NC BL 10/00/2009 Table: Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA, Bulletin, December 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $25.11 3.2 35.5 $24.55 3.8 35.4 $28.58 3.4 35.8 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 36.65 2.9 37.6 37.15 3.5 38.2 34.69 3.0 35.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 40.37 3.0 40.0 41.52 3.4 40.0 35.51 3.9 39.7 Professional and related.......................................... 34.37 4.2 36.3 34.41 5.3 37.2 34.22 2.8 33.4 Service............................................................. 13.85 5.1 31.2 12.37 3.2 30.3 21.41 10.4 36.5 Sales and office.................................................... 18.59 4.1 35.0 18.45 4.6 34.9 19.61 5.2 35.3 Sales and related................................................. 19.74 10.0 33.0 19.74 10.0 33.0 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 17.99 1.9 36.1 17.64 1.9 36.3 19.61 5.2 35.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 23.75 2.8 39.0 23.27 2.7 39.0 28.85 5.4 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 23.47 2.1 38.9 23.22 2.0 38.8 27.19 3.6 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.55 5.7 39.4 23.39 6.2 39.3 32.40 1.3 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.94 5.0 35.1 19.81 5.2 35.1 24.19 5.4 35.2 Production........................................................ 20.31 5.7 35.9 20.31 5.7 35.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.65 8.0 34.5 19.41 8.6 34.5 24.19 5.4 35.2 Full time........................................................... 26.73 3.3 39.9 26.35 3.9 39.9 28.97 3.4 39.7 Part time........................................................... 14.55 4.1 20.7 13.23 3.9 20.8 25.23 10.7 19.6 Union............................................................... 25.91 2.4 36.6 25.06 3.1 36.4 27.05 3.9 36.9 Nonunion............................................................ 24.87 4.2 35.2 24.45 4.5 35.3 32.50 5.9 33.4 Time................................................................ 25.08 3.2 35.3 24.47 3.8 35.2 28.58 3.4 35.8 Incentive........................................................... 25.66 7.6 39.1 25.66 7.6 39.1 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 27.22 3.3 38.8 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 19.29 3.6 33.8 19.14 3.8 33.7 22.56 5.2 36.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 25.75 4.5 35.9 25.65 4.9 35.6 27.19 7.0 40.1 500 workers or more................................................. 32.81 2.7 37.8 34.34 3.1 39.4 29.88 3.5 35.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $25.11 3.2 $26.73 3.3 $14.55 4.1 Management occupations.............................................. 44.38 3.2 44.50 3.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.10 7.8 26.37 8.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.07 6.8 32.07 6.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 40.33 6.3 40.33 6.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.93 8.2 46.93 8.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 50.89 14.5 50.89 14.5 – – Level 13.................................................. 62.96 3.8 62.96 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.07 4.2 49.07 4.2 – – General and operations managers................................... 29.62 11.2 29.62 11.2 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.45 6.4 49.45 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.63 3.1 47.63 3.1 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 48.85 4.9 48.85 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.71 1.1 49.71 1.1 – – Sales managers.................................................. 50.10 13.4 50.10 13.4 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 59.43 2.0 59.43 2.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 39.31 6.3 39.31 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.27 14.5 38.27 14.5 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 50.76 17.5 50.76 17.5 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 41.31 15.7 41.31 15.7 – – Construction managers............................................. 48.38 16.9 48.38 16.9 – – Education administrators.......................................... 39.06 11.9 39.06 11.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.75 8.7 36.75 8.7 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 55.09 8.3 55.09 8.3 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 55.46 7.3 55.46 7.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.85 5.0 34.70 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.96 8.3 19.93 8.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.39 1.8 26.39 1.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.26 9.6 34.87 10.4 – – Level 10.................................................. 32.63 3.0 32.63 3.0 – – Level 13.................................................. 51.52 6.0 51.52 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.98 5.1 41.98 5.1 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 43.36 7.7 43.36 7.7 – – Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 42.47 7.8 42.47 7.8 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 43.62 9.1 43.62 9.1 – – Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 37.46 13.0 38.91 12.9 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 34.91 12.0 34.91 12.0 – – Management analysts............................................... 37.27 7.1 35.24 6.6 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.05 12.0 30.06 12.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.22 5.8 21.22 5.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.28 2.1 38.30 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.49 5.1 25.94 5.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.90 3.8 36.90 3.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 36.81 4.2 36.81 4.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.92 5.3 43.92 5.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.43 1.3 49.43 1.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.60 1.8 38.60 1.8 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 42.37 5.3 42.37 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.71 7.9 34.71 7.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.89 4.0 43.89 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.04 6.8 43.04 6.8 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.44 2.9 39.44 2.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.65 3.3 41.65 3.3 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.25 6.8 47.25 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.46 4.6 51.46 4.6 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 28.39 11.8 28.39 11.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.71 3.8 36.71 3.8 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 38.35 6.5 38.81 7.1 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 42.78 13.9 43.27 13.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.65 7.5 27.65 7.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.28 6.2 26.71 5.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.54 4.5 29.54 4.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.38 4.1 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 41.13 2.3 41.13 2.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.52 6.5 51.52 6.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 47.87 12.2 47.87 12.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.83 1.8 40.83 1.8 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.03 15.9 36.03 15.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 35.40 16.5 35.40 16.5 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 31.22 2.6 31.17 3.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.80 7.3 26.18 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.06 3.9 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.46 4.6 – – – – Life scientists................................................... 21.97 5.1 22.88 4.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.95 11.6 22.50 10.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.61 8.0 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.79 14.2 25.33 14.8 – – Counselors........................................................ 23.46 14.9 23.27 15.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.77 14.9 24.56 15.4 – – Social workers.................................................... 26.10 7.6 25.68 8.7 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.71 17.5 17.17 14.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.24 4.3 31.25 5.2 31.20 14.4 Level 3 .................................................. 12.64 2.7 – – 12.80 4.2 Level 4 .................................................. 14.18 7.5 13.92 9.8 14.40 8.4 Level 9 .................................................. 39.40 5.5 38.57 5.8 50.18 12.1 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.54 17.1 28.15 9.5 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.43 5.1 24.72 8.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.24 7.0 34.39 6.6 30.45 25.1 Level 9 .................................................. 39.64 7.4 39.53 7.4 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 17.60 4.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 39.07 6.5 39.37 6.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.14 7.1 40.16 7.3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.64 5.6 37.97 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.88 6.4 38.87 6.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 44.51 8.0 44.51 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.51 8.0 44.51 8.0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.45 11.3 38.66 11.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.75 11.1 38.66 11.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.85 10.8 38.06 10.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.16 10.7 38.06 10.5 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 56.11 13.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.40 3.1 14.74 7.9 14.05 6.5 Level 3 .................................................. 12.65 2.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.18 7.5 13.92 9.8 14.40 8.4 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.67 9.4 23.69 10.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.08 5.5 – – – – Designers......................................................... 18.81 1.7 18.81 1.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.44 4.0 33.18 5.1 34.59 5.0 Level 4 .................................................. 17.28 3.8 17.28 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.37 9.8 19.40 12.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.25 4.5 21.99 4.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.57 2.3 31.56 2.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.73 10.7 32.88 12.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.46 .6 36.27 .7 36.93 1.6 Level 10.................................................. 43.59 4.4 43.73 4.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.53 4.0 45.98 6.0 – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.49 2.0 36.47 2.6 36.53 .9 Level 8 .................................................. 31.46 15.9 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.05 .8 35.99 1.1 36.18 .7 Level 10.................................................. 37.37 1.7 – – – – Therapists........................................................ 39.62 8.3 40.00 9.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.85 3.1 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 25.90 5.0 25.90 5.0 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.09 4.1 20.31 3.8 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.60 3.3 23.53 3.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.17 3.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.00 6.0 15.93 5.2 16.29 10.3 Level 2 .................................................. 12.72 2.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.58 3.3 15.58 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.58 5.0 15.14 3.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.24 5.7 14.52 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.82 3.9 15.82 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.01 6.1 14.30 5.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.80 4.6 14.96 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.82 3.9 15.82 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.24 3.1 15.24 3.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.81 4.0 17.72 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.27 3.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.08 10.9 23.54 11.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.64 9.2 23.64 9.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.69 2.2 27.69 2.2 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 31.09 2.1 31.09 2.1 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 24.57 7.5 24.57 7.5 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.46 7.1 23.46 7.1 – – Police officers................................................... 33.70 3.9 33.70 3.9 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 33.70 3.9 33.70 3.9 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.73 11.1 13.78 11.9 – – Security guards................................................. 13.73 11.1 13.78 11.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.29 1.8 11.48 1.5 9.21 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.63 3.8 – – 8.43 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.15 1.5 9.71 2.1 8.83 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.23 1.7 10.09 5.4 10.42 9.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.93 1.5 13.22 2.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.83 6.8 15.80 7.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.96 4.0 14.89 4.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.51 6.7 11.74 4.2 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.50 10.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.83 9.8 – – 9.83 10.5 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.73 .7 8.97 4.5 8.58 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.53 3.2 – – 8.25 .3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.42 1.5 – – 8.23 .4 Level 3 .................................................. 9.67 1.4 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 9.33 .7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.28 2.4 8.75 6.6 8.15 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.68 3.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.10 .4 – – 8.11 .4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.61 3.3 11.90 7.7 9.49 3.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.12 9.0 – – 10.32 3.1 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.53 3.9 11.68 9.7 9.44 3.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.97 8.7 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.97 8.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.24 4.3 15.14 3.7 10.07 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 10.03 6.7 10.92 4.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.12 12.3 14.22 8.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.04 3.2 14.51 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.15 6.3 15.74 4.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.32 5.6 14.29 5.2 9.56 10.3 Level 1 .................................................. 10.03 6.7 10.92 4.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.22 12.7 14.22 8.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.96 6.7 13.73 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.23 4.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.32 4.1 15.35 4.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 15.08 7.3 15.15 7.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.69 5.7 14.69 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.98 2.7 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.84 6.7 10.40 9.6 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.96 3.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.29 4.6 14.03 6.5 10.96 8.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.01 4.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.77 3.0 – – 9.41 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.54 7.3 10.48 8.9 10.75 8.9 Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 7.9 14.81 7.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 15.99 16.9 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 11.01 4.4 11.33 2.8 10.17 7.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 4.5 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.74 4.1 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.17 13.6 – – 11.17 14.0 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 16.03 13.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.74 10.0 22.73 12.1 11.31 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 1.9 – – 9.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.07 1.5 10.62 3.3 9.45 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.65 3.4 13.75 2.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.31 5.5 16.34 7.0 16.24 3.8 Level 5 .................................................. 20.77 2.9 20.87 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.56 6.2 22.56 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.07 16.8 33.07 16.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.14 18.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.97 19.3 31.63 21.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 28.59 7.0 28.59 7.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 27.96 7.3 27.96 7.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 29.35 13.0 29.35 13.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.21 10.4 14.82 16.3 10.84 5.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 1.9 – – 9.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.07 1.5 10.62 3.3 9.45 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.68 3.6 13.75 2.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.95 8.4 15.78 10.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.43 6.7 22.43 6.7 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.83 4.2 11.96 11.9 11.71 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 1.9 – – 9.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.94 2.5 10.10 5.7 9.57 .0 Cashiers...................................................... 11.83 4.2 11.96 11.9 11.71 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 1.9 – – 9.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.94 2.5 10.10 5.7 9.57 .0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.77 21.4 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.43 20.7 15.33 22.8 9.72 11.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 2.5 – – 9.39 8.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.71 15.3 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.93 13.4 33.79 10.9 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 30.18 28.5 30.99 26.6 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 16.87 6.1 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.99 1.9 18.60 1.6 12.59 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.27 3.6 12.38 6.0 9.93 2.3 Level 3 .................................................. 13.60 2.4 13.89 2.9 12.07 3.6 Level 4 .................................................. 16.32 2.5 16.48 2.2 14.66 6.6 Level 5 .................................................. 19.06 1.8 19.08 1.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.11 3.0 23.09 3.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.72 6.6 23.72 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.70 4.4 19.49 4.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.37 4.5 26.37 4.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.55 3.8 17.62 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.90 7.4 16.06 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.53 2.5 19.53 2.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.79 5.6 21.47 5.9 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 19.45 3.2 19.50 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.46 3.6 19.46 3.6 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.32 2.9 18.25 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.47 5.0 17.31 5.0 – – Tellers......................................................... 13.48 1.9 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.09 2.8 16.52 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.66 5.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.46 4.3 15.66 4.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.49 7.0 14.21 6.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.43 5.5 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 22.39 13.6 22.39 13.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.86 8.3 13.86 8.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.20 4.4 16.28 1.8 10.38 6.5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.18 3.2 20.33 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.05 4.1 18.37 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.80 3.4 17.68 3.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.82 3.6 23.82 3.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.06 5.2 21.31 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.53 4.0 16.53 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.65 7.5 23.65 7.5 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.53 3.5 18.45 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.89 2.9 18.73 3.0 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.76 3.4 18.76 3.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.49 4.7 16.77 4.7 10.48 6.0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.38 3.9 12.66 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.95 4.7 14.89 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.02 3.7 19.02 3.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.47 2.1 23.72 2.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.06 4.2 15.06 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.69 3.7 17.69 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 24.65 7.1 24.98 7.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.45 1.0 25.56 1.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.74 8.5 27.74 8.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.96 6.7 31.96 6.7 – – Carpenters........................................................ 24.61 4.4 24.61 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.90 2.1 20.90 2.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.67 13.2 27.67 13.2 – – Construction laborers............................................. 18.24 15.3 19.39 14.8 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 30.25 5.9 30.25 5.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 31.31 4.5 31.31 4.5 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 30.74 5.8 30.74 5.8 – – Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers........... 29.71 10.5 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 24.53 5.0 24.64 6.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.55 5.7 24.66 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.61 6.5 17.74 6.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.46 10.4 26.46 10.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.76 3.6 27.76 3.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 37.13 4.0 37.13 4.0 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 27.36 8.3 27.36 8.3 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 23.55 9.6 23.55 9.6 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.93 8.1 19.93 8.1 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 24.51 12.2 25.00 11.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 20.31 5.7 20.98 4.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.38 2.1 12.42 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.39 4.5 15.51 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.39 3.0 19.28 3.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.56 6.9 21.56 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.92 5.2 24.92 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.50 5.6 28.50 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.00 7.3 24.22 8.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.73 11.6 26.73 11.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 8.9 15.69 8.9 – – Bakers............................................................ 15.16 11.5 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 24.25 10.6 24.25 10.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 24.69 6.4 24.69 6.4 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.09 5.9 13.51 5.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.65 8.0 21.26 7.6 12.68 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.83 5.1 11.69 8.1 9.60 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 13.71 7.6 12.66 7.7 15.52 10.8 Level 3 .................................................. 15.74 8.4 17.16 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 23.09 5.0 23.23 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.33 5.3 22.02 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.00 16.1 25.00 16.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.75 7.2 22.46 5.1 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 20.34 15.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.59 5.6 21.76 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.68 8.6 16.64 9.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.10 5.6 22.62 5.0 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.63 4.4 22.65 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.58 5.1 23.58 5.1 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.43 12.1 18.67 12.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.65 6.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.04 10.2 19.66 11.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.58 13.4 20.58 13.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.53 6.8 15.07 7.8 10.18 4.5 Level 1 .................................................. 10.85 5.7 11.91 9.1 9.59 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 13.08 6.7 13.53 9.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.61 6.2 16.03 7.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.21 7.4 16.04 7.6 10.40 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 11.16 5.7 12.40 8.9 9.76 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 14.00 7.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.31 2.5 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.55 3.8 $26.35 3.9 $13.23 3.9 Management occupations.............................................. 45.66 3.6 45.82 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.19 8.9 26.67 10.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.41 8.1 32.41 8.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 39.55 6.7 39.55 6.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.57 10.4 48.57 10.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 46.68 18.4 46.68 18.4 – – Level 13.................................................. 62.54 4.2 62.54 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.51 5.1 52.51 5.1 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.45 6.4 49.45 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.63 3.1 47.63 3.1 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 48.85 4.9 48.85 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.71 1.1 49.71 1.1 – – Sales managers.................................................. 50.10 13.4 50.10 13.4 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 60.34 1.3 60.34 1.3 – – Financial managers................................................ 39.39 6.5 39.39 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.40 16.1 38.40 16.1 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 41.31 15.7 41.31 15.7 – – Construction managers............................................. 48.72 18.0 48.72 18.0 – – Education administrators.......................................... 28.62 13.7 28.62 13.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.16 5.7 35.94 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.34 9.5 19.34 9.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.25 10.3 37.61 11.3 – – Level 13.................................................. 51.52 6.0 51.52 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.45 4.5 43.45 4.5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 43.36 7.7 43.36 7.7 – – Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 42.47 7.8 42.47 7.8 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 43.62 9.1 43.62 9.1 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.17 12.0 36.17 12.0 – – Management analysts............................................... 38.12 6.5 36.10 5.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.61 12.3 30.61 12.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.33 6.5 21.33 6.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.55 2.3 38.58 2.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.49 5.1 25.94 5.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.61 4.4 36.61 4.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.89 5.9 44.89 5.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.43 1.3 49.43 1.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.56 1.9 38.56 1.9 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 43.12 5.2 43.12 5.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.70 3.7 46.70 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.04 6.8 43.04 6.8 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.31 6.9 47.31 6.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.46 4.6 51.46 4.6 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 28.39 11.8 28.39 11.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.07 4.7 36.07 4.7 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.93 7.0 38.40 7.9 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.11 14.6 43.66 14.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.65 7.5 27.65 7.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.28 6.2 26.71 5.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.13 2.3 41.13 2.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.52 6.5 51.52 6.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 48.51 12.6 48.51 12.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.83 1.8 40.83 1.8 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.03 15.9 36.03 15.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 35.40 16.5 35.40 16.5 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 31.50 2.9 31.53 3.7 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.78 8.2 25.42 6.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.73 3.0 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.91 1.3 18.89 1.4 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.40 3.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.79 12.2 23.71 13.0 15.82 21.5 Level 9 .................................................. 33.24 13.3 33.24 13.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.11 6.5 28.43 4.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.17 15.9 19.23 16.6 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.10 9.2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.13 9.3 23.15 9.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.08 5.5 – – – – Designers......................................................... 18.81 1.7 18.81 1.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.98 4.3 32.75 5.4 34.21 6.5 Level 4 .................................................. 17.28 3.8 17.28 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.37 9.8 19.40 12.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.98 4.6 21.68 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.80 2.1 31.81 2.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.50 13.4 33.54 15.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.58 .6 36.33 .6 – – Level 10.................................................. 43.51 5.9 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 43.59 3.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.66 2.2 36.59 2.7 36.98 1.5 Level 9 .................................................. 36.21 .8 36.18 .9 – – Therapists........................................................ 38.79 9.6 39.07 11.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 25.90 5.0 25.90 5.0 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.09 4.1 20.31 3.8 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.29 3.8 23.11 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.67 3.4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.76 6.4 15.61 5.4 16.29 10.3 Level 2 .................................................. 12.72 2.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.58 3.3 15.58 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.53 5.6 14.97 3.6 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.06 5.6 14.33 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.82 3.9 15.82 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.56 5.7 13.84 4.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.61 4.7 14.77 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.82 3.9 15.82 3.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.62 4.7 17.42 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.50 3.5 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.72 9.1 16.04 11.2 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.16 6.5 12.14 6.9 – – Security guards................................................. 12.16 6.5 12.14 6.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.22 2.0 11.41 1.6 9.15 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.63 3.8 – – 8.43 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.15 1.5 9.71 2.1 8.83 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.19 1.8 10.09 5.4 10.32 10.1 Level 4 .................................................. 12.73 .2 13.02 1.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.80 7.1 15.80 7.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.89 4.2 14.89 4.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.51 6.7 11.74 4.2 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.50 10.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.62 9.5 – – 9.70 10.4 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.73 .7 8.97 4.5 8.58 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.53 3.2 – – 8.25 .3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.42 1.5 – – 8.23 .4 Level 3 .................................................. 9.67 1.4 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 9.33 .7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.28 2.4 8.75 6.6 8.15 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.68 3.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.10 .4 – – 8.11 .4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.38 2.4 11.54 7.3 9.49 3.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.12 9.0 – – 10.32 3.1 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.53 3.9 11.68 9.7 9.44 3.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.97 8.7 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.97 8.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.50 6.8 14.51 5.8 9.50 10.1 Level 1 .................................................. 10.03 6.7 10.92 4.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.78 22.8 13.87 23.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.72 3.8 14.18 5.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.15 8.1 13.29 8.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.03 6.7 10.92 4.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.91 24.6 13.87 23.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.08 6.4 12.75 6.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.86 7.7 14.89 7.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.64 4.7 13.64 4.7 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.84 6.7 10.40 9.6 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.81 4.6 13.37 6.8 11.00 9.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.77 3.0 – – 9.41 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.49 8.2 10.48 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.69 8.2 14.58 7.5 – – Child care workers................................................ 10.96 4.3 11.33 2.8 9.95 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 4.5 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.74 4.1 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.65 11.6 – – 12.26 14.0 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 16.03 13.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.74 10.0 22.73 12.1 11.31 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 1.9 – – 9.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.07 1.5 10.62 3.3 9.45 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.65 3.4 13.75 2.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.31 5.5 16.34 7.0 16.24 3.8 Level 5 .................................................. 20.77 2.9 20.87 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.56 6.2 22.56 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.07 16.8 33.07 16.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.14 18.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.97 19.3 31.63 21.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 28.59 7.0 28.59 7.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 27.96 7.3 27.96 7.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 29.35 13.0 29.35 13.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.21 10.4 14.82 16.3 10.84 5.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 1.9 – – 9.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.07 1.5 10.62 3.3 9.45 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.68 3.6 13.75 2.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.95 8.4 15.78 10.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.43 6.7 22.43 6.7 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.83 4.2 11.96 11.9 11.71 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 1.9 – – 9.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.94 2.5 10.10 5.7 9.57 .0 Cashiers...................................................... 11.83 4.2 11.96 11.9 11.71 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 1.9 – – 9.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.94 2.5 10.10 5.7 9.57 .0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.77 21.4 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.43 20.7 15.33 22.8 9.72 11.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 2.5 – – 9.39 8.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.71 15.3 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.93 13.4 33.79 10.9 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 30.18 28.5 30.99 26.6 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 16.87 6.1 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.64 1.9 18.23 1.7 12.48 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.40 3.7 12.36 6.8 10.10 2.1 Level 3 .................................................. 13.47 2.2 13.71 2.7 12.01 3.7 Level 4 .................................................. 16.22 2.9 16.32 2.6 15.19 8.1 Level 5 .................................................. 18.87 2.3 18.91 2.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.56 3.5 22.52 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.42 8.2 23.42 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.42 4.7 19.27 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.38 5.1 26.38 5.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.14 4.1 17.19 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.49 7.3 15.59 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.40 2.6 19.40 2.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.67 5.9 21.30 6.3 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 19.45 3.2 19.50 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.46 3.6 19.46 3.6 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.94 3.4 17.85 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.96 5.7 16.74 5.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 13.48 1.9 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.09 2.8 16.52 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.66 5.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.46 4.3 15.66 4.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.49 7.0 14.21 6.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.43 5.5 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.86 8.3 13.86 8.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.20 4.4 16.28 1.8 10.38 6.5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.98 3.3 21.17 3.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.58 6.5 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.73 5.2 16.73 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.13 3.7 24.13 3.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.03 5.7 21.31 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.65 7.5 23.65 7.5 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.16 7.3 19.16 7.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.56 6.4 16.63 5.7 10.49 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 12.37 4.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.94 6.5 14.86 7.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.03 4.2 19.03 4.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.22 2.0 23.48 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.06 4.2 15.06 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.69 3.7 17.69 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 24.39 8.0 24.76 8.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.34 .9 25.46 .9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.74 8.5 27.74 8.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.96 6.7 31.96 6.7 – – Carpenters........................................................ 24.66 4.4 24.66 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.67 13.2 27.67 13.2 – – Construction laborers............................................. 18.24 15.3 19.39 14.8 – – Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers........... 29.71 10.5 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 24.09 5.2 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.39 6.2 23.51 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.61 6.5 17.74 6.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.49 11.7 22.49 11.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.19 3.2 27.19 3.2 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 26.81 9.3 26.81 9.3 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.04 11.4 22.04 11.4 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 22.61 9.4 23.07 8.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 20.31 5.7 20.98 4.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.38 2.1 12.42 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.39 4.5 15.51 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.39 3.0 19.28 3.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.56 6.9 21.56 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.92 5.2 24.92 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.50 5.6 28.50 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.00 7.3 24.22 8.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.73 11.6 26.73 11.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 8.9 15.69 8.9 – – Bakers............................................................ 15.16 11.5 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 24.25 10.6 24.25 10.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 24.69 6.4 24.69 6.4 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.09 5.9 13.51 5.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.41 8.6 21.09 8.1 12.13 2.2 Level 1 .................................................. 10.83 5.1 11.69 8.1 9.60 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 13.49 7.9 12.31 7.1 15.45 11.3 Level 3 .................................................. 15.74 8.4 17.16 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 23.14 5.3 23.26 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.39 7.5 21.35 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.90 17.4 23.90 17.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.75 7.2 22.46 5.1 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.54 6.0 21.71 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.68 8.6 16.64 9.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.09 6.9 22.76 5.9 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.63 4.7 22.65 4.8 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.43 12.1 18.67 12.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.65 6.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.04 10.2 19.66 11.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.58 13.4 20.58 13.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.45 7.0 14.98 8.0 10.18 4.5 Level 1 .................................................. 10.85 5.7 11.91 9.1 9.59 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 12.34 7.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.61 6.2 16.03 7.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.12 7.6 15.96 7.9 10.40 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 11.16 5.7 12.40 8.9 9.76 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 13.16 8.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.31 2.5 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $28.58 3.4 $28.97 3.4 $25.23 10.7 Management occupations.............................................. 39.62 5.1 39.62 5.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.00 6.2 43.00 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.93 7.6 38.93 7.6 – – Education administrators.......................................... 47.04 12.9 47.04 12.9 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 55.09 8.3 55.09 8.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.87 7.0 28.03 7.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.30 5.1 22.41 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.63 8.5 28.62 8.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.27 4.9 35.27 4.9 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 35.39 4.8 35.39 4.8 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 34.53 3.3 34.53 3.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.79 5.9 29.38 6.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 27.88 6.3 27.78 7.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.56 9.1 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 28.22 9.1 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.00 4.2 34.91 6.4 35.37 17.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.43 3.2 15.79 1.1 15.18 6.5 Level 9 .................................................. 40.75 5.8 39.85 6.5 50.18 12.1 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.39 30.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 40.46 7.5 40.55 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.65 7.6 40.55 7.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.85 7.5 41.30 8.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.26 7.8 41.30 8.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.60 6.7 40.15 7.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.12 7.2 40.15 7.5 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 44.51 8.0 44.51 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.51 8.0 44.51 8.0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.22 11.0 40.13 10.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.22 11.0 40.13 10.9 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.71 10.8 39.62 10.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.71 10.8 39.62 10.7 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 15.84 2.9 16.64 6.1 15.04 5.3 Level 4 .................................................. 15.43 3.2 15.79 1.1 15.18 6.5 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.43 3.4 38.54 6.3 – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.64 3.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 28.30 5.8 28.57 6.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.46 2.2 27.46 2.2 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 31.27 1.8 31.27 1.8 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 23.46 7.1 23.46 7.1 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.46 7.1 23.46 7.1 – – Police officers................................................... 33.70 3.9 33.70 3.9 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 33.70 3.9 33.70 3.9 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.24 6.8 16.71 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.04 5.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.78 4.8 15.79 5.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.78 4.8 15.79 5.0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.44 2.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.61 5.2 20.38 4.3 13.09 13.6 Level 4 .................................................. 16.75 3.1 17.24 1.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.64 3.0 19.65 3.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.88 3.9 24.88 3.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 21.40 4.1 21.40 4.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.56 3.4 18.58 3.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.90 3.2 18.72 3.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.16 1.8 18.02 1.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.64 2.6 18.43 2.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.31 2.5 17.23 8.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.19 3.6 27.19 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 26.29 6.5 26.29 6.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 32.40 1.3 32.40 1.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 30.72 5.6 30.72 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 24.19 5.4 24.63 7.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $25.11 3.2 $26.73 3.3 $14.55 4.1 Management occupations.............................................. 44.38 3.2 44.50 3.2 – – Group II.................................................. 24.46 10.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.85 6.8 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 65.27 6.5 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 29.62 11.2 29.62 11.2 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.45 6.4 49.45 6.4 – – Group III................................................. 53.52 12.3 – – – – Marketing managers.............................................. 48.85 4.9 48.85 4.9 – – Sales managers.................................................. 50.10 13.4 50.10 13.4 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 59.43 2.0 59.43 2.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 39.31 6.3 39.31 6.3 – – Group III................................................. 34.47 11.8 34.47 11.8 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 50.76 17.5 50.76 17.5 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 41.31 15.7 41.31 15.7 – – Construction managers............................................. 48.38 16.9 48.38 16.9 – – Group III................................................. 49.83 17.1 49.83 17.1 – – Education administrators.......................................... 39.06 11.9 39.06 11.9 – – Group III................................................. 38.85 10.5 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 55.09 8.3 55.09 8.3 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 55.46 7.3 55.46 7.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.85 5.0 34.70 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.13 6.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.00 3.9 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 52.79 6.3 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 43.36 7.7 43.36 7.7 – – Group III................................................. 34.37 2.6 – – – – Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 42.47 7.8 42.47 7.8 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 43.62 9.1 43.62 9.1 – – Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 37.46 13.0 38.91 12.9 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 34.91 12.0 34.91 12.0 – – Management analysts............................................... 37.27 7.1 35.24 6.6 – – Group III................................................. 39.80 6.8 36.90 2.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.05 12.0 30.06 12.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.19 6.4 22.19 6.4 – – Group III................................................. 32.36 7.1 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.28 2.1 38.30 2.2 – – Group II.................................................. 27.55 5.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.52 3.2 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 42.37 5.3 42.37 5.3 – – Group III................................................. 41.01 3.5 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.44 2.9 39.44 2.9 – – Group III................................................. 39.71 3.9 39.71 3.9 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.25 6.8 47.25 6.8 – – Group III................................................. 42.58 6.4 42.58 6.4 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 28.39 11.8 28.39 11.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.71 3.8 36.71 3.8 – – Group III................................................. 37.28 3.7 37.28 3.7 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 38.35 6.5 38.81 7.1 – – Group III................................................. 40.42 8.7 40.42 8.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 42.78 13.9 43.27 13.5 – – Group II.................................................. 27.75 3.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.82 2.8 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 47.87 12.2 47.87 12.2 – – Group II.................................................. 25.18 6.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.82 3.3 – – – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.03 15.9 36.03 15.9 – – Group III................................................. 37.99 8.7 – – – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 35.40 16.5 35.40 16.5 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 31.22 2.6 31.17 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 29.70 2.7 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.80 7.3 26.18 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.27 2.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.53 5.5 – – – – Life scientists................................................... 21.97 5.1 22.88 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.53 2.5 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.95 11.6 22.50 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.23 13.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.79 14.2 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 23.46 14.9 23.27 15.2 – – Group III................................................. 24.77 14.9 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 26.10 7.6 25.68 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 23.34 5.3 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.71 17.5 17.17 14.9 – – Group II.................................................. 15.72 18.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.24 4.3 31.25 5.2 31.20 14.4 Group I................................................... 13.77 4.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.57 21.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.50 5.3 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.54 17.1 28.15 9.5 – – Group III................................................. 34.90 13.7 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.43 5.1 24.72 8.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.24 7.0 34.39 6.6 30.45 25.1 Group II.................................................. 15.84 9.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.64 7.4 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 17.60 4.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 39.07 6.5 39.37 6.9 – – Group III................................................. 40.14 7.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.64 5.6 37.97 6.0 – – Group III................................................. 38.88 6.4 38.87 6.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 44.51 8.0 44.51 8.0 – – Group III................................................. 44.51 8.0 44.51 8.0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.45 11.3 38.66 11.0 – – Group III................................................. 38.75 11.1 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.85 10.8 38.06 10.5 – – Group III................................................. 38.16 10.7 38.06 10.5 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 56.11 13.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.40 3.1 14.74 7.9 14.05 6.5 Group I................................................... 13.78 4.4 13.51 4.1 14.01 6.4 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.67 9.4 23.69 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.20 8.9 – – – – Designers......................................................... 18.81 1.7 18.81 1.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.44 4.0 33.18 5.1 34.59 5.0 Group I................................................... 16.86 3.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.20 4.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.69 2.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.49 2.0 36.47 2.6 36.53 .9 Group II.................................................. 31.26 15.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.05 1.5 37.20 2.0 36.60 1.1 Therapists........................................................ 39.62 8.3 40.00 9.2 – – Group III................................................. 41.70 8.9 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 25.90 5.0 25.90 5.0 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.09 4.1 20.31 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 20.91 3.0 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.60 3.3 23.53 3.6 – – Group II.................................................. 23.60 3.3 23.53 3.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.00 6.0 15.93 5.2 16.29 10.3 Group I................................................... 15.04 5.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.40 2.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.24 5.7 14.52 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.24 5.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.80 4.6 14.96 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.80 4.6 14.96 4.2 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.81 4.0 17.72 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 16.36 6.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.08 10.9 23.54 11.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.70 8.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.17 5.0 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 31.09 2.1 31.09 2.1 – – Group II.................................................. 31.09 2.1 31.09 2.1 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 24.57 7.5 24.57 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.21 6.0 – – – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.46 7.1 23.46 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 24.20 5.6 24.20 5.6 – – Police officers................................................... 33.70 3.9 33.70 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 32.32 1.1 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 33.70 3.9 33.70 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 32.32 1.1 32.32 1.1 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.73 11.1 13.78 11.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.57 10.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 13.73 11.1 13.78 11.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.57 10.6 12.56 11.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.29 1.8 11.48 1.5 9.21 1.3 Group I................................................... 9.74 1.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.83 6.8 15.80 7.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.96 4.0 14.89 4.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.51 6.7 11.74 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.51 6.7 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.50 10.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.50 10.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.83 9.8 – – 9.83 10.5 Group I................................................... 9.26 3.0 – – 9.13 3.1 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.73 .7 8.97 4.5 8.58 2.7 Group I................................................... 8.73 .7 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 9.33 .7 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.33 .7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.28 2.4 8.75 6.6 8.15 .2 Group I................................................... 8.28 2.4 8.75 6.6 8.15 .2 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.61 3.3 11.90 7.7 9.49 3.3 Group I................................................... 10.75 3.4 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.53 3.9 11.68 9.7 9.44 3.6 Group I................................................... 10.69 3.8 – – 9.30 5.8 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.97 8.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.97 8.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.24 4.3 15.14 3.7 10.07 7.8 Group I................................................... 13.48 5.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.32 13.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.32 5.6 14.29 5.2 9.56 10.3 Group I................................................... 12.73 5.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.32 4.1 15.35 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.61 3.8 14.62 3.9 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.84 6.7 10.40 9.6 – – Group I................................................... 9.84 6.7 10.40 9.6 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.96 3.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 15.32 3.4 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.29 4.6 14.03 6.5 10.96 8.5 Group I................................................... 11.54 5.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.49 8.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 15.99 16.9 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 11.01 4.4 11.33 2.8 10.17 7.6 Group I................................................... 11.07 4.5 11.33 2.8 10.30 8.5 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.74 4.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.74 4.1 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.17 13.6 – – 11.17 14.0 Group I................................................... 13.17 21.4 – – – – Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 16.03 13.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.74 10.0 22.73 12.1 11.31 5.9 Group I................................................... 12.04 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.15 5.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 52.29 10.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 28.59 7.0 28.59 7.0 – – Group II.................................................. 28.35 4.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 27.96 7.3 27.96 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 30.32 1.3 30.32 1.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 29.35 13.0 29.35 13.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.21 10.4 14.82 16.3 10.84 5.7 Group I................................................... 11.61 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.43 6.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.83 4.2 11.96 11.9 11.71 3.2 Group I................................................... 11.74 5.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 11.83 4.2 11.96 11.9 11.71 3.2 Group I................................................... 11.74 5.1 11.96 11.9 11.53 1.8 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.77 21.4 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.43 20.7 15.33 22.8 9.72 11.8 Group I................................................... 11.63 1.2 12.91 2.4 9.72 11.8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.93 13.4 33.79 10.9 – – Group II.................................................. 20.93 9.7 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 30.18 28.5 30.99 26.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.19 8.7 – – – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 16.87 6.1 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.99 1.9 18.60 1.6 12.59 3.7 Group I................................................... 14.74 2.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.17 1.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.37 4.5 26.37 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.72 5.2 26.72 5.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.55 3.8 17.62 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.35 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.33 3.7 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 19.45 3.2 19.50 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.59 3.3 19.59 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.32 2.9 18.25 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 17.47 5.0 17.31 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 19.65 4.5 19.65 4.5 – – Tellers......................................................... 13.48 1.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.48 1.9 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.09 2.8 16.52 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.85 2.4 14.19 2.8 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.49 7.0 14.21 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.49 7.0 14.21 6.0 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 22.39 13.6 22.39 13.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.86 8.3 13.86 8.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.20 4.4 16.28 1.8 10.38 6.5 Group I................................................... 12.75 9.8 – – 9.60 5.8 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.18 3.2 20.33 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 18.05 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.13 3.0 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.06 5.2 21.31 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.49 5.2 21.49 5.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.53 3.5 18.45 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. 18.87 2.8 18.72 2.8 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.76 3.4 18.76 3.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.49 4.7 16.77 4.7 10.48 6.0 Group I................................................... 12.77 4.5 13.85 3.9 10.69 6.6 Group II.................................................. 19.02 3.7 19.02 3.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.47 2.1 23.72 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.88 4.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.11 1.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.96 6.7 31.96 6.7 – – Carpenters........................................................ 24.61 4.4 24.61 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.76 3.3 24.76 3.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 18.24 15.3 19.39 14.8 – – Group I................................................... 16.71 11.5 17.78 11.4 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 30.25 5.9 30.25 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 30.32 5.8 – – – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 30.74 5.8 30.74 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 30.82 5.7 30.82 5.7 – – Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers........... 29.71 10.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 29.71 10.5 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 24.53 5.0 24.64 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 26.02 2.0 26.56 1.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.55 5.7 24.66 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.35 12.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.34 6.3 – – – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 27.36 8.3 27.36 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 27.04 12.6 27.04 12.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 23.55 9.6 23.55 9.6 – – Group II.................................................. 24.26 10.3 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.93 8.1 19.93 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.53 9.3 20.53 9.3 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 24.51 12.2 25.00 11.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.51 12.2 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 20.31 5.7 20.98 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.16 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.71 4.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.73 11.6 26.73 11.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 8.9 15.69 8.9 – – Bakers............................................................ 15.16 11.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.06 10.3 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 24.25 10.6 24.25 10.6 – – Group II.................................................. 26.75 3.7 26.75 3.7 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 24.69 6.4 24.69 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 27.45 7.3 27.45 7.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.09 5.9 13.51 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.96 7.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.65 8.0 21.26 7.6 12.68 3.6 Group I................................................... 16.21 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.68 5.7 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 20.34 15.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.59 5.6 21.76 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 20.90 8.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.44 5.1 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.63 4.4 22.65 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.92 5.4 21.92 5.4 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.43 12.1 18.67 12.9 – – Group I................................................... 18.18 13.4 18.44 14.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.04 10.2 19.66 11.8 – – Group I................................................... 17.51 11.4 18.21 13.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.53 6.8 15.07 7.8 10.18 4.5 Group I................................................... 13.52 7.9 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.21 7.4 16.04 7.6 10.40 6.3 Group I................................................... 14.24 8.4 16.00 8.4 10.53 6.0 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $14.10 $21.10 $32.29 $45.91 Management occupations.............................................. 25.48 32.27 41.51 58.73 64.90 General and operations managers................................... 16.59 23.00 27.93 33.78 49.54 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.46 41.24 49.40 56.46 66.46 Marketing managers.............................................. 38.46 48.08 49.40 49.40 56.46 Sales managers.................................................. 34.62 41.24 44.12 66.46 66.46 Computer and information systems managers......................... 55.46 58.73 58.73 58.73 64.90 Financial managers................................................ 18.51 29.95 36.39 46.15 65.39 Human resources managers.......................................... 27.20 33.38 59.80 59.80 67.93 Industrial production managers.................................... 29.59 29.59 33.37 55.69 59.89 Construction managers............................................. 33.50 36.06 45.43 52.47 62.50 Education administrators.......................................... 23.41 26.68 36.10 49.68 54.37 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 44.76 49.76 50.69 54.37 79.49 Engineering managers.............................................. 41.51 46.77 57.31 63.27 70.53 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.83 23.56 32.23 45.42 55.29 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.20 31.17 45.42 59.29 59.29 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 33.65 45.42 45.42 45.42 45.42 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 27.20 29.81 38.17 59.29 59.29 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 21.95 28.16 33.91 46.88 58.65 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.56 23.74 32.28 44.59 55.29 Management analysts............................................... 21.63 31.25 36.88 46.15 50.00 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.83 22.03 26.01 30.82 53.85 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.19 32.86 38.27 45.07 52.68 Computer software engineers....................................... 33.54 34.38 40.45 47.79 58.52 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 33.61 33.61 38.27 40.45 51.13 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 31.25 40.39 46.02 58.52 61.94 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.40 19.25 24.62 36.00 36.00 Computer systems analysts......................................... 27.05 29.17 37.93 42.27 47.72 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 31.06 33.33 33.33 44.68 49.59 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.09 30.02 40.96 58.00 65.00 Engineers......................................................... 27.72 38.58 46.59 60.58 66.00 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 21.16 25.34 33.00 45.34 46.98 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 21.04 24.35 33.00 43.71 46.79 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.48 27.53 31.41 33.92 38.94 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 19.89 21.20 23.01 27.59 36.54 Life scientists................................................... 17.43 21.18 21.50 23.01 24.63 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.96 16.40 19.26 26.34 31.85 Counselors........................................................ 17.37 17.37 19.26 26.83 34.28 Social workers.................................................... 15.75 23.82 25.94 26.34 36.69 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 9.46 11.96 15.44 16.40 24.94 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.67 16.89 29.91 41.83 49.43 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.89 25.71 29.33 38.39 39.43 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 16.89 16.89 27.96 30.58 37.90 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.80 23.64 37.13 43.87 49.92 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 13.17 13.75 13.80 16.00 32.60 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.50 34.47 38.67 44.86 51.95 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.85 33.52 37.33 43.87 49.07 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.57 37.13 43.98 52.31 59.26 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.96 30.92 39.46 47.54 52.39 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 17.25 29.78 38.73 46.36 52.18 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 32.26 41.83 52.28 72.91 72.91 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.52 11.83 14.38 16.09 18.81 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.41 19.13 21.29 28.34 34.38 Designers......................................................... 13.41 18.22 20.77 20.90 21.64 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.32 23.94 33.35 40.60 49.45 Registered nurses................................................. 27.88 32.66 37.08 40.60 44.89 Therapists........................................................ 29.30 30.97 39.08 49.45 49.45 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.35 18.78 27.06 32.97 33.79 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.69 18.87 19.00 22.00 24.17 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.96 22.21 23.55 25.38 29.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.87 13.31 15.00 18.11 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.60 12.55 13.73 14.88 18.65 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.26 13.24 13.97 15.99 19.15 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.25 15.10 18.00 20.25 21.37 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.81 12.00 25.88 30.22 33.73 Fire fighters..................................................... 28.22 28.22 31.05 33.73 33.73 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 19.24 21.77 25.88 28.48 29.26 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 18.32 21.77 23.46 25.88 29.26 Police officers................................................... 28.86 30.98 33.28 36.50 39.95 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.86 30.98 33.28 36.50 39.95 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 11.81 11.81 12.11 22.29 Security guards................................................. 9.00 11.81 11.81 12.11 22.29 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.07 8.25 9.00 11.50 13.92 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.50 12.88 16.63 19.85 22.12 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 11.50 12.88 13.09 19.85 19.85 Cooks............................................................. 8.55 9.27 11.92 12.50 13.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 11.50 12.00 12.50 12.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.55 8.80 8.80 9.50 13.45 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.07 8.07 8.21 9.00 10.25 Bartenders...................................................... 8.25 8.25 9.00 9.50 12.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.07 8.07 8.07 8.18 8.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.07 8.55 9.55 12.36 15.72 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.07 8.55 9.55 12.36 15.14 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.07 8.75 8.75 9.00 10.44 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.75 11.04 13.25 16.12 20.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.10 10.17 12.60 15.28 18.43 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.11 12.39 14.93 17.16 21.43 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.96 8.10 9.11 11.12 12.60 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.00 12.00 15.25 16.75 20.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.50 9.36 10.75 15.38 20.69 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 10.60 10.71 15.09 18.98 18.98 Child care workers................................................ 9.00 9.55 11.50 11.64 12.76 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.10 10.10 10.30 10.75 11.72 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.75 9.13 14.30 20.06 25.00 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 9.02 9.92 15.00 23.33 25.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.65 10.55 15.25 24.01 43.27 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.65 18.60 24.80 35.21 52.04 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.75 14.78 21.53 43.69 57.22 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 24.01 24.80 24.80 29.57 52.04 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 9.50 11.01 16.31 19.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.25 9.00 10.00 13.27 18.60 Cashiers...................................................... 8.25 9.00 10.00 13.27 18.60 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.55 9.98 16.31 26.48 28.83 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 10.56 11.01 15.00 24.51 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.32 19.47 20.95 57.43 64.33 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 17.32 19.47 20.00 38.87 64.33 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 12.95 14.00 15.97 18.45 19.67 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.00 14.00 17.77 21.41 25.00 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.40 24.09 25.50 29.71 32.75 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.00 14.00 17.50 19.75 23.00 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.97 18.25 18.83 20.00 22.24 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.16 16.95 18.66 19.75 21.62 Tellers......................................................... 12.25 12.33 13.89 14.00 14.00 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.52 13.00 15.35 18.56 23.08 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 11.00 14.00 15.69 17.33 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.00 19.75 23.96 27.53 27.53 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.80 11.69 12.24 14.00 22.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.85 10.00 13.84 17.31 21.81 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.38 17.36 19.38 22.35 26.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.37 17.35 21.59 26.00 26.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.38 17.36 18.48 19.91 21.41 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.69 16.69 17.95 19.88 22.82 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.92 12.00 15.87 19.00 19.67 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.00 17.00 22.82 29.66 34.59 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 25.95 25.95 30.00 35.00 39.67 Carpenters........................................................ 17.00 20.10 23.50 29.21 38.05 Construction laborers............................................. 10.66 13.00 15.71 20.51 28.55 Construction equipment operators.................................. 25.19 26.58 30.40 33.05 35.08 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 25.19 29.80 30.40 33.05 35.08 Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers........... 18.39 30.61 32.53 32.53 34.85 Electricians...................................................... 15.49 16.00 26.72 29.55 31.84 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.57 19.00 25.00 28.96 35.73 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.00 26.00 27.85 31.31 33.63 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.89 16.00 22.40 28.89 34.90 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.36 15.50 18.22 26.03 27.51 Line installers and repairers..................................... 15.75 19.77 24.50 27.45 35.73 Production occupations.............................................. 11.55 13.59 19.75 25.16 31.86 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.77 22.77 24.62 26.47 49.11 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.66 12.66 12.66 18.67 26.25 Bakers............................................................ 8.75 10.75 16.50 19.10 19.75 Machinists........................................................ 16.50 21.00 24.19 26.75 31.88 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.20 18.88 25.04 31.86 32.67 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.10 12.00 12.75 16.67 17.60 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.50 12.88 18.06 22.93 26.69 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.01 12.01 19.39 27.37 27.37 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.00 18.53 22.10 25.42 26.04 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.04 19.77 23.00 25.42 25.67 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.00 14.58 17.37 20.48 29.08 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.81 15.01 17.06 22.93 28.88 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.27 9.50 12.45 16.62 18.69 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.08 10.00 13.00 17.95 18.73 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.50 $13.27 $20.00 $31.28 $46.15 Management occupations.............................................. 25.36 32.27 45.53 58.73 65.39 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.46 41.24 49.40 56.46 66.46 Marketing managers.............................................. 38.46 48.08 49.40 49.40 56.46 Sales managers.................................................. 34.62 41.24 44.12 66.46 66.46 Computer and information systems managers......................... 55.46 58.73 58.73 59.42 64.90 Financial managers................................................ 18.51 25.70 33.96 46.15 65.39 Industrial production managers.................................... 29.59 29.59 33.37 55.69 59.89 Construction managers............................................. 33.50 36.06 50.96 52.47 62.50 Education administrators.......................................... 17.39 23.41 26.68 27.45 39.42 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.83 25.45 34.28 47.01 59.29 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.20 31.17 45.42 59.29 59.29 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 33.65 45.42 45.42 45.42 45.42 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 27.20 29.81 38.17 59.29 59.29 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.56 28.00 32.28 43.22 55.29 Management analysts............................................... 24.13 32.21 37.42 46.15 50.00 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.83 22.60 26.65 31.25 53.85 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.19 32.74 38.27 46.02 53.89 Computer software engineers....................................... 33.61 35.68 40.45 49.75 61.69 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 31.25 39.95 46.02 58.52 61.94 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.40 19.25 24.62 36.00 36.00 Computer systems analysts......................................... 27.05 28.68 36.49 43.27 47.72 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 31.06 32.97 33.33 44.68 49.59 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.62 29.71 41.00 58.00 65.38 Engineers......................................................... 27.40 38.58 47.84 62.00 66.00 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 21.16 25.34 33.00 45.34 46.98 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 21.04 24.35 33.00 43.71 46.79 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.78 27.53 31.41 33.92 39.13 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 19.89 21.20 23.01 25.49 32.21 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.00 14.00 17.37 19.26 28.46 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.55 11.00 11.96 15.44 15.44 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.75 13.75 18.85 30.06 41.83 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 23.07 26.43 28.85 30.58 37.90 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.22 13.80 14.25 20.95 33.33 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.50 9.50 11.75 11.83 12.00 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.41 19.05 20.90 27.81 34.96 Designers......................................................... 13.41 18.22 20.77 20.90 21.64 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.12 22.77 32.95 40.47 49.45 Registered nurses................................................. 27.24 32.76 38.15 41.04 45.06 Therapists........................................................ 29.30 30.64 39.08 49.45 49.45 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.35 18.78 27.06 32.97 33.79 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.69 18.87 19.00 22.00 24.17 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.96 22.21 23.35 25.18 26.88 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.80 13.16 14.85 18.00 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.60 12.36 13.71 14.56 18.83 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.16 13.06 13.74 15.19 19.15 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.04 15.00 18.00 20.05 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 11.81 11.81 18.21 28.48 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 11.81 11.81 12.00 12.50 Security guards................................................. 9.00 11.81 11.81 12.00 12.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.07 8.25 9.00 11.40 13.50 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.50 12.88 16.83 19.85 22.12 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 11.50 11.50 13.08 19.85 19.85 Cooks............................................................. 8.55 9.27 11.92 12.50 13.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 11.50 12.00 12.50 12.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.39 8.80 8.80 9.25 10.58 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.07 8.07 8.21 9.00 10.25 Bartenders...................................................... 8.25 8.25 9.00 9.50 12.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.07 8.07 8.07 8.18 8.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.07 8.55 9.55 10.58 14.29 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.07 8.55 9.55 12.36 15.14 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.07 8.75 8.75 9.00 10.44 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.10 10.26 12.39 16.00 20.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.06 8.75 11.11 13.17 17.46 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.98 11.63 13.01 16.40 22.87 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.96 8.10 9.11 11.12 12.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.48 9.36 10.60 13.80 20.69 Child care workers................................................ 9.00 9.55 11.50 11.64 12.76 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.10 10.10 10.30 10.75 11.72 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.02 9.72 15.00 21.00 25.00 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 9.02 9.92 15.00 23.33 25.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.65 10.55 15.25 24.01 43.27 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.65 18.60 24.80 35.21 52.04 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.75 14.78 21.53 43.69 57.22 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 24.01 24.80 24.80 29.57 52.04 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 9.50 11.01 16.31 19.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.25 9.00 10.00 13.27 18.60 Cashiers...................................................... 8.25 9.00 10.00 13.27 18.60 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.55 9.98 16.31 26.48 28.83 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 10.56 11.01 15.00 24.51 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.32 19.47 20.95 57.43 64.33 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 17.32 19.47 20.00 38.87 64.33 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 12.95 14.00 15.97 18.45 19.67 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.00 13.89 17.30 20.69 24.60 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.72 23.40 25.00 29.71 33.28 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.00 13.89 16.97 19.53 23.00 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.97 18.25 18.83 20.00 22.24 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.00 16.67 18.02 19.61 21.00 Tellers......................................................... 12.25 12.33 13.89 14.00 14.00 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.52 13.00 15.35 18.56 23.08 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 11.00 14.00 15.69 17.33 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.80 11.69 12.24 14.00 22.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.85 10.00 13.84 17.31 21.81 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.01 17.75 20.69 26.00 26.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.01 16.15 20.95 26.00 26.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.21 17.78 20.69 20.88 22.35 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.92 12.00 15.95 19.00 19.61 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.00 16.00 21.50 29.66 34.59 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 25.95 25.95 30.00 35.00 39.67 Carpenters........................................................ 17.00 20.10 23.50 29.21 38.05 Construction laborers............................................. 10.66 13.00 15.71 20.51 28.55 Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers........... 18.39 30.61 32.53 32.53 34.85 Electricians...................................................... 15.49 16.00 26.72 31.84 31.84 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.50 18.00 24.37 27.85 33.63 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.00 20.00 27.85 29.15 33.63 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.36 15.50 18.22 22.40 38.89 Line installers and repairers..................................... 15.63 19.75 21.00 27.45 27.45 Production occupations.............................................. 11.55 13.59 19.75 25.16 31.86 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.77 22.77 24.62 26.47 49.11 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.66 12.66 12.66 18.67 26.25 Bakers............................................................ 8.75 10.75 16.50 19.10 19.75 Machinists........................................................ 16.50 21.00 24.19 26.75 31.88 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.20 18.88 25.04 31.86 32.67 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.10 12.00 12.75 16.67 17.60 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.50 12.77 18.00 22.87 26.42 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.00 18.40 22.10 25.42 26.33 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.00 19.65 23.00 25.42 25.67 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.00 14.58 17.37 20.48 29.08 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.81 15.01 17.06 22.93 28.88 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.27 9.50 12.45 16.62 18.69 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.08 10.00 12.88 17.95 18.73 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $15.08 $18.98 $27.09 $35.00 $44.20 Management occupations.............................................. 27.93 32.31 35.00 45.88 55.28 Education administrators.......................................... 36.10 36.10 44.76 51.92 59.33 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 44.76 49.76 50.69 54.37 79.49 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.63 21.50 26.85 32.18 38.89 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.80 34.24 35.42 37.94 42.27 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.13 34.36 34.38 36.33 37.94 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 31.13 34.36 34.38 35.42 37.94 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.50 22.45 29.82 32.70 40.46 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.95 24.94 26.34 29.39 38.27 Social workers.................................................... 23.82 25.24 26.34 26.34 42.12 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.31 23.22 34.65 43.76 52.28 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.89 16.89 34.14 38.91 64.81 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.86 34.47 39.38 47.23 52.18 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.27 34.47 38.70 45.83 52.88 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.09 34.47 38.67 44.44 49.43 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.57 37.13 43.98 52.31 59.26 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.02 33.93 41.92 48.10 52.52 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.02 33.51 41.21 47.54 52.52 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.81 13.96 15.31 17.53 20.11 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.15 30.31 35.03 42.30 50.23 Registered nurses................................................. 30.12 31.34 35.03 39.14 42.79 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.95 24.04 28.22 33.23 34.91 Fire fighters..................................................... 28.22 28.22 28.99 33.73 33.73 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 18.32 21.77 23.46 25.88 29.26 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 18.32 21.77 23.46 25.88 29.26 Police officers................................................... 28.86 30.98 33.28 36.50 39.95 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.86 30.98 33.28 36.50 39.95 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.21 14.19 14.93 17.98 21.57 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.21 14.88 14.93 17.16 20.24 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.21 14.88 14.93 17.16 20.24 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.75 13.45 18.98 18.98 22.98 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.67 17.36 18.58 22.57 26.32 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.54 19.23 20.27 23.52 25.39 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.04 17.36 18.48 19.38 21.64 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.36 17.36 18.48 18.48 19.38 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.06 12.47 15.08 18.56 22.57 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.76 25.10 26.58 29.80 31.30 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.03 28.62 31.31 35.73 40.20 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.75 20.21 24.46 27.37 31.88 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.00 $15.87 $22.92 $33.61 $47.53 Management occupations.............................................. 25.58 32.27 41.73 58.73 64.90 General and operations managers................................... 16.59 23.00 27.93 33.78 49.54 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.46 41.24 49.40 56.46 66.46 Marketing managers.............................................. 38.46 48.08 49.40 49.40 56.46 Sales managers.................................................. 34.62 41.24 44.12 66.46 66.46 Computer and information systems managers......................... 55.46 58.73 58.73 58.73 64.90 Financial managers................................................ 18.51 29.95 36.39 46.15 65.39 Human resources managers.......................................... 27.20 33.38 59.80 59.80 67.93 Industrial production managers.................................... 29.59 29.59 33.37 55.69 59.89 Construction managers............................................. 33.50 36.06 45.43 52.47 62.50 Education administrators.......................................... 23.41 26.68 36.10 49.68 54.37 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 44.76 49.76 50.69 54.37 79.49 Engineering managers.............................................. 41.51 46.77 57.31 63.27 70.53 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.83 23.37 32.18 45.42 56.32 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.20 31.17 45.42 59.29 59.29 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 33.65 45.42 45.42 45.42 45.42 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 27.20 29.81 38.17 59.29 59.29 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 27.68 30.55 36.80 46.88 58.65 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.56 23.74 32.28 44.59 55.29 Management analysts............................................... 21.59 28.37 34.28 39.82 46.15 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.83 22.03 26.01 30.82 53.85 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.19 32.74 38.27 45.23 52.76 Computer software engineers....................................... 33.54 34.38 40.45 47.79 58.52 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 33.61 33.61 38.27 40.45 51.13 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 31.25 40.39 46.02 58.52 61.94 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.40 19.25 24.62 36.00 36.00 Computer systems analysts......................................... 27.05 29.17 37.93 42.27 47.72 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 31.06 33.33 33.33 44.68 49.59 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.62 29.09 41.29 58.00 65.00 Engineers......................................................... 27.72 38.58 46.59 60.58 66.00 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 21.16 25.34 33.00 45.34 46.98 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 21.04 24.35 33.00 43.71 46.79 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.09 27.53 28.85 34.66 40.09 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.19 21.50 23.01 27.37 38.40 Life scientists................................................... 21.20 21.20 23.01 23.01 24.63 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.44 17.10 19.26 26.83 31.85 Counselors........................................................ 17.37 17.37 19.26 26.83 32.48 Social workers.................................................... 15.75 25.24 25.24 26.34 42.12 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.00 14.00 15.60 24.88 24.94 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.80 20.11 30.58 41.83 48.61 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.89 23.07 29.33 30.58 38.91 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 16.89 16.89 26.92 29.33 30.58 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.80 24.07 37.22 43.87 50.69 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.70 34.47 38.67 45.32 52.11 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.25 34.47 37.33 43.87 49.43 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.57 37.13 43.98 52.31 59.26 Secondary school teachers....................................... 20.95 31.50 39.51 47.54 52.39 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 20.05 30.11 38.73 46.03 52.18 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.50 11.75 13.96 18.19 20.11 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.41 19.13 20.91 28.34 34.96 Designers......................................................... 13.41 18.22 20.77 20.90 21.64 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.69 22.67 32.33 41.16 49.45 Registered nurses................................................. 26.86 32.19 37.72 41.33 45.00 Therapists........................................................ 29.30 30.45 39.32 49.45 49.45 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.35 18.78 27.06 32.97 33.79 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.21 19.00 19.49 22.00 24.17 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.96 22.21 23.33 24.78 29.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.87 13.30 15.10 18.15 20.36 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.80 12.61 13.89 15.53 19.15 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.36 13.16 14.24 16.46 19.15 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.00 15.10 17.34 20.14 21.37 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.81 12.00 26.35 30.23 33.73 Fire fighters..................................................... 28.22 28.22 31.05 33.73 33.73 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 19.24 21.77 25.88 28.48 29.26 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 18.32 21.77 23.46 25.88 29.26 Police officers................................................... 28.86 30.98 33.28 36.50 39.95 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.86 30.98 33.28 36.50 39.95 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 11.81 11.81 12.50 22.29 Security guards................................................. 9.00 11.81 11.81 12.50 22.29 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.25 9.00 10.25 12.88 16.83 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.50 12.88 16.83 19.85 22.12 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 11.50 11.50 13.08 19.85 19.85 Cooks............................................................. 8.55 9.27 11.50 12.53 13.92 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.07 8.25 9.00 9.00 10.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.07 8.07 8.07 8.55 11.40 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.14 9.55 10.58 14.58 16.18 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.00 9.55 10.58 13.50 16.18 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.61 12.21 14.93 16.75 21.43 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.60 11.58 13.92 16.08 19.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.11 12.39 14.93 17.16 21.43 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.06 8.75 10.01 12.30 13.26 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.00 10.10 11.72 15.81 22.98 Child care workers................................................ 9.15 10.50 11.50 11.95 12.76 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.25 11.99 18.60 26.48 45.31 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.65 18.60 24.80 35.21 52.04 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.75 14.78 21.53 43.69 57.22 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 24.01 24.80 24.80 29.57 52.04 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.50 10.56 12.00 18.57 24.91 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.25 9.50 10.25 13.25 18.60 Cashiers...................................................... 8.25 9.50 10.25 13.25 18.60 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.89 11.01 13.00 18.57 24.91 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.32 19.58 21.10 57.43 64.33 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 17.32 19.47 20.00 50.97 64.33 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.55 15.15 18.25 21.60 25.39 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.40 24.09 25.50 29.71 32.75 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.00 14.00 17.91 19.75 23.00 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.97 18.25 18.83 20.05 22.24 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.16 16.67 18.44 19.75 21.62 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.63 13.50 15.93 19.15 23.08 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.00 11.90 14.74 17.00 17.33 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.00 19.75 23.96 27.53 27.53 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.80 11.69 12.24 14.00 22.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.00 13.84 16.15 18.00 21.81 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.38 17.36 19.62 22.35 26.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.38 18.30 21.63 26.00 26.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.38 17.36 18.48 19.91 21.29 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.69 16.69 17.95 19.88 22.82 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.00 13.42 16.15 19.00 22.57 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.00 17.00 23.00 30.00 34.59 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 25.95 25.95 30.00 35.00 39.67 Carpenters........................................................ 17.00 20.10 23.50 29.21 38.05 Construction laborers............................................. 13.00 14.50 20.51 20.51 29.66 Construction equipment operators.................................. 25.19 26.58 30.40 33.05 35.08 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 25.19 29.80 30.40 33.05 35.08 Electricians...................................................... 15.49 15.49 26.72 31.84 31.84 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.89 19.00 25.00 28.96 35.73 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.00 26.00 27.85 31.31 33.63 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.89 16.00 22.40 28.89 34.90 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.36 15.50 18.22 26.03 27.51 Line installers and repairers..................................... 15.75 19.77 25.00 27.45 35.73 Production occupations.............................................. 12.66 14.52 20.90 25.36 31.88 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.77 22.77 24.62 26.47 49.11 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.66 12.66 12.66 18.67 26.25 Machinists........................................................ 16.50 21.00 24.19 26.75 31.88 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.20 18.88 25.04 31.86 32.67 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 10.60 12.75 16.67 17.60 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.00 14.74 19.47 25.42 28.62 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.83 19.00 22.36 25.42 26.21 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.04 19.77 23.00 25.42 25.67 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.86 14.58 17.37 20.48 29.08 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.81 13.10 20.41 22.93 28.88 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.50 11.00 13.99 18.00 18.73 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.00 11.00 16.14 18.00 18.75 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.07 $8.55 $10.48 $15.83 $27.37 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.83 14.85 17.82 44.46 72.91 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.75 18.00 20.97 47.69 47.69 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.52 12.16 14.98 15.77 16.63 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.87 28.02 35.03 39.25 44.44 Registered nurses................................................. 29.14 34.04 35.03 38.75 44.44 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.60 13.31 15.00 18.00 21.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.07 8.07 8.55 9.42 12.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.39 8.80 8.80 9.34 14.23 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.07 8.07 8.07 8.55 9.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.07 8.07 8.07 8.10 8.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.07 8.35 8.55 10.00 12.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.07 8.07 8.55 9.50 13.70 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.96 8.10 9.26 11.13 13.85 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.96 8.10 8.44 10.98 12.93 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.50 8.75 9.47 10.75 13.46 Child care workers................................................ 8.50 8.55 9.50 11.50 12.00 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.75 8.75 9.14 10.00 13.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 8.50 9.50 11.85 18.35 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 8.50 9.29 11.13 18.35 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.50 9.00 9.50 17.95 18.35 Cashiers...................................................... 8.50 9.00 9.50 17.95 18.35 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 8.50 8.50 10.76 11.48 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.65 9.92 11.62 13.41 18.53 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.65 8.75 9.50 12.00 13.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.57 9.06 9.92 11.00 15.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.07 8.95 11.00 15.38 20.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.07 8.08 9.25 11.25 13.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.07 8.07 9.50 11.40 13.77 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $26.73 $22.92 $1,066 $903 39.9 $54,666 $46,384 2,045 Management occupations.............................................. 44.50 41.73 1,809 1,669 40.6 93,660 86,790 2,105 General and operations managers................................... 29.62 27.93 1,173 1,117 39.6 61,018 58,090 2,060 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.45 49.40 2,001 1,976 40.5 104,045 102,760 2,104 Marketing managers.............................................. 48.85 49.40 1,954 1,976 40.0 101,603 102,760 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 50.10 44.12 2,053 1,669 41.0 106,743 86,790 2,131 Computer and information systems managers......................... 59.43 58.73 2,697 2,936 45.4 140,219 152,688 2,360 Financial managers................................................ 39.31 36.39 1,580 1,408 40.2 82,170 73,216 2,090 Human resources managers.......................................... 50.76 59.80 2,013 2,392 39.7 104,692 124,390 2,063 Industrial production managers.................................... 41.31 33.37 1,652 1,335 40.0 85,925 69,408 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 48.38 45.43 1,935 1,817 40.0 100,627 94,494 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 39.06 36.10 1,601 1,577 41.0 78,235 82,000 2,003 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 55.09 50.69 2,204 2,028 40.0 111,376 103,501 2,022 Engineering managers.............................................. 55.46 57.31 2,308 2,183 41.6 120,038 113,506 2,164 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.70 32.18 1,423 1,287 41.0 73,965 66,932 2,131 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 43.36 45.42 1,864 1,712 43.0 96,910 89,003 2,235 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 42.47 45.42 1,699 1,817 40.0 88,332 94,478 2,080 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 43.62 38.17 1,918 1,456 44.0 99,714 75,722 2,286 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 38.91 36.80 1,593 1,392 41.0 82,856 72,365 2,130 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 34.91 32.28 1,396 1,291 40.0 72,611 67,140 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 35.24 34.28 1,409 1,371 40.0 73,293 71,302 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.06 26.01 1,273 1,126 42.3 66,177 58,573 2,201 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.30 38.27 1,609 1,680 42.0 83,686 87,383 2,185 Computer software engineers....................................... 42.37 40.45 1,827 1,860 43.1 95,002 96,705 2,242 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.44 38.27 1,776 1,913 45.0 92,343 99,494 2,341 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.25 46.02 1,903 1,841 40.3 98,961 95,726 2,094 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.39 24.62 1,206 985 42.5 62,736 51,203 2,209 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.71 37.93 1,549 1,517 42.2 80,525 78,901 2,193 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 38.81 33.33 1,515 1,250 39.0 78,795 64,999 2,030 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.27 41.29 1,742 1,652 40.3 90,594 85,883 2,094 Engineers......................................................... 47.87 46.59 1,919 1,880 40.1 99,793 97,760 2,085 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.03 33.00 1,441 1,320 40.0 74,950 68,640 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 35.40 33.00 1,416 1,320 40.0 73,634 68,640 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 31.17 28.85 1,247 1,154 40.0 64,834 60,008 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.18 23.01 1,040 917 39.7 53,140 47,674 2,029 Life scientists................................................... 22.88 23.01 895 865 39.1 46,565 44,981 2,035 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.50 19.26 914 771 40.6 46,425 40,069 2,064 Counselors........................................................ 23.27 19.26 960 771 41.3 48,593 40,069 2,088 Social workers.................................................... 25.68 25.24 1,019 1,010 39.7 50,141 53,947 1,952 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 17.17 15.60 687 624 40.0 35,704 32,446 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.25 30.58 1,164 1,180 37.3 48,087 49,338 1,539 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.15 29.33 1,054 1,077 37.4 47,313 47,986 1,681 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 24.72 26.92 936 880 37.9 44,496 35,125 1,800 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.39 37.22 1,280 1,346 37.2 49,875 49,990 1,450 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 39.37 38.67 1,467 1,465 37.2 54,016 54,191 1,372 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.97 37.33 1,420 1,445 37.4 52,443 52,785 1,381 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 44.51 43.98 1,635 1,649 36.7 59,611 59,378 1,339 Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.66 39.51 1,435 1,472 37.1 53,088 54,513 1,373 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.06 38.73 1,420 1,455 37.3 52,613 53,994 1,382 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.74 13.96 483 480 32.8 19,830 18,698 1,346 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.69 20.91 946 837 40.0 49,204 43,499 2,077 Designers......................................................... 18.81 20.77 752 831 40.0 39,127 43,200 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.18 32.33 1,296 1,254 39.1 66,890 64,896 2,016 Registered nurses................................................. 36.47 37.72 1,432 1,476 39.3 74,476 76,752 2,042 Therapists........................................................ 40.00 39.32 1,568 1,522 39.2 78,370 74,651 1,959 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 25.90 27.06 1,020 1,082 39.4 53,056 56,285 2,049 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.31 19.49 780 760 38.4 40,585 39,520 1,999 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.53 23.33 886 906 37.7 44,637 45,201 1,897 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.93 15.10 604 573 37.9 31,267 29,806 1,963 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.52 13.89 553 545 38.1 28,527 28,342 1,965 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.96 14.24 577 549 38.6 29,700 28,558 1,985 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.72 17.34 666 621 37.6 34,606 32,315 1,953 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.54 26.35 976 1,035 41.5 50,759 53,824 2,156 Fire fighters..................................................... 31.09 31.05 1,488 1,490 47.9 77,378 77,501 2,489 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 24.57 25.88 983 1,035 40.0 51,100 53,824 2,080 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.46 23.46 938 938 40.0 48,796 48,793 2,080 Police officers................................................... 33.70 33.28 1,356 1,331 40.2 70,530 69,222 2,093 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 33.70 33.28 1,356 1,331 40.2 70,530 69,222 2,093 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.78 11.81 547 473 39.7 28,441 24,571 2,064 Security guards................................................. 13.78 11.81 547 473 39.7 28,441 24,571 2,064 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.48 10.25 442 382 38.5 22,809 19,856 1,986 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.80 16.83 644 673 40.8 33,508 35,000 2,120 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.89 13.08 609 654 40.9 31,671 34,000 2,126 Cooks............................................................. 11.74 11.50 448 437 38.1 23,280 22,743 1,982 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.97 9.00 335 323 37.3 17,426 16,786 1,942 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.75 8.07 326 323 37.3 16,951 16,786 1,937 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.90 10.58 473 423 39.7 23,853 22,002 2,004 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 11.68 10.58 467 423 40.0 24,297 22,002 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.14 14.93 585 540 38.7 30,371 28,059 2,006 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.29 13.92 565 540 39.6 29,298 28,059 2,050 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.35 14.93 614 597 40.0 31,765 31,063 2,069 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.40 10.01 397 386 38.1 20,619 20,057 1,983 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.03 11.72 521 461 37.2 26,944 23,920 1,920 Child care workers................................................ 11.33 11.50 433 425 38.2 21,636 21,893 1,909 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.73 18.60 927 743 40.8 48,197 38,621 2,121 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 28.59 24.80 1,193 992 41.7 62,025 51,584 2,169 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 27.96 21.53 1,210 861 43.3 62,913 44,782 2,250 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 29.35 24.80 1,174 992 40.0 61,045 51,584 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.82 12.00 606 466 40.9 31,490 24,253 2,125 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.96 10.25 473 410 39.5 24,587 21,320 2,056 Cashiers...................................................... 11.96 10.25 473 410 39.5 24,587 21,320 2,056 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.33 13.00 645 480 42.1 33,539 24,960 2,188 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.79 21.10 1,385 840 41.0 72,039 43,657 2,132 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 30.99 20.00 1,275 800 41.2 66,314 41,600 2,140 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.60 18.25 736 725 39.6 38,103 37,482 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.37 25.50 1,027 1,020 39.0 53,422 53,040 2,026 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.62 17.91 700 700 39.7 36,377 36,400 2,064 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 19.50 18.83 761 751 39.0 39,585 39,042 2,030 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.25 18.44 726 735 39.8 37,774 38,245 2,069 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.52 15.93 659 637 39.9 34,259 33,134 2,074 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.21 14.74 545 536 38.4 28,339 27,877 1,994 Dispatchers....................................................... 22.39 23.96 895 958 40.0 46,564 49,837 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.86 12.24 554 490 40.0 28,833 25,457 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 16.28 16.15 651 646 40.0 33,871 33,592 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.33 19.62 809 775 39.8 41,721 40,000 2,052 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.31 21.63 852 865 40.0 44,323 44,990 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.45 18.48 738 739 40.0 37,531 38,428 2,034 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.76 17.95 736 724 39.2 38,257 37,651 2,039 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.77 16.15 650 644 38.7 33,195 33,471 1,979 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.72 23.00 945 920 39.8 48,625 47,840 2,050 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.96 30.00 1,278 1,200 40.0 66,482 62,400 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 24.61 23.50 984 940 40.0 50,826 48,880 2,065 Construction laborers............................................. 19.39 20.51 776 820 40.0 39,268 42,661 2,025 Construction equipment operators.................................. 30.25 30.40 1,210 1,216 40.0 61,691 63,144 2,040 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 30.74 30.40 1,230 1,216 40.0 62,557 63,232 2,035 Electricians...................................................... 24.64 26.72 986 1,069 40.0 51,273 55,586 2,081 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.66 25.00 987 1,000 40.0 51,081 51,896 2,071 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 27.36 27.85 1,094 1,114 40.0 56,908 57,928 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 23.55 22.40 942 896 40.0 48,975 46,592 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.93 18.22 797 729 40.0 41,457 37,906 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.00 25.00 1,000 1,000 40.0 52,008 52,000 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.98 20.90 838 836 39.9 43,069 42,432 2,053 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.73 24.62 1,069 985 40.0 55,590 51,210 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 12.66 628 506 40.0 32,633 26,322 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 24.25 24.19 970 968 40.0 50,449 50,315 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 24.69 25.04 988 1,002 40.0 44,373 51,002 1,797 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.51 12.75 541 510 40.0 28,110 26,520 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 21.26 19.47 843 779 39.7 43,756 40,489 2,058 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.76 22.36 875 905 40.2 45,391 47,083 2,086 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.65 23.00 912 922 40.3 47,296 47,944 2,088 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.67 17.37 747 695 40.0 38,838 36,130 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.66 20.41 786 816 40.0 40,891 42,453 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.07 13.99 598 560 39.7 31,114 29,101 2,065 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.04 16.14 636 646 39.6 33,059 33,569 2,061 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $26.35 $22.12 $1,052 $864 39.9 $54,473 $44,928 2,067 Management occupations.............................................. 45.82 45.53 1,866 1,723 40.7 96,557 88,090 2,107 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.45 49.40 2,001 1,976 40.5 104,045 102,760 2,104 Marketing managers.............................................. 48.85 49.40 1,954 1,976 40.0 101,603 102,760 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 50.10 44.12 2,053 1,669 41.0 106,743 86,790 2,131 Computer and information systems managers......................... 60.34 58.73 2,761 2,936 45.8 143,551 152,688 2,379 Financial managers................................................ 39.39 33.96 1,584 1,323 40.2 82,352 68,815 2,091 Industrial production managers.................................... 41.31 33.37 1,652 1,335 40.0 85,925 69,408 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 48.72 50.96 1,949 2,038 40.0 101,345 106,001 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 28.62 26.68 1,120 1,067 39.1 51,946 55,494 1,815 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.94 33.82 1,483 1,329 41.2 77,090 69,098 2,145 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 43.36 45.42 1,864 1,712 43.0 96,910 89,003 2,235 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 42.47 45.42 1,699 1,817 40.0 88,332 94,478 2,080 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 43.62 38.17 1,918 1,456 44.0 99,714 75,722 2,286 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.17 32.28 1,447 1,291 40.0 75,240 67,140 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 36.10 35.99 1,444 1,440 40.0 75,089 74,859 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.61 26.65 1,300 1,130 42.5 67,595 58,750 2,208 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.58 38.27 1,629 1,737 42.2 84,696 90,322 2,195 Computer software engineers....................................... 43.12 40.45 1,875 1,913 43.5 97,484 99,494 2,261 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.31 46.02 1,906 1,841 40.3 99,100 95,726 2,095 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.39 24.62 1,206 985 42.5 62,736 51,203 2,209 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.07 36.49 1,541 1,543 42.7 80,139 80,261 2,222 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 38.40 33.33 1,495 1,250 38.9 77,740 64,999 2,024 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.66 41.35 1,759 1,654 40.3 91,449 86,000 2,095 Engineers......................................................... 48.51 47.84 1,945 1,981 40.1 101,143 103,002 2,085 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.03 33.00 1,441 1,320 40.0 74,950 68,640 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 35.40 33.00 1,416 1,320 40.0 73,634 68,640 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 31.53 28.69 1,261 1,148 40.0 65,592 59,675 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.42 23.01 1,007 917 39.6 52,379 47,674 2,061 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.89 17.37 756 695 40.0 39,288 36,125 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.71 22.21 903 884 38.1 43,320 36,920 1,827 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.43 28.04 1,137 1,121 40.0 53,144 53,810 1,869 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.23 14.00 732 552 38.1 33,686 28,698 1,752 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.15 20.90 925 836 39.9 48,096 43,470 2,077 Designers......................................................... 18.81 20.77 752 831 40.0 39,127 43,200 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.75 32.29 1,280 1,243 39.1 66,586 64,621 2,033 Registered nurses................................................. 36.59 37.72 1,434 1,476 39.2 74,575 76,752 2,038 Therapists........................................................ 39.07 35.89 1,547 1,436 39.6 80,437 74,651 2,059 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 25.90 27.06 1,020 1,082 39.4 53,056 56,285 2,049 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.31 19.49 780 760 38.4 40,585 39,520 1,999 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.11 22.89 881 896 38.1 45,802 46,592 1,982 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.61 14.56 589 552 37.7 30,620 28,725 1,962 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.33 13.73 546 534 38.1 28,380 27,789 1,981 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.77 13.89 571 549 38.6 29,677 28,558 2,009 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.42 16.50 644 610 37.0 33,486 31,741 1,922 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.04 11.81 644 473 40.2 33,501 24,571 2,088 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.14 11.81 481 473 39.6 25,012 24,571 2,061 Security guards................................................. 12.14 11.81 481 473 39.6 25,012 24,571 2,061 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.41 10.25 439 382 38.5 22,830 19,856 2,002 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.80 16.83 644 673 40.8 33,508 35,000 2,120 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.89 13.08 609 654 40.9 31,671 34,000 2,126 Cooks............................................................. 11.74 11.50 448 437 38.1 23,280 22,743 1,982 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.97 9.00 335 323 37.3 17,426 16,786 1,942 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.75 8.07 326 323 37.3 16,951 16,786 1,937 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.54 10.58 458 423 39.7 23,798 22,002 2,063 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 11.68 10.58 467 423 40.0 24,297 22,002 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.51 12.95 554 504 38.2 28,786 26,229 1,985 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.29 12.32 522 492 39.3 27,160 25,584 2,044 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.89 12.97 596 519 40.0 30,978 26,978 2,080 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.40 10.01 397 386 38.1 20,619 20,057 1,983 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.37 11.37 493 440 36.9 25,472 22,360 1,905 Child care workers................................................ 11.33 11.50 433 425 38.2 21,636 21,893 1,909 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.73 18.60 927 743 40.8 48,197 38,621 2,121 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 28.59 24.80 1,193 992 41.7 62,025 51,584 2,169 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 27.96 21.53 1,210 861 43.3 62,913 44,782 2,250 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 29.35 24.80 1,174 992 40.0 61,045 51,584 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.82 12.00 606 466 40.9 31,490 24,253 2,125 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.96 10.25 473 410 39.5 24,587 21,320 2,056 Cashiers...................................................... 11.96 10.25 473 410 39.5 24,587 21,320 2,056 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.33 13.00 645 480 42.1 33,539 24,960 2,188 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.79 21.10 1,385 840 41.0 72,039 43,657 2,132 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 30.99 20.00 1,275 800 41.2 66,314 41,600 2,140 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.23 17.96 721 711 39.5 37,462 36,982 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.38 25.00 1,024 963 38.8 53,232 50,101 2,018 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.19 16.97 682 679 39.7 35,456 35,300 2,063 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 19.50 18.83 761 751 39.0 39,585 39,042 2,030 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.85 18.02 710 721 39.8 36,905 37,482 2,068 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.52 15.93 659 637 39.9 34,259 33,134 2,074 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.21 14.74 545 536 38.4 28,339 27,877 1,994 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.86 12.24 554 490 40.0 28,833 25,457 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 16.28 16.15 651 646 40.0 33,871 33,592 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.17 20.88 840 835 39.7 43,701 43,439 2,064 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.31 21.81 852 872 40.0 44,321 45,365 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.16 20.69 767 828 40.0 39,863 43,031 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.63 16.80 650 646 39.1 33,733 33,592 2,028 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.48 21.58 935 878 39.8 48,088 45,760 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.96 30.00 1,278 1,200 40.0 66,482 62,400 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 24.66 23.50 986 940 40.0 50,919 48,880 2,065 Construction laborers............................................. 19.39 20.51 776 820 40.0 39,268 42,661 2,025 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.51 24.50 940 980 40.0 48,654 47,189 2,070 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 26.81 27.85 1,072 1,114 40.0 55,756 57,928 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.04 18.22 882 729 40.0 45,850 37,906 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 23.07 22.69 923 907 40.0 47,986 47,189 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.98 20.90 838 836 39.9 43,069 42,432 2,053 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.73 24.62 1,069 985 40.0 55,590 51,210 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 12.66 628 506 40.0 32,633 26,322 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 24.25 24.19 970 968 40.0 50,449 50,315 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 24.69 25.04 988 1,002 40.0 44,373 51,002 1,797 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.51 12.75 541 510 40.0 28,110 26,520 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 21.09 19.32 836 773 39.6 43,430 40,186 2,059 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.71 22.52 873 905 40.2 45,302 47,083 2,086 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.65 23.00 912 922 40.3 47,293 47,944 2,088 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.67 17.37 747 695 40.0 38,838 36,130 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.66 20.41 786 816 40.0 40,891 42,453 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.98 13.64 595 546 39.7 30,936 28,367 2,065 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.96 16.14 632 646 39.6 32,889 33,569 2,060 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $28.97 $27.53 $1,149 $1,103 39.7 $55,719 $54,086 1,923 Management occupations.............................................. 39.62 35.00 1,602 1,400 40.4 83,063 72,800 2,096 Education administrators.......................................... 47.04 44.76 2,001 1,805 42.5 102,309 93,860 2,175 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 55.09 50.69 2,204 2,028 40.0 111,376 103,501 2,022 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.03 27.67 1,115 1,091 39.8 57,768 56,706 2,061 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.27 35.42 1,411 1,417 40.0 73,358 73,674 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 35.39 34.38 1,416 1,375 40.0 73,617 71,502 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 34.53 34.38 1,381 1,375 40.0 71,812 71,502 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.38 27.82 1,175 1,113 40.0 56,076 51,230 1,908 Community and social services occupations........................... 27.78 26.34 1,154 1,054 41.5 56,673 54,783 2,040 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.91 35.90 1,287 1,336 36.9 49,897 52,953 1,429 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 40.55 39.29 1,496 1,493 36.9 54,971 54,355 1,356 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.30 38.70 1,526 1,493 37.0 56,062 54,355 1,357 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.15 38.67 1,487 1,450 37.0 54,760 53,853 1,364 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 44.51 43.98 1,635 1,649 36.7 59,611 59,378 1,339 Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.13 41.57 1,481 1,510 36.9 54,603 55,713 1,360 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.62 40.55 1,470 1,510 37.1 54,243 55,495 1,369 Teacher assistants................................................ 16.64 16.23 531 513 31.9 20,076 19,159 1,207 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.54 39.14 1,490 1,378 38.7 70,325 65,187 1,825 Protective service occupations...................................... 28.57 28.22 1,211 1,212 42.4 62,984 63,026 2,204 Fire fighters..................................................... 31.27 28.99 1,496 1,441 47.8 77,789 74,917 2,488 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 23.46 23.46 938 938 40.0 48,796 48,793 2,080 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.46 23.46 938 938 40.0 48,796 48,793 2,080 Police officers................................................... 33.70 33.28 1,356 1,331 40.2 70,530 69,222 2,093 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 33.70 33.28 1,356 1,331 40.2 70,530 69,222 2,093 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.71 14.99 668 600 39.9 34,423 31,177 2,060 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.79 14.93 631 597 39.9 32,511 31,063 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.79 14.93 631 597 39.9 32,511 31,063 2,059 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.38 19.31 808 769 39.6 41,061 39,859 2,015 Financial clerks.................................................. 21.40 20.27 856 811 40.0 44,514 42,162 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.58 18.48 743 739 40.0 37,640 38,428 2,026 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.02 18.48 720 739 40.0 36,169 36,113 2,007 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.23 16.09 649 644 37.7 31,629 33,471 1,836 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.19 26.58 1,087 1,063 40.0 56,563 55,286 2,081 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 32.40 31.31 1,296 1,252 40.0 67,384 65,125 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 24.63 24.46 985 978 40.0 50,000 50,877 2,030 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $24.55 $19.14 $25.65 $34.34 Management, professional, and related...... 37.15 31.23 37.83 40.96 Management, business, and financial...... 41.52 35.85 40.67 46.66 Professional and related................. 34.41 27.44 36.59 37.26 Service.................................... 12.37 11.90 11.49 17.30 Sales and office........................... 18.45 16.54 20.58 22.08 Sales and related........................ 19.74 15.59 22.26 50.94 Office and administrative support........ 17.64 17.12 18.43 18.36 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 23.27 21.37 25.49 29.84 Construction and extraction............. 23.22 22.07 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 23.39 19.19 26.05 31.11 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 19.81 16.35 19.46 27.71 Production............................... 20.31 17.14 21.03 – Transportation and material moving....... 19.41 15.65 18.58 31.07 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.8 3.8 4.9 3.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.5 5.9 7.1 1.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.4 9.1 4.3 2.0 Professional and related.......................................... 5.3 6.4 11.5 1.6 Service............................................................. 3.2 3.8 3.5 6.5 Sales and office.................................................... 4.6 3.3 7.7 12.7 Sales and related................................................. 10.0 7.0 10.7 14.1 Office and administrative support................................. 1.9 2.8 6.2 4.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.7 1.9 5.0 6.4 Construction and extraction...................................... 2.0 1.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.2 6.4 7.2 6.3 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.2 5.4 7.7 12.6 Production........................................................ 5.7 9.1 6.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.6 3.4 13.0 23.6 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.88 $18.07 $822 $720 39.4 $42,586 $37,294 2,040 Management occupations.............................................. 38.11 34.66 1,515 1,385 39.7 77,943 72,010 2,045 Financial managers................................................ 31.78 25.48 1,253 1,019 39.4 65,145 52,998 2,050 Construction managers............................................. 50.69 50.96 2,028 2,038 40.0 105,439 106,001 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.79 25.45 1,210 1,018 40.6 62,920 52,940 2,112 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.43 34.62 1,417 1,385 40.0 73,695 71,999 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.52 30.29 1,432 1,212 41.5 74,461 62,999 2,157 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.76 14.00 669 552 37.7 33,927 28,698 1,910 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.47 32.29 1,246 1,171 38.4 64,799 60,877 1,996 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 17.25 16.50 623 549 36.1 32,386 28,558 1,878 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.49 9.55 440 382 38.3 22,880 19,856 1,991 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.30 16.83 666 673 40.8 34,608 35,000 2,124 Cooks............................................................. 11.45 11.14 431 418 37.7 22,424 21,736 1,959 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.71 12.75 515 500 37.6 26,786 26,000 1,954 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.93 9.60 397 384 40.0 20,651 19,972 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.41 12.76 551 469 38.2 28,344 24,000 1,967 Child care workers................................................ 11.39 11.50 433 426 38.0 21,529 21,893 1,890 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.72 16.69 704 639 39.7 36,618 33,218 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.21 21.53 898 861 40.5 46,722 44,782 2,103 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.15 11.01 520 440 39.5 27,024 22,901 2,055 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.13 11.01 477 440 39.3 24,819 22,901 2,046 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.68 17.33 696 692 39.4 36,161 35,984 2,045 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.06 15.15 636 592 39.6 33,050 30,784 2,058 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.83 17.50 668 700 39.7 34,741 36,400 2,064 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.20 14.74 552 563 38.9 28,688 29,296 2,021 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.34 20.88 849 835 39.8 44,147 43,439 2,069 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.17 22.30 887 892 40.0 46,123 46,384 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.76 16.83 652 673 38.9 33,813 35,000 2,017 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.07 20.10 883 804 40.0 45,915 41,804 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 24.13 23.00 965 920 40.0 50,188 47,840 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.31 19.06 772 762 40.0 39,772 39,645 2,060 Production occupations.............................................. 18.09 16.56 721 662 39.8 36,431 34,320 2,014 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.47 12.75 539 510 40.0 28,025 26,520 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.36 15.83 655 633 40.1 34,083 32,922 2,083 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.73 18.04 725 722 40.9 37,724 37,527 2,127 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.65 19.65 815 722 41.5 42,380 37,527 2,157 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.26 16.14 642 646 39.5 33,394 33,569 2,054 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 17.32 16.14 683 646 39.4 35,490 33,569 2,049 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $30.76 $27.34 $1,240 $1,080 40.3 $64,279 $55,453 2,090 Management occupations.............................................. 51.82 54.63 2,151 2,149 41.5 111,827 111,733 2,158 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 51.92 49.40 2,125 1,976 40.9 110,490 102,760 2,128 Marketing managers.............................................. 48.59 49.40 1,943 1,976 40.0 101,059 102,760 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 44.44 33.96 1,811 1,323 40.7 94,151 68,815 2,119 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 37.72 35.64 1,563 1,404 41.4 81,270 73,008 2,154 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 44.93 45.42 1,942 1,817 43.2 100,984 94,478 2,247 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 42.47 45.42 1,699 1,817 40.0 88,332 94,478 2,080 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 45.74 41.97 2,030 1,523 44.4 105,569 79,206 2,308 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.17 32.28 1,447 1,291 40.0 75,240 67,140 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 36.10 35.99 1,444 1,440 40.0 75,089 74,859 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.46 28.16 1,345 1,138 42.8 69,942 59,197 2,223 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.95 38.27 1,655 1,769 42.5 86,062 91,998 2,209 Computer software engineers....................................... 43.53 40.45 1,910 1,913 43.9 99,307 99,494 2,282 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 49.77 46.02 2,009 1,888 40.4 104,467 98,178 2,099 Computer support specialists...................................... 29.27 29.22 1,259 985 43.0 65,484 51,203 2,237 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.07 36.49 1,541 1,543 42.7 80,139 80,261 2,222 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.40 33.33 1,452 1,250 38.8 75,518 64,999 2,019 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 45.88 45.56 1,835 1,822 40.0 95,420 94,765 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 49.74 51.63 1,990 2,065 40.0 103,457 107,390 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.31 40.63 1,452 1,625 40.0 75,529 84,510 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 35.64 31.75 1,425 1,270 40.0 74,122 66,030 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 31.53 28.69 1,261 1,148 40.0 65,592 59,675 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.83 17.68 833 707 40.0 43,317 36,783 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.84 41.83 1,355 1,569 38.9 58,840 63,168 1,689 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.77 22.97 988 919 39.9 51,387 47,778 2,075 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.86 32.33 1,294 1,288 39.4 67,313 66,955 2,048 Registered nurses................................................. 37.07 38.46 1,460 1,534 39.4 75,903 79,789 2,048 Therapists........................................................ 32.12 30.69 1,263 1,228 39.3 65,678 63,835 2,045 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 25.54 27.06 1,022 1,082 40.0 53,132 56,285 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.11 22.89 881 896 38.1 45,802 46,592 1,982 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.95 14.33 574 570 38.4 29,868 29,661 1,998 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.47 13.89 548 524 37.9 28,488 27,269 1,969 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 15.04 14.35 578 548 38.4 30,034 28,517 1,997 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.93 15.54 637 621 40.0 33,132 32,315 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.10 11.19 435 448 39.2 22,641 23,275 2,039 Food service, tipped.............................................. 9.41 8.55 362 342 38.5 18,829 17,784 2,001 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.67 12.95 612 518 39.1 31,816 26,930 2,031 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.87 12.95 580 518 39.0 30,159 26,930 2,028 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.44 13.71 618 548 40.0 32,122 28,517 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.55 10.12 401 404 34.7 20,857 21,008 1,806 Sales and related occupations....................................... 28.61 20.93 1,204 837 42.1 62,610 43,528 2,188 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 38.76 43.69 1,702 1,408 43.9 88,494 73,199 2,283 Retail sales workers.............................................. 17.12 16.31 734 652 42.9 38,169 33,929 2,229 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 14.50 12.46 573 498 39.5 29,773 25,917 2,053 Cashiers...................................................... 14.50 12.46 573 498 39.5 29,773 25,917 2,053 Retail salespersons............................................. 18.53 18.57 838 741 45.2 43,571 38,542 2,352 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.99 18.27 756 730 39.8 39,310 37,960 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 27.89 29.71 1,116 1,188 40.0 58,011 61,801 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.50 19.21 777 760 39.8 40,397 39,520 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.08 19.25 760 770 39.8 39,523 40,040 2,072 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.67 16.12 667 645 40.0 34,664 33,528 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.91 20.67 828 827 39.6 43,038 42,994 2,058 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.04 19.62 802 785 40.0 41,683 40,810 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.26 16.00 644 640 39.6 33,503 33,280 2,061 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.23 27.88 1,037 1,116 39.5 52,164 57,970 1,989 Carpenters........................................................ 28.10 27.88 1,124 1,115 40.0 55,405 60,320 1,972 Construction laborers............................................. 20.44 20.51 818 820 40.0 41,134 42,661 2,012 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.74 27.45 1,110 1,098 40.0 57,695 57,086 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 22.97 22.18 919 887 40.0 47,779 46,124 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 30.47 26.10 1,219 1,044 40.0 63,370 54,288 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 12.66 628 506 40.0 32,633 26,322 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 25.97 25.04 1,039 1,002 40.0 54,015 52,092 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 24.17 22.69 952 913 39.4 49,409 47,570 2,044 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 22.90 25.12 916 1,005 40.0 47,501 52,416 2,074 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.34 25.42 934 1,017 40.0 48,386 52,874 2,073 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.65 22.87 866 915 40.0 45,029 47,570 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.29 12.45 532 498 40.0 27,651 25,890 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.59 12.78 544 511 40.0 28,269 26,582 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $25.91 $25.06 $27.05 $24.87 $24.45 $32.50 Management, professional, and related............................... 33.69 34.99 32.86 37.38 37.37 37.45 Management, business, and financial............................... 26.95 – 26.77 41.26 41.69 38.82 Professional and related.......................................... 34.61 35.36 34.07 34.28 34.24 34.77 Service............................................................. 20.10 16.43 22.57 12.16 11.91 17.32 Sales and office.................................................... 18.73 16.98 20.17 18.55 18.61 14.77 Sales and related................................................. 16.61 16.61 – 20.18 20.18 – Office and administrative support................................. 19.34 17.35 20.17 17.60 17.66 14.77 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 28.82 28.85 28.72 20.38 20.30 – Construction and extraction...................................... 28.75 29.08 27.19 20.54 20.54 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 29.39 28.43 32.55 19.90 19.56 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.60 22.57 22.99 18.44 18.37 – Production........................................................ – – – 18.57 18.57 – Transportation and material moving................................ 21.27 21.08 22.99 18.30 18.14 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.4 3.1 3.9 4.2 4.5 5.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.0 3.4 4.5 3.4 3.8 2.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 10.4 – 12.1 3.0 3.5 3.8 Professional and related.......................................... 2.6 3.8 3.6 5.8 6.1 2.9 Service............................................................. 9.4 12.9 9.3 3.6 3.6 9.6 Sales and office.................................................... 3.5 5.4 5.1 4.7 4.7 15.4 Sales and related................................................. 6.0 6.0 – 10.8 10.8 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.0 8.6 5.1 1.9 1.9 15.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.1 3.7 5.5 3.3 3.3 – Construction and extraction...................................... 3.9 4.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.4 5.0 1.7 7.6 7.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.4 4.7 2.6 6.4 6.4 – Production........................................................ – – – 8.5 8.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.7 7.6 2.6 9.0 9.2 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $25.08 $24.47 $25.66 $25.66 Management, professional, and related............................... 36.45 36.90 46.70 46.70 Management, business, and financial............................... 40.04 41.17 46.97 46.97 Professional and related.......................................... 34.35 34.38 – – Service............................................................. 13.86 12.25 13.69 13.69 Sales and office.................................................... 17.67 17.39 26.16 26.16 Sales and related................................................. 16.64 16.64 28.28 28.28 Office and administrative support................................. 18.08 17.74 14.24 14.24 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 23.66 23.17 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 23.07 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.62 23.42 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.69 19.55 – – Production........................................................ 20.31 20.31 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.15 18.85 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.2 3.8 7.6 7.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.0 3.7 9.7 9.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.2 3.7 10.5 10.5 Professional and related.......................................... 4.2 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 5.4 3.1 13.6 13.6 Sales and office.................................................... 3.7 4.2 10.1 10.1 Sales and related................................................. 11.4 11.4 10.8 10.8 Office and administrative support................................. 1.7 1.7 3.9 3.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.8 2.7 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 1.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.0 6.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.3 5.5 – – Production........................................................ 5.7 5.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.7 9.4 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $28.31 – – – – $22.48 – $17.66 Management, professional, and related............................... – 40.23 – – – – 28.60 – 39.96 Management, business, and financial............................... – 37.75 – – – – 30.38 – 39.96 Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 28.38 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 14.04 – 11.02 Sales and office.................................................... – 18.51 – – – – 18.39 – 13.63 Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 17.36 – – – – 18.24 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 23.57 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 29.59 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 20.46 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 20.70 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 18.90 – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – 3.2 – – – – 5.7 – 12.1 Management, professional, and related............................... – 1.8 – – – – 7.6 – 14.9 Management, business, and financial............................... – 2.7 – – – – 8.6 – 14.9 Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 8.0 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 1.6 – 9.6 Sales and office.................................................... – 7.7 – – – – 1.9 – 13.3 Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 5.7 – – – – 1.9 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 17.3 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 18.5 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 6.7 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 6.9 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 9.3 – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 1,811,800 1,537,000 274,900 Management, professional, and related............................... 645,600 494,700 150,900 Management, business, and financial............................... 224,300 181,000 43,300 Professional and related.......................................... 421,300 313,700 107,600 Service............................................................. 376,400 318,500 57,900 Sales and office.................................................... 390,900 344,800 46,100 Sales and related................................................. 141,500 141,500 – Office and administrative support................................. 249,300 203,200 46,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 154,900 142,200 12,700 Construction and extraction...................................... 108,300 101,900 6,400 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 46,100 40,300 5,800 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 243,900 236,700 7,300 Production........................................................ 103,400 103,400 – Transportation and material moving................................ 140,600 133,300 7,300 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 88,640 87,668 972 Total in sample....................................................... 591 526 65 Responding........................................................ 354 302 52 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 169 156 13 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 68 68 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.