NC SM 03/00/2010 Table: Southwestern Mississippi, Summary, December 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Southwestern Mississippi, December 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $14.98 4.3 35.9 $14.46 6.4 35.5 $15.88 4.8 36.6 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 24.62 5.9 36.0 25.68 3.1 37.5 23.72 11.4 34.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 28.97 9.5 36.6 27.52 10.1 40.0 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 23.96 6.8 35.9 24.95 5.5 36.5 23.36 11.4 35.6 Service............................................................. 9.42 6.7 35.0 8.64 8.0 33.6 10.88 5.9 37.8 Sales and office.................................................... 13.03 9.0 34.8 13.89 13.2 33.0 11.76 3.1 37.8 Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.65 9.6 38.6 15.51 13.4 39.4 11.76 3.1 37.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.80 10.1 37.9 17.00 13.2 37.3 16.15 15.7 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.03 20.0 39.6 – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.47 6.2 36.0 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.22 7.9 38.8 13.46 8.5 39.8 11.24 11.3 32.7 Production........................................................ – – – – – – 15.92 5.1 39.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 9.58 8.4 36.8 – – – 9.64 8.7 30.9 Full time........................................................... 15.54 3.8 39.4 15.22 5.6 39.6 16.04 5.0 39.2 Part time........................................................... 9.51 21.7 19.1 8.65 27.5 20.0 12.98 13.6 16.2 Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 15.01 4.4 35.9 14.48 6.7 35.6 15.88 4.8 36.6 Time................................................................ 14.98 4.3 35.9 14.46 6.4 35.5 15.88 4.8 36.6 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 14.72 7.1 35.3 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 13.74 6.5 35.6 13.88 8.9 34.7 13.39 3.7 38.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.03 4.6 36.2 12.66 4.6 37.8 18.56 8.7 35.1 500 workers or more................................................. – – – – – – – – – 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), Southwestern Mississippi, December 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $14.98 4.3 $15.54 3.8 $9.51 21.7 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.16 5.6 15.16 5.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.01 1.6 22.52 1.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.22 .8 32.79 1.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.29 1.9 28.70 1.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.87 1.7 32.87 1.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.60 4.1 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.72 18.6 25.84 21.4 – – Registered nurses................................................. 24.28 3.4 23.46 4.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.02 1.6 9.03 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.10 1.7 9.10 1.7 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.02 1.6 9.03 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.10 1.7 9.10 1.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.02 1.6 9.03 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.10 1.7 9.10 1.7 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.37 6.4 11.41 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.75 1.5 9.76 1.7 – – Police officers................................................... 10.35 2.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.69 6.4 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 10.35 2.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.69 6.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.33 14.4 8.84 5.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.10 8.3 8.10 8.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.65 9.6 13.86 9.8 9.43 3.8 Level 3 .................................................. 11.38 6.2 11.54 7.0 10.18 8.7 Level 4 .................................................. 13.42 9.3 13.51 9.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.41 12.6 15.41 12.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.95 5.4 11.92 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.48 9.0 12.48 9.0 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 11.51 13.0 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.91 5.7 12.16 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.09 5.7 12.25 5.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.41 6.2 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.62 5.8 12.70 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.88 10.8 12.88 10.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.03 20.0 14.88 20.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.47 6.2 19.44 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.84 5.4 – – – – Production occupations Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 13.92 8.2 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.58 8.4 9.64 8.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.17 18.1 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.29 14.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 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), Southwestern Mississippi, December 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $14.46 6.4 $15.22 5.6 $8.65 27.5 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.03 11.3 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.51 13.4 15.63 13.4 10.39 7.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.98 6.0 12.02 6.8 11.51 3.0 Level 4 .................................................. 15.95 13.6 15.95 13.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.22 5.9 12.18 6.0 – – 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 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Southwestern Mississippi, December 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $15.88 4.8 $16.04 5.0 $12.98 13.6 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.16 5.6 15.16 5.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.86 2.3 23.34 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.22 .8 32.79 1.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.56 2.2 32.56 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.87 1.7 32.87 1.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations Registered nurses................................................. 23.19 4.0 23.19 4.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.94 8.5 12.00 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.98 3.4 10.04 4.3 – – Police officers................................................... 10.35 2.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.69 6.4 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 10.35 2.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.69 6.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.78 7.4 9.78 7.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.76 3.1 11.97 3.3 9.13 6.0 Level 4 .................................................. 11.53 4.5 11.59 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.00 5.1 13.00 5.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.91 5.7 12.16 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.09 5.7 12.25 5.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.41 6.2 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.82 17.5 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.92 5.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.64 8.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Southwestern Mississippi, December 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.55 $9.40 $12.02 $17.30 $27.07 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.31 14.31 14.31 17.30 17.30 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.64 10.66 20.86 31.15 38.72 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.78 20.86 28.36 34.30 39.86 Secondary school teachers....................................... 14.78 20.86 25.95 32.60 39.86 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 18.99 20.41 25.74 28.57 Registered nurses................................................. 20.17 21.22 24.61 27.07 28.95 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.02 9.55 9.55 9.92 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.02 9.55 9.55 9.92 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 8.02 9.55 9.55 9.92 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.86 9.06 10.46 13.19 15.69 Police officers................................................... 8.00 9.16 9.89 11.05 12.98 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 8.00 9.16 9.89 11.05 12.98 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.25 4.25 7.25 9.51 9.83 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.77 10.94 12.79 15.20 24.53 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.24 10.23 11.61 13.19 13.25 Dispatchers....................................................... 8.49 9.00 12.90 15.20 15.20 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.29 10.29 10.94 14.51 15.88 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.29 10.29 10.94 11.85 14.90 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.85 10.95 13.00 13.00 15.72 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 11.00 11.50 16.12 29.29 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.00 18.77 20.01 20.30 25.09 Production occupations Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 10.00 10.00 14.25 17.18 18.11 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.75 8.29 9.03 10.40 13.56 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.75 8.29 8.29 13.56 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 6. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Southwestern Mississippi, December 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.33 $8.86 $12.44 $17.31 $25.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 18.84 19.18 25.50 27.07 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.23 12.02 13.19 17.31 24.53 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.14 10.56 12.02 13.19 13.25 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. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Southwestern Mississippi, December 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.36 $9.90 $11.85 $17.30 $27.64 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.31 14.31 14.31 17.30 17.30 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.36 10.00 26.66 31.89 39.07 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.58 27.75 31.66 38.09 39.88 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations Registered nurses................................................. 20.17 20.48 22.38 25.74 28.95 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.48 9.83 10.69 13.74 15.69 Police officers................................................... 8.00 9.16 9.89 11.05 12.98 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 8.00 9.16 9.89 11.05 12.98 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.98 9.83 10.96 13.69 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.67 10.29 11.40 13.52 15.72 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.29 10.29 10.94 14.51 15.88 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.29 10.29 10.94 11.85 14.90 Office clerks, general............................................ 5.65 5.65 10.95 15.72 15.72 Production occupations.............................................. 10.12 10.30 18.11 23.70 23.70 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.03 9.03 9.03 10.66 11.30 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. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Southwestern Mississippi, December 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $15.54 $13.00 $612 $515 39.4 $30,053 $25,000 1,934 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.16 14.31 606 572 40.0 31,531 29,767 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.52 21.73 855 829 37.9 33,508 33,276 1,488 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.70 28.79 1,073 1,101 37.4 41,033 42,339 1,430 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.84 20.17 1,034 807 40.0 53,757 41,954 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 23.46 22.50 938 900 40.0 48,787 46,800 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.03 9.55 349 358 38.7 18,160 18,630 2,010 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.03 9.55 349 358 38.7 18,160 18,630 2,010 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.03 9.55 349 358 38.7 18,160 18,630 2,010 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.41 10.58 458 427 40.2 23,001 21,751 2,016 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.84 8.00 328 315 37.1 15,166 14,001 1,715 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.86 12.90 558 509 40.3 27,141 25,000 1,959 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.92 11.61 457 435 38.3 23,772 22,632 1,994 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.16 10.94 487 438 40.0 24,348 21,001 2,002 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.70 13.00 564 650 44.4 20,147 24,960 1,586 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.88 11.50 595 460 40.0 30,944 23,920 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.44 20.07 778 803 40.0 39,620 40,248 2,038 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.64 9.03 365 332 37.9 18,242 17,243 1,893 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 9. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Southwestern Mississippi, December 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $15.22 $13.00 $602 $528 39.6 $30,924 $26,000 2,031 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.63 13.19 633 608 40.5 32,936 31,616 2,108 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.18 12.02 463 435 38.0 24,066 22,632 1,975 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 10. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Southwestern Mississippi, December 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $16.04 $12.01 $629 $480 39.2 $28,811 $24,440 1,797 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.16 14.31 606 572 40.0 31,531 29,767 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.34 27.54 896 1,041 38.4 34,939 38,925 1,497 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.56 31.66 1,237 1,205 38.0 46,361 45,058 1,424 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations Registered nurses................................................. 23.19 22.38 928 895 40.0 48,237 46,550 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.00 10.69 484 431 40.3 23,777 22,227 1,981 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.78 9.83 362 368 37.1 15,105 14,001 1,545 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.97 11.43 479 457 40.0 21,797 23,720 1,821 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.16 10.94 487 438 40.0 24,348 21,001 2,002 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