NC BL 06/00/2003 Table: Reno, NV, Bulletin 3115-68, February 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $15.89 2.9 37.3 $13.92 3.7 37.0 $25.28 4.9 38.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 20.20 4.2 37.9 17.77 5.7 37.4 27.71 6.4 39.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.43 5.1 37.2 27.51 6.2 35.8 35.67 8.2 40.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.31 6.7 41.6 28.97 9.2 42.4 33.23 10.2 40.0 Sales............................................................. 13.25 6.6 37.2 13.19 6.7 37.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.12 2.4 37.9 12.20 3.7 37.5 18.88 6.5 38.8 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.87 4.5 37.1 15.65 4.9 37.4 19.56 5.6 33.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.59 8.6 39.0 18.27 9.7 39.0 21.40 14.1 38.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.81 5.8 39.8 11.81 5.8 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.32 4.3 39.9 18.32 4.3 39.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.40 8.4 32.6 12.45 8.6 33.4 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.93 2.3 36.7 8.60 2.0 36.3 22.50 .7 38.8 Full time........................................................... 16.40 3.0 40.2 14.22 4.0 40.0 26.24 5.3 41.1 Part time........................................................... 11.47 7.9 22.9 11.58 8.6 23.2 10.48 11.8 20.2 Union............................................................... 20.39 2.7 37.3 17.45 5.2 33.9 23.15 3.2 41.1 Nonunion............................................................ 14.84 3.5 37.3 13.48 3.9 37.4 28.04 5.8 36.0 Time................................................................ 15.75 2.8 37.1 13.67 3.7 36.8 25.28 4.9 38.7 Incentive........................................................... 19.65 15.7 42.2 19.65 15.7 42.2 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 13.36 4.2 36.5 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.57 11.7 37.8 15.47 11.9 37.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.08 5.4 37.2 14.66 6.3 37.3 20.19 4.0 36.7 500 workers or more................................................. 16.43 2.7 37.2 12.74 3.8 36.6 26.08 5.6 38.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.89 2.9 $13.92 3.7 $25.28 4.9 All excluding sales............................................... 16.16 2.7 14.02 3.6 25.28 4.9 White collar........................................................ 20.20 4.2 17.77 5.7 27.71 6.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.29 4.0 19.77 5.5 27.72 6.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.43 5.1 27.51 6.2 35.67 8.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.27 5.0 30.45 6.3 37.78 8.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.53 4.2 31.53 3.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.45 6.5 31.87 6.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.92 2.0 26.84 2.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 24.38 5.5 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.00 5.0 19.31 2.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.72 1.9 18.69 2.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.31 6.7 28.97 9.2 33.23 10.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.84 6.9 29.56 9.3 39.69 7.2 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 29.64 22.1 29.87 22.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.75 12.9 29.90 15.9 – – Management related............................................ 24.93 3.8 24.70 6.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.25 6.6 13.19 6.7 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.79 13.8 17.79 13.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.45 1.8 11.45 1.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.36 5.3 9.36 5.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.12 2.4 12.20 3.7 18.88 6.5 Secretaries................................................. 18.16 4.5 17.63 5.2 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.27 5.4 9.27 5.4 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.13 4.8 10.91 6.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.52 12.5 12.52 12.5 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.93 10.4 12.58 7.4 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.16 8.1 11.16 8.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.81 5.2 13.81 5.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.12 1.8 13.12 1.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.77 3.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.47 17.6 10.27 12.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.87 4.5 $15.65 4.9 $19.56 5.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.59 8.6 18.27 9.7 21.40 14.1 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.53 6.4 17.38 8.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.81 5.8 11.81 5.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.16 2.5 10.16 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.32 4.3 18.32 4.3 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.89 8.6 18.89 8.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.40 8.4 12.45 8.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.85 11.3 8.85 11.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.35 6.0 11.35 6.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.72 2.9 9.72 2.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.13 4.1 10.13 4.1 – – Service............................................................. 10.93 2.3 8.60 2.0 22.50 .7 Protective service............................................ 19.94 2.2 10.58 9.8 24.50 .5 Firefighting................................................ 18.27 2.3 – – 18.27 2.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 29.14 11.2 – – – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.28 1.9 9.28 1.9 – – Food service.................................................. 7.96 3.8 7.96 3.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.28 1.9 6.27 1.9 – – Bartenders.................................................. 7.18 5.5 7.14 5.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.75 1.7 5.75 1.7 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.50 4.5 6.50 4.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.51 5.5 9.52 5.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.83 3.2 10.84 3.2 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.49 7.7 6.49 7.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.29 5.5 9.29 5.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.06 5.0 8.07 5.0 – – Health service................................................ 11.88 3.9 11.51 4.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.94 4.4 11.56 5.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.01 2.7 8.80 2.2 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.39 1.6 8.39 1.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.22 3.4 8.99 3.7 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.29 4.8 8.10 3.8 11.07 27.7 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.98 6.2 6.72 5.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.40 3.0 $14.22 4.0 $26.24 5.3 All excluding sales............................................... 16.65 2.8 14.27 3.9 26.24 5.3 White collar........................................................ 20.56 5.0 17.88 7.1 28.02 6.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.45 4.7 19.60 7.0 28.03 6.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.10 6.0 27.80 8.0 35.76 8.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.36 5.6 31.47 7.9 37.78 8.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.28 4.2 31.24 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 33.13 8.4 34.04 8.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.03 3.1 26.92 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 24.38 5.5 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.28 5.6 19.44 3.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.84 1.7 18.81 1.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.31 6.7 28.97 9.2 33.23 10.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.84 6.9 29.56 9.3 39.69 7.2 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 29.64 22.1 29.87 22.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.75 12.9 29.90 15.9 – – Management related............................................ 24.93 3.8 24.70 6.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.90 7.9 13.84 7.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.79 13.8 17.79 13.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.42 5.1 9.42 5.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.34 2.3 12.33 3.8 19.17 7.2 Secretaries................................................. 18.18 4.5 17.65 5.3 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.27 5.4 9.27 5.4 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.92 6.6 10.92 6.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.52 12.5 12.52 12.5 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.12 11.6 12.77 8.9 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.16 8.1 11.16 8.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.81 5.2 13.81 5.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.77 3.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 18.01 17.2 10.25 12.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.39 4.8 16.12 5.1 21.39 14.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $18.62 8.7 $18.30 9.8 $21.39 14.2 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.53 6.4 17.38 8.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.94 6.1 11.94 6.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.42 .7 10.42 .7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.42 4.6 18.42 4.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.89 8.6 18.89 8.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.12 11.2 13.12 11.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.12 19.3 10.12 19.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.64 3.0 9.64 3.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.47 3.5 10.47 3.5 – – Service............................................................. 11.42 2.4 8.82 2.0 23.97 1.2 Protective service............................................ 20.49 2.2 10.81 11.2 24.64 .6 Firefighting................................................ 18.27 2.3 – – 18.27 2.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 29.14 11.2 – – – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.31 2.3 9.31 2.3 – – Food service.................................................. 8.28 3.2 8.28 3.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.47 1.7 6.47 1.7 – – Bartenders.................................................. 7.33 4.6 7.33 4.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.87 1.2 5.87 1.2 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.80 4.7 6.80 4.7 – – Other food service........................................... 9.74 5.6 9.74 5.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.84 3.2 10.84 3.2 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.29 5.5 9.29 5.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.20 5.7 8.20 5.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.99 5.0 11.52 5.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.10 5.8 11.61 6.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.06 3.0 8.83 2.4 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.39 1.6 8.39 1.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.32 3.7 9.07 4.0 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.55 3.0 8.44 2.4 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.97 4.5 6.97 4.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $11.47 7.9 $11.58 8.6 $10.48 11.8 All excluding sales............................................... 11.82 8.9 11.99 9.8 10.48 11.8 White collar........................................................ 16.64 9.0 16.89 9.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.45 10.3 21.16 10.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.31 3.9 26.46 4.1 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 27.52 2.1 27.52 2.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.97 7.4 8.97 7.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.10 8.4 9.10 8.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.74 2.8 10.44 3.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.66 4.5 10.59 5.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.55 4.0 10.48 4.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.29 8.4 7.29 8.4 – – Service............................................................. 7.50 5.9 7.15 6.4 9.70 17.2 Protective service............................................ 8.96 1.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.12 2.8 6.05 3.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.55 1.5 5.48 1.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.35 .7 5.35 .7 – – Other food service........................................... 7.29 8.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.56 4.2 11.49 4.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.49 4.4 11.41 5.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.09 13.3 5.73 5.8 9.83 19.4 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.99 13.7 5.46 2.9 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $660 2.8 40.2 $569 3.8 40.0 $1,079 5.0 41.1 All excluding sales............................................... 669 2.7 40.1 569 3.7 39.9 1,079 5.0 41.1 White collar........................................................ 828 4.8 40.3 721 6.8 40.3 1,124 6.9 40.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 899 4.6 40.0 784 6.8 40.0 1,125 6.9 40.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,247 6.2 40.1 1,110 8.2 39.9 1,441 8.7 40.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,374 5.9 40.0 1,251 8.2 39.7 1,522 8.5 40.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,395 5.4 43.2 1,324 4.3 42.4 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,301 8.8 39.3 1,333 9.4 39.2 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,053 2.9 39.0 1,042 3.1 38.7 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 984 5.0 40.3 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 859 5.6 40.4 784 3.9 40.3 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 744 2.2 39.5 743 2.4 39.5 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,261 6.5 41.6 1,228 8.8 42.4 1,329 10.2 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,339 6.2 42.1 1,262 8.7 42.7 1,588 7.2 40.0 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 1,227 23.5 41.4 1,237 24.3 41.4 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,307 11.7 42.5 1,289 14.6 43.1 – – – Management related............................................ 998 3.7 40.1 991 6.6 40.1 – – – Sales............................................................. 571 6.8 41.1 568 6.8 41.1 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 711 15.9 40.0 711 15.9 40.0 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 373 4.9 39.6 373 4.9 39.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 567 2.5 39.5 485 4.0 39.4 767 7.2 40.0 Secretaries................................................. 723 4.7 39.8 700 5.2 39.6 – – – Hotel clerks................................................ 370 5.4 40.0 370 5.4 40.0 – – – Receptionists............................................... 427 8.1 39.2 427 8.1 39.2 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 501 12.5 40.0 501 12.5 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 565 11.6 40.0 510 9.0 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 447 8.1 40.0 447 8.1 40.0 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 553 5.2 40.0 553 5.2 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 631 3.3 40.0 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $720 17.2 40.0 $410 12.7 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 659 5.0 40.2 648 5.3 40.2 $856 14.2 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 751 9.1 40.3 739 10.3 40.4 856 14.2 40.0 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 701 6.4 40.0 695 8.9 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 478 6.1 40.0 478 6.1 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 417 .7 40.0 417 .7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 742 4.3 40.3 742 4.3 40.3 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 756 8.6 40.0 756 8.6 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 524 11.2 39.9 524 11.2 39.9 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 402 19.1 39.8 402 19.1 39.8 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 386 3.0 40.0 386 3.0 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 419 3.5 40.0 419 3.5 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 460 2.4 40.2 349 1.7 39.6 1,040 2.1 43.4 Protective service............................................ 862 2.5 42.1 419 8.6 38.7 1,076 .8 43.7 Firefighting................................................ 968 2.3 53.0 – – – 968 2.3 53.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,166 11.2 40.0 – – – – – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 370 2.2 39.7 370 2.2 39.7 – – – Food service.................................................. 329 2.9 39.7 329 2.9 39.7 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 257 1.8 39.7 257 1.8 39.7 – – – Bartenders.................................................. 293 4.5 39.9 293 4.5 39.9 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 233 .8 39.8 233 .8 39.8 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 268 7.4 39.4 268 7.4 39.4 – – – Other food service........................................... 387 5.3 39.7 387 5.3 39.7 – – – Cooks....................................................... 428 2.9 39.5 428 2.9 39.5 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 372 5.5 40.0 372 5.5 40.0 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 328 5.7 40.0 328 5.7 40.0 – – – Health service................................................ 477 4.6 39.8 458 5.6 39.8 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 481 5.4 39.8 462 6.4 39.8 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 360 2.7 39.7 351 2.4 39.7 – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 335 1.8 40.0 335 1.8 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 368 3.5 39.5 358 4.0 39.5 – – – Personal service.............................................. 339 3.2 39.7 335 2.6 39.7 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 276 5.0 39.5 276 5.0 39.5 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $34,205 2.8 2,086 $29,558 3.8 2,079 $55,588 5.0 2,118 All excluding sales............................................... 34,649 2.7 2,081 29,560 3.7 2,072 55,589 5.0 2,119 White collar........................................................ 42,826 4.8 2,083 37,430 6.8 2,093 57,581 6.9 2,055 White collar excluding sales.................................... 46,429 4.6 2,069 40,686 6.8 2,076 57,591 6.9 2,055 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 63,667 6.2 2,047 57,470 8.2 2,067 72,220 8.7 2,019 Professional specialty.......................................... 69,894 5.9 2,034 64,849 8.2 2,061 75,699 8.5 2,004 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 72,534 5.4 2,247 68,826 4.3 2,203 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 67,655 8.8 2,042 69,310 9.4 2,036 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 54,760 2.9 2,026 54,209 3.1 2,014 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 51,149 5.0 2,098 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 44,400 5.6 2,087 40,475 3.9 2,082 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 38,089 2.2 2,022 37,992 2.4 2,020 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 65,557 6.5 2,163 63,832 8.8 2,203 69,113 10.2 2,080 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 69,640 6.2 2,187 65,630 8.7 2,220 82,550 7.2 2,080 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 63,786 23.5 2,152 64,324 24.3 2,153 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 67,979 11.7 2,211 67,043 14.6 2,243 – – – Management related............................................ 51,912 3.7 2,083 51,558 6.6 2,087 – – – Sales............................................................. 29,676 6.8 2,135 29,541 6.8 2,135 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 36,985 15.9 2,079 36,985 15.9 2,079 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 19,386 4.9 2,058 19,386 4.9 2,058 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 29,467 2.5 2,055 25,209 4.0 2,045 39,863 7.2 2,080 Secretaries................................................. 36,918 4.7 2,031 35,395 5.2 2,005 – – – Hotel clerks................................................ 19,261 5.4 2,078 19,261 5.4 2,078 – – – Receptionists............................................... 22,229 8.1 2,036 22,229 8.1 2,036 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 26,051 12.5 2,080 26,051 12.5 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 29,356 11.6 2,079 26,534 9.0 2,078 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 23,218 8.1 2,080 23,218 8.1 2,080 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 28,733 5.2 2,080 28,733 5.2 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 32,792 3.3 2,080 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $37,454 17.2 2,080 $21,319 12.7 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 34,129 5.0 2,082 33,567 5.3 2,082 $44,500 14.2 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,871 9.1 2,088 38,215 10.3 2,089 44,500 14.2 2,080 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 36,460 6.4 2,080 36,157 8.9 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 24,834 6.1 2,080 24,834 6.1 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 21,672 .7 2,080 21,672 .7 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 38,564 4.3 2,094 38,564 4.3 2,094 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 39,296 8.6 2,080 39,296 8.6 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 27,092 11.2 2,065 27,092 11.2 2,065 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 20,921 19.1 2,068 20,921 19.1 2,068 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 19,160 3.0 1,987 19,160 3.0 1,987 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 21,778 3.5 2,080 21,778 3.5 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 23,897 2.4 2,092 18,166 1.7 2,061 54,056 2.1 2,255 Protective service............................................ 44,830 2.5 2,188 21,782 8.6 2,015 55,960 .8 2,271 Firefighting................................................ 50,353 2.3 2,756 – – – 50,353 2.3 2,756 Police and detectives, public service....................... 60,607 11.2 2,080 – – – – – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 19,251 2.2 2,067 19,251 2.2 2,067 – – – Food service.................................................. 17,084 2.9 2,064 17,084 2.9 2,064 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 13,359 1.8 2,064 13,359 1.8 2,064 – – – Bartenders.................................................. 15,214 4.5 2,076 15,214 4.5 2,076 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 12,132 .8 2,068 12,132 .8 2,068 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 13,955 7.4 2,051 13,955 7.4 2,051 – – – Other food service........................................... 20,106 5.3 2,064 20,106 5.3 2,064 – – – Cooks....................................................... 22,239 2.9 2,052 22,239 2.9 2,052 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 19,326 5.5 2,080 19,326 5.5 2,080 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 17,056 5.7 2,080 17,056 5.7 2,080 – – – Health service................................................ 24,817 4.6 2,070 23,833 5.6 2,069 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 25,038 5.4 2,069 24,025 6.4 2,068 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 18,713 2.7 2,066 18,242 2.4 2,065 – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 17,436 1.8 2,078 17,436 1.8 2,078 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 19,149 3.5 2,055 18,623 4.0 2,053 – – – Personal service.............................................. 17,646 3.2 2,064 17,416 2.6 2,064 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 14,328 5.0 2,055 14,328 5.0 2,055 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.89 2.9 $13.92 3.7 $25.28 4.9 All excluding sales............................................... 16.16 2.7 14.02 3.6 25.28 4.9 White collar........................................................ 20.20 4.2 17.77 5.7 27.71 6.4 1....................................................... 7.10 2.3 7.10 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.69 17.9 11.71 18.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.88 5.0 9.88 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.81 5.3 12.04 2.9 16.56 3.7 5....................................................... 17.22 3.8 15.34 4.1 20.11 4.5 6....................................................... 17.88 6.4 16.80 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.90 5.8 24.92 7.5 22.35 6.3 8....................................................... 23.33 4.3 22.77 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.15 2.0 26.29 2.4 25.76 3.6 10........................................................ 33.02 11.1 36.41 10.2 – – 11........................................................ 34.74 6.5 33.93 8.0 37.43 4.0 12........................................................ 39.60 13.9 – – – – 13........................................................ 51.98 7.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 53.43 38.1 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.29 4.0 19.77 5.5 27.72 6.4 2....................................................... 12.94 18.6 13.05 19.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.84 7.6 9.84 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.01 6.8 11.92 4.0 16.56 3.7 5....................................................... 17.66 4.8 14.95 6.0 20.11 4.5 6....................................................... 17.95 7.2 16.75 6.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.21 4.2 22.04 4.3 22.35 6.3 8....................................................... 22.94 4.3 22.18 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.93 2.1 25.99 2.5 25.76 3.6 10........................................................ 33.02 11.1 36.41 10.2 – – 11........................................................ 34.93 6.7 33.93 8.0 38.66 4.1 12........................................................ 39.60 13.9 – – – – 13........................................................ 51.98 7.2 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.43 5.1 27.51 6.2 35.67 8.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.27 5.0 30.45 6.3 37.78 8.2 7....................................................... 23.83 7.0 23.83 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 21.43 10.0 21.43 10.0 – – 9....................................................... 26.46 2.0 26.63 2.1 – – 10........................................................ 29.45 9.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.14 4.4 38.74 5.5 – – 12........................................................ 39.05 22.9 – – – – 13........................................................ 53.48 9.1 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.53 4.2 31.53 3.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.45 6.5 31.87 6.7 – – 9....................................................... 27.06 1.9 27.00 2.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... $26.92 2.0 $26.84 2.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.87 1.9 26.77 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 24.38 5.5 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.00 5.0 19.31 2.7 – – 5....................................................... 22.15 13.0 17.99 1.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.38 5.7 18.33 6.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.08 5.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.72 1.9 18.69 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.23 .4 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.31 6.7 28.97 9.2 $33.23 10.2 7....................................................... 21.65 10.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.13 5.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.62 2.5 25.44 6.6 – – 11........................................................ 30.85 9.2 29.14 8.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.84 6.9 29.56 9.3 39.69 7.2 9....................................................... 25.38 5.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 30.83 9.2 29.10 8.0 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 29.64 22.1 29.87 22.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.75 12.9 29.90 15.9 – – Management related............................................ 24.93 3.8 24.70 6.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.25 6.6 13.19 6.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.99 3.0 6.99 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.60 3.0 7.60 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.93 6.8 9.93 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.28 2.1 12.28 2.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.79 13.8 17.79 13.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.45 1.8 11.45 1.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.36 5.3 9.36 5.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.99 3.0 6.99 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.59 3.3 7.59 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.92 9.5 9.92 9.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.12 2.4 12.20 3.7 18.88 6.5 2....................................................... 12.94 18.6 13.05 19.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.84 7.6 9.84 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.03 6.9 11.92 4.1 16.56 3.7 5....................................................... 16.89 5.2 14.00 9.0 18.79 2.5 6....................................................... 16.51 6.6 16.10 6.8 – – 7....................................................... $22.18 6.5 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 18.16 4.5 $17.63 5.2 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.27 5.4 9.27 5.4 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.13 4.8 10.91 6.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.52 12.5 12.52 12.5 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.93 10.4 12.58 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.61 16.5 11.37 13.1 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.16 8.1 11.16 8.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.81 5.2 13.81 5.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.12 1.8 13.12 1.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.77 3.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.47 17.6 10.27 12.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.87 4.5 15.65 4.9 $19.56 5.6 1....................................................... 9.52 4.0 9.34 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.57 4.9 9.57 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.44 5.1 12.44 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.43 11.5 14.53 8.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.68 12.0 16.51 13.8 – – 6....................................................... 17.57 4.5 17.91 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.72 7.1 19.60 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.54 4.4 27.98 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.98 23.0 24.98 23.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.59 8.6 18.27 9.7 21.40 14.1 5....................................................... 17.12 14.3 16.97 16.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.74 5.5 18.29 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.75 5.7 20.64 6.0 – – 9....................................................... 27.27 4.2 27.72 4.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.53 6.4 17.38 8.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.81 5.8 11.81 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.81 1.6 10.81 1.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.31 2.3 15.31 2.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.16 2.5 10.16 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.32 4.3 18.32 4.3 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.89 8.6 18.89 8.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.40 8.4 12.45 8.6 – – 1....................................................... 9.67 3.9 9.50 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.00 7.6 10.00 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.89 4.2 11.89 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.55 7.1 10.55 7.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.85 11.3 8.85 11.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.35 6.0 11.35 6.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. $9.72 2.9 $9.72 2.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.13 4.1 10.13 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.72 8.6 8.72 8.6 – – Service............................................................. 10.93 2.3 8.60 2.0 $22.50 0.7 1....................................................... 6.67 2.7 6.65 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.86 3.7 7.81 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 7.78 5.9 7.69 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 10.42 3.5 10.41 3.5 – – 5....................................................... 11.71 10.2 11.35 11.1 – – 6....................................................... 19.81 4.1 15.43 3.6 21.33 4.7 7....................................................... 21.87 4.6 – – 22.35 4.8 8....................................................... 21.18 12.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ 19.94 2.2 10.58 9.8 24.50 .5 3....................................................... 8.93 2.1 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.53 3.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.41 5.3 – – 22.41 5.3 8....................................................... 20.96 14.0 – – – – Firefighting................................................ 18.27 2.3 – – 18.27 2.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 29.14 11.2 – – – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.28 1.9 9.28 1.9 – – Food service.................................................. 7.96 3.8 7.96 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.39 6.7 6.38 6.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.52 2.9 7.52 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 7.54 8.4 7.54 8.4 – – 4....................................................... 9.73 2.8 9.74 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 11.38 3.5 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.28 1.9 6.27 1.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.26 8.6 6.26 8.6 – – 2....................................................... 6.06 1.5 6.06 1.5 – – 3....................................................... 6.30 6.0 6.30 6.0 – – Bartenders.................................................. 7.18 5.5 7.14 5.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.75 1.7 5.75 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.12 .9 6.12 .9 – – 3....................................................... 5.68 4.3 5.68 4.3 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.50 4.5 6.50 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.61 3.4 6.61 3.4 – – Other food service........................................... 9.51 5.5 9.52 5.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.75 1.6 6.74 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.43 2.9 8.43 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.34 7.0 9.34 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 10.47 4.2 10.47 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 11.38 3.5 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 10.83 3.2 10.84 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.47 4.2 10.47 4.2 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.49 7.7 6.49 7.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... $9.29 5.5 $9.29 5.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.06 5.0 8.07 5.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.15 2.5 7.16 2.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.88 3.9 11.51 4.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.94 4.4 11.56 5.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.01 2.7 8.80 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.30 6.8 8.30 6.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.59 4.4 8.52 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.12 10.9 8.65 13.1 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.39 1.6 8.39 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.70 4.2 8.70 4.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.22 3.4 8.99 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.51 4.4 8.39 5.0 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.29 4.8 8.10 3.8 $11.07 27.7 1....................................................... 6.48 2.3 6.40 .6 – – 2....................................................... 6.92 2.2 6.75 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 7.16 6.5 7.16 6.5 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.98 6.2 6.72 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 6.66 1.2 6.42 .9 – – 3....................................................... 6.54 3.4 6.54 3.4 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.40 3.0 $14.22 4.0 $26.24 5.3 All excluding sales............................................... 16.65 2.8 14.27 3.9 26.24 5.3 White collar........................................................ 20.56 5.0 17.88 7.1 28.02 6.9 1....................................................... 7.08 3.1 7.08 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 13.17 18.4 13.17 18.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.01 5.6 10.01 5.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.85 5.4 12.05 2.9 16.92 1.0 5....................................................... 17.43 4.2 15.40 4.7 20.11 4.5 6....................................................... 17.88 6.5 16.78 5.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.86 5.9 24.87 7.8 22.35 6.3 8....................................................... 23.15 4.5 22.47 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.69 2.6 25.65 3.6 25.76 3.6 10........................................................ 32.77 11.5 36.18 10.7 – – 11........................................................ 34.74 6.5 33.93 8.0 37.43 4.0 12........................................................ 39.53 14.0 – – – – 13........................................................ 51.98 7.2 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.45 4.7 19.60 7.0 28.03 6.9 2....................................................... 14.53 16.9 14.53 16.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.84 7.7 9.84 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.06 7.0 11.93 4.0 16.92 1.0 5....................................................... 17.98 5.4 14.93 7.7 20.11 4.5 6....................................................... 17.95 7.2 16.72 6.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.12 4.3 21.85 4.4 22.35 6.3 8....................................................... 22.75 4.5 21.84 6.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.36 2.8 25.13 4.0 25.76 3.6 10........................................................ 32.77 11.5 36.18 10.7 – – 11........................................................ 34.93 6.7 33.93 8.0 38.66 4.1 12........................................................ 39.53 14.0 – – – – 13........................................................ 51.98 7.2 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.10 6.0 27.80 8.0 35.76 8.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.36 5.6 31.47 7.9 37.78 8.2 8....................................................... 20.55 10.0 20.55 10.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.82 3.2 25.84 3.7 – – 10........................................................ 28.88 9.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.14 4.4 38.74 5.5 – – 13........................................................ 53.48 9.1 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.28 4.2 31.24 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 33.13 8.4 34.04 8.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.61 2.9 26.38 3.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.03 3.1 26.92 3.7 – – 9....................................................... 26.46 3.0 26.17 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $24.38 5.5 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.28 5.6 $19.44 3.5 – – 5....................................................... 23.19 13.1 17.96 2.2 – – 6....................................................... 18.38 5.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.08 5.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.84 1.7 18.81 1.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.31 6.7 28.97 9.2 $33.23 10.2 7....................................................... 21.65 10.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.13 5.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.62 2.5 25.44 6.6 – – 11........................................................ 30.85 9.2 29.14 8.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.84 6.9 29.56 9.3 39.69 7.2 9....................................................... 25.38 5.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 30.83 9.2 29.10 8.0 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 29.64 22.1 29.87 22.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.75 12.9 29.90 15.9 – – Management related............................................ 24.93 3.8 24.70 6.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.90 7.9 13.84 7.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.00 3.4 7.00 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.27 7.9 10.27 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.30 2.2 12.30 2.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.79 13.8 17.79 13.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.42 5.1 9.42 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.00 3.4 7.00 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.95 10.7 9.95 10.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.34 2.3 12.33 3.8 19.17 7.2 2....................................................... 14.53 16.9 14.53 16.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.84 7.7 9.84 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.10 7.1 11.95 4.1 16.92 1.0 5....................................................... 17.15 5.8 14.10 11.9 18.79 2.5 6....................................................... 16.51 6.6 16.10 6.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.18 6.5 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 18.18 4.5 17.65 5.3 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.27 5.4 9.27 5.4 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.92 6.6 10.92 6.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.52 12.5 12.52 12.5 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.12 11.6 12.77 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.60 17.0 11.26 13.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $11.16 8.1 $11.16 8.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.81 5.2 13.81 5.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.77 3.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 18.01 17.2 10.25 12.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.39 4.8 16.12 5.1 $21.39 14.2 1....................................................... 8.65 10.2 8.65 10.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.25 3.4 9.25 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.55 5.4 12.55 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.44 11.6 14.53 8.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.68 12.3 16.50 14.2 – – 6....................................................... 17.57 4.5 17.91 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.72 7.1 19.60 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.54 4.4 27.98 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.98 23.0 24.98 23.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.62 8.7 18.30 9.8 21.39 14.2 5....................................................... 17.14 14.8 16.98 17.6 – – 6....................................................... 17.74 5.5 18.29 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.75 5.7 20.64 6.0 – – 9....................................................... 27.27 4.2 27.72 4.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.53 6.4 17.38 8.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.94 6.1 11.94 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.81 1.6 10.81 1.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.31 2.3 15.31 2.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.42 .7 10.42 .7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.42 4.6 18.42 4.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.89 8.6 18.89 8.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.12 11.2 13.12 11.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.66 11.3 8.66 11.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.47 2.3 9.47 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.12 5.1 12.12 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.46 6.7 10.46 6.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.12 19.3 10.12 19.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.64 3.0 9.64 3.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.47 3.5 10.47 3.5 – – Service............................................................. 11.42 2.4 8.82 2.0 23.97 1.2 1....................................................... 6.79 4.5 6.79 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.88 3.9 7.85 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.15 4.9 8.05 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.32 3.7 10.32 3.7 – – 5....................................................... 11.74 10.1 11.35 11.1 – – 6....................................................... $19.94 3.8 $15.43 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.87 4.6 – – $22.35 4.8 8....................................................... 21.18 12.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.19 11.1 – – – – Protective service............................................ 20.49 2.2 10.81 11.2 24.64 .6 6....................................................... 21.53 3.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.41 5.3 – – 22.41 5.3 8....................................................... 20.96 14.0 – – – – Firefighting................................................ 18.27 2.3 – – 18.27 2.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 29.14 11.2 – – – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.31 2.3 9.31 2.3 – – Food service.................................................. 8.28 3.2 8.28 3.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.58 8.5 6.58 8.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.61 2.2 7.61 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 7.97 6.9 7.97 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 9.74 2.9 9.74 2.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.47 1.7 6.47 1.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.50 11.5 6.50 11.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.03 1.2 6.03 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 6.61 3.9 6.61 3.9 – – Bartenders.................................................. 7.33 4.6 7.33 4.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.87 1.2 5.87 1.2 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.80 4.7 6.80 4.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.89 5.5 6.89 5.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.74 5.6 9.74 5.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.74 1.7 6.74 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.64 1.7 8.64 1.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.01 5.9 10.01 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.47 4.2 10.47 4.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.84 3.2 10.84 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.47 4.2 10.47 4.2 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.29 5.5 9.29 5.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.20 5.7 8.20 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.16 2.7 7.16 2.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.99 5.0 11.52 5.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.10 5.8 11.61 6.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.06 3.0 8.83 2.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.37 6.9 8.37 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.60 4.8 8.53 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.12 10.9 8.65 13.1 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.39 1.6 8.39 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.70 4.3 8.70 4.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.32 3.7 9.07 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.51 5.1 8.38 5.9 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.55 3.0 8.44 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 6.87 3.1 6.87 3.1 – – 3....................................................... $7.66 7.0 $7.66 7.0 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.97 4.5 6.97 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.54 .7 6.54 .7 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $11.47 7.9 $11.58 8.6 $10.48 11.8 All excluding sales............................................... 11.82 8.9 11.99 9.8 10.48 11.8 White collar........................................................ 16.64 9.0 16.89 9.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.23 1.9 7.23 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.25 3.4 7.78 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.26 6.2 9.26 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.93 5.3 11.63 7.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.45 10.3 21.16 10.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.04 5.8 11.70 8.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.31 3.9 26.46 4.1 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 27.52 2.1 27.52 2.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.97 7.4 8.97 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.24 6.5 9.24 6.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.10 8.4 9.10 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.85 7.6 9.85 7.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.74 2.8 10.44 3.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.69 5.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.66 4.5 10.59 5.0 – – 1....................................................... 10.16 5.4 9.97 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.77 16.3 10.77 16.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.06 4.3 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.55 4.0 10.48 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 10.38 4.7 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.77 16.3 10.77 16.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.29 8.4 7.29 8.4 – – Service............................................................. 7.50 5.9 7.15 6.4 9.70 17.2 1....................................................... 5.95 4.9 5.67 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 7.69 5.0 7.39 7.7 – – 3....................................................... $6.77 6.7 $6.72 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.25 4.9 11.27 5.4 – – Protective service............................................ 8.96 1.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.12 2.8 6.05 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 6.41 1.6 6.41 1.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.55 1.5 5.48 1.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.35 .7 5.35 .7 – – Other food service........................................... 7.29 8.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.56 4.2 11.49 4.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.49 4.4 11.41 5.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $7.09 13.3 $5.73 5.8 $9.83 19.4 2....................................................... 7.17 3.1 – – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.99 13.7 5.46 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.17 3.1 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.40 $11.47 $20.39 $14.84 $15.75 $19.65 All excluding sales............................................. 16.65 11.82 20.42 15.05 16.12 – White collar........................................................ 20.56 16.64 22.13 19.94 20.20 20.14 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.45 20.45 22.27 22.29 22.27 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.10 26.31 – 30.48 30.43 – Professional specialty.......................................... 34.36 27.52 – 33.53 33.27 – Technical....................................................... 21.28 – – 20.06 21.00 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.31 – – 30.55 30.21 – Sales............................................................. 13.90 8.97 – 13.23 11.28 19.84 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.34 10.74 19.49 12.65 14.12 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.39 10.66 19.67 14.16 15.71 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.62 – 23.04 16.24 18.49 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.94 – 12.67 11.58 11.81 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.42 – 21.24 – 18.55 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.12 10.55 – 12.27 12.40 – Service............................................................. 11.42 7.50 19.94 8.82 10.93 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.0 7.9 2.7 3.5 2.8 15.7 All excluding sales............................................. 2.8 8.9 2.7 3.4 2.9 – White collar........................................................ 5.0 9.0 7.4 4.5 4.0 23.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.7 10.3 7.6 4.1 4.0 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.0 3.9 – 5.4 5.1 – Professional specialty.......................................... 5.6 2.1 – 5.3 5.0 – Technical....................................................... 5.6 – – 3.6 5.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.7 – – 6.6 6.7 – Sales............................................................. 7.9 7.4 – 6.7 5.1 23.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 2.8 6.5 2.7 2.4 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.8 4.5 3.4 4.6 4.8 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8.7 – 5.6 7.9 9.2 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.1 – 8.4 8.7 5.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.6 – 8.9 – 4.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.2 4.0 – 11.5 8.4 – Service............................................................. 2.4 5.9 5.3 2.2 2.3 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $13.92 - – - $16.96 $13.36 - - $15.78 $11.92 All excluding sales............................................. 14.02 - – - 16.93 13.40 - - 14.75 12.13 White collar........................................................ 17.77 - – - 21.40 17.47 - - 16.29 18.04 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.77 - – - 21.94 19.57 - - 15.24 20.07 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.51 - – - 24.52 28.38 - - – 27.60 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.45 - – - – 30.44 - - – 29.71 Technical....................................................... 19.31 - – - – 19.63 - - – 19.79 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.97 - – - – 29.13 - - – 27.52 Sales............................................................. 13.19 - – - – 13.03 - - – 8.41 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.20 - – - – 11.90 - - 12.98 10.62 Blue collar......................................................... 15.65 - – - 14.89 15.12 - - – 10.82 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.27 - – - 18.78 18.62 - - – 14.86 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.81 - – - 13.11 – - - – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.32 - – - – 18.01 - - – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.45 - – - 12.24 12.50 - - – 8.45 Service............................................................. 8.60 - – - – 8.56 - - – 8.65 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.7 - – - 7.3 4.2 - - 8.4 5.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.6 - – - 7.7 4.0 - - 8.0 5.0 White collar........................................................ 5.7 - – - 6.7 6.3 - - 8.1 9.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.5 - – - 9.1 6.2 - - 7.8 7.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.2 - – - 8.7 6.9 - - – 8.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.3 - – - – 6.9 - - – 8.5 Technical....................................................... 2.7 - – - – 3.5 - - – 3.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.2 - – - – 9.7 - - – 13.1 Sales............................................................. 6.7 - – - – 7.0 - - – 4.0 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 - – - – 4.1 - - 5.0 6.3 Blue collar......................................................... 4.9 - – - 1.6 3.4 - - – 10.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.7 - – - 10.3 3.7 - - – 1.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.8 - – - 4.5 – - - – – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 - – - – 3.9 - - – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.6 - – - .7 9.7 - - – 2.0 Service............................................................. 2.0 - – - – 2.0 - - – 1.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $13.92 $15.47 $13.52 $14.66 $12.74 All excluding sales............................................. 14.02 15.13 13.74 15.12 12.93 White collar........................................................ 17.77 19.35 17.33 16.59 18.10 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.77 20.45 19.60 19.09 20.01 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.51 27.18 27.58 28.92 26.57 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.45 29.56 30.61 32.57 29.12 Technical....................................................... 19.31 20.52 19.08 18.24 19.68 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.97 38.49 27.15 26.12 27.51 Sales............................................................. 13.19 17.48 11.64 12.57 9.62 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.20 14.04 11.64 12.06 11.21 Blue collar......................................................... 15.65 14.65 16.18 15.41 17.37 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.27 16.04 20.10 21.63 17.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.81 13.49 11.24 12.93 10.07 Transportation and material moving................................ 18.32 – 19.83 16.88 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.45 8.82 13.30 10.30 – Service............................................................. 8.60 7.98 8.66 9.03 8.57 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.7 11.9 3.4 6.3 3.8 All excluding sales............................................. 3.6 10.6 3.5 6.9 3.3 White collar........................................................ 5.7 13.3 6.4 8.7 10.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.5 17.1 6.1 10.3 6.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.2 17.8 7.0 15.0 1.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.3 20.1 7.0 13.5 2.3 Technical....................................................... 2.7 3.1 2.9 5.7 2.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.2 14.6 10.5 4.9 12.6 Sales............................................................. 6.7 17.5 6.4 6.8 8.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 8.0 3.3 3.7 6.9 Blue collar......................................................... 4.9 4.1 5.8 10.6 7.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.7 8.3 5.4 3.2 4.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.8 13.1 6.3 2.2 11.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 – 8.8 11.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.6 11.0 9.4 2.8 – Service............................................................. 2.0 4.5 1.9 7.0 1.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.67 $8.50 $12.67 $20.49 $27.84 All excluding sales........................... 6.56 8.52 13.00 21.27 28.08 White collar.................................... 8.19 11.23 17.61 25.48 35.50 White collar excluding sales................ 9.25 13.01 19.61 26.96 39.43 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.19 22.00 26.69 32.19 50.35 Professional specialty...................... 21.73 23.93 29.00 38.46 55.29 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 29.07 29.53 32.32 35.36 36.11 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 23.00 25.00 28.01 31.01 44.00 Registered nurses....................... 22.77 24.21 26.69 29.74 30.76 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 19.82 23.14 24.69 27.12 29.67 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 15.68 18.13 20.33 25.24 28.55 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.23 17.76 19.24 20.33 20.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.85 23.86 27.43 39.43 46.72 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.72 24.66 29.00 39.43 47.35 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 12.80 20.19 33.30 39.43 39.43 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.64 23.66 25.48 38.84 46.72 Management related........................ 20.00 23.73 25.45 27.53 27.76 Sales......................................... 6.75 8.00 11.20 15.50 22.94 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.67 12.94 15.50 19.82 34.00 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.00 8.60 11.56 12.40 15.70 Cashiers................................ 6.25 7.00 8.50 11.35 14.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.04 10.00 13.26 17.79 20.27 Secretaries............................. 11.71 16.27 18.11 20.15 23.87 Hotel clerks............................ 7.35 8.00 9.50 10.25 11.25 Receptionists........................... 9.50 10.00 11.90 12.25 12.50 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.00 9.00 14.00 15.41 15.58 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.15 10.63 13.00 17.79 19.46 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.75 8.00 10.25 13.90 17.85 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 10.39 11.72 14.34 15.49 16.04 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.51 12.04 13.33 13.85 14.93 General office clerks................... 12.73 13.50 16.13 17.66 19.09 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 7.84 12.60 18.82 21.88 25.02 Blue collar..................................... 8.43 10.53 14.86 19.29 25.35 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $10.15 $14.82 $17.84 $23.18 $26.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.60 13.79 17.51 19.82 23.49 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.95 9.38 10.60 14.94 16.47 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.35 10.55 10.60 11.37 Transportation and material moving............ 12.00 14.31 16.63 24.10 24.10 Truck drivers........................... 13.00 15.25 19.00 24.10 24.10 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 8.57 10.60 12.50 15.13 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.80 6.00 6.70 12.61 15.13 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.50 9.50 11.50 12.80 14.10 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.37 8.88 9.28 10.34 11.63 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.25 8.25 10.20 11.55 12.60 Service......................................... 5.50 6.75 8.60 12.10 20.52 Protective service........................ 8.58 12.00 19.88 24.86 29.57 Firefighting............................ 16.48 17.74 18.06 19.60 19.88 Police and detectives, public service... 20.04 24.22 28.42 32.49 42.19 Guards and police, except public service 7.25 8.25 9.00 10.20 11.59 Food service.............................. 5.15 6.00 7.25 9.50 11.81 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 5.15 5.32 6.15 7.00 7.95 Bartenders.............................. 5.46 6.30 7.00 7.95 8.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 5.15 5.15 5.50 6.25 6.75 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 5.15 5.32 6.24 7.28 8.00 Other food service....................... 6.47 7.50 9.38 10.34 12.75 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.15 10.34 12.34 13.75 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.15 5.38 6.00 7.00 8.94 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.60 8.60 9.38 10.09 10.09 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.25 6.50 7.25 9.53 9.53 Health service............................ 9.48 10.25 11.31 13.33 14.44 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.48 10.25 11.42 13.56 14.44 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 7.25 8.50 10.39 12.04 Maids and housemen...................... 6.50 7.00 8.03 9.54 11.31 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.50 8.71 10.45 11.83 Personal service.......................... 5.15 5.98 7.19 8.84 14.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.40 6.50 8.00 9.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.30 $8.00 $11.00 $17.00 $25.48 All excluding sales........................... 6.25 8.00 11.00 17.40 25.48 White collar.................................... 7.76 9.85 14.34 23.66 31.07 White collar excluding sales................ 8.36 11.23 16.85 25.48 32.32 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.64 20.19 25.33 30.76 43.50 Professional specialty...................... 19.00 23.91 28.65 32.19 44.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 29.07 29.53 32.19 33.28 36.06 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 22.77 24.94 28.65 31.51 44.00 Registered nurses....................... 22.56 23.91 26.56 29.94 31.01 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.45 17.00 19.24 20.61 23.05 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.23 17.76 19.17 20.33 20.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.03 23.66 26.96 36.50 39.43 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.27 23.66 27.43 39.43 46.72 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 12.80 20.19 33.30 39.43 39.43 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.66 23.66 25.48 36.50 46.72 Management related........................ 16.24 23.86 24.08 26.96 33.90 Sales......................................... 6.75 8.00 11.20 15.35 22.94 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.67 12.94 15.50 19.82 34.00 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.00 8.60 11.56 12.40 15.70 Cashiers................................ 6.25 7.00 8.50 11.35 14.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.88 9.00 11.50 13.85 18.00 Secretaries............................. 11.71 15.50 16.80 18.11 23.87 Hotel clerks............................ 7.35 8.00 9.50 10.25 11.25 Receptionists........................... 9.50 9.50 10.75 12.25 13.00 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.00 9.00 14.00 15.41 15.58 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.00 10.05 11.60 13.65 17.79 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.75 8.00 10.25 13.90 17.85 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 10.39 11.72 14.34 15.49 16.04 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.51 12.04 13.33 13.85 14.93 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 7.13 7.80 10.25 11.97 13.70 Blue collar..................................... 8.25 10.30 14.25 19.00 24.70 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $10.00 $14.00 $17.51 $23.18 $26.62 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.18 12.41 17.18 21.35 23.49 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.95 9.38 10.60 14.94 16.47 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.35 10.55 10.60 11.37 Transportation and material moving............ 12.00 14.31 16.63 24.10 24.10 Truck drivers........................... 13.00 15.25 19.00 24.10 24.10 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 8.50 10.60 12.60 15.13 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.80 6.00 6.70 12.61 15.13 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.50 9.50 11.50 12.80 14.10 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.37 8.88 9.28 10.34 11.63 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.25 8.25 10.20 11.55 12.60 Service......................................... 5.38 6.30 8.00 10.00 12.50 Protective service........................ 7.75 8.40 9.57 12.07 15.38 Guards and police, except public service 7.25 8.25 9.00 10.20 11.59 Food service.............................. 5.15 6.00 7.25 9.50 11.81 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 5.15 5.32 6.13 7.00 7.82 Bartenders.............................. 5.46 6.30 7.00 7.82 8.67 Waiters and waitresses.................. 5.15 5.15 5.50 6.25 6.75 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 5.15 5.32 6.24 7.28 8.00 Other food service....................... 6.47 7.50 9.38 10.34 12.75 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.21 10.34 12.34 13.75 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.15 5.38 6.00 7.00 8.94 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.60 8.60 9.38 10.09 10.09 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.20 6.50 7.25 9.53 9.53 Health service............................ 9.48 10.06 11.24 12.94 14.44 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.48 10.15 11.24 13.00 14.44 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 7.25 8.50 10.05 11.29 Maids and housemen...................... 6.50 7.00 8.03 9.54 11.31 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.45 8.57 10.45 10.73 Personal service.......................... 5.15 5.85 7.00 8.75 13.56 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.38 6.37 7.75 8.84 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $15.00 $18.27 $22.59 $27.76 $42.19 All excluding sales........................... 14.89 18.27 22.54 27.76 42.19 White collar.................................... 16.24 19.09 23.68 28.55 47.35 White collar excluding sales................ 16.24 19.09 23.68 28.55 47.35 Professional specialty and technical.......... 22.59 24.69 28.55 41.35 59.59 Professional specialty...................... 22.59 24.18 29.67 45.91 64.33 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 23.06 25.38 27.76 47.35 47.35 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.90 38.84 43.15 47.35 47.35 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 14.86 16.71 18.85 20.15 25.02 Blue collar..................................... 12.00 14.86 19.46 25.62 27.84 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.86 16.37 19.46 27.84 27.84 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 11.41 18.06 21.77 24.86 32.49 Protective service........................ 18.06 19.76 22.43 25.84 32.49 Firefighting............................ 16.48 17.74 18.06 19.60 19.88 Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 7.25 8.00 8.75 11.00 17.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.99 $8.84 $13.33 $21.28 $27.98 All excluding sales........................... 6.99 8.93 13.75 21.88 28.35 White collar.................................... 8.28 11.40 17.79 25.48 36.31 White collar excluding sales................ 9.50 13.09 19.61 26.69 39.43 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.27 22.00 26.58 34.97 52.51 Professional specialty...................... 21.52 23.75 29.08 41.35 56.88 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 29.07 29.53 32.25 34.97 36.11 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 23.00 25.22 27.89 35.41 55.29 Registered nurses....................... 22.77 23.92 26.69 29.18 31.01 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 19.82 23.14 24.69 27.12 29.67 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 16.13 18.19 20.33 25.24 28.55 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.23 18.00 19.24 20.33 20.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.85 23.86 27.43 39.43 46.72 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.72 24.66 29.00 39.43 47.35 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 12.80 20.19 33.30 39.43 39.43 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.64 23.66 25.48 38.84 46.72 Management related........................ 20.00 23.73 25.45 27.53 27.76 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.45 11.40 16.41 25.34 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.67 12.94 15.50 19.82 34.00 Cashiers................................ 6.16 7.00 8.44 11.35 14.45 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.07 10.05 13.61 18.00 21.15 Secretaries............................. 11.71 16.28 18.11 20.15 23.87 Hotel clerks............................ 7.35 8.00 9.50 10.25 11.25 Receptionists........................... 9.50 9.50 11.00 12.25 13.00 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.00 9.00 14.00 15.41 15.58 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.25 10.63 13.23 17.79 19.55 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.75 8.00 10.25 13.90 17.85 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 10.39 11.72 14.34 15.49 16.04 General office clerks................... 12.73 13.50 16.13 17.66 19.09 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 7.84 12.15 19.17 21.88 25.02 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.60 15.25 20.75 25.49 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.15 14.82 17.84 23.18 26.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.60 13.79 17.51 19.82 23.49 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $8.00 $9.38 $10.60 $14.95 $16.47 Assemblers.............................. 9.25 9.85 10.55 10.60 11.37 Transportation and material moving............ 12.50 14.50 16.90 24.10 24.10 Truck drivers........................... 13.00 15.25 19.00 24.10 24.10 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.52 9.00 10.41 12.60 15.99 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.80 6.00 10.09 14.43 15.13 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.25 8.79 9.20 10.15 11.63 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.25 9.00 10.60 11.55 13.05 Service......................................... 5.88 7.00 8.84 12.75 21.77 Protective service........................ 8.79 14.50 20.04 24.86 29.67 Firefighting............................ 16.48 17.74 18.06 19.60 19.88 Police and detectives, public service... 20.04 24.22 28.42 32.49 42.19 Guards and police, except public service 7.25 8.24 8.84 10.51 12.00 Food service.............................. 5.46 6.25 7.52 9.53 12.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 5.15 5.50 6.25 7.20 7.95 Bartenders.............................. 5.62 7.00 7.20 8.04 8.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 5.15 5.40 5.61 6.25 7.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 5.30 6.05 6.87 7.33 8.21 Other food service....................... 6.50 8.50 9.50 11.00 12.81 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.21 10.34 12.34 13.75 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.60 8.60 9.38 10.09 10.09 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.10 6.50 7.24 9.53 12.75 Health service............................ 9.48 10.00 11.19 14.24 14.44 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.48 10.15 11.25 14.44 14.56 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 7.24 8.54 10.45 12.08 Maids and housemen...................... 6.50 7.00 8.03 9.54 11.31 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.43 9.12 10.52 12.65 Personal service.......................... 5.30 6.00 7.41 8.84 15.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.88 6.56 8.00 8.92 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $6.75 $8.70 $13.00 $24.99 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 6.50 8.75 13.55 25.57 White collar.................................... 7.50 8.50 13.55 25.11 30.32 White collar excluding sales................ 8.19 12.60 22.52 29.03 30.76 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.17 23.53 27.38 30.06 31.51 Professional specialty...................... 22.52 25.00 28.11 30.68 31.51 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.50 7.47 8.50 9.00 14.35 Cashiers................................ 6.30 7.25 8.75 9.00 14.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 8.19 11.83 13.55 13.55 Blue collar..................................... 6.70 7.50 11.50 12.50 15.10 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.70 7.50 11.50 12.50 14.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.20 6.25 6.70 7.25 7.54 Service......................................... 5.15 5.15 7.04 8.50 11.03 Protective service........................ 7.50 8.50 9.00 9.50 10.00 Food service.............................. 5.15 5.15 5.50 7.25 7.81 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 5.15 5.15 5.15 5.50 6.30 Waiters and waitresses.................. 5.15 5.15 5.15 5.50 5.50 Other food service....................... 5.50 7.09 7.25 7.81 9.00 Health service............................ 8.19 10.46 11.50 13.00 14.27 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.10 10.46 11.50 13.00 13.77 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.15 5.15 5.85 8.00 10.00 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.15 5.63 8.00 9.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Reno, NV, February 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 78,400 65,200 13,200 All excluding sales............................................. 71,000 57,800 13,200 White collar........................................................ 31,400 24,000 7,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24,100 16,700 7,400 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8,900 5,900 3,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 6,900 4,400 2,500 Technical....................................................... 2,000 1,500 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3,200 2,100 1,000 Sales............................................................. 7,400 7,300 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12,000 8,700 3,400 Blue collar......................................................... 18,600 17,300 1,300 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8,000 7,200 900 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2,300 2,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,200 2,200 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6,200 5,700 - Service............................................................. 28,300 23,800 4,500 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.