Table 1. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Northwest Texas, November 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $19.06 5.4 $19.37 5.9 $8.65 7.0 Management occupations.............................................. 36.47 4.0 36.47 4.0 – – Education administrators.......................................... 35.87 .9 35.87 .9 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 35.87 .9 35.87 .9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.99 10.9 19.99 10.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.34 1.1 25.79 1.2 9.12 3.5 Level 9 .................................................. 28.35 1.2 28.35 1.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.39 .8 29.39 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.39 .8 29.39 .8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.11 6.3 29.11 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.11 6.3 29.11 6.3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.80 5.9 28.80 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.80 5.9 28.80 5.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.74 1.3 29.74 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.74 1.3 29.74 1.3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.47 .6 29.47 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.47 .6 29.47 .6 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.87 1.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.35 23.2 26.35 23.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.58 3.8 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.68 10.2 8.80 11.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.99 6.8 13.21 6.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.35 6.3 10.58 6.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.83 13.9 12.86 15.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.34 8.8 14.49 8.9 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 2. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Northwest Texas, November 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.79 $10.90 $16.48 $24.07 $32.24 Management occupations.............................................. 31.01 33.85 36.32 36.78 37.80 Education administrators.......................................... 33.85 34.16 36.32 36.78 36.78 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 33.85 34.16 36.32 36.78 36.78 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.63 15.67 19.81 21.65 28.74 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.96 18.31 27.98 31.57 35.44 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.72 26.33 29.59 32.27 36.29 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.40 24.46 30.13 32.60 35.44 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 20.31 24.46 30.13 32.41 34.02 Secondary school teachers....................................... 22.94 27.18 29.18 32.43 36.47 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.89 27.05 29.18 32.10 36.47 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.99 11.21 12.34 14.76 16.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.52 17.48 18.85 28.21 30.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.55 14.08 15.91 18.57 20.60 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.25 7.67 9.67 12.13 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.74 9.61 11.94 15.45 19.74 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.99 11.94 13.39 15.62 20.44 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 3. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Northwest Texas, November 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.37 $16.89 $739 $663 38.2 $34,909 $33,923 1,802 Management occupations.............................................. 36.47 36.32 1,328 1,423 36.4 62,107 64,501 1,703 Education administrators.......................................... 35.87 36.32 1,435 1,453 40.0 63,723 65,661 1,776 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 35.87 36.32 1,435 1,453 40.0 63,723 65,661 1,776 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.99 19.81 796 792 39.8 40,523 41,196 2,027 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.79 28.18 1,009 1,094 39.1 38,470 41,964 1,492 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.39 29.59 1,127 1,159 38.3 42,424 43,335 1,443 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.11 30.13 1,121 1,184 38.5 41,942 44,270 1,441 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.80 30.13 1,099 1,169 38.2 41,091 43,720 1,427 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.74 29.18 1,139 1,159 38.3 43,119 43,335 1,450 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.47 29.18 1,130 1,159 38.3 42,599 43,335 1,446 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.35 18.85 930 717 35.3 47,879 37,274 1,817 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.80 7.25 320 254 36.4 15,258 13,195 1,733 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.21 11.94 527 478 39.9 26,362 24,242 1,996 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.49 13.39 574 535 39.6 27,421 24,839 1,892 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Northwest Texas, November 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 11,900 6,500 5,400 Management, professional, and related............................... 3,200 – 3,200 Management, business, and financial............................... 400 – 400 Professional and related.......................................... 2,700 – 2,700 Service............................................................. 3,400 – 1,300 Sales and office.................................................... 2,800 2,100 700 Sales and related................................................. 900 900 – Office and administrative support................................. 1,900 1,200 700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 1,000 – 200 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 300 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 1,500 1,400 – Production........................................................ – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 1,200 1,200 – 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Northwest Texas, November 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 1,283 904 379 Total in sample....................................................... 55 20 35 Responding........................................................ 44 12 32 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 4 2 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 7 6 1 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.