NC BL 06/00/2000 Table: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, Bulletin 3100-36, August 1999 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 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................................................................. $17.97 3.5 37.9 $17.85 3.8 37.6 $18.29 7.5 38.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.75 3.6 39.0 22.72 3.5 39.2 19.82 8.5 38.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.61 4.3 38.8 27.26 3.5 39.2 25.43 10.8 38.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.63 4.6 40.2 31.22 5.2 40.2 24.95 7.9 39.9 Sales............................................................. 17.23 8.5 38.5 17.25 8.6 38.5 - - - Administrative support............................................ 12.03 1.7 38.9 12.53 2.6 38.8 11.38 2.2 39.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 12.24 3.7 38.2 12.13 4.0 38.6 13.25 6.6 34.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.56 4.3 40.3 15.57 5.2 40.4 15.50 2.8 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.13 5.3 40.0 11.16 5.3 40.0 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.74 12.8 31.2 10.91 14.0 33.8 8.92 3.2 17.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.62 4.1 37.6 9.56 4.4 37.4 10.22 4.0 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.19 4.3 32.5 8.04 3.7 30.1 12.10 8.6 41.0 Full time........................................................... 18.51 3.4 39.9 18.55 3.7 40.2 18.42 7.6 39.2 Part time........................................................... 8.72 9.4 20.0 8.65 10.2 20.2 9.53 12.6 17.6 Union............................................................... 14.00 9.4 38.7 14.00 9.4 38.7 - - - Nonunion............................................................ 18.16 3.6 37.8 18.11 4.0 37.5 18.30 7.5 38.5 Time................................................................ 17.97 3.5 37.7 17.84 3.9 37.4 18.29 7.5 38.5 Incentive........................................................... 18.05 10.2 45.6 18.05 10.2 45.6 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.47 5.3 40.1 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.07 6.1 36.0 12.02 6.3 35.9 14.64 7.2 40.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.97 7.4 36.7 15.98 7.6 36.7 15.77 6.4 38.8 500 workers or more................................................. 20.48 4.0 39.0 22.37 3.9 39.5 18.39 7.8 38.5 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, 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 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................................................................... $17.97 3.5 $17.85 3.8 $18.29 7.5 All excluding sales............................................... 18.02 3.5 17.90 3.9 18.30 7.6 White collar........................................................ 21.75 3.6 22.72 3.5 19.82 8.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.22 3.6 23.61 3.4 19.83 8.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.61 4.3 27.26 3.5 25.43 10.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.38 4.6 29.02 3.6 27.22 11.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.41 4.5 31.72 3.7 - - Civil engineers............................................. 24.26 8.5 € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.03 4.4 31.03 4.4 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 27.62 16.5 27.62 16.5 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.73 4.6 39.10 5.2 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.75 4.2 31.75 4.2 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.83 4.5 31.83 4.5 € € Natural scientists............................................ 28.25 6.9 28.87 8.3 - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 29.48 8.5 29.58 8.5 € € Medical scientists.......................................... 25.85 7.5 25.77 12.3 € € Health related................................................ 18.97 6.9 18.96 8.8 19.02 7.8 Registered nurses........................................... 20.03 5.5 20.33 7.0 18.94 2.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 21.14 2.0 - - 21.53 1.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 21.62 1.2 € € 21.62 1.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 21.75 2.6 € € 21.75 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.82 8.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.34 5.4 - - 14.90 6.3 Social workers.............................................. 14.34 5.4 € € 14.90 6.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.34 6.9 20.34 6.9 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 27.20 8.8 27.20 8.8 € € Technical....................................................... 19.15 6.6 19.94 6.3 17.68 15.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.33 1.7 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 26.01 10.6 26.01 10.6 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 16.91 8.9 16.91 8.9 € € Computer programmers........................................ 26.20 7.7 25.02 10.4 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 13.51 13.0 15.56 14.5 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.63 4.6 31.22 5.2 24.95 7.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.09 5.1 38.63 5.9 30.74 5.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.78 11.4 € € 26.78 11.4 Financial managers.......................................... 34.83 5.6 36.02 10.0 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.76 8.7 41.76 8.7 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.70 9.8 40.35 10.3 € € Management related............................................ 21.85 3.4 22.16 4.9 21.19 2.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... $26.75 3.9 € € € € Other financial officers.................................... 20.14 13.2 $20.15 16.0 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.73 5.1 19.80 7.2 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.84 9.8 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.73 6.1 18.38 9.5 € € Sales............................................................. 17.23 8.5 17.25 8.6 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.57 13.5 € € € € Advertising and related sales............................... 33.92 12.2 33.92 12.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.31 17.6 13.31 17.6 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.59 6.5 7.41 6.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.03 1.7 12.53 2.6 $11.38 2.2 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.78 15.2 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 13.88 3.3 14.15 4.3 13.27 3.2 Order clerks................................................ 12.58 14.0 12.58 14.0 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.74 7.2 11.21 8.5 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.78 4.7 11.74 5.0 12.42 4.6 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.08 8.2 10.08 8.2 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.22 4.1 12.22 4.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.55 2.7 12.34 5.9 11.26 2.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.40 1.8 € € 10.40 1.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.42 7.3 13.39 7.7 € € Blue collar......................................................... 12.24 3.7 12.13 4.0 13.25 6.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.56 4.3 15.57 5.2 15.50 2.8 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.15 5.5 15.25 5.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 21.04 6.9 21.04 6.9 € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 9.24 4.7 9.24 4.7 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.13 5.3 11.16 5.3 - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.24 3.9 11.24 3.9 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.91 13.6 13.91 13.6 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.55 7.2 10.55 7.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 10.74 12.8 10.91 14.0 8.92 3.2 Truck drivers............................................... 13.10 18.0 13.10 18.0 € € Bus drivers................................................. 7.91 5.8 € € 8.92 3.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.62 4.1 9.56 4.4 10.22 4.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.26 4.6 9.31 5.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.34 6.5 11.34 6.5 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.71 8.1 8.71 8.3 € € Service............................................................. 9.19 4.3 8.04 3.7 12.10 8.6 Protective service............................................ $11.86 9.7 - - $15.29 8.8 Firefighting................................................ 17.08 20.0 € € 17.08 20.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.20 9.0 € € 16.20 9.0 Food service.................................................. 7.66 5.8 $7.83 6.5 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.28 17.2 5.28 17.2 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.96 19.4 4.96 19.4 € € Other food service........................................... 8.19 6.7 8.54 7.3 - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.36 6.4 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.72 10.4 8.14 12.3 € € Health service................................................ 9.00 1.9 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.37 5.7 7.26 5.9 8.62 3.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.36 6.5 7.24 6.8 8.62 3.4 Personal service.............................................. 9.66 8.8 10.30 17.8 9.26 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 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 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................................................................... $18.51 3.4 $18.55 3.7 $18.42 7.6 All excluding sales............................................... 18.52 3.5 18.56 3.7 18.43 7.6 White collar........................................................ 21.96 3.6 23.04 3.6 19.87 8.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.29 3.7 23.72 3.4 19.88 8.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.68 4.4 27.36 3.5 25.47 10.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.48 4.7 29.16 3.6 27.28 11.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.41 4.5 31.72 3.7 - - Civil engineers............................................. 24.26 8.5 € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.03 4.4 31.03 4.4 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 27.62 16.5 27.62 16.5 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.73 4.6 39.10 5.2 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.75 4.2 31.75 4.2 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.83 4.5 31.83 4.5 € € Natural scientists............................................ 27.69 6.3 28.18 7.7 - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 29.48 8.5 29.58 8.5 € € Medical scientists.......................................... 25.85 7.5 25.77 12.3 € € Health related................................................ 18.24 7.5 17.97 9.6 18.98 8.8 Registered nurses........................................... 19.40 6.0 19.57 7.9 18.86 2.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 21.15 2.0 - - 21.55 1.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 21.62 1.2 € € 21.62 1.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 21.75 2.6 € € 21.75 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.82 8.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.34 5.4 - - 14.90 6.3 Social workers.............................................. 14.34 5.4 € € 14.90 6.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.81 6.4 20.81 6.4 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 27.20 8.8 27.20 8.8 € € Technical....................................................... 19.18 6.6 19.98 6.3 17.68 15.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.33 1.7 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 26.01 10.6 26.01 10.6 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 16.91 8.9 16.91 8.9 € € Computer programmers........................................ 26.20 7.7 25.02 10.4 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 13.51 13.0 15.56 14.5 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.69 4.6 31.30 5.2 24.95 7.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.09 5.1 38.63 5.9 30.74 5.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.78 11.4 € € 26.78 11.4 Financial managers.......................................... 34.83 5.6 36.02 10.0 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.76 8.7 41.76 8.7 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.70 9.8 40.35 10.3 € € Management related............................................ 21.88 3.5 22.20 5.0 21.19 2.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... $26.75 3.9 € € € € Other financial officers.................................... 20.22 14.3 $20.26 17.6 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.73 5.1 19.80 7.2 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.84 9.8 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.73 6.1 18.38 9.5 € € Sales............................................................. 18.40 8.8 18.43 8.9 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.57 13.5 € € € € Advertising and related sales............................... 33.92 12.2 33.92 12.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.87 18.7 13.87 18.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.35 10.8 8.05 10.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.09 1.8 12.62 2.6 $11.42 2.2 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.78 15.2 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 13.91 3.3 14.20 4.3 13.27 3.2 Order clerks................................................ 13.53 12.0 13.53 12.0 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.46 5.3 12.00 8.6 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.78 4.7 11.74 5.0 12.42 4.6 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.08 8.2 10.08 8.2 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.22 4.1 12.22 4.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.55 2.7 12.37 5.9 11.26 2.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.40 1.8 € € 10.40 1.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.64 7.4 13.62 7.8 € € Blue collar......................................................... 12.49 3.6 12.36 3.8 13.82 6.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.56 4.3 15.57 5.2 15.50 2.8 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.15 5.5 15.25 5.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 21.04 6.9 21.04 6.9 € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 9.24 4.7 9.24 4.7 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.13 5.3 11.16 5.3 - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.24 3.9 11.24 3.9 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.91 13.6 13.91 13.6 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.55 7.2 10.55 7.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.20 11.8 12.20 11.9 - - Truck drivers............................................... 13.10 18.0 13.10 18.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.69 4.3 9.63 4.7 10.22 4.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.87 4.7 10.01 4.9 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.35 7.9 11.35 7.9 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.71 8.1 8.71 8.3 € € Service............................................................. 9.85 4.8 8.52 4.7 12.13 8.7 Protective service............................................ 12.46 9.1 - - 15.29 8.8 Firefighting................................................ $17.08 20.0 € € $17.08 20.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.20 9.0 € € 16.20 9.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.25 9.1 € € € € Food service.................................................. 8.40 9.0 $8.91 10.4 - - Other food service........................................... 8.91 8.4 9.69 8.6 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.47 13.4 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.01 1.9 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.67 5.6 7.54 6.2 8.62 3.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.78 6.0 7.66 6.8 8.62 3.4 Personal service.............................................. 9.78 10.0 - - 9.37 7.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.72 9.4 $8.65 10.2 $9.53 12.6 All excluding sales............................................... 8.92 10.5 8.87 11.3 9.52 12.6 White collar........................................................ 12.97 17.1 13.11 18.3 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.25 17.2 18.23 17.9 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.71 15.9 23.20 17.3 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 23.27 16.5 - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - € € Management related............................................ - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 7.13 5.0 7.12 5.0 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.67 1.8 6.67 1.8 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.13 7.2 8.61 8.6 - - Blue collar......................................................... 7.55 7.6 7.26 9.1 8.68 1.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.08 5.1 - - 8.68 1.8 Bus drivers................................................. 8.68 1.8 € € 8.68 1.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.71 12.1 8.71 12.1 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.60 3.3 6.60 3.3 € € Service............................................................. 7.00 5.8 7.01 5.9 - - Protective service............................................ - - - - € € Food service.................................................. 6.19 6.8 6.19 6.8 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.58 27.2 5.58 27.2 € € Other food service........................................... 6.45 2.6 6.45 2.6 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. 8.58 6.0 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 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................................................................... $739 3.4 39.9 $747 3.7 40.2 $722 7.6 39.2 All excluding sales............................................... 736 3.5 39.8 743 3.8 40.0 722 7.6 39.2 White collar........................................................ 875 3.6 39.8 931 3.4 40.4 770 8.6 38.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 882 3.7 39.5 949 3.4 40.0 771 8.6 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,048 4.4 39.3 1,093 3.5 40.0 972 11.0 38.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,114 4.8 39.1 1,164 3.7 39.9 1,029 11.9 37.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,216 4.5 40.0 1,269 3.7 40.0 - - - Civil engineers............................................. 970 8.5 40.0 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,241 4.4 40.0 1,241 4.4 40.0 € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 1,082 15.1 39.2 1,082 15.1 39.2 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,566 4.9 40.4 1,583 5.5 40.5 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,273 4.2 40.1 1,273 4.2 40.1 € € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,275 4.5 40.1 1,275 4.5 40.1 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 1,100 6.1 39.7 1,118 7.5 39.7 - - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 1,179 8.5 40.0 1,183 8.5 40.0 € € € Medical scientists.......................................... 1,034 7.5 40.0 1,031 12.3 40.0 € € € Health related................................................ 713 7.8 39.1 697 9.9 38.8 759 8.8 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 754 7.3 38.9 754 9.5 38.5 754 2.8 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - € € € - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 760 1.7 35.9 - - - 768 1.0 35.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 763 1.1 35.3 € € € 763 1.1 35.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 800 1.8 36.8 € € € 800 1.8 36.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,152 8.2 40.0 - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 551 5.1 38.4 - - - 565 6.3 37.9 Social workers.............................................. 551 5.1 38.4 € € € 565 6.3 37.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 843 6.4 40.5 843 6.4 40.5 € € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 1,088 8.8 40.0 1,088 8.8 40.0 € € € Technical....................................................... 768 6.6 40.0 800 6.4 40.1 707 15.2 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 693 1.7 40.0 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 1,041 10.6 40.0 1,041 10.6 40.0 € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 676 8.9 40.0 676 8.9 40.0 € € € Computer programmers........................................ 1,048 7.7 40.0 1,001 10.4 40.0 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 546 13.8 40.4 634 16.1 40.8 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,199 4.6 40.4 1,269 5.2 40.5 996 7.9 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,506 5.0 40.6 1,575 5.8 40.8 1,228 5.1 39.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,068 11.3 39.9 € € € 1,068 11.3 39.9 Financial managers.......................................... $1,390 5.6 39.9 $1,436 10.1 39.9 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,666 8.7 39.9 1,666 8.7 39.9 € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,648 9.2 41.5 1,680 9.6 41.6 € € € Management related............................................ 878 3.6 40.1 893 5.1 40.2 $847 2.3 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,076 3.7 40.2 € € € € € € Other financial officers.................................... 816 15.1 40.3 819 18.6 40.4 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 834 5.1 40.3 801 7.5 40.5 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 871 9.9 39.9 € € € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 788 6.2 40.0 734 9.5 39.9 € € € Sales............................................................. 794 8.1 43.2 796 8.2 43.2 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 664 13.5 40.0 € € € € € € Advertising and related sales............................... 1,326 12.0 39.1 1,326 12.0 39.1 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 561 19.4 40.5 561 19.4 40.5 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 334 10.8 40.0 322 10.7 40.0 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 479 1.8 39.6 503 2.6 39.8 449 2.3 39.3 Supervisors, general office................................. 691 16.3 41.2 € € € € € € Secretaries................................................. 550 2.9 39.6 560 3.7 39.5 528 3.2 39.8 Order clerks................................................ 541 12.0 40.0 541 12.0 40.0 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 497 5.3 39.9 477 8.8 39.7 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 471 4.7 40.0 470 5.0 40.0 494 4.3 39.8 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 403 8.2 40.0 403 8.2 40.0 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 489 4.1 40.0 489 4.1 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... 460 2.7 39.8 489 6.0 39.6 450 2.8 39.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 366 1.7 35.2 € € € 366 1.7 35.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 545 7.4 40.0 544 7.8 40.0 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 501 3.7 40.1 496 3.9 40.1 553 6.0 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 628 4.6 40.3 629 5.5 40.4 620 2.8 40.0 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 606 5.5 40.0 610 5.8 40.0 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 922 4.9 43.8 922 4.9 43.8 € € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 370 4.7 40.0 370 4.7 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 445 5.3 40.0 447 5.4 40.0 - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 449 3.9 39.9 449 3.9 39.9 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 564 14.7 40.5 564 14.7 40.5 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 422 7.2 40.0 422 7.2 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 488 11.8 40.0 488 11.9 40.0 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 523 18.0 39.9 523 18.0 39.9 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $387 4.3 40.0 $385 4.7 40.0 $409 4.0 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 395 4.7 40.0 400 4.9 40.0 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 454 7.9 40.0 454 7.9 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 348 8.1 40.0 348 8.3 40.0 € € € Service............................................................. 397 5.4 40.3 338 5.3 39.6 503 9.4 41.4 Protective service............................................ 520 10.0 41.7 - - - 659 9.9 43.1 Firefighting................................................ 843 19.2 49.4 € € € 843 19.2 49.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 677 9.1 41.8 € € € 677 9.1 41.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 370 9.1 40.0 € € € € € € Food service.................................................. 337 10.7 40.1 360 12.8 40.4 - - - Other food service........................................... 365 9.4 40.9 404 10.0 41.7 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 337 13.4 39.8 € € € € € € Health service................................................ 348 3.9 38.6 - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 303 5.8 39.6 298 6.4 39.5 343 3.3 39.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 307 6.2 39.5 302 7.0 39.5 343 3.3 39.8 Personal service.............................................. 380 7.8 38.8 - - - 373 6.8 39.9 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 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................................................................... $37,965 3.4 2,051 $38,823 3.7 2,093 $35,950 7.6 1,952 All excluding sales............................................... 37,782 3.5 2,040 38,619 3.8 2,081 35,958 7.6 1,951 White collar........................................................ 44,658 3.6 2,034 48,396 3.4 2,101 38,062 8.6 1,915 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,941 3.7 2,016 49,356 3.4 2,081 38,077 8.6 1,915 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,921 4.4 1,984 56,834 3.5 2,077 46,779 11.0 1,837 Professional specialty.......................................... 55,862 4.8 1,962 60,545 3.7 2,076 48,773 11.9 1,788 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 63,253 4.5 2,080 65,995 3.7 2,080 - - - Civil engineers............................................. 50,458 8.5 2,080 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 64,546 4.4 2,080 64,546 4.4 2,080 € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 56,259 15.1 2,037 56,259 15.1 2,037 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 81,412 4.9 2,102 82,339 5.5 2,106 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 66,204 4.2 2,085 66,204 4.2 2,085 € € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 66,303 4.5 2,083 66,303 4.5 2,083 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 57,209 6.1 2,066 58,125 7.5 2,062 - - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 61,313 8.5 2,080 61,534 8.5 2,080 € € € Medical scientists.......................................... 53,759 7.5 2,080 53,607 12.3 2,080 € € € Health related................................................ 37,089 7.8 2,033 36,258 9.9 2,017 39,475 8.8 2,080 Registered nurses........................................... 39,199 7.3 2,021 39,193 9.5 2,003 39,222 2.8 2,080 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - € € € - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 33,368 1.7 1,578 - - - 33,345 1.0 1,548 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33,103 1.1 1,531 € € € 33,103 1.1 1,531 Secondary school teachers................................... 34,734 1.8 1,597 € € € 34,734 1.8 1,597 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 59,896 8.2 2,078 - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 28,652 5.1 1,998 - - - 29,382 6.3 1,972 Social workers.............................................. 28,652 5.1 1,998 € € € 29,382 6.3 1,972 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 43,830 6.4 2,106 43,830 6.4 2,106 € € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 56,566 8.8 2,080 56,566 8.8 2,080 € € € Technical....................................................... 39,923 6.6 2,082 41,618 6.4 2,083 36,787 15.2 2,081 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 36,041 1.7 2,080 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 54,110 10.6 2,080 54,110 10.6 2,080 € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 35,174 8.9 2,080 35,174 8.9 2,080 € € € Computer programmers........................................ 54,486 7.7 2,080 52,038 10.4 2,080 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 28,384 13.8 2,101 32,978 16.1 2,120 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 62,301 4.6 2,098 65,965 5.2 2,107 51,719 7.9 2,073 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 78,262 5.0 2,110 81,918 5.8 2,121 63,528 5.1 2,066 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 55,516 11.3 2,073 € € € 55,516 11.3 2,073 Financial managers.......................................... $72,293 5.6 2,075 $74,659 10.1 2,073 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 86,621 8.7 2,074 86,621 8.7 2,074 € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 85,697 9.2 2,159 87,380 9.6 2,166 € € € Management related............................................ 45,659 3.6 2,087 46,421 5.1 2,091 $44,024 2.3 2,078 Accountants and auditors.................................... 55,939 3.7 2,091 € € € € € € Other financial officers.................................... 42,410 15.1 2,097 42,568 18.6 2,101 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 43,389 5.1 2,093 41,651 7.5 2,104 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 45,286 9.9 2,074 € € € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 40,983 6.2 2,077 38,149 9.5 2,075 € € € Sales............................................................. 41,297 8.1 2,245 41,396 8.2 2,246 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 34,503 13.5 2,082 € € € € € € Advertising and related sales............................... 68,932 12.0 2,032 68,932 12.0 2,032 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 29,191 19.4 2,105 29,191 19.4 2,105 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 17,374 10.8 2,080 16,738 10.7 2,080 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,568 1.8 2,032 26,137 2.6 2,071 22,673 2.3 1,985 Supervisors, general office................................. 35,936 16.3 2,142 € € € € € € Secretaries................................................. 28,615 2.9 2,057 29,145 3.7 2,052 27,446 3.2 2,068 Order clerks................................................ 28,139 12.0 2,080 28,139 12.0 2,080 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 25,849 5.3 2,075 24,791 8.8 2,067 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,501 4.7 2,079 24,418 5.0 2,080 25,699 4.3 2,069 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 20,964 8.2 2,080 20,964 8.2 2,080 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 25,407 4.1 2,080 25,407 4.1 2,080 € € € General office clerks....................................... 23,940 2.7 2,072 25,454 6.0 2,058 23,379 2.8 2,077 Teachers' aides............................................. 15,644 1.7 1,504 € € € 15,644 1.7 1,504 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 28,352 7.4 2,079 28,313 7.8 2,079 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 26,053 3.7 2,086 25,793 3.9 2,087 28,754 6.0 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 32,643 4.6 2,098 32,725 5.5 2,102 32,245 2.8 2,080 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 31,506 5.5 2,080 31,722 5.8 2,080 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 47,939 4.9 2,278 47,939 4.9 2,278 € € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 19,221 4.7 2,080 19,221 4.7 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 23,142 5.3 2,080 23,223 5.4 2,080 - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 23,328 3.9 2,076 23,328 3.9 2,076 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,325 14.7 2,108 29,325 14.7 2,108 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 21,947 7.2 2,080 21,947 7.2 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 25,357 11.8 2,078 25,356 11.9 2,078 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 27,206 18.0 2,076 27,206 18.0 2,076 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $20,145 4.3 2,080 $20,027 4.7 2,080 $21,267 4.0 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 20,531 4.7 2,080 20,812 4.9 2,080 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 23,616 7.9 2,080 23,616 7.9 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 18,121 8.1 2,080 18,112 8.3 2,080 € € € Service............................................................. 20,517 5.4 2,083 17,565 5.3 2,061 25,756 9.4 2,123 Protective service............................................ 27,017 10.0 2,169 - - - 34,253 9.9 2,240 Firefighting................................................ 43,858 19.2 2,568 € € € 43,858 19.2 2,568 Police and detectives, public service....................... 35,205 9.1 2,173 € € € 35,205 9.1 2,173 Guards and police, except public service.................... 19,240 9.1 2,080 € € € € € € Food service.................................................. 17,243 10.7 2,052 18,717 12.8 2,102 - - - Other food service........................................... 18,617 9.4 2,090 20,989 10.0 2,166 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 17,405 13.4 2,055 € € € € € € Health service................................................ 18,092 3.9 2,007 - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 15,710 5.8 2,049 15,503 6.4 2,055 17,261 3.3 2,003 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,918 6.2 2,047 15,722 7.0 2,053 17,261 3.3 2,003 Personal service.............................................. 19,609 7.8 2,005 - - - 19,224 6.8 2,052 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 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................................................................... $17.97 3.5 $17.85 3.8 $18.29 7.5 All excluding sales............................................... 18.02 3.5 17.90 3.9 18.30 7.6 White collar........................................................ 21.75 3.6 22.72 3.5 19.82 8.5 1....................................................... 6.87 8.9 6.87 8.9 € € 2....................................................... 8.42 5.0 8.00 4.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.59 1.7 10.51 3.2 10.63 2.0 4....................................................... 11.91 3.2 12.17 4.7 11.47 3.0 5....................................................... 14.58 3.6 14.60 3.8 14.27 9.8 6....................................................... 15.16 3.3 14.37 4.1 16.42 5.7 7....................................................... 20.17 3.0 20.01 4.4 20.48 3.1 8....................................................... 21.33 3.6 21.96 4.9 19.93 3.0 9....................................................... 24.40 3.1 26.10 4.1 22.06 3.6 10........................................................ 29.44 4.2 29.45 4.2 € € 11........................................................ 31.29 3.8 32.53 5.0 28.95 5.5 12........................................................ 38.76 14.5 35.67 3.1 44.03 33.6 14........................................................ 55.98 7.4 55.94 7.4 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.24 11.1 16.24 11.1 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.22 3.6 23.61 3.4 19.83 8.5 2....................................................... 9.31 4.7 9.00 6.9 € € 3....................................................... 10.68 1.7 10.84 3.0 10.63 2.0 4....................................................... 11.52 2.4 11.57 3.7 11.47 3.0 5....................................................... 14.18 4.7 14.18 5.1 14.20 10.4 6....................................................... 15.23 3.6 14.39 4.6 16.41 5.7 7....................................................... 20.12 3.2 19.92 4.8 20.48 3.1 8....................................................... 21.01 2.9 21.59 4.0 19.93 3.0 9....................................................... 24.40 3.1 26.10 4.1 22.06 3.6 10........................................................ 29.97 4.7 29.99 4.7 € € 11........................................................ 30.38 3.6 31.25 4.9 28.95 5.5 12........................................................ 38.76 14.4 35.67 2.4 44.03 33.6 14........................................................ 55.98 7.4 55.94 7.4 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.24 11.1 16.24 11.1 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.61 4.3 27.26 3.5 25.43 10.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.38 4.6 29.02 3.6 27.22 11.6 5....................................................... 16.50 10.3 17.13 10.9 € € 6....................................................... 16.91 5.0 15.25 8.8 18.74 2.9 7....................................................... 22.03 3.4 22.65 5.1 21.16 3.2 8....................................................... 21.85 3.4 22.75 4.2 20.07 3.7 9....................................................... 24.09 4.0 26.76 5.7 21.31 1.5 10........................................................ 28.52 2.6 28.55 2.6 € € 11........................................................ 29.86 4.7 30.74 6.7 € € 12........................................................ 39.32 19.5 34.55 2.6 € € 14........................................................ 49.20 2.7 49.20 2.7 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.41 4.5 31.72 3.7 - - 11........................................................ 32.48 3.2 31.65 2.8 € € 13........................................................ $43.67 3.4 $43.67 3.4 € € Civil engineers............................................. 24.26 8.5 € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.03 4.4 31.03 4.4 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 27.62 16.5 27.62 16.5 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.73 4.6 39.10 5.2 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.75 4.2 31.75 4.2 € € 7....................................................... 24.36 5.6 24.36 5.6 € € 9....................................................... 30.17 5.0 30.17 5.0 € € 10........................................................ 27.91 3.4 27.91 3.4 € € 11........................................................ 31.99 6.0 31.99 6.0 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.83 4.5 31.83 4.5 € € 9....................................................... 30.17 5.1 30.17 5.1 € € 10........................................................ 27.91 3.4 27.91 3.4 € € Natural scientists............................................ 28.25 6.9 28.87 8.3 - - 11........................................................ 26.24 8.2 € € € € Chemists, except biochemists................................ 29.48 8.5 29.58 8.5 € € Medical scientists.......................................... 25.85 7.5 25.77 12.3 € € Health related................................................ 18.97 6.9 18.96 8.8 $19.02 7.8 9....................................................... 20.75 7.2 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 20.03 5.5 20.33 7.0 18.94 2.4 9....................................................... 20.75 7.2 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 21.14 2.0 - - 21.53 1.0 8....................................................... 22.50 4.7 € € 21.61 4.0 9....................................................... 21.39 1.7 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 21.62 1.2 € € 21.62 1.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 21.75 2.6 € € 21.75 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.82 8.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.34 5.4 - - 14.90 6.3 Social workers.............................................. 14.34 5.4 € € 14.90 6.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.34 6.9 20.34 6.9 € € 7....................................................... 20.09 9.6 20.09 9.6 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 27.20 8.8 27.20 8.8 € € Technical....................................................... 19.15 6.6 19.94 6.3 17.68 15.2 5....................................................... 14.16 5.8 14.16 5.9 € € 6....................................................... 16.18 6.2 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.11 6.8 16.22 11.4 € € 8....................................................... 19.22 3.7 19.61 5.0 € € 9....................................................... 25.10 6.7 25.66 8.1 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.33 1.7 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 26.01 10.6 26.01 10.6 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 16.91 8.9 16.91 8.9 € € Computer programmers........................................ 26.20 7.7 25.02 10.4 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $13.51 13.0 $15.56 14.5 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.63 4.6 31.22 5.2 $24.95 7.9 7....................................................... 19.82 6.7 18.49 9.8 € € 8....................................................... 21.25 5.7 21.52 9.5 20.84 1.9 9....................................................... 24.89 6.9 24.75 7.9 25.73 9.3 10........................................................ 33.37 12.3 33.37 12.3 € € 11........................................................ 31.23 5.1 32.22 6.5 29.71 9.4 12........................................................ 37.27 7.1 37.22 7.4 € € 14........................................................ 70.10 13.7 70.34 14.1 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.09 5.1 38.63 5.9 30.74 5.1 8....................................................... 24.01 7.2 € € € € 9....................................................... 27.12 7.3 27.20 8.9 26.77 8.1 11........................................................ 32.96 4.8 33.48 7.7 32.17 4.1 12........................................................ 40.79 4.9 40.99 5.3 € € 14........................................................ 70.16 13.8 70.40 14.1 € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.78 11.4 € € 26.78 11.4 Financial managers.......................................... 34.83 5.6 36.02 10.0 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.76 8.7 41.76 8.7 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.70 9.8 40.35 10.3 € € 9....................................................... 27.74 7.9 € € € € Management related............................................ 21.85 3.4 22.16 4.9 21.19 2.2 7....................................................... 19.97 6.9 18.63 10.5 € € 8....................................................... 20.81 6.4 20.78 11.1 € € 9....................................................... 20.41 9.4 20.51 10.0 € € 11........................................................ 25.50 9.2 28.15 7.7 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.75 3.9 € € € € Other financial officers.................................... 20.14 13.2 20.15 16.0 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.73 5.1 19.80 7.2 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.84 9.8 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.73 6.1 18.38 9.5 € € Sales............................................................. 17.23 8.5 17.25 8.6 - - 2....................................................... 6.98 3.2 6.97 3.2 € € 4....................................................... 13.87 8.9 13.89 9.0 € € 6....................................................... 14.34 5.7 € € € € 8....................................................... 23.93 21.3 23.93 21.3 € € 11........................................................ 41.75 10.4 41.75 10.4 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.57 13.5 € € € € Advertising and related sales............................... 33.92 12.2 33.92 12.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.31 17.6 13.31 17.6 € € 4....................................................... 9.96 5.1 9.96 5.1 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.59 6.5 7.41 6.4 € € 2....................................................... 6.98 3.2 6.97 3.2 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.03 1.7 12.53 2.6 11.38 2.2 2....................................................... $9.00 6.9 $9.00 6.9 € € 3....................................................... 10.67 1.7 10.84 3.1 $10.61 2.0 4....................................................... 11.36 2.5 11.32 3.7 11.41 3.2 5....................................................... 13.38 4.9 13.43 5.2 12.58 3.3 6....................................................... 13.66 3.0 13.49 4.6 13.93 2.5 7....................................................... 17.55 5.2 17.19 5.5 € € Supervisors, general office................................. 16.78 15.2 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 13.88 3.3 14.15 4.3 13.27 3.2 4....................................................... 12.52 2.8 12.18 4.4 € € 5....................................................... 14.94 6.8 15.16 7.5 € € Order clerks................................................ 12.58 14.0 12.58 14.0 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.74 7.2 11.21 8.5 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.78 4.7 11.74 5.0 12.42 4.6 4....................................................... 10.34 3.5 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.08 8.2 10.08 8.2 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.22 4.1 12.22 4.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.55 2.7 12.34 5.9 11.26 2.8 3....................................................... 10.55 1.2 10.38 5.0 10.60 .5 4....................................................... 11.81 3.4 € € 11.39 2.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.40 1.8 € € 10.40 1.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.42 7.3 13.39 7.7 € € Blue collar......................................................... 12.24 3.7 12.13 4.0 13.25 6.6 1....................................................... 7.93 4.0 7.92 4.1 € € 2....................................................... 9.87 3.8 9.84 4.1 10.11 4.8 3....................................................... 11.17 7.0 11.50 7.5 8.60 5.1 4....................................................... 11.90 5.0 11.91 5.1 11.36 3.0 5....................................................... 14.31 5.3 14.34 5.4 13.32 1.8 6....................................................... 15.69 5.3 15.72 5.5 € € 7....................................................... 16.60 3.3 16.99 4.7 15.67 3.0 8....................................................... 20.49 6.3 20.50 6.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.56 4.3 15.57 5.2 15.50 2.8 4....................................................... 11.11 6.5 11.10 6.6 € € 5....................................................... 13.47 6.3 13.49 6.6 € € 6....................................................... 16.08 7.2 16.16 7.6 € € 7....................................................... 16.65 3.5 17.08 5.0 15.67 3.0 8....................................................... 21.03 6.6 21.05 6.7 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.15 5.5 15.25 5.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 21.04 6.9 21.04 6.9 € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 9.24 4.7 9.24 4.7 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.13 5.3 11.16 5.3 - - 1....................................................... 8.22 6.8 8.22 6.8 € € 2....................................................... 10.75 4.6 10.75 4.6 € € 3....................................................... 11.78 6.4 12.42 4.6 € € 4....................................................... $11.46 7.5 $11.46 7.5 € € 5....................................................... 14.88 10.0 14.88 10.0 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.24 3.9 11.24 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 10.46 4.0 10.46 4.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.91 13.6 13.91 13.6 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.55 7.2 10.55 7.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 10.74 12.8 10.91 14.0 $8.92 3.2 2....................................................... 8.70 11.6 8.70 11.9 € € 3....................................................... 12.71 18.9 14.29 19.8 € € 4....................................................... 13.37 11.9 € € € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.10 18.0 13.10 18.0 € € Bus drivers................................................. 7.91 5.8 € € 8.92 3.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.62 4.1 9.56 4.4 10.22 4.0 1....................................................... 8.02 3.5 8.00 3.6 € € 2....................................................... 9.68 3.9 9.52 5.1 € € 3....................................................... 9.96 2.4 9.98 2.5 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.26 4.6 9.31 5.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.34 6.5 11.34 6.5 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.71 8.1 8.71 8.3 € € Service............................................................. 9.19 4.3 8.04 3.7 12.10 8.6 1....................................................... 6.92 4.8 6.90 5.6 7.01 6.3 2....................................................... 7.60 6.3 7.60 6.5 € € 3....................................................... 8.13 2.1 € € 8.33 3.0 4....................................................... 8.53 10.5 7.01 11.4 € € 5....................................................... 12.31 7.2 € € 11.49 .9 6....................................................... 15.00 4.3 € € 13.96 2.8 7....................................................... 12.58 7.4 € € 11.77 10.0 Protective service............................................ 11.86 9.7 - - 15.29 8.8 5....................................................... 11.43 1.0 € € 11.43 1.0 6....................................................... 14.86 6.1 € € 13.92 2.7 7....................................................... 12.66 9.7 € € € € Firefighting................................................ 17.08 20.0 € € 17.08 20.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.20 9.0 € € 16.20 9.0 6....................................................... 14.43 6.2 € € 14.43 6.2 Food service.................................................. 7.66 5.8 7.83 6.5 - - 1....................................................... 6.61 2.0 6.72 2.9 € € 2....................................................... 6.71 12.7 6.71 12.7 € € 3....................................................... 7.96 5.4 8.17 7.2 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.28 17.2 5.28 17.2 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.96 19.4 4.96 19.4 € € Other food service........................................... 8.19 6.7 8.54 7.3 € € 1....................................................... 6.62 2.2 6.75 3.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.19 4.1 8.50 5.3 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... $8.36 6.4 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.36 6.4 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.72 10.4 $8.14 12.3 € € 1....................................................... 6.60 2.7 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.00 1.9 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.37 5.7 7.26 5.9 $8.62 3.4 1....................................................... 6.68 4.3 6.54 3.9 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.36 6.5 7.24 6.8 8.62 3.4 1....................................................... 6.71 4.9 6.55 4.4 € € Personal service.............................................. $9.66 8.8 $10.30 17.8 $9.26 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 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 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................................................................... $18.51 3.4 $18.55 3.7 $18.42 7.6 All excluding sales............................................... 18.52 3.5 18.56 3.7 18.43 7.6 White collar........................................................ 21.96 3.6 23.04 3.6 19.87 8.5 2....................................................... 9.35 4.3 9.06 6.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.60 1.7 10.53 3.3 10.63 2.0 4....................................................... 11.98 3.2 12.19 4.7 11.61 2.9 5....................................................... 14.59 3.7 14.61 3.9 14.32 9.8 6....................................................... 15.16 3.3 14.37 4.1 16.42 5.7 7....................................................... 20.18 3.1 20.02 4.4 20.48 3.1 8....................................................... 21.33 3.6 21.96 4.9 19.93 3.0 9....................................................... 24.48 3.2 26.30 4.3 22.09 3.6 10........................................................ 29.44 4.2 29.45 4.2 € € 11........................................................ 31.29 3.8 32.53 5.0 28.95 5.5 12........................................................ 38.76 14.5 35.67 3.1 44.03 33.6 14........................................................ 56.20 7.7 56.17 7.7 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.29 3.7 23.72 3.4 19.88 8.5 2....................................................... 9.62 4.3 9.47 7.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.69 1.7 10.87 3.1 10.63 2.0 4....................................................... 11.58 2.4 11.55 3.7 11.61 2.9 5....................................................... 14.19 4.8 14.18 5.1 14.26 10.4 6....................................................... 15.23 3.6 14.39 4.6 16.41 5.7 7....................................................... 20.13 3.2 19.93 4.8 20.48 3.1 8....................................................... 21.01 2.9 21.59 4.0 19.93 3.0 9....................................................... 24.48 3.2 26.30 4.3 22.09 3.6 10........................................................ 29.97 4.7 29.99 4.7 € € 11........................................................ 30.38 3.6 31.25 4.9 28.95 5.5 12........................................................ 38.76 14.4 35.67 2.4 44.03 33.6 14........................................................ 56.20 7.7 56.17 7.7 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.68 4.4 27.36 3.5 25.47 10.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.48 4.7 29.16 3.6 27.28 11.6 5....................................................... 16.54 10.3 17.13 10.9 € € 6....................................................... 16.91 5.0 15.25 8.8 18.74 2.9 7....................................................... 22.03 3.4 22.65 5.1 21.16 3.2 8....................................................... 21.85 3.4 22.75 4.2 20.07 3.7 9....................................................... 24.20 4.2 27.18 6.1 21.34 1.5 10........................................................ 28.52 2.6 28.55 2.6 € € 11........................................................ 29.86 4.7 30.74 6.7 € € 12........................................................ 39.32 19.5 34.55 2.6 € € 14........................................................ 48.99 3.0 48.99 3.0 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.41 4.5 31.72 3.7 - - 11........................................................ 32.48 3.2 31.65 2.8 € € 13........................................................ 43.67 3.4 43.67 3.4 € € Civil engineers............................................. 24.26 8.5 € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.03 4.4 31.03 4.4 € € Industrial engineers........................................ $27.62 16.5 $27.62 16.5 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.73 4.6 39.10 5.2 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.75 4.2 31.75 4.2 € € 7....................................................... 24.36 5.6 24.36 5.6 € € 9....................................................... 30.17 5.0 30.17 5.0 € € 10........................................................ 27.91 3.4 27.91 3.4 € € 11........................................................ 31.99 6.0 31.99 6.0 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.83 4.5 31.83 4.5 € € 9....................................................... 30.17 5.1 30.17 5.1 € € 10........................................................ 27.91 3.4 27.91 3.4 € € Natural scientists............................................ 27.69 6.3 28.18 7.7 - - 11........................................................ 26.24 8.2 € € € € Chemists, except biochemists................................ 29.48 8.5 29.58 8.5 € € Medical scientists.......................................... 25.85 7.5 25.77 12.3 € € Health related................................................ 18.24 7.5 17.97 9.6 $18.98 8.8 9....................................................... 20.09 9.2 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 19.40 6.0 19.57 7.9 18.86 2.8 9....................................................... 20.09 9.2 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 21.15 2.0 - - 21.55 1.0 8....................................................... 22.50 4.7 € € 21.61 4.0 9....................................................... 21.39 1.7 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 21.62 1.2 € € 21.62 1.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 21.75 2.6 € € 21.75 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.82 8.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.34 5.4 - - 14.90 6.3 Social workers.............................................. 14.34 5.4 € € 14.90 6.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.81 6.4 20.81 6.4 € € 7....................................................... 20.09 9.6 20.09 9.6 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 27.20 8.8 27.20 8.8 € € Technical....................................................... 19.18 6.6 19.98 6.3 17.68 15.2 5....................................................... 14.10 6.0 14.10 6.2 € € 6....................................................... 16.18 6.2 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.11 6.8 16.22 11.4 € € 8....................................................... 19.22 3.7 19.61 5.0 € € 9....................................................... 25.10 6.7 25.66 8.1 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.33 1.7 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 26.01 10.6 26.01 10.6 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 16.91 8.9 16.91 8.9 € € Computer programmers........................................ 26.20 7.7 25.02 10.4 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 13.51 13.0 15.56 14.5 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.69 4.6 31.30 5.2 24.95 7.9 7....................................................... $19.85 7.0 $18.44 10.5 € € 8....................................................... 21.25 5.7 21.52 9.5 $20.84 1.9 9....................................................... 24.89 6.9 24.75 7.9 25.73 9.3 10........................................................ 33.37 12.3 33.37 12.3 € € 11........................................................ 31.23 5.1 32.22 6.5 29.71 9.4 12........................................................ 37.27 7.1 37.22 7.4 € € 14........................................................ 70.10 13.7 70.34 14.1 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.09 5.1 38.63 5.9 30.74 5.1 8....................................................... 24.01 7.2 € € € € 9....................................................... 27.12 7.3 27.20 8.9 26.77 8.1 11........................................................ 32.96 4.8 33.48 7.7 32.17 4.1 12........................................................ 40.79 4.9 40.99 5.3 € € 14........................................................ 70.16 13.8 70.40 14.1 € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.78 11.4 € € 26.78 11.4 Financial managers.......................................... 34.83 5.6 36.02 10.0 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.76 8.7 41.76 8.7 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.70 9.8 40.35 10.3 € € 9....................................................... 27.74 7.9 € € € € Management related............................................ 21.88 3.5 22.20 5.0 21.19 2.2 7....................................................... 20.01 7.2 18.60 11.4 € € 8....................................................... 20.81 6.4 20.78 11.1 € € 9....................................................... 20.41 9.4 20.51 10.0 € € 11........................................................ 25.50 9.2 28.15 7.7 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.75 3.9 € € € € Other financial officers.................................... 20.22 14.3 20.26 17.6 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.73 5.1 19.80 7.2 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.84 9.8 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.73 6.1 18.38 9.5 € € Sales............................................................. 18.40 8.8 18.43 8.9 - - 4....................................................... 14.03 8.4 14.06 8.5 € € 6....................................................... 14.34 5.7 € € € € 8....................................................... 23.93 21.3 23.93 21.3 € € 11........................................................ 41.75 10.4 41.75 10.4 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.57 13.5 € € € € Advertising and related sales............................... 33.92 12.2 33.92 12.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.87 18.7 13.87 18.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.35 10.8 8.05 10.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.09 1.8 12.62 2.6 11.42 2.2 2....................................................... 9.47 7.8 9.47 7.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.68 1.7 10.87 3.1 10.61 2.0 4....................................................... 11.42 2.5 11.30 3.7 11.56 3.0 5....................................................... 13.40 4.9 13.46 5.2 12.58 3.3 6....................................................... 13.66 3.0 13.49 4.6 13.93 2.5 7....................................................... 17.55 5.2 17.19 5.5 € € Supervisors, general office................................. $16.78 15.2 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 13.91 3.3 $14.20 4.3 $13.27 3.2 4....................................................... 12.52 2.8 12.18 4.4 € € 5....................................................... 14.94 6.8 15.16 7.5 € € Order clerks................................................ 13.53 12.0 13.53 12.0 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.46 5.3 12.00 8.6 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.78 4.7 11.74 5.0 12.42 4.6 4....................................................... 10.34 3.5 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.08 8.2 10.08 8.2 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.22 4.1 12.22 4.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.55 2.7 12.37 5.9 11.26 2.8 3....................................................... 10.56 1.2 € € 10.60 .5 4....................................................... 11.81 3.4 € € 11.39 2.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.40 1.8 € € 10.40 1.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.64 7.4 13.62 7.8 € € Blue collar......................................................... 12.49 3.6 12.36 3.8 13.82 6.0 1....................................................... 8.14 4.4 8.13 4.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.92 3.8 9.90 4.2 € € 3....................................................... 11.39 7.5 11.53 7.7 € € 4....................................................... 11.90 5.0 11.91 5.1 € € 5....................................................... 14.31 5.3 14.34 5.5 13.32 1.8 6....................................................... 15.69 5.3 15.72 5.5 € € 7....................................................... 16.60 3.3 16.99 4.7 15.67 3.0 8....................................................... 20.49 6.3 20.50 6.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.56 4.3 15.57 5.2 15.50 2.8 4....................................................... 11.11 6.5 11.10 6.6 € € 5....................................................... 13.47 6.3 13.49 6.6 € € 6....................................................... 16.08 7.2 16.16 7.6 € € 7....................................................... 16.65 3.5 17.08 5.0 15.67 3.0 8....................................................... 21.03 6.6 21.05 6.7 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.15 5.5 15.25 5.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 21.04 6.9 21.04 6.9 € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 9.24 4.7 9.24 4.7 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.13 5.3 11.16 5.3 - - 1....................................................... 8.22 6.8 8.22 6.8 € € 2....................................................... 10.75 4.6 10.75 4.6 € € 3....................................................... 11.78 6.4 12.42 4.6 € € 4....................................................... 11.46 7.5 11.46 7.5 € € 5....................................................... 14.88 10.0 14.88 10.0 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.24 3.9 11.24 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 10.46 4.0 10.46 4.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.91 13.6 13.91 13.6 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.55 7.2 10.55 7.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ $12.20 11.8 $12.20 11.9 - - 3....................................................... 14.29 19.8 14.29 19.8 € € 4....................................................... 13.39 12.1 € € € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.10 18.0 13.10 18.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.69 4.3 9.63 4.7 $10.22 4.0 1....................................................... 8.00 3.6 7.97 3.6 € € 2....................................................... 9.75 3.9 9.61 5.0 € € 3....................................................... 9.95 2.5 9.98 2.6 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.87 4.7 10.01 4.9 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.35 7.9 11.35 7.9 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.71 8.1 8.71 8.3 € € Service............................................................. 9.85 4.8 8.52 4.7 12.13 8.7 1....................................................... 7.22 5.9 7.28 7.4 7.03 6.5 2....................................................... 7.95 6.2 7.97 6.4 € € 3....................................................... 8.24 2.0 € € 8.33 3.0 5....................................................... 12.31 7.2 € € 11.49 .9 6....................................................... 14.39 3.1 € € 13.96 2.8 7....................................................... 12.58 7.4 € € 11.77 10.0 Protective service............................................ 12.46 9.1 - - 15.29 8.8 5....................................................... 11.43 1.0 € € 11.43 1.0 6....................................................... 13.92 2.7 € € 13.92 2.7 7....................................................... 12.66 9.7 € € € € Firefighting................................................ 17.08 20.0 € € 17.08 20.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.20 9.0 € € 16.20 9.0 6....................................................... 14.43 6.2 € € 14.43 6.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.25 9.1 € € € € Food service.................................................. 8.40 9.0 8.91 10.4 - - 3....................................................... 8.26 4.4 € € € € Other food service........................................... 8.91 8.4 9.69 8.6 € € 3....................................................... 8.26 4.4 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.47 13.4 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.01 1.9 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.67 5.6 7.54 6.2 8.62 3.4 1....................................................... 7.00 5.2 6.81 5.3 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.78 6.0 7.66 6.8 8.62 3.4 1....................................................... 7.08 6.1 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 9.78 10.0 - - 9.37 7.1 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.72 9.4 $8.65 10.2 $9.53 12.6 All excluding sales............................................... 8.92 10.5 8.87 11.3 9.52 12.6 White collar........................................................ 12.97 17.1 13.11 18.3 - - 2....................................................... 6.97 3.1 6.97 3.2 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.25 17.2 18.23 17.9 - - 2....................................................... 7.76 8.7 7.76 8.7 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.71 15.9 23.20 17.3 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 23.27 16.5 - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - € € Management related............................................ - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 7.13 5.0 7.12 5.0 - - 2....................................................... 6.68 2.1 6.67 2.1 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.67 1.8 6.67 1.8 € € 2....................................................... 6.68 2.1 6.67 2.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.13 7.2 8.61 8.6 - - 2....................................................... 7.76 8.7 7.76 8.7 € € Blue collar......................................................... 7.55 7.6 7.26 9.1 8.68 1.8 1....................................................... 6.97 7.5 6.96 7.6 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 7.08 5.1 - - 8.68 1.8 Bus drivers................................................. 8.68 1.8 € € 8.68 1.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.71 12.1 8.71 12.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.19 12.8 8.19 12.8 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.60 3.3 6.60 3.3 € € Service............................................................. 7.00 5.8 7.01 5.9 - - 1....................................................... 6.36 2.7 6.36 2.7 € € 2....................................................... 6.11 12.9 6.11 13.1 € € 4....................................................... 6.77 13.3 6.76 13.4 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - € € Food service.................................................. 6.19 6.8 6.19 6.8 € € 1....................................................... 6.79 3.9 6.79 3.9 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.58 27.2 5.58 27.2 € € Other food service........................................... $6.45 2.6 $6.45 2.6 € € 1....................................................... 6.79 3.9 6.79 3.9 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. 8.58 6.0 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 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....................................................... $18.51 $8.72 $14.00 $18.16 $17.97 $18.05 All excluding sales............................................. 18.52 8.92 14.00 18.22 18.00 - White collar........................................................ 21.96 12.97 - 21.73 21.88 17.91 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.29 17.25 - 22.20 22.20 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.68 22.71 - 26.58 26.61 € Professional specialty.......................................... 28.48 23.27 - 28.41 28.38 € Technical....................................................... 19.18 - - 18.47 19.15 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.69 - € 29.63 29.56 - Sales............................................................. 18.40 7.13 € 17.23 17.17 17.34 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.09 8.13 - 11.99 12.03 € Blue collar......................................................... 12.49 7.55 12.12 12.26 12.14 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.56 € 15.21 15.58 15.45 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.13 € 11.70 10.89 11.13 € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.20 7.08 - 9.90 10.48 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.69 8.71 10.19 9.48 9.62 € Service............................................................. 9.85 7.00 - 9.14 9.19 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.4 9.4 9.4 3.6 3.5 10.2 All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 10.5 9.4 3.6 3.5 - White collar........................................................ 3.6 17.1 - 3.6 3.6 11.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.7 17.2 - 3.7 3.6 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 15.9 - 4.4 4.3 € Professional specialty.......................................... 4.7 16.5 - 4.6 4.6 € Technical....................................................... 6.6 - - 6.6 6.6 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.6 - € 4.6 4.6 - Sales............................................................. 8.8 5.0 € 8.5 11.6 11.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.8 7.2 - 1.7 1.7 € Blue collar......................................................... 3.6 7.6 6.4 4.3 3.7 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.3 € 7.7 4.6 4.4 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.3 € 4.5 7.2 5.3 € Transportation and material moving................................ 11.8 5.1 - 11.6 12.6 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.3 12.1 8.0 4.6 4.1 € Service............................................................. 4.8 5.8 - 4.3 4.3 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 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....................................................... $17.85 $20.47 € - $20.89 - $21.74 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 17.90 20.21 € - 20.63 - 21.46 - - - White collar........................................................ 22.72 28.63 € - 28.63 - 24.90 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.61 28.63 € - 28.63 - 24.91 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.26 30.25 € - 30.25 - 24.86 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 29.02 31.88 € - 31.88 - 26.09 - - - Technical....................................................... 19.94 20.36 € - 20.36 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.22 36.49 € - 36.49 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 17.25 28.62 € - 28.62 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.53 13.66 € - 13.66 - 14.55 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 12.13 12.06 € - 11.99 - 15.09 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.57 15.02 € - 15.03 - 17.93 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.16 11.31 € - 11.31 - € - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.91 10.42 € - 10.42 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.56 9.25 € - 9.42 - 11.07 - - - Service............................................................. 8.04 - € - - - - - - - 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....................................................... 3.8 5.3 € - 5.0 - 12.1 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 5.4 € - 5.2 - 11.9 - - - White collar........................................................ 3.5 4.1 € - 4.1 - 9.6 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.4 4.3 € - 4.3 - 8.7 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.5 4.2 € - 4.2 - 11.1 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.6 3.7 € - 3.7 - 11.4 - - - Technical....................................................... 6.3 11.2 € - 11.2 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.2 5.4 € - 5.4 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.6 10.0 € - 10.0 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 4.9 € - 4.9 - 13.1 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.0 4.5 € - 5.1 - 17.9 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.2 6.8 € - 8.6 - 12.9 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.3 5.4 € - 5.4 - € - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.0 6.0 € - 6.0 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.4 5.4 € - 6.6 - 13.9 - - - Service............................................................. 3.7 - € - - - - - - - 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 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 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....................................................... $17.85 $12.02 $19.08 $15.98 $22.37 All excluding sales............................................. 17.90 11.74 19.07 15.70 22.23 White collar........................................................ 22.72 15.10 23.66 20.94 25.67 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.61 16.35 24.17 21.83 25.52 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.26 - 27.41 25.75 28.11 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.02 - 29.27 27.16 30.26 Technical....................................................... 19.94 € 19.94 16.79 20.73 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.22 24.83 31.84 30.40 32.77 Sales............................................................. 17.25 13.48 19.21 17.96 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.53 11.26 12.75 12.52 12.96 Blue collar......................................................... 12.13 12.02 12.17 11.65 13.14 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.57 15.44 15.62 15.12 16.43 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.16 - 11.21 10.59 12.36 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.91 - 10.77 10.85 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.56 9.31 9.76 8.92 10.57 Service............................................................. 8.04 7.76 8.21 7.66 - 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....................................................... 3.8 6.3 4.2 7.6 3.9 All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 6.7 4.1 7.6 4.0 White collar........................................................ 3.5 7.5 3.7 7.6 3.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.4 9.6 3.5 7.6 3.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.5 - 3.6 8.6 3.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.6 - 3.6 8.7 3.8 Technical....................................................... 6.3 € 6.3 7.3 7.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.2 16.0 5.3 10.4 6.3 Sales............................................................. 8.6 8.7 12.0 11.9 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 6.3 2.8 4.6 3.3 Blue collar......................................................... 4.0 5.0 4.8 6.8 5.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.2 4.8 7.0 10.6 5.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.3 - 5.4 8.1 3.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.0 - 17.0 17.7 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.4 3.8 7.2 6.8 12.7 Service............................................................. 3.7 4.1 5.4 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 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.80 $10.24 $14.82 $22.28 $31.58 All excluding sales........................... 7.85 10.20 14.70 22.39 31.96 White collar.................................... 10.12 12.36 18.44 27.28 37.39 White collar excluding sales................ 10.36 12.43 19.72 28.13 38.10 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.50 18.87 23.86 31.39 39.53 Professional specialty...................... 17.23 20.71 25.40 33.00 40.68 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.15 22.28 29.88 35.62 44.15 Civil engineers......................... 18.87 19.15 21.49 21.49 37.02 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.61 26.16 31.22 35.12 35.62 Industrial engineers.................... 18.03 18.03 22.85 34.18 43.06 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.53 31.10 40.68 50.74 51.24 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.21 26.85 31.21 38.10 39.53 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.50 27.71 31.21 38.10 39.53 Natural scientists........................ 20.67 24.93 25.96 31.44 40.88 Chemists, except biochemists............ 17.18 25.00 27.36 40.62 40.88 Medical scientists...................... 20.67 20.67 25.96 25.96 39.41 Health related............................ 12.00 17.23 18.23 20.53 24.31 Registered nurses....................... 17.23 17.23 18.25 23.57 24.31 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 17.83 20.40 21.55 23.33 23.97 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.81 20.71 21.55 23.33 23.97 Secondary school teachers............... 19.19 20.21 22.50 23.85 23.85 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 22.52 24.10 28.78 35.71 35.71 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.34 11.85 13.54 16.34 18.20 Social workers.......................... 11.34 11.85 13.54 16.34 18.20 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 13.03 15.38 19.77 23.39 24.18 Professional, n.e.c..................... 18.88 22.39 24.04 25.54 40.34 Technical................................... 10.92 14.82 18.00 22.28 30.12 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.60 15.82 17.90 18.03 18.03 Electrical and electronic technicians... 16.88 22.23 23.12 32.37 32.37 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 10.11 12.31 18.14 21.70 22.58 Computer programmers.................... 17.94 22.79 28.95 28.95 36.87 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 9.77 9.80 10.92 16.58 20.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.25 20.79 26.79 33.69 48.32 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.91 26.79 33.66 44.62 51.86 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 19.11 19.55 23.70 32.36 38.55 Financial managers...................... 27.32 30.34 33.66 33.66 45.67 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 28.85 34.72 35.80 48.32 52.71 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.91 26.79 32.79 50.00 54.64 Management related........................ 15.31 17.44 21.31 25.49 31.35 Accountants and auditors................ 19.04 20.04 28.85 31.35 31.35 Other financial officers................ 13.31 15.30 19.09 20.06 30.06 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... $15.05 $15.31 $21.94 $22.89 $24.99 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.44 17.80 19.76 25.79 30.65 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.38 16.33 18.51 21.31 21.68 Sales......................................... 6.79 10.60 15.38 18.87 30.85 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.12 10.12 19.04 19.04 19.04 Advertising and related sales........... 12.38 27.28 30.85 41.87 57.72 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.70 8.00 10.88 12.25 28.85 Cashiers................................ 5.98 6.49 6.79 8.02 8.88 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.21 10.33 11.51 13.12 15.93 Supervisors, general office............. 11.51 11.51 17.09 22.18 27.46 Secretaries............................. 11.58 11.92 13.12 15.73 17.50 Order clerks............................ 6.06 9.33 12.86 16.95 16.95 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.21 10.26 13.51 13.51 14.70 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.68 10.64 11.30 13.10 14.74 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.00 8.40 10.50 12.07 12.07 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.47 12.30 12.30 12.87 13.53 General office clerks................... 10.33 10.55 10.82 12.04 14.06 Teachers' aides......................... 9.83 9.83 10.58 10.98 11.10 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.10 10.82 10.85 17.54 17.77 Blue collar..................................... 7.31 8.75 11.20 15.00 17.94 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.26 13.33 15.00 17.58 22.00 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.69 13.27 14.87 17.18 17.69 Supervisors, production................. 15.00 16.13 22.00 25.26 25.26 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 7.85 7.85 8.60 11.30 11.69 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.08 8.25 11.19 13.36 14.70 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.45 10.45 11.05 12.35 12.35 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.66 11.08 12.44 19.32 19.32 Assemblers.............................. 7.51 8.25 10.55 12.98 13.80 Transportation and material moving............ 6.72 7.17 10.33 12.50 16.20 Truck drivers........................... 9.40 10.72 10.77 15.08 21.24 Bus drivers............................. 7.17 7.17 7.17 8.31 8.88 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.31 7.60 9.24 10.80 12.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.54 7.59 9.13 10.15 11.90 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.75 9.20 10.93 11.70 12.27 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.34 7.60 7.80 10.24 10.97 Service......................................... 6.00 6.75 8.26 9.50 14.00 Protective service........................ 7.73 8.01 9.44 13.69 20.26 Firefighting............................ $8.91 $9.00 $13.69 $22.37 $26.53 Police and detectives, public service... 11.88 11.88 17.25 19.33 20.26 Food service.............................. 5.62 6.46 7.13 9.09 10.20 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.57 5.80 7.75 8.51 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.57 2.57 8.51 8.51 Other food service....................... 5.78 6.46 7.48 9.09 14.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.01 7.48 7.50 9.17 10.20 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.78 6.46 6.53 9.09 9.09 Health service............................ 7.24 8.70 9.36 9.50 9.92 Cleaning and building service............. 5.92 6.25 6.75 8.76 8.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.92 6.25 6.75 8.76 8.98 Personal service.......................... 6.00 8.66 8.66 8.90 10.00 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.51 $9.44 $14.40 $22.79 $33.86 All excluding sales........................... 7.51 9.40 14.20 23.05 34.00 White collar.................................... 9.95 13.58 18.51 30.15 38.14 White collar excluding sales................ 10.64 13.99 20.67 31.21 39.53 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.41 18.42 26.70 33.74 39.53 Professional specialty...................... 16.33 21.42 28.22 35.62 40.68 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.15 26.16 31.22 37.02 45.89 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.61 26.16 31.22 35.12 35.62 Industrial engineers.................... 18.03 18.03 22.85 34.18 43.06 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.65 31.10 40.68 50.74 51.24 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.21 26.85 31.21 38.10 39.53 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.50 27.71 31.21 38.10 39.53 Natural scientists........................ 20.19 20.67 27.13 37.39 40.88 Chemists, except biochemists............ 17.18 25.00 27.36 40.62 40.88 Medical scientists...................... 20.67 20.67 20.67 26.02 42.46 Health related............................ 12.00 17.23 17.39 23.57 24.31 Registered nurses....................... 17.23 17.23 18.23 23.57 24.31 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 13.03 15.38 19.77 23.39 24.18 Professional, n.e.c..................... 18.88 22.39 24.04 25.54 40.34 Technical................................... 12.56 15.60 18.00 22.79 32.37 Electrical and electronic technicians... 16.88 22.23 23.12 32.37 32.37 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 10.11 12.31 18.14 21.70 22.58 Computer programmers.................... 16.17 17.94 23.86 30.12 36.87 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 9.77 10.92 13.58 20.47 20.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.38 19.56 27.32 35.80 50.72 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.91 26.79 35.54 48.32 52.71 Financial managers...................... 27.32 28.78 30.34 45.67 50.48 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 28.85 34.72 35.80 48.32 52.71 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.91 26.79 34.10 50.72 57.40 Management related........................ 15.30 15.55 19.56 28.00 31.35 Other financial officers................ 13.31 15.30 16.28 20.79 30.06 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.01 15.31 15.31 24.99 26.87 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.38 15.55 16.33 18.51 21.68 Sales......................................... 6.79 10.60 15.38 18.87 30.85 Advertising and related sales........... 12.38 27.28 30.85 41.87 57.72 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.70 8.00 10.88 12.25 28.85 Cashiers................................ 5.98 6.26 6.79 8.02 8.88 Administrative support, including clerical.... $9.00 $10.10 $11.88 $14.18 $16.95 Secretaries............................. 11.11 11.88 14.04 16.32 17.50 Order clerks............................ 6.06 9.33 12.86 16.95 16.95 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.21 9.30 10.26 14.70 14.70 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.68 10.64 11.30 13.10 14.74 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.00 8.40 10.50 12.07 12.07 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.47 12.30 12.30 12.87 13.53 General office clerks................... 8.25 9.81 12.95 14.18 15.77 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.10 10.82 10.85 17.54 17.77 Blue collar..................................... 7.18 8.60 11.08 15.00 19.32 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.26 12.51 15.00 18.53 22.04 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.69 13.27 14.87 17.18 17.69 Supervisors, production................. 15.00 16.13 22.00 25.26 25.26 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 7.85 7.85 8.60 11.30 11.69 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.08 8.67 11.19 13.36 14.70 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.45 10.45 11.05 12.35 12.35 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.66 11.08 12.44 19.32 19.32 Assemblers.............................. 7.51 8.25 10.55 12.98 13.80 Transportation and material moving............ 6.72 7.17 10.72 12.50 16.20 Truck drivers........................... 9.40 10.72 10.77 15.08 21.24 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.31 7.60 9.24 10.80 12.27 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.59 9.18 10.15 12.42 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.75 9.20 10.93 11.70 12.27 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.34 7.60 7.80 10.24 10.97 Service......................................... 5.92 6.53 7.96 9.00 9.50 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.85 6.53 7.81 9.09 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.57 5.80 7.75 8.51 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.57 2.57 8.51 8.51 Other food service....................... 5.78 6.60 7.85 9.17 14.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.78 6.00 7.81 9.09 9.09 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 5.92 6.25 6.30 8.96 8.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.92 6.25 6.30 8.67 8.98 Personal service.......................... 5.65 8.00 8.00 10.00 10.00 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.71 $10.82 $14.97 $21.69 $26.59 All excluding sales........................... 9.61 10.82 14.97 21.69 26.59 White collar.................................... 10.33 11.43 18.44 22.42 28.95 White collar excluding sales................ 10.33 11.34 18.44 22.50 28.95 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.82 18.93 21.55 25.96 31.44 Professional specialty...................... 18.25 20.21 21.75 25.96 58.66 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 14.68 15.14 18.25 19.84 19.84 Registered nurses....................... 17.66 18.25 18.72 19.84 19.84 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 19.22 20.71 21.55 23.20 23.97 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.81 20.71 21.55 23.33 23.97 Secondary school teachers............... 19.19 20.21 22.50 23.85 23.85 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.34 13.36 16.34 16.34 18.20 Social workers.......................... 11.34 13.36 16.34 16.34 18.20 Technical................................... 9.80 12.81 18.03 18.44 28.95 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.83 21.31 21.94 30.43 33.66 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.30 28.14 33.66 33.66 33.66 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 19.11 19.55 23.70 32.36 38.55 Management related........................ 18.49 20.06 21.31 21.94 21.94 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.81 10.53 10.98 12.04 13.43 Secretaries............................. 11.92 13.09 13.12 13.12 16.02 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.00 11.00 11.66 13.85 14.43 General office clerks................... 10.33 10.55 10.82 11.84 13.43 Teachers' aides......................... 9.83 9.83 10.58 10.98 11.10 Blue collar..................................... 8.81 10.36 14.97 14.97 16.76 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.97 14.97 14.97 16.76 16.76 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.31 8.31 8.88 8.88 9.61 Bus drivers............................. 8.31 8.31 8.88 8.88 9.61 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $8.81 $9.41 $10.36 $11.20 $11.20 Service......................................... 6.46 8.66 11.53 13.69 22.37 Protective service........................ 11.21 11.53 13.38 18.72 22.76 Firefighting............................ 8.91 9.00 13.69 22.37 26.53 Police and detectives, public service... 11.88 11.88 17.25 19.33 20.26 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 8.15 8.15 8.66 8.76 10.11 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.15 8.15 8.66 8.76 10.11 Personal service.......................... 8.66 8.66 8.66 8.66 12.03 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.34 $10.55 $15.03 $22.70 $32.37 All excluding sales........................... 8.34 10.55 15.00 22.76 32.37 White collar.................................... 10.36 12.70 18.51 27.36 37.74 White collar excluding sales................ 10.52 12.68 19.76 28.17 38.10 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.60 18.87 23.97 31.44 39.53 Professional specialty...................... 17.23 20.71 25.40 33.00 40.68 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.15 22.28 29.88 35.62 44.15 Civil engineers......................... 18.87 19.15 21.49 21.49 37.02 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.61 26.16 31.22 35.12 35.62 Industrial engineers.................... 18.03 18.03 22.85 34.18 43.06 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.53 31.10 40.68 50.74 51.24 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.21 26.85 31.21 38.10 39.53 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.50 27.71 31.21 38.10 39.53 Natural scientists........................ 20.67 20.98 25.96 31.44 40.88 Chemists, except biochemists............ 17.18 25.00 27.36 40.62 40.88 Medical scientists...................... 20.67 20.67 25.96 25.96 39.41 Health related............................ 12.00 17.00 17.39 18.25 24.31 Registered nurses....................... 17.23 17.23 18.23 19.84 24.31 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 17.83 20.40 21.55 23.33 23.97 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.81 20.71 21.55 23.33 23.97 Secondary school teachers............... 19.19 20.21 22.50 23.85 23.85 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 22.52 24.10 28.78 35.71 35.71 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.34 11.85 13.54 16.34 18.20 Social workers.......................... 11.34 11.85 13.54 16.34 18.20 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.28 16.21 19.92 23.39 25.54 Professional, n.e.c..................... 18.88 22.39 24.04 25.54 40.34 Technical................................... 10.92 14.82 18.00 22.58 30.12 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.60 15.82 17.90 18.03 18.03 Electrical and electronic technicians... 16.88 22.23 23.12 32.37 32.37 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 10.11 12.31 18.14 21.70 22.58 Computer programmers.................... 17.94 22.79 28.95 28.95 36.87 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 9.77 9.80 10.92 16.58 20.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.25 20.79 26.79 33.69 48.32 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.91 26.79 33.66 44.62 51.86 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 19.11 19.55 23.70 32.36 38.55 Financial managers...................... 27.32 30.34 33.66 33.66 45.67 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 28.85 34.72 35.80 48.32 52.71 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.91 26.79 32.79 50.00 54.64 Management related........................ 15.31 17.44 21.31 25.49 31.35 Accountants and auditors................ 19.04 20.04 28.85 31.35 31.35 Other financial officers................ 13.31 15.30 16.28 20.79 30.06 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... $15.05 $15.31 $21.94 $22.89 $24.99 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.44 17.80 19.76 25.79 30.65 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.38 16.33 18.51 21.31 21.68 Sales......................................... 8.02 13.04 15.38 19.04 30.85 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.12 10.12 19.04 19.04 19.04 Advertising and related sales........... 12.38 27.28 30.85 41.87 57.72 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.70 8.00 10.88 12.25 28.85 Cashiers................................ 5.98 5.98 7.74 8.88 14.85 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.47 10.50 11.52 13.31 15.93 Supervisors, general office............. 11.51 11.51 17.09 22.18 27.46 Secretaries............................. 11.58 11.92 13.12 15.73 17.50 Order clerks............................ 9.33 9.96 12.89 16.95 16.95 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.26 10.36 13.51 13.51 14.70 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.68 10.64 11.30 13.10 14.74 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.00 8.40 10.50 12.07 12.07 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.47 12.30 12.30 12.87 13.53 General office clerks................... 10.33 10.55 10.82 12.04 14.06 Teachers' aides......................... 9.83 9.83 10.58 10.98 11.10 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.13 10.82 13.53 17.54 17.77 Blue collar..................................... 7.51 9.24 11.56 15.00 18.53 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.26 13.33 15.00 17.58 22.00 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.69 13.27 14.87 17.18 17.69 Supervisors, production................. 15.00 16.13 22.00 25.26 25.26 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 7.85 7.85 8.60 11.30 11.69 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.08 8.25 11.19 13.36 14.70 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.45 10.45 11.05 12.35 12.35 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.66 11.08 12.44 19.32 19.32 Assemblers.............................. 7.51 8.25 10.55 12.98 13.80 Transportation and material moving............ 7.17 9.40 10.83 15.08 21.24 Truck drivers........................... 9.40 10.72 10.77 15.08 21.24 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.31 7.80 9.24 10.80 12.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.81 8.83 9.18 10.30 12.42 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.75 8.75 10.75 11.75 12.27 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.34 7.60 7.80 10.24 10.97 Service......................................... 6.46 7.01 8.67 10.20 14.60 Protective service........................ 8.01 8.26 11.53 14.20 22.37 Firefighting............................ 8.91 9.00 13.69 22.37 26.53 Police and detectives, public service... $11.88 $11.88 $17.25 $19.33 $20.26 Guards and police, except public service 6.85 8.01 8.26 11.53 11.53 Food service.............................. 6.46 6.53 7.85 9.17 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.46 6.93 8.02 9.44 14.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.46 6.46 8.25 9.09 15.64 Health service............................ 7.24 8.70 9.36 9.50 9.92 Cleaning and building service............. 6.30 6.30 8.15 8.96 8.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.30 6.30 8.15 8.96 8.98 Personal service.......................... 8.00 8.66 8.66 8.66 12.03 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.78 $6.25 $6.78 $8.51 $14.25 All excluding sales........................... 5.78 6.25 6.75 8.66 18.01 White collar.................................... 6.26 6.78 8.66 19.63 23.57 White collar excluding sales................ 6.57 8.66 19.09 23.57 23.57 Professional specialty and technical.......... 8.66 19.63 23.57 23.57 51.75 Professional specialty...................... 8.66 19.63 23.57 23.57 51.75 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.26 6.49 6.79 6.98 10.60 Cashiers................................ 6.26 6.49 6.78 6.79 6.98 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.06 6.57 7.21 9.13 9.90 Blue collar..................................... 5.71 6.50 6.72 8.31 9.50 Transportation and material moving............ 5.71 6.72 6.72 8.31 8.88 Bus drivers............................. 8.31 8.31 8.43 8.88 8.88 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.28 6.50 7.59 11.70 14.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.02 6.28 6.50 6.57 7.59 Service......................................... 5.78 5.92 6.60 7.96 8.90 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.85 5.78 6.53 7.13 8.51 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.80 8.51 9.00 Other food service....................... 5.62 5.78 6.53 6.93 7.50 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.00 8.90 8.90 9.51 9.51 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 277,500 200,500 77,000 All excluding sales............................................. 261,300 184,400 76,800 White collar........................................................ 173,900 113,000 60,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 157,700 97,000 60,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 83,700 51,800 31,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 68,400 41,800 26,700 Technical....................................................... 15,200 10,000 5,300 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22,000 16,400 5,600 Sales............................................................. 16,200 16,000 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 52,100 28,900 23,200 Blue collar......................................................... 63,700 56,700 7,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20,400 16,900 3,500 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18,200 18,000 - Transportation and material moving................................ 10,300 8,200 2,100 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14,900 13,600 1,200 Service............................................................. 39,900 30,800 9,100 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. Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and establishment employment size, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Number of establishments studied Number of Industry establish- 100 workers or more ments rep- Total 50 - 99 resented(1) studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 1,300 141 32 109 63 46 Private industry.................................................... 1,200 112 28 84 54 30 Goods-producing industries........................................ 300 46 6 40 21 19 Construction.................................................... 100 1 1 - - - Manufacturing................................................... 200 45 5 40 21 19 Service-producing industries...................................... 1,000 66 22 44 33 11 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. 100 8 1 7 6 1 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 400 21 13 8 7 1 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. 100 7 1 6 3 3 Services........................................................ 400 30 7 23 17 6 State and local government.......................................... (2) 29 4 25 9 16 1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time workers:(1) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(2) workers ime me workers workers All................................................................... 5 6 2 All excluding sales............................................... 5 6 2 White collar........................................................ 7 7 2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 7 7 5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9 9 9 Professional specialty.......................................... 9 9 9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 9 9 € Civil engineers............................................. 7 7 € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 9 9 € Industrial engineers........................................ 9 9 € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 13 13 € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 10 10 € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 10 10 € Natural scientists............................................ 11 11 - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 10 10 € Medical scientists.......................................... 11 11 € Health related................................................ 9 9 - Registered nurses........................................... 9 9 € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € Teachers, except college and university....................... 9 9 - Elementary school teachers.................................. 9 9 € Secondary school teachers................................... 8 8 € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 10 10 € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 7 7 € Social workers.............................................. 7 7 € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 7 7 - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 7 7 € Technical....................................................... 8 8 - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 9 9 € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 9 9 € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 5 5 € Computer programmers........................................ 9 9 € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 5 5 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9 9 - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 11 11 € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 9 9 € Financial managers.......................................... 11 11 € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 11 11 € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 11 11 € Management related............................................ 8 8 - Accountants and auditors.................................... 11 11 € Other financial officers.................................... 7 7 € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 7 7 € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 9 9 € Management related, n.e.c................................... 8 8 € Sales............................................................. 5 5 2 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 7 7 € Advertising and related sales............................... 10 10 € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 4 4 € Cashiers.................................................... 2 2 2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4 4 2 Supervisors, general office................................. 7 7 € Secretaries................................................. 5 5 € Order clerks................................................ 4 4 € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 4 6 € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 3 3 € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 6 6 € General office clerks....................................... 4 4 € Teachers' aides............................................. 3 3 € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 5 5 € Blue collar......................................................... 3 4 1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7 7 € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 5 5 € Supervisors, production..................................... 8 8 € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 3 3 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3 3 € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 2 2 € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 3 3 € Assemblers.................................................. 4 4 € Transportation and material moving................................ 2 3 1 Truck drivers............................................... 3 3 € Bus drivers................................................. 3 € 3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2 2 1 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 3 3 1 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 1 2 € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 2 2 € Service............................................................. 2 3 2 Protective service............................................ 3 5 - Firefighting................................................ 8 8 € Police and detectives, public service....................... 9 9 € Guards and police, except public service.................... € 3 € Food service.................................................. 2 2 2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2 - 2 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2 € € Other food service........................................... 2 3 2 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 3 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 2 2 € Health service................................................ 2 2 - Cleaning and building service................................. 1 1 - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 1 1 € Personal service.............................................. 3 3 4 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. 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.