NC BL 09/00/2003 Table: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Bulletin 3120-10, December 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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................................................................. $20.64 2.0 35.7 $19.89 2.5 35.7 $23.98 2.3 35.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.61 2.2 35.7 23.92 2.8 36.0 27.63 1.7 34.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.66 2.9 35.7 29.58 3.9 36.2 33.81 2.5 34.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.77 6.9 39.4 31.81 8.1 39.9 31.58 6.3 36.8 Sales............................................................. 17.34 8.0 30.8 17.41 8.1 30.7 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.93 1.3 35.7 14.97 1.6 36.2 14.74 1.8 33.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.46 2.8 38.1 17.36 3.1 38.0 18.35 2.5 38.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.31 3.7 39.6 21.51 4.2 39.6 19.92 1.6 39.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.67 5.2 39.2 15.66 5.3 39.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.86 6.4 37.7 16.64 7.5 37.7 18.44 4.5 37.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 14.07 5.5 35.7 13.74 6.4 35.3 16.20 4.1 39.2 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.63 2.8 33.1 10.19 3.1 32.1 19.08 4.1 36.1 Full time........................................................... 21.60 2.1 38.8 20.87 2.7 39.3 24.63 2.2 37.1 Part time........................................................... 12.05 3.4 20.6 12.04 3.3 20.7 12.07 18.9 19.4 Union............................................................... 20.75 2.7 36.6 18.21 3.6 37.1 24.23 2.4 35.9 Nonunion............................................................ 20.58 2.7 35.2 20.45 2.9 35.3 22.90 1.6 33.5 Time................................................................ 20.55 2.1 35.5 19.74 2.6 35.5 23.98 2.3 35.5 Incentive........................................................... 23.03 9.0 39.8 23.03 9.0 39.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.80 3.5 35.0 16.73 3.7 35.0 19.00 3.3 35.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.32 3.7 35.6 18.79 4.2 35.7 25.18 3.8 34.1 500 workers or more................................................. 23.30 2.1 36.0 23.01 3.0 36.1 23.89 2.2 35.8 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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................................................................... $20.64 2.0 $19.89 2.5 $23.98 2.3 All excluding sales............................................... 20.88 2.2 20.11 2.8 24.03 2.2 White collar........................................................ 24.61 2.2 23.92 2.8 27.63 1.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.56 2.4 24.98 3.1 27.76 1.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.66 2.9 29.58 3.9 33.81 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.57 2.5 31.60 3.8 34.74 1.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.66 5.3 36.55 5.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.81 5.9 36.81 5.9 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 37.13 7.1 37.13 7.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.97 9.8 33.41 10.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.98 5.5 32.98 5.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.93 6.4 32.93 6.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 37.59 7.8 38.31 8.3 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 35.33 8.1 35.70 10.0 – – Health related................................................ 28.97 2.9 28.58 2.5 34.57 18.0 Physicians.................................................. 38.14 14.0 39.55 14.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.62 2.0 27.21 1.1 34.11 16.7 Pharmacists................................................. 35.69 6.9 35.81 7.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 56.71 33.8 62.08 46.3 44.59 6.9 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 71.18 35.1 – – 44.41 4.9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.51 1.5 21.75 9.7 37.13 1.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.35 .5 22.68 8.2 38.81 .0 Secondary school teachers................................... 38.33 5.1 – – 39.13 6.1 Teachers, special education................................. 32.06 3.4 – – 32.70 3.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.57 16.7 18.06 28.6 29.26 4.0 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 25.11 17.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.00 6.0 26.76 4.8 – – Psychologists............................................... 27.06 4.9 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.72 8.2 16.58 12.2 22.33 4.8 Social workers.............................................. 19.50 9.5 15.96 10.7 22.91 5.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.43 9.8 25.69 10.6 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 18.85 17.9 18.85 17.9 – – Technical....................................................... 23.92 3.6 24.29 3.8 19.00 2.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.06 3.6 16.06 3.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 27.21 .6 27.21 .6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.81 2.8 19.78 3.1 20.14 2.1 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.36 6.1 17.49 6.2 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.92 7.4 21.95 7.6 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.20 9.0 23.08 11.3 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 21.62 4.4 21.62 4.4 – – Computer programmers........................................ 26.38 5.4 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $28.71 30.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.77 6.9 $31.81 8.1 $31.58 6.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.04 5.5 38.47 6.6 35.96 3.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 29.56 3.1 – – 29.56 3.1 Financial managers.......................................... 40.03 1.8 40.09 2.0 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 43.25 12.4 43.42 12.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.98 8.2 33.42 23.1 41.50 6.2 Managers, medicine and health............................... 37.33 17.5 37.46 18.6 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.59 9.5 25.63 12.8 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 27.75 10.3 27.71 14.2 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.66 11.1 39.66 11.1 – – Management related............................................ 23.55 10.3 23.54 11.7 23.58 4.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.38 11.0 27.03 12.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 30.46 13.7 31.18 14.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.35 10.2 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.05 10.9 21.17 11.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.53 12.9 25.53 12.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.41 19.6 19.39 21.4 – – Sales............................................................. 17.34 8.0 17.41 8.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 27.39 21.0 27.39 21.0 – – Securities and financial services sales..................... 39.43 19.6 39.43 19.6 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 18.94 21.2 18.94 21.2 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 7.60 5.8 7.60 5.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.73 21.7 14.73 21.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.79 5.8 10.76 6.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.93 1.3 14.97 1.6 14.74 1.8 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 22.60 3.4 22.60 3.4 – – Computer operators.......................................... 15.07 2.8 15.16 3.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.20 3.6 15.98 3.8 16.87 8.9 Typists..................................................... 13.52 4.0 – – 13.98 .7 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.88 2.1 10.88 2.1 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.66 7.1 11.62 7.4 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.42 10.9 14.42 11.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.55 8.3 17.55 8.3 – – Library clerks.............................................. 13.41 12.1 – – 13.71 12.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.84 7.5 15.01 8.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.93 5.0 13.81 5.3 15.64 9.7 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 15.14 1.8 15.14 1.8 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.16 5.3 13.16 5.3 – – Telephone operators......................................... 14.86 11.4 15.09 15.6 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.67 4.1 11.27 2.5 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.99 7.7 12.99 7.7 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.80 6.5 13.88 6.9 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... $17.14 6.6 $17.14 6.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.56 5.9 14.20 7.9 $15.27 9.4 Data entry keyers........................................... 13.04 6.5 13.04 6.5 – – Statistical clerks.......................................... 16.81 12.8 16.81 12.8 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.43 10.4 – – 11.16 11.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.66 4.9 14.35 6.2 15.30 6.1 Blue collar......................................................... 17.46 2.8 17.36 3.1 18.35 2.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.31 3.7 21.51 4.2 19.92 1.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.79 2.9 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 20.21 3.8 – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 23.76 6.2 23.76 6.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.45 3.3 19.75 3.6 – – Carpenters.................................................. 24.72 7.9 – – – – Electricians................................................ 21.12 8.5 21.82 9.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 25.15 7.3 25.15 7.3 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 12.87 12.0 12.87 12.0 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.57 11.0 16.57 11.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.67 5.2 15.66 5.3 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.35 5.3 9.30 5.5 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 20.44 8.2 20.44 8.2 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 15.87 10.1 15.87 10.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.01 4.2 17.01 4.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 17.93 1.9 17.93 1.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.86 6.4 16.64 7.5 18.44 4.5 Truck drivers............................................... 17.27 4.5 17.29 4.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.42 9.0 17.42 9.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.07 5.5 13.74 6.4 16.20 4.1 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 12.63 10.4 11.72 11.4 – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.82 14.4 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.74 5.1 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.31 12.0 11.31 12.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.90 7.4 16.90 7.4 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.92 11.7 – – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.13 13.5 11.13 13.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.91 11.5 11.65 15.5 – – Service............................................................. 12.63 2.8 10.19 3.1 19.08 4.1 Protective service............................................ 18.47 8.8 10.67 5.5 22.52 4.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.25 5.1 – – 28.95 4.7 Supervisors, guards......................................... $25.45 7.8 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.61 2.6 – – $23.73 2.7 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.93 3.4 – – 18.93 3.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 16.98 7.8 – – 18.55 5.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.86 6.1 $10.42 4.1 – – Food service.................................................. 8.57 7.1 8.02 6.9 12.92 9.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.25 17.1 5.25 17.1 – – Bartenders.................................................. 5.30 29.8 5.30 29.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.29 19.2 4.29 19.2 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 8.20 7.0 8.20 7.0 – – Other food service........................................... 10.24 3.4 9.70 3.3 12.92 9.6 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.23 2.6 14.17 2.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.38 6.1 12.16 6.5 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.15 7.4 7.75 7.0 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.55 12.3 11.23 16.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.30 5.6 8.39 2.7 13.23 17.2 Health service................................................ 11.43 4.4 10.65 3.1 15.43 6.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.40 5.8 11.81 2.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.20 4.5 10.35 2.3 15.36 8.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.95 4.8 10.21 4.2 13.69 4.2 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.03 3.5 10.03 3.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.25 7.0 10.25 6.6 13.70 4.3 Personal service.............................................. 12.42 3.9 12.53 4.0 11.23 15.6 Supervisors, personal service............................... 20.58 2.7 20.58 2.7 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.49 5.2 7.49 5.2 – – Welfare service aides....................................... 11.46 11.2 10.23 4.5 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.71 11.9 8.71 11.9 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 10.81 1.8 10.92 .3 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.62 8.0 10.02 8.3 – – 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 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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................................................................... $21.60 2.1 $20.87 2.7 $24.63 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 21.66 2.3 20.88 2.9 24.69 2.1 White collar........................................................ 25.56 2.2 24.89 2.8 28.33 1.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.07 2.4 25.42 3.1 28.47 1.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.04 3.1 29.96 4.2 34.00 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.93 2.7 32.01 4.1 34.85 2.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.66 5.3 36.55 5.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.81 5.9 36.81 5.9 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 37.13 7.1 37.13 7.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.97 9.8 33.41 10.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.33 5.1 33.33 5.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.31 5.9 33.31 5.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 37.59 7.8 38.31 8.3 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 35.33 8.1 35.70 10.0 – – Health related................................................ 29.12 3.5 28.65 3.1 34.69 18.0 Physicians.................................................. 38.14 14.0 39.55 14.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.66 2.4 27.15 1.0 34.28 16.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. 57.88 33.0 63.84 45.0 44.84 7.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 74.14 31.8 – – 44.70 5.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.69 1.8 21.82 10.4 37.33 2.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.31 .5 22.68 8.2 38.81 .0 Secondary school teachers................................... 38.43 5.3 – – 39.19 6.2 Teachers, special education................................. 32.86 5.4 – – 33.72 6.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.57 17.0 17.84 29.5 29.27 4.1 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 25.21 18.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.14 6.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.13 7.0 17.25 10.5 22.33 4.8 Social workers.............................................. 19.99 8.2 16.65 8.9 22.91 5.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.42 9.8 25.69 10.6 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 18.85 17.9 18.85 17.9 – – Technical....................................................... 24.25 4.0 24.59 4.2 19.66 4.2 Radiological technicians.................................... 28.18 2.0 28.18 2.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.04 3.7 20.02 4.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.54 6.0 17.54 6.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.92 7.4 21.95 7.6 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.20 9.0 23.08 11.3 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 21.62 4.4 21.62 4.4 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 31.45 25.4 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.89 6.9 31.90 8.1 31.81 5.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.17 5.5 38.54 6.6 36.38 3.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $29.56 3.1 – – $29.56 3.1 Financial managers.......................................... 40.03 1.8 $40.09 2.0 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 43.25 12.4 43.42 12.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.98 8.2 33.42 23.1 41.50 6.2 Managers, medicine and health............................... 38.60 16.4 38.82 17.6 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.59 9.5 25.63 12.8 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 27.75 10.3 27.71 14.2 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.66 11.1 39.66 11.1 – – Management related............................................ 23.40 10.0 23.37 11.3 23.58 4.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.66 10.0 26.23 11.5 – – Other financial officers.................................... 30.46 13.7 31.18 14.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.35 10.2 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.05 10.9 21.17 11.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.53 12.9 25.53 12.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.34 19.9 19.31 21.8 – – Sales............................................................. 20.57 8.2 20.72 8.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 27.44 21.2 27.44 21.2 – – Securities and financial services sales..................... 39.43 19.6 39.43 19.6 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 14.44 20.8 14.44 20.8 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 18.94 21.2 18.94 21.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 21.37 21.6 21.37 21.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.04 5.5 12.07 5.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.25 1.5 15.25 1.8 15.26 1.2 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 22.60 3.4 22.60 3.4 – – Computer operators.......................................... 15.21 3.2 15.21 3.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.27 3.7 16.06 4.0 16.88 9.0 Typists..................................................... 13.52 4.0 – – 13.98 .7 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.88 2.1 10.88 2.1 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.73 8.1 11.68 8.5 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.86 8.6 17.86 8.6 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.21 7.1 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.84 7.5 15.01 8.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.96 5.1 13.84 5.4 15.64 9.7 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 15.14 1.8 15.14 1.8 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.89 4.8 12.89 4.8 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 12.23 4.4 11.71 1.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.03 7.8 13.03 7.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.82 6.6 13.89 6.9 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.57 7.3 17.57 7.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.04 7.0 14.87 10.1 15.29 9.6 Data entry keyers........................................... 13.39 7.6 13.39 7.6 – – Statistical clerks.......................................... 16.80 13.0 16.80 13.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.01 9.4 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.04 5.6 14.82 8.6 15.32 6.0 Blue collar......................................................... $17.87 2.7 $17.80 3.0 $18.40 2.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.29 3.7 21.49 4.2 19.93 1.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.79 2.9 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 20.21 3.8 – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 23.10 6.0 23.10 6.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.45 3.3 19.75 3.6 – – Electricians................................................ 21.12 8.5 21.82 9.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 25.15 7.3 25.15 7.3 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 12.87 12.0 12.87 12.0 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.57 11.0 16.57 11.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.69 5.2 15.69 5.2 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.35 5.3 9.30 5.5 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 20.44 8.2 20.44 8.2 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 15.87 10.1 15.87 10.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.01 4.2 17.01 4.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 17.97 2.0 17.97 2.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.47 5.1 17.30 6.0 18.60 3.7 Truck drivers............................................... 17.27 4.5 17.29 4.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.42 9.0 17.42 9.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.76 5.6 14.51 6.6 16.20 4.1 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 12.77 12.7 11.63 15.1 – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.82 14.4 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.74 5.1 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.43 11.2 13.44 11.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 18.67 7.0 18.67 7.0 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.92 11.7 – – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.13 13.5 11.13 13.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.38 11.3 12.12 15.5 – – Service............................................................. 13.55 2.7 10.73 2.7 19.87 4.5 Protective service............................................ 18.92 8.7 10.63 5.6 22.89 4.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.25 5.1 – – 28.95 4.7 Supervisors, guards......................................... 25.45 7.8 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.61 2.6 – – 23.73 2.7 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.93 3.4 – – 18.93 3.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 16.98 7.8 – – 18.55 5.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.75 5.7 10.19 2.2 – – Food service.................................................. 9.35 6.7 8.82 6.1 13.83 7.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.79 8.3 5.79 8.3 – – Bartenders.................................................. $6.26 28.1 $6.26 28.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.44 8.9 4.44 8.9 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 8.42 7.7 8.42 7.7 – – Other food service........................................... 11.14 5.6 10.62 5.4 $13.83 7.4 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.53 2.5 14.48 2.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.43 6.0 12.20 6.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 12.35 11.6 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.15 9.6 9.21 5.6 14.28 13.4 Health service................................................ 11.68 5.5 10.67 4.3 15.56 6.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 13.26 7.9 12.48 3.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.39 5.6 10.26 2.8 15.44 7.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 11.38 3.3 10.62 2.7 13.87 3.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.03 3.6 10.03 3.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.92 4.7 10.93 4.4 13.89 3.6 Personal service.............................................. 13.51 4.7 13.45 5.0 – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 20.58 2.7 20.58 2.7 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.79 4.5 7.79 4.5 – – Welfare service aides....................................... 12.13 11.3 10.46 5.9 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.17 2.6 10.96 .0 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.83 4.2 11.66 4.5 – – 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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................................................................... $12.05 3.4 $12.04 3.3 $12.07 18.9 All excluding sales............................................... 12.82 3.8 12.92 3.7 12.07 18.9 White collar........................................................ 14.73 4.4 14.84 4.2 13.79 23.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.12 4.3 18.93 4.1 13.79 23.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.82 4.3 24.85 3.2 24.54 38.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.64 5.4 26.47 4.2 28.38 37.2 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.22 2.4 28.24 2.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.44 3.0 27.46 3.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 27.67 2.4 27.07 .7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.79 38.4 17.76 25.2 28.36 41.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.58 5.0 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.81 6.0 20.50 5.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.17 1.2 19.19 1.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.47 21.5 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.41 4.0 8.41 4.0 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 7.21 3.4 7.21 3.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.04 9.9 8.04 9.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.08 6.6 9.08 6.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.02 4.6 12.33 4.6 10.95 13.3 Secretaries................................................. 14.01 4.6 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.09 2.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.16 6.8 12.14 6.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.65 15.4 – – 10.65 15.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.68 8.5 13.69 8.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 11.37 10.5 11.33 10.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.22 10.5 9.22 10.5 – – Service............................................................. $8.51 5.1 $8.34 5.8 $9.84 6.6 Protective service............................................ 10.95 11.3 11.04 16.3 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.43 15.9 11.44 16.2 – – Food service.................................................. 6.62 13.3 6.05 15.0 10.89 2.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.97 38.4 3.97 38.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.03 42.7 4.03 42.7 – – Other food service........................................... 7.99 7.4 7.36 7.4 10.89 2.0 Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.87 9.9 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.56 9.5 6.70 9.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.61 2.0 10.61 2.0 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.68 3.1 10.68 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.60 2.2 10.59 2.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $8.35 7.6 $8.25 7.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.09 6.8 7.95 6.3 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.50 5.9 8.70 6.8 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 5.72 7.1 5.72 7.1 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.95 6.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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................................................................... $839 2.2 38.8 $819 2.7 39.3 $915 2.8 37.1 All excluding sales............................................... 841 2.4 38.8 820 3.0 39.3 917 2.7 37.1 White collar........................................................ 984 2.2 38.5 975 2.8 39.2 1,016 2.1 35.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,001 2.4 38.4 996 3.1 39.2 1,021 2.2 35.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,173 3.0 37.8 1,164 4.1 38.9 1,195 2.0 35.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,238 2.6 37.6 1,247 4.0 39.0 1,220 1.3 35.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,417 5.3 39.7 1,462 5.7 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,473 5.9 40.0 1,473 5.9 40.0 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,485 7.1 40.0 1,485 7.1 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,319 9.8 40.0 1,336 10.3 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,308 5.2 39.2 1,308 5.2 39.2 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,308 5.9 39.3 1,308 5.9 39.3 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,438 7.5 38.3 1,476 7.9 38.5 – – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 1,303 8.0 36.9 1,333 10.0 37.3 – – – Health related................................................ 1,139 3.2 39.1 1,122 2.9 39.2 1,335 13.5 38.5 Physicians.................................................. 1,523 12.1 39.9 1,529 13.3 38.7 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,074 2.0 38.8 1,060 .9 39.0 1,241 15.5 36.2 Teachers, college and university.............................. 2,128 28.7 36.8 2,415 38.8 37.8 1,552 9.2 34.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 2,710 30.0 36.6 – – – 1,645 5.4 36.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,200 1.7 34.6 811 10.7 37.1 1,274 .6 34.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,242 1.7 33.3 834 7.6 36.8 1,279 1.5 33.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,397 3.9 36.4 – – – 1,429 4.4 36.5 Teachers, special education................................. 1,133 4.1 34.5 – – – 1,159 4.8 34.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 897 15.3 36.5 687 30.6 38.5 1,031 4.1 35.2 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 963 16.8 38.2 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,082 6.4 38.4 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 768 6.6 38.1 669 10.9 38.8 841 4.0 37.7 Social workers.............................................. 756 7.9 37.8 646 9.8 38.8 847 5.5 37.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 987 10.3 38.8 1,000 11.1 38.9 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 740 16.1 39.2 740 16.1 39.2 – – – Technical....................................................... 935 4.1 38.6 949 4.3 38.6 746 4.2 37.9 Radiological technicians.................................... 1,118 3.1 39.7 1,118 3.1 39.7 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 779 3.0 38.9 778 3.4 38.9 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 689 5.2 39.3 689 5.2 39.3 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 874 7.4 39.9 876 7.5 39.9 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 859 9.3 38.7 904 11.1 39.2 – – – Chemical technicians........................................ 852 6.0 39.4 852 6.0 39.4 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $1,236 26.5 39.3 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,267 6.2 39.7 $1,280 7.3 40.1 $1,197 5.2 37.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,513 5.7 39.6 1,545 6.7 40.1 1,365 3.4 37.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,095 2.3 37.1 – – – 1,095 2.3 37.1 Financial managers.......................................... 1,628 2.5 40.7 1,632 2.7 40.7 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,758 12.3 40.7 1,766 12.5 40.7 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,451 7.4 37.2 1,233 20.5 36.9 1,551 5.0 37.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,516 15.5 39.3 1,523 16.6 39.2 – – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 1,124 8.6 39.3 1,046 13.8 40.8 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 956 14.1 34.4 930 18.5 33.6 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,622 11.4 40.9 1,622 11.4 40.9 – – – Management related............................................ 933 7.5 39.9 939 8.6 40.2 891 3.1 37.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 994 10.3 38.8 1,023 11.5 39.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,190 13.0 39.1 1,216 13.5 39.0 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,281 11.8 38.4 – – – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 927 8.1 42.0 906 9.3 42.8 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 940 13.2 36.8 940 13.2 36.8 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 816 13.8 42.2 821 15.2 42.5 – – – Sales............................................................. 808 8.0 39.3 815 8.1 39.3 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,049 21.8 38.2 1,049 21.8 38.2 – – – Securities and financial services sales..................... 1,431 18.4 36.3 1,431 18.4 36.3 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 578 20.8 40.0 578 20.8 40.0 – – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 818 16.5 43.2 818 16.5 43.2 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 854 24.2 40.0 854 24.2 40.0 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 470 6.8 39.0 472 7.1 39.1 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 585 1.7 38.4 593 2.1 38.9 554 1.2 36.3 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 952 6.8 42.1 952 6.8 42.1 – – – Computer operators.......................................... 609 3.2 40.0 609 3.2 40.0 – – – Secretaries................................................. 617 4.1 37.9 616 4.9 38.3 620 7.3 36.7 Typists..................................................... 494 4.9 36.5 – – – 514 1.1 36.8 Hotel clerks................................................ 433 2.5 39.8 433 2.5 39.8 – – – Receptionists............................................... 458 8.7 39.0 458 9.2 39.2 – – – Order clerks................................................ 701 8.3 39.2 701 8.3 39.2 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 542 6.4 35.6 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 583 6.6 39.3 592 7.9 39.5 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 542 5.5 38.8 541 5.9 39.1 553 9.8 35.4 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 599 1.7 39.6 599 1.7 39.6 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 516 4.8 40.0 516 4.8 40.0 – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 458 6.2 37.4 436 3.3 37.2 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $516 8.5 39.6 $516 8.5 39.6 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 544 7.1 39.4 549 7.4 39.5 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 697 7.5 39.7 697 7.5 39.7 – – – General office clerks....................................... 570 6.7 37.9 585 10.2 39.3 $550 7.1 36.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 501 9.4 37.4 501 9.4 37.4 – – – Statistical clerks.......................................... 652 14.2 38.8 652 14.2 38.8 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 418 9.1 34.8 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 555 4.2 36.9 572 7.7 38.6 535 4.6 34.9 Blue collar......................................................... 714 3.2 40.0 713 3.5 40.0 724 1.9 39.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 851 3.7 40.0 860 4.2 40.0 790 1.4 39.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 876 2.8 40.2 – – – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 808 3.8 40.0 – – – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 924 6.0 40.0 924 6.0 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 773 3.3 39.7 788 3.6 39.9 – – – Electricians................................................ 845 8.5 40.0 873 9.7 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 1,006 7.3 40.0 1,006 7.3 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 515 12.0 40.0 515 12.0 40.0 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 663 11.0 40.0 663 11.0 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 617 6.4 39.3 617 6.4 39.3 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 338 3.5 36.1 336 3.3 36.1 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 817 8.2 40.0 817 8.2 40.0 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 635 10.1 40.0 635 10.1 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 681 4.2 40.0 681 4.2 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 719 2.0 40.0 719 2.0 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 716 5.1 41.0 714 6.0 41.3 726 2.9 39.0 Truck drivers............................................... 698 4.2 40.4 700 4.3 40.5 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 697 9.0 40.0 697 9.0 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 585 5.7 39.6 576 6.8 39.7 636 4.2 39.2 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 502 12.2 39.3 462 14.9 39.7 – – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 803 14.1 40.5 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 750 5.1 40.0 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 527 10.3 39.2 527 10.4 39.2 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 747 7.0 40.0 747 7.0 40.0 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 477 11.7 40.0 – – – – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 428 17.1 38.5 428 17.1 38.5 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $535 11.3 40.0 $485 15.5 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 521 3.2 38.5 410 3.3 38.2 $775 6.1 39.0 Protective service............................................ 744 9.4 39.3 421 4.9 39.6 897 7.3 39.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,130 5.1 40.0 – – – 1,158 4.7 40.0 Supervisors, guards......................................... 1,012 8.1 39.8 – – – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 953 2.7 40.4 – – – 958 2.8 40.4 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 709 2.5 37.4 – – – 709 2.5 37.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 679 7.8 40.0 – – – 742 5.7 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 423 5.8 39.4 401 3.1 39.4 – – – Food service.................................................. 355 7.1 37.9 335 6.7 38.0 515 4.0 37.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 215 10.3 37.2 215 10.3 37.2 – – – Bartenders.................................................. 223 32.5 35.6 223 32.5 35.6 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 165 9.9 37.1 165 9.9 37.1 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 327 7.2 38.8 327 7.2 38.8 – – – Other food service........................................... 426 5.3 38.3 409 5.3 38.5 515 4.0 37.3 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 574 2.8 39.5 572 2.6 39.5 – – – Cooks....................................................... 482 5.5 38.8 472 6.0 38.6 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 476 8.7 38.6 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 381 8.8 37.5 350 6.3 38.0 505 7.8 35.3 Health service................................................ 449 6.7 38.4 409 6.3 38.4 602 5.9 38.7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 518 5.7 39.1 499 3.6 40.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 436 6.8 38.3 391 4.8 38.1 604 7.0 39.2 Cleaning and building service................................. 452 3.2 39.7 421 2.6 39.7 553 3.5 39.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 396 3.0 39.5 396 3.0 39.5 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 474 4.6 39.8 434 4.3 39.8 554 3.5 39.9 Personal service.............................................. 487 2.4 36.1 485 2.5 36.0 – – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 813 3.7 39.5 813 3.7 39.5 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 312 4.5 40.0 312 4.5 40.0 – – – Welfare service aides....................................... 451 10.8 37.2 395 7.7 37.8 – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 439 1.1 39.3 435 .0 39.7 – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 459 6.8 38.8 450 7.4 38.6 – – – 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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................................................................... $42,442 2.2 1,965 $42,250 2.7 2,024 $43,133 2.8 1,751 All excluding sales............................................... 42,472 2.4 1,961 42,251 3.0 2,023 43,220 2.7 1,750 White collar........................................................ 49,121 2.2 1,922 50,073 2.8 2,012 45,933 2.1 1,621 White collar excluding sales.................................... 49,812 2.4 1,911 51,055 3.1 2,008 46,089 2.2 1,619 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 56,303 3.0 1,814 59,136 4.1 1,974 50,467 2.0 1,484 Professional specialty.......................................... 58,182 2.6 1,767 62,779 4.0 1,961 50,981 1.3 1,463 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 73,669 5.3 2,066 76,032 5.7 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 76,572 5.9 2,080 76,572 5.9 2,080 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 77,229 7.1 2,080 77,229 7.1 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 68,573 9.8 2,080 69,486 10.3 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 68,010 5.2 2,040 68,010 5.2 2,040 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 67,998 5.9 2,042 67,998 5.9 2,042 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 74,775 7.5 1,989 76,762 7.9 2,004 – – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 67,775 8.0 1,918 69,297 10.0 1,941 – – – Health related................................................ 58,457 3.2 2,008 58,342 2.9 2,036 59,616 13.5 1,719 Physicians.................................................. 79,209 12.1 2,077 79,531 13.3 2,011 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 55,061 2.0 1,991 55,106 .9 2,030 54,602 15.5 1,593 Teachers, college and university.............................. 81,446 28.7 1,407 92,715 38.8 1,452 59,065 9.2 1,317 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 95,033 30.0 1,282 – – – 63,287 5.4 1,416 Teachers, except college and university....................... 48,494 1.7 1,398 35,842 10.7 1,642 50,646 .6 1,357 Elementary school teachers.................................. 49,610 1.7 1,330 31,344 7.6 1,382 51,394 1.5 1,324 Secondary school teachers................................... 53,799 3.9 1,400 – – – 54,742 4.4 1,397 Teachers, special education................................. 45,683 4.1 1,390 – – – 46,538 4.8 1,380 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 38,428 15.3 1,564 35,722 30.6 2,003 39,706 4.1 1,357 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 47,754 16.8 1,895 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 54,796 6.4 1,947 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 39,918 6.6 1,983 34,773 10.9 2,016 43,733 4.0 1,958 Social workers.............................................. 39,303 7.9 1,966 33,587 9.8 2,017 44,065 5.5 1,923 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 51,063 10.3 2,008 51,693 11.1 2,012 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 38,462 16.1 2,040 38,462 16.1 2,040 – – – Technical....................................................... 48,627 4.1 2,005 49,368 4.3 2,008 38,790 4.2 1,973 Radiological technicians.................................... 58,124 3.1 2,062 58,124 3.1 2,062 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 40,525 3.0 2,022 40,466 3.4 2,022 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 35,826 5.2 2,043 35,826 5.2 2,043 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 45,470 7.4 2,075 45,532 7.5 2,075 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 44,660 9.3 2,011 47,002 11.1 2,036 – – – Chemical technicians........................................ 44,298 6.0 2,049 44,298 6.0 2,049 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $64,297 26.5 2,045 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 65,588 6.2 2,057 $66,458 7.3 2,083 $61,107 5.2 1,921 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 78,083 5.7 2,046 80,113 6.7 2,079 69,031 3.4 1,897 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 56,947 2.3 1,927 – – – 56,947 2.3 1,927 Financial managers.......................................... 84,636 2.5 2,114 84,857 2.7 2,117 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 91,429 12.3 2,114 91,812 12.5 2,114 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 74,094 7.4 1,901 60,676 20.5 1,816 80,623 5.0 1,943 Managers, medicine and health............................... 78,828 15.5 2,042 79,191 16.6 2,040 – – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 53,282 8.6 1,864 54,371 13.8 2,122 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 49,703 14.1 1,791 48,364 18.5 1,745 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 84,318 11.4 2,126 84,318 11.4 2,126 – – – Management related............................................ 48,492 7.5 2,073 48,828 8.6 2,089 46,322 3.1 1,964 Accountants and auditors.................................... 51,707 10.3 2,015 53,211 11.5 2,029 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 61,903 13.0 2,033 63,227 13.5 2,028 – – – Management analysts......................................... 66,610 11.8 1,997 – – – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 48,196 8.1 2,185 47,130 9.3 2,227 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 48,895 13.2 1,915 48,895 13.2 1,915 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 42,436 13.8 2,194 42,707 15.2 2,212 – – – Sales............................................................. 41,892 8.0 2,037 42,237 8.1 2,038 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 54,572 21.8 1,989 54,572 21.8 1,989 – – – Securities and financial services sales..................... 74,431 18.4 1,888 74,431 18.4 1,888 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 30,041 20.8 2,080 30,041 20.8 2,080 – – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 42,552 16.5 2,247 42,552 16.5 2,247 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 44,401 24.2 2,077 44,401 24.2 2,077 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 24,417 6.8 2,029 24,537 7.1 2,033 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 29,835 1.7 1,956 30,484 2.1 1,999 27,176 1.2 1,780 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 49,524 6.8 2,191 49,524 6.8 2,191 – – – Computer operators.......................................... 31,645 3.2 2,080 31,645 3.2 2,080 – – – Secretaries................................................. 31,287 4.1 1,923 31,652 4.9 1,971 30,293 7.3 1,794 Typists..................................................... 24,739 4.9 1,830 – – – 26,737 1.1 1,912 Hotel clerks................................................ 22,493 2.5 2,067 22,493 2.5 2,067 – – – Receptionists............................................... 23,182 8.7 1,977 23,167 9.2 1,983 – – – Order clerks................................................ 36,429 8.3 2,040 36,429 8.3 2,040 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 28,189 6.4 1,853 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 30,330 6.6 2,043 30,804 7.9 2,053 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,190 5.5 2,020 28,143 5.9 2,034 28,781 9.8 1,840 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 31,169 1.7 2,058 31,169 1.7 2,058 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 26,812 4.8 2,080 26,812 4.8 2,080 – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 23,823 6.2 1,947 22,658 3.3 1,935 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $26,814 8.5 2,058 $26,814 8.5 2,058 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 27,580 7.1 1,996 27,774 7.4 1,999 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 36,253 7.5 2,063 36,253 7.5 2,063 – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,429 6.7 1,957 30,416 10.2 2,045 $28,067 7.1 1,836 Data entry keyers........................................... 24,518 9.4 1,830 24,518 9.4 1,830 – – – Statistical clerks.......................................... 33,887 14.2 2,017 33,887 14.2 2,017 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 16,309 9.1 1,358 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 28,834 4.2 1,917 29,747 7.7 2,007 27,816 4.6 1,816 Blue collar......................................................... 36,938 3.2 2,067 36,989 3.5 2,078 36,534 1.9 1,986 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 44,229 3.7 2,077 44,679 4.2 2,079 41,080 1.4 2,061 Automobile mechanics........................................ 45,563 2.8 2,091 – – – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 42,033 3.8 2,080 – – – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 48,047 6.0 2,080 48,047 6.0 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 40,205 3.3 2,067 40,976 3.6 2,074 – – – Electricians................................................ 43,923 8.5 2,080 45,380 9.7 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 52,183 7.3 2,075 52,183 7.3 2,075 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 26,777 12.0 2,080 26,777 12.0 2,080 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 34,483 11.0 2,081 34,483 11.0 2,081 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 32,028 6.4 2,041 32,018 6.4 2,041 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 17,580 3.5 1,880 17,465 3.3 1,879 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 42,508 8.2 2,080 42,508 8.2 2,080 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 33,006 10.1 2,080 33,006 10.1 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 35,386 4.2 2,080 35,386 4.2 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 36,959 2.0 2,057 36,959 2.0 2,057 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 36,623 5.1 2,096 37,100 6.0 2,145 34,030 2.9 1,830 Truck drivers............................................... 36,241 4.2 2,099 36,412 4.3 2,106 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 36,237 9.0 2,080 36,237 9.0 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 30,249 5.7 2,049 29,748 6.8 2,051 33,044 4.2 2,040 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 24,891 12.2 1,949 22,435 14.9 1,929 – – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 41,743 14.1 2,106 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 38,139 5.1 2,035 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 27,385 10.3 2,040 27,415 10.4 2,040 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 38,839 7.0 2,080 38,839 7.0 2,080 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 24,792 11.7 2,080 – – – – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 22,271 17.1 2,001 22,271 17.1 2,001 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $27,828 11.3 2,080 $25,214 15.5 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 26,807 3.2 1,978 21,257 3.3 1,982 $39,142 6.1 1,970 Protective service............................................ 38,382 9.4 2,029 21,908 4.9 2,062 46,086 7.3 2,013 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 58,752 5.1 2,080 – – – 60,224 4.7 2,080 Supervisors, guards......................................... 52,637 8.1 2,068 – – – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 49,573 2.7 2,100 – – – 49,832 2.8 2,100 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 36,845 2.5 1,946 – – – 36,845 2.5 1,946 Correctional institution officers........................... 35,324 7.8 2,080 – – – 38,592 5.7 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 22,015 5.8 2,049 20,860 3.1 2,046 – – – Food service.................................................. 18,003 7.1 1,924 17,242 6.7 1,956 23,501 4.0 1,699 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 11,027 10.3 1,906 11,027 10.3 1,906 – – – Bartenders.................................................. 11,582 32.5 1,849 11,582 32.5 1,849 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 8,395 9.9 1,891 8,395 9.9 1,891 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 16,643 7.2 1,977 16,643 7.2 1,977 – – – Other food service........................................... 21,540 5.3 1,934 21,101 5.3 1,986 23,501 4.0 1,699 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 29,854 2.8 2,054 29,724 2.6 2,053 – – – Cooks....................................................... 24,309 5.5 1,956 23,731 6.0 1,945 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 24,766 8.7 2,006 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 18,909 8.8 1,864 18,222 6.3 1,978 21,198 7.8 1,484 Health service................................................ 23,215 6.7 1,987 21,288 6.3 1,995 30,444 5.9 1,957 Health aides, except nursing................................ 25,642 5.7 1,934 25,956 3.6 2,080 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,670 6.8 1,991 20,311 4.8 1,979 31,426 7.0 2,036 Cleaning and building service................................. 23,224 3.2 2,040 21,892 2.6 2,062 27,346 3.5 1,971 Maids and housemen.......................................... 20,592 3.0 2,053 20,591 3.0 2,054 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,246 4.6 2,034 22,592 4.3 2,067 27,384 3.5 1,971 Personal service.............................................. 25,248 2.4 1,869 25,172 2.5 1,872 – – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 42,272 3.7 2,054 42,272 3.7 2,054 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 16,214 4.5 2,080 16,214 4.5 2,080 – – – Welfare service aides....................................... 23,452 10.8 1,933 20,546 7.7 1,965 – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 22,398 1.1 2,005 22,605 .0 2,063 – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 23,871 6.8 2,017 23,422 7.4 2,008 – – – 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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................................................................... $20.64 2.0 $19.89 2.5 $23.98 2.3 All excluding sales............................................... 20.88 2.2 20.11 2.8 24.03 2.2 White collar........................................................ 24.61 2.2 23.92 2.8 27.63 1.7 1....................................................... 9.53 10.3 8.92 10.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.87 4.1 10.87 4.1 10.86 16.2 3....................................................... 11.71 2.9 11.47 3.4 12.95 2.4 4....................................................... 14.46 2.8 14.24 3.3 15.58 4.6 5....................................................... 18.02 2.9 18.14 3.1 16.82 1.8 6....................................................... 18.35 3.1 18.36 3.5 18.32 7.1 7....................................................... 21.85 1.9 22.29 2.2 19.79 1.1 8....................................................... 27.50 3.8 25.30 1.9 32.39 3.7 9....................................................... 31.36 2.0 28.32 3.0 36.68 1.2 10........................................................ 32.89 5.2 32.60 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 39.56 4.3 39.36 5.3 40.29 3.5 12........................................................ 43.49 3.6 43.67 4.0 42.03 5.6 13........................................................ 64.56 7.2 64.56 7.2 – – 14........................................................ 89.25 16.9 89.34 17.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.20 8.0 25.14 8.6 25.98 17.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.56 2.4 24.98 3.1 27.76 1.7 1....................................................... 12.27 10.7 12.12 16.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.51 4.0 11.62 3.8 10.86 16.2 3....................................................... 12.40 2.1 12.19 2.7 13.10 1.7 4....................................................... 14.69 3.8 14.49 4.5 15.58 4.6 5....................................................... 17.22 3.4 17.27 3.8 16.82 1.8 6....................................................... 18.51 3.5 18.54 3.9 18.32 7.1 7....................................................... 21.71 2.0 22.17 2.3 19.79 1.1 8....................................................... 27.68 4.0 25.38 2.4 32.39 3.7 9....................................................... 31.15 1.9 27.85 2.6 36.68 1.2 10........................................................ 32.32 5.7 31.85 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.98 4.4 38.60 5.5 40.29 3.5 12........................................................ 43.49 3.6 43.67 4.0 42.03 5.6 13........................................................ 64.56 7.2 64.56 7.2 – – 14........................................................ 89.25 16.9 89.34 17.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.14 7.4 25.08 8.0 25.98 17.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.66 2.9 29.58 3.9 33.81 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.57 2.5 31.60 3.8 34.74 1.6 5....................................................... 15.06 9.1 15.15 10.1 – – 6....................................................... 20.58 11.5 19.00 20.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.12 4.0 22.62 4.8 20.07 1.9 8....................................................... 28.84 5.0 24.97 3.5 33.98 3.6 9....................................................... 31.98 1.7 27.42 1.6 37.61 1.2 10........................................................ 34.30 5.6 34.28 4.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.65 4.5 33.66 4.9 42.54 11.0 12........................................................ 42.66 4.0 42.33 4.3 45.02 11.9 13........................................................ $62.11 9.6 $62.11 9.6 – – 14........................................................ 91.17 19.2 91.31 19.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.25 10.8 28.53 12.4 $26.56 13.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.66 5.3 36.55 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.08 7.5 31.53 12.3 – – 11........................................................ 38.46 6.8 38.68 7.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.62 3.3 44.62 3.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.81 5.9 36.81 5.9 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 37.13 7.1 37.13 7.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.97 9.8 33.41 10.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.98 5.5 32.98 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 24.66 6.1 24.66 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 29.98 6.8 29.98 6.8 – – 10........................................................ 34.99 7.1 34.99 7.1 – – 11........................................................ 33.82 4.9 33.82 4.9 – – 12........................................................ 38.92 13.0 38.92 13.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.93 6.4 32.93 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 24.66 6.1 24.66 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.88 8.0 30.88 8.0 – – 10........................................................ 33.84 6.5 33.84 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 33.62 6.3 33.62 6.3 – – 12........................................................ 38.61 13.2 38.61 13.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ 37.59 7.8 38.31 8.3 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 35.33 8.1 35.70 10.0 – – Health related................................................ 28.97 2.9 28.58 2.5 34.57 18.0 7....................................................... 23.09 2.5 23.00 2.6 – – 8....................................................... 27.88 2.7 27.74 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 28.29 4.4 27.22 1.1 40.26 20.5 11........................................................ 28.98 21.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.28 10.2 – – – – Physicians.................................................. 38.14 14.0 39.55 14.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.62 2.0 27.21 1.1 34.11 16.7 7....................................................... 25.23 2.5 25.18 2.5 – – 8....................................................... 27.83 2.3 27.66 2.2 – – 9....................................................... 27.90 4.0 27.11 2.0 – – Pharmacists................................................. 35.69 6.9 35.81 7.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 56.71 33.8 62.08 46.3 44.59 6.9 9....................................................... 40.19 11.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.14 6.7 33.70 3.4 44.44 11.0 12........................................................ 47.43 3.3 – – 53.19 8.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 71.18 35.1 – – 44.41 4.9 11........................................................ 39.42 7.4 – – 41.77 8.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.51 1.5 21.75 9.7 37.13 1.8 5....................................................... 12.13 4.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 32.38 17.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.35 16.4 22.97 18.6 – – 8....................................................... $34.82 4.7 – – $36.14 5.9 9....................................................... 37.74 3.9 – – 38.82 3.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.35 .5 $22.68 8.2 38.81 .0 8....................................................... 36.09 1.6 – – 36.09 1.6 9....................................................... 38.83 4.6 – – 40.10 4.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 38.33 5.1 – – 39.13 6.1 9....................................................... 40.58 5.3 – – 42.78 3.4 Teachers, special education................................. 32.06 3.4 – – 32.70 3.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.57 16.7 18.06 28.6 29.26 4.0 8....................................................... 31.25 2.3 – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 25.11 17.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.00 6.0 26.76 4.8 – – Psychologists............................................... 27.06 4.9 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.72 8.2 16.58 12.2 22.33 4.8 7....................................................... 19.92 1.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 23.93 6.6 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.50 9.5 15.96 10.7 22.91 5.4 9....................................................... 23.29 7.6 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.43 9.8 25.69 10.6 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 18.85 17.9 18.85 17.9 – – Technical....................................................... 23.92 3.6 24.29 3.8 19.00 2.9 4....................................................... 16.24 3.7 16.27 3.6 – – 5....................................................... 19.70 7.3 19.85 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.83 2.6 19.90 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.57 5.0 23.10 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 23.57 3.3 23.63 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 36.54 19.3 37.32 20.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.06 3.6 16.06 3.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 27.21 .6 27.21 .6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.81 2.8 19.78 3.1 20.14 2.1 5....................................................... 20.10 3.3 20.15 3.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.46 2.4 18.25 2.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.36 6.1 17.49 6.2 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.92 7.4 21.95 7.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.19 6.7 22.23 6.9 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.20 9.0 23.08 11.3 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 21.62 4.4 21.62 4.4 – – Computer programmers........................................ 26.38 5.4 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 28.71 30.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.77 6.9 31.81 8.1 31.58 6.3 5....................................................... 16.88 8.6 16.82 8.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.33 6.9 18.54 7.4 – – 7....................................................... $21.23 3.5 $21.18 4.0 $21.40 7.0 8....................................................... 26.56 4.6 27.96 5.0 21.59 2.5 9....................................................... 27.26 4.0 27.02 4.6 28.48 7.8 10........................................................ 28.80 9.4 28.80 9.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.77 5.5 36.88 7.9 39.72 4.2 12........................................................ 44.20 5.4 44.79 5.8 – – 13........................................................ 65.84 10.1 65.84 10.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.22 5.7 32.60 5.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.04 5.5 38.47 6.6 35.96 3.2 7....................................................... 22.90 3.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.42 10.9 27.85 12.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.96 5.3 27.23 5.8 32.69 1.7 10........................................................ 29.08 10.4 29.08 10.4 – – 11........................................................ 39.65 6.7 38.95 10.8 40.78 5.5 12........................................................ 44.26 5.6 44.88 6.0 – – 13........................................................ 65.84 10.1 65.84 10.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.21 9.6 36.47 10.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 29.56 3.1 – – 29.56 3.1 Financial managers.......................................... 40.03 1.8 40.09 2.0 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 43.25 12.4 43.42 12.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.98 8.2 33.42 23.1 41.50 6.2 11........................................................ 44.44 3.7 – – 44.44 3.8 Managers, medicine and health............................... 37.33 17.5 37.46 18.6 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.59 9.5 25.63 12.8 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 27.75 10.3 27.71 14.2 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.66 11.1 39.66 11.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.38 4.4 30.38 4.4 – – 10........................................................ 27.18 17.1 27.18 17.1 – – 11........................................................ 34.58 9.5 34.58 9.5 – – 12........................................................ 44.24 9.9 44.24 9.9 – – Management related............................................ 23.55 10.3 23.54 11.7 23.58 4.1 5....................................................... 16.80 9.7 16.73 9.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.86 6.4 19.13 6.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.56 4.1 20.74 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 26.67 6.5 28.04 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 26.26 9.4 26.69 11.9 – – 11........................................................ 33.17 4.8 33.12 5.9 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.38 11.0 27.03 12.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.40 4.2 21.64 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.12 13.4 33.12 13.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 30.46 13.7 31.18 14.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.35 10.2 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.05 10.9 21.17 11.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.53 12.9 25.53 12.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.41 19.6 19.39 21.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.17 5.7 20.81 5.5 – – Sales............................................................. $17.34 8.0 $17.41 8.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.26 5.6 7.26 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.29 12.9 8.29 12.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.56 7.3 10.51 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.89 8.0 12.89 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 21.39 11.7 21.39 11.7 – – 6....................................................... 16.81 8.4 16.81 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 23.50 9.9 23.50 9.9 – – 8....................................................... 24.31 11.5 24.31 11.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 27.39 21.0 27.39 21.0 – – Securities and financial services sales..................... 39.43 19.6 39.43 19.6 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 18.94 21.2 18.94 21.2 – – 5....................................................... 19.47 29.9 19.47 29.9 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 7.60 5.8 7.60 5.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.73 21.7 14.73 21.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.79 5.8 10.76 6.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.48 19.0 9.48 19.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.31 5.6 11.29 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.36 12.1 11.36 12.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.93 1.3 14.97 1.6 $14.74 1.8 1....................................................... 12.27 10.7 12.12 16.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.56 4.0 11.68 3.6 10.86 16.2 3....................................................... 12.41 2.1 12.19 2.7 13.16 2.2 4....................................................... 15.04 2.9 14.90 3.5 15.58 4.7 5....................................................... 16.79 1.8 16.74 2.1 17.05 1.5 6....................................................... 17.00 2.7 17.37 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 20.66 3.7 21.61 3.9 17.63 3.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.02 6.1 15.02 6.1 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 22.60 3.4 22.60 3.4 – – Computer operators.......................................... 15.07 2.8 15.16 3.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.20 3.6 15.98 3.8 16.87 8.9 3....................................................... 15.37 5.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.86 7.3 13.46 3.1 18.27 13.5 5....................................................... 17.26 2.8 17.45 3.1 15.93 2.6 6....................................................... 17.21 9.1 18.18 9.8 – – 7....................................................... 17.94 4.8 18.39 6.7 – – Typists..................................................... 13.52 4.0 – – 13.98 .7 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.88 2.1 10.88 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.39 .2 10.39 .2 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.66 7.1 11.62 7.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.76 6.1 9.28 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.60 11.1 12.62 11.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.58 6.8 – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.42 10.9 14.42 11.1 – – Order clerks................................................ $17.55 8.3 $17.55 8.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.99 14.2 15.99 14.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.20 4.2 24.20 4.2 – – Library clerks.............................................. 13.41 12.1 – – $13.71 12.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.84 7.5 15.01 8.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.93 5.0 13.81 5.3 15.64 9.7 3....................................................... 11.86 6.1 11.86 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.79 6.9 13.58 7.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.18 3.7 – – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 15.14 1.8 15.14 1.8 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.16 5.3 13.16 5.3 – – Telephone operators......................................... 14.86 11.4 15.09 15.6 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.67 4.1 11.27 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.49 6.9 10.71 1.8 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.99 7.7 12.99 7.7 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.80 6.5 13.88 6.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.27 9.6 15.27 9.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.14 6.6 17.14 6.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.56 5.9 14.20 7.9 15.27 9.4 2....................................................... 10.95 5.7 10.55 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.28 6.1 11.60 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.57 7.8 16.38 11.7 14.51 5.6 Data entry keyers........................................... 13.04 6.5 13.04 6.5 – – Statistical clerks.......................................... 16.81 12.8 16.81 12.8 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.43 10.4 – – 11.16 11.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.66 4.9 14.35 6.2 15.30 6.1 4....................................................... 14.42 4.9 – – 14.86 5.7 Blue collar......................................................... 17.46 2.8 17.36 3.1 18.35 2.5 1....................................................... 9.67 7.6 9.52 7.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.25 5.7 12.13 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 15.03 5.1 14.95 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.09 4.6 15.98 5.4 16.59 6.0 5....................................................... 19.76 5.5 19.95 6.1 18.50 1.7 6....................................................... 19.50 3.3 19.44 3.5 20.44 11.5 7....................................................... 22.39 2.3 22.94 2.8 19.85 1.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.79 8.3 19.79 8.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.31 3.7 21.51 4.2 19.92 1.6 4....................................................... 12.62 6.5 12.62 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 21.98 10.0 22.23 10.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.54 5.5 19.29 6.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.73 2.2 23.41 2.9 19.84 1.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.47 7.7 23.47 7.7 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.79 2.9 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 20.21 3.8 – – – – 7....................................................... $20.23 5.1 – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 23.76 6.2 $23.76 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 25.23 5.2 25.23 5.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.45 3.3 19.75 3.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.91 2.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.16 4.5 22.16 4.5 – – Carpenters.................................................. 24.72 7.9 – – – – Electricians................................................ 21.12 8.5 21.82 9.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.04 10.5 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 25.15 7.3 25.15 7.3 – – 7....................................................... 25.22 9.1 25.22 9.1 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 12.87 12.0 12.87 12.0 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.57 11.0 16.57 11.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.67 5.2 15.66 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.87 4.4 10.87 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 14.35 10.5 14.35 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.33 4.8 15.33 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.87 4.3 16.87 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.22 4.0 20.22 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 19.46 5.2 19.43 5.3 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.35 5.3 9.30 5.5 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 20.44 8.2 20.44 8.2 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 15.87 10.1 15.87 10.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.01 4.2 17.01 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.68 3.4 15.68 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 18.22 5.8 18.22 5.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 17.93 1.9 17.93 1.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.86 6.4 16.64 7.5 $18.44 4.5 4....................................................... 17.16 8.3 16.90 9.4 – – 5....................................................... 19.21 10.7 19.20 15.7 – – 6....................................................... 17.54 4.6 17.54 4.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.27 4.5 17.29 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 17.76 4.6 17.85 4.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.42 9.0 17.42 9.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.07 5.5 13.74 6.4 16.20 4.1 1....................................................... 9.81 8.3 9.64 8.7 – – 2....................................................... 13.54 8.2 13.36 8.5 – – 3....................................................... 15.94 10.7 15.71 11.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.14 7.6 16.55 11.9 15.65 5.8 5....................................................... 18.63 2.6 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 12.63 10.4 11.72 11.4 – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... $19.82 14.4 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.74 5.1 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.31 12.0 $11.31 12.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.23 6.9 8.23 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.51 11.3 12.52 11.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.49 16.7 12.49 16.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.90 7.4 16.90 7.4 – – 2....................................................... 15.65 11.5 15.65 11.5 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.92 11.7 – – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.13 13.5 11.13 13.5 – – 1....................................................... 10.22 15.9 10.22 15.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.91 11.5 11.65 15.5 – – Service............................................................. 12.63 2.8 10.19 3.1 $19.08 4.1 1....................................................... 8.58 4.2 8.25 3.4 11.20 8.3 2....................................................... 9.20 3.1 8.99 3.4 10.94 6.5 3....................................................... 9.71 3.3 9.09 3.3 12.81 1.3 4....................................................... 14.27 6.3 13.76 8.2 15.82 3.5 5....................................................... 14.01 4.5 12.60 3.7 16.71 3.5 6....................................................... 19.88 3.5 15.27 7.8 21.81 3.3 7....................................................... 22.61 1.9 18.40 5.4 23.55 1.8 8....................................................... 23.00 3.0 19.87 9.2 23.75 3.0 9....................................................... 28.06 .8 – – 28.06 .8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.02 9.6 9.02 9.6 – – Protective service............................................ 18.47 8.8 10.67 5.5 22.52 4.5 1....................................................... 10.40 12.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.69 3.2 9.65 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.71 6.3 10.81 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.07 7.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.27 3.2 – – 21.83 3.5 7....................................................... 23.53 2.3 – – 23.90 2.0 8....................................................... 23.69 3.0 – – 23.87 3.1 9....................................................... 28.23 .7 – – 28.23 .7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.25 5.1 – – 28.95 4.7 Supervisors, guards......................................... 25.45 7.8 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.61 2.6 – – 23.73 2.7 6....................................................... 22.30 .4 – – 22.30 .4 7....................................................... 24.17 .7 – – 24.17 .7 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.93 3.4 – – 18.93 3.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 16.98 7.8 – – 18.55 5.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.86 6.1 10.42 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.90 10.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.74 3.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.66 2.9 10.66 2.9 – – Food service.................................................. 8.57 7.1 8.02 6.9 12.92 9.6 1....................................................... $7.20 3.9 $7.08 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.64 10.1 7.48 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 7.94 6.5 7.45 6.1 $11.09 2.6 4....................................................... 12.42 18.3 11.12 24.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.92 21.2 9.92 21.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.25 17.1 5.25 17.1 – – 1....................................................... 5.07 18.7 5.07 18.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.87 16.4 6.87 16.4 – – 3....................................................... 4.05 22.9 4.05 22.9 – – Bartenders.................................................. 5.30 29.8 5.30 29.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.29 19.2 4.29 19.2 – – 2....................................................... 5.88 14.2 5.88 14.2 – – 3....................................................... 3.52 19.0 3.52 19.0 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 8.20 7.0 8.20 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.31 5.0 6.31 5.0 – – Other food service........................................... 10.24 3.4 9.70 3.3 12.92 9.6 1....................................................... 7.97 5.7 7.85 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.62 4.9 8.33 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.01 2.7 9.73 2.9 11.09 2.6 4....................................................... 15.11 4.4 14.94 4.8 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.23 2.6 14.17 2.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.38 6.1 12.16 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.09 3.6 14.08 4.2 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.15 7.4 7.75 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.02 4.5 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.55 12.3 11.23 16.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.09 7.2 10.09 7.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.30 5.6 8.39 2.7 13.23 17.2 1....................................................... 8.16 4.2 8.03 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.77 4.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.33 8.1 – – 11.57 10.0 Health service................................................ 11.43 4.4 10.65 3.1 15.43 6.9 2....................................................... 10.12 3.0 10.12 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.57 4.9 10.18 4.3 12.24 3.0 4....................................................... 11.67 7.6 11.34 7.5 13.82 7.5 5....................................................... 13.01 5.3 12.36 4.5 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.40 5.8 11.81 2.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.14 5.7 12.25 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 12.40 5.7 12.40 5.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.20 4.5 10.35 2.3 15.36 8.0 2....................................................... 10.08 2.9 10.08 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.62 5.5 10.21 4.9 12.28 3.1 4....................................................... 11.28 9.4 10.75 7.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.95 4.8 10.21 4.2 13.69 4.2 1....................................................... 10.01 4.6 9.67 4.7 11.98 1.9 2....................................................... 10.83 4.4 10.43 3.6 – – 3....................................................... $12.28 3.9 $11.06 4.5 $14.20 1.7 5....................................................... 13.95 10.2 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.03 3.5 10.03 3.5 – – 1....................................................... 9.82 5.6 9.82 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.88 4.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.74 5.1 9.74 5.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.25 7.0 10.25 6.6 13.70 4.3 1....................................................... 10.12 6.6 9.55 7.3 11.98 1.9 2....................................................... 11.50 3.6 10.97 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.00 2.3 11.82 3.0 14.20 1.7 Personal service.............................................. 12.42 3.9 12.53 4.0 11.23 15.6 1....................................................... 8.28 10.1 8.44 10.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.96 5.9 7.73 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.35 9.1 8.35 9.1 – – 4....................................................... 18.53 8.5 18.72 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 12.89 8.3 12.61 10.1 – – 6....................................................... 14.28 9.4 14.28 9.4 – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 20.58 2.7 20.58 2.7 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.49 5.2 7.49 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.26 11.2 7.26 11.2 – – 3....................................................... 7.48 2.5 7.48 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 7.89 3.3 7.89 3.3 – – Welfare service aides....................................... 11.46 11.2 10.23 4.5 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.71 11.9 8.71 11.9 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 10.81 1.8 10.92 .3 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.62 8.0 10.02 8.3 – – 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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................................................................... $21.60 2.1 $20.87 2.7 $24.63 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 21.66 2.3 20.88 2.9 24.69 2.1 White collar........................................................ 25.56 2.2 24.89 2.8 28.33 1.8 1....................................................... 11.63 12.7 10.93 15.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.08 4.5 12.05 4.8 12.48 8.1 3....................................................... 12.46 2.1 12.27 2.7 13.20 3.4 4....................................................... 14.53 3.0 14.30 3.5 15.73 4.5 5....................................................... 18.16 3.2 18.20 3.5 17.63 2.5 6....................................................... 18.57 2.8 18.57 3.1 18.57 7.4 7....................................................... 21.81 2.0 22.27 2.4 19.77 1.1 8....................................................... 27.50 3.7 25.25 1.9 32.21 3.7 9....................................................... 31.42 2.1 28.20 3.2 36.68 1.2 10........................................................ 32.86 5.2 32.56 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 39.90 4.4 39.79 5.5 40.29 3.5 12........................................................ 43.49 3.6 43.67 4.0 42.03 5.6 13........................................................ 64.56 7.2 64.56 7.2 – – 14........................................................ 89.25 16.9 89.34 17.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.60 7.1 25.46 7.8 27.57 13.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.07 2.4 25.42 3.1 28.47 1.8 2....................................................... 12.02 4.4 11.98 4.7 12.48 8.1 3....................................................... 12.64 2.5 12.39 3.3 13.40 3.3 4....................................................... 14.74 4.0 14.52 4.8 15.73 4.5 5....................................................... 17.28 3.8 17.24 4.2 17.63 2.5 6....................................................... 18.76 3.2 18.79 3.5 18.57 7.4 7....................................................... 21.67 2.1 22.14 2.5 19.77 1.1 8....................................................... 27.69 3.9 25.33 2.5 32.21 3.7 9....................................................... 31.20 2.0 27.69 2.7 36.68 1.2 10........................................................ 32.28 5.8 31.80 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 39.32 4.6 39.04 5.8 40.29 3.5 12........................................................ 43.49 3.6 43.67 4.0 42.03 5.6 13........................................................ 64.56 7.2 64.56 7.2 – – 14........................................................ 89.25 16.9 89.34 17.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.53 6.5 25.39 7.1 27.57 13.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.04 3.1 29.96 4.2 34.00 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.93 2.7 32.01 4.1 34.85 2.0 5....................................................... 15.34 11.3 15.26 11.3 – – 6....................................................... 22.32 9.6 21.73 21.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.81 4.5 22.28 5.4 20.01 1.9 8....................................................... 28.92 4.9 24.74 3.9 33.83 3.7 9....................................................... 32.07 1.8 27.13 1.8 37.61 1.2 10........................................................ 34.26 5.7 34.23 4.7 – – 11........................................................ 35.06 4.8 34.08 5.1 42.54 11.0 12........................................................ 42.66 4.0 42.33 4.3 45.02 11.9 13........................................................ 62.11 9.6 62.11 9.6 – – 14........................................................ $91.17 19.2 $91.31 19.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.27 11.1 28.56 12.7 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.66 5.3 36.55 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.08 7.5 31.53 12.3 – – 11........................................................ 38.46 6.8 38.68 7.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.62 3.3 44.62 3.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.81 5.9 36.81 5.9 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 37.13 7.1 37.13 7.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.97 9.8 33.41 10.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.33 5.1 33.33 5.1 – – 8....................................................... 24.66 6.1 24.66 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 29.98 6.8 29.98 6.8 – – 10........................................................ 34.99 7.1 34.99 7.1 – – 11........................................................ 33.82 4.9 33.82 4.9 – – 12........................................................ 38.92 13.0 38.92 13.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.31 5.9 33.31 5.9 – – 8....................................................... 24.66 6.1 24.66 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.88 8.0 30.88 8.0 – – 10........................................................ 33.84 6.5 33.84 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 33.62 6.3 33.62 6.3 – – 12........................................................ 38.61 13.2 38.61 13.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ 37.59 7.8 38.31 8.3 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 35.33 8.1 35.70 10.0 – – Health related................................................ 29.12 3.5 28.65 3.1 $34.69 18.0 7....................................................... 22.65 4.0 22.53 4.2 – – 8....................................................... 28.42 2.1 28.25 1.9 – – 9....................................................... 27.87 5.2 26.49 .3 40.26 20.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.08 11.4 – – – – Physicians.................................................. 38.14 14.0 39.55 14.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.66 2.4 27.15 1.0 34.28 16.8 7....................................................... 25.06 2.4 24.98 2.4 – – 8....................................................... 28.43 1.6 28.24 .6 – – 9....................................................... 27.58 4.3 26.60 .8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 57.88 33.0 63.84 45.0 44.84 7.0 11........................................................ 38.14 6.7 33.70 3.4 44.44 11.0 12........................................................ 47.43 3.3 – – 53.19 8.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 74.14 31.8 – – 44.70 5.0 11........................................................ 39.42 7.4 – – 41.77 8.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.69 1.8 21.82 10.4 37.33 2.6 6....................................................... 32.75 18.2 31.69 24.9 – – 7....................................................... 22.34 16.5 22.97 18.6 – – 8....................................................... 34.72 5.0 – – 36.02 6.2 9....................................................... 37.74 3.9 – – 38.82 3.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.31 .5 22.68 8.2 38.81 .0 8....................................................... 35.86 1.8 – – 35.86 1.8 9....................................................... 38.83 4.6 – – 40.10 4.1 Secondary school teachers................................... $38.43 5.3 – – $39.19 6.2 9....................................................... 40.58 5.3 – – 42.78 3.4 Teachers, special education................................. 32.86 5.4 – – 33.72 6.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.57 17.0 $17.84 29.5 29.27 4.1 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 25.21 18.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.14 6.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.13 7.0 17.25 10.5 22.33 4.8 7....................................................... 19.92 1.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 23.93 6.6 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.99 8.2 16.65 8.9 22.91 5.4 9....................................................... 23.29 7.6 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.42 9.8 25.69 10.6 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 18.85 17.9 18.85 17.9 – – Technical....................................................... 24.25 4.0 24.59 4.2 19.66 4.2 4....................................................... 16.40 3.5 16.27 3.6 – – 5....................................................... 19.72 8.7 19.89 8.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.95 2.9 20.04 3.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.71 5.3 23.28 5.9 – – 8....................................................... 23.58 3.4 23.63 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 37.90 23.4 38.98 26.2 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 28.18 2.0 28.18 2.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.04 3.7 20.02 4.2 – – 6....................................................... 18.61 4.0 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.54 6.0 17.54 6.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.92 7.4 21.95 7.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.19 6.7 22.23 6.9 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.20 9.0 23.08 11.3 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 21.62 4.4 21.62 4.4 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 31.45 25.4 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.89 6.9 31.90 8.1 31.81 5.7 5....................................................... 17.05 8.7 16.98 8.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.33 6.9 18.54 7.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.23 3.5 21.19 4.0 21.40 7.0 8....................................................... 26.68 4.7 28.15 5.1 21.59 2.5 9....................................................... 27.26 4.0 27.02 4.6 28.48 7.8 10........................................................ 28.80 9.4 28.80 9.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.92 5.7 37.08 8.2 39.72 4.2 12........................................................ 44.20 5.4 44.79 5.8 – – 13........................................................ 65.84 10.1 65.84 10.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.44 6.1 32.38 6.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.17 5.5 38.54 6.6 36.38 3.9 7....................................................... 22.90 3.4 – – – – 8....................................................... $26.70 11.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.96 5.3 $27.23 5.8 $32.69 1.7 10........................................................ 29.08 10.4 29.08 10.4 – – 11........................................................ 39.65 6.7 38.95 10.8 40.78 5.5 12........................................................ 44.26 5.6 44.88 6.0 – – 13........................................................ 65.84 10.1 65.84 10.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.32 9.2 36.47 10.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 29.56 3.1 – – 29.56 3.1 Financial managers.......................................... 40.03 1.8 40.09 2.0 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 43.25 12.4 43.42 12.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.98 8.2 33.42 23.1 41.50 6.2 11........................................................ 44.44 3.7 – – 44.44 3.8 Managers, medicine and health............................... 38.60 16.4 38.82 17.6 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.59 9.5 25.63 12.8 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 27.75 10.3 27.71 14.2 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.66 11.1 39.66 11.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.38 4.4 30.38 4.4 – – 10........................................................ 27.18 17.1 27.18 17.1 – – 11........................................................ 34.58 9.5 34.58 9.5 – – 12........................................................ 44.24 9.9 44.24 9.9 – – Management related............................................ 23.40 10.0 23.37 11.3 23.58 4.1 5....................................................... 16.98 9.9 16.91 10.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.86 6.4 19.13 6.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.57 4.1 20.75 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 26.67 6.5 28.04 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 26.26 9.4 26.69 11.9 – – 11........................................................ 33.51 4.7 33.53 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.05 6.1 29.05 6.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.66 10.0 26.23 11.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.40 4.2 21.64 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.64 16.5 32.64 16.5 – – Other financial officers.................................... 30.46 13.7 31.18 14.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.35 10.2 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.05 10.9 21.17 11.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.53 12.9 25.53 12.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.34 19.9 19.31 21.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.18 5.7 20.84 5.5 – – Sales............................................................. 20.57 8.2 20.72 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.96 5.8 11.99 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.09 9.1 13.09 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 21.70 12.3 21.70 12.3 – – 6....................................................... 16.81 8.4 16.81 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 23.50 9.9 23.50 9.9 – – 8....................................................... 24.31 11.5 24.31 11.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 27.44 21.2 27.44 21.2 – – Securities and financial services sales..................... $39.43 19.6 $39.43 19.6 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 14.44 20.8 14.44 20.8 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 18.94 21.2 18.94 21.2 – – 5....................................................... 19.47 29.9 19.47 29.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 21.37 21.6 21.37 21.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.04 5.5 12.07 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.11 5.8 12.16 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.33 12.9 11.33 12.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.25 1.5 15.25 1.8 $15.26 1.2 2....................................................... 12.10 4.1 12.07 4.4 12.48 8.1 3....................................................... 12.64 2.5 12.39 3.3 13.40 3.3 4....................................................... 15.12 3.1 14.97 3.7 15.69 4.6 5....................................................... 16.87 1.8 16.75 2.1 17.65 2.4 6....................................................... 17.15 2.7 17.49 3.1 – – 7....................................................... 20.81 3.3 21.83 3.3 17.63 3.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.06 8.4 15.06 8.4 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 22.60 3.4 22.60 3.4 – – Computer operators.......................................... 15.21 3.2 15.21 3.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.27 3.7 16.06 4.0 16.88 9.0 3....................................................... 15.37 5.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.93 7.7 13.46 3.5 18.35 13.6 5....................................................... 17.26 2.8 17.46 3.1 15.93 2.6 6....................................................... 17.49 9.7 18.70 9.9 – – 7....................................................... 17.94 4.8 18.39 6.7 – – Typists..................................................... 13.52 4.0 – – 13.98 .7 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.88 2.1 10.88 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.39 .2 10.39 .2 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.73 8.1 11.68 8.5 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.86 8.6 17.86 8.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.99 14.2 15.99 14.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.20 4.2 24.20 4.2 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.21 7.1 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.84 7.5 15.01 8.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.96 5.1 13.84 5.4 15.64 9.7 3....................................................... 11.92 6.6 11.92 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.79 6.9 13.58 7.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.18 3.7 – – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 15.14 1.8 15.14 1.8 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.89 4.8 12.89 4.8 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 12.23 4.4 11.71 1.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.03 7.8 13.03 7.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.82 6.6 13.89 6.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.27 9.6 15.27 9.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.57 7.3 17.57 7.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.04 7.0 14.87 10.1 15.29 9.6 2....................................................... $11.42 8.0 $11.06 8.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.88 8.7 17.20 13.9 $14.53 5.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 13.39 7.6 13.39 7.6 – – Statistical clerks.......................................... 16.80 13.0 16.80 13.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.01 9.4 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.04 5.6 14.82 8.6 15.32 6.0 4....................................................... 14.54 5.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.87 2.7 17.80 3.0 18.40 2.4 1....................................................... 10.37 8.5 10.19 9.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.39 7.1 12.28 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 15.33 6.6 15.24 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 16.09 4.6 15.98 5.4 16.59 6.0 5....................................................... 19.77 5.5 19.95 6.1 18.53 1.7 6....................................................... 19.48 3.3 19.42 3.5 20.44 11.5 7....................................................... 22.36 2.2 22.90 2.8 19.85 1.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.18 8.5 20.18 8.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.29 3.7 21.49 4.2 19.93 1.6 4....................................................... 12.62 6.5 12.62 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 21.99 10.0 22.23 10.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.54 5.5 19.29 6.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.70 2.2 23.37 2.8 19.84 1.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.47 7.7 23.47 7.7 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.79 2.9 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 20.21 3.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.23 5.1 – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 23.10 6.0 23.10 6.0 – – 7....................................................... 24.60 5.0 24.60 5.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.45 3.3 19.75 3.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.91 2.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.16 4.5 22.16 4.5 – – Electricians................................................ 21.12 8.5 21.82 9.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.04 10.5 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 25.15 7.3 25.15 7.3 – – 7....................................................... 25.22 9.1 25.22 9.1 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 12.87 12.0 12.87 12.0 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.57 11.0 16.57 11.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.69 5.2 15.69 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.87 4.6 10.87 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 14.35 10.5 14.35 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.33 4.8 15.33 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.87 4.3 16.87 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.22 4.0 20.22 4.0 – – 7....................................................... $19.46 5.2 $19.43 5.3 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.35 5.3 9.30 5.5 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 20.44 8.2 20.44 8.2 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 15.87 10.1 15.87 10.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.01 4.2 17.01 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.68 3.4 15.68 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 18.22 5.8 18.22 5.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 17.97 2.0 17.97 2.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.47 5.1 17.30 6.0 $18.60 3.7 3....................................................... 15.35 17.8 15.50 19.4 – – 4....................................................... 17.16 8.3 16.90 9.4 – – 5....................................................... 19.21 10.7 19.20 15.7 – – 6....................................................... 17.41 4.2 17.41 4.2 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.27 4.5 17.29 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 17.76 4.6 17.85 4.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.42 9.0 17.42 9.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.76 5.6 14.51 6.6 16.20 4.1 1....................................................... 10.60 8.6 10.40 9.2 – – 2....................................................... 14.05 9.2 13.86 9.6 – – 3....................................................... 16.05 11.1 15.80 11.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.14 7.6 16.55 11.9 15.65 5.8 5....................................................... 18.63 2.6 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 12.77 12.7 11.63 15.1 – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.82 14.4 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.74 5.1 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.43 11.2 13.44 11.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.35 15.2 13.35 15.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 18.67 7.0 18.67 7.0 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.92 11.7 – – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.13 13.5 11.13 13.5 – – 1....................................................... 10.22 15.9 10.22 15.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.38 11.3 12.12 15.5 – – Service............................................................. 13.55 2.7 10.73 2.7 19.87 4.5 1....................................................... 9.37 6.3 8.97 6.2 11.78 2.2 2....................................................... 9.40 2.3 9.16 2.0 13.30 4.3 3....................................................... 9.93 2.0 9.27 1.8 13.29 2.5 4....................................................... 14.87 5.3 14.50 7.3 15.82 3.5 5....................................................... 14.38 4.6 12.97 4.1 16.71 3.5 6....................................................... 20.81 2.6 17.09 4.9 21.81 3.3 7....................................................... 22.61 1.9 18.40 5.4 23.55 1.8 8....................................................... 23.00 3.0 19.87 9.2 23.75 3.0 9....................................................... 28.06 .8 – – 28.06 .8 Not able to be leveled.................................... $9.46 9.8 $9.46 9.8 – – Protective service............................................ 18.92 8.7 10.63 5.6 $22.89 4.5 3....................................................... 9.87 2.6 9.87 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.71 6.3 10.81 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.08 7.1 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.40 3.3 – – 21.83 3.5 7....................................................... 23.53 2.3 – – 23.90 2.0 8....................................................... 23.69 3.0 – – 23.87 3.1 9....................................................... 28.23 .7 – – 28.23 .7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.25 5.1 – – 28.95 4.7 Supervisors, guards......................................... 25.45 7.8 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.61 2.6 – – 23.73 2.7 6....................................................... 22.30 .4 – – 22.30 .4 7....................................................... 24.17 .7 – – 24.17 .7 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.93 3.4 – – 18.93 3.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 16.98 7.8 – – 18.55 5.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.75 5.7 10.19 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.87 2.6 9.87 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.66 2.9 10.66 2.9 – – Food service.................................................. 9.35 6.7 8.82 6.1 13.83 7.4 1....................................................... 7.97 7.9 7.82 8.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.30 3.4 8.13 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.06 2.7 7.84 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.14 14.8 12.01 20.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.79 8.3 5.79 8.3 – – 1....................................................... 5.50 14.8 5.50 14.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.95 3.6 7.95 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 3.94 23.3 3.94 23.3 – – Bartenders.................................................. 6.26 28.1 6.26 28.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.44 8.9 4.44 8.9 – – 2....................................................... 6.76 5.5 6.76 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 3.35 12.5 3.35 12.5 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 8.42 7.7 8.42 7.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.46 5.2 6.46 5.2 – – Other food service........................................... 11.14 5.6 10.62 5.4 13.83 7.4 1....................................................... 8.96 8.2 8.82 8.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.63 5.1 8.33 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.46 3.7 10.37 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.29 4.4 15.26 4.8 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.53 2.5 14.48 2.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.43 6.0 12.20 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.40 3.4 14.44 3.9 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 12.35 11.6 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.15 9.6 9.21 5.6 14.28 13.4 1....................................................... 9.06 8.9 8.93 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.18 3.8 – – – – Health service................................................ $11.68 5.5 $10.67 4.3 $15.56 6.9 2....................................................... 10.02 5.5 10.02 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.51 4.9 10.02 3.6 12.32 3.3 4....................................................... 12.03 7.2 11.63 7.5 13.82 7.5 5....................................................... 13.71 4.8 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 13.26 7.9 12.48 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.04 5.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.39 5.6 10.26 2.8 15.44 7.9 3....................................................... 10.49 4.8 9.99 3.3 12.32 3.3 4....................................................... 11.71 9.6 10.96 8.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.38 3.3 10.62 2.7 13.87 3.5 1....................................................... 10.49 3.2 10.17 3.3 11.98 1.9 2....................................................... 10.86 4.9 10.39 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.31 4.0 11.03 4.6 14.28 1.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.03 3.6 10.03 3.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.78 5.7 9.78 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.88 4.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.74 5.1 9.74 5.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.92 4.7 10.93 4.4 13.89 3.6 1....................................................... 11.03 3.3 10.59 1.1 11.98 1.9 2....................................................... 11.65 4.8 10.94 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.07 2.2 11.81 3.2 14.28 1.1 Personal service.............................................. 13.51 4.7 13.45 5.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.68 7.2 7.68 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.58 10.5 8.20 12.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.24 10.4 8.24 10.4 – – 4....................................................... 18.97 9.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.11 8.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.91 9.2 17.91 9.2 – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 20.58 2.7 20.58 2.7 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.79 4.5 7.79 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.87 12.2 7.87 12.2 – – 3....................................................... 7.55 .7 7.55 .7 – – 4....................................................... 8.12 3.0 8.12 3.0 – – Welfare service aides....................................... 12.13 11.3 10.46 5.9 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.17 2.6 10.96 .0 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.83 4.2 11.66 4.5 – – 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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................................................................... $12.05 3.4 $12.04 3.3 $12.07 18.9 All excluding sales............................................... 12.82 3.8 12.92 3.7 12.07 18.9 White collar........................................................ 14.73 4.4 14.84 4.2 13.79 23.9 1....................................................... 7.63 8.7 7.51 9.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.45 5.6 8.14 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.80 4.7 9.79 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.35 3.3 13.35 3.7 13.32 6.6 5....................................................... 15.91 3.0 16.86 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 15.54 12.9 15.82 13.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.82 6.6 22.79 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 27.61 7.1 25.89 4.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.02 2.6 30.02 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.45 23.5 22.25 23.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.12 4.3 18.93 4.1 13.79 23.9 1....................................................... 10.15 3.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.46 9.2 9.27 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.12 2.1 11.29 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.86 2.7 13.98 3.0 13.32 6.6 5....................................................... 16.38 3.4 17.68 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 15.54 12.9 15.82 13.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.82 6.6 22.79 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 27.61 7.1 25.89 4.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.02 2.6 30.02 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.57 23.6 22.37 23.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.82 4.3 24.85 3.2 24.54 38.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.64 5.4 26.47 4.2 28.38 37.2 7....................................................... 26.06 3.2 26.18 3.5 – – 8....................................................... 28.15 7.6 26.31 4.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.26 1.9 30.26 1.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.22 2.4 28.24 2.4 – – 8....................................................... 26.35 4.8 26.35 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.30 1.9 30.30 1.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.44 3.0 27.46 3.0 – – 8....................................................... 26.35 4.8 26.35 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.57 3.7 29.57 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 27.67 2.4 27.07 .7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.79 38.4 17.76 25.2 28.36 41.1 8....................................................... 37.27 5.3 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.58 5.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.42 5.4 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $19.81 6.0 $20.50 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.46 1.6 18.46 1.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.17 1.2 19.19 1.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.47 21.5 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.41 4.0 8.41 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.53 6.9 7.53 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.10 6.6 9.10 6.6 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 7.21 3.4 7.21 3.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.04 9.9 8.04 9.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.08 6.6 9.08 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.08 11.3 8.08 11.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.94 6.3 9.94 6.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.02 4.6 12.33 4.6 $10.95 13.3 1....................................................... 10.15 3.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.46 9.2 9.27 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.15 2.2 11.29 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.93 2.6 13.98 3.0 13.70 5.2 Secretaries................................................. 14.01 4.6 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.09 2.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.16 6.8 12.14 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.18 5.1 12.18 5.1 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.65 15.4 – – 10.65 15.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.68 8.5 13.69 8.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 11.37 10.5 11.33 10.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.64 2.0 7.64 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.50 7.1 11.39 7.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.22 10.5 9.22 10.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.35 12.4 10.35 12.4 – – Service............................................................. 8.51 5.1 8.34 5.8 9.84 6.6 1....................................................... 6.90 1.7 6.86 1.5 – – 2....................................................... $8.66 8.9 $8.45 11.4 $9.35 12.6 3....................................................... 8.76 11.6 8.26 13.6 10.94 1.8 4....................................................... 9.98 12.2 9.98 12.2 – – 5....................................................... 10.29 4.7 10.29 4.7 – – Protective service............................................ 10.95 11.3 11.04 16.3 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.43 15.9 11.44 16.2 – – Food service.................................................. 6.62 13.3 6.05 15.0 10.89 2.0 1....................................................... 6.01 4.9 6.01 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 3.88 41.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 7.72 18.4 6.58 20.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.97 38.4 3.97 38.4 – – 3....................................................... 4.27 47.1 4.27 47.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.03 42.7 4.03 42.7 – – Other food service........................................... 7.99 7.4 7.36 7.4 10.89 2.0 1....................................................... 6.56 11.3 6.56 11.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.29 7.3 8.25 7.7 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.87 9.9 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.56 9.5 6.70 9.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.61 2.0 10.61 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.94 7.5 10.95 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.68 8.7 10.68 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 11.10 2.4 11.10 2.4 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.68 3.1 10.68 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.60 2.2 10.59 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.77 12.0 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.35 7.6 8.25 7.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.81 10.6 7.81 10.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.09 6.8 7.95 6.3 – – Personal service.............................................. $8.50 5.9 $8.70 6.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.67 12.4 9.00 13.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.29 5.2 7.01 7.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.59 8.0 9.59 8.0 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 5.72 7.1 5.72 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 4.98 7.2 4.98 7.2 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.95 6.1 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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....................................................... $21.60 $12.05 $20.75 $20.58 $20.55 $23.03 All excluding sales............................................. 21.66 12.82 20.96 20.83 20.89 20.41 White collar........................................................ 25.56 14.73 26.39 24.12 24.51 27.38 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.07 18.12 27.49 24.99 25.49 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.04 24.82 33.49 29.38 30.63 – Professional specialty.......................................... 32.93 26.64 33.33 32.18 32.52 – Technical....................................................... 24.25 19.81 34.49 21.25 23.93 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.89 25.47 29.92 31.89 31.61 – Sales............................................................. 20.57 8.41 13.71 17.98 14.10 25.71 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.25 12.02 15.91 14.66 14.93 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.87 11.37 18.89 15.45 17.45 17.59 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.29 – 22.24 19.76 21.34 20.72 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.69 – 15.78 15.45 15.98 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.47 – 19.17 14.41 16.45 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.76 9.22 16.19 11.52 14.06 – Service............................................................. 13.55 8.51 15.86 9.67 12.63 – 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....................................................... 2.1 3.4 2.7 2.7 2.1 9.0 All excluding sales............................................. 2.3 3.8 2.7 3.1 2.1 15.6 White collar........................................................ 2.2 4.4 2.8 2.8 2.3 14.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.4 4.3 2.3 3.1 2.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.1 4.3 2.8 3.9 2.9 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.7 5.4 2.6 3.8 2.5 – Technical....................................................... 4.0 6.0 14.1 3.4 3.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.9 21.5 12.6 7.3 7.0 – Sales............................................................. 8.2 4.0 6.9 9.0 10.1 14.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.5 4.6 2.7 1.8 1.3 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.7 10.5 3.6 3.2 2.4 15.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 – 3.7 5.0 3.9 4.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.2 – 11.0 5.7 4.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.1 – 4.9 4.2 6.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.6 10.5 4.9 5.5 5.6 – Service............................................................. 2.7 5.1 4.6 3.4 2.8 – 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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....................................................... $19.89 - $15.44 - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 20.11 - 15.44 - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 23.92 - 16.41 - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.98 - 16.41 - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.58 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 31.60 - – - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 24.29 - – - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.81 - – - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 17.41 - – - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.97 - – - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 17.36 - 15.42 - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.51 - – - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.66 - 14.65 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.64 - 15.30 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.74 - – - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 10.19 - – - - - - - - - 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....................................................... 2.5 - 1.7 - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 2.8 - 1.7 - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 2.8 - 8.3 - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.1 - 8.3 - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.9 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 - – - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 3.8 - – - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.1 - – - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.1 - – - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.6 - – - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 - 3.4 - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.2 - – - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.3 - .0 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 7.5 - .8 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.4 - – - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 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 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 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....................................................... $19.89 $16.73 $20.66 $18.79 $23.01 All excluding sales............................................. 20.11 17.04 20.83 18.81 23.19 White collar........................................................ 23.92 19.85 24.70 22.17 27.44 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.98 21.52 25.56 22.98 28.00 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.58 26.14 29.96 24.95 33.04 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.60 27.21 32.09 26.98 34.67 Technical....................................................... 24.29 – 24.41 21.38 27.41 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.81 30.01 32.19 32.57 31.72 Sales............................................................. 17.41 14.05 18.56 18.56 18.57 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.97 12.91 15.42 15.12 15.82 Blue collar......................................................... 17.36 17.11 17.45 16.31 20.93 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.51 20.52 21.88 20.78 23.68 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.66 17.25 15.30 13.32 19.64 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.64 16.44 16.73 16.88 14.69 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.74 13.43 13.88 13.44 16.35 Service............................................................. 10.19 8.00 10.77 9.89 11.39 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....................................................... 2.5 3.7 2.9 4.2 3.0 All excluding sales............................................. 2.8 3.6 3.2 4.9 3.0 White collar........................................................ 2.8 4.5 3.0 4.7 2.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.1 3.0 3.5 5.8 3.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.9 8.6 4.1 3.8 5.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 9.7 4.1 4.7 4.5 Technical....................................................... 3.8 – 4.0 3.7 7.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.1 11.8 8.6 14.2 3.5 Sales............................................................. 8.1 10.5 9.8 10.5 24.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.6 3.6 1.9 3.1 1.4 Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 5.4 3.9 5.8 2.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.2 4.1 6.3 9.3 3.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.3 7.1 5.1 8.3 4.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.5 7.3 10.4 11.0 12.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.4 10.9 6.0 7.5 8.1 Service............................................................. 3.1 9.4 2.0 3.2 1.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $12.02 $17.69 $25.33 $34.92 All excluding sales........................... 9.20 12.50 17.94 25.48 34.84 White collar.................................... 10.50 14.36 21.05 30.19 42.26 White collar excluding sales................ 12.00 15.37 22.00 30.90 43.37 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.00 21.20 27.24 34.92 46.62 Professional specialty...................... 18.71 23.82 29.14 38.28 48.06 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.48 26.91 36.08 42.25 48.01 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.02 28.71 37.01 43.15 48.76 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.68 25.48 40.00 42.25 47.25 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.28 25.72 31.20 40.83 50.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.18 26.46 32.04 38.42 44.88 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.18 26.44 32.13 38.42 44.88 Natural scientists........................ 19.78 28.18 33.62 47.30 57.42 Biological and life scientists.......... 24.51 28.57 31.89 34.81 53.88 Health related............................ 19.74 23.58 27.18 30.63 35.85 Physicians.............................. 14.99 17.88 19.52 40.88 89.70 Registered nurses....................... 22.47 24.44 27.18 29.81 32.06 Pharmacists............................. 31.93 31.93 36.71 39.40 42.54 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.85 33.61 42.17 60.00 113.20 Other post-secondary teachers........... 29.14 34.74 48.65 98.23 146.88 Teachers, except college and university... 20.36 26.05 32.43 44.41 51.25 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.22 27.88 37.42 46.85 52.41 Secondary school teachers............... 27.24 29.51 35.13 48.13 54.40 Teachers, special education............. 22.78 24.42 30.24 40.28 45.39 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 13.00 14.51 25.26 31.15 37.86 Vocational and educational counselors... 18.49 21.28 21.55 21.55 38.22 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 24.34 24.57 26.33 29.15 36.75 Psychologists........................... 24.34 24.57 26.33 28.02 32.39 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.02 16.32 20.50 23.80 28.21 Social workers.......................... 12.01 14.07 20.00 24.25 27.56 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.78 18.36 22.33 34.10 38.28 Editors and reporters................... 13.94 14.42 17.16 20.76 35.90 Technical................................... 14.48 17.53 20.17 24.91 29.64 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.50 13.54 14.48 17.53 22.94 Radiological technicians................ 20.68 24.34 27.07 30.02 31.52 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 17.97 19.10 20.65 24.75 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.36 15.90 16.19 19.38 23.22 Electrical and electronic technicians... 16.71 18.54 20.94 24.82 26.73 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 16.07 19.58 19.98 26.69 29.28 Chemical technicians.................... 15.49 19.37 22.86 23.54 24.91 Computer programmers.................... 21.74 24.00 27.60 30.16 30.99 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.00 15.63 20.85 47.25 47.25 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... $16.54 $21.58 $28.61 $37.88 $52.31 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.48 26.00 33.17 47.72 60.00 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 22.40 23.12 30.29 32.36 43.82 Financial managers...................... 23.44 26.65 35.89 51.14 57.14 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 22.84 29.04 35.48 55.57 75.00 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.00 25.35 41.54 47.72 53.86 Managers, medicine and health........... 21.79 28.85 36.33 41.03 43.56 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 16.54 19.23 21.74 39.15 39.15 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 18.68 24.60 27.75 29.01 31.84 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.67 26.17 32.44 52.16 68.27 Management related........................ 10.38 17.45 22.23 29.04 35.61 Accountants and auditors................ 15.16 19.71 25.08 31.30 37.98 Other financial officers................ 21.64 22.56 30.77 34.38 44.71 Management analysts..................... 23.61 26.85 34.29 39.54 39.54 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.97 17.45 17.52 28.59 30.29 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 20.11 21.04 21.64 25.64 42.38 Management related, n.e.c............... 9.94 9.94 20.19 24.02 33.91 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.50 13.00 21.00 36.23 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.30 15.98 22.33 36.74 41.07 Securities and financial services sales. 13.97 17.62 24.81 51.07 81.17 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 7.60 12.11 16.70 25.54 34.15 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.25 6.50 7.00 8.30 9.65 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 7.29 10.50 15.00 30.90 Cashiers................................ 6.80 7.61 10.00 13.60 16.55 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 12.02 14.22 17.14 20.67 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 19.80 21.64 23.77 23.77 23.77 Computer operators...................... 13.73 14.22 14.22 16.17 17.68 Secretaries............................. 12.02 13.85 15.61 18.38 20.77 Typists................................. 11.00 12.54 12.86 14.27 17.14 Hotel clerks............................ 8.25 9.00 10.58 12.50 13.10 Receptionists........................... 9.11 9.50 10.82 13.18 17.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.00 10.23 15.00 17.45 17.45 Order clerks............................ 10.55 13.00 16.21 23.42 27.07 Library clerks.......................... 9.43 9.80 13.62 16.57 18.41 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.46 12.86 13.48 17.39 20.21 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.40 12.61 13.46 14.69 17.14 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 12.00 13.58 15.52 16.48 17.50 Billing clerks.......................... 11.00 11.08 13.00 15.10 15.56 Telephone operators..................... 11.00 11.08 14.23 20.63 20.63 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 9.36 10.00 11.32 12.14 13.83 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. $9.55 $10.49 $13.22 $14.25 $18.70 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 10.00 11.00 13.11 16.08 18.41 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 13.65 15.40 16.12 17.95 23.42 General office clerks................... 9.93 11.66 13.53 15.89 23.10 Data entry keyers....................... 8.25 10.00 13.80 15.76 16.00 Statistical clerks...................... 12.31 14.10 14.56 17.44 30.10 Teachers' aides......................... 8.00 9.29 9.96 14.14 15.80 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.75 12.53 14.00 17.00 19.23 Blue collar..................................... 9.73 13.03 17.60 20.43 25.31 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.10 17.50 20.53 25.31 29.04 Automobile mechanics.................... 14.59 18.50 21.30 25.00 27.21 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 17.75 17.75 20.96 21.35 22.56 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 17.77 19.95 25.99 27.18 28.53 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.20 17.40 19.90 21.15 25.21 Carpenters.............................. 19.53 22.00 25.04 28.10 28.10 Electricians............................ 17.34 18.06 18.85 24.91 29.04 Supervisors, production................. 18.88 21.42 25.00 30.57 32.83 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 9.73 9.73 13.83 14.94 17.74 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 13.02 13.19 14.77 20.37 21.62 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.25 11.00 15.25 19.05 23.29 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.58 7.75 8.66 10.25 12.00 Mixing and blending machine operators... 14.31 18.25 19.17 24.91 24.91 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 10.40 10.40 17.82 19.57 20.08 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 14.00 14.60 16.95 19.00 21.07 Assemblers.............................. 9.50 10.60 18.16 24.88 26.41 Transportation and material moving............ 10.50 13.40 17.21 19.93 20.56 Truck drivers........................... 11.90 16.00 17.05 19.93 19.93 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.00 14.60 18.16 19.75 20.10 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 10.00 13.50 17.75 20.00 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 9.33 9.99 12.04 15.03 16.70 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c........ 12.00 16.41 17.60 19.22 34.31 Construction laborers................... 12.00 15.64 19.50 22.80 22.80 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.90 7.50 9.50 14.30 18.18 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.20 13.03 19.63 22.70 22.71 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 8.00 9.00 11.33 14.31 16.01 Hand packers and packagers.............. $6.23 $9.10 $11.51 $12.70 $15.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 9.00 10.90 17.75 18.55 Service......................................... 6.54 8.50 10.60 14.88 22.88 Protective service........................ 8.75 11.69 18.57 24.37 28.50 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 25.00 25.28 28.50 29.98 34.98 Supervisors, guards..................... 14.95 21.52 28.96 31.09 33.45 Police and detectives, public service... 19.92 21.86 23.51 25.81 27.76 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 16.17 17.77 18.06 19.40 22.75 Correctional institution officers....... 11.78 12.23 15.45 21.08 25.20 Guards and police, except public service 8.40 8.89 9.56 11.94 14.94 Food service.............................. 2.62 6.00 8.00 11.41 13.65 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.45 4.25 7.50 9.87 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 2.13 4.75 7.50 8.55 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.45 2.84 6.50 7.89 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 3.35 5.14 7.11 12.07 13.32 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.65 9.58 12.50 14.90 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.54 11.92 14.62 15.65 16.67 Cooks................................... 7.50 10.24 12.50 15.27 17.01 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.74 6.50 7.75 9.58 10.60 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.00 9.50 10.65 13.53 17.85 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 7.00 8.15 10.61 13.28 Health service............................ 9.07 9.60 10.25 12.34 14.76 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.39 10.58 11.70 13.37 14.90 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.59 10.23 11.96 14.02 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.50 10.74 12.61 15.34 Maids and housemen...................... 7.60 8.19 9.85 11.25 12.76 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.50 11.17 13.07 15.90 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.81 9.54 14.71 26.13 Supervisors, personal service........... 14.38 17.95 21.13 23.63 26.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.75 6.15 7.60 8.50 9.10 Welfare service aides................... 8.96 9.54 10.01 12.93 16.49 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 5.50 6.00 7.66 11.03 13.71 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 8.50 8.87 10.25 12.92 14.95 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.00 7.81 8.00 12.62 14.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $11.32 $16.97 $24.57 $33.79 All excluding sales........................... 8.96 11.78 17.16 24.76 33.46 White collar.................................... 10.10 13.94 20.25 29.04 39.54 White collar excluding sales................ 11.77 15.04 21.37 29.64 40.42 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.19 20.00 26.01 32.26 42.58 Professional specialty...................... 17.63 22.66 28.24 35.82 45.16 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.50 27.89 37.75 42.67 49.00 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.02 28.71 37.01 43.15 48.76 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.68 25.48 40.00 42.25 47.25 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.28 24.88 31.92 41.14 50.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.18 26.46 32.04 38.42 44.88 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.18 26.44 32.13 38.42 44.88 Natural scientists........................ 19.78 28.18 37.17 47.99 58.30 Biological and life scientists.......... 23.96 28.18 31.82 39.95 54.94 Health related............................ 19.74 23.60 27.07 30.21 34.91 Physicians.............................. 16.83 18.52 19.74 40.88 99.73 Registered nurses....................... 22.50 24.50 27.18 29.53 32.00 Pharmacists............................. 31.93 31.93 37.12 39.40 42.54 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.82 33.04 41.75 75.38 133.69 Teachers, except college and university... 8.55 17.85 20.66 27.47 32.09 Elementary school teachers.............. 18.25 18.67 20.19 23.86 30.70 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 7.00 13.00 14.51 29.64 29.64 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 24.34 24.57 26.33 28.02 31.69 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.01 12.27 14.36 21.59 24.25 Social workers.......................... 12.01 12.02 13.70 21.05 23.18 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.42 17.48 21.96 34.10 38.28 Editors and reporters................... 13.94 14.42 17.16 20.76 35.90 Technical................................... 14.56 17.60 20.49 24.97 30.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.50 13.54 14.48 17.53 22.94 Radiological technicians................ 20.68 24.34 27.07 30.02 31.52 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 17.97 19.10 20.25 25.27 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.36 15.90 16.19 19.38 23.22 Electrical and electronic technicians... 16.71 18.54 20.97 24.87 26.73 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 16.07 19.48 21.03 28.13 29.64 Chemical technicians.................... 15.49 19.37 22.86 23.54 24.91 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.83 21.04 28.61 36.44 53.08 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.00 26.50 33.13 48.79 63.74 Financial managers...................... 23.44 26.65 35.89 51.14 57.14 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $22.96 $29.04 $35.48 $55.57 $75.00 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 19.03 21.00 29.73 37.02 63.74 Managers, medicine and health........... 21.79 28.85 36.33 40.82 42.44 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 16.35 16.54 19.23 33.65 34.90 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 18.68 18.68 29.00 29.01 30.83 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.67 26.17 32.44 52.16 68.27 Management related........................ 9.94 17.00 22.23 29.04 37.60 Accountants and auditors................ 13.94 18.79 25.49 32.21 41.59 Other financial officers................ 21.64 22.12 30.77 34.38 44.71 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.97 17.45 17.45 25.77 29.42 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 20.11 21.04 21.64 25.64 42.38 Management related, n.e.c............... 9.94 9.94 20.19 24.45 33.91 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.50 13.00 21.07 36.62 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.30 15.98 22.33 36.74 41.07 Securities and financial services sales. 13.97 17.62 24.81 51.07 81.17 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 7.60 12.11 16.70 25.54 34.15 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.25 6.50 7.00 8.30 9.65 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 7.29 10.50 15.00 30.90 Cashiers................................ 6.75 7.50 10.00 13.64 16.55 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 12.00 14.22 17.14 20.91 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 19.80 21.64 23.77 23.77 23.77 Computer operators...................... 13.73 14.22 14.22 16.17 17.68 Secretaries............................. 12.02 13.68 15.64 18.34 20.77 Hotel clerks............................ 8.25 9.00 10.58 12.50 13.10 Receptionists........................... 9.11 9.13 10.82 12.97 17.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.00 10.23 15.00 17.45 17.45 Order clerks............................ 10.55 13.00 16.21 23.42 27.07 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.50 12.86 13.50 17.52 20.21 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.25 13.00 13.46 14.58 17.14 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 12.00 13.58 15.52 16.48 17.50 Billing clerks.......................... 11.00 11.08 13.00 15.10 15.56 Telephone operators..................... 11.08 11.25 13.53 20.63 20.63 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 9.34 10.00 11.32 12.14 13.56 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.55 10.49 13.22 14.25 18.70 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.75 11.00 13.34 16.38 18.49 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 13.65 15.40 16.12 17.95 23.42 General office clerks................... 9.60 10.77 13.13 15.89 21.95 Data entry keyers....................... 8.25 10.00 13.80 15.76 16.00 Statistical clerks...................... $12.31 $14.10 $14.56 $17.44 $30.10 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.98 12.25 13.16 17.00 19.33 Blue collar..................................... 9.50 12.70 17.45 20.43 25.99 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.00 17.40 20.73 26.36 30.19 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 17.77 19.95 25.99 27.18 28.53 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.20 17.96 19.90 21.60 25.21 Electricians............................ 17.34 18.37 19.89 24.99 29.04 Supervisors, production................. 18.88 21.42 25.00 30.57 32.83 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 9.73 9.73 13.83 14.94 17.74 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 13.02 13.19 14.77 20.37 21.62 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.25 11.00 15.25 19.05 23.29 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.58 7.75 8.66 10.25 11.54 Mixing and blending machine operators... 14.31 18.25 19.17 24.91 24.91 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 10.40 10.40 17.82 19.57 20.08 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 14.00 14.60 16.95 19.00 21.07 Assemblers.............................. 9.50 10.60 18.16 24.88 26.41 Transportation and material moving............ 10.50 13.00 16.60 19.93 20.43 Truck drivers........................... 12.46 16.00 17.05 19.93 19.93 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.00 14.60 18.16 19.75 20.10 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.77 9.33 12.70 17.75 20.60 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 9.33 9.33 12.00 12.75 15.03 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.90 7.50 9.50 14.30 18.18 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.20 13.03 19.63 22.70 22.71 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.23 9.10 11.51 12.70 15.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 8.50 10.00 17.12 17.75 Service......................................... 6.00 7.95 9.59 11.82 14.57 Protective service........................ 8.00 8.56 9.61 11.78 14.56 Guards and police, except public service 8.25 8.85 9.50 11.38 14.03 Food service.............................. 2.45 5.39 7.75 10.41 13.32 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.45 4.25 7.50 9.87 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 2.13 4.75 7.50 8.55 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.45 2.84 6.50 7.89 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 3.35 5.14 7.11 12.07 13.32 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.25 9.19 11.75 14.62 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. $11.54 $11.92 $14.62 $15.65 $17.32 Cooks................................... 7.50 10.00 12.50 15.16 17.01 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.65 6.50 7.75 9.50 9.73 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.25 9.50 10.30 12.57 17.85 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.50 8.00 9.73 11.97 Health service............................ 8.98 9.51 10.18 11.50 13.25 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.37 10.49 11.50 13.27 14.76 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.98 9.41 10.05 10.83 12.66 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 8.00 9.85 12.02 13.32 Maids and housemen...................... 7.60 8.19 9.85 11.25 12.76 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.80 9.95 12.51 14.05 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.73 9.54 14.38 26.25 Supervisors, personal service........... 14.38 17.95 21.13 23.63 26.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.75 6.15 7.60 8.50 9.10 Welfare service aides................... 8.96 9.44 9.73 10.28 12.86 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 5.50 6.00 7.66 11.03 13.71 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 8.53 9.12 10.29 12.75 14.95 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.00 7.00 8.08 12.64 14.86 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.98 $15.61 $21.32 $28.82 $43.34 All excluding sales........................... 12.12 15.64 21.40 28.82 43.50 White collar.................................... 12.73 16.53 24.82 36.47 47.72 White collar excluding sales................ 12.86 16.57 24.95 36.75 47.72 Professional specialty and technical.......... 19.88 24.42 30.70 44.07 51.25 Professional specialty...................... 21.28 25.50 31.89 44.27 51.81 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 14.25 23.42 28.30 51.63 56.75 Registered nurses....................... 22.06 24.08 28.48 49.03 56.19 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.53 34.11 42.17 51.34 64.96 Other post-secondary teachers........... 30.23 34.32 42.17 51.26 60.52 Teachers, except college and university... 24.42 27.91 35.18 45.39 52.41 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.30 28.51 38.92 47.46 52.41 Secondary school teachers............... 27.24 29.73 35.65 48.48 54.40 Teachers, special education............. 23.96 24.93 30.24 43.26 46.24 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 18.98 22.47 29.15 34.88 38.63 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 17.52 19.38 21.40 24.72 29.11 Social workers.......................... 17.14 18.91 22.66 25.50 29.11 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.17 15.90 19.88 20.07 22.75 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.51 18.99 19.97 21.86 22.78 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.95 22.67 28.87 39.15 47.72 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.10 25.54 38.90 44.78 47.72 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 22.40 23.12 30.29 32.36 43.82 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 25.35 33.92 43.34 47.72 51.84 Management related........................ 16.06 19.24 22.83 27.33 32.98 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.69 12.39 14.40 16.54 19.65 Secretaries............................. 13.46 14.77 15.61 18.71 21.98 Typists................................. 12.12 12.54 12.96 15.24 17.14 Library clerks.......................... 9.43 9.80 14.48 16.57 18.71 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.75 12.23 16.16 18.80 19.65 General office clerks................... 11.66 12.98 14.12 16.09 23.10 Teachers' aides......................... $8.00 $9.29 $9.69 $14.14 $15.21 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.68 12.63 16.21 16.65 18.72 Blue collar..................................... 13.24 16.41 18.61 20.56 22.56 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.68 18.06 19.12 22.56 23.52 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 12.87 16.53 19.86 20.56 20.56 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 12.38 14.59 16.60 17.86 19.43 Service......................................... 10.61 13.28 18.18 24.37 28.50 Protective service........................ 14.78 18.35 22.31 26.27 28.96 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 25.00 25.40 28.50 29.98 34.98 Police and detectives, public service... 20.89 22.03 23.51 25.81 27.76 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 16.17 17.77 18.06 19.40 22.75 Correctional institution officers....... 13.61 14.72 16.57 22.27 29.32 Food service.............................. 8.83 10.54 11.74 14.31 16.60 Other food service....................... 8.83 10.54 11.74 14.31 16.60 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 9.70 10.54 11.50 13.28 24.85 Health service............................ 10.36 11.23 13.94 17.79 26.51 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.36 11.25 13.94 17.14 26.51 Cleaning and building service............. 10.06 11.58 13.27 15.90 16.91 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.06 11.58 13.27 15.90 16.91 Personal service.......................... 7.26 7.81 10.25 15.18 16.49 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.61 $13.09 $18.65 $26.19 $36.07 All excluding sales........................... 9.73 13.22 18.71 26.13 35.87 White collar.................................... 11.81 15.23 21.92 31.07 43.55 White collar excluding sales................ 12.27 15.68 22.56 31.54 44.13 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.05 21.40 27.34 35.74 47.25 Professional specialty...................... 18.71 23.85 29.25 38.80 48.38 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.48 26.91 36.08 42.25 48.01 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.02 28.71 37.01 43.15 48.76 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.68 25.48 40.00 42.25 47.25 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.28 25.72 31.20 40.83 50.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.18 26.84 32.14 38.42 44.88 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.18 26.97 32.14 38.42 44.88 Natural scientists........................ 19.78 28.18 33.62 47.30 57.42 Biological and life scientists.......... 24.51 28.57 31.89 34.81 53.88 Health related............................ 19.23 23.40 27.00 30.25 36.24 Physicians.............................. 14.99 17.88 19.52 40.88 89.70 Registered nurses....................... 22.59 24.69 27.09 29.73 32.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 29.14 33.76 43.13 62.70 116.01 Other post-secondary teachers........... 30.25 36.55 51.26 101.80 149.69 Teachers, except college and university... 20.66 26.30 32.43 44.43 51.25 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.18 27.88 36.34 47.10 52.41 Secondary school teachers............... 27.24 29.51 35.24 48.45 54.40 Teachers, special education............. 23.96 24.93 30.69 41.00 45.39 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 13.00 14.51 25.34 31.15 37.86 Vocational and educational counselors... 18.49 21.28 21.55 21.55 38.22 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 24.34 24.57 27.58 29.15 38.25 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.27 16.75 20.92 23.88 28.21 Social workers.......................... 12.27 14.38 20.00 24.31 27.74 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.78 18.36 22.33 34.10 38.28 Editors and reporters................... 13.94 14.42 17.16 20.76 35.90 Technical................................... 14.42 17.41 20.49 24.97 29.67 Radiological technicians................ 24.34 24.97 29.09 31.49 31.52 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 17.76 19.10 22.25 25.28 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.36 15.90 16.19 19.38 23.71 Electrical and electronic technicians... 16.71 18.54 20.94 24.82 26.73 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 16.07 19.58 19.98 26.69 29.28 Chemical technicians.................... 15.49 19.37 22.86 23.54 24.91 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 15.19 16.52 29.20 47.25 47.25 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.54 21.58 28.61 37.98 52.31 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.48 26.48 33.65 47.72 60.00 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 22.40 23.12 30.29 32.36 43.82 Financial managers...................... 23.44 26.65 35.89 51.14 57.14 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $22.84 $29.04 $35.48 $55.57 $75.00 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.00 25.35 41.54 47.72 53.86 Managers, medicine and health........... 27.38 32.41 36.33 41.03 43.70 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 16.54 19.23 21.74 39.15 39.15 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 18.68 24.60 27.75 29.01 31.84 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.67 26.17 32.44 52.16 68.27 Management related........................ 10.38 17.45 22.18 28.85 36.19 Accountants and auditors................ 14.36 18.95 24.88 29.04 41.59 Other financial officers................ 21.64 22.56 30.77 34.38 44.71 Management analysts..................... 23.61 26.85 34.29 39.54 39.54 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.97 17.45 17.52 28.59 30.29 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 20.11 21.04 21.64 25.64 42.38 Management related, n.e.c............... 9.94 9.94 20.08 24.02 33.91 Sales......................................... 8.75 10.50 16.65 26.97 37.33 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.30 15.98 22.33 36.74 41.07 Securities and financial services sales. 13.97 17.62 24.81 51.07 81.17 Sales, other business services.......... 8.50 9.00 12.15 16.93 24.29 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 7.60 12.11 16.70 25.54 34.15 Sales workers, other commodities........ 9.20 11.47 15.00 30.78 40.38 Cashiers................................ 8.55 9.41 11.36 14.22 16.83 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.25 12.37 14.51 17.43 21.12 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 19.80 21.64 23.77 23.77 23.77 Computer operators...................... 14.22 14.22 14.22 16.17 17.89 Secretaries............................. 12.02 13.93 15.64 18.71 20.91 Typists................................. 11.00 12.54 12.86 14.27 17.14 Hotel clerks............................ 8.25 9.00 10.58 12.50 13.10 Receptionists........................... 9.11 9.13 10.82 13.28 17.00 Order clerks............................ 11.55 13.51 16.35 23.42 27.07 Library clerks.......................... 10.46 13.45 14.66 16.97 19.65 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.46 12.86 13.48 17.39 20.21 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.40 13.00 13.46 14.89 17.14 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 12.00 13.58 15.52 16.48 17.50 Billing clerks.......................... 11.00 11.08 12.50 13.75 15.70 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 10.38 11.28 11.32 13.20 14.70 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.55 10.49 13.22 14.25 18.70 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 10.00 11.00 13.11 16.08 18.41 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 13.78 15.40 16.36 19.24 23.42 General office clerks................... 10.10 11.87 13.67 18.39 23.10 Data entry keyers....................... 8.25 12.08 13.80 15.76 16.00 Statistical clerks...................... 12.31 14.10 14.56 17.44 30.10 Teachers' aides......................... 9.29 9.29 10.66 14.88 17.10 Administrative support, n.e.c........... $10.75 $12.57 $14.96 $16.94 $20.08 Blue collar..................................... 10.10 14.00 17.93 20.56 25.65 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.10 17.50 20.52 25.26 29.04 Automobile mechanics.................... 14.59 18.50 21.30 25.00 27.21 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 17.75 17.75 20.96 21.35 22.56 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 17.77 18.00 22.30 27.18 27.18 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.20 17.40 19.90 21.15 25.21 Electricians............................ 17.34 18.06 18.85 24.91 29.04 Supervisors, production................. 18.88 21.42 25.00 30.57 32.83 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 9.73 9.73 13.83 14.94 17.74 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 13.02 13.19 14.77 20.37 21.62 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.25 11.00 15.38 19.05 23.29 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.58 7.75 8.66 10.25 12.00 Mixing and blending machine operators... 14.31 18.25 19.17 24.91 24.91 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 10.40 10.40 17.82 19.57 20.08 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 14.00 14.60 16.95 19.00 21.07 Assemblers.............................. 9.50 10.60 18.16 24.88 26.41 Transportation and material moving............ 10.50 15.80 17.98 19.93 20.56 Truck drivers........................... 11.90 16.00 17.05 19.93 19.93 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.00 14.60 18.16 19.75 20.10 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.00 10.50 14.49 18.18 20.59 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 9.33 9.33 12.52 15.03 16.90 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c........ 12.00 16.41 17.60 19.22 34.31 Construction laborers................... 12.00 15.64 19.50 22.80 22.80 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.00 9.50 13.35 18.16 19.05 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 13.03 14.36 19.64 22.70 22.71 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 8.00 9.00 11.33 14.31 16.01 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.23 9.10 11.51 12.70 15.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.50 9.10 12.62 17.75 18.55 Service......................................... 7.50 8.96 11.56 16.48 24.44 Protective service........................ 9.00 11.78 19.35 24.44 28.77 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 25.00 25.28 28.50 29.98 34.98 Supervisors, guards..................... 14.95 21.52 28.96 31.09 33.45 Police and detectives, public service... 19.92 21.86 23.51 25.81 27.76 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. $16.17 $17.77 $18.06 $19.40 $22.75 Correctional institution officers....... 11.78 12.23 15.45 21.08 25.20 Guards and police, except public service 8.50 9.00 9.59 11.70 14.25 Food service.............................. 2.84 6.64 9.23 12.41 14.62 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.84 5.14 7.89 11.84 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.50 7.50 12.51 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.44 3.56 6.38 7.89 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 3.35 5.39 7.11 12.07 13.32 Other food service....................... 7.50 8.15 10.41 13.28 15.76 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.92 11.92 14.62 15.65 17.32 Cooks................................... 7.50 10.50 12.50 15.35 17.01 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 9.50 10.00 11.41 14.56 17.85 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.49 7.98 9.50 11.84 13.32 Health service............................ 9.05 9.60 10.36 12.75 15.54 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.34 11.11 12.86 13.92 17.28 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.98 9.55 10.23 12.00 15.50 Cleaning and building service............. 7.75 8.94 11.19 13.02 15.90 Maids and housemen...................... 7.50 8.06 9.51 11.50 13.02 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.00 9.41 11.89 13.82 16.00 Personal service.......................... 6.10 8.25 9.99 16.44 31.75 Supervisors, personal service........... 14.38 17.95 21.13 23.63 26.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.75 6.51 8.00 8.50 9.19 Welfare service aides................... 8.96 8.96 11.74 14.61 16.49 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 8.54 9.16 10.29 13.14 14.95 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.52 10.00 12.62 12.98 15.23 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.25 $7.30 $10.00 $13.88 $22.27 All excluding sales........................... 6.50 8.00 10.57 14.00 24.34 White collar.................................... 6.70 7.91 12.00 20.00 28.75 White collar excluding sales................ 8.75 11.00 15.74 23.95 32.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.00 20.00 24.50 29.81 34.90 Professional specialty...................... 19.03 22.66 26.47 31.68 35.38 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 22.30 24.34 28.33 32.00 35.00 Registered nurses....................... 21.91 23.60 27.22 30.00 34.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 16.23 21.63 29.24 34.74 34.90 Teachers, except college and university... 11.54 11.54 30.25 38.92 38.92 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 14.93 21.14 24.25 28.24 31.60 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 16.65 18.00 20.00 20.36 23.49 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 18.00 20.00 20.00 21.15 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.35 17.00 27.78 34.56 34.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.25 6.75 7.45 8.75 12.65 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.15 6.50 6.80 7.30 9.10 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.00 6.61 7.25 9.00 11.00 Cashiers................................ 6.25 6.85 7.50 10.61 14.85 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.69 12.00 14.14 15.89 Secretaries............................. 11.00 12.61 15.24 15.78 16.62 Receptionists........................... 9.67 10.04 10.61 12.00 12.97 General office clerks................... 8.63 10.00 12.48 14.02 15.89 Teachers' aides......................... 7.11 8.00 9.69 13.88 14.14 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.20 12.50 13.00 17.00 17.00 Blue collar..................................... 7.00 8.00 12.00 13.25 14.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.60 7.00 7.90 11.46 13.25 Service......................................... 4.50 6.65 8.75 10.25 12.48 Protective service........................ 6.70 8.50 10.00 13.12 18.00 Guards and police, except public service $8.00 $8.55 $9.50 $13.50 $18.00 Food service.............................. 2.45 5.15 6.50 8.60 10.61 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.45 2.83 5.50 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.45 2.83 6.50 9.50 Other food service....................... 5.45 6.15 7.00 9.50 11.44 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.45 6.15 6.95 9.25 11.44 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.25 6.00 7.00 8.75 10.61 Health service............................ 9.20 9.60 10.25 11.28 12.71 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.72 9.41 10.75 11.40 12.36 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.20 9.60 10.25 11.00 12.71 Cleaning and building service............. $6.50 $6.80 $7.50 $9.85 $11.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 6.80 7.04 9.68 11.00 Personal service.......................... 5.09 7.00 8.00 10.01 11.52 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.00 4.25 5.09 7.00 8.25 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.00 7.00 7.81 8.00 8.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 1,350,900 1,080,900 270,000 All excluding sales............................................. 1,248,900 979,900 268,900 White collar........................................................ 784,300 616,400 167,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 682,300 515,400 166,900 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 318,500 221,900 96,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 254,600 162,800 91,900 Technical....................................................... 63,900 59,100 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 131,400 110,000 21,400 Sales............................................................. 102,000 101,000 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 232,400 183,600 48,800 Blue collar......................................................... 287,700 258,800 28,900 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 90,600 79,300 11,200 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 53,500 53,400 - Transportation and material moving................................ 72,300 63,300 9,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 71,300 62,800 8,500 Service............................................................. 278,800 205,600 73,200 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. 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.