NC BL 10/00/2009 Table: Reading, PA, Bulletin, January 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Reading, PA, January 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $18.44 3.8 35.6 $17.43 4.5 35.9 $26.52 1.6 33.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 29.04 6.4 36.7 27.14 8.7 37.4 34.83 1.9 34.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 35.01 6.2 38.9 35.04 6.7 40.1 34.80 17.9 31.6 Professional and related.......................................... 26.96 7.8 36.0 23.68 11.4 36.4 34.84 1.6 35.2 Service............................................................. 11.36 6.8 31.7 10.20 7.0 31.0 15.79 12.6 34.9 Sales and office.................................................... 15.79 6.5 33.7 15.72 6.8 34.1 17.57 2.0 26.9 Sales and related................................................. 16.55 15.1 30.8 16.55 15.1 30.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.39 4.4 35.5 15.24 4.7 36.3 17.57 2.0 26.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.35 4.6 36.6 17.23 4.8 37.2 19.01 4.5 30.7 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.76 3.2 37.5 16.49 2.8 39.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.09 6.8 35.8 18.12 7.2 35.6 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.65 2.4 39.6 15.65 2.4 39.7 – – – Production........................................................ 16.44 2.5 38.8 16.44 2.5 38.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.91 2.6 40.4 14.91 2.6 40.6 – – – Full time........................................................... 19.65 3.7 39.7 18.59 4.4 40.1 27.57 2.2 37.1 Part time........................................................... 9.98 8.0 20.8 9.82 8.3 21.4 12.49 18.4 14.7 Union............................................................... 22.94 4.6 37.7 17.25 6.0 39.5 27.32 2.0 36.4 Nonunion............................................................ 17.54 4.8 35.3 17.45 4.9 35.6 22.08 6.0 23.4 Time................................................................ 18.22 3.9 35.3 17.12 4.7 35.5 26.53 1.6 34.0 Incentive........................................................... 21.97 15.9 42.1 21.97 15.9 43.6 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.99 2.7 39.5 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.23 6.1 34.8 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.96 6.9 34.3 15.96 6.9 34.8 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 20.04 4.7 37.1 19.41 5.1 37.3 24.15 12.0 35.5 500 workers or more................................................. 21.82 2.8 37.1 19.26 1.7 37.8 27.59 2.2 35.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Reading, PA, January 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.44 3.8 $19.65 3.7 $9.98 8.0 Management occupations.............................................. 43.18 16.4 43.36 16.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.89 10.0 31.89 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 55.40 8.8 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.60 9.0 27.60 9.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.34 9.5 20.34 9.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.73 4.0 34.73 4.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.84 7.5 32.84 7.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.65 8.4 36.65 8.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.38 10.7 37.38 10.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.46 22.2 22.46 22.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.19 7.6 35.36 7.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.46 .8 40.56 .8 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.27 3.1 43.30 3.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.03 8.1 36.92 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.51 .5 40.61 .8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.29 7.2 37.34 7.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.49 1.3 41.69 1.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.24 5.0 38.34 5.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.36 .5 41.59 1.2 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.31 7.9 24.88 9.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.52 13.7 20.77 15.7 19.03 2.6 Level 8 .................................................. 28.57 1.6 28.57 1.6 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.68 27.5 37.69 25.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.25 2.4 12.41 2.4 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.29 2.3 12.30 2.3 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.93 14.3 19.42 16.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.93 4.3 9.83 13.8 6.35 13.3 Level 1 .................................................. 6.89 11.6 – – 6.14 16.2 Level 2 .................................................. 5.76 26.5 – – 5.13 39.6 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.54 18.7 – – 4.34 20.1 Level 1 .................................................. 3.56 10.5 – – 3.75 16.5 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.43 21.3 – – 3.50 22.4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.62 12.0 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.62 12.0 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.51 6.5 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.51 6.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.85 6.5 12.70 3.3 8.20 8.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.60 9.1 10.79 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.77 7.4 12.91 5.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.68 6.3 12.00 4.0 7.88 5.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.12 9.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.68 8.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.47 4.5 12.24 4.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.68 8.1 – – – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... – – 11.08 3.2 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.08 3.2 11.08 3.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.29 24.6 – – 9.22 6.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.55 15.1 20.83 15.1 8.49 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.71 .9 – – 8.81 2.0 Level 3 .................................................. 8.63 5.9 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.03 17.3 16.58 24.0 8.44 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.69 .9 – – 8.81 2.6 Level 3 .................................................. 8.63 5.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.64 4.0 – – 8.62 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 .7 – – 8.96 .4 Cashiers...................................................... 8.64 4.0 – – 8.62 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 .7 – – 8.96 .4 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.10 33.1 19.93 32.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.39 4.4 15.65 4.6 12.88 10.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.26 7.6 12.02 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.75 2.9 12.85 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.63 3.7 15.52 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.15 7.5 21.28 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.47 5.8 19.13 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.45 3.8 15.45 3.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.05 8.8 17.27 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.08 3.3 16.08 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.57 14.0 17.95 13.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.96 3.1 16.06 3.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.53 3.7 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.39 5.8 13.47 6.5 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.17 12.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.89 7.5 18.28 8.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.29 6.2 15.29 6.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.85 5.2 19.85 5.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.95 12.0 17.95 12.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.99 6.4 14.99 6.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.15 7.3 14.14 7.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.76 3.2 16.76 3.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.09 6.8 18.96 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.76 6.7 19.02 6.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.41 11.6 22.41 11.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.91 8.6 21.14 2.6 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.61 11.6 – – – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 19.83 10.7 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.44 2.5 16.67 2.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.85 8.0 8.91 8.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.61 3.7 13.81 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.53 8.6 14.95 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.98 4.6 15.98 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.96 6.2 17.96 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.92 11.0 21.92 11.0 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.49 3.1 14.49 3.1 – – Printers.......................................................... 22.30 12.4 22.30 12.4 – – Printing machine operators...................................... 22.30 12.4 22.30 12.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 20.55 19.8 20.55 19.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.89 1.9 13.89 1.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.91 2.6 15.09 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.87 4.6 9.99 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.65 2.5 12.94 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.96 3.7 15.96 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.88 7.9 15.88 7.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.70 2.7 17.70 2.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.84 4.2 16.27 3.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.51 1.7 17.51 1.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.45 2.8 14.64 2.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.46 2.2 10.29 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.44 2.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.06 4.9 16.06 4.9 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.53 7.5 15.89 7.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.55 7.3 16.55 7.3 – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Reading, PA, January 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.43 4.5 $18.59 4.4 $9.82 8.3 Management occupations.............................................. 45.79 20.1 45.79 20.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.32 8.6 30.32 8.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.60 9.0 27.60 9.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.34 9.5 20.34 9.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.73 4.0 34.73 4.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.54 7.5 33.54 7.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.65 8.4 36.65 8.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.38 10.7 37.38 10.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.67 11.1 17.59 12.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.31 7.9 24.88 9.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.27 14.5 20.49 16.9 19.03 2.6 Registered nurses................................................. 36.51 30.7 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.71 2.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.65 3.0 9.58 15.7 6.08 11.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.89 11.6 – – 6.14 16.2 Level 2 .................................................. 5.42 25.2 – – 4.65 40.3 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.41 18.9 – – 4.15 19.7 Level 1 .................................................. 3.56 10.5 – – 3.75 16.5 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.43 21.3 – – 3.50 22.4 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.51 6.5 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.51 6.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.44 9.0 12.29 5.2 8.04 8.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.44 9.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.89 7.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.72 7.0 10.99 4.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 8.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.42 5.6 11.14 5.5 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... – – 11.08 3.2 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.08 3.2 11.08 3.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.07 29.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.55 15.1 20.83 15.1 8.49 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.71 .9 – – 8.81 2.0 Level 3 .................................................. 8.63 5.9 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.03 17.3 16.58 24.0 8.44 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.69 .9 – – 8.81 2.6 Level 3 .................................................. 8.63 5.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.64 4.0 – – 8.62 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 .7 – – 8.96 .4 Cashiers...................................................... 8.64 4.0 – – 8.62 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 .7 – – 8.96 .4 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.10 33.1 19.93 32.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.24 4.7 15.51 4.9 12.84 10.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.26 7.6 12.02 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.74 2.9 12.85 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.55 4.1 15.42 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.30 7.8 21.58 5.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.49 7.2 19.06 7.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.45 3.8 15.45 3.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.05 8.8 17.27 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.08 3.3 16.08 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.57 14.0 17.95 13.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.96 3.1 16.06 3.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.53 3.7 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.39 5.8 13.47 6.5 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.17 12.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.88 8.7 18.37 9.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.00 7.7 15.00 7.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.27 13.4 18.27 13.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.45 6.4 13.44 6.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.49 2.8 16.48 2.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.12 7.2 19.08 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.99 7.9 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.78 12.2 22.78 12.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.07 9.8 21.77 3.0 – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 19.83 10.7 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.44 2.5 16.67 2.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.85 8.0 8.91 8.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.61 3.7 13.81 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.53 8.6 14.95 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.98 4.6 15.98 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.96 6.2 17.96 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.92 11.0 21.92 11.0 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.49 3.1 14.49 3.1 – – Printers.......................................................... 22.30 12.4 22.30 12.4 – – Printing machine operators...................................... 22.30 12.4 22.30 12.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 20.55 19.8 20.55 19.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.89 1.9 13.89 1.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.91 2.6 15.10 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.87 4.6 9.99 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.65 2.5 12.94 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.98 3.8 15.98 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.88 7.9 15.88 7.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.70 2.7 17.70 2.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.84 4.2 16.27 3.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.51 1.7 17.51 1.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.45 2.8 14.64 2.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.46 2.2 10.29 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.44 2.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.06 4.9 16.06 4.9 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.53 7.5 15.89 7.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.55 7.3 16.55 7.3 – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Reading, PA, January 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $26.52 1.6 $27.57 2.2 $12.49 18.4 Management occupations.............................................. 34.80 17.9 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.36 3.1 38.51 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.46 .8 40.56 .8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.70 1.7 39.79 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.51 .5 40.61 .8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.18 2.2 40.34 1.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.49 1.3 41.69 1.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.86 3.3 40.02 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.36 .5 41.59 1.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.85 15.7 20.57 18.4 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.15 6.3 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.57 2.0 17.56 2.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Reading, PA, January 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.44 3.8 $19.65 3.7 $9.98 8.0 Management occupations.............................................. 43.18 16.4 43.36 16.5 – – Group III................................................. 46.07 23.6 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.60 9.0 27.60 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.13 7.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.34 3.6 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.84 7.5 32.84 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.12 7.1 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.65 8.4 36.65 8.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.38 10.7 37.38 10.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.46 22.2 22.46 22.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.19 7.6 35.36 7.2 – – Group II.................................................. 15.45 9.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.91 .3 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.27 3.1 43.30 3.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.03 8.1 36.92 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 13.59 8.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.51 .5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.29 7.2 37.34 7.4 – – Group III................................................. 41.49 1.3 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.24 5.0 38.34 5.0 – – Group III................................................. 41.36 .5 41.59 1.2 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.31 7.9 24.88 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.31 7.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.52 13.7 20.77 15.7 19.03 2.6 Group II.................................................. 19.76 11.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.12 15.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.68 27.5 37.69 25.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.25 2.4 12.41 2.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.15 2.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.29 2.3 12.30 2.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.29 2.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.93 14.3 19.42 16.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.17 7.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.61 4.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.93 4.3 9.83 13.8 6.35 13.3 Group I................................................... 7.62 5.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.54 18.7 – – 4.34 20.1 Group I................................................... 4.54 18.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.43 21.3 – – 3.50 22.4 Group I................................................... 3.43 21.3 – – 3.50 22.4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.62 12.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.62 12.0 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.62 12.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.62 12.0 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.51 6.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.51 6.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.85 6.5 12.70 3.3 8.20 8.2 Group I................................................... 10.86 4.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.68 6.3 12.00 4.0 7.88 5.4 Group I................................................... 10.68 6.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.47 4.5 12.24 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.47 4.5 12.24 4.6 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... – – 11.08 3.2 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.08 3.2 11.08 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.08 3.2 11.08 3.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.29 24.6 – – 9.22 6.4 Group I................................................... 9.26 4.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.55 15.1 20.83 15.1 8.49 2.8 Group I................................................... 13.35 20.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.80 15.9 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.03 17.3 16.58 24.0 8.44 2.7 Group I................................................... 13.76 21.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.64 4.0 – – 8.62 4.4 Group I................................................... 8.50 4.2 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.64 4.0 – – 8.62 4.4 Group I................................................... 8.50 4.2 – – 8.62 4.4 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.10 33.1 19.93 32.2 – – Group I................................................... 21.35 45.1 23.26 43.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.39 4.4 15.65 4.6 12.88 10.6 Group I................................................... 13.78 2.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.94 5.4 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.05 8.8 17.27 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.89 3.8 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.57 14.0 17.95 13.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.96 3.1 16.06 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.58 4.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.66 5.1 18.66 5.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.53 3.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.53 3.7 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.39 5.8 13.47 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.19 4.6 13.27 5.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.17 12.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.17 12.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.89 7.5 18.28 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.28 6.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.54 8.0 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.85 5.2 19.85 5.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.95 12.0 17.95 12.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.98 6.3 14.96 6.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.15 7.3 14.14 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.45 6.4 13.44 6.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.76 3.2 16.76 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.86 2.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.33 2.3 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.09 6.8 18.96 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.69 6.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.59 5.9 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.91 8.6 21.14 2.6 – – Group II.................................................. 21.11 3.4 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.61 11.6 – – – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 19.83 10.7 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.44 2.5 16.67 2.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.30 4.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.17 2.8 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.49 3.1 14.49 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.18 .7 – – – – Printers.......................................................... 22.30 12.4 22.30 12.4 – – Printing machine operators...................................... 22.30 12.4 22.30 12.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 20.55 19.8 20.55 19.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.89 1.9 13.89 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.75 2.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.91 2.6 15.09 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.14 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.66 6.5 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.84 4.2 16.27 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.34 7.3 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.51 1.7 17.51 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 17.14 4.2 17.14 4.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.45 2.8 14.64 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.45 2.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.53 7.5 15.89 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 15.53 7.5 15.89 7.4 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Reading, PA, January 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.71 $11.89 $15.45 $21.14 $31.25 Management occupations.............................................. 22.67 24.45 40.39 53.78 71.80 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.25 19.53 27.17 34.62 39.75 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.60 24.35 30.86 40.67 43.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.00 31.00 37.03 43.54 45.91 Engineers......................................................... 20.37 32.48 38.46 45.32 46.47 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.05 13.85 19.03 25.38 39.23 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.40 20.23 34.57 43.77 52.22 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.88 32.27 38.34 56.58 67.13 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 11.85 28.26 37.02 44.60 52.22 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.49 30.27 38.65 45.04 52.96 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.49 30.72 38.47 46.17 53.95 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.40 17.58 23.56 29.26 31.01 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.56 12.95 16.25 23.53 33.17 Registered nurses................................................. 15.11 19.00 30.26 34.50 71.42 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.75 11.20 11.79 12.62 14.85 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.99 11.20 11.45 12.80 14.53 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.90 12.05 16.30 27.89 28.41 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.83 5.71 7.50 10.25 13.46 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.83 2.83 2.92 5.71 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.92 3.58 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 7.94 11.62 12.28 13.81 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.50 7.94 11.62 12.28 13.81 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.15 7.15 8.00 8.50 11.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.30 9.11 11.50 14.00 17.71 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.05 10.97 12.03 15.18 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 9.14 11.60 12.36 15.74 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.00 9.50 10.00 13.00 14.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.65 8.25 9.10 10.63 21.64 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.39 8.00 10.00 26.85 27.89 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.51 9.65 14.11 18.64 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.39 7.50 8.00 10.00 10.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.39 7.50 8.00 10.00 10.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.92 7.99 13.00 18.56 57.58 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.80 12.15 14.39 17.80 21.35 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.90 14.00 15.89 18.95 22.99 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.78 13.99 15.73 20.67 26.92 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.45 13.89 14.85 19.00 20.86 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.44 10.80 11.47 13.00 13.45 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.20 11.67 13.10 13.85 17.44 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.77 8.00 9.36 12.34 12.97 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.72 13.89 16.62 22.48 25.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.90 17.50 19.81 22.51 24.04 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.50 12.72 14.95 22.48 25.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.50 11.50 14.00 17.08 18.80 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.75 13.00 16.00 18.91 24.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.90 13.25 17.13 21.55 24.61 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.90 13.00 19.10 22.15 24.61 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.90 13.00 18.57 19.10 21.55 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 12.50 17.13 20.84 23.75 23.75 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 13.14 16.00 19.34 24.16 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.73 12.60 14.80 16.50 17.95 Printers.......................................................... 13.59 17.89 21.14 27.88 30.99 Printing machine operators...................................... 13.59 17.89 21.14 27.88 30.99 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.14 13.14 17.00 25.33 31.78 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.31 9.00 13.42 17.75 19.41 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.97 12.00 15.00 17.40 19.50 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.00 13.67 17.40 18.50 19.88 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.00 17.40 17.40 19.70 19.88 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.40 12.00 14.90 16.95 19.18 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.40 13.25 15.90 18.46 19.28 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Reading, PA, January 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.50 $14.98 $19.88 $27.89 Management occupations.............................................. 24.45 28.37 40.39 53.78 71.80 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.25 19.53 27.17 34.62 39.75 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.60 24.35 35.52 40.87 50.00 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.00 31.00 37.03 43.54 45.91 Engineers......................................................... 20.37 32.48 38.46 45.32 46.47 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.22 9.55 11.85 20.23 27.28 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.40 17.58 23.56 29.26 31.01 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.56 12.95 16.25 23.48 33.35 Registered nurses................................................. 19.00 22.21 33.17 34.50 71.42 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.75 11.20 11.20 12.44 13.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.83 5.50 7.50 10.00 13.46 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.83 2.83 2.92 5.71 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.92 3.58 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.15 7.15 8.00 8.50 11.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 9.00 10.50 13.25 15.45 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.00 9.14 11.89 12.03 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.73 11.50 11.89 12.36 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.00 9.50 10.00 13.00 14.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 8.59 9.10 13.29 23.21 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.39 8.00 10.00 26.85 27.89 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.51 9.65 14.11 18.64 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.39 7.50 8.00 10.00 10.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.39 7.50 8.00 10.00 10.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.92 7.99 13.00 18.56 57.58 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.80 12.00 14.00 17.50 21.15 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.90 14.00 15.89 18.95 22.99 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.78 13.99 15.73 20.67 26.92 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.45 13.89 14.85 19.00 20.86 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.44 10.80 11.47 13.00 13.45 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.20 11.67 13.10 13.85 17.44 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.77 8.00 9.36 12.34 12.97 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.72 13.89 14.95 22.79 25.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.72 12.72 14.95 24.37 25.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.50 11.50 12.00 15.38 17.08 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.75 13.00 15.57 17.86 24.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.90 13.25 17.00 21.60 25.15 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.90 13.00 19.10 22.50 24.61 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 12.50 17.13 20.84 23.75 23.75 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 13.14 16.00 19.34 24.16 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.73 12.60 14.80 16.50 17.95 Printers.......................................................... 13.59 17.89 21.14 27.88 30.99 Printing machine operators...................................... 13.59 17.89 21.14 27.88 30.99 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.14 13.14 17.00 25.33 31.78 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.31 9.00 13.42 17.75 19.41 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.95 12.00 15.00 17.40 19.50 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.00 13.67 17.40 18.50 19.88 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.00 17.40 17.40 19.70 19.88 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.40 12.00 14.90 16.95 19.18 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.40 13.25 15.90 18.46 19.28 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Reading, PA, January 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.24 $15.22 $23.53 $36.06 $46.72 Management occupations.............................................. 18.47 22.67 29.66 40.55 58.10 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.74 30.38 38.65 45.04 52.67 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.58 32.75 39.35 46.19 52.67 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.40 33.45 40.30 46.72 54.10 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.80 32.66 40.11 46.72 54.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.51 13.05 21.13 28.41 28.41 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.98 11.76 12.85 17.71 17.97 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.76 15.62 17.60 18.92 22.48 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Reading, PA, January 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.59 $12.95 $16.25 $23.00 $32.45 Management occupations.............................................. 23.00 25.74 40.39 53.78 71.80 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.25 19.53 27.17 34.62 39.75 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.60 24.35 30.86 40.67 43.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.00 31.00 37.03 43.54 45.91 Engineers......................................................... 20.37 32.48 38.46 45.32 46.47 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.05 13.85 19.03 25.38 39.23 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.20 27.28 36.77 44.94 52.67 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.88 32.27 38.39 56.58 67.13 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.49 30.32 38.47 45.04 52.67 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.49 30.27 38.65 45.04 53.10 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.49 31.02 38.73 46.19 54.10 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.83 20.33 25.60 29.50 31.01 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.56 12.95 16.25 23.76 32.73 Registered nurses................................................. 15.11 24.01 31.63 39.18 71.42 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.99 11.20 11.84 12.79 14.85 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.99 11.20 11.45 12.80 14.53 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.22 12.46 17.50 27.89 28.41 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.71 7.15 10.00 13.46 14.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 10.00 11.89 14.75 17.81 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.73 10.77 11.89 12.36 15.94 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.73 11.50 11.89 12.36 16.62 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.00 9.50 10.00 13.00 14.00 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.00 9.50 10.00 13.00 14.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.51 10.00 18.56 27.89 27.89 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.92 8.00 14.11 16.25 31.94 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.92 9.90 14.16 18.64 57.58 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.20 12.55 14.64 17.97 21.63 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.22 14.00 16.50 19.85 23.84 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.91 13.99 15.89 20.67 26.92 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.45 14.09 14.85 19.03 20.93 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.20 11.90 13.13 13.85 17.44 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 14.90 18.00 22.48 25.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.90 17.50 19.81 22.51 24.04 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.50 12.72 14.95 22.48 25.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.50 11.50 14.00 17.08 18.80 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 13.00 16.00 18.90 24.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.25 15.00 18.25 21.99 25.76 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.67 19.00 19.31 23.75 25.15 Production occupations.............................................. 10.50 13.22 16.10 19.41 24.73 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.73 12.60 14.80 16.50 17.95 Printers.......................................................... 13.59 17.89 21.14 27.88 30.99 Printing machine operators...................................... 13.59 17.89 21.14 27.88 30.99 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.14 13.14 17.00 25.33 31.78 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.31 9.00 13.42 17.75 19.41 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.36 12.25 15.20 17.40 19.70 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.50 14.00 17.40 18.50 19.88 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.00 17.40 17.40 19.70 19.88 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.40 12.07 14.90 16.95 19.18 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.80 13.85 16.95 19.18 19.28 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Reading, PA, January 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.82 $7.50 $8.50 $11.60 $14.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.98 13.43 18.30 22.18 34.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.83 2.83 7.50 8.00 10.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 5.50 9.27 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.83 3.58 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.25 7.30 8.05 9.58 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.00 9.25 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.65 8.00 9.10 9.10 11.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.26 7.50 8.00 9.73 10.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.50 7.80 10.00 10.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.39 7.50 7.71 10.00 10.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.39 7.50 7.71 10.00 10.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.00 9.44 11.51 13.89 19.86 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Reading, PA, January 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.65 $16.25 $780 $650 39.7 $39,434 $33,800 2,007 Management occupations.............................................. 43.36 40.39 1,735 1,615 40.0 90,207 84,001 2,081 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.60 27.17 1,105 1,038 40.0 57,457 53,997 2,082 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.84 30.86 1,296 1,196 39.5 67,404 62,189 2,053 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.65 37.03 1,504 1,538 41.0 78,222 79,997 2,134 Engineers......................................................... 37.38 38.46 1,542 1,540 41.3 80,205 80,080 2,145 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.46 19.03 885 738 39.4 45,362 38,376 2,020 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.36 36.77 1,278 1,311 36.1 48,857 49,569 1,382 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.30 38.39 1,640 1,471 37.9 64,698 58,842 1,494 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.92 38.47 1,317 1,334 35.7 49,608 49,874 1,344 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.34 38.65 1,312 1,314 35.1 49,387 49,569 1,322 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.34 38.73 1,353 1,366 35.3 50,797 51,625 1,325 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.88 25.60 979 960 39.4 50,922 49,920 2,047 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.77 16.25 825 650 39.7 42,605 33,800 2,052 Registered nurses................................................. 37.69 31.63 1,444 1,238 38.3 70,117 61,737 1,860 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.41 11.84 483 448 38.9 25,153 23,296 2,026 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.30 11.45 477 448 38.8 24,815 23,296 2,018 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.42 17.50 768 700 39.6 39,963 36,400 2,058 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.83 10.00 371 382 37.7 19,282 19,872 1,961 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.70 11.89 506 475 39.9 23,884 23,920 1,881 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.00 11.89 474 475 39.5 24,672 24,725 2,056 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.24 11.89 483 475 39.5 25,133 24,725 2,053 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.08 10.00 438 400 39.6 17,412 15,600 1,572 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.08 10.00 438 400 39.6 17,412 15,600 1,572 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.83 18.56 826 666 39.6 42,946 34,611 2,061 Retail sales workers.............................................. 16.58 14.11 649 458 39.1 33,723 23,837 2,033 Retail salespersons............................................. 19.93 14.16 809 564 40.6 42,092 29,343 2,112 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.65 14.64 618 580 39.5 32,039 30,077 2,047 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.27 16.50 686 622 39.7 35,655 32,356 2,065 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.95 15.89 709 614 39.5 36,864 31,907 2,054 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.06 14.85 638 593 39.7 33,198 30,830 2,067 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.47 13.13 536 525 39.8 27,888 27,310 2,071 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.28 18.00 700 662 38.3 36,409 34,434 1,992 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.85 19.81 762 731 38.4 39,603 38,000 1,996 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.95 14.95 686 598 38.2 35,680 31,096 1,988 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.14 14.00 545 547 38.5 28,340 28,465 2,004 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.76 16.00 661 640 39.4 34,380 33,280 2,051 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.96 18.25 766 730 40.4 39,810 37,960 2,099 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.14 19.31 846 772 40.0 43,977 40,165 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.67 16.10 665 644 39.9 34,572 33,488 2,074 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.49 14.80 580 592 40.0 30,148 30,784 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 22.30 21.14 871 846 39.1 45,311 43,971 2,032 Printing machine operators...................................... 22.30 21.14 871 846 39.1 45,311 43,971 2,032 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 20.55 17.00 822 680 40.0 42,745 35,360 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.89 13.42 556 537 40.0 28,896 27,914 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.09 15.20 626 608 41.5 32,386 31,616 2,146 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.27 17.40 712 740 43.8 37,038 38,480 2,276 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.51 17.40 787 795 45.0 40,927 41,350 2,338 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.64 14.90 588 596 40.2 30,565 30,992 2,088 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.89 16.95 636 678 40.0 33,048 35,256 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Reading, PA, January 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.59 $15.85 $745 $634 40.1 $38,354 $32,864 2,063 Management occupations.............................................. 45.79 40.39 1,840 1,615 40.2 95,696 84,001 2,090 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.60 27.17 1,105 1,038 40.0 57,457 53,997 2,082 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.54 35.52 1,328 1,419 39.6 69,075 73,803 2,060 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.65 37.03 1,504 1,538 41.0 78,222 79,997 2,134 Engineers......................................................... 37.38 38.46 1,542 1,540 41.3 80,205 80,080 2,145 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.59 19.49 690 731 39.2 27,939 27,770 1,588 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.88 25.60 979 960 39.4 50,922 49,920 2,047 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.49 16.25 819 650 40.0 42,613 33,800 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.58 9.55 362 312 37.7 18,802 16,244 1,962 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.29 11.50 491 460 39.9 22,745 20,800 1,851 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.99 11.50 434 460 39.5 22,577 23,920 2,055 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.14 11.50 439 460 39.4 22,821 23,920 2,049 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.08 10.00 438 400 39.6 17,412 15,600 1,572 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.08 10.00 438 400 39.6 17,412 15,600 1,572 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.83 18.56 826 666 39.6 42,946 34,611 2,061 Retail sales workers.............................................. 16.58 14.11 649 458 39.1 33,723 23,837 2,033 Retail salespersons............................................. 19.93 14.16 809 564 40.6 42,092 29,343 2,112 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.51 14.45 617 574 39.8 31,974 29,744 2,061 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.27 16.50 686 622 39.7 35,655 32,356 2,065 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.95 15.89 709 614 39.5 36,864 31,907 2,054 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.06 14.85 638 593 39.7 33,198 30,830 2,067 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.47 13.13 536 525 39.8 27,888 27,310 2,071 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.37 17.30 720 692 39.2 37,463 35,984 2,039 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.27 14.95 712 598 39.0 37,026 31,096 2,026 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.44 12.00 527 480 39.2 27,414 24,960 2,040 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.48 15.57 650 545 39.5 33,825 28,332 2,053 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.08 18.25 772 730 40.4 40,124 37,960 2,103 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.77 21.55 871 862 40.0 45,288 44,824 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.67 16.10 665 644 39.9 34,572 33,488 2,074 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.49 14.80 580 592 40.0 30,148 30,784 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 22.30 21.14 871 846 39.1 45,311 43,971 2,032 Printing machine operators...................................... 22.30 21.14 871 846 39.1 45,311 43,971 2,032 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 20.55 17.00 822 680 40.0 42,745 35,360 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.89 13.42 556 537 40.0 28,896 27,914 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.10 15.20 630 608 41.7 32,736 31,616 2,168 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.27 17.40 712 740 43.8 37,038 38,480 2,276 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.51 17.40 787 795 45.0 40,927 41,350 2,338 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.64 14.90 588 596 40.2 30,565 30,992 2,088 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.89 16.95 636 678 40.0 33,048 35,256 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Reading, PA, January 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $27.57 $23.74 $1,022 $885 37.1 $45,965 $44,974 1,667 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.51 38.68 1,373 1,366 35.6 52,017 51,625 1,351 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.79 39.89 1,405 1,375 35.3 52,692 51,625 1,324 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.34 40.37 1,399 1,366 34.7 52,481 51,625 1,301 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.02 40.18 1,403 1,405 35.1 52,611 52,915 1,315 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.57 21.51 810 846 39.4 42,152 43,992 2,049 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.56 17.60 632 658 36.0 32,866 34,216 1,871 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Reading, PA, January 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $17.43 $15.96 $19.41 $19.26 Management, professional, and related...... 27.14 26.90 28.95 25.36 Management, business, and financial...... 35.04 35.83 31.48 47.23 Professional and related................. 23.68 22.75 26.95 22.34 Service.................................... 10.20 9.64 12.53 – Sales and office........................... 15.72 15.65 15.96 15.66 Sales and related........................ 16.55 16.64 14.43 – Office and administrative support........ 15.24 14.68 16.40 15.12 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.23 15.89 18.59 22.99 Construction and extraction............. 16.49 16.58 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 18.12 15.08 – 22.99 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.65 14.17 16.39 17.38 Production............................... 16.44 14.62 16.96 17.62 Transportation and material moving....... 14.91 13.96 14.92 17.15 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.5 6.9 5.1 1.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 8.7 18.6 5.4 6.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.7 11.5 7.8 4.5 Professional and related.......................................... 11.4 26.7 7.0 4.5 Service............................................................. 7.0 9.3 10.6 – Sales and office.................................................... 6.8 10.2 7.2 2.5 Sales and related................................................. 15.1 18.4 30.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.7 7.4 5.8 2.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.8 4.0 9.0 7.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 2.8 3.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.2 9.2 – 7.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.4 6.0 2.7 6.8 Production........................................................ 2.5 11.8 3.4 8.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 2.6 3.8 4.3 6.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Reading, PA, January 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.66 $14.90 $712 $590 40.3 $36,437 $30,680 2,063 Management occupations.............................................. 46.46 32.41 1,877 1,296 40.4 97,622 67,413 2,101 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.85 27.17 1,104 1,087 41.1 57,433 56,512 2,139 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.58 9.55 362 312 37.7 18,802 16,244 1,962 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.47 11.89 498 475 39.9 22,704 20,800 1,821 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.08 18.64 834 650 39.6 43,367 33,800 2,058 Retail sales workers.............................................. 17.31 14.11 675 564 39.0 35,106 29,343 2,028 Retail salespersons............................................. 21.32 14.16 868 566 40.7 45,119 29,455 2,116 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.22 14.00 606 560 39.8 31,243 29,120 2,053 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.44 12.00 527 480 39.2 27,414 24,960 2,040 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.57 15.57 654 560 39.5 33,998 29,120 2,052 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.01 14.75 655 590 40.9 34,042 30,680 2,127 Production occupations.............................................. 15.11 15.00 601 600 39.8 31,251 31,200 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.22 14.90 612 608 43.0 31,813 31,616 2,237 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.48 17.00 694 728 44.9 36,105 37,856 2,332 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.79 12.20 518 494 40.5 26,951 25,688 2,108 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Reading, PA, January 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.62 $17.11 $781 $680 39.8 $40,467 $35,330 2,063 Management occupations.............................................. 45.14 48.08 1,805 1,923 40.0 93,847 100,006 2,079 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.11 25.81 1,105 1,000 39.3 57,473 52,003 2,045 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.54 35.52 1,328 1,419 39.6 69,075 73,803 2,060 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.87 34.00 1,395 1,360 40.0 72,525 70,720 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.78 11.04 911 442 40.0 41,538 22,963 1,824 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.64 17.68 786 707 40.0 40,857 36,774 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.77 14.66 627 589 39.8 32,620 30,634 2,068 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.51 15.30 612 599 39.5 31,825 31,165 2,052 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.01 14.75 635 590 39.7 33,012 30,680 2,062 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.64 14.95 785 598 40.0 40,829 31,096 2,079 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.17 21.60 887 864 40.0 46,104 44,928 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.97 20.84 839 834 40.0 43,612 43,347 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.27 16.10 690 644 39.9 35,859 33,488 2,076 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.33 14.55 573 582 40.0 29,815 30,264 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.48 13.42 499 537 40.0 25,951 27,914 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.31 16.95 652 678 40.0 33,921 35,256 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.44 15.10 618 604 40.0 32,116 31,408 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.12 16.95 645 678 40.0 33,539 35,256 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Reading, PA, January 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $22.94 $17.25 $27.32 $17.54 $17.45 $22.08 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.71 – 34.92 28.77 28.56 34.11 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 35.71 35.04 – Professional and related.......................................... 30.07 – 35.74 25.11 25.29 – Service............................................................. 16.60 – 16.60 10.18 10.20 9.54 Sales and office.................................................... 18.02 – – 15.69 15.67 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.55 16.55 – Office and administrative support................................. 18.02 – – 15.20 15.15 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.11 – – 16.84 16.82 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 16.47 16.49 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.09 – – 17.44 17.38 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.98 17.98 – 15.13 15.14 – Production........................................................ 18.18 18.18 – 16.02 16.02 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.76 17.76 – 14.33 14.33 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.6 6.0 2.0 4.8 4.9 6.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 11.6 – 2.4 6.3 6.6 5.2 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.5 6.7 – Professional and related.......................................... 12.3 – 1.4 9.1 9.2 – Service............................................................. 15.2 – 15.2 6.8 7.0 6.5 Sales and office.................................................... 4.5 – – 6.8 6.9 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.1 15.1 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.5 – – 4.8 4.9 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 13.2 – – 3.9 3.9 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 2.8 2.8 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.8 – – 6.2 6.4 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.7 4.7 – 2.3 2.3 – Production........................................................ 8.6 8.6 – 1.7 1.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.8 4.8 – 2.5 2.5 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Reading, PA, January 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.22 $17.12 $21.97 $21.97 Management, professional, and related............................... 28.97 27.01 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 34.84 34.84 – – Professional and related.......................................... 26.99 23.71 – – Service............................................................. 11.36 10.20 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.26 14.11 27.22 27.24 Sales and related................................................. 11.47 11.47 28.22 28.22 Office and administrative support................................. 15.31 15.16 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.40 17.28 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.49 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.21 18.24 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.85 15.85 13.73 13.73 Production........................................................ 16.65 16.65 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.98 14.99 14.48 14.48 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.9 4.7 15.9 15.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.5 9.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.7 7.3 – – Professional and related.......................................... 7.8 11.4 – – Service............................................................. 6.8 7.0 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.2 4.4 15.3 15.3 Sales and related................................................. 7.3 7.3 17.0 17.0 Office and administrative support................................. 4.5 4.8 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.7 4.9 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.0 7.5 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 1.9 1.9 11.2 11.2 Production........................................................ 2.0 2.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 2.3 2.4 11.4 11.4 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Reading, PA, January 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $18.15 $17.35 – – $21.31 $16.53 $8.70 $10.54 Management, professional, and related............................... – 34.01 38.46 – – 33.16 19.81 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 39.38 39.53 – – 36.40 – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 28.12 – – – 32.28 19.70 – – Service............................................................. – – 13.38 – – 13.02 11.24 8.31 8.17 Sales and office.................................................... – 16.21 16.08 – – 17.62 12.80 9.74 – Sales and related................................................. – – 17.62 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 16.21 13.19 – – 17.50 12.80 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 20.39 16.08 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 20.39 15.38 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 15.75 15.69 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 16.22 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 14.43 15.74 – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – 2.9 7.3 – – 16.8 2.4 9.7 0.0 Management, professional, and related............................... – 9.4 12.0 – – 13.5 9.7 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 12.2 16.4 – – 13.8 – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 5.4 – – – 15.2 9.7 – – Service............................................................. – – 15.1 – – 4.1 .5 6.9 .0 Sales and office.................................................... – 3.0 13.9 – – 11.0 5.3 16.3 – Sales and related................................................. – – 15.9 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 3.0 5.4 – – 11.7 5.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 4.6 9.4 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 4.6 8.8 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 2.1 4.0 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 2.0 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 1.3 4.0 – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Reading, PA, January 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 162,100 140,500 21,600 Management, professional, and related............................... 40,000 27,700 12,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 9,100 7,800 1,300 Professional and related.......................................... 30,900 19,900 11,000 Service............................................................. 29,600 23,900 5,700 Sales and office.................................................... 43,200 41,100 2,100 Sales and related................................................. 16,300 16,300 – Office and administrative support................................. 26,900 24,800 2,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14,600 13,500 1,200 Construction and extraction...................................... 6,500 5,800 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7,900 7,400 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 34,700 34,400 – Production........................................................ 17,000 17,000 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17,600 17,300 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Reading, PA, January 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 7,796 7,513 283 Total in sample....................................................... 181 167 14 Responding........................................................ 129 116 13 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 34 33 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 18 18 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.