NC BL 12/00/2005 Table: Rochester, NY, Bulletin 3130-33, February 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $20.25 4.6 35.5 $19.12 6.4 35.7 $24.08 2.8 34.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.05 5.1 35.7 21.66 7.5 36.1 27.68 3.7 34.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.86 4.6 35.9 26.65 7.5 36.5 34.42 3.4 34.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.87 7.3 39.2 33.12 8.6 39.6 31.77 8.7 37.6 Sales............................................................. 11.22 10.2 32.2 11.22 10.2 32.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 15.31 4.1 36.2 15.40 5.9 37.4 15.09 2.1 33.7 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.60 3.8 37.7 16.50 4.3 38.0 17.37 1.3 35.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.65 4.6 39.9 19.77 5.2 40.0 18.90 .9 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.56 2.8 39.9 14.58 2.8 39.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.54 8.2 31.8 13.43 10.7 33.9 16.70 4.7 28.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.76 8.9 29.9 11.12 10.0 28.1 14.33 5.3 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 14.25 9.3 31.9 11.61 13.9 29.9 18.26 3.9 35.4 Full time........................................................... 21.31 4.6 38.7 20.19 6.4 39.5 24.89 3.7 36.6 Part time........................................................... 11.83 12.7 21.4 11.73 14.8 21.5 12.46 9.7 20.5 Union............................................................... 21.65 5.1 36.1 17.05 10.8 37.2 24.06 2.6 35.6 Nonunion............................................................ 19.61 7.2 35.2 19.46 7.5 35.5 24.21 8.1 29.4 Time................................................................ 20.27 4.6 35.7 19.14 6.4 35.9 24.08 2.8 34.8 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 22.59 10.2 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.73 19.8 36.4 17.80 20.0 36.5 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.79 3.7 33.3 15.69 4.3 33.1 24.29 4.9 34.8 500 workers or more................................................. 23.09 4.7 37.0 22.57 7.2 38.1 24.11 3.2 34.9 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.25 4.6 $19.12 6.4 $24.08 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 21.29 4.6 20.35 6.5 24.08 2.8 White collar........................................................ 23.05 5.1 21.66 7.5 27.68 3.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.43 4.4 24.56 6.5 27.68 3.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.86 4.6 26.65 7.5 34.42 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.44 4.3 29.52 7.4 35.17 3.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.92 7.5 33.94 8.4 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 34.14 6.3 34.14 6.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.28 1.6 38.51 2.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.27 10.8 32.27 10.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.27 10.8 32.27 10.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.81 7.8 24.29 8.9 28.75 7.1 Registered nurses........................................... 23.77 4.4 23.66 5.0 24.61 1.5 Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.83 5.6 – – 41.33 2.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 39.17 3.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.73 3.8 – – 37.30 3.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.64 4.9 – – 37.64 4.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.69 3.1 – – 38.61 2.2 Teachers, special education................................. 38.84 3.6 – – 40.28 .8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 33.76 4.5 – – 34.89 4.7 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.02 10.3 – – 31.02 10.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.92 9.1 17.10 1.3 23.50 6.7 Social workers.............................................. 20.01 9.4 17.10 1.3 23.91 6.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.25 4.9 18.38 5.3 16.10 1.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.70 1.9 15.57 2.9 16.27 1.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.87 7.3 33.12 8.6 31.77 8.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.82 8.5 44.96 10.0 44.10 9.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.06 2.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 46.25 11.0 46.06 11.8 – – Management related............................................ 23.93 5.3 23.74 6.8 24.67 .6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.86 3.0 19.99 3.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.63 4.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.47 3.6 – – 29.49 8.1 Sales............................................................. 11.22 10.2 11.22 10.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.21 6.0 8.21 6.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $15.31 4.1 $15.40 5.9 $15.09 2.1 Secretaries................................................. 14.50 5.8 14.16 5.9 17.95 8.6 Typists..................................................... 14.19 2.6 – – 14.19 2.6 Library clerks.............................................. 10.73 9.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.44 7.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.65 9.9 – – 13.40 6.4 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.11 12.4 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.69 3.5 – – 9.69 3.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.59 12.9 – – 10.30 11.2 Blue collar......................................................... 16.60 3.8 16.50 4.3 17.37 1.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.65 4.6 19.77 5.2 18.90 .9 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.47 6.2 – – 18.63 6.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.56 2.8 14.58 2.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.42 10.4 12.42 10.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.20 20.0 17.20 20.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.54 8.2 13.43 10.7 16.70 4.7 Truck drivers............................................... 14.94 7.7 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.27 10.5 – – 15.77 .3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.76 8.9 11.12 10.0 14.33 5.3 Service............................................................. 14.25 9.3 11.61 13.9 18.26 3.9 Protective service............................................ 24.05 5.1 24.93 13.1 23.63 3.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.86 4.8 – – 22.95 5.4 Food service.................................................. 8.09 17.4 – – 11.23 6.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.77 6.1 – – 11.47 5.3 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.27 8.5 – – 9.90 8.8 Health service................................................ 11.90 4.7 10.45 3.4 14.99 6.5 Health aides, except nursing................................ 16.17 4.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.68 2.6 10.50 3.3 11.67 5.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.68 7.6 9.33 5.8 12.95 3.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.63 8.2 9.35 6.0 12.95 4.5 Personal service.............................................. 8.89 4.6 8.89 5.2 – – 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $21.31 4.6 $20.19 6.4 $24.89 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 22.06 4.5 21.07 6.4 24.89 3.7 White collar........................................................ 24.15 5.0 22.78 7.5 28.34 4.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.80 4.4 24.81 6.7 28.34 4.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.19 4.4 26.81 7.5 34.93 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.72 4.2 29.63 7.6 35.61 2.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.92 7.5 33.94 8.4 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 34.14 6.3 34.14 6.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.28 1.6 38.51 2.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.27 10.8 32.27 10.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.27 10.8 32.27 10.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.60 5.5 22.72 6.4 29.17 7.2 Registered nurses........................................... 23.63 5.9 23.43 6.9 25.00 1.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.97 5.7 – – 41.60 2.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 39.17 3.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.44 3.2 – – 37.88 3.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.64 4.9 – – 37.64 4.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.69 3.1 – – 38.61 2.2 Teachers, special education................................. 38.84 3.6 – – 40.28 .8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.38 2.4 – – 37.38 2.4 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.76 12.7 – – 31.76 12.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.13 10.8 16.82 .0 23.50 6.7 Social workers.............................................. 20.24 11.2 16.82 .0 23.91 6.2 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.46 4.9 18.60 5.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.67 2.7 15.53 4.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.87 7.3 33.12 8.6 31.77 8.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.82 8.5 44.96 10.0 44.10 9.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.06 2.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 46.25 11.0 46.06 11.8 – – Management related............................................ 23.93 5.3 23.74 6.8 24.67 .6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.86 3.0 19.99 3.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.63 4.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.47 3.6 – – 29.49 8.1 Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.57 4.2 15.60 5.9 15.51 3.0 Secretaries................................................. 14.97 5.6 14.65 5.7 17.95 8.6 Typists..................................................... $14.19 3.0 – – $14.19 3.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.44 7.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 15.14 9.6 – – 13.79 8.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.13 12.5 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.67 3.9 – – 9.67 3.9 Blue collar......................................................... 16.94 3.7 $16.88 4.2 17.49 1.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.65 4.6 19.77 5.2 18.90 .9 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.47 6.2 – – 18.63 6.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.56 2.8 14.58 2.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.42 10.4 12.42 10.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.20 20.0 17.20 20.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.71 10.3 14.98 15.0 16.97 7.9 Truck drivers............................................... 14.94 7.7 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.80 7.7 – – 14.33 5.3 Service............................................................. 15.99 8.6 13.23 15.0 19.25 3.5 Protective service............................................ 24.48 4.9 24.97 13.2 24.24 2.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.86 4.8 – – 22.95 5.4 Food service.................................................. 11.81 7.6 – – 11.73 7.5 Other food service........................................... 11.08 7.2 – – 11.98 7.0 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.70 8.1 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.44 5.2 10.65 2.6 15.43 5.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 16.17 4.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.95 2.0 10.74 2.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.65 7.7 9.33 5.8 12.98 3.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.61 8.4 9.35 6.0 12.98 4.6 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 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................................................................... $11.83 12.7 $11.73 14.8 $12.46 9.7 All excluding sales............................................... 12.82 11.5 12.91 14.9 12.46 9.7 White collar........................................................ 13.82 16.9 13.84 18.7 13.58 14.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.08 11.4 20.65 14.7 13.58 14.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.73 15.9 24.58 18.8 18.68 7.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.58 15.8 28.06 18.2 19.09 6.9 Health related................................................ 30.65 15.4 30.98 15.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.51 3.1 24.79 2.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 16.40 12.8 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.99 1.5 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.76 1.5 – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.87 27.7 9.87 27.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.92 15.4 12.77 21.3 10.30 3.1 Blue collar......................................................... 10.67 11.8 9.49 11.0 16.12 1.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.57 8.8 – – 16.12 1.1 Bus drivers................................................. 12.69 11.4 – – 16.12 1.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 8.30 9.3 7.93 9.6 9.95 4.1 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – 10.37 9.7 Other food service........................................... 10.16 10.6 – – 10.55 9.5 Health service................................................ 9.98 6.1 9.92 7.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.98 6.1 9.92 7.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.47 6.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 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................................................................... $825 4.7 38.7 $796 6.5 39.5 $911 3.4 36.6 All excluding sales............................................... 852 4.6 38.6 830 6.5 39.4 911 3.4 36.6 White collar........................................................ 929 5.2 38.5 900 7.5 39.5 1,011 3.6 35.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 987 4.7 38.3 977 6.8 39.4 1,011 3.6 35.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,111 4.7 38.0 1,056 7.7 39.4 1,228 2.0 35.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,196 4.5 37.7 1,163 7.8 39.2 1,252 1.8 35.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,359 6.7 40.1 1,369 7.2 40.3 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,366 6.3 40.0 1,366 6.3 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,522 1.7 39.8 1,540 2.2 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,290 10.8 40.0 1,290 10.8 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,290 10.8 40.0 1,290 10.8 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 917 5.6 38.9 894 6.6 39.4 1,052 3.8 36.1 Registered nurses........................................... 922 6.2 39.0 922 7.2 39.3 922 1.2 36.9 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,500 6.9 34.9 – – – 1,488 4.5 35.8 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,366 3.9 34.9 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,304 1.6 34.8 – – – 1,319 1.2 34.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,319 2.4 35.1 – – – 1,319 2.4 35.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,283 2.6 34.0 – – – 1,308 2.0 33.9 Teachers, special education................................. 1,293 3.2 33.3 – – – 1,331 1.4 33.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,401 1.4 37.5 – – – 1,401 1.4 37.5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,146 11.9 36.1 – – – 1,146 11.9 36.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 724 11.4 35.9 602 .0 35.8 848 8.2 36.1 Social workers.............................................. 728 11.8 36.0 602 .0 35.8 865 7.4 36.2 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 730 5.1 39.5 740 5.3 39.8 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 599 3.7 38.2 609 3.5 39.2 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,289 7.3 39.2 1,312 8.3 39.6 1,193 9.8 37.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,759 7.9 39.2 1,766 9.3 39.3 1,720 10.5 39.0 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,618 3.5 39.4 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,805 10.0 39.0 1,797 10.6 39.0 – – – Management related............................................ 938 5.5 39.2 947 6.9 39.9 907 2.2 36.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 776 4.4 39.1 794 3.7 39.7 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 810 4.2 39.2 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,095 5.1 38.5 – – – 1,078 9.3 36.6 Sales............................................................. – – – – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $595 4.3 38.2 $613 5.9 39.3 $557 2.6 35.9 Secretaries................................................. 571 5.4 38.2 562 5.8 38.4 652 8.7 36.3 Typists..................................................... 541 2.5 38.1 – – – 541 2.5 38.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 551 5.0 38.2 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 589 10.1 38.9 – – – 527 8.5 38.3 Data entry keyers........................................... 470 11.1 38.7 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 308 3.7 31.9 – – – 308 3.7 31.9 Blue collar......................................................... 663 4.5 39.1 663 5.0 39.3 662 4.2 37.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 784 4.6 39.9 790 5.2 40.0 748 .9 39.6 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 817 6.3 39.9 – – – 737 6.9 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 581 3.0 39.9 581 3.0 39.9 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 496 10.6 39.9 496 10.6 39.9 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 688 20.0 40.0 688 20.0 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 576 11.1 36.6 599 15.0 40.0 544 16.9 32.0 Truck drivers............................................... 598 7.7 40.0 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 439 14.8 34.3 – – – 573 5.3 40.0 Service............................................................. 628 8.5 39.3 525 15.1 39.7 747 3.3 38.8 Protective service............................................ 972 5.0 39.7 992 13.6 39.7 962 3.0 39.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 868 5.0 39.7 – – – 907 6.3 39.5 Food service.................................................. 417 10.1 35.3 – – – 389 8.0 33.1 Other food service........................................... 378 7.3 34.1 – – – 400 8.1 33.4 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 303 9.6 34.8 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 482 5.0 38.8 419 2.6 39.3 585 5.1 37.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 608 4.1 37.6 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 430 2.4 39.3 422 2.5 39.3 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 424 7.7 39.8 373 5.8 40.0 511 4.9 39.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 422 8.4 39.8 374 6.0 40.0 510 6.1 39.3 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 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................................................................... $41,300 4.7 1,938 $40,849 6.5 2,024 $42,513 3.4 1,708 All excluding sales............................................... 42,518 4.6 1,928 42,520 6.5 2,018 42,513 3.4 1,708 White collar........................................................ 45,989 5.2 1,905 46,284 7.5 2,032 45,278 3.6 1,598 White collar excluding sales.................................... 48,573 4.7 1,883 50,195 6.8 2,023 45,278 3.6 1,598 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,999 4.7 1,816 53,780 7.7 2,006 51,613 2.0 1,478 Professional specialty.......................................... 56,052 4.5 1,767 58,807 7.8 1,985 52,263 1.8 1,467 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 70,693 6.7 2,084 71,171 7.2 2,097 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 71,020 6.3 2,080 71,020 6.3 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 79,129 1.7 2,067 80,098 2.2 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 67,092 10.8 2,079 67,092 10.8 2,079 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 67,092 10.8 2,079 67,092 10.8 2,079 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 47,132 5.6 1,997 46,503 6.6 2,047 50,530 3.8 1,732 Registered nurses........................................... 47,926 6.2 2,028 47,922 7.2 2,045 47,956 1.2 1,918 Teachers, college and university.............................. 57,792 6.9 1,345 – – – 55,015 4.5 1,322 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 52,657 3.9 1,344 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 51,906 1.6 1,386 – – – 52,779 1.2 1,393 Elementary school teachers.................................. 51,865 2.4 1,378 – – – 51,865 2.4 1,378 Secondary school teachers................................... 51,585 2.6 1,369 – – – 53,372 2.0 1,382 Teachers, special education................................. 51,873 3.2 1,335 – – – 54,054 1.4 1,342 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 55,273 1.4 1,479 – – – 55,273 1.4 1,479 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 47,982 11.9 1,511 – – – 47,982 11.9 1,511 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 37,444 11.4 1,860 31,325 .0 1,862 43,674 8.2 1,859 Social workers.............................................. 37,681 11.8 1,861 31,325 .0 1,862 44,503 7.4 1,861 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 37,933 5.1 2,055 38,489 5.3 2,069 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 31,167 3.7 1,989 31,672 3.5 2,039 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 67,034 7.3 2,040 68,246 8.3 2,061 62,054 9.8 1,953 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 91,446 7.9 2,040 91,829 9.3 2,042 89,450 10.5 2,028 Administrators, education and related fields................ 84,151 3.5 2,049 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 93,882 10.0 2,030 93,436 10.6 2,029 – – – Management related............................................ 48,800 5.5 2,039 49,260 6.9 2,075 47,184 2.2 1,913 Accountants and auditors.................................... 40,354 4.4 2,032 41,297 3.7 2,066 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 42,101 4.2 2,040 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 56,923 5.1 1,999 – – – 56,081 9.3 1,902 Sales............................................................. – – – – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $30,100 4.3 1,933 $31,706 5.9 2,033 $26,992 2.6 1,740 Secretaries................................................. 29,697 5.4 1,984 29,229 5.8 1,995 33,900 8.7 1,888 Typists..................................................... 28,116 2.5 1,982 – – – 28,116 2.5 1,982 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,671 5.0 1,986 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 30,228 10.1 1,996 – – – 26,815 8.5 1,945 Data entry keyers........................................... 24,422 11.1 2,013 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12,331 3.7 1,275 – – – 12,331 3.7 1,275 Blue collar......................................................... 33,595 4.5 1,983 33,654 5.0 1,994 33,136 4.2 1,894 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,785 4.6 2,075 41,073 5.2 2,078 38,896 .9 2,058 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 42,472 6.3 2,074 – – – 38,345 6.9 2,058 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,321 3.0 2,014 29,346 3.0 2,013 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 23,458 10.6 1,888 23,458 10.6 1,888 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 35,770 20.0 2,080 35,770 20.0 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 24,139 11.1 1,536 24,041 15.0 1,605 24,289 16.9 1,431 Truck drivers............................................... 31,074 7.7 2,080 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,820 14.8 1,782 – – – 29,815 5.3 2,080 Service............................................................. 32,359 8.5 2,023 27,306 15.1 2,064 38,071 3.3 1,978 Protective service............................................ 50,501 5.0 2,063 51,591 13.6 2,066 49,961 3.0 2,061 Police and detectives, public service....................... 45,160 5.0 2,066 – – – 47,155 6.3 2,055 Food service.................................................. 18,664 10.1 1,580 – – – 16,129 8.0 1,375 Other food service........................................... 16,448 7.3 1,484 – – – 16,777 8.1 1,400 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 13,589 9.6 1,561 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 25,084 5.0 2,017 21,791 2.6 2,045 30,427 5.1 1,971 Health aides, except nursing................................ 31,633 4.1 1,957 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,355 2.4 2,042 21,962 2.5 2,046 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 21,902 7.7 2,056 19,408 5.8 2,080 26,167 4.9 2,016 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 21,798 8.4 2,055 19,456 6.0 2,080 26,102 6.1 2,010 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.25 4.6 $19.12 6.4 $24.08 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 21.29 4.6 20.35 6.5 24.08 2.8 White collar........................................................ 23.05 5.1 21.66 7.5 27.68 3.7 2....................................................... 9.83 4.8 9.39 6.9 11.02 3.8 3....................................................... 11.82 5.4 11.26 10.4 12.44 .8 4....................................................... 13.34 2.8 13.11 3.5 14.37 3.0 5....................................................... 17.99 5.6 16.86 3.8 20.43 11.4 6....................................................... 19.15 10.0 19.08 11.3 19.67 5.2 7....................................................... 22.41 3.4 21.72 3.5 27.57 10.6 8....................................................... 28.07 6.9 25.69 6.0 32.74 10.1 9....................................................... 31.61 3.6 27.30 4.5 37.43 3.9 10........................................................ 36.03 2.7 34.61 2.3 40.54 2.2 11........................................................ 34.82 5.6 35.00 6.1 33.37 5.3 12........................................................ 45.24 4.1 45.28 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.10 11.8 – – 34.54 11.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.43 4.4 24.56 6.5 27.68 3.7 1....................................................... 9.09 8.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.49 7.1 12.07 14.8 11.02 3.8 3....................................................... 12.24 4.6 12.01 10.0 12.44 .8 4....................................................... 13.57 2.8 13.34 3.7 14.37 3.0 5....................................................... 17.99 5.6 16.86 3.8 20.43 11.4 6....................................................... 19.15 10.0 19.08 11.3 19.67 5.2 7....................................................... 21.91 2.8 21.13 2.5 27.57 10.6 8....................................................... 28.44 7.3 25.74 7.1 32.74 10.1 9....................................................... 31.61 3.6 27.30 4.5 37.43 3.9 10........................................................ 36.03 2.7 34.61 2.3 40.54 2.2 11........................................................ 34.82 5.6 35.00 6.1 33.37 5.3 12........................................................ 45.27 4.1 45.31 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.73 14.1 33.57 16.7 34.54 11.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.86 4.6 26.65 7.5 34.42 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.44 4.3 29.52 7.4 35.17 3.3 5....................................................... 20.59 4.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.75 8.3 – – 20.68 1.2 7....................................................... 22.42 3.0 22.04 3.5 25.12 4.1 8....................................................... 29.65 8.5 26.09 10.9 33.69 8.4 9....................................................... 34.36 4.0 29.52 5.6 37.71 3.9 10........................................................ 35.65 2.9 34.85 3.4 39.05 5.3 11........................................................ 34.20 5.7 34.36 6.1 32.59 5.9 12........................................................ 46.86 4.9 46.95 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.20 5.1 31.79 5.4 27.70 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.92 7.5 33.94 8.4 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 34.14 6.3 34.14 6.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.28 1.6 38.51 2.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.27 10.8 32.27 10.8 – – 9....................................................... $30.71 7.5 $30.71 7.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.27 10.8 32.27 10.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.71 7.5 30.71 7.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.81 7.8 24.29 8.9 $28.75 7.1 7....................................................... 21.79 5.1 21.79 5.1 – – 8....................................................... 23.74 3.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.62 3.6 – – 28.40 10.9 Registered nurses........................................... 23.77 4.4 23.66 5.0 24.61 1.5 7....................................................... 22.54 4.5 22.54 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 24.05 1.5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.83 5.6 – – 41.33 2.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 39.17 3.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.73 3.8 – – 37.30 3.9 8....................................................... 35.81 4.4 – – 36.75 2.4 9....................................................... 38.19 4.0 – – 38.41 4.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.64 4.9 – – 37.64 4.9 9....................................................... 37.75 6.6 – – 37.75 6.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.69 3.1 – – 38.61 2.2 9....................................................... 38.38 3.2 – – 39.03 2.6 Teachers, special education................................. 38.84 3.6 – – 40.28 .8 9....................................................... 40.65 .5 – – 40.65 .5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 33.76 4.5 – – 34.89 4.7 9....................................................... 36.83 4.2 – – 36.83 4.2 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.02 10.3 – – 31.02 10.3 9....................................................... 35.09 14.1 – – 35.09 14.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.92 9.1 17.10 1.3 23.50 6.7 7....................................................... 21.69 11.2 – – 24.86 8.7 Social workers.............................................. 20.01 9.4 17.10 1.3 23.91 6.2 7....................................................... 21.69 11.2 – – 24.86 8.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.25 4.9 18.38 5.3 16.10 1.0 4....................................................... 13.44 5.6 13.22 5.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.70 1.9 15.57 2.9 16.27 1.1 4....................................................... 15.18 1.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.87 7.3 33.12 8.6 31.77 8.7 7....................................................... 21.14 5.5 – – 24.86 10.5 8....................................................... 26.91 10.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.68 5.2 26.40 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.79 13.6 43.40 15.6 39.76 19.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.82 8.5 44.96 10.0 44.10 9.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... $48.36 8.9 $48.39 10.0 $48.12 17.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.06 2.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 46.25 11.0 46.06 11.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.02 10.4 49.16 11.3 – – Management related............................................ 23.93 5.3 23.74 6.8 24.67 .6 7....................................................... 20.26 1.7 – – 21.81 1.9 9....................................................... 25.26 4.3 24.73 4.3 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.86 3.0 19.99 3.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.63 4.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.47 3.6 – – 29.49 8.1 Sales............................................................. 11.22 10.2 11.22 10.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.29 2.2 8.29 2.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.21 6.0 8.21 6.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.31 4.1 15.40 5.9 15.09 2.1 1....................................................... 9.09 8.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.49 7.1 12.07 14.8 11.02 3.8 3....................................................... 12.24 4.6 12.01 10.0 12.44 .8 4....................................................... 13.63 3.7 13.40 5.2 14.22 3.4 5....................................................... 18.12 9.0 16.33 5.8 22.17 17.7 6....................................................... 17.24 10.3 17.18 10.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.57 17.3 14.55 18.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.50 5.8 14.16 5.9 17.95 8.6 4....................................................... 13.98 4.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.79 8.7 – – – – Typists..................................................... 14.19 2.6 – – 14.19 2.6 Library clerks.............................................. 10.73 9.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.44 7.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.65 9.9 – – 13.40 6.4 4....................................................... 13.43 7.0 – – 13.62 7.4 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.11 12.4 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.69 3.5 – – 9.69 3.5 2....................................................... 9.57 3.6 – – 9.57 3.6 3....................................................... 9.47 .9 – – 9.47 .9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.59 12.9 – – 10.30 11.2 Blue collar......................................................... 16.60 3.8 16.50 4.3 17.37 1.3 1....................................................... 10.29 9.0 9.99 11.2 – – 2....................................................... 12.06 8.5 11.97 9.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.88 8.5 13.43 9.0 16.89 5.5 4....................................................... 14.02 4.6 13.81 4.7 15.94 8.2 5....................................................... 16.60 7.3 16.28 8.6 18.35 4.0 6....................................................... 17.98 4.9 17.97 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.61 2.8 21.46 4.7 18.90 2.1 8....................................................... 24.34 1.2 24.34 1.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $19.11 9.4 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.65 4.6 $19.77 5.2 $18.90 0.9 5....................................................... 15.74 6.9 14.90 6.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.88 5.5 17.85 6.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.45 2.3 23.15 4.8 18.99 2.5 8....................................................... 24.16 1.5 24.16 1.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.47 6.2 – – 18.63 6.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.56 2.8 14.58 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 14.88 19.8 14.99 20.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.11 7.3 13.11 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.71 5.2 14.71 5.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.84 5.9 17.84 5.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.42 10.4 12.42 10.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.20 20.0 17.20 20.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.54 8.2 13.43 10.7 16.70 4.7 3....................................................... 15.16 10.1 – – 17.08 6.5 4....................................................... 12.96 11.1 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.94 7.7 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.27 10.5 – – 15.77 .3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.76 8.9 11.12 10.0 14.33 5.3 Service............................................................. 14.25 9.3 11.61 13.9 18.26 3.9 1....................................................... 8.49 8.9 7.94 10.1 10.16 2.3 2....................................................... 11.19 6.9 9.01 6.0 13.29 5.4 3....................................................... 10.89 3.8 10.25 3.1 13.85 7.6 4....................................................... 12.86 8.1 – – 17.29 6.6 5....................................................... 17.93 8.5 – – 17.93 8.5 6....................................................... 23.21 2.0 – – 23.21 2.0 7....................................................... 27.68 6.6 – – 27.05 4.4 Protective service............................................ 24.05 5.1 24.93 13.1 23.63 3.6 6....................................................... 23.30 1.7 – – 23.30 1.7 7....................................................... 27.68 6.6 – – 27.05 4.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.86 4.8 – – 22.95 5.4 Food service.................................................. 8.09 17.4 – – 11.23 6.5 1....................................................... – – – – 7.89 2.7 Other food service........................................... 10.77 6.1 – – 11.47 5.3 1....................................................... 7.69 2.2 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.27 8.5 – – 9.90 8.8 1....................................................... 7.69 2.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.90 4.7 10.45 3.4 14.99 6.5 2....................................................... 13.01 4.7 – – 13.87 7.3 3....................................................... 10.79 4.0 10.33 3.9 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ $16.17 4.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.68 2.6 $10.50 3.3 $11.67 5.0 2....................................................... 10.24 1.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.61 3.4 10.36 4.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.68 7.6 9.33 5.8 12.95 3.5 1....................................................... 9.73 5.7 9.21 5.4 11.20 1.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.63 8.2 9.35 6.0 12.95 4.5 1....................................................... 9.75 5.9 9.23 5.8 11.20 1.9 Personal service.............................................. 8.89 4.6 8.89 5.2 – – 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 four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $21.31 4.6 $20.19 6.4 $24.89 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 22.06 4.5 21.07 6.4 24.89 3.7 White collar........................................................ 24.15 5.0 22.78 7.5 28.34 4.3 2....................................................... 11.09 7.6 11.10 14.5 11.07 4.0 3....................................................... 12.57 4.9 12.38 10.4 12.75 1.9 4....................................................... 13.48 2.8 13.22 3.7 14.59 3.9 5....................................................... 18.17 6.0 16.99 4.2 20.82 13.3 6....................................................... 19.15 10.1 19.08 11.3 19.69 5.6 7....................................................... 22.41 3.5 21.66 3.6 27.57 10.6 8....................................................... 28.24 7.3 25.73 6.3 33.04 10.8 9....................................................... 31.66 3.6 27.31 4.6 37.43 3.9 10........................................................ 36.03 2.7 34.61 2.3 40.54 2.2 11........................................................ 34.98 5.5 35.11 6.0 33.90 5.7 12........................................................ 45.24 4.1 45.28 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.58 14.2 – – 35.20 13.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.80 4.4 24.81 6.7 28.34 4.3 2....................................................... 11.56 7.2 12.20 15.3 11.07 4.0 3....................................................... 12.57 4.9 12.38 10.4 12.75 1.9 4....................................................... 13.55 3.2 13.25 4.3 14.59 3.9 5....................................................... 18.17 6.0 16.99 4.2 20.82 13.3 6....................................................... 19.15 10.1 19.08 11.3 19.69 5.6 7....................................................... 21.87 2.8 21.01 2.4 27.57 10.6 8....................................................... 28.65 7.6 25.80 7.6 33.04 10.8 9....................................................... 31.66 3.6 27.31 4.6 37.43 3.9 10........................................................ 36.03 2.7 34.61 2.3 40.54 2.2 11........................................................ 34.98 5.5 35.11 6.0 33.90 5.7 12........................................................ 45.27 4.1 45.31 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.92 13.7 34.86 16.2 35.20 13.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.19 4.4 26.81 7.5 34.93 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.72 4.2 29.63 7.6 35.61 2.8 6....................................................... 21.81 8.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.42 2.9 21.97 3.5 25.12 4.1 8....................................................... 29.86 9.0 25.93 12.3 34.09 9.0 9....................................................... 34.44 4.0 29.56 5.7 37.71 3.9 10........................................................ 35.65 2.9 34.85 3.4 39.05 5.3 11........................................................ 34.37 5.6 34.47 6.1 33.23 6.7 12........................................................ 46.86 4.9 46.95 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.05 4.8 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.92 7.5 33.94 8.4 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 34.14 6.3 34.14 6.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.28 1.6 38.51 2.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.27 10.8 32.27 10.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.71 7.5 30.71 7.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.27 10.8 32.27 10.8 – – 9....................................................... $30.71 7.5 $30.71 7.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.60 5.5 22.72 6.4 $29.17 7.2 7....................................................... 21.25 6.8 21.25 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 23.25 4.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.27 4.7 – – 28.40 10.9 Registered nurses........................................... 23.63 5.9 23.43 6.9 25.00 1.4 7....................................................... 22.08 6.9 22.08 6.9 – – 9....................................................... 23.38 2.6 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.97 5.7 – – 41.60 2.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 39.17 3.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.44 3.2 – – 37.88 3.1 8....................................................... 35.81 4.4 – – 36.75 2.4 9....................................................... 38.19 4.0 – – 38.41 4.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.64 4.9 – – 37.64 4.9 9....................................................... 37.75 6.6 – – 37.75 6.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.69 3.1 – – 38.61 2.2 9....................................................... 38.38 3.2 – – 39.03 2.6 Teachers, special education................................. 38.84 3.6 – – 40.28 .8 9....................................................... 40.65 .5 – – 40.65 .5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.38 2.4 – – 37.38 2.4 9....................................................... 36.83 4.2 – – 36.83 4.2 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.76 12.7 – – 31.76 12.7 9....................................................... 35.09 14.1 – – 35.09 14.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.13 10.8 16.82 .0 23.50 6.7 7....................................................... 22.95 12.1 – – 24.86 8.7 Social workers.............................................. 20.24 11.2 16.82 .0 23.91 6.2 7....................................................... 22.95 12.1 – – 24.86 8.7 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.46 4.9 18.60 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.15 7.2 12.87 7.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.67 2.7 15.53 4.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.87 7.3 33.12 8.6 31.77 8.7 7....................................................... 21.14 5.5 – – 24.86 10.5 8....................................................... 26.91 10.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.68 5.2 26.40 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.79 13.6 43.40 15.6 39.76 19.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.82 8.5 44.96 10.0 44.10 9.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.36 8.9 48.39 10.0 48.12 17.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.06 2.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 46.25 11.0 46.06 11.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.02 10.4 49.16 11.3 – – Management related............................................ $23.93 5.3 $23.74 6.8 $24.67 0.6 7....................................................... 20.26 1.7 – – 21.81 1.9 9....................................................... 25.26 4.3 24.73 4.3 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.86 3.0 19.99 3.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.63 4.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.47 3.6 – – 29.49 8.1 Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.57 4.2 15.60 5.9 15.51 3.0 2....................................................... 11.56 7.2 12.20 15.3 11.07 4.0 3....................................................... 12.57 4.9 12.38 10.4 12.75 1.9 4....................................................... 13.68 3.9 13.40 5.5 14.46 4.3 5....................................................... 18.12 9.0 16.33 5.8 22.17 17.7 6....................................................... 17.24 10.3 17.18 10.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.97 5.6 14.65 5.7 17.95 8.6 4....................................................... 13.98 4.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.79 8.7 – – – – Typists..................................................... 14.19 3.0 – – 14.19 3.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.44 7.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 15.14 9.6 – – 13.79 8.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.13 12.5 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.67 3.9 – – 9.67 3.9 2....................................................... 9.57 3.6 – – 9.57 3.6 3....................................................... 9.40 .5 – – 9.40 .5 Blue collar......................................................... 16.94 3.7 16.88 4.2 17.49 1.6 1....................................................... 11.07 5.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.11 8.9 12.04 9.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.66 9.1 13.39 9.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.43 4.5 14.24 4.7 15.94 8.2 5....................................................... 16.60 7.3 16.28 8.6 18.35 4.0 6....................................................... 17.98 4.9 17.97 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.66 2.8 21.46 4.7 18.99 2.5 8....................................................... 24.34 1.2 24.34 1.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.11 9.4 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.65 4.6 19.77 5.2 18.90 .9 5....................................................... 15.74 6.9 14.90 6.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.88 5.5 17.85 6.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.45 2.3 23.15 4.8 18.99 2.5 8....................................................... 24.16 1.5 24.16 1.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.47 6.2 – – 18.63 6.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.56 2.8 14.58 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 14.88 19.8 14.99 20.3 – – 3....................................................... $13.11 7.3 $13.11 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.71 5.2 14.71 5.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.84 5.9 17.84 5.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.42 10.4 12.42 10.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.20 20.0 17.20 20.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.71 10.3 14.98 15.0 $16.97 7.9 4....................................................... 15.18 6.2 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.94 7.7 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.80 7.7 – – 14.33 5.3 Service............................................................. 15.99 8.6 13.23 15.0 19.25 3.5 1....................................................... 9.56 4.7 9.17 4.9 10.60 .8 2....................................................... 11.98 10.7 – – 14.17 5.3 3....................................................... 11.56 4.4 10.72 2.5 14.17 6.9 4....................................................... 12.86 8.1 – – 17.29 6.6 5....................................................... 17.93 8.5 – – 17.93 8.5 6....................................................... 23.21 2.0 – – 23.21 2.0 7....................................................... 27.68 6.6 – – 27.05 4.4 Protective service............................................ 24.48 4.9 24.97 13.2 24.24 2.9 6....................................................... 23.30 1.7 – – 23.30 1.7 7....................................................... 27.68 6.6 – – 27.05 4.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.86 4.8 – – 22.95 5.4 Food service.................................................. 11.81 7.6 – – 11.73 7.5 Other food service........................................... 11.08 7.2 – – 11.98 7.0 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.70 8.1 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.44 5.2 10.65 2.6 15.43 5.4 3....................................................... 11.10 3.5 10.52 1.6 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 16.17 4.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.95 2.0 10.74 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.86 1.8 10.55 1.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.65 7.7 9.33 5.8 12.98 3.6 1....................................................... 9.68 5.6 9.21 5.4 11.11 1.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.61 8.4 9.35 6.0 12.98 4.6 1....................................................... 9.70 5.9 9.23 5.8 11.11 1.6 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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 four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 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................................................................... $11.83 12.7 $11.73 14.8 $12.46 9.7 All excluding sales............................................... 12.82 11.5 12.91 14.9 12.46 9.7 White collar........................................................ 13.82 16.9 13.84 18.7 13.58 14.0 2....................................................... 8.32 2.0 8.31 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.42 6.8 – – 9.89 10.5 4....................................................... 12.22 9.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.52 4.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.10 30.0 30.81 30.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.08 11.4 20.65 14.7 13.58 14.0 2....................................................... 9.99 3.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.26 7.3 – – 9.89 10.5 4....................................................... 13.82 5.1 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.52 4.6 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.73 15.9 24.58 18.8 18.68 7.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.58 15.8 28.06 18.2 19.09 6.9 Health related................................................ 30.65 15.4 30.98 15.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.51 3.1 24.79 2.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 16.40 12.8 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.99 1.5 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.76 1.5 – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.87 27.7 9.87 27.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.92 15.4 12.77 21.3 10.30 3.1 2....................................................... 9.99 3.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.26 7.3 – – 9.89 10.5 Blue collar......................................................... 10.67 11.8 9.49 11.0 16.12 1.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.57 8.8 – – 16.12 1.1 Bus drivers................................................. 12.69 11.4 – – 16.12 1.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 8.30 9.3 7.93 9.6 9.95 4.1 1....................................................... – – – – 9.23 6.6 2....................................................... 9.21 10.4 – – 10.72 5.0 3....................................................... 9.53 5.1 9.51 5.3 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – 10.37 9.7 Other food service........................................... $10.16 10.6 – – $10.55 9.5 Health service................................................ 9.98 6.1 $9.92 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.98 7.9 9.92 8.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.98 6.1 9.92 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.98 7.9 9.92 8.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.47 6.6 – – – – 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 four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $21.31 $11.83 $21.65 $19.61 $20.27 – All excluding sales............................................. 22.06 12.82 22.46 20.73 21.30 – White collar........................................................ 24.15 13.82 24.92 22.42 23.14 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.80 19.08 27.10 24.83 25.46 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.19 23.73 34.25 26.84 28.86 – Professional specialty.......................................... 31.72 26.58 35.02 29.71 31.44 – Technical....................................................... 18.46 15.99 16.10 18.38 18.25 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.87 – 28.25 33.39 32.87 – Sales............................................................. – 9.87 – – 10.56 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.57 11.92 16.23 14.85 15.31 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.94 10.67 18.82 15.14 16.60 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.65 – 20.21 19.20 19.65 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.56 – 17.98 12.41 14.56 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.71 12.57 16.33 13.72 14.54 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.80 – 14.86 10.74 11.76 – Service............................................................. 15.99 8.30 17.80 11.55 14.25 – 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....................................................... 4.6 12.7 5.1 7.2 4.6 – All excluding sales............................................. 4.5 11.5 3.2 7.6 4.6 – White collar........................................................ 5.0 16.9 8.2 6.7 5.3 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 11.4 3.0 6.3 4.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 15.9 3.0 7.2 4.6 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.2 15.8 3.0 7.0 4.3 – Technical....................................................... 4.9 1.5 1.0 5.3 4.9 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.3 – 7.0 7.7 7.3 – Sales............................................................. – 27.7 – – 9.0 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.2 15.4 4.0 4.4 4.2 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 11.8 7.3 3.9 3.8 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 – 11.2 5.0 4.6 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.8 – 4.5 1.1 2.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 8.8 2.0 10.5 8.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.7 – 10.4 8.6 8.9 – Service............................................................. 8.6 9.3 5.2 14.7 9.3 – 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.12 $22.59 – - $22.39 - - - $19.08 - All excluding sales............................................. 20.35 22.59 – - 22.39 - - - 19.03 - White collar........................................................ 21.66 29.05 – - 29.05 - - - 20.36 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.56 29.05 – - 29.05 - - - 20.33 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.65 30.47 – - 30.47 - - - – - Professional specialty.......................................... 29.52 34.28 – - 34.28 - - - – - Technical....................................................... 18.38 – – - – - - - – - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.12 34.76 – - 34.76 - - - – - Sales............................................................. 11.22 – – - – - - - – - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.40 19.29 – - 19.29 - - - 15.19 - Blue collar......................................................... 16.50 16.92 – - 16.23 - - - – - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.77 20.45 – - 19.09 - - - – - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.58 14.58 – - 14.58 - - - – - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.43 14.87 – - 14.87 - - - – - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.12 13.50 – - 13.50 - - - – - Service............................................................. 11.61 22.18 – - 22.18 - - - – - 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....................................................... 6.4 10.2 – - 10.6 - - - 11.1 - All excluding sales............................................. 6.5 10.2 – - 10.6 - - - 11.3 - White collar........................................................ 7.5 9.6 – - 9.6 - - - 9.6 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.5 9.6 – - 9.6 - - - 9.7 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.5 10.4 – - 10.4 - - - – - Professional specialty.......................................... 7.4 9.1 – - 9.1 - - - – - Technical....................................................... 5.3 – – - – - - - – - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.6 10.0 – - 10.0 - - - – - Sales............................................................. 10.2 – – - – - - - – - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.9 4.5 – - 4.5 - - - 7.9 - Blue collar......................................................... 4.3 4.8 – - 3.2 - - - – - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.2 6.2 – - 1.6 - - - – - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.8 2.8 – - 2.8 - - - – - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.7 17.6 – - 17.6 - - - – - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.0 17.2 – - 17.2 - - - – - Service............................................................. 13.9 16.8 – - 16.8 - - - – - 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.12 $17.80 $19.34 $15.69 $22.57 All excluding sales............................................. 20.35 19.60 20.46 17.34 22.53 White collar........................................................ 21.66 20.24 21.89 18.17 24.63 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.56 24.47 24.58 24.47 24.62 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.65 26.40 26.66 26.17 26.78 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.52 27.10 29.66 28.68 29.92 Technical....................................................... 18.38 – 18.31 – 18.65 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.12 37.33 31.51 37.86 25.93 Sales............................................................. 11.22 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.40 13.33 15.95 13.56 17.47 Blue collar......................................................... 16.50 13.75 17.15 14.80 19.65 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.77 – 20.67 19.24 21.58 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.58 – 14.92 13.09 17.36 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.43 – 13.79 12.75 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.12 – 11.03 – – Service............................................................. 11.61 – 11.62 8.92 15.56 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....................................................... 6.4 20.0 4.9 4.3 7.2 All excluding sales............................................. 6.5 19.4 5.1 5.3 7.2 White collar........................................................ 7.5 23.8 5.7 5.7 5.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.5 17.1 5.2 5.8 6.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.5 24.4 7.0 11.6 6.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 7.4 28.8 6.6 9.8 5.9 Technical....................................................... 5.3 – 5.5 – 6.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.6 9.1 10.4 13.2 10.9 Sales............................................................. 10.2 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.9 10.4 6.0 4.4 8.0 Blue collar......................................................... 4.3 10.6 5.2 11.0 3.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.2 – 5.4 18.2 5.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.8 – 1.5 1.6 1.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.7 – 10.7 7.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.0 – 16.5 – – Service............................................................. 13.9 – 13.9 8.1 17.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.52 $11.45 $17.59 $26.25 $35.16 All excluding sales........................... 9.35 12.50 19.14 26.95 36.10 White collar.................................... 8.66 13.04 21.13 29.81 39.93 White collar excluding sales................ 12.22 15.94 22.71 31.69 42.01 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.01 21.28 27.25 34.94 43.69 Professional specialty...................... 19.70 24.23 29.76 37.35 45.51 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.00 28.68 34.24 38.81 42.57 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.46 27.02 33.05 38.71 47.44 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 31.76 36.59 38.35 40.16 43.24 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.99 27.25 30.75 35.85 42.75 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.99 27.25 30.75 35.85 42.75 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 18.00 20.15 22.65 26.75 31.17 Registered nurses....................... 18.18 20.06 23.24 26.52 30.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 32.31 35.82 41.38 46.86 58.69 Other post-secondary teachers........... 30.77 35.82 40.83 44.56 45.91 Teachers, except college and university... 24.87 28.31 34.94 44.31 52.45 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.71 29.34 34.59 45.41 53.48 Secondary school teachers............... 26.94 29.41 36.89 44.17 51.45 Teachers, special education............. 27.16 29.34 36.90 46.69 52.64 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 18.50 25.90 31.97 44.96 47.72 Vocational and educational counselors... 13.56 24.38 28.90 37.19 47.55 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.26 15.10 19.39 23.06 29.14 Social workers.......................... 13.26 15.10 19.54 23.06 29.31 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 12.72 15.28 18.53 21.85 23.28 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.13 14.05 15.50 17.18 19.10 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.57 21.64 28.33 38.46 53.47 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 28.85 34.63 41.83 53.47 72.05 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 35.58 40.69 43.71 43.93 43.93 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.87 34.62 40.91 62.52 73.98 Management related........................ 19.24 19.95 23.08 27.07 30.95 Accountants and auditors................ 17.80 19.36 19.57 21.51 22.07 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.83 19.95 19.95 23.08 23.82 Management related, n.e.c............... 22.12 24.91 27.74 30.95 34.37 Sales......................................... 6.65 7.45 8.75 11.10 14.44 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.75 7.90 9.19 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.10 11.51 14.04 18.33 22.15 Secretaries............................. 9.95 11.87 14.06 15.72 21.08 Typists................................. 11.30 13.05 13.81 15.94 16.35 Library clerks.......................... $6.00 $9.01 $9.73 $13.58 $15.63 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.50 12.50 13.54 15.09 19.14 General office clerks................... 10.24 11.60 12.91 17.31 21.44 Data entry keyers....................... 8.00 9.52 12.17 15.16 15.75 Teachers' aides......................... 7.96 8.36 9.04 10.57 12.68 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.99 10.87 13.11 19.14 19.14 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.58 16.00 20.00 26.43 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.00 15.88 19.24 25.00 30.25 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.17 16.61 23.33 25.08 26.20 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.35 11.50 14.50 16.60 20.96 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 9.50 11.97 15.24 16.58 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.35 9.35 16.58 26.06 26.55 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.05 15.00 16.80 19.36 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 12.00 16.28 17.26 17.49 Bus drivers............................. 9.50 10.65 12.05 16.18 19.00 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.40 9.00 12.00 13.67 16.57 Service......................................... 7.11 9.00 11.39 19.36 26.59 Protective service........................ 13.24 20.26 23.27 29.48 30.65 Police and detectives, public service... 19.20 19.92 21.07 23.27 26.59 Food service.............................. 6.00 6.00 6.00 9.08 14.07 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 6.91 7.47 11.06 12.31 17.61 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.91 7.19 8.41 11.11 13.49 Health service............................ 9.00 9.86 11.32 12.69 16.86 Health aides, except nursing............ 13.04 14.03 16.49 18.17 20.48 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.82 9.70 10.66 11.65 12.35 Cleaning and building service............. 7.54 8.19 9.88 11.97 14.81 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.54 8.19 9.75 11.97 14.81 Personal service.......................... 6.85 7.95 9.00 9.66 10.63 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.19 $10.56 $16.78 $25.00 $32.91 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.97 18.50 25.99 33.05 White collar.................................... 8.30 12.44 19.95 27.89 37.26 White collar excluding sales................ 12.50 16.28 22.15 29.57 38.78 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.50 19.81 25.00 31.98 39.12 Professional specialty...................... 18.92 22.64 28.33 34.66 40.76 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.76 27.86 33.78 39.29 42.98 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.46 27.02 33.05 38.71 47.44 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 30.55 36.67 38.76 40.34 43.65 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.99 27.25 30.75 35.85 42.75 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.99 27.25 30.75 35.85 42.75 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.00 19.95 21.81 26.35 30.67 Registered nurses....................... 18.16 19.82 22.54 26.52 30.96 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.61 14.44 15.10 19.54 23.00 Social workers.......................... 12.61 14.44 15.10 19.54 23.00 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.50 15.29 18.80 21.90 23.38 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.06 13.79 15.29 17.18 19.27 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.57 21.51 28.56 38.46 55.29 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.87 34.62 40.16 53.47 72.05 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.87 34.62 41.92 62.52 73.98 Management related........................ 19.36 19.95 23.08 27.07 30.29 Accountants and auditors................ 18.20 19.36 19.57 21.51 22.07 Sales......................................... 6.65 7.45 8.75 11.10 14.44 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.75 7.90 9.19 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.45 11.75 14.37 19.22 22.15 Secretaries............................. 9.69 11.70 13.74 15.14 21.08 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.50 15.36 20.09 26.55 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.25 15.32 19.33 25.23 30.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.35 11.58 14.57 16.60 20.96 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 9.50 11.97 15.24 16.58 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.35 9.35 16.58 26.06 26.55 Transportation and material moving............ 8.80 10.00 12.00 16.28 16.80 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $7.40 $8.57 $10.15 $12.00 $16.08 Service......................................... 6.00 7.92 9.74 11.63 20.02 Protective service........................ 11.20 19.92 29.48 30.65 32.91 Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ 8.50 9.55 10.49 11.39 12.25 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.70 9.58 10.56 11.41 12.25 Cleaning and building service............. 7.11 7.54 8.86 11.28 11.97 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.11 7.54 8.94 11.28 11.97 Personal service.......................... 6.85 8.10 9.00 9.41 10.59 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.06 $14.48 $20.69 $30.56 $43.31 All excluding sales........................... 11.06 14.48 20.69 30.56 43.31 White collar.................................... 11.60 15.63 25.91 37.19 47.14 White collar excluding sales................ 11.60 15.63 25.91 37.19 47.14 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.85 26.02 32.38 42.02 51.33 Professional specialty...................... 23.06 26.91 32.92 42.17 51.33 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ 20.81 23.87 25.91 27.66 44.26 Registered nurses....................... 20.81 23.87 25.91 27.11 27.66 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.00 32.18 41.07 48.43 56.41 Teachers, except college and university... 25.27 28.76 35.14 45.43 52.71 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.71 29.34 34.59 45.41 53.48 Secondary school teachers............... 27.50 30.13 37.33 45.05 52.35 Teachers, special education............. 26.28 32.30 39.73 48.89 53.48 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 18.50 26.14 33.09 45.40 48.02 Vocational and educational counselors... 13.56 24.38 28.90 37.19 47.55 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 18.17 20.86 23.06 24.48 31.93 Social workers.......................... 19.20 21.21 23.06 25.81 31.93 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.81 15.16 16.86 17.08 17.73 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.05 15.16 17.01 17.08 17.75 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.41 22.12 26.63 38.49 43.93 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 31.85 36.77 43.71 43.93 69.04 Management related........................ 18.92 20.75 23.63 26.63 34.37 Management related, n.e.c............... 22.12 26.63 30.95 34.37 36.23 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.69 11.11 13.14 15.94 20.23 Secretaries............................. 14.29 15.06 17.79 19.69 24.42 Typists................................. 11.30 13.05 13.81 15.94 16.35 General office clerks................... 10.30 10.82 12.42 15.96 17.39 Teachers' aides......................... 7.96 8.36 9.04 10.57 12.68 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.55 8.55 9.51 11.05 14.81 Blue collar..................................... 13.05 14.88 17.49 19.74 20.88 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.30 17.33 19.24 20.48 22.23 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.86 16.93 18.95 20.51 22.71 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ $12.20 $13.87 $16.97 $18.26 $19.74 Bus drivers............................. 11.29 12.98 16.18 18.48 19.74 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.49 13.67 13.95 15.67 16.57 Service......................................... 9.66 12.31 17.67 22.68 26.80 Protective service........................ 17.37 20.69 22.68 26.59 30.45 Police and detectives, public service... 17.28 20.32 23.27 26.59 26.70 Food service.............................. 7.25 8.08 11.51 12.70 17.67 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.19 8.41 11.78 13.04 17.95 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.94 7.47 9.39 12.30 13.88 Health service............................ 10.16 12.69 14.80 17.10 20.26 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.86 10.02 12.21 12.69 13.43 Cleaning and building service............. $9.05 $10.39 $12.46 $14.91 $17.41 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.85 10.22 12.57 15.01 17.41 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.35 $12.42 $19.14 $27.03 $36.59 All excluding sales........................... 10.00 13.45 19.82 27.75 37.12 White collar.................................... 10.12 14.37 21.90 30.95 40.76 White collar excluding sales................ 12.50 16.67 23.08 32.33 42.26 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.33 21.53 27.75 35.45 43.93 Professional specialty...................... 20.18 24.60 30.35 37.57 45.72 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.00 28.68 34.24 38.81 42.57 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.46 27.02 33.05 38.71 47.44 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 31.76 36.59 38.35 40.16 43.24 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.99 27.25 30.75 35.85 42.75 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.99 27.25 30.75 35.85 42.75 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.00 19.77 21.75 25.91 31.17 Registered nurses....................... 18.16 19.77 22.58 26.23 31.10 Teachers, college and university.......... 32.60 35.82 41.38 47.12 58.69 Other post-secondary teachers........... 30.77 35.82 40.83 44.56 45.91 Teachers, except college and university... 25.90 29.22 35.14 45.08 52.63 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.71 29.34 34.59 45.41 53.48 Secondary school teachers............... 26.94 29.41 36.89 44.17 51.45 Teachers, special education............. 27.16 29.34 36.90 46.69 52.64 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 25.90 28.36 36.11 45.43 48.69 Vocational and educational counselors... 13.30 26.02 29.76 37.19 48.05 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.61 15.10 20.02 23.06 26.57 Social workers.......................... 12.61 15.10 20.64 23.06 26.57 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.50 15.63 18.75 21.98 23.40 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.13 14.20 15.50 17.16 18.02 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.57 21.64 28.33 38.46 53.47 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 28.85 34.63 41.83 53.47 72.05 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 35.58 40.69 43.71 43.93 43.93 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.87 34.62 40.91 62.52 73.98 Management related........................ 19.24 19.95 23.08 27.07 30.95 Accountants and auditors................ 17.80 19.36 19.57 21.51 22.07 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.83 19.95 19.95 23.08 23.82 Management related, n.e.c............... 22.12 24.91 27.74 30.95 34.37 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.62 11.63 14.35 18.37 22.15 Secretaries............................. 11.23 12.43 14.29 16.28 21.08 Typists................................. 11.30 12.81 13.81 15.94 16.35 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.50 12.50 13.54 15.09 19.14 General office clerks................... $10.49 $12.08 $13.94 $18.02 $21.44 Data entry keyers....................... 8.00 9.50 12.17 15.16 15.75 Teachers' aides......................... 7.96 8.36 9.04 10.57 12.68 Blue collar..................................... 9.35 11.97 16.40 20.37 26.55 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.00 15.88 19.24 25.00 30.25 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.17 16.61 23.33 25.08 26.20 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.35 11.50 14.50 16.60 20.96 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 9.50 11.97 15.24 16.58 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.35 9.35 16.58 26.06 26.55 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 12.00 16.21 17.49 19.74 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 12.00 16.28 17.26 17.49 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 13.95 17.53 Service......................................... 8.30 9.87 12.35 21.68 28.64 Protective service........................ 17.50 20.69 24.19 29.48 32.91 Police and detectives, public service... 19.20 19.92 21.07 23.27 26.59 Food service.............................. 7.05 8.21 12.03 14.33 17.61 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.94 7.47 11.06 12.08 18.70 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.91 7.05 7.80 8.94 11.06 Health service............................ 9.25 10.18 11.44 13.48 17.13 Health aides, except nursing............ 13.04 14.03 16.49 18.17 20.48 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.10 9.85 11.11 12.15 12.60 Cleaning and building service............. 7.54 8.19 9.75 11.97 14.91 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.54 8.19 9.62 11.97 14.81 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.00 $8.79 $12.50 $20.00 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 7.62 9.86 15.00 22.27 White collar.................................... 6.01 7.40 8.79 17.33 26.54 White collar excluding sales................ 8.50 12.49 18.00 22.65 28.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.13 15.80 20.65 27.61 28.21 Professional specialty...................... 14.87 18.50 23.69 28.00 30.00 Health related............................ 20.11 22.65 25.81 28.00 50.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.89 21.81 25.17 28.00 28.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 12.77 12.77 18.50 18.50 18.50 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 13.13 13.13 15.29 17.47 20.04 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.13 13.13 15.28 17.47 20.04 Sales......................................... 5.75 6.50 7.83 8.79 11.12 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 8.50 10.00 14.62 19.14 Blue collar..................................... 7.00 7.62 10.00 12.50 16.18 Transportation and material moving............ 8.50 10.00 11.75 15.00 16.97 Bus drivers............................. 9.50 10.50 11.75 15.96 17.60 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 6.00 6.00 8.02 9.84 11.25 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.91 7.54 9.64 12.31 13.49 Health service............................ 7.50 9.10 10.00 11.02 11.74 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 9.10 10.00 11.02 11.74 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.65 7.40 9.00 9.18 9.66 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Rochester, NY, February 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 250,500 187,700 62,800 All excluding sales............................................. 222,900 160,100 62,800 White collar........................................................ 155,300 114,000 41,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 127,700 86,400 41,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 72,800 48,000 24,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 60,100 36,100 24,000 Technical....................................................... 12,700 11,900 800 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 17,400 14,000 3,400 Sales............................................................. 27,600 27,600 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 37,500 24,400 13,100 Blue collar......................................................... 55,200 48,400 6,900 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23,100 20,000 3,100 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18,100 18,000 - Transportation and material moving................................ 7,100 4,400 2,700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,000 - 1,000 Service............................................................. 40,000 25,300 14,600 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.