Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Southwestern Mississippi, December 2010 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........................................................... $14.27 4.6 36.7 $13.42 6.2 36.8 $16.01 4.8 36.6 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 24.71 7.0 36.1 26.56 4.5 38.4 23.65 11.6 34.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 25.71 15.0 32.3 – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... 24.65 7.4 36.4 27.46 4.9 38.1 23.30 11.6 35.6 Service............................................................. 9.53 5.4 35.2 8.78 3.6 34.2 11.05 5.8 37.6 Sales and office.................................................... 12.82 8.5 36.3 13.50 12.3 35.5 11.77 3.7 37.8 Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.05 9.0 38.7 14.05 13.0 39.3 11.77 3.7 37.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.90 12.7 38.7 14.65 14.3 38.5 16.40 15.4 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.82 15.8 39.6 16.43 19.8 39.5 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 14.68 18.6 38.2 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.72 7.4 39.2 12.83 7.8 39.8 11.35 11.3 32.6 Production........................................................ 13.37 8.7 39.8 13.31 8.9 39.8 16.07 4.6 39.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 9.75 9.1 36.7 – – – 9.79 8.7 30.9 Full time........................................................... 14.59 4.4 39.6 13.81 5.9 39.8 16.14 5.0 39.1 Part time........................................................... 9.90 13.1 18.6 8.94 15.4 19.8 13.27 16.4 15.5 Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 14.26 4.8 36.8 13.37 6.4 36.9 16.01 4.8 36.6 Time................................................................ 14.27 4.6 36.8 13.43 6.2 36.9 16.01 4.8 36.6 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 12.22 9.7 38.2 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 13.64 7.3 36.6 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 12.72 5.0 36.9 12.48 6.3 36.5 13.54 4.6 38.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.93 5.4 35.9 13.15 6.6 38.2 18.61 9.1 35.0 500 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 2010 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........................................................... $14.27 4.6 $14.59 4.4 $9.90 13.1 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.63 5.6 15.63 5.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.23 1.7 22.71 2.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.50 1.7 32.01 2.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.84 1.2 30.05 1.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.09 2.6 32.09 2.6 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.93 4.5 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.76 20.7 26.98 22.4 – – Registered nurses................................................. 23.93 4.2 23.29 5.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.16 1.5 9.18 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.26 1.5 9.26 1.5 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.16 1.5 9.18 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.26 1.5 9.26 1.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.16 1.5 9.18 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.26 1.5 9.26 1.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.48 6.5 11.51 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.88 1.3 – – – – Police officers................................................... 10.39 1.4 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 10.39 1.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.88 7.6 9.63 3.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.91 7.6 8.91 7.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.05 9.0 13.20 9.2 9.43 4.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.50 5.4 10.51 5.6 10.06 13.7 Level 4 .................................................. 13.05 8.1 13.13 8.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.01 12.0 15.01 12.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.68 4.1 11.63 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.88 6.6 11.88 6.6 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 12.58 8.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.09 8.7 12.35 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.29 9.0 12.46 9.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.95 3.5 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 10.66 7.7 10.68 7.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.87 6.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.07 11.0 12.07 11.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.82 15.8 15.66 15.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.68 18.6 14.59 18.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.37 8.7 13.36 8.8 – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 14.45 6.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.75 9.1 9.82 9.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.52 14.2 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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 2010 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........................................................... $13.42 6.2 $13.81 5.9 $8.94 15.4 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.34 10.5 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.40 10.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.05 13.0 14.10 13.1 10.63 1.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.59 6.1 10.56 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.72 11.7 15.72 11.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.00 4.3 11.94 4.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 10.52 8.2 10.54 8.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.87 6.7 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.43 19.8 16.25 19.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.31 8.9 13.29 9.0 – – 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 2010 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........................................................... $16.01 4.8 $16.14 5.0 $13.27 16.4 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.63 5.6 15.63 5.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.56 2.2 23.03 2.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.50 1.7 32.01 2.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.77 3.1 31.77 3.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.09 2.6 32.09 2.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations Registered nurses................................................. 22.77 4.5 22.77 4.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.12 8.6 12.14 8.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.41 3.0 – – – – Police officers................................................... 10.39 1.4 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 10.39 1.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.12 6.2 10.12 6.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.77 3.7 11.98 4.0 9.12 7.3 Level 4 .................................................. 11.53 6.8 11.59 7.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.99 4.4 12.99 4.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.09 8.7 12.35 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.29 9.0 12.46 9.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.95 3.5 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.46 17.2 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.07 4.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.79 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.75 $9.07 $11.00 $17.05 $25.29 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.83 14.83 14.83 17.92 17.92 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.63 10.44 24.01 30.72 37.30 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.41 25.95 29.13 33.67 39.52 Secondary school teachers....................................... 15.15 21.41 28.78 33.67 39.88 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 17.30 20.41 26.00 29.53 Registered nurses................................................. 19.02 20.41 22.83 27.06 29.53 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.50 8.25 9.35 9.79 10.21 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.50 8.25 9.35 9.79 10.21 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.50 8.25 9.35 9.79 10.21 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.86 9.06 10.69 13.73 14.76 Police officers................................................... 8.00 8.63 9.89 11.05 12.47 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 8.00 8.63 9.89 11.05 12.47 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.31 9.75 9.75 9.83 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.53 10.28 11.40 13.94 20.25 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.67 9.90 10.86 12.31 13.27 Dispatchers....................................................... 7.61 9.00 15.71 15.71 15.71 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.29 10.29 10.96 12.40 20.25 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.29 10.29 10.96 11.85 12.40 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.53 8.53 10.80 11.03 13.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 11.00 12.50 21.60 30.17 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.36 10.36 10.36 20.65 21.21 Production occupations.............................................. 7.60 10.00 11.71 17.52 18.60 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 10.00 10.39 14.25 18.11 18.11 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.04 8.04 9.19 10.66 14.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.04 8.04 8.04 8.50 14.00 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.75 $8.80 $10.36 $16.25 $25.26 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 17.30 19.71 25.61 27.06 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.25 7.25 9.75 9.75 9.75 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.53 10.05 11.10 15.71 25.26 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.04 10.37 11.32 12.31 13.25 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.53 8.53 10.35 11.03 13.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 11.00 12.50 21.60 30.17 Production occupations.............................................. 7.60 10.00 11.71 17.52 18.60 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.45 $10.00 $12.24 $18.11 $28.11 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.83 14.83 14.83 17.92 17.92 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.36 10.10 26.75 31.19 37.30 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.79 27.69 30.99 35.42 39.84 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations Registered nurses................................................. 19.02 20.17 21.85 26.25 28.95 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.03 9.89 11.05 14.45 15.69 Police officers................................................... 8.00 8.63 9.89 11.05 12.47 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 8.00 8.63 9.89 11.05 12.47 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 8.43 9.83 12.10 14.10 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.67 10.29 11.40 12.73 15.10 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.29 10.29 10.96 12.40 20.25 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.29 10.29 10.96 11.85 12.40 Office clerks, general............................................ 5.77 8.00 10.94 15.10 15.10 Production occupations.............................................. 10.12 10.30 18.11 24.18 24.18 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.19 9.19 9.19 10.66 11.64 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 2010 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........................................................... $14.59 $11.15 $578 $441 39.6 $28,740 $22,936 1,970 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.63 14.83 625 593 40.0 32,516 30,848 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.71 25.95 867 973 38.2 33,886 36,860 1,492 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.05 29.35 1,133 1,117 37.7 42,876 42,186 1,427 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.98 20.17 1,079 807 40.0 56,116 41,952 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 23.29 22.56 932 902 40.0 48,452 46,921 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.18 9.35 354 367 38.6 18,430 19,098 2,008 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.18 9.35 354 367 38.6 18,430 19,098 2,008 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.18 9.35 354 367 38.6 18,430 19,098 2,008 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.51 10.69 462 427 40.2 24,045 22,227 2,090 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.63 9.75 365 368 37.9 17,299 16,848 1,796 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.20 11.43 529 456 40.1 25,982 23,198 1,969 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.63 10.86 446 433 38.4 23,206 22,499 1,995 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.35 10.96 494 438 40.0 24,713 21,041 2,001 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.68 11.00 438 415 41.0 19,460 20,904 1,822 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.66 12.50 626 500 40.0 32,572 26,000 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.59 10.36 584 415 40.0 30,099 21,557 2,063 Production occupations.............................................. 13.36 11.71 534 468 40.0 27,747 24,357 2,077 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.82 9.19 371 340 37.7 18,475 17,670 1,882 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 2010 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........................................................... $13.81 $10.75 $550 $420 39.8 $28,480 $21,840 2,062 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.10 11.10 567 441 40.2 29,478 22,936 2,090 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.94 11.32 452 434 37.9 23,513 22,589 1,969 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.54 11.00 434 402 41.2 22,585 20,904 2,143 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.25 12.50 650 500 40.0 33,807 26,000 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.29 11.71 531 468 40.0 27,618 24,357 2,077 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 2010 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........................................................... $16.14 $12.30 $632 $490 39.1 $29,193 $24,650 1,809 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.63 14.83 625 593 40.0 32,516 30,848 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.03 26.85 884 1,028 38.4 34,448 38,458 1,496 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.77 30.99 1,207 1,169 38.0 45,241 43,738 1,424 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations Registered nurses................................................. 22.77 21.85 911 874 40.0 47,355 45,438 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.14 10.69 489 439 40.3 25,432 22,825 2,095 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.12 9.83 368 363 36.3 15,339 14,001 1,516 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.98 11.43 479 457 40.0 21,878 23,720 1,826 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.35 10.96 494 438 40.0 24,713 21,041 2,001 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 Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Southwestern Mississippi, December 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 8,400 5,400 3,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 1,700 500 1,200 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – Professional and related.......................................... 1,600 400 1,100 Service............................................................. 2,500 1,700 800 Sales and office.................................................... 1,800 1,100 700 Sales and related................................................. – – – Office and administrative support................................. 1,500 800 700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 1,000 800 100 Construction and extraction...................................... 300 300 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 600 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 1,400 1,300 100 Production........................................................ 1,100 1,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 300 – 100 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, Southwestern Mississippi, December 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 406 333 74 Total in sample....................................................... 86 51 35 Responding........................................................ 69 36 33 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 12 10 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 5 5 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.