31 4.3 6.19 4.8 7.05 9.7 2....................................................... 7.02 4.4 6.62 5.0 7.95 6.0 3....................................................... 6.98 7.4 6.56 10.8 7.76 5.7 4....................................................... 9.55 11.1 9.04 14.2 11.15 10.5 5....................................................... 11.32 9.0 € € 11.36 3.4 6....................................................... 14.26 4.6 € € 14.35 4.7 7....................................................... $22.40 30.0 € € $13.89 2.5 Protective service............................................ 11.16 6.6 $9.24 10.0 12.07 6.2 2....................................................... 7.53 2.8 € € 7.01 4.7 3....................................................... 8.27 8.8 € € € € 5....................................................... 11.45 9.6 € € 11.39 3.5 6....................................................... 14.35 4.7 € € 14.35 4.7 7....................................................... 13.89 2.5 € € 13.89 2.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 17.75 3.3 € € 17.75 3.3 Firefighting................................................ 12.98 8.6 € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 13.26 6.0 € € 13.95 3.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.27 6.1 € € 9.27 6.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.87 3.7 8.17 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 7.54 3.5 € € € € Food service.................................................. 5.70 9.5 5.45 10.4 9.84 4.5 1....................................................... 5.42 9.9 5.13 9.1 € € 2....................................................... 5.61 11.0 5.35 11.6 € € 3....................................................... 5.03 13.4 4.38 13.4 € € 4....................................................... 8.01 25.9 8.01 25.9 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.38 13.3 3.38 13.3 € € 3....................................................... 3.57 20.6 3.57 20.6 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.94 13.8 2.94 13.8 € € Other food service........................................... 7.15 8.7 6.88 9.3 9.84 4.5 1....................................................... 6.17 9.9 € € € € 2....................................................... 5.97 12.6 € € € € 3....................................................... 7.59 13.1 € € € € Cooks....................................................... 8.17 9.7 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.27 13.2 7.08 14.3 € € 1....................................................... 6.23 12.0 € € € € Health service................................................ 7.71 7.9 7.53 10.5 8.12 7.3 3....................................................... 8.57 9.6 € € € € 4....................................................... 9.20 6.1 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.43 7.3 7.09 8.4 8.16 8.4 3....................................................... 8.57 9.6 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.61 4.5 7.49 5.5 7.91 5.6 1....................................................... 6.82 3.2 6.77 3.5 7.09 8.0 2....................................................... 8.71 6.5 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.61 6.9 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.68 4.4 6.68 4.5 € € 1....................................................... 6.57 4.2 6.57 4.2 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.78 4.6 7.62 5.6 7.99 6.3 1....................................................... 7.04 2.7 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.05 7.1 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 9.33 23.5 10.40 26.9 - - 1....................................................... 6.38 7.4 6.79 4.9 € € 3....................................................... 6.45 9.4 € € € € Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.05 12.9 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. $7.58 6.0 $7.58 6.0 € € 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 2002 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................................................................... $16.58 3.4 $16.42 4.5 $16.94 4.0 All excluding sales............................................... 16.65 3.4 16.53 4.6 16.94 4.0 White collar........................................................ 20.22 3.5 20.19 5.0 20.26 4.6 1....................................................... 7.36 6.9 € € 6.90 9.7 2....................................................... 9.56 3.2 9.38 2.8 9.98 8.0 3....................................................... 11.80 13.0 12.66 14.3 9.01 5.6 4....................................................... 11.87 4.4 11.80 5.5 11.93 6.7 5....................................................... 17.52 11.3 16.99 16.2 18.79 8.7 6....................................................... 16.89 4.7 17.23 4.5 15.76 13.7 7....................................................... 20.90 7.1 22.70 7.5 17.12 13.3 8....................................................... 22.35 4.2 20.53 5.9 23.04 5.2 9....................................................... 26.53 4.6 28.09 5.8 24.79 7.1 10........................................................ 36.67 13.0 39.87 14.7 29.81 20.6 11........................................................ 34.10 5.2 33.90 5.5 34.41 10.2 12........................................................ 43.99 10.0 € € € € 13........................................................ 49.61 5.8 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.01 16.1 17.51 16.4 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.61 3.7 20.87 5.3 20.26 4.6 1....................................................... 7.17 9.8 € € 6.90 9.7 2....................................................... 9.66 3.6 9.51 3.6 9.98 8.0 3....................................................... 11.79 13.0 12.70 14.4 9.01 5.6 4....................................................... 11.70 4.3 11.38 3.3 11.93 6.7 5....................................................... 17.99 13.6 17.52 21.5 18.79 8.7 6....................................................... 16.81 4.9 17.14 4.7 15.76 13.7 7....................................................... 20.98 7.3 22.90 7.7 17.12 13.3 8....................................................... 22.68 4.1 21.61 4.0 23.04 5.2 9....................................................... 26.50 4.7 28.04 5.8 24.79 7.1 10........................................................ 36.67 13.0 39.87 14.7 29.81 20.6 11........................................................ 34.10 5.2 33.90 5.5 34.41 10.2 12........................................................ 43.99 10.0 € € € € 13........................................................ 49.61 5.8 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.01 16.1 17.51 16.4 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.80 4.9 25.94 8.8 23.70 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.27 4.7 30.55 8.1 24.95 4.8 5....................................................... 23.40 12.5 € € € € 6....................................................... 18.76 10.9 € € € € 7....................................................... 21.90 15.7 € € 14.73 15.0 8....................................................... 23.12 4.5 22.05 4.0 23.37 5.3 9....................................................... 26.89 4.7 24.78 4.6 28.17 6.3 10........................................................ 41.05 16.6 46.52 16.2 € € 11........................................................ 32.52 10.2 30.95 9.2 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.66 5.1 34.16 4.9 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.20 6.7 33.20 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ $22.91 6.5 $20.84 4.5 $26.04 11.9 8....................................................... 21.54 2.2 21.51 2.5 € € 9....................................................... 24.94 3.7 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 22.68 7.5 20.48 4.1 26.51 15.6 8....................................................... 21.54 2.2 21.51 2.5 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.62 9.4 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.90 3.7 - - 26.70 2.3 8....................................................... 26.88 2.1 € € 26.88 2.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.39 2.6 € € 26.39 2.6 8....................................................... 25.90 3.0 € € 25.90 3.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.57 1.7 € € 27.57 1.7 8....................................................... 27.42 1.8 € € 27.42 1.8 Teachers, special education................................. 28.00 1.9 € € 28.00 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 12.35 6.8 - - 12.01 6.6 Social workers.............................................. 12.49 7.3 € € 12.12 7.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.04 12.7 - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.06 8.4 17.78 11.1 15.04 6.9 6....................................................... 16.67 8.6 16.70 10.4 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.24 1.9 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.34 6.8 26.38 8.4 29.52 10.8 6....................................................... 16.87 7.2 15.67 4.2 22.38 18.7 7....................................................... 22.91 13.2 20.46 11.2 € € 9....................................................... 27.99 7.6 30.16 8.5 22.86 9.3 10........................................................ 29.26 5.8 € € € € 11........................................................ 35.49 4.8 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.82 8.6 27.37 11.5 32.83 10.8 9....................................................... 27.19 5.0 29.16 5.4 24.39 6.7 11........................................................ 35.68 5.3 € € € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 45.73 20.7 € € 45.73 20.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.06 2.7 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.95 9.2 35.89 9.2 € € Management related............................................ 25.10 10.3 25.78 11.7 21.89 13.9 6....................................................... 16.44 9.9 14.87 1.8 € € 7....................................................... 20.46 11.2 20.46 11.2 € € 9....................................................... 28.66 13.1 € € € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.46 7.1 27.05 5.3 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 27.88 22.5 27.74 27.9 € € Sales............................................................. 13.81 9.5 13.81 9.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ $12.30 5.1 $13.20 6.8 $10.72 5.0 1....................................................... 7.17 9.8 € € 6.90 9.7 2....................................................... 9.69 3.9 9.54 4.0 9.98 8.0 3....................................................... 11.79 14.9 12.78 16.6 9.04 6.0 4....................................................... 11.70 4.4 11.40 3.4 11.93 7.0 5....................................................... 12.42 5.2 12.87 6.3 10.88 4.1 6....................................................... 15.30 12.2 € € 10.86 11.7 7....................................................... 19.66 7.1 21.67 6.1 € € Secretaries................................................. 13.38 5.5 15.31 6.9 11.83 6.3 4....................................................... 11.96 7.7 € € 11.55 9.5 5....................................................... 14.03 10.8 15.38 10.5 € € Receptionists............................................... 9.29 5.5 9.30 6.1 € € 2....................................................... 9.03 6.8 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.48 17.6 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.14 7.3 12.05 9.1 € € 4....................................................... 11.46 7.2 € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.82 11.4 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 9.59 10.5 € € 8.50 9.3 3....................................................... 9.40 7.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 9.86 15.6 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 9.41 3.5 € € 9.41 3.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.77 4.4 € € 11.15 7.2 Blue collar......................................................... 15.26 4.5 15.88 5.1 11.85 4.9 1....................................................... 7.90 5.6 8.12 6.4 7.11 6.1 2....................................................... 10.20 7.1 10.44 8.3 9.30 2.8 3....................................................... 11.73 5.0 12.01 5.3 10.27 8.0 4....................................................... 12.70 6.7 12.95 7.4 10.84 4.2 5....................................................... 15.13 3.8 15.25 4.1 13.26 8.3 6....................................................... 20.30 5.5 20.43 5.6 € € 7....................................................... 18.94 8.9 20.69 10.1 14.37 5.3 8....................................................... 24.42 8.3 25.57 8.3 € € 9....................................................... 28.99 7.6 28.99 7.6 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.65 4.9 19.68 5.3 13.69 4.7 3....................................................... 11.01 13.9 € € 11.26 2.8 4....................................................... 12.60 16.6 € € € € 5....................................................... 15.31 6.2 15.48 6.4 € € 6....................................................... 20.70 5.6 20.85 5.7 € € 7....................................................... 18.45 7.8 19.95 9.1 14.45 6.2 8....................................................... 24.88 7.9 26.15 7.6 € € Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.55 24.7 € € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.62 11.3 € € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.65 5.8 16.39 6.9 13.11 6.2 7....................................................... 17.26 9.2 18.43 10.8 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... $19.49 9.3 € € $15.24 5.2 Electricians................................................ 15.69 5.7 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 28.15 11.5 $28.97 11.7 € € Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.91 14.5 € € 10.91 14.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.91 10.0 14.02 10.2 - - 2....................................................... 10.04 16.4 10.04 16.4 € € 4....................................................... 13.36 5.3 13.63 5.6 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.70 17.5 11.70 17.7 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 15.21 4.2 15.21 4.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.09 3.7 13.23 4.1 11.90 9.5 3....................................................... 12.18 3.7 12.31 3.9 11.25 4.5 4....................................................... 12.14 11.6 12.26 11.9 € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.28 20.7 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.63 10.0 11.70 10.1 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.67 7.3 11.14 7.8 9.05 9.7 1....................................................... 7.56 3.9 7.79 4.6 7.00 6.2 2....................................................... 9.86 2.0 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.68 9.1 12.38 8.2 € € Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.52 3.4 € € 8.04 5.5 Construction laborers....................................... 8.82 4.9 € € € € Service............................................................. 8.91 5.9 8.18 7.9 10.42 5.5 1....................................................... 6.72 2.1 6.70 2.2 6.85 8.6 2....................................................... 7.37 4.7 7.04 5.2 7.96 6.1 3....................................................... 7.62 6.8 7.18 9.9 8.48 4.6 4....................................................... 11.11 6.0 11.09 7.3 11.15 10.5 5....................................................... 11.34 9.2 € € 11.39 3.5 6....................................................... 14.26 4.6 € € 14.35 4.7 7....................................................... 22.40 30.0 € € 13.89 2.5 Protective service............................................ 11.40 6.1 9.43 9.8 12.28 6.0 2....................................................... 7.54 3.8 € € 7.01 4.7 3....................................................... 8.93 6.6 € € € € 5....................................................... 11.45 9.6 € € 11.39 3.5 6....................................................... 14.35 4.7 € € 14.35 4.7 7....................................................... 13.89 2.5 € € 13.89 2.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 17.75 3.3 € € 17.75 3.3 Firefighting................................................ 12.98 8.6 € € € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 13.26 6.0 € € 13.95 3.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.27 6.1 € € 9.27 6.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.94 4.2 8.27 3.7 € € Food service.................................................. 7.45 10.4 7.26 11.1 10.29 6.8 1....................................................... 6.45 5.7 6.45 5.7 € € 3....................................................... 5.82 9.4 4.99 9.2 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... $5.09 5.3 $5.09 5.3 € € Other food service........................................... 8.53 10.1 8.35 11.2 $10.29 6.8 3....................................................... 7.40 13.8 € € € € Cooks....................................................... 8.17 9.7 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.62 12.9 9.64 13.5 € € Health service................................................ 7.75 9.4 - - 8.12 7.3 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.47 8.6 € € 8.16 8.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.59 4.9 7.49 5.9 7.85 6.4 1....................................................... 6.75 3.2 6.77 3.5 6.58 7.5 2....................................................... 9.05 7.1 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.58 6.9 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.57 4.2 6.57 4.2 € € 1....................................................... 6.57 4.2 6.57 4.2 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.74 4.8 7.62 5.6 7.94 7.4 1....................................................... 6.92 2.8 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.05 7.1 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 10.51 27.1 10.56 27.7 - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.51 16.2 € € € € 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 2002 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................................................................... $8.82 13.3 $8.46 17.1 $10.22 12.3 All excluding sales............................................... 8.94 14.0 8.58 18.4 10.22 12.3 White collar........................................................ 14.31 18.6 13.83 21.3 18.46 16.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.87 18.0 € € 12.87 18.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.47 16.0 16.15 18.8 18.46 16.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.87 18.0 € € 12.87 18.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.19 9.4 22.69 10.4 20.05 15.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.23 7.0 24.89 6.7 - - Health related................................................ 25.60 3.3 26.18 1.9 - - Registered nurses........................................... 24.77 3.2 € € € € 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...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. - - - - € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.13 7.2 8.17 7.2 - - Blue collar......................................................... 9.07 7.8 7.60 6.6 11.25 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.59 7.1 7.56 7.2 - - Service............................................................. 5.05 9.0 4.62 11.1 6.75 10.1 1....................................................... 5.35 11.3 4.60 13.7 € € 2....................................................... 5.39 15.6 5.39 15.8 € € 3....................................................... 5.01 15.4 € € € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 4.06 14.5 3.77 14.9 - - 1....................................................... 4.96 14.6 4.46 15.1 € € Other food service........................................... 5.54 9.4 5.15 7.0 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.66 11.8 € € € € 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 2002 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....................................................... $16.58 $8.82 $16.22 $15.84 $15.55 $27.60 All excluding sales............................................. 16.65 8.94 16.19 15.97 15.65 32.46 White collar........................................................ 20.22 14.31 19.98 19.83 19.50 31.47 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.61 16.47 20.09 20.40 19.96 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.80 22.19 - 24.61 24.15 - Professional specialty.......................................... 27.27 24.23 - 27.12 26.48 - Technical....................................................... 17.06 - € 17.05 17.05 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.34 - € 27.24 26.35 - Sales............................................................. 13.81 - - 12.13 11.45 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.30 8.13 - 11.63 12.06 € Blue collar......................................................... 15.26 9.07 16.53 14.59 14.59 24.03 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.65 - 18.65 18.60 18.12 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.91 - 15.00 13.35 12.90 - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.09 - 13.61 12.63 12.78 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.67 7.59 - 10.15 10.39 € Service............................................................. 8.91 5.05 9.80 7.89 8.02 € 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....................................................... 3.4 13.3 5.2 3.8 3.0 17.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 14.0 5.2 3.8 3.0 17.9 White collar........................................................ 3.5 18.6 4.3 3.8 3.4 23.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.7 16.0 4.7 3.7 3.4 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.9 9.4 - 4.9 4.3 - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.7 7.0 - 4.5 3.8 - Technical....................................................... 8.4 - € 7.9 7.9 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.8 - € 6.8 6.4 - Sales............................................................. 9.5 - - 13.9 17.5 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.1 7.2 - 4.0 5.1 € Blue collar......................................................... 4.5 7.8 5.9 5.6 4.0 23.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.9 - 5.0 6.2 4.5 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.0 - 4.7 14.4 6.5 - Transportation and material moving................................ 3.7 - 4.2 4.5 3.5 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.3 7.1 - 8.2 7.4 € Service............................................................. 5.9 9.0 12.9 5.6 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 2002 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....................................................... $15.62 $18.44 $29.57 $16.28 $17.55 - $21.46 - - $13.32 All excluding sales............................................. 15.77 18.44 29.57 16.28 17.55 - 21.52 - - 13.34 White collar........................................................ 19.60 22.76 33.59 - 21.07 - 26.42 - - 18.06 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.50 22.76 33.59 - 21.07 - 26.78 - - 18.17 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.60 29.02 40.80 € 25.55 - - - - 22.76 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.91 34.82 41.85 € 30.27 - - - - 26.75 Technical....................................................... 17.77 22.55 - € 22.20 - € - - 14.94 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.38 26.21 - - 26.32 - - - - 19.75 Sales............................................................. 12.38 € € € € - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.77 13.79 - - 12.98 - - - - 10.16 Blue collar......................................................... 15.63 16.54 - 16.26 15.87 - 16.28 - - 12.74 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.65 19.52 - 17.65 19.29 - 19.95 - - 16.13 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.95 12.96 € - 12.62 - € - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.18 14.60 € - 14.44 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.74 9.82 € - 10.25 - - - - 9.44 Service............................................................. 7.25 - € € - - - - - 7.50 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....................................................... 4.6 6.2 6.5 5.4 7.6 - 10.5 - - 8.0 All excluding sales............................................. 4.7 6.2 6.5 5.4 7.6 - 10.8 - - 8.0 White collar........................................................ 5.1 7.5 5.6 - 8.0 - 10.0 - - 8.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.2 7.5 5.6 - 8.0 - 10.2 - - 8.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8.3 8.8 6.9 € 8.6 - - - - 11.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 7.2 6.4 8.2 € 5.6 - - - - 11.0 Technical....................................................... 10.4 13.4 - € 14.1 - € - - 7.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.4 12.0 - - 13.9 - - - - 10.5 Sales............................................................. 13.1 € € € € - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.7 8.8 - - 9.7 - - - - 3.6 Blue collar......................................................... 5.1 6.5 - 5.4 7.8 - 10.3 - - 14.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 6.1 - 5.7 8.2 - 8.2 - - 8.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.2 6.7 € - 7.1 - € - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.0 5.2 € - 5.1 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.2 10.3 € - 14.6 - - - - 19.0 Service............................................................. 6.7 - € € - - - - - 4.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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 2002 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....................................................... $15.62 $12.24 $16.55 $15.84 $17.84 All excluding sales............................................. 15.77 12.24 16.81 16.17 17.86 White collar........................................................ 19.60 18.41 19.80 19.20 20.39 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.50 18.41 20.93 21.61 20.43 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.60 33.81 24.66 30.09 23.04 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.91 33.81 29.17 31.40 28.38 Technical....................................................... 17.77 € 17.77 27.13 15.74 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.38 17.99 28.23 27.99 28.54 Sales............................................................. 12.38 € 12.38 12.41 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.77 11.63 13.11 14.69 11.01 Blue collar......................................................... 15.63 12.81 16.44 16.22 17.41 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.65 16.30 20.70 21.18 19.05 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.95 7.90 15.50 15.18 16.69 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.18 12.97 13.22 13.05 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.74 8.79 11.37 10.95 - Service............................................................. 7.25 5.68 8.04 7.71 8.64 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....................................................... 4.6 11.6 4.7 7.1 5.8 All excluding sales............................................. 4.7 11.6 4.8 7.4 5.8 White collar........................................................ 5.1 16.7 5.3 8.2 7.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.2 16.7 5.4 8.0 7.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8.3 23.4 7.9 6.8 9.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 7.2 23.4 6.5 9.5 8.3 Technical....................................................... 10.4 € 10.4 10.4 7.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.4 13.1 8.3 12.3 11.1 Sales............................................................. 13.1 € 13.1 13.3 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.7 7.2 8.1 10.8 6.3 Blue collar......................................................... 5.1 10.1 5.6 6.7 8.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 8.2 6.0 7.2 10.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.2 8.1 10.2 13.0 7.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.0 20.2 2.5 2.2 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.2 7.5 8.8 10.1 - Service............................................................. 6.7 12.6 8.4 12.7 3.1 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 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 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.61 $9.00 $13.20 $20.33 $28.16 All excluding sales........................... 6.67 9.02 13.48 20.36 28.24 White collar.................................... 8.87 10.99 17.50 25.96 33.53 White collar excluding sales................ 9.03 11.35 18.04 26.83 34.43 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.60 16.14 23.12 28.16 38.98 Professional specialty...................... 12.98 20.84 25.62 28.96 40.16 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.94 27.20 35.11 39.17 42.03 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.20 27.20 34.29 36.06 44.15 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.64 20.82 21.98 25.13 28.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.33 20.82 21.98 24.18 25.50 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.56 25.10 34.45 39.47 50.84 Teachers, except college and university... 22.74 24.94 27.31 28.67 28.91 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.74 24.94 27.27 28.13 29.63 Secondary school teachers............... 26.83 26.83 26.83 28.16 28.84 Teachers, special education............. 25.28 25.81 28.91 28.91 28.91 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.58 10.07 12.07 14.00 14.32 Social workers.......................... 9.58 10.07 13.54 14.00 14.32 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 16.14 16.14 18.81 24.20 24.20 Technical................................... 12.09 12.80 14.25 20.53 25.67 Radiological technicians................ 17.50 17.92 18.04 18.04 22.91 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.62 12.80 13.58 13.71 15.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.23 10.25 13.38 14.25 20.50 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 12.09 13.20 13.20 13.20 15.36 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.29 17.19 28.24 32.77 46.02 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.28 20.40 29.33 33.53 41.27 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 15.89 25.10 59.03 59.03 59.03 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 32.04 33.53 33.53 33.53 41.27 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 28.24 28.24 29.80 39.95 55.59 Management related........................ 14.29 15.49 21.27 31.11 46.02 Accountants and auditors................ 14.29 20.31 29.41 31.11 33.58 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.21 16.15 22.81 46.02 46.02 Sales......................................... 5.80 7.80 10.67 16.78 19.48 Cashiers................................ 5.80 5.80 7.58 7.80 7.93 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.66 9.03 10.66 13.77 18.96 Secretaries............................. 9.03 10.33 13.18 14.38 20.22 Receptionists........................... 6.51 7.40 8.87 10.36 11.25 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.66 7.66 12.64 14.30 17.12 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... $9.34 $10.05 $11.35 $13.83 $18.21 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.93 6.93 11.32 11.32 11.50 General office clerks................... 5.57 8.12 8.84 9.89 16.36 Teachers' aides......................... 8.80 8.81 8.87 9.48 12.38 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.44 9.44 10.88 11.70 12.15 Blue collar..................................... 7.96 10.66 14.19 17.40 23.36 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.56 14.21 17.00 21.39 27.46 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 11.49 11.49 23.70 46.38 46.38 Automobile mechanics.................... 10.41 10.41 16.90 17.00 17.00 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.09 14.08 14.21 17.18 25.65 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 14.18 18.45 18.45 18.95 26.25 Electricians............................ 14.02 14.60 14.60 15.90 21.39 Supervisors, production................. 18.63 18.63 28.74 35.52 36.57 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 7.95 8.15 8.81 12.04 18.62 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.89 9.46 14.09 15.52 17.82 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.89 6.89 12.89 14.43 15.52 Welders and cutters..................... 14.09 14.09 14.19 17.25 17.40 Transportation and material moving............ 9.92 10.66 12.64 14.86 16.35 Truck drivers........................... 8.64 9.39 10.73 10.73 23.13 Bus drivers............................. 10.66 10.66 11.51 15.05 15.05 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.00 8.75 13.20 13.20 13.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.99 7.35 9.58 13.20 14.60 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.72 7.24 7.24 7.30 8.07 Construction laborers................... 6.99 7.93 9.11 9.58 9.58 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.40 7.10 8.55 9.92 9.92 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 5.59 5.59 7.96 14.69 22.25 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.20 10.40 13.20 14.60 14.60 Service......................................... 5.15 6.00 7.14 9.21 13.10 Protective service........................ 6.31 8.50 11.30 13.82 16.05 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.21 17.80 18.51 18.51 18.51 Firefighting............................ 11.30 11.30 13.10 13.10 20.79 Police and detectives, public service... 8.56 12.81 13.82 13.99 16.05 Correctional institution officers....... 7.69 7.69 8.11 11.95 11.95 Guards and police, except public service 6.00 6.31 7.19 9.21 9.41 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.56 5.25 7.13 9.33 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.56 5.25 6.35 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.05 5.25 Other food service....................... 5.15 5.16 6.75 8.75 11.39 Cooks................................... 6.75 6.75 7.13 7.13 11.95 Food preparation, n.e.c................. $5.16 $5.16 $6.76 $9.00 $13.66 Health service............................ 6.17 6.44 6.50 8.74 10.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.17 6.44 6.44 8.58 9.81 Cleaning and building service............. 6.13 6.18 7.14 7.97 9.61 Maids and housemen...................... 6.13 6.13 6.67 7.40 7.45 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.18 7.14 7.14 8.24 9.61 Personal service.......................... 5.28 5.53 6.49 7.86 16.69 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.53 5.53 5.72 6.49 11.00 Service, n.e.c.......................... 5.48 6.94 7.86 7.86 9.12 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 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.44 $8.74 $13.20 $20.15 $28.05 All excluding sales........................... 6.44 8.87 13.36 20.20 28.09 White collar.................................... 8.87 10.88 16.67 24.85 35.42 White collar excluding sales................ 9.25 11.35 17.92 25.67 36.08 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.80 15.50 21.98 30.00 43.75 Professional specialty...................... 12.98 21.02 27.20 36.06 50.84 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.94 27.70 35.11 39.17 42.03 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.20 27.20 34.29 36.06 44.15 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.64 20.82 21.76 24.85 28.00 Registered nurses....................... 20.28 20.82 21.76 24.18 25.50 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.62 13.20 15.50 20.68 25.67 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.29 16.15 24.09 31.11 46.02 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.28 17.19 28.68 30.00 39.95 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 28.24 28.68 29.80 39.95 55.59 Management related........................ 14.29 16.15 22.00 31.11 46.02 Accountants and auditors................ 15.49 21.27 29.41 31.11 33.58 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.21 16.15 19.50 46.02 46.02 Sales......................................... 5.80 7.80 10.67 16.78 19.48 Cashiers................................ 5.80 5.80 7.58 7.80 7.93 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.32 9.40 10.99 14.93 19.21 Secretaries............................. 8.76 11.54 13.18 16.67 20.79 Receptionists........................... 6.51 7.40 8.87 10.36 11.25 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.12 10.05 11.35 12.63 18.21 Blue collar..................................... 8.05 11.14 14.60 18.45 24.27 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.08 14.92 17.44 23.36 27.46 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.21 14.11 14.78 17.18 25.65 Supervisors, production................. 18.63 21.97 28.74 35.52 36.57 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.89 9.46 14.09 15.52 17.82 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.89 6.89 12.89 14.43 15.52 Welders and cutters..................... 14.09 14.09 14.19 17.25 17.40 Transportation and material moving............ $9.92 $10.75 $12.76 $14.86 $20.33 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.00 11.28 13.20 13.20 13.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.05 9.92 13.20 14.60 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.40 7.10 8.55 9.92 9.92 Service......................................... 2.56 5.53 6.67 7.61 10.50 Protective service........................ 6.00 7.19 9.06 9.41 11.02 Guards and police, except public service 6.00 6.18 8.50 9.21 9.41 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.56 5.16 6.75 9.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.56 5.25 6.35 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.05 5.25 Other food service....................... 5.15 5.16 6.28 7.51 11.16 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.16 5.16 6.25 8.75 13.66 Health service............................ 6.44 6.44 6.44 8.65 10.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.44 6.44 6.44 6.50 10.50 Cleaning and building service............. 6.13 6.18 7.14 7.40 9.75 Maids and housemen...................... 6.13 6.13 6.67 6.99 7.45 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.18 7.14 7.14 7.38 9.75 Personal service.......................... 4.32 5.53 7.25 7.86 17.68 Service, n.e.c.......................... 5.48 6.94 7.86 7.86 9.12 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 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.40 $9.52 $13.69 $22.74 $28.91 All excluding sales........................... 7.40 9.52 13.69 22.74 28.91 White collar.................................... 8.84 11.54 18.28 26.83 32.11 White collar excluding sales................ 8.84 11.54 18.28 26.83 32.11 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.09 16.14 24.22 28.03 29.63 Professional specialty...................... 13.54 19.33 25.13 28.13 31.81 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 19.33 21.38 24.06 26.51 26.51 Registered nurses....................... 19.33 21.38 22.36 24.16 25.13 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 23.12 25.62 27.31 28.84 28.96 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.74 24.94 27.27 28.13 29.63 Secondary school teachers............... 26.83 26.83 26.83 28.16 28.84 Teachers, special education............. 25.28 25.81 28.91 28.91 28.91 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.58 10.07 12.07 14.00 14.32 Social workers.......................... 9.58 10.07 12.07 14.00 14.32 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.53 12.48 13.38 18.04 20.39 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.91 20.40 30.26 33.53 41.27 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.40 24.39 32.22 33.53 59.03 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 15.89 25.10 59.03 59.03 59.03 Management related........................ 14.29 14.29 17.39 30.26 34.01 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.93 8.53 9.78 13.75 14.50 Secretaries............................. 9.03 9.78 11.54 13.75 14.38 General office clerks................... 5.57 6.74 8.12 8.99 12.13 Teachers' aides......................... 8.80 8.81 8.87 9.48 12.38 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.14 9.14 10.57 12.15 16.82 Blue collar..................................... 7.30 9.03 11.49 14.18 16.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.41 11.49 13.10 15.21 18.72 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.56 11.56 13.10 15.21 15.21 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 13.77 13.77 14.63 16.09 18.95 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 7.95 8.15 8.81 12.04 18.62 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ $8.75 $10.66 $10.73 $11.90 $16.35 Bus drivers............................. 10.66 10.66 11.51 11.51 14.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.59 7.26 8.07 9.52 14.72 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 7.30 7.30 7.30 8.07 9.52 Service......................................... 5.72 7.13 9.33 13.10 14.21 Protective service........................ 6.48 9.02 13.10 13.99 16.21 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.21 17.80 18.51 18.51 18.51 Police and detectives, public service... 11.90 13.18 13.82 14.21 16.05 Correctional institution officers....... 7.69 7.69 8.11 11.95 11.95 Food service.............................. 7.82 9.33 9.33 11.39 11.58 Other food service....................... 7.82 9.33 9.33 11.39 11.58 Health service............................ 6.17 6.94 8.10 9.44 9.72 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.17 6.17 8.10 9.44 9.72 Cleaning and building service............. $5.69 $7.13 $7.97 $8.24 $9.61 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.69 7.13 7.97 9.61 9.61 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 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.14 $9.61 $14.00 $20.53 $28.68 All excluding sales........................... 7.14 9.60 14.08 20.68 28.91 White collar.................................... 9.25 11.32 17.68 26.52 34.33 White collar excluding sales................ 9.32 11.50 18.21 26.94 34.45 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.60 16.14 23.12 28.31 39.17 Professional specialty...................... 12.98 20.84 25.96 29.16 42.03 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.94 27.20 35.11 39.17 42.03 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.20 27.20 34.29 36.06 44.15 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.64 20.28 21.75 24.06 26.51 Registered nurses....................... 19.33 20.82 21.75 22.38 25.13 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.56 25.10 34.45 39.47 50.84 Teachers, except college and university... 22.74 24.94 27.31 28.16 28.91 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.74 24.94 26.97 27.97 28.67 Secondary school teachers............... 26.83 26.83 26.83 28.16 28.84 Teachers, special education............. 25.28 25.81 28.91 28.91 28.91 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.58 10.07 12.07 14.00 14.32 Social workers.......................... 9.58 10.07 13.54 14.00 14.32 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 16.14 18.63 18.81 24.20 43.75 Technical................................... 12.09 12.80 14.25 20.53 25.67 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.62 12.80 13.50 13.71 13.71 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.29 17.19 28.24 32.77 46.02 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.28 20.40 29.80 33.53 41.27 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 15.89 25.10 59.03 59.03 59.03 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 32.04 33.53 33.53 33.53 41.27 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 28.24 28.24 29.80 39.95 55.59 Management related........................ 14.29 15.49 21.27 31.11 46.02 Accountants and auditors................ 14.29 20.31 29.41 31.11 33.58 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.21 16.15 22.81 46.02 46.02 Sales......................................... 7.80 9.88 10.80 18.38 27.02 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.12 9.32 10.88 13.83 18.96 Secretaries............................. 9.78 10.33 13.18 14.38 20.22 Receptionists........................... 7.40 8.75 8.87 10.36 11.25 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.66 7.66 12.64 14.30 17.12 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.34 10.05 11.35 13.83 18.21 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.93 6.93 11.32 11.32 11.50 General office clerks................... 5.57 8.12 8.84 9.89 16.36 Teachers' aides......................... 8.80 8.81 8.87 9.48 12.38 Administrative support, n.e.c........... $9.44 $9.44 $10.88 $11.70 $12.15 Blue collar..................................... 8.19 10.79 14.23 17.44 23.70 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.56 14.31 17.00 21.39 27.46 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 11.49 11.49 23.70 46.38 46.38 Automobile mechanics.................... 10.41 10.41 16.90 17.00 17.00 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.09 14.08 14.21 17.18 25.65 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 14.18 18.45 18.45 18.95 26.25 Electricians............................ 14.02 14.60 14.60 15.90 21.39 Supervisors, production................. 18.63 18.63 28.74 35.52 36.57 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 7.95 8.15 8.87 15.13 18.62 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.89 9.46 14.09 15.52 17.82 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.89 6.89 12.89 14.43 15.52 Welders and cutters..................... 14.09 14.09 14.19 17.25 17.40 Transportation and material moving............ 9.92 10.73 12.76 14.86 16.49 Truck drivers........................... 8.64 9.39 10.73 10.73 23.13 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.00 8.75 13.20 13.20 13.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.05 9.92 13.20 14.60 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.72 7.24 7.24 7.30 8.07 Construction laborers................... 7.35 7.93 9.11 9.58 9.58 Service......................................... 5.91 6.44 7.25 9.72 13.66 Protective service........................ 6.48 8.56 11.30 13.82 16.05 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.21 17.80 18.51 18.51 18.51 Firefighting............................ 11.30 11.30 13.10 13.10 20.79 Police and detectives, public service... 8.56 12.81 13.82 13.99 16.05 Correctional institution officers....... 7.69 7.69 8.11 11.95 11.95 Guards and police, except public service 6.00 6.31 8.50 9.21 9.41 Food service.............................. 5.25 5.91 6.76 9.00 12.53 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.01 3.34 5.50 6.35 6.58 Other food service....................... 5.91 6.75 7.14 9.25 13.66 Cooks................................... 6.75 6.75 7.13 7.13 11.95 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.89 7.26 9.00 13.66 13.66 Health service............................ 6.17 6.44 6.44 9.44 10.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.17 6.44 6.44 9.44 10.50 Cleaning and building service............. 6.13 6.18 7.14 7.97 9.61 Maids and housemen...................... 6.13 6.13 6.13 6.94 7.54 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.18 7.14 7.14 7.97 9.61 Personal service.......................... 4.32 5.53 7.25 8.87 17.68 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.53 5.53 5.74 8.87 11.00 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 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.25 $5.16 $6.94 $9.33 $20.50 All excluding sales........................... 2.25 5.16 7.00 9.33 21.38 White collar.................................... 5.80 7.00 10.25 22.44 25.50 White collar excluding sales................ 6.87 7.76 15.50 24.85 28.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.31 17.50 24.18 25.50 30.00 Professional specialty...................... 15.31 22.44 24.85 28.00 30.00 Health related............................ 21.38 24.18 25.50 28.00 30.00 Registered nurses....................... 21.38 24.18 24.85 25.50 28.00 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.. - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.51 6.87 7.60 8.60 8.76 Blue collar..................................... 6.40 7.00 8.50 10.66 11.51 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.40 7.00 7.10 7.96 8.50 Service......................................... 2.13 2.50 5.16 6.50 8.24 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 2.56 5.16 6.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 4.88 5.15 5.16 5.16 8.75 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.25 5.16 5.16 6.00 9.33 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 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 218,800 151,300 67,600 All excluding sales............................................. 211,300 143,700 67,600 White collar........................................................ 104,500 62,900 41,700 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 97,000 55,300 41,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 49,100 23,900 25,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 38,900 16,300 22,600 Technical....................................................... 10,100 7,500 2,600 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 14,100 9,400 4,700 Sales............................................................. 7,500 7,500 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 33,900 22,100 11,800 Blue collar......................................................... 68,000 55,800 12,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 30,000 24,800 5,300 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8,700 8,400 - Transportation and material moving................................ 12,100 8,900 3,200 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 17,200 13,800 3,400 Service............................................................. 46,300 32,600 13,700 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.