NC BL 06/00/2009 Table: Springfield, MA, Bulletin, October 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $22.13 4.8 32.1 $20.81 5.6 31.8 $28.94 5.5 33.7 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 37.69 4.6 34.2 38.26 6.0 36.1 36.33 4.8 30.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 37.47 7.9 38.5 37.87 8.5 38.9 35.00 19.5 36.2 Professional and related.......................................... 37.80 5.9 32.5 38.50 8.7 34.6 36.57 3.9 29.4 Service............................................................. 13.91 16.3 25.3 10.54 7.8 22.7 23.81 17.9 38.1 Sales and office.................................................... 16.33 7.4 32.0 16.15 7.9 31.7 19.05 3.0 37.3 Sales and related................................................. 16.13 15.9 29.1 16.13 15.9 29.1 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.48 2.7 34.7 16.17 3.0 34.5 19.05 3.0 37.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 23.13 4.8 39.6 23.34 5.4 39.6 21.65 6.8 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 26.35 6.6 40.0 26.41 7.1 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.22 4.4 39.1 17.98 5.0 38.9 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.89 5.7 37.8 16.87 6.0 38.1 – – – Production........................................................ 16.43 6.7 39.3 16.46 6.7 39.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.64 10.4 35.7 17.59 11.2 36.2 – – – Full time........................................................... 25.08 5.1 39.0 23.92 6.2 39.3 29.93 5.0 37.9 Part time........................................................... 11.79 8.7 19.7 11.45 9.0 20.2 17.31 10.0 14.6 Union............................................................... 26.44 3.9 35.4 21.67 2.3 33.7 30.62 5.4 37.1 Nonunion............................................................ 20.71 6.3 31.1 20.67 6.6 31.5 21.64 13.1 24.2 Time................................................................ 22.01 4.9 32.0 20.65 5.7 31.7 28.94 5.5 33.7 Incentive........................................................... 30.64 11.9 42.8 30.64 11.9 42.8 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.70 7.3 29.9 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 18.20 8.9 30.2 17.93 9.2 30.6 25.72 9.8 21.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 22.96 7.4 33.1 21.61 9.2 31.9 26.35 9.3 36.6 500 workers or more................................................. 29.16 5.6 35.5 27.78 6.8 35.4 32.60 10.6 35.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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 2002 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), Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $22.13 4.8 $25.08 5.1 $11.79 8.7 Management occupations.............................................. 37.51 9.8 37.51 9.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.19 8.3 29.19 8.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.67 10.1 38.69 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.63 14.2 45.64 14.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 42.59 12.0 42.62 12.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.34 17.4 – – – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 44.07 14.4 44.10 14.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 37.39 10.9 37.39 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.16 15.9 45.16 15.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.40 15.0 32.40 15.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.97 7.6 35.47 7.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.88 5.6 32.88 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.04 7.5 34.04 7.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 34.83 4.9 34.83 4.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.96 16.6 21.29 17.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 42.45 5.1 43.44 5.4 23.90 4.8 Level 9 .................................................. 43.65 1.6 43.73 1.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.79 9.8 – – – – Level 12.................................................. 83.53 14.2 83.53 14.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.86 18.9 35.41 20.2 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 63.28 2.4 64.62 3.4 29.11 2.9 Level 11.................................................. 42.79 9.8 – – – – Level 12.................................................. 83.53 14.2 83.53 14.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.35 1.9 56.35 1.9 – – Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 55.91 17.0 56.41 17.5 – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 85.64 12.3 86.00 12.3 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 41.51 4.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.30 3.5 43.52 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.88 1.5 43.73 1.9 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.10 7.6 43.99 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.16 1.5 44.16 1.5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.49 8.6 44.16 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.46 1.2 44.46 1.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.89 .0 42.89 .0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.89 .0 42.89 .0 – – Special education teachers...................................... 44.25 1.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.25 1.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.84 3.9 13.93 4.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.86 15.7 41.29 19.8 30.51 2.7 Level 8 .................................................. 31.92 2.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.04 2.7 40.76 3.8 35.92 .3 Registered nurses................................................. 33.71 3.4 33.42 6.3 34.23 3.5 Level 9 .................................................. 35.33 .7 – – 35.92 .3 Therapists........................................................ 34.67 7.0 34.64 7.1 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.17 7.4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.36 6.8 14.74 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.80 .7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.46 8.1 13.81 6.9 – – Psychiatric aides............................................... 15.59 1.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.70 18.4 26.41 16.0 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.41 12.1 15.55 1.5 – – Security guards................................................. 13.41 12.1 15.55 1.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.76 9.0 15.93 20.1 6.94 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.55 5.1 – – 8.55 5.1 Level 2 .................................................. 6.59 10.2 – – 6.35 6.8 Cooks............................................................. 14.67 6.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.60 5.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.24 12.0 – – 4.24 12.0 Level 2 .................................................. 4.34 13.6 – – 4.34 13.6 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.49 1.3 – – 3.49 1.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.49 .2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.12 7.6 13.72 8.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.91 3.6 15.91 3.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.86 8.6 13.53 9.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.91 3.6 15.91 3.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.98 9.0 13.70 10.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.91 3.6 15.91 3.6 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.41 2.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.13 15.9 20.92 23.0 9.32 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.99 6.0 – – 9.30 4.0 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.54 .7 12.20 5.1 9.32 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.99 6.0 – – 9.30 4.0 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.74 1.6 – – 9.29 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 7.3 – – 9.41 6.1 Cashiers...................................................... 9.74 1.6 – – 9.29 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 7.3 – – 9.41 6.1 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.74 .4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.48 2.7 16.98 3.8 14.56 4.2 Level 2 .................................................. 13.55 9.0 – – 13.11 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 14.97 2.0 15.58 1.8 14.10 4.3 Level 4 .................................................. 16.02 4.1 16.04 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.87 4.0 19.33 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.42 5.7 18.24 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.36 5.4 16.56 6.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.09 5.7 15.83 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.49 5.7 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.95 7.1 15.84 5.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.58 5.0 17.19 5.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.68 11.0 – – 15.07 5.1 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.21 5.5 18.44 6.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.19 7.9 19.19 7.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 17.86 4.1 17.95 4.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.35 6.6 26.35 6.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 25.01 9.1 25.01 9.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.22 4.4 18.55 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.78 9.3 21.78 9.3 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.60 6.9 18.60 6.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.43 6.7 16.66 6.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.70 2.5 13.70 2.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.48 11.9 14.48 11.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.11 2.8 16.37 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.87 7.1 16.87 7.1 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.66 5.4 15.66 5.4 – – Printers.......................................................... 18.90 2.0 18.90 2.0 – – Printing machine operators...................................... 18.90 2.0 18.90 2.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.64 10.4 18.45 11.6 14.04 13.1 Level 1 .................................................. 10.92 8.7 11.61 10.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.03 5.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.74 18.9 19.74 18.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.64 12.7 19.64 12.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.28 5.8 13.33 4.8 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.66 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. 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), Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $20.81 5.6 $23.92 6.2 $11.45 9.0 Management occupations.............................................. 36.67 10.8 36.67 10.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.01 12.2 38.03 12.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.60 16.4 44.60 16.4 – – Education administrators.......................................... 35.92 14.3 35.95 14.3 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 35.92 14.3 35.95 14.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 39.99 9.1 39.99 9.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.65 14.7 47.65 14.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.70 7.6 37.38 7.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.60 3.3 33.60 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.04 7.5 34.04 7.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 34.20 1.7 34.20 1.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.59 6.9 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 52.49 24.2 53.31 25.5 27.69 2.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.61 30.6 37.71 30.9 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 70.23 4.7 71.90 7.1 28.15 2.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.35 1.9 56.35 1.9 – – Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 66.76 12.3 68.05 12.3 – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 107.77 1.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 40.84 16.4 43.75 20.8 31.78 3.3 Level 8 .................................................. 31.92 2.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.32 2.6 39.50 4.5 35.92 .3 Registered nurses................................................. 33.51 3.6 33.08 6.9 34.23 3.5 Level 9 .................................................. 35.33 .7 – – 35.92 .3 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.17 7.4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.16 7.8 14.60 6.6 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.91 8.8 13.29 7.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.38 12.7 15.67 1.4 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.38 12.7 15.67 1.4 – – Security guards................................................. 13.38 12.7 15.67 1.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.76 9.0 15.93 20.1 6.94 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.55 5.1 – – 8.55 5.1 Level 2 .................................................. 6.59 10.2 – – 6.35 6.8 Cooks............................................................. 14.67 6.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.60 5.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.24 12.0 – – 4.24 12.0 Level 2 .................................................. 4.34 13.6 – – 4.34 13.6 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.49 1.3 – – 3.49 1.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.49 .2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.30 8.7 11.81 10.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.39 7.4 10.78 9.8 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.35 8.0 10.79 11.0 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.13 15.9 20.92 23.0 9.32 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.99 6.0 – – 9.30 4.0 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.54 .7 12.20 5.1 9.32 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.99 6.0 – – 9.30 4.0 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.74 1.6 – – 9.29 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 7.3 – – 9.41 6.1 Cashiers...................................................... 9.74 1.6 – – 9.29 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 7.3 – – 9.41 6.1 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.74 .4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.17 3.0 16.65 4.3 14.54 4.2 Level 2 .................................................. 13.55 9.0 – – 13.11 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 14.72 2.1 15.24 .7 14.10 4.3 Level 4 .................................................. 15.63 4.2 15.63 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.81 4.0 18.23 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.42 5.7 18.24 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.35 5.9 16.58 7.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.64 6.1 15.41 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.49 5.7 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.03 7.4 16.02 5.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.58 5.0 17.19 5.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.68 11.0 – – 15.07 5.1 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.87 6.0 18.09 7.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.85 9.8 18.85 9.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 17.19 5.3 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.41 7.1 26.41 7.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 25.01 9.1 25.01 9.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.98 5.0 18.37 4.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.92 7.6 18.92 7.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.46 6.7 16.69 6.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.68 2.6 13.68 2.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.48 11.9 14.48 11.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.11 2.8 16.37 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.87 7.1 16.87 7.1 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.66 5.4 15.66 5.4 – – Printers.......................................................... 18.90 2.0 18.90 2.0 – – Printing machine operators...................................... 18.90 2.0 18.90 2.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.59 11.2 18.45 11.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.92 8.7 11.61 10.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.03 5.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.74 18.9 19.74 18.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.64 12.7 19.64 12.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.28 5.8 13.33 4.8 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.66 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 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $28.94 5.5 $29.93 5.0 $17.31 10.0 Management occupations.............................................. 42.50 16.5 42.50 16.6 – – Education administrators.......................................... 48.00 11.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.77 3.3 40.74 2.8 23.32 6.5 Level 9 .................................................. 43.65 1.6 43.73 1.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.67 20.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.30 3.5 43.52 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.88 1.5 43.73 1.9 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.10 7.6 43.99 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.16 1.5 44.16 1.5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.49 8.6 44.16 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.46 1.2 44.46 1.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.89 .0 42.89 .0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.89 .0 42.89 .0 – – Special education teachers...................................... 44.25 1.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.25 1.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.61 .0 14.78 1.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.00 17.9 29.57 21.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 29.31 13.5 29.31 13.5 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.78 2.6 16.78 2.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.78 2.6 16.78 2.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.78 2.6 16.78 2.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.05 3.0 19.12 3.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 19.01 6.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $22.13 4.8 $25.08 5.1 $11.79 8.7 Management occupations.............................................. 37.51 9.8 37.51 9.8 – – Group III................................................. 34.53 8.8 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 42.59 12.0 42.62 12.0 – – Group III................................................. 40.31 7.2 – – – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 44.07 14.4 44.10 14.3 – – Group III................................................. 39.82 8.9 39.87 8.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 37.39 10.9 37.39 10.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.49 2.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.25 .6 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.40 15.0 32.40 15.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.97 7.6 35.47 7.6 – – Group III................................................. 42.09 3.8 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.88 5.6 32.88 5.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 34.83 4.9 34.83 4.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.96 16.6 21.29 17.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 42.45 5.1 43.44 5.4 23.90 4.8 Group I................................................... 14.73 1.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 34.30 30.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 52.02 2.8 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 63.28 2.4 64.62 3.4 29.11 2.9 Group III................................................. 66.02 2.9 – – – – Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 55.91 17.0 56.41 17.5 – – Group III................................................. 56.36 19.5 – – – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 85.64 12.3 86.00 12.3 – – Group III................................................. 86.14 14.8 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 41.51 4.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.30 3.5 43.52 1.1 – – Group III................................................. 43.88 1.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.10 7.6 43.99 1.0 – – Group III................................................. 44.16 1.5 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.49 8.6 44.16 .4 – – Group III................................................. 44.46 1.2 44.46 1.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.89 .0 42.89 .0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.89 .0 42.89 .0 – – Special education teachers...................................... 44.25 1.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.25 1.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.84 3.9 13.93 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.73 1.8 14.73 1.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.86 15.7 41.29 19.8 30.51 2.7 Group II.................................................. 26.93 4.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.66 4.4 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.71 3.4 33.42 6.3 34.23 3.5 Group II.................................................. 29.68 4.0 29.51 5.0 – – Group III................................................. 35.45 .9 – – 35.92 .3 Therapists........................................................ 34.67 7.0 34.64 7.1 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.17 7.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.17 7.4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.36 6.8 14.74 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.22 7.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.46 8.1 13.81 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.15 8.8 – – – – Psychiatric aides............................................... 15.59 1.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.70 18.4 26.41 16.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.98 12.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.42 11.4 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.41 12.1 15.55 1.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.98 12.8 – – – – Security guards................................................. 13.41 12.1 15.55 1.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.98 12.8 15.13 4.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.76 9.0 15.93 20.1 6.94 5.3 Group I................................................... 7.51 11.1 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 14.67 6.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.60 5.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.60 5.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.24 12.0 – – 4.24 12.0 Group I................................................... 4.24 12.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.49 1.3 – – 3.49 1.3 Group I................................................... 3.49 1.3 – – 3.49 1.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.49 .2 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.49 .2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.12 7.6 13.72 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.53 8.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.86 8.6 13.53 9.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.82 9.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.98 9.0 13.70 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.82 9.6 13.56 10.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.41 2.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.13 15.9 20.92 23.0 9.32 1.7 Group I................................................... 11.12 2.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.04 17.1 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.54 .7 12.20 5.1 9.32 1.7 Group I................................................... 10.54 .7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.74 1.6 – – 9.29 2.2 Group I................................................... 9.75 1.7 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.74 1.6 – – 9.29 2.2 Group I................................................... 9.75 1.7 – – 9.29 2.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.74 .4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.48 2.7 16.98 3.8 14.56 4.2 Group I................................................... 15.01 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.67 4.5 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.09 5.7 15.83 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.85 8.7 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.95 7.1 15.84 5.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.58 5.0 17.19 5.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.68 11.0 – – 15.07 5.1 Group I................................................... 14.68 11.0 – – 15.07 5.1 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.21 5.5 18.44 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.99 6.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.23 5.5 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.19 7.9 19.19 7.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 17.86 4.1 17.95 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 17.01 4.2 17.07 4.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.35 6.6 26.35 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 27.07 1.1 – – – – Construction laborers............................................. 25.01 9.1 25.01 9.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.22 4.4 18.55 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.17 4.4 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.60 6.9 18.60 6.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.43 6.7 16.66 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.07 4.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.38 3.9 – – – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.66 5.4 15.66 5.4 – – Printers.......................................................... 18.90 2.0 18.90 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 17.34 5.2 – – – – Printing machine operators...................................... 18.90 2.0 18.90 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 17.34 5.2 17.34 5.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.64 10.4 18.45 11.6 14.04 13.1 Group I................................................... 15.75 14.5 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.74 18.9 19.74 18.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.64 12.7 19.64 12.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.28 5.8 13.33 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.28 5.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.66 8.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.66 8.7 – – – – 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), Springfield, MA, October 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.05 $12.00 $17.50 $27.29 $41.72 Management occupations.............................................. 20.72 25.64 29.44 42.66 61.69 Education administrators.......................................... 30.60 32.26 42.42 47.68 61.69 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 25.31 31.01 42.42 61.69 61.69 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.29 23.69 32.18 42.50 90.36 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.38 21.75 34.86 42.50 42.50 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.24 28.52 38.34 41.72 42.91 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.80 29.43 31.31 35.94 42.99 Engineers......................................................... 27.55 30.41 31.97 39.59 50.35 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.81 14.81 16.19 19.65 47.43 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.53 25.57 42.28 48.46 74.30 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.68 38.29 54.46 84.21 94.31 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 30.68 33.96 44.10 65.22 94.31 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 46.76 54.46 87.95 87.95 144.35 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 25.06 31.97 38.37 50.92 63.16 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.20 40.39 44.16 47.23 50.41 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.41 37.38 43.76 48.46 50.75 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.66 37.39 43.76 48.30 50.41 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.48 40.39 44.16 44.16 48.46 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.48 40.39 44.16 44.16 48.46 Special education teachers...................................... 38.66 41.81 44.63 47.75 52.63 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.15 12.29 13.06 15.84 17.26 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.04 24.78 32.82 42.06 48.50 Registered nurses................................................. 26.27 29.14 34.00 38.08 42.06 Therapists........................................................ 27.29 31.12 31.85 31.85 48.30 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.89 21.60 22.83 25.94 25.94 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.29 10.82 14.66 16.22 18.13 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.17 10.29 13.81 15.64 17.10 Psychiatric aides............................................... 13.49 14.66 15.64 16.22 17.10 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.50 16.89 24.06 34.04 35.88 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.00 10.00 14.17 16.62 17.99 Security guards................................................. 8.00 10.00 14.17 16.62 17.99 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 5.50 8.00 10.00 16.17 Cooks............................................................. 10.00 13.59 15.40 16.17 16.49 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.60 8.55 9.21 10.55 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 2.63 5.50 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 2.63 2.63 2.63 10.12 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.00 9.18 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.62 9.15 11.60 16.16 18.61 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.20 9.15 12.28 16.16 18.61 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.20 9.15 12.87 16.16 18.61 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.75 10.00 10.25 10.75 11.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.20 9.00 10.94 16.25 39.14 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.30 10.20 10.98 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.25 10.00 10.94 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.25 10.00 10.94 11.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.45 9.50 10.98 13.00 16.15 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.85 13.33 16.11 18.45 21.10 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.70 13.33 15.82 17.50 19.13 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.25 13.33 15.82 17.50 17.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.05 14.99 15.84 17.29 19.49 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.75 12.17 14.51 17.00 18.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 15.00 18.12 21.10 23.69 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.00 15.00 20.03 21.10 25.20 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.30 16.77 17.50 19.21 22.82 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.08 23.16 25.00 27.70 30.52 Construction laborers............................................. 22.64 23.16 23.16 24.64 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.00 16.88 18.43 18.83 22.97 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.50 15.00 17.50 21.00 22.90 Production occupations.............................................. 10.11 12.00 15.46 18.43 22.88 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.00 13.00 15.80 17.77 21.50 Printers.......................................................... 14.62 17.10 19.46 23.04 23.04 Printing machine operators...................................... 14.62 17.10 19.46 23.04 23.04 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.43 12.50 17.02 22.68 27.29 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.50 12.50 18.53 27.29 27.29 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.77 16.87 22.68 22.68 22.68 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.55 9.62 12.16 14.35 16.30 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.23 11.05 14.35 16.01 17.32 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), Springfield, MA, October 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.75 $10.98 $16.41 $24.85 $36.63 Management occupations.............................................. 20.72 25.64 29.44 42.66 72.12 Education administrators.......................................... 25.31 30.60 34.63 42.86 47.68 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 25.31 30.60 34.63 42.86 47.68 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.75 25.48 32.90 42.50 90.36 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.32 31.49 38.34 41.72 42.91 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.27 30.63 31.91 37.02 42.46 Engineers......................................................... 27.46 31.31 32.69 38.50 42.46 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.81 14.81 16.03 18.51 20.04 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.15 12.47 35.92 83.45 103.56 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.68 32.07 64.42 88.06 144.35 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 30.68 30.68 62.75 83.45 116.07 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 52.16 84.21 94.39 144.35 164.29 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.13 26.77 34.00 42.06 50.00 Registered nurses................................................. 26.27 29.01 34.00 37.53 42.06 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.89 21.60 22.83 25.94 25.94 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.17 10.29 14.26 16.22 19.68 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.00 10.29 12.45 15.18 16.84 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.00 10.00 14.26 16.62 18.25 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.00 10.00 14.26 16.62 18.25 Security guards................................................. 8.00 10.00 14.26 16.62 18.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 5.50 8.00 10.00 16.17 Cooks............................................................. 10.00 13.59 15.40 16.17 16.49 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.60 8.55 9.21 10.55 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 2.63 5.50 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 2.63 2.63 2.63 10.12 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.00 9.18 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.20 9.15 10.00 11.60 17.01 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.20 8.74 9.15 11.18 14.71 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.20 8.62 9.15 10.60 14.74 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.20 9.00 10.94 16.25 39.14 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.30 10.20 10.98 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.25 10.00 10.94 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.25 10.00 10.94 11.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.45 9.50 10.98 13.00 16.15 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.70 13.05 15.84 17.50 21.10 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.25 12.36 15.12 17.00 17.50 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.25 13.33 15.82 17.50 17.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.05 14.99 15.84 17.29 19.49 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.75 12.17 14.51 17.00 18.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 15.00 17.31 21.10 22.48 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.00 15.00 19.93 21.10 25.20 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.00 16.77 17.50 17.50 20.48 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.64 23.16 25.00 27.70 30.52 Construction laborers............................................. 22.64 23.16 23.16 24.64 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.65 16.88 17.50 18.83 22.90 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.50 15.00 17.50 22.90 22.90 Production occupations.............................................. 10.08 12.00 15.50 18.56 22.88 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.00 13.00 15.80 17.77 21.50 Printers.......................................................... 14.62 17.10 19.46 23.04 23.04 Printing machine operators...................................... 14.62 17.10 19.46 23.04 23.04 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.35 12.16 16.87 22.68 27.29 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.50 12.50 18.53 27.29 27.29 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.77 16.87 22.68 22.68 22.68 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.55 9.62 12.16 14.35 16.30 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.23 11.05 14.35 16.01 17.32 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), Springfield, MA, October 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $14.39 $18.43 $23.69 $39.58 $47.30 Management occupations.............................................. 27.27 27.27 41.00 61.69 61.69 Education administrators.......................................... 32.26 39.52 42.42 61.69 61.69 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.33 30.70 42.42 46.76 54.41 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.20 40.39 44.16 47.23 50.41 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.41 37.38 43.76 48.46 50.75 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.66 37.39 43.76 48.30 50.41 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.48 40.39 44.16 44.16 48.46 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.48 40.39 44.16 44.16 48.46 Special education teachers...................................... 38.66 41.81 44.63 47.75 52.63 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.84 13.06 14.33 16.05 17.57 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.70 18.04 20.73 43.28 44.56 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.93 22.68 31.01 34.04 39.58 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.60 15.49 16.52 18.61 18.61 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.60 15.49 16.52 18.61 18.61 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.60 15.49 16.52 18.61 18.61 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.07 17.16 19.21 20.03 22.84 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.35 17.16 19.21 22.82 22.82 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), Springfield, MA, October 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.00 $15.00 $19.93 $29.44 $43.43 Management occupations.............................................. 20.72 25.64 29.44 42.66 61.69 Education administrators.......................................... 30.60 32.26 42.42 47.68 61.69 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 25.31 31.01 42.42 61.69 61.69 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.29 23.69 32.18 42.50 90.36 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.38 21.75 34.86 42.50 42.50 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.24 28.85 38.34 41.72 42.91 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.80 29.43 31.31 35.94 42.99 Engineers......................................................... 27.55 30.41 31.97 39.59 50.35 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.81 14.81 16.70 19.65 47.43 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.06 29.78 43.04 48.91 74.62 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.69 41.21 57.46 85.72 94.39 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 30.68 34.51 44.10 65.22 94.31 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 46.76 54.46 87.95 87.95 144.35 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.14 41.10 44.16 47.30 50.31 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.34 40.71 43.93 48.47 50.93 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.56 41.64 43.76 48.47 50.41 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.48 40.39 44.16 44.16 48.46 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.48 40.39 44.16 44.16 48.46 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.15 12.47 13.06 15.84 17.26 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.04 23.69 32.83 43.28 50.50 Registered nurses................................................. 25.65 28.52 32.82 38.17 42.06 Therapists........................................................ 27.29 31.12 31.85 31.85 48.30 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.29 12.70 15.49 16.79 18.85 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.29 10.48 14.30 15.69 17.10 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.90 19.93 24.89 34.04 36.78 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.24 14.17 15.23 17.12 19.07 Security guards................................................. 12.24 14.17 15.23 17.12 19.07 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.00 10.50 16.17 21.55 22.12 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.20 10.00 13.97 17.01 18.61 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.20 9.68 14.54 16.77 18.61 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.20 9.75 14.71 17.01 18.61 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.94 10.94 16.15 20.74 49.37 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.50 10.94 10.94 14.60 15.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.25 14.00 16.74 19.21 22.51 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.70 13.50 15.82 17.50 19.13 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.33 13.85 15.82 17.50 17.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.00 15.78 16.74 17.61 21.88 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 15.00 19.37 21.10 23.69 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.00 15.00 20.03 21.10 25.20 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.30 17.16 17.50 19.21 22.82 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.08 23.16 25.00 27.70 30.52 Construction laborers............................................. 22.64 23.16 23.16 24.64 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.50 16.88 18.43 18.83 22.97 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.50 15.00 17.50 21.00 22.90 Production occupations.............................................. 10.50 12.46 15.75 18.70 23.00 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.00 13.00 15.80 17.77 21.50 Printers.......................................................... 14.62 17.10 19.46 23.04 23.04 Printing machine operators...................................... 14.62 17.10 19.46 23.04 23.04 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.50 12.50 18.53 22.72 27.29 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.50 12.50 18.53 27.29 27.29 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.77 16.87 22.68 22.68 22.68 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.62 10.18 14.35 15.26 16.99 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), Springfield, MA, October 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.60 $8.25 $10.00 $13.05 $18.51 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.29 9.29 22.92 36.90 52.63 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 22.92 26.44 30.44 31.80 31.97 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.70 25.94 30.90 35.60 40.00 Registered nurses................................................. 30.14 30.90 34.00 37.40 40.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 5.50 8.00 9.00 10.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 2.63 5.50 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 2.63 2.63 2.63 10.12 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 8.25 8.55 10.08 11.05 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.25 8.55 10.08 11.05 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.25 8.55 10.08 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.25 8.55 10.08 11.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.18 12.45 15.00 16.41 17.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.17 13.96 14.96 17.00 17.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.30 11.05 13.09 18.78 18.78 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, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $25.08 $19.93 $979 $777 39.0 $49,174 $40,200 1,961 Management occupations.............................................. 37.51 29.44 1,497 1,190 39.9 77,863 61,890 2,076 Education administrators.......................................... 42.62 42.42 1,643 1,568 38.5 85,419 81,536 2,004 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 44.10 42.42 1,680 1,500 38.1 87,354 78,000 1,981 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 37.39 32.18 1,385 1,019 37.1 72,038 52,998 1,927 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.40 34.86 1,256 1,346 38.8 65,325 70,000 2,016 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.47 38.34 1,419 1,533 40.0 73,780 79,737 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.88 31.31 1,354 1,252 41.2 70,429 65,127 2,142 Engineers......................................................... 34.83 31.97 1,445 1,337 41.5 75,161 69,518 2,158 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.29 16.70 800 638 37.6 39,178 33,201 1,840 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.44 43.04 1,502 1,435 34.6 58,533 52,218 1,347 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 64.62 57.46 2,330 2,148 36.1 92,370 84,035 1,429 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 56.41 44.10 2,039 1,764 36.1 79,577 68,802 1,411 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 86.00 87.95 2,994 3,464 34.8 118,045 137,196 1,373 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.52 44.16 1,458 1,435 33.5 53,358 52,218 1,226 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 43.99 43.93 1,483 1,462 33.7 54,493 53,990 1,239 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 44.16 43.76 1,495 1,505 33.9 54,875 55,381 1,243 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.89 44.16 1,416 1,435 33.0 51,577 51,672 1,202 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.89 44.16 1,416 1,435 33.0 51,577 51,672 1,202 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.93 13.06 473 466 33.9 19,111 18,626 1,372 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 41.29 32.83 1,563 1,260 37.9 79,869 63,705 1,934 Registered nurses................................................. 33.42 32.82 1,219 1,313 36.5 62,560 66,830 1,872 Therapists........................................................ 34.64 31.85 1,312 1,274 37.9 59,023 64,730 1,704 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.74 15.49 535 570 36.3 27,838 29,661 1,889 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.81 14.30 490 509 35.4 25,465 26,489 1,843 Protective service occupations...................................... 26.41 24.89 1,067 1,021 40.4 55,158 53,071 2,089 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.55 15.23 620 609 39.9 31,441 31,242 2,022 Security guards................................................. 15.55 15.23 620 609 39.9 31,441 31,242 2,022 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 15.93 16.17 637 647 40.0 32,382 32,032 2,032 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.72 13.97 549 559 40.0 28,545 29,058 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.53 14.54 541 582 40.0 28,145 30,243 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.70 14.71 548 588 40.0 28,492 30,597 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.92 16.15 831 646 39.7 43,225 33,592 2,066 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.20 10.94 487 438 39.9 25,299 22,755 2,074 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.98 16.74 663 670 39.0 34,353 34,819 2,023 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.83 15.82 615 633 38.8 31,960 32,895 2,019 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.84 15.82 613 633 38.7 31,895 32,895 2,014 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.19 16.74 680 670 39.6 35,372 34,819 2,058 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.44 19.37 715 747 38.8 36,889 38,605 2,000 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.19 20.03 734 801 38.2 37,658 38,864 1,962 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.95 17.50 699 700 38.9 35,938 36,400 2,002 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.35 25.00 1,054 1,000 40.0 51,992 48,173 1,973 Construction laborers............................................. 25.01 23.16 1,001 926 40.0 48,261 48,173 1,929 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.55 18.43 741 737 39.9 38,538 38,328 2,077 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.60 17.50 733 700 39.4 38,122 36,400 2,050 Production occupations.............................................. 16.66 15.75 666 630 40.0 34,652 32,750 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.66 15.80 626 632 40.0 32,568 32,872 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 18.90 19.46 756 778 40.0 39,315 40,477 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 18.90 19.46 756 778 40.0 39,315 40,477 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.45 18.53 755 741 40.9 39,284 38,542 2,129 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.74 18.53 821 741 41.6 42,684 38,542 2,163 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.64 22.68 786 907 40.0 40,850 47,174 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.33 14.35 533 574 40.0 27,723 29,848 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. 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, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $23.92 $18.75 $940 $741 39.3 $48,466 $38,542 2,026 Management occupations.............................................. 36.67 29.44 1,465 1,178 40.0 76,198 61,241 2,078 Education administrators.......................................... 35.95 34.63 1,343 1,442 37.4 69,822 75,001 1,942 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 35.95 34.63 1,343 1,442 37.4 69,822 75,001 1,942 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 39.99 32.90 1,485 1,043 37.1 77,221 54,243 1,931 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.38 38.34 1,495 1,533 40.0 77,749 79,737 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.60 31.91 1,408 1,276 41.9 73,210 66,377 2,179 Engineers......................................................... 34.20 32.69 1,448 1,354 42.3 75,273 70,414 2,201 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 53.31 38.37 1,853 1,487 34.8 79,744 71,163 1,496 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 71.90 65.35 2,406 2,369 33.5 96,881 93,434 1,347 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 68.05 63.77 2,321 2,232 34.1 90,619 87,041 1,332 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 43.75 34.76 1,645 1,264 37.6 85,561 65,707 1,956 Registered nurses................................................. 33.08 32.83 1,196 1,264 36.1 62,182 65,707 1,880 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.60 14.92 520 555 35.6 27,017 28,848 1,851 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.29 13.21 454 469 34.1 23,585 24,394 1,775 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.67 15.52 624 621 39.9 32,470 32,271 2,072 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.67 15.52 624 621 39.9 32,470 32,271 2,072 Security guards................................................. 15.67 15.52 624 621 39.9 32,470 32,271 2,072 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 15.93 16.17 637 647 40.0 32,382 32,032 2,032 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.81 10.00 473 400 40.0 24,575 20,800 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.78 10.23 431 409 40.0 22,418 21,278 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.79 10.08 431 403 40.0 22,433 20,975 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.92 16.15 831 646 39.7 43,225 33,592 2,066 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.20 10.94 487 438 39.9 25,299 22,755 2,074 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.65 16.20 653 633 39.2 33,939 32,895 2,038 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.41 15.82 603 633 39.2 31,380 32,895 2,036 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.02 17.00 622 680 38.8 32,356 35,360 2,020 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.19 16.74 680 670 39.6 35,372 34,819 2,058 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.09 18.45 706 738 39.1 36,494 37,926 2,018 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.85 19.93 725 747 38.4 37,268 38,864 1,977 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.41 25.00 1,056 1,000 40.0 51,924 48,173 1,966 Construction laborers............................................. 25.01 23.16 1,001 926 40.0 48,261 48,173 1,929 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.37 18.83 734 753 39.9 38,148 39,166 2,077 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.92 17.50 744 700 39.4 38,713 36,400 2,046 Production occupations.............................................. 16.69 15.80 668 632 40.0 34,725 32,872 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.66 15.80 626 632 40.0 32,568 32,872 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 18.90 19.46 756 778 40.0 39,315 40,477 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 18.90 19.46 756 778 40.0 39,315 40,477 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.45 18.53 755 741 40.9 39,284 38,542 2,129 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.74 18.53 821 741 41.6 42,684 38,542 2,163 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.64 22.68 786 907 40.0 40,850 47,174 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.33 14.35 533 574 40.0 27,723 29,848 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. 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, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $29.93 $24.75 $1,135 $995 37.9 $51,703 $49,733 1,727 Management occupations.............................................. 42.50 41.00 1,687 1,591 39.7 87,702 82,715 2,063 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.74 43.76 1,407 1,435 34.5 53,448 52,218 1,312 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.52 44.16 1,458 1,435 33.5 53,358 52,218 1,226 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 43.99 43.93 1,483 1,462 33.7 54,493 53,990 1,239 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 44.16 43.76 1,495 1,505 33.9 54,875 55,381 1,243 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.89 44.16 1,416 1,435 33.0 51,577 51,672 1,202 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.89 44.16 1,416 1,435 33.0 51,577 51,672 1,202 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.78 14.67 475 466 32.1 17,481 16,928 1,183 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.57 20.73 1,155 955 39.1 54,319 43,118 1,837 Protective service occupations...................................... 29.31 31.01 1,188 1,240 40.5 61,337 64,501 2,093 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.78 16.52 671 661 40.0 34,901 34,370 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.78 16.52 671 661 40.0 34,901 34,370 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.78 16.52 671 661 40.0 34,901 34,370 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.12 19.21 721 720 37.7 36,924 37,465 1,931 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, Springfield, MA, October 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.81 $17.93 $21.61 $27.78 Management, professional, and related...... 38.26 42.23 30.91 42.35 Management, business, and financial...... 37.87 31.64 34.01 47.23 Professional and related................. 38.50 50.23 28.56 40.06 Service.................................... 10.54 9.21 11.16 15.25 Sales and office........................... 16.15 15.26 18.41 16.12 Sales and related........................ 16.13 14.09 21.22 – Office and administrative support........ 16.17 16.45 15.71 15.83 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 23.34 24.01 – 17.58 Construction and extraction............. 26.41 26.53 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.98 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.87 17.18 16.38 16.38 Production............................... 16.46 16.15 17.82 16.37 Transportation and material moving....... 17.59 18.92 14.78 16.44 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........................................................... 5.6 9.2 9.2 6.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.0 28.8 8.4 4.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 8.5 10.7 12.5 14.0 Professional and related.......................................... 8.7 39.2 6.4 2.6 Service............................................................. 7.8 7.8 7.3 .9 Sales and office.................................................... 7.9 9.1 27.8 11.5 Sales and related................................................. 15.9 13.3 42.7 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.0 4.1 7.4 7.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.4 5.8 – 18.4 Construction and extraction...................................... 7.1 7.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.0 9.0 7.9 2.3 Production........................................................ 6.7 12.9 2.1 1.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.2 15.6 17.6 5.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $21.56 $17.50 $854 $680 39.6 $44,069 $35,360 2,044 Management occupations.............................................. 31.50 29.44 1,378 1,178 43.8 71,671 61,241 2,275 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.07 15.00 681 600 39.9 35,404 31,200 2,074 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.06 16.74 674 670 39.5 35,044 34,819 2,054 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.53 25.00 1,061 1,000 40.0 52,002 48,173 1,960 Construction laborers............................................. 25.01 23.16 1,001 926 40.0 48,261 48,173 1,929 Production occupations.............................................. 16.53 14.83 661 593 40.0 34,381 30,838 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.24 22.68 792 741 41.1 41,164 38,542 2,139 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, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $26.45 $20.72 $1,032 $804 39.0 $53,101 $41,820 2,007 Management occupations.............................................. 39.26 30.60 1,503 1,190 38.3 78,177 61,890 1,992 Education administrators.......................................... 35.95 34.63 1,343 1,442 37.4 69,822 75,001 1,942 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 35.95 34.63 1,343 1,442 37.4 69,822 75,001 1,942 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 41.22 34.86 1,649 1,394 40.0 85,756 72,509 2,081 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.71 38.34 1,468 1,533 40.0 76,351 79,737 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.76 31.91 1,419 1,276 42.0 73,813 66,377 2,187 Engineers......................................................... 34.46 33.85 1,466 1,354 42.5 76,209 70,414 2,212 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 71.90 65.35 2,406 2,369 33.5 96,881 93,434 1,347 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 71.90 65.35 2,406 2,369 33.5 96,881 93,434 1,347 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 68.05 63.77 2,321 2,232 34.1 90,619 87,041 1,332 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.70 31.19 1,182 1,169 37.3 61,465 60,784 1,939 Registered nurses................................................. 33.21 32.83 1,199 1,304 36.1 62,328 67,808 1,877 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.43 14.66 520 524 36.0 27,025 27,248 1,873 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.43 14.66 520 524 36.0 27,025 27,248 1,873 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.67 15.52 624 621 39.9 32,470 32,271 2,072 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.67 15.52 624 621 39.9 32,470 32,271 2,072 Security guards................................................. 15.67 15.52 624 621 39.9 32,470 32,271 2,072 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 16.97 16.17 679 647 40.0 33,556 32,032 1,977 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.92 10.00 477 400 40.0 24,792 20,800 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.83 9.68 433 387 40.0 22,521 20,134 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 32.08 30.46 1,261 798 39.3 65,574 41,490 2,044 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.16 15.42 629 598 38.9 32,623 31,179 2,019 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.86 15.12 567 605 38.2 29,490 31,450 1,984 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.83 16.50 698 651 39.1 36,284 33,856 2,035 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.56 18.33 728 729 39.2 37,377 37,926 2,014 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.88 18.55 791 742 39.8 41,144 38,584 2,070 Production occupations.............................................. 16.92 16.42 677 657 40.0 35,204 34,154 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 17.34 17.23 694 689 40.0 36,075 35,838 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 17.34 17.23 694 689 40.0 36,075 35,838 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.81 16.87 682 675 40.6 35,442 35,090 2,109 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, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $26.44 $21.67 $30.62 $20.71 $20.67 $21.64 Management, professional, and related............................... 39.17 34.14 39.68 37.21 38.40 25.82 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 37.23 37.87 – Professional and related.......................................... 39.06 34.14 39.64 37.20 38.74 25.19 Service............................................................. 24.72 – 25.54 10.48 10.51 – Sales and office.................................................... 15.08 – 18.61 16.49 16.44 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.77 16.77 – Office and administrative support................................. 17.97 – 18.61 16.26 16.18 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.80 25.43 21.65 17.71 17.71 – Construction and extraction...................................... 26.45 26.51 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.55 – – 17.15 17.15 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.79 19.97 – 15.92 15.83 – Production........................................................ 15.72 15.91 – 16.54 16.54 – Transportation and material moving................................ 21.62 21.62 – 14.25 13.63 – 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........................................................... 3.9 2.3 5.4 6.3 6.6 13.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.0 1.0 4.4 6.0 6.2 8.8 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 8.2 8.5 – Professional and related.......................................... 2.1 1.0 2.3 9.0 9.1 13.0 Service............................................................. 16.4 – 15.8 7.6 7.9 – Sales and office.................................................... 10.3 – 3.7 9.3 9.3 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.6 19.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.0 – 3.7 3.2 3.3 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.2 7.3 6.8 7.3 7.3 – Construction and extraction...................................... 6.9 7.3 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.3 – – 8.3 8.3 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.8 10.9 – 6.1 6.4 – Production........................................................ 12.3 13.2 – 6.2 6.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.9 11.9 – 8.7 9.0 – 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, Springfield, MA, October 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $22.01 $20.65 $30.64 $30.64 Management, professional, and related............................... 37.69 38.26 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 37.47 37.87 – – Professional and related.......................................... 37.80 38.50 – – Service............................................................. 13.91 10.54 – – Sales and office.................................................... 15.75 15.53 32.00 32.00 Sales and related................................................. 14.74 14.74 32.00 32.00 Office and administrative support................................. 16.48 16.17 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 23.13 23.34 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 26.41 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.22 17.98 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.70 16.67 – – Production........................................................ 16.43 16.46 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.16 17.06 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.9 5.7 11.9 11.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.6 6.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 7.9 8.5 – – Professional and related.......................................... 5.9 8.7 – – Service............................................................. 16.3 7.8 – – Sales and office.................................................... 7.9 8.4 13.7 13.7 Sales and related................................................. 19.4 19.4 13.7 13.7 Office and administrative support................................. 2.7 3.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.8 5.4 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 7.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.4 5.0 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.7 5.9 – – Production........................................................ 6.7 6.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 11.1 – – 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, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... – – $13.94 – $31.35 – $27.07 $9.82 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 37.57 – 38.87 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 38.64 – 36.32 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – 35.30 – 39.65 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 12.98 8.59 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 12.20 – 25.40 – 17.41 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 11.55 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 14.83 – 15.83 – 17.01 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – 20.73 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – 17.32 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 17.32 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – – 8.4 – 10.9 – 5.2 12.9 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 8.4 – 8.9 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 15.6 – 11.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – 9.8 – 11.1 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 4.4 8.9 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 1.7 – 22.5 – 4.7 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 4.6 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 7.2 – 4.0 – 4.9 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – 7.4 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – 15.6 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 15.6 – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 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, Springfield, MA, October 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 267,500 220,600 46,800 Management, professional, and related............................... 70,100 43,700 26,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 18,200 15,400 2,700 Professional and related.......................................... 51,900 28,300 23,600 Service............................................................. 68,400 56,000 12,400 Sales and office.................................................... 76,300 72,300 4,000 Sales and related................................................. 36,700 36,700 – Office and administrative support................................. 39,600 35,600 4,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17,100 15,000 2,100 Construction and extraction...................................... 10,300 9,700 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6,600 5,400 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 35,600 33,600 – Production........................................................ 21,100 20,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14,500 12,700 – 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, Springfield, MA, October 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 11,509 10,802 707 Total in sample....................................................... 157 135 22 Responding........................................................ 111 89 22 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 30 30 0 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 16 16 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 2002 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.