NC BL 09/00/1999 Table: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, Bulletin 3095-61, July 1998 Table A-1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), all industries, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 All industries Occupation(3) Percentiles Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All occupations....................................................... $16.55 3.3% $7.23 $9.31 $13.46 $20.58 $29.81 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.58 3.4 7.28 9.34 13.34 20.66 29.81 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.03 3.5 9.23 11.53 16.82 25.14 33.90 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 20.42 3.6 9.50 11.69 17.09 25.63 34.57 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.45 4.5 13.76 16.73 22.01 29.07 37.02 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.32 4.9 14.90 18.27 23.72 30.47 38.36 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.41 4.4 17.61 21.19 28.01 34.13 41.21 Civil engineers............................................. 23.03 8.2 17.61 19.25 20.42 24.00 34.62 Industrial engineers........................................ 26.77 14.2 17.47 17.47 27.76 34.13 41.21 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 35.29 4.6 23.72 30.02 36.57 41.88 44.63 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.72 3.6 19.33 23.04 28.37 32.85 38.36 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.71 3.9 19.33 23.22 28.51 33.01 38.36 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 28.45 10.2 19.99 22.12 25.06 30.27 47.17 Natural scientists............................................ 26.05 6.9 18.78 21.01 24.96 30.62 36.82 Chemists, except biochemists................................ 27.09 10.3 15.25 22.12 26.13 33.51 39.28 Medical scientists.......................................... 23.94 7.2 19.16 19.55 24.96 24.96 32.41 Health related occupations.................................... 17.98 5.4 13.97 15.65 16.75 20.47 23.13 Registered nurses........................................... 19.21 4.3 15.17 16.19 18.64 22.31 23.13 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.50 2.0 14.34 15.70 18.59 22.73 25.98 Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.03 1.6 15.10 16.17 19.24 22.99 26.40 Secondary school teachers................................... 19.02 3.5 13.63 14.22 18.00 22.45 25.74 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.96 5.4 22.52 23.55 26.00 29.82 30.59 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.85 6.8 10.20 10.97 13.70 15.78 18.43 Social workers.............................................. 13.85 6.8 10.20 10.97 13.70 15.78 18.43 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 17.80 6.4 11.55 14.42 16.11 19.92 24.45 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 23.09 11.5 14.42 16.32 20.19 26.60 34.18 Technical occupations........................................... 17.34 5.5 10.76 13.39 16.73 19.92 25.96 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.66 7.7 12.07 12.07 15.70 17.70 20.12 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.34 9.9 15.63 16.95 22.02 22.81 29.76 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 16.88 8.1 11.70 13.76 17.52 21.36 22.39 Computer programmers........................................ 22.61 5.8 16.18 19.07 22.65 26.65 29.33 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 12.67 13.8 8.20 9.07 10.78 16.15 19.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 27.63 4.5 15.55 18.51 25.17 33.70 41.83 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.15 4.3 21.39 25.96 31.50 39.91 48.12 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.09 11.7 14.26 18.51 18.65 26.44 41.72 Financial managers.......................................... 33.17 6.3 26.44 28.04 30.34 35.07 45.67 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 40.21 7.6 27.72 37.09 38.70 41.83 52.71 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 27.69 20.0 12.49 16.08 26.04 37.17 40.58 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 37.08 8.7 21.73 25.17 32.79 44.31 59.33 Management related occupations................................ $20.35 3.2% $14.29 $16.12 $19.47 $23.97 $28.51 Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.12 3.8 18.53 21.01 25.87 30.77 33.36 Other financial officers.................................... 18.78 8.5 12.60 15.53 19.12 20.06 26.39 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.50 4.2 14.01 16.12 20.52 22.14 25.19 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 19.98 8.4 15.15 16.38 18.44 21.15 27.68 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 17.58 5.0 12.95 15.55 16.34 19.13 20.70 Sales occupations................................................. 16.07 8.3 6.50 8.18 14.72 18.93 29.17 Advertising and related sales occupations................... 30.27 6.6 14.42 26.44 29.90 33.99 45.05 Cashiers.................................................... 7.16 5.3 6.00 6.30 6.60 7.00 8.50 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 11.26 1.7 8.52 9.40 10.82 12.50 14.56 Supervisors, general office................................. 17.40 14.5 11.30 11.30 17.09 23.53 25.35 Secretaries................................................. 12.87 2.8 10.03 11.69 12.29 14.42 16.08 Order clerks................................................ 12.60 11.7 8.25 10.58 13.70 16.33 16.59 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 11.85 5.7 9.23 10.50 12.02 13.24 14.61 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.83 3.4 8.35 9.00 10.72 12.07 13.81 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.16 6.1 8.05 8.50 8.80 11.99 13.31 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 11.20 4.3 9.43 9.76 10.72 11.39 14.47 General office clerks....................................... 10.74 2.7 8.52 9.40 10.54 12.02 13.32 Data entry keyers........................................... 9.90 3.0 8.89 9.35 9.64 10.10 11.44 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.16 6.2 8.77 10.82 14.56 14.56 16.74 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 11.49 3.5 7.00 7.96 10.50 14.21 17.50 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 14.52 4.9 7.96 11.26 14.54 17.15 20.76 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 13.99 8.6 10.40 11.00 14.57 15.89 17.01 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 17.66 10.2 9.25 10.25 18.97 22.69 24.38 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 8.30 4.5 7.13 7.38 7.94 8.65 11.46 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.59 4.9 6.90 8.02 10.41 12.51 14.59 Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.96 4.1 9.62 10.31 10.39 11.24 14.19 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 12.25 11.4 8.43 9.08 11.55 14.49 18.49 Assemblers.................................................. 10.22 6.7 7.45 8.02 10.02 11.44 13.81 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.75 12.0 6.50 7.00 9.40 12.05 18.36 Truck drivers............................................... 13.01 15.0 8.00 9.32 10.81 17.96 21.15 Bus drivers................................................. 7.88 5.7 7.00 7.00 7.50 8.39 10.07 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.76 3.7 6.50 7.25 8.00 9.95 11.32 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.69 4.1 6.00 6.75 8.72 10.00 10.50 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 9.13 8.6 6.50 7.10 7.80 10.63 11.31 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.69 9.9 5.75 6.10 7.30 9.40 9.90 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.79 3.4 6.85 7.25 7.30 8.00 9.87 Service occupations................................................. 8.83 4.3 5.82 6.50 7.67 9.63 13.19 Protective service occupations................................ 11.42 10.2 6.71 7.36 9.37 12.90 20.60 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 22.12 3.7 17.20 21.99 22.80 22.81 24.89 Firefighting occupations.................................... 17.10 20.1 8.54 8.97 14.41 23.69 26.85 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.97 9.3 11.30 12.44 16.78 19.29 20.60 Food service occupations...................................... 6.97 5.7 2.57 5.94 6.80 8.00 10.49 Waiters and waitresses...................................... $3.86 18.8% $2.13 $2.13 $2.57 $6.50 $6.80 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.67 5.1 6.00 7.00 7.50 8.75 9.00 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.22 8.4 5.82 5.95 6.75 8.12 10.50 Health service occupations.................................... 8.18 2.2 6.50 7.37 8.00 8.78 9.45 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.26 3.0 6.00 7.99 8.14 8.93 9.85 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.74 6.3 5.75 6.15 7.00 8.63 9.95 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.83 9.9 6.00 6.08 6.98 9.07 11.02 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.26 5.5 5.75 6.00 7.00 7.95 9.63 Personal service occupations.................................. 9.13 8.3 6.75 7.00 8.05 9.22 10.78 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), private industry and State and local government, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $16.28 3.5% $7.00 $8.75 $13.04 $20.69 $30.58 $17.28 7.6% $8.77 $10.34 $14.22 $20.49 $26.85 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.30 3.6 7.00 8.75 12.85 20.79 30.93 17.28 7.6 8.76 10.34 14.22 20.52 26.85 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.72 3.1 8.87 12.07 17.55 27.16 35.19 18.69 8.6 9.41 10.71 15.50 21.98 28.04 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.46 3.2 9.60 12.50 18.53 27.88 36.74 18.70 8.6 9.41 10.71 15.51 21.98 28.04 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.62 3.2 13.46 17.30 22.93 30.53 37.23 24.15 11.1 14.15 16.55 20.09 25.04 36.70 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.44 3.4 14.88 19.23 25.63 32.41 38.36 26.11 12.1 15.10 17.54 21.49 25.74 42.16 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.41 3.7 17.52 22.85 29.54 34.33 41.88 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 26.77 14.2 17.47 17.47 27.76 34.13 41.21 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 35.09 5.4 22.89 28.45 36.57 41.88 44.87 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.72 3.6 19.33 23.04 28.37 32.85 38.36 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.71 3.9 19.33 23.22 28.51 33.01 38.36 - - - - - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 28.45 10.2 19.99 22.12 25.06 30.27 47.17 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 26.39 8.6 18.10 20.02 23.85 33.51 37.69 - - - - - - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 27.18 10.3 15.25 22.12 26.29 33.51 39.28 - - - - - - - Medical scientists.......................................... 23.22 11.3 18.10 19.16 21.01 23.56 34.57 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... - - - - - - - 19.46 5.9 14.68 15.60 18.36 21.56 24.95 Registered nurses........................................... - - - - - - - 19.67 5.2 15.18 16.65 18.99 22.07 24.69 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - - 19.85 1.4 14.82 15.80 19.03 22.82 26.12 Elementary school teachers.................................. - - - - - - - 20.03 1.6 15.10 16.17 19.24 22.99 26.40 Secondary school teachers................................... - - - - - - - 19.02 3.5 13.63 14.22 18.00 22.45 25.74 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - 14.68 7.9 10.70 11.82 14.00 16.42 19.36 Social workers.............................................. - - - - - - - 14.68 7.9 10.70 11.82 14.00 16.42 19.36 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 17.80 6.4 11.55 14.42 16.11 19.92 24.45 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 23.09 11.5 14.42 16.32 20.19 26.60 34.18 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 17.87 5.3 11.70 13.48 16.88 21.01 26.59 16.37 12.4 9.02 12.14 16.73 18.75 24.04 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.34 9.9 15.63 16.95 22.02 22.81 29.76 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 16.88 8.1 11.70 13.76 17.52 21.36 22.39 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 21.69 7.3 15.61 17.93 19.14 25.96 30.13 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 14.80 14.3 9.77 10.64 10.92 18.75 27.61 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 28.98 5.1 15.38 18.56 25.96 36.51 45.67 23.60 8.5 16.12 18.26 21.21 28.04 35.07 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.26 5.1 21.39 25.86 32.79 41.83 50.48 29.74 4.2 20.34 26.44 28.04 35.07 38.08 Administrators and officials, public administration......... - - - - - - - 24.09 11.7 14.26 18.51 18.65 26.44 41.72 Financial managers.......................................... 34.57 10.6 26.41 26.44 30.34 45.67 50.48 - - - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 40.21 7.6 27.72 37.09 38.70 41.83 52.71 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 37.51 9.2 21.63 25.17 32.79 45.36 59.33 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 20.87 4.5 13.58 15.55 19.04 25.19 30.55 19.20 2.9 15.92 16.32 19.47 20.70 22.14 Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.32 3.3 19.04 24.00 27.45 31.25 33.78 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 18.50 11.3 12.60 13.70 16.88 20.79 26.39 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ $19.65 7.0% $14.01 $14.43 $21.15 $24.99 $25.19 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 16.10 8.4 6.50 8.18 14.72 18.93 29.17 - - - - - - - Advertising and related sales occupations................... 30.27 6.6 14.42 26.44 29.90 33.99 45.05 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.02 5.1 6.00 6.30 6.55 7.00 8.20 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 11.61 2.6 8.21 9.06 11.28 13.68 15.53 $10.82 2.1% $8.86 $9.56 $10.56 $11.69 $13.21 Secretaries................................................. 13.15 2.8 10.29 11.76 13.22 14.71 16.31 12.39 4.6 9.88 11.69 11.69 13.56 15.67 Order clerks................................................ 12.60 11.7 8.25 10.58 13.70 16.33 16.59 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 10.74 8.6 7.21 8.24 10.50 12.55 14.38 - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.74 3.7 8.32 8.64 10.53 11.50 13.63 11.95 3.6 10.79 11.00 11.07 13.13 13.85 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.16 6.1 8.05 8.50 8.80 11.99 13.31 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 11.20 4.3 9.43 9.76 10.72 11.39 14.47 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 10.83 4.9 8.00 8.59 10.94 12.66 14.81 10.70 3.3 8.52 9.47 10.43 11.76 12.92 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.14 6.5 8.77 10.82 14.56 14.56 16.74 - - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 11.38 3.8 7.00 7.80 10.39 13.79 18.11 12.63 5.7 8.31 9.58 13.51 14.85 15.93 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 14.52 5.8 7.94 10.40 14.57 17.94 21.38 14.51 0.8 13.04 13.51 14.49 15.35 16.44 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.08 9.1 10.40 11.00 14.57 15.98 17.01 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 17.66 10.2 9.25 10.25 18.97 22.69 24.38 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 8.30 4.5 7.13 7.38 7.94 8.65 11.46 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.64 4.9 6.95 8.02 10.47 12.61 14.59 - - - - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.96 4.1 9.62 10.31 10.39 11.24 14.19 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 12.25 11.4 8.43 9.08 11.55 14.49 18.49 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 10.22 6.7 7.45 8.02 10.02 11.44 13.81 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.92 13.2 6.50 7.00 9.91 12.05 19.20 8.91 3.1 7.10 7.85 8.47 10.07 10.76 Truck drivers............................................... 13.01 15.0 8.00 9.32 10.81 17.96 21.15 - - - - - - - Bus drivers................................................. - - - - - - - 8.91 3.1 7.10 7.85 8.47 10.07 10.76 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.67 3.9 6.50 7.25 8.00 9.95 11.21 10.01 4.2 8.33 8.74 9.31 10.96 13.59 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.68 4.4 6.00 6.50 9.00 10.00 10.50 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 9.13 8.6 6.50 7.10 7.80 10.63 11.31 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.69 9.9 5.75 6.10 7.30 9.40 9.90 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.76 3.4 6.85 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.87 - - - - - - - Service occupations................................................. 7.65 3.6 5.67 6.25 7.12 8.50 10.07 11.61 8.4 6.07 7.79 10.71 12.85 20.60 Protective service occupations................................ - - - - - - - 15.23 8.8 11.07 11.55 12.82 19.52 23.40 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... - - - - - - - 22.12 3.7 17.20 21.99 22.80 22.81 24.89 Firefighting occupations.................................... - - - - - - - 17.10 20.1 8.54 8.97 14.41 23.69 26.85 Police and detectives, public service....................... - - - - - - - 15.97 9.3 11.30 12.44 16.78 19.29 20.60 Food service occupations...................................... 7.06 6.4 2.57 6.00 7.00 8.50 10.50 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.86 18.8 2.13 2.13 2.57 6.50 6.80 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.79 6.6 5.75 6.80 7.50 8.75 9.85 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.66 8.4 5.84 6.15 7.25 8.67 10.67 - - - - - - - Health service occupations.................................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.65 7.3 5.75 6.00 6.75 8.50 10.00 8.23 2.6 7.14 7.42 8.01 8.66 9.50 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.83 9.9 6.00 6.08 6.98 9.07 11.02 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.03 6.2 5.75 6.00 6.50 7.50 9.63 8.23 2.6 7.14 7.42 8.01 8.66 9.50 Personal service occupations.................................. $9.63 16.2% $5.65 $7.00 $7.00 $9.06 $10.78 $8.79 6.0% $6.87 $7.67 $8.05 $9.59 $12.19 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-3. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers(2), all industries, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 All industries Full-time Part-time Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $17.05 3.3% $7.60 $9.75 $14.01 $21.15 $30.08 $8.44 7.7% $5.60 $6.14 $6.76 $8.25 $13.63 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.03 3.4 7.63 9.73 13.82 21.15 30.12 8.62 8.7 5.50 6.00 6.97 8.50 15.45 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.27 3.5 9.47 11.69 16.97 25.43 34.13 11.67 13.9 6.00 6.50 8.18 15.12 23.13 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 20.52 3.7 9.60 11.69 17.20 25.79 34.62 15.02 15.4 6.00 8.21 13.50 20.47 23.13 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.50 4.6 13.84 16.79 22.02 29.28 37.02 21.23 13.2 13.50 15.62 20.47 23.13 23.13 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.41 5.0 14.94 18.32 23.93 30.56 38.36 21.80 13.8 14.46 16.25 20.47 23.13 25.27 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.41 4.4 17.61 21.19 28.01 34.13 41.21 - - - - - - - Civil engineers............................................. 23.03 8.2 17.61 19.25 20.42 24.00 34.62 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 26.77 14.2 17.47 17.47 27.76 34.13 41.21 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 35.29 4.6 23.72 30.02 36.57 41.88 44.63 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.72 3.6 19.33 23.04 28.37 32.85 38.36 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.71 3.9 19.33 23.22 28.51 33.01 38.36 - - - - - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 28.45 10.2 19.99 22.12 25.06 30.27 47.17 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 25.57 6.4 18.52 21.01 24.96 27.84 34.94 - - - - - - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 27.09 10.3 15.25 22.12 26.13 33.51 39.28 - - - - - - - Medical scientists.......................................... 23.94 7.2 19.16 19.55 24.96 24.96 32.41 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 17.45 5.6 12.01 15.39 16.50 19.12 22.93 20.47 6.7 15.45 17.73 20.92 23.13 23.13 Registered nurses........................................... 18.64 4.2 15.07 16.00 17.77 20.47 23.81 21.09 5.3 16.81 19.38 23.13 23.13 23.13 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.50 2.0 14.34 15.70 18.59 22.73 25.98 - - - - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.03 1.6 15.10 16.17 19.24 22.99 26.40 - - - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... 19.02 3.5 13.63 14.22 18.00 22.45 25.74 - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.96 5.4 22.52 23.55 26.00 29.82 30.59 - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.85 6.8 10.20 10.97 13.70 15.78 18.43 - - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.85 6.8 10.20 10.97 13.70 15.78 18.43 - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 18.09 6.0 12.12 14.42 16.76 20.02 25.25 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 23.09 11.5 14.42 16.32 20.19 26.60 34.18 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 17.36 5.5 10.76 13.39 16.73 19.95 25.96 - - - - - - - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.66 7.7 12.07 12.07 15.70 17.70 20.12 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.34 9.9 15.63 16.95 22.02 22.81 29.76 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 16.88 8.1 11.70 13.76 17.52 21.36 22.39 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 22.61 5.8 16.18 19.07 22.65 26.65 29.33 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 12.67 13.8 8.20 9.07 10.78 16.15 19.59 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 27.67 4.6 15.55 18.55 25.17 33.70 41.97 - - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.15 4.3 21.39 25.96 31.50 39.91 48.12 - - - - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.09 11.7 14.26 18.51 18.65 26.44 41.72 - - - - - - - Financial managers.......................................... 33.17 6.3 26.44 28.04 30.34 35.07 45.67 - - - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 40.21 7.6 27.72 37.09 38.70 41.83 52.71 - - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... $27.69 20.0% $12.49 $16.08 $26.04 $37.17 $40.58 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 37.08 8.7 21.73 25.17 32.79 44.31 59.33 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 20.37 3.3 14.29 16.12 19.47 23.97 28.56 - - - - - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.18 3.8 19.04 21.21 25.90 30.77 33.38 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 18.82 9.1 12.60 15.53 19.96 20.79 26.39 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.50 4.2 14.01 16.12 20.52 22.14 25.19 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 19.98 8.4 15.15 16.38 18.44 21.15 27.68 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 17.58 5.0 12.95 15.55 16.34 19.13 20.70 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 17.43 7.8 7.00 11.50 16.44 21.13 29.90 $7.32 5.2% $6.00 $6.45 $6.55 $7.30 $8.89 Advertising and related sales occupations................... 30.27 6.6 14.42 26.44 29.90 33.99 45.05 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.12 20.0 6.00 7.50 11.25 13.15 24.79 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.73 9.8 5.75 6.25 6.95 8.00 13.52 6.55 1.4 6.00 6.30 6.50 6.65 7.00 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 11.33 1.8 8.52 9.49 10.86 12.55 14.57 8.42 6.3 6.00 6.67 8.21 9.23 10.50 Supervisors, general office................................. 17.40 14.5 11.30 11.30 17.09 23.53 25.35 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 12.89 2.8 10.19 11.69 12.29 14.42 16.08 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 13.29 10.1 9.26 11.02 13.70 16.33 16.59 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 12.14 5.4 9.52 10.61 12.24 13.32 14.97 - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.86 3.4 8.32 8.87 10.72 12.07 13.85 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.16 6.1 8.05 8.50 8.80 11.99 13.31 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 11.20 4.3 9.43 9.76 10.72 11.39 14.47 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 10.81 2.7 8.52 9.41 10.59 12.03 13.32 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.31 6.2 9.60 10.82 14.56 14.56 16.83 - - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 11.67 3.5 7.00 8.02 10.80 14.29 17.92 7.64 8.8 5.50 6.50 6.75 8.31 10.35 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 14.52 4.9 7.96 11.26 14.54 17.15 20.76 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 13.99 8.6 10.40 11.00 14.57 15.89 17.01 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 17.66 10.2 9.25 10.25 18.97 22.69 24.38 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 8.30 4.5 7.13 7.38 7.94 8.65 11.46 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.59 4.9 6.90 8.02 10.41 12.51 14.59 - - - - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.96 4.1 9.62 10.31 10.39 11.24 14.19 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 12.25 11.4 8.43 9.08 11.55 14.49 18.49 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 10.22 6.7 7.45 8.02 10.02 11.44 13.81 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.07 10.7 7.00 8.54 10.91 15.70 21.15 7.09 5.2 5.50 6.50 6.75 7.32 8.84 Truck drivers............................................... 13.01 15.0 8.00 9.32 10.81 17.96 21.15 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.76 3.8 6.50 7.30 8.04 9.95 11.31 8.90 14.5 5.50 6.00 7.75 10.25 18.00 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.13 4.4 6.50 8.00 9.03 10.00 10.96 6.38 2.7 5.45 5.75 6.00 6.80 8.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.92 9.0 6.50 7.00 7.63 10.39 11.30 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.69 9.9 5.75 6.10 7.30 9.40 9.90 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.79 3.4 6.85 7.25 7.30 8.00 9.87 - - - - - - - Service occupations................................................. 9.45 4.9 6.00 6.97 8.00 10.67 14.55 6.73 4.3 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.50 8.50 Protective service occupations................................ 12.10 9.5 6.76 7.75 11.08 14.22 21.72 - - - - - - - Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 22.12 3.7 17.20 21.99 22.80 22.81 24.89 - - - - - - - Firefighting occupations.................................... $17.10 20.1% $8.54 $8.97 $14.41 $23.69 $26.85 - - - - - - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.97 9.3 11.30 12.44 16.78 19.29 20.60 - - - - - - - Guards and police except public service..................... 8.85 9.8 6.19 6.97 7.87 11.07 11.78 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 7.53 8.0 2.57 6.05 7.30 8.75 10.67 $5.84 6.2% $2.13 $5.50 $6.00 $6.80 $7.52 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.05 4.3 6.80 7.25 7.65 8.75 9.85 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.58 10.9 5.85 5.94 7.02 8.67 10.67 6.39 3.5 5.30 6.00 6.25 7.00 7.25 Health service occupations.................................... $8.16 2.3% $6.50 $7.37 $8.00 $8.78 $9.45 - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 8.16 6.5 5.95 6.35 7.43 9.27 10.07 $6.63 5.1% $5.50 $6.00 $6.25 $6.75 $8.50 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.66 5.4 5.75 6.49 7.35 8.76 9.63 - - - - - - - Personal service occupations.................................. 9.28 10.3 6.84 7.00 7.97 9.24 11.62 8.33 6.9 6.42 6.99 8.68 9.06 10.78 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings(1) and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only(2), all industries, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 All industries Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Annual earnings weekly annual hours(4) hours Mean RSE Median Mean Median All occupations....................................................... 39.9 $680 3.3% $552 2,042 $34,801 $28,119 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 39.8 677 3.4 545 2,033 34,604 27,747 White-collar occupations............................................ 39.8 807 3.5 675 2,025 41,036 34,099 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 39.6 812 3.7 670 2,009 41,230 33,987 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 39.3 964 4.6 860 1,968 48,233 41,995 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 39.2 1,034 5.0 930 1,961 51,794 46,010 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 40.0 1,137 4.4 1,120 2,081 59,126 58,261 Civil engineers............................................. 40.0 921 8.2 817 2,080 47,907 42,474 Industrial engineers........................................ 39.4 1,054 13.3 1,110 2,047 54,802 57,741 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 40.4 1,427 5.1 1,452 2,103 74,219 75,504 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 40.1 1,152 3.6 1,135 2,086 59,904 59,010 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 40.1 1,150 3.9 1,138 2,083 59,800 59,197 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 41.0 1,167 10.9 992 2,132 60,663 51,605 Natural scientists............................................ 39.8 1,017 6.3 998 2,068 52,875 51,917 Chemists, except biochemists................................ 40.0 1,084 10.3 1,045 2,080 56,349 54,350 Medical scientists.......................................... 40.0 957 7.2 998 2,080 49,789 51,917 Health related occupations.................................... 39.3 685 5.7 660 1,904 33,222 33,280 Registered nurses........................................... 38.8 724 5.7 694 1,880 35,029 34,320 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.9 701 1.8 675 1,586 30,922 29,961 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.3 706 1.6 678 1,537 30,777 29,567 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.9 701 3.0 663 1,599 30,416 28,744 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 40.0 1,038 5.4 1,040 2,078 53,962 54,080 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 38.5 534 6.4 514 2,003 27,754 26,715 Social workers.............................................. 38.5 534 6.4 514 2,003 27,754 26,715 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 40.6 734 6.1 670 2,110 38,184 34,861 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 40.0 924 11.5 808 2,080 48,024 41,995 Technical occupations........................................... 40.0 694 5.5 669 1,995 34,633 34,798 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40.0 626 7.7 628 1,938 30,353 31,658 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 40.0 854 9.9 881 2,080 44,396 45,802 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 40.0 675 8.1 701 2,080 35,102 36,442 Computer programmers........................................ 40.0 904 5.8 906 2,080 47,019 47,112 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 40.4 513 14.7 427 2,103 26,652 22,214 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 40.3 1,116 4.6 1,008 2,096 58,003 52,395 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.6 1,385 4.3 1,312 2,106 71,913 67,496 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.9 961 11.5 948 2,073 49,950 49,296 Financial managers.......................................... 40.1 1,330 6.3 1,214 2,085 69,143 63,107 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 39.9 1,604 7.6 1,548 2,075 83,425 80,496 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 39.4 1,092 20.5 977 2,051 56,789 50,778 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 41.5 1,537 8.0 1,336 2,156 79,945 69,469 Management related occupations................................ 40.1 817 3.3 779 2,086 42,499 40,498 Accountants and auditors.................................... 40.2 $1,053 3.5% $1,036 2,092 $54,768 $53,872 Other financial officers.................................... 40.3 759 9.8 798 2,097 39,468 41,517 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 40.2 785 4.3 821 2,093 40,815 42,682 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 39.9 797 8.4 731 2,073 41,419 38,002 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 40.0 702 5.0 654 2,078 36,523 33,987 Sales occupations................................................. 42.6 743 7.7 699 2,217 38,623 36,351 Advertising and related sales occupations................... 39.0 1,180 6.4 1,196 2,028 61,382 62,192 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 40.5 571 20.6 450 2,104 29,698 23,400 Cashiers.................................................... 40.0 309 9.8 278 2,080 16,078 14,456 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 39.6 449 1.8 430 2,033 23,037 22,298 Supervisors, general office................................. 40.9 712 14.9 769 2,127 37,013 39,991 Secretaries................................................. 39.5 509 2.4 492 2,021 26,055 25,428 Order clerks................................................ 40.0 532 10.1 548 2,080 27,640 28,496 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 39.9 485 5.5 490 2,075 25,199 25,459 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 40.0 434 3.4 429 2,077 22,555 22,298 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 40.0 406 6.1 352 2,080 21,135 18,304 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 40.0 448 4.3 429 2,080 23,301 22,298 General office clerks....................................... 39.9 431 2.7 422 2,073 22,412 21,965 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 40.0 532 6.2 582 2,079 27,672 30,285 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 40.1 468 3.5 434 2,087 24,350 22,589 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 40.3 586 5.0 582 2,097 30,459 30,243 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 40.0 560 8.6 583 2,080 29,104 30,306 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 43.8 773 8.2 860 2,276 40,183 44,694 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 40.0 332 4.5 317 2,080 17,269 16,507 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 40.0 424 4.9 416 2,080 22,027 21,632 Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 39.9 437 4.1 416 2,076 22,748 21,611 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 40.4 495 12.3 452 2,101 25,725 23,525 Assemblers.................................................. 40.0 409 6.7 401 2,080 21,261 20,842 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 40.2 485 10.8 436 2,090 25,218 22,688 Truck drivers............................................... 40.4 525 15.2 432 2,100 27,322 22,475 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 40.0 350 3.8 321 2,080 18,212 16,714 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 40.0 365 4.4 361 2,080 18,991 18,782 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 40.0 357 9.0 305 2,080 18,556 15,866 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 40.0 307 9.9 292 2,080 15,988 15,184 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 40.0 312 3.4 292 2,080 16,206 15,184 Service occupations................................................. 40.0 378 5.4 315 2,043 19,312 16,328 Protective service occupations................................ 41.7 504 10.4 462 2,165 26,190 24,024 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 41.5 918 4.4 958 2,159 47,745 49,799 Firefighting occupations.................................... 49.4 845 19.3 764 2,570 43,935 39,709 Police and detectives, public service....................... 41.8 667 9.4 674 2,174 34,709 35,071 Guards and police except public service..................... 40.0 354 9.8 315 2,077 18,379 16,370 Food service occupations...................................... 39.0 293 10.0 278 1,968 14,811 14,014 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 38.4 309 5.1 292 1,689 13,595 14,149 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 39.7 301 10.9 278 2,064 15,652 14,456 Health service occupations.................................... 38.7 $316 2.0% $302 1,924 $15,705 $15,600 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 39.6 323 6.7 294 2,020 16,476 15,142 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 39.5 303 5.6 290 2,008 15,380 15,038 Personal service occupations.................................. 38.7 360 7.8 319 1,996 18,535 16,744 1 Earnings 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. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 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. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and levels(2), all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 All workers (4) All industries Occupational group(3) and level All industries Private industry State and local Full-time workers Part-time workers government Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $16.55 3.3% $16.28 3.5% $17.28 7.6% $17.05 3.3% $8.44 7.7% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.58 3.4 16.30 3.6 17.28 7.6 17.03 3.4 8.62 8.7 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.03 3.5 20.72 3.1 18.69 8.6 20.27 3.5 11.67 13.9 Level 2................................................... 8.09 4.7 7.73 4.8 - - 8.84 4.7 6.93 3.5 Level 3................................................... 9.97 1.6 9.88 3.4 10.01 1.7 9.98 1.6 9.80 5.1 Level 4................................................... 11.02 2.7 10.95 4.0 11.16 1.7 11.14 2.6 8.29 8.8 Level 5................................................... 13.87 3.0 14.03 3.2 12.73 8.7 13.89 3.1 - - Level 6................................................... 14.70 3.6 13.87 4.6 16.04 5.8 14.70 3.6 - - Level 7................................................... 18.45 2.6 18.14 3.5 19.12 2.5 18.45 2.6 - - Level 8................................................... 19.52 4.1 20.31 5.4 17.56 1.8 19.52 4.1 - - Level 9................................................... 23.06 2.9 25.21 3.7 20.40 3.0 23.13 3.0 20.96 5.6 Level 10.................................................. 27.53 4.9 27.54 4.9 - - 27.56 4.9 - - Level 11.................................................. 28.16 3.9 28.00 5.1 28.49 5.7 28.16 3.9 - - Level 12.................................................. 37.30 14.3 34.18 2.6 42.64 32.9 37.30 14.3 - - Level 13.................................................. 39.24 2.2 39.16 2.3 - - 39.24 2.2 - - Level 14.................................................. 51.24 6.8 51.15 6.8 - - 51.31 7.1 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.89 11.2 13.89 11.2 - - - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 20.42 3.6 21.46 3.2 18.70 8.6 20.52 3.7 15.02 15.4 Level 2................................................... 8.94 4.7 8.78 8.0 - - 9.09 5.0 8.16 8.7 Level 3................................................... 10.02 1.6 10.02 3.5 10.01 1.7 10.03 1.6 - - Level 4................................................... 10.80 2.1 10.54 3.2 11.16 1.7 10.89 2.1 8.44 11.5 Level 5................................................... 13.21 4.0 13.30 4.4 12.70 9.0 13.22 4.0 - - Level 6................................................... 14.74 3.9 13.83 5.3 16.03 5.8 14.74 3.9 - - Level 7................................................... 18.48 2.7 18.15 3.8 19.12 2.5 18.48 2.7 - - Level 8................................................... 18.98 3.9 19.63 5.4 17.56 1.8 18.97 3.9 - - Level 9................................................... 23.08 3.0 25.28 3.7 20.40 3.0 23.16 3.0 20.96 5.6 Level 10.................................................. 27.94 5.7 27.95 5.7 - - 27.98 5.7 - - Level 11.................................................. 27.66 4.1 27.20 5.3 28.49 5.7 27.66 4.1 - - Level 12.................................................. 37.30 14.2 34.17 2.3 42.64 32.9 37.30 14.2 - - Level 13.................................................. 39.24 2.2 39.16 2.3 - - 39.24 2.2 - - Level 14.................................................. 51.24 6.8 51.15 6.8 - - 51.31 7.1 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.89 11.2 13.89 11.2 - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.45 4.5 24.62 3.2 24.15 11.1 24.50 4.6 21.23 13.2 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.32 4.9 26.44 3.4 26.11 12.1 26.41 5.0 21.80 13.8 Level 5................................................... 15.02 9.8 15.47 10.5 - - 15.02 9.8 - - Level 6................................................... 16.49 5.0 14.64 8.8 18.50 3.2 16.51 5.1 - - Level 7................................................... 20.15 2.6 20.10 3.9 20.23 2.8 20.15 2.6 - - Level 8................................................... 20.91 6.0 22.88 6.8 17.31 3.3 20.89 6.1 - - Level 9................................................... 22.71 3.9 26.05 4.9 19.76 1.9 22.80 4.1 - - Level 10.................................................. 25.99 2.4 25.99 2.4 - - 26.02 2.3 - - Level 11.................................................. 26.90 5.8 26.00 7.2 - - 26.90 5.8 - - Level 12.................................................. 37.65 19.6 32.83 2.8 - - 37.65 19.6 - - Level 13.................................................. 38.24 3.1 38.13 3.1 - - 38.24 3.1 - - Level 14.................................................. $46.08 2.7% $46.08 2.7% - - $45.79 3.0% - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.41 4.4 29.41 3.7 - - 28.41 4.4 - - Level 11.................................................. 31.89 3.4 30.99 2.9 - - 31.89 3.4 - - Level 12.................................................. 33.83 6.4 33.83 6.4 - - 33.83 6.4 - - Level 13.................................................. 39.69 2.5 39.69 2.5 - - 39.69 2.5 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.72 3.6 28.72 3.6 - - 28.72 3.6 - - Level 7................................................... 22.06 3.1 22.06 3.1 - - 22.06 3.1 - - Level 9................................................... 28.10 3.3 28.10 3.3 - - 28.10 3.3 - - Level 10.................................................. 25.54 2.9 25.54 2.9 - - 25.54 2.9 - - Level 11.................................................. 27.56 7.5 27.56 7.5 - - 27.56 7.5 - - Natural scientists............................................ 26.05 6.9 26.39 8.6 - - 25.57 6.4 - - Level 11.................................................. 24.60 7.8 24.31 13.9 - - 24.60 7.8 - - Health related occupations.................................... 17.98 5.4 - - $19.46 5.9% 17.45 5.6 $20.47 6.7% Level 6................................................... 14.48 14.9 - - - - - - - - Level 8................................................... 18.57 2.4 - - - - - - - - Level 9................................................... 19.73 6.3 - - 19.98 7.7 19.08 7.4 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.50 2.0 - - 19.85 1.4 19.50 2.0 - - Level 9................................................... 19.69 2.1 - - - - 19.69 2.1 - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.96 5.4 - - - - 25.96 5.4 - - Social, religious, and recreation workers..................... 13.85 6.8 - - 14.68 7.9 13.85 6.8 - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 17.80 6.4 17.80 6.4 - - 18.09 6.0 - - Level 7................................................... 17.53 6.9 17.53 6.9 - - 17.53 6.9 - - Technical occupations........................................... 17.34 5.5 17.87 5.3 16.37 12.4 17.36 5.5 - - Level 4................................................... 12.58 3.8 12.48 5.5 - - 12.58 3.8 - - Level 5................................................... 13.74 4.8 13.96 5.4 - - 13.73 5.1 - - Level 6................................................... 16.86 3.1 16.96 3.1 - - 16.86 3.1 - - Level 7................................................... 16.02 5.9 15.81 12.6 16.21 2.3 16.02 5.9 - - Level 8................................................... 16.42 5.8 16.23 7.5 - - 16.42 5.8 - - Level 9................................................... 22.73 4.8 23.31 5.7 - - 22.73 4.8 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 27.63 4.5 28.98 5.1 23.60 8.5 27.67 4.6 - - Level 7................................................... 17.90 4.7 17.24 5.9 - - 17.90 4.8 - - Level 8................................................... 19.41 4.2 20.09 5.6 18.21 2.0 19.41 4.2 - - Level 9................................................... 24.94 7.5 24.91 8.5 25.16 11.7 24.97 7.5 - - Level 10.................................................. 32.36 12.3 32.36 12.3 - - 32.36 12.3 - - Level 11.................................................. 29.21 4.4 29.86 5.9 28.31 7.6 29.21 4.4 - - Level 12.................................................. 36.42 2.9 36.15 3.3 38.78 2.5 36.42 2.9 - - Level 13.................................................. 42.31 7.0 42.31 7.0 - - 42.31 7.0 - - Level 14.................................................. 62.26 13.7 62.32 14.1 - - 62.26 13.7 - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.15 4.3 35.26 5.1 29.74 4.2 34.15 4.3 - - Level 8................................................... 21.46 3.5 21.92 4.0 - - 21.46 3.5 - - Level 9................................................... 27.01 7.8 27.04 9.1 26.82 9.6 27.01 7.8 - - Level 11.................................................. $30.49 4.1% $30.87 6.8% $30.02 3.9% $30.49 4.1% - - Level 12.................................................. 38.83 3.7 38.84 4.4 38.78 2.5 38.83 3.7 - - Level 13.................................................. 42.69 7.3 42.69 7.3 - - 42.69 7.3 - - Level 14.................................................. 62.34 13.8 62.41 14.2 - - 62.34 13.8 - - Management related occupations................................ 20.35 3.2 20.87 4.5 19.20 2.9 20.37 3.3 - - Level 7................................................... 17.96 4.9 17.31 6.3 - - 17.96 5.0 - - Level 8................................................... 18.77 4.6 19.20 7.7 - - 18.77 4.6 - - Level 9................................................... 19.83 8.6 20.01 9.3 - - 19.86 8.7 - - Level 11.................................................. 25.13 7.9 27.20 7.5 - - 25.13 7.9 - - Sales occupations................................................. 16.07 8.3 16.10 8.4 - - 17.43 7.8 $7.32 5.2% Level 2................................................... 6.78 2.7 6.78 2.7 - - - - 6.52 1.8 Level 4................................................... 12.37 10.4 12.40 10.5 - - 12.68 9.9 - - Level 6................................................... 14.22 3.8 14.16 3.9 - - 14.22 3.8 - - Level 8................................................... 25.01 14.9 25.01 14.9 - - 25.01 14.9 - - Level 11.................................................. 34.89 4.2 34.89 4.2 - - 34.89 4.2 - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 11.26 1.7 11.61 2.6 10.82 2.1 11.33 1.8 8.42 6.3 Level 2................................................... 8.80 7.9 8.78 8.0 - - 9.04 9.8 8.16 8.7 Level 3................................................... 9.99 1.6 10.01 3.5 9.99 1.7 10.01 1.6 - - Level 4................................................... 10.68 2.3 10.38 3.3 11.10 1.7 10.78 2.2 8.44 11.5 Level 5................................................... 12.41 4.1 12.57 4.6 11.37 5.2 12.42 4.1 - - Level 6................................................... 12.93 3.8 12.38 5.7 13.66 2.8 12.93 3.8 - - Level 7................................................... 15.99 5.6 15.99 5.8 - - 15.99 5.6 - - Blue-collar occupations............................................... 11.49 3.5 11.38 3.8 12.63 5.7 11.67 3.5 7.64 8.8 Level 1................................................... 7.47 3.5 7.46 3.5 - - 7.57 3.9 6.91 7.3 Level 2................................................... 9.34 3.8 9.28 4.1 - - 9.38 3.8 - - Level 3................................................... 10.60 7.5 10.89 8.1 8.34 5.7 10.75 8.0 - - Level 4................................................... 11.28 4.6 11.30 4.7 10.40 3.9 11.28 4.6 - - Level 5................................................... 12.83 6.5 12.83 6.7 12.67 2.5 12.75 6.6 - - Level 6................................................... 15.21 5.4 15.25 5.6 - - 15.21 5.4 - - Level 7................................................... 16.14 2.6 16.72 2.7 14.68 0.7 16.14 2.6 - - Level 8................................................... 18.38 9.8 18.36 9.9 - - 18.38 9.8 - - Level 9................................................... 20.64 14.9 20.64 14.9 - - 20.64 14.9 - - Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 14.52 4.9 14.52 5.8 14.51 0.8 14.52 4.9 - - Level 4................................................... 10.12 6.2 10.13 6.3 - - 10.12 6.2 - - Level 5................................................... 11.42 10.2 11.36 10.7 - - 11.42 10.2 - - Level 6................................................... 15.74 6.7 15.83 7.0 - - 15.74 6.7 - - Level 7................................................... 16.20 2.7 16.83 2.7 14.68 0.7 16.20 2.7 - - Level 8................................................... 18.80 10.9 18.79 11.0 - - 18.80 10.9 - - Level 9................................................... 20.64 14.9 20.64 14.9 - - 20.64 14.9 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.59 4.9 10.64 4.9 - - 10.59 4.9 - - Level 1................................................... 7.88 7.1 7.88 7.1 - - 7.88 7.1 - - Level 2................................................... 10.27 4.5 10.27 4.5 - - 10.27 4.5 - - Level 3................................................... 10.37 6.5 10.87 5.1 - - 10.37 6.5 - - Level 4................................................... 11.02 6.9 11.02 6.9 - - 11.02 6.9 - - Level 5................................................... $13.41 9.0% $13.41 9.0% - - $13.41 9.0% - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.75 12.0 10.92 13.2 $8.91 3.1% 12.07 10.7 $7.09 5.2% Level 2................................................... 8.49 7.2 8.49 7.3 - - - - - - Level 3................................................... 12.43 19.6 13.87 21.1 - - 13.87 21.1 - - Level 4................................................... 14.03 9.2 14.14 9.5 - - 14.07 9.3 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.76 3.7 8.67 3.9 10.01 4.2 8.76 3.8 8.90 14.5 Level 1................................................... 7.45 2.8 7.43 2.8 - - 7.40 2.7 7.94 12.6 Level 2................................................... 8.93 4.6 8.61 4.7 - - 8.99 4.8 - - Level 3................................................... 9.62 2.2 9.63 2.3 - - 9.61 2.2 - - Level 4................................................... 11.75 10.4 11.84 10.9 - - 11.75 10.4 - - Service occupations................................................. 8.83 4.3 7.65 3.6 11.61 8.4 9.45 4.9 6.73 4.3 Level 1................................................... 6.74 3.3 6.72 3.7 6.80 7.7 7.00 4.3 6.25 2.1 Level 2................................................... 7.34 5.8 7.28 6.8 7.68 1.2 7.57 6.3 6.17 8.5 Level 3................................................... 7.52 4.7 7.38 5.7 8.06 2.4 7.70 4.0 7.03 7.9 Level 4................................................... 8.63 7.1 7.42 8.1 - - 9.59 6.7 7.09 11.4 Level 5................................................... 12.17 6.1 - - 11.55 0.9 12.17 6.1 - - Level 6................................................... 13.28 7.6 - - 13.50 1.9 12.63 6.0 - - Level 7................................................... 12.89 6.9 - - 11.76 10.1 12.89 6.9 - - Protective service occupations.............................. 11.42 10.2 - - 15.23 8.8 12.10 9.5 - - Level 5................................................... 11.50 1.1 - - 11.50 1.1 11.50 1.1 - - Level 6................................................... 14.26 5.4 - - 13.50 1.9 13.50 1.9 - - Level 7................................................... 12.54 9.7 - - - - 12.54 9.7 - - Food service occupations..................................... 6.97 5.7 7.06 6.4 - - 7.53 8.0 5.84 6.2 Level 1................................................... 6.21 1.8 6.30 2.8 - - - - 6.25 3.4 Level 2................................................... 6.69 13.6 6.69 13.6 - - 7.06 17.7 - - Level 3................................................... 6.61 12.0 6.51 14.1 - - 7.11 9.8 5.04 25.2 Level 4................................................... 6.90 14.5 6.90 14.5 - - - - - - Health service occupations.................................. 8.18 2.2 - - - - 8.16 2.3 - - Cleaning and building service occupations................... 7.74 6.3 7.65 7.3 8.23 2.6 8.16 6.5 6.63 5.1 Level 1................................................... 6.76 4.0 6.62 3.8 - - 7.05 4.8 - - Level 3................................................... 9.69 5.0 - - - - 9.50 6.9 - - Personal service occupations................................ 9.13 8.3 9.63 16.2 8.79 6.0 9.28 10.3 8.33 6.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations and levels(2), all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 All workers(4) All industries Occupation(3) and level All industries Private industry State and local Full-time workers Part-time workers government Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Civil engineers............................................. $23.03 8.2% - - - - $23.03 8.2% - - Industrial engineers........................................ 26.77 14.2 $26.77 14.2% - - 26.77 14.2 - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 35.29 4.6 35.09 5.4 - - 35.29 4.6 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.71 3.9 28.71 3.9 - - 28.71 3.9 - - Level 7................................................... 22.22 3.4 22.22 3.4 - - 22.22 3.4 - - Level 9................................................... 28.17 3.3 28.17 3.3 - - 28.17 3.3 - - Level 11.................................................. 27.84 8.7 27.84 8.7 - - 27.84 8.7 - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 28.45 10.2 28.45 10.2 - - 28.45 10.2 - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 27.09 10.3 27.18 10.3 - - 27.09 10.3 - - Medical scientists.......................................... 23.94 7.2 23.22 11.3 - - 23.94 7.2 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.21 4.3 - - $19.67 5.2% 18.64 4.2 $21.09 5.3% Level 9................................................... 19.73 6.3 - - 19.98 7.7 19.08 7.4 - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.03 1.6 - - 20.03 1.6 20.03 1.6 - - Secondary school teachers................................... 19.02 3.5 - - 19.02 3.5 19.02 3.5 - - Social workers.............................................. 13.85 6.8 - - 14.68 7.9 13.85 6.8 - - Technical occupations: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.66 7.7 - - - - 15.66 7.7 - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.34 9.9 21.34 9.9 - - 21.34 9.9 - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 16.88 8.1 16.88 8.1 - - 16.88 8.1 - - Computer programmers........................................ 22.61 5.8 21.69 7.3 - - 22.61 5.8 - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 12.67 13.8 14.80 14.3 - - 12.67 13.8 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.09 11.7 - - 24.09 11.7 24.09 11.7 - - Financial managers.......................................... 33.17 6.3 34.57 10.6 - - 33.17 6.3 - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 40.21 7.6 40.21 7.6 - - 40.21 7.6 - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 27.69 20.0 - - - - 27.69 20.0 - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 37.08 8.7 37.51 9.2 - - 37.08 8.7 - - Level 9................................................... 26.31 8.1 - - - - 26.31 8.1 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.12 3.8 27.32 3.3 - - 26.18 3.8 - - Other financial officers.................................... 18.78 8.5 18.50 11.3 - - 18.82 9.1 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.50 4.2 19.65 7.0 - - 19.50 4.2 - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 19.98 8.4 - - - - 19.98 8.4 - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 17.58 5.0 - - - - 17.58 5.0 - - Sales occupations: Advertising and related sales occupations................... 30.27 6.6 30.27 6.6 - - 30.27 6.6 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ - - - - - - 14.12 20.0 - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.16 5.3 7.02 5.1 - - 7.73 9.8 6.55 1.4 Level 2................................................... 6.78 2.7 6.78 2.7 - - - - 6.52 1.8 Administrative support occupations, including clerical: Supervisors, general office................................. 17.40 14.5 - - - - 17.40 14.5 - - Secretaries................................................. 12.87 2.8 13.15 2.8 12.39 4.6 12.89 2.8 - - Level 4................................................... 11.41 2.5 11.32 5.1 - - 11.40 2.5 - - Level 5................................................... $13.70 2.4% $13.73 2.7% - - $13.70 2.4% - - Level 7................................................... 15.42 3.2 - - - - 15.42 3.2 - - Order clerks................................................ 12.60 11.7 12.60 11.7 - - 13.29 10.1 - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 11.85 5.7 10.74 8.6 - - 12.14 5.4 - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.83 3.4 10.74 3.7 $11.95 3.6% 10.86 3.4 - - Level 4................................................... 9.82 3.2 9.66 3.1 - - 9.84 3.3 - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.16 6.1 10.16 6.1 - - 10.16 6.1 - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 11.20 4.3 11.20 4.3 - - 11.20 4.3 - - General office clerks....................................... 10.74 2.7 10.83 4.9 10.70 3.3 10.81 2.7 - - Level 3................................................... 9.78 2.5 9.52 4.1 9.85 3.0 9.78 2.5 - - Level 4................................................... 11.11 2.5 - - 11.23 1.9 11.33 1.7 - - Data entry keyers........................................... 9.90 3.0 - - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.16 6.2 13.14 6.5 - - 13.31 6.2 - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 23.09 11.5 23.09 11.5 - - 23.09 11.5 - - Blue-collar occupations: Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 13.99 8.6 14.08 9.1 - - 13.99 8.6 - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 17.66 10.2 17.66 10.2 - - 17.66 10.2 - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 8.30 4.5 8.30 4.5 - - 8.30 4.5 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.96 4.1 10.96 4.1 - - 10.96 4.1 - - Level 2................................................... 9.88 2.6 9.88 2.6 - - 9.88 2.6 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 12.25 11.4 12.25 11.4 - - 12.25 11.4 - - Assemblers.................................................. 10.22 6.7 10.22 6.7 - - 10.22 6.7 - - Level 4................................................... 10.90 9.5 10.90 9.5 - - 10.90 9.5 - - Transportation and material moving occupations: Truck drivers............................................... 13.01 15.0 13.01 15.0 - - 13.01 15.0 - - Bus drivers................................................. 7.88 5.7 - - 8.91 3.1 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.69 4.1 8.68 4.4 - - 9.13 4.4 $6.38 2.7% Level 1................................................... 6.29 2.8 6.29 2.8 - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 9.13 8.6 9.13 8.6 - - 8.92 9.0 - - Level 1................................................... 7.97 6.8 7.97 6.8 - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.69 9.9 7.69 9.9 - - 7.69 9.9 - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.79 3.4 7.76 3.4 - - 7.79 3.4 - - Level 1................................................... 7.28 0.6 7.27 0.6 - - 7.28 0.6 - - Service occupations: Protective service occupations: Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 22.12 3.7 - - 22.12 3.7 22.12 3.7 - - Firefighting occupations.................................... 17.10 20.1 - - 17.10 20.1 17.10 20.1 - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.97 9.3 - - 15.97 9.3 15.97 9.3 - - Level 6................................................... 13.56 1.6 - - 13.56 1.6 13.56 1.6 - - Guards and police except public service..................... - - - - - - 8.85 9.8 - - Food service occupations: Waiters and waitresses...................................... $3.86 18.8% $3.86 18.8% - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.67 5.1 7.79 6.6 - - $8.05 4.3% - - Level 3................................................... 7.99 4.5 - - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.22 8.4 7.66 8.4 - - 7.58 10.9 $6.39 3.5% Level 1................................................... 6.30 2.6 - - - - - - - - Health service occupations: Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.26 3.0 - - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations: Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.83 9.9 7.83 9.9 - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.26 5.5 7.03 6.2 $8.23 2.6% 7.66 5.4 - - Level 1................................................... 6.72 4.2 6.55 3.9 - - 7.03 5.4 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) Occupational group(2) 3) 3) 3) 3) Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $17.05 $8.44 $13.39 $16.71 $16.55 $16.95 3.3% 7.7% 7.0% 3.4% 3.4% 9.8% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.03 8.62 13.39 16.75 16.59 16.24 3.4 8.7 7.0 3.5 3.4 18.6 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.27 11.67 - 20.04 20.11 17.48 3.5 13.9 - 3.5 3.5 10.3 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 20.52 15.02 - 20.44 20.41 - 3.7 15.4 - 3.7 3.6 - Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.50 21.23 - 24.49 24.45 - 4.6 13.2 - 4.6 4.5 - Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.41 21.80 - 26.36 26.32 - 5.0 13.8 - 4.9 4.9 - Technical occupations........................................... 17.36 - - 17.04 17.34 - 5.5 - - 5.6 5.5 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 27.67 - - 27.63 27.62 - 4.6 - - 4.5 4.6 - Sales occupations................................................. 17.43 7.32 - 16.07 15.59 17.10 7.8 5.2 - 8.3 10.7 10.4 Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 11.33 8.42 - 11.22 11.26 - 1.8 6.3 - 1.7 1.7 - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 11.67 7.64 12.20 11.36 11.45 - 3.5 8.8 6.3 4.0 3.5 - Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 14.52 - 16.58 14.39 14.49 - 4.9 - 10.1 5.1 4.9 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.59 - 11.43 10.26 10.64 - 4.9 - 3.8 6.6 4.7 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.07 7.09 - 9.96 10.54 - 10.7 5.2 - 10.2 11.9 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.76 8.90 9.96 8.52 8.76 - 3.8 14.5 6.9 4.0 3.7 - Service occupations................................................. 9.45 6.73 - 8.78 8.83 - 4.9 4.3 - 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 All All private Goods-producing indust- pri- Goods-producing indust- industries ries(4) Service-producing industries(5) vate ries(4) Service-producing industries(5) indus- tries Trans- Fin- Trans- Fin- Occupational group(3) port- Whole- ance, port- Whole- ance, Con- Manu- ation sale in- Con- Manu- ation sale in- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- tion turing public retail ance, ices tion turing public retail ance, ices Mean util- trade and RSE util- trade and ities real ities real estate estate Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $16.28 $18.28 - - $18.59 $14.97 $20.46 $11.11 $15.92 - 3.5% 4.5% - - 4.6% 5.1% 7.8% 5.1% 10.9% - All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.30 18.05 - - 18.35 15.04 20.09 10.50 15.71 - 3.6 4.5 - - 4.7 5.4 8.1 8.6 11.0 - White-collar occupations............................................ 20.72 25.57 - - 25.57 18.27 23.92 12.73 16.34 - 3.1 3.6 - - 3.6 4.8 8.8 5.9 11.6 - White-collar excluding sales...................................... 21.46 25.55 - - 25.55 19.11 23.81 13.09 16.13 - 3.2 3.9 - - 3.9 5.0 9.1 14.6 11.7 - Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.62 26.90 - - 26.90 22.87 24.04 - 25.25 - 3.2 3.3 - - 3.3 5.6 13.2 - 8.5 - Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.44 28.55 - - 28.55 24.59 25.23 - - - 3.4 3.2 - - 3.2 6.3 13.2 - - - Technical occupations........................................... 17.87 17.87 - - 17.87 17.87 - - - - 5.3 8.1 - - 8.1 6.8 - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 28.98 33.33 - - 33.33 26.04 - - 22.78 - 5.1 4.9 - - 4.9 7.7 - - 17.2 - Sales occupations................................................. 16.10 25.82 - - 25.82 14.39 - 12.49 - - 8.4 10.1 - - 10.1 7.4 - 6.0 - - Administrative support, including clerical occupations............ 11.61 12.89 - - 12.89 11.23 13.90 10.17 11.12 - 2.6 4.6 - - 4.6 2.9 9.1 6.7 5.8 - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 11.38 11.46 - - 11.34 11.24 13.92 10.69 - - 3.8 4.6 - - 5.1 6.5 12.7 4.7 - - Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 14.52 14.32 - - 14.15 14.92 17.37 13.37 - - 5.8 7.9 - - 9.9 7.1 7.3 6.1 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.64 10.82 - - 10.82 - - - - - 4.9 5.1 - - 5.1 - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.92 10.10 - - 10.10 11.16 - 12.68 - - 13.2 6.4 - - 6.4 17.0 - 10.8 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.67 8.59 - - 8.58 8.76 11.10 7.92 - - 3.9 4.6 - - 5.8 6.3 10.3 4.0 - - Service occupations................................................. 7.65 - - - - 7.65 - 7.19 - - 3.6 - - - - 3.6 - 5.6 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 All All private Mean private RSE industry industry workers workers Occupational group(3) 100 workers or more 100 workers or more Mean 50 - 99 RSE 50 - 99 workers 100 - 499 500 workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers Total workers workers or more or more All occupations....................................................... $16.28 $11.62 $17.16 $14.72 $20.09 3.5% 7.4% 3.8% 7.3% 3.2% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.30 11.19 17.18 14.54 20.00 3.6 7.0 3.9 7.7 3.3 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.72 15.82 21.24 19.35 22.77 3.1 11.1 3.2 6.9 3.2 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 21.46 16.88 21.79 20.35 22.68 3.2 10.8 3.3 7.7 3.2 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.62 18.98 24.84 25.08 24.73 3.2 16.1 3.3 7.7 3.2 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.44 19.35 26.77 26.46 26.94 3.4 15.8 3.4 7.5 3.5 Technical occupations........................................... 17.87 - 17.93 16.59 18.26 5.3 - 5.3 7.2 6.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 28.98 28.81 29.00 27.42 30.05 5.1 24.8 5.1 7.5 7.2 Sales occupations................................................. 16.10 14.26 16.82 16.08 - 8.4 13.3 10.6 10.4 - Administrative support, including clerical occupations............ 11.61 10.48 11.75 11.55 11.95 2.6 6.4 2.8 4.4 3.5 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 11.38 10.77 11.51 11.02 12.59 3.8 3.5 4.5 5.9 5.5 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 14.52 - 14.57 13.77 16.30 5.8 - 7.2 9.6 5.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.64 - 10.78 10.24 11.67 4.9 - 5.1 7.9 3.1 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.92 - 11.01 11.09 - 13.2 - 15.4 16.1 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.67 8.62 8.69 8.07 9.81 3.9 1.0 5.6 5.6 10.8 Service occupations................................................. 7.65 7.92 7.47 6.90 - 3.6 3.6 5.4 4.8 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-4. Number of workers(1) represented by occupational group, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 All workers All indus- Private State and All indus- Private State and Occupational group(2) tries industry local tries industry local government government Workers RSE All occupations....................................................... 288,239 207,115 81,124 3.2% 4.3% 3.0% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 271,488 190,506 80,982 3.4 4.7 3.0 White-collar occupations............................................ 178,507 114,226 64,281 4.6 6.5 5.2 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 161,756 97,617 64,139 4.8 7.1 5.2 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 83,093 49,662 33,431 7.0 9.2 10.6 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 66,181 39,149 27,031 7.8 10.4 11.8 Technical occupations........................................... 16,913 10,513 6,400 15.7 17.7 29.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 23,681 17,558 6,123 11.7 13.0 29.6 Sales occupations................................................. 16,751 16,609 - 17.3 17.4 - Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 54,982 30,397 24,585 8.9 11.3 14.3 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 68,023 61,350 6,673 9.1 9.5 28.8 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 21,833 18,308 3,525 15.8 16.3 49.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 19,448 19,202 - 13.8 13.9 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 9,837 8,037 1,800 30.1 35.8 37.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 16,904 15,804 1,101 16.0 16.9 41.1 Service occupations................................................. 41,709 31,539 10,170 13.2 16.3 19.6 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size, and number of establishments represented, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 Number of establishments studied Number of Industry establish- 100 workers or more ments rep- Total 50 - 99 resented studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 1,262 146 36 110 67 43 Private industry.................................................... 1,216 116 32 84 58 26 Goods-producing industries........................................ 292 45 6 39 22 17 Construction.................................................... 55 1 1 - - - Manufacturing................................................... 237 44 5 39 22 17 Service-producing industries...................................... 924 71 26 45 36 9 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. 122 8 2 6 5 1 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 370 25 14 11 10 1 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. 74 7 2 5 3 2 Services........................................................ 358 31 8 23 18 5 State and local government.......................................... 46 30 4 26 9 17 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 All State and Occupation(3) indus- Private local tries industry govern- ment All occupations....................................................... 3.3 3.5 7.6 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 3.4 3.6 7.6 White-collar occupations............................................ 3.5 3.1 8.6 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 3.6 3.2 8.6 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 4.5 3.2 11.1 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 4.9 3.4 12.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 4.4 3.7 - Civil engineers............................................. 8.2 - - Industrial engineers........................................ 14.2 14.2 - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 4.6 5.4 - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 3.6 3.6 - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 3.9 3.9 - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 10.2 10.2 - Natural scientists............................................ 6.9 8.6 - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 10.3 10.3 - Medical scientists.......................................... 7.2 11.3 - Health related occupations.................................... 5.4 - 5.9 Registered nurses........................................... 4.3 - 5.2 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 2.0 - 1.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1.6 - 1.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 3.5 - 3.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 5.4 - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 6.8 - 7.9 Social workers.............................................. 6.8 - 7.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 6.4 6.4 - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 11.5 11.5 - Technical occupations........................................... 5.5 5.3 12.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 7.7 - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 9.9 9.9 - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 8.1 8.1 - Computer programmers........................................ 5.8 7.3 - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 13.8 14.3 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 4.5 5.1 8.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 4.3 5.1 4.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 11.7 - 11.7 Financial managers.......................................... 6.3 10.6 - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 7.6 7.6 - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 20.0 - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 8.7 9.2 - Management related occupations................................ 3.2 4.5 2.9 Accountants and auditors.................................... 3.8 3.3 - Other financial officers.................................... 8.5 11.3 - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 4.2 7.0 - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 8.4 - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 5.0 - - Sales occupations................................................. 8.3 8.4 - Advertising and related sales occupations................... 6.6 6.6 - Cashiers.................................................... 5.3 5.1 - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 1.7 2.6 2.1 Supervisors, general office................................. 14.5 - - Secretaries................................................. 2.8 2.8 4.6 Order clerks................................................ 11.7 11.7 - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 5.7 8.6 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 3.4 3.7 3.6 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 6.1 6.1 - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 4.3 4.3 - General office clerks....................................... 2.7 4.9 3.3 Data entry keyers........................................... 3.0 - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 6.2 6.5 - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 3.5 3.8 5.7 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 4.9 5.8 0.8 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 8.6 9.1 - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 10.2 10.2 - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 4.5 4.5 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.9 4.9 - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 4.1 4.1 - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.4 11.4 - Assemblers.................................................. 6.7 6.7 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.0 13.2 3.1 Truck drivers............................................... 15.0 15.0 - Bus drivers................................................. 5.7 - 3.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.7 3.9 4.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 4.1 4.4 - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.6 8.6 - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.9 9.9 - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 3.4 3.4 - Service occupations................................................. 4.3 3.6 8.4 Protective service occupations................................ 10.2 - 8.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 3.7 - 3.7 Firefighting occupations.................................... 20.1 - 20.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 9.3 - 9.3 Food service occupations...................................... 5.7 6.4 - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 18.8 18.8 - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 5.1 6.6 - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 8.4 8.4 - Health service occupations.................................... 2.2 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 3.0 - - Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 6.3 7.3 2.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.9 9.9 - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 5.5 6.2 2.6 Personal service occupations.................................. 8.3 16.2 6.0 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could not be determined for all occupations. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July 1998 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(1) workers ime me workers workers All occupations....................................................... 6 6 3 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 6 6 3 White-collar occupations............................................ 7 8 5 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 8 8 6 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 9 9 9 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 10 10 9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 10 10 - Civil engineers............................................. 8 8 - Industrial engineers........................................ 10 10 - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 12 12 - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 10 10 - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 10 10 - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 10 10 - Natural scientists............................................ 10 10 - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 10 10 - Medical scientists.......................................... 11 11 - Health related occupations.................................... 9 9 9 Registered nurses........................................... 8 8 9 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 8 8 - Elementary school teachers.................................. 8 8 - Secondary school teachers................................... 7 7 - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 11 11 - 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 occupations, N.E.C............................. 9 9 - Technical occupations........................................... 7 7 - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 8 8 - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 8 8 - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 6 6 - Computer programmers........................................ 9 9 - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 5 5 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 10 10 - 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, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 11 11 - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 11 11 - Management related occupations................................ 8 8 - Accountants and auditors.................................... 10 10 - Other financial officers.................................... 7 7 - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 8 8 - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 8 8 - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 8 8 - Sales occupations................................................. 5 6 2 Advertising and related sales occupations................... 10 10 - Sales workers, other commodities............................ - 5 - Cashiers.................................................... 2 2 2 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 4 4 3 Supervisors, general office................................. 7 7 - Secretaries................................................. 5 5 - Order clerks................................................ 4 4 - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 5 5 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 4 4 - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 6 6 - General office clerks....................................... 4 4 - Data entry keyers........................................... 3 - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 5 6 - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 4 4 2 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 6 6 - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 6 6 - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 8 8 - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 3 3 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3 3 - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 3 3 - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 4 4 - Assemblers.................................................. 3 3 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 3 3 2 Truck drivers............................................... 3 3 - Bus drivers................................................. 3 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2 2 2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 3 3 2 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 2 2 - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 2 2 - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 2 2 - Service occupations................................................. 3 3 2 Protective service occupations................................ 5 5 - Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 10 10 - Firefighting occupations.................................... 8 8 - Police and detectives, public service....................... 8 8 - Guards and police except public service..................... - 3 - Food service occupations...................................... 3 3 2 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2 - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 3 3 - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 2 2 2 Health service occupations.................................... 2 2 - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 3 - - Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 2 2 2 Maids and housemen.......................................... 2 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 2 2 - Personal service occupations.................................. 3 3 3 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.