NC BL 06/00/2005 Table: Springfield, MA, Bulletin 3125-72, September 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $20.20 7.7 32.5 $18.46 11.4 31.6 $25.01 4.5 35.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 27.18 7.8 33.6 25.77 12.3 33.4 30.27 2.9 34.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.52 12.9 33.4 34.94 21.6 33.0 36.42 2.0 34.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.97 8.8 37.0 30.00 9.7 38.5 29.89 18.7 33.1 Sales............................................................. 12.53 10.1 27.0 12.53 10.1 27.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.76 4.3 34.9 14.51 5.7 35.1 15.38 3.5 34.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.76 4.2 37.7 15.40 3.9 37.6 19.29 14.7 38.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 4.3 39.7 20.97 4.0 39.6 20.92 14.8 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.55 2.0 39.3 13.55 2.0 39.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.10 11.1 28.5 13.90 6.9 25.4 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.71 4.8 32.6 13.65 5.3 32.2 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.51 9.4 27.9 8.89 4.6 25.0 17.20 9.3 37.6 Full time........................................................... 22.27 8.3 38.3 20.73 12.6 38.9 25.62 4.5 37.2 Part time........................................................... 11.52 9.4 19.9 11.55 10.0 20.1 11.02 9.9 17.2 Union............................................................... 22.76 5.2 36.1 16.86 8.5 34.7 25.43 3.9 36.7 Nonunion............................................................ 18.89 12.1 31.0 18.72 12.9 31.1 22.11 15.9 28.6 Time................................................................ 20.23 7.8 32.5 18.49 11.5 31.5 25.01 4.5 35.5 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 19.27 35.6 27.7 19.28 38.1 27.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.26 5.9 32.9 14.83 5.2 32.0 25.28 11.1 36.6 500 workers or more................................................. 24.59 2.3 35.6 24.04 2.7 35.7 25.31 3.3 35.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.20 7.7 $18.46 11.4 $25.01 4.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.49 7.9 18.77 11.8 25.01 4.5 White collar........................................................ 27.18 7.8 25.77 12.3 30.27 2.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.35 7.6 27.37 12.1 30.27 2.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.52 12.9 34.94 21.6 36.42 2.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.72 13.2 37.85 22.9 37.53 1.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.63 3.0 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 43.21 26.3 44.41 27.2 29.82 1.4 Registered nurses........................................... 27.43 3.9 27.03 4.3 29.82 1.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.03 10.6 61.14 31.8 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.91 1.0 – – 38.11 1.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.85 1.1 – – 38.85 1.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.75 15.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.75 15.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.86 14.8 22.35 17.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.68 2.1 18.45 1.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.97 8.8 30.00 9.7 29.89 18.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.95 9.9 29.35 11.3 31.80 16.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.31 14.5 – – – – Management related............................................ 30.07 15.6 32.58 15.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 36.51 7.3 36.51 7.3 – – Sales............................................................. 12.53 10.1 12.53 10.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.91 1.5 8.91 1.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.76 4.3 14.51 5.7 15.38 3.5 Secretaries................................................. 15.17 5.9 14.87 5.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.71 4.4 11.86 10.8 15.64 2.0 Blue collar......................................................... 15.76 4.2 15.40 3.9 19.29 14.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 4.3 20.97 4.0 20.92 14.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.55 2.0 13.55 2.0 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 16.45 .0 16.45 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.09 10.3 13.09 10.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $15.10 11.1 $13.90 6.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.71 4.8 13.65 5.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.51 .7 8.51 .7 – – Service............................................................. 11.51 9.4 8.89 4.6 $17.20 9.3 Protective service............................................ 20.63 8.1 11.74 5.7 22.17 5.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.65 3.7 – – 20.65 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.70 5.3 11.74 5.7 – – Food service.................................................. 8.25 5.7 8.01 5.1 11.59 12.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.59 6.1 5.59 6.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.54 6.5 5.54 6.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.17 2.6 8.93 2.8 11.59 12.1 Cooks....................................................... 12.24 7.0 11.97 7.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.51 5.0 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.01 3.4 11.41 4.4 12.93 .8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.93 3.5 11.19 4.4 12.93 .8 Cleaning and building service................................. $10.43 5.3 $8.83 3.4 $14.13 2.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.56 5.6 8.89 3.6 14.23 3.0 Personal service.............................................. 8.60 5.5 8.62 5.9 – – 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $22.27 8.3 $20.73 12.6 $25.62 4.5 All excluding sales............................................... 22.41 8.4 20.89 13.0 25.62 4.5 White collar........................................................ 29.02 9.8 28.14 15.9 30.58 2.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 29.61 9.9 29.02 16.3 30.58 2.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 37.18 14.3 37.54 25.4 36.73 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 39.10 14.7 40.17 26.8 37.87 1.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.63 3.0 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 47.47 31.7 49.51 32.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.08 6.3 26.21 7.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.14 10.9 61.82 33.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.11 2.2 – – 38.64 2.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.85 1.1 – – 38.85 1.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.90 15.1 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.90 15.1 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 23.05 15.2 24.11 19.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.72 2.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.99 8.9 30.00 9.7 29.97 19.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.97 10.0 29.35 11.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.31 14.5 – – – – Management related............................................ 30.07 15.6 32.58 15.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 36.51 7.3 36.51 7.3 – – Sales............................................................. 16.19 15.2 16.19 15.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.12 4.5 14.95 6.5 15.47 3.4 Secretaries................................................. 15.39 6.0 14.98 5.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.21 2.7 – – 15.64 2.0 Blue collar......................................................... 16.12 4.5 15.73 4.2 19.97 13.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 4.3 20.97 4.0 20.92 14.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.58 2.1 13.58 2.1 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 16.45 .0 16.45 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.09 10.3 13.09 10.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.85 9.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $15.92 12.1 $16.10 13.0 – – Service............................................................. 13.55 9.1 9.81 3.9 $17.82 9.0 Protective service............................................ 21.77 7.1 – – 23.29 4.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.65 3.7 – – 20.65 3.7 Food service.................................................. 9.36 6.2 9.05 6.1 – – Other food service........................................... 10.42 5.5 10.19 5.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.24 7.0 11.97 7.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.98 4.5 11.07 5.2 12.96 .8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.92 4.6 10.87 5.4 12.96 .8 Cleaning and building service................................. $11.73 4.5 $9.64 4.2 $14.13 2.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.07 5.3 9.90 4.7 14.23 3.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $11.52 9.4 $11.55 10.0 $11.02 9.9 All excluding sales............................................... 11.79 10.2 11.85 11.0 11.02 9.9 White collar........................................................ 16.77 5.8 16.86 6.1 14.88 15.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.35 5.8 19.61 6.7 14.88 15.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.88 5.5 24.40 5.7 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 26.02 3.4 26.85 3.8 – – Health related................................................ 28.70 3.3 28.74 3.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.98 .7 28.01 .8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.23 18.2 18.23 18.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.85 1.3 8.85 1.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.81 1.0 8.81 1.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.93 5.3 12.95 5.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.02 6.6 9.03 7.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.40 .6 8.40 .6 – – Service............................................................. 8.14 5.2 8.03 5.2 9.68 4.1 Protective service............................................ 8.16 1.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.42 4.5 7.27 4.3 – – Other food service........................................... 7.99 3.7 7.81 4.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.43 4.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.12 .6 12.07 .3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.95 1.5 11.87 1.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.05 2.4 8.05 2.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.04 2.3 8.04 2.3 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $854 8.3 38.3 $806 12.7 38.9 $953 4.3 37.2 All excluding sales............................................... 858 8.5 38.3 811 13.1 38.8 953 4.3 37.2 White collar........................................................ 1,085 10.2 37.4 1,082 16.5 38.5 1,089 3.0 35.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,104 10.3 37.3 1,114 16.9 38.4 1,089 3.0 35.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,373 14.7 36.9 1,429 26.1 38.1 1,307 1.1 35.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,437 15.2 36.8 1,528 27.4 38.0 1,341 .5 35.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,300 3.3 39.8 – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,828 33.3 38.5 1,906 34.6 38.5 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,028 8.2 38.0 990 9.7 37.8 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,640 8.4 36.3 2,069 22.4 33.5 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,305 1.1 34.2 – – – 1,318 .3 34.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,307 .0 33.7 – – – 1,307 .0 33.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 770 12.9 38.7 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 770 12.9 38.7 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 882 17.0 38.3 920 21.7 38.1 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 700 4.0 37.4 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,150 10.2 38.3 1,153 11.7 38.5 1,138 20.2 38.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,151 12.0 38.4 1,130 14.2 38.5 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,197 14.8 38.2 – – – – – – Management related............................................ 1,145 14.4 38.1 1,248 13.4 38.3 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,378 5.6 37.7 1,378 5.6 37.7 – – – Sales............................................................. 641 15.8 39.6 641 15.8 39.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 566 5.0 37.4 581 7.4 38.8 539 4.0 34.8 Secretaries................................................. 605 5.0 39.3 594 4.9 39.6 – – – General office clerks....................................... 564 2.9 37.1 – – – 579 2.2 37.0 Blue collar......................................................... 640 4.8 39.7 624 4.4 39.6 799 13.3 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 831 4.8 39.7 830 4.6 39.6 837 14.8 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 539 1.6 39.7 539 1.6 39.7 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... $611 0.0 37.2 $611 0.0 37.2 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 523 10.3 40.0 523 10.3 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 645 11.6 38.3 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 648 13.3 40.7 656 14.3 40.8 – – – Service............................................................. 530 9.6 39.1 378 4.8 38.5 $709 9.4 39.8 Protective service............................................ 866 7.6 39.8 – – – 927 4.9 39.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 798 4.1 38.6 – – – 798 4.1 38.6 Food service.................................................. 356 7.7 38.0 344 7.7 38.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 404 4.2 38.8 396 3.8 38.9 – – – Cooks....................................................... 475 8.2 38.8 465 8.8 38.8 – – – Health service................................................ 460 5.7 38.4 412 4.8 37.2 516 .9 39.8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 457 5.8 38.4 402 4.0 37.0 516 .9 39.8 Cleaning and building service................................. 468 4.6 39.9 384 4.3 39.8 565 2.8 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 481 5.4 39.9 394 4.7 39.8 569 3.0 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $41,974 8.3 1,885 $41,592 12.7 2,006 $42,663 4.3 1,665 All excluding sales............................................... 42,158 8.5 1,881 41,868 13.1 2,005 42,663 4.3 1,665 White collar........................................................ 51,171 10.2 1,763 55,506 16.5 1,973 45,432 3.0 1,486 White collar excluding sales.................................... 51,865 10.3 1,752 57,065 16.9 1,967 45,432 3.0 1,486 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 61,521 14.7 1,655 72,221 26.1 1,924 51,572 1.1 1,404 Professional specialty.......................................... 63,245 15.2 1,618 76,837 27.4 1,913 52,134 .5 1,377 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 67,588 3.3 2,072 – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 94,513 33.3 1,991 99,092 34.6 2,002 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 52,804 8.2 1,950 51,474 9.7 1,964 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 64,238 8.4 1,423 81,953 22.4 1,326 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 48,662 1.1 1,277 – – – 48,853 .3 1,264 Elementary school teachers.................................. 48,403 .0 1,246 – – – 48,403 .0 1,246 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40,056 12.9 2,013 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 40,056 12.9 2,013 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 45,866 17.0 1,990 47,822 21.7 1,984 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 36,382 4.0 1,943 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 59,748 10.2 1,992 59,925 11.7 1,998 59,201 20.2 1,975 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 59,807 12.0 1,996 58,678 14.2 1,999 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 62,081 14.8 1,983 – – – – – – Management related............................................ 59,531 14.4 1,980 64,883 13.4 1,992 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 71,638 5.6 1,962 71,638 5.6 1,962 – – – Sales............................................................. 33,332 15.8 2,058 33,332 15.8 2,058 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,906 5.0 1,845 30,197 7.4 2,020 24,333 4.0 1,573 Secretaries................................................. 31,456 5.0 2,044 30,878 4.9 2,061 – – – General office clerks....................................... 28,384 2.9 1,867 – – – 28,911 2.2 1,849 Blue collar......................................................... 33,256 4.8 2,063 32,433 4.4 2,062 41,527 13.3 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 43,214 4.8 2,062 43,136 4.6 2,057 43,505 14.8 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,016 1.6 2,063 28,016 1.6 2,063 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... $31,785 0.0 1,933 $31,785 0.0 1,933 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,220 10.3 2,080 27,220 10.3 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 33,548 11.6 1,991 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 33,674 13.3 2,116 34,125 14.3 2,120 – – – Service............................................................. 27,197 9.6 2,007 19,566 4.8 1,995 $36,010 9.4 2,021 Protective service............................................ 45,057 7.6 2,070 – – – 48,224 4.9 2,070 Police and detectives, public service....................... 41,501 4.1 2,009 – – – 41,501 4.1 2,009 Food service.................................................. 17,581 7.7 1,878 17,711 7.7 1,957 – – – Other food service........................................... 19,737 4.2 1,894 20,312 3.8 1,994 – – – Cooks....................................................... 22,691 8.2 1,854 23,497 8.8 1,963 – – – Health service................................................ 23,940 5.7 1,998 21,405 4.8 1,934 26,828 .9 2,071 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,781 5.8 1,995 20,902 4.0 1,923 26,828 .9 2,071 Cleaning and building service................................. 24,349 4.6 2,075 19,954 4.3 2,071 29,385 2.8 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 25,031 5.4 2,075 20,490 4.7 2,069 29,603 3.0 2,080 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.20 7.7 $18.46 11.4 $25.01 4.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.49 7.9 18.77 11.8 25.01 4.5 White collar........................................................ 27.18 7.8 25.77 12.3 30.27 2.9 1....................................................... 10.47 10.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.37 9.8 10.02 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.59 3.4 12.43 2.5 15.15 2.9 4....................................................... 14.50 4.7 14.18 5.1 16.39 5.3 5....................................................... 15.86 6.2 15.55 6.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.17 4.2 17.63 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.59 3.8 21.31 3.9 – – 8....................................................... 31.00 4.2 26.06 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 32.98 3.6 28.15 5.1 36.60 4.3 10........................................................ 32.23 .4 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.46 1.1 40.18 1.6 – – 12........................................................ 62.10 24.5 62.10 24.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.49 34.3 50.08 34.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.35 7.6 27.37 12.1 30.27 2.9 2....................................................... 12.48 7.9 10.83 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.80 3.8 12.50 3.3 15.15 2.9 4....................................................... 14.73 5.2 14.42 5.8 16.39 5.3 5....................................................... 15.94 6.3 15.63 6.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.17 4.2 17.63 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.44 3.7 21.13 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 31.00 4.2 26.06 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 33.32 3.7 28.67 5.4 36.60 4.3 10........................................................ 32.23 .4 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.54 1.2 40.32 2.0 – – 12........................................................ 62.10 24.5 62.10 24.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.26 34.4 50.89 34.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.52 12.9 34.94 21.6 36.42 2.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.72 13.2 37.85 22.9 37.53 1.4 5....................................................... 14.02 6.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.92 4.8 22.61 4.9 – – 8....................................................... 31.14 4.5 25.82 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 34.57 3.5 28.39 5.8 38.10 3.8 10........................................................ 31.98 .8 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.59 1.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 76.48 39.3 78.03 39.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.63 3.0 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 43.21 26.3 44.41 27.2 29.82 1.4 8....................................................... 27.18 2.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.72 2.8 30.77 3.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... $27.43 3.9 $27.03 4.3 $29.82 1.4 7....................................................... 23.72 7.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.61 2.6 29.29 3.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.03 10.6 61.14 31.8 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.91 1.0 – – 38.11 1.5 9....................................................... 38.32 4.3 – – 39.15 4.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.85 1.1 – – 38.85 1.1 9....................................................... 40.00 2.5 – – 40.00 2.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.75 15.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.75 15.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.86 14.8 22.35 17.8 – – 5....................................................... 19.55 4.7 19.31 4.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.68 2.1 18.45 1.8 – – 5....................................................... 19.04 3.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.97 8.8 30.00 9.7 29.89 18.7 9....................................................... 27.85 8.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.13 3.4 40.52 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.02 9.6 28.01 10.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.95 9.9 29.35 11.3 31.80 16.7 9....................................................... 25.94 2.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.41 2.9 38.62 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.04 7.0 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.31 14.5 – – – – Management related............................................ 30.07 15.6 32.58 15.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 36.51 7.3 36.51 7.3 – – Sales............................................................. 12.53 10.1 12.53 10.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.91 1.5 8.91 1.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.76 4.3 14.51 5.7 15.38 3.5 2....................................................... 12.70 7.8 11.06 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.91 4.3 – – 15.15 2.9 4....................................................... 14.19 4.5 14.00 5.0 15.48 3.9 5....................................................... 15.10 10.2 14.05 10.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.26 16.1 20.26 16.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.17 5.9 14.87 5.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.71 4.4 11.86 10.8 15.64 2.0 3....................................................... 15.28 3.3 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.76 4.2 15.40 3.9 19.29 14.7 1....................................................... 9.81 6.9 9.84 7.0 – – 2....................................................... $12.61 2.1 $12.41 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 14.04 2.4 14.04 2.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.17 5.4 13.87 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.09 8.1 17.09 8.1 – – 6....................................................... 19.65 6.5 18.52 5.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.62 5.2 22.74 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.35 2.5 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 4.3 20.97 4.0 $20.92 14.8 7....................................................... 23.07 4.3 23.38 5.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.55 2.0 13.55 2.0 – – 1....................................................... 10.15 7.1 10.15 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.94 2.7 11.94 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.92 2.4 13.92 2.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.74 7.0 13.74 7.0 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 16.45 .0 16.45 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.09 10.3 13.09 10.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.10 11.1 13.90 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 14.19 1.6 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.71 4.8 13.65 5.3 – – 1....................................................... 9.33 8.4 9.33 8.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.51 .7 8.51 .7 – – Service............................................................. 11.51 9.4 8.89 4.6 17.20 9.3 1....................................................... 8.94 6.0 7.93 3.9 13.01 4.1 2....................................................... 10.35 4.4 9.08 4.9 12.83 1.3 3....................................................... 9.15 14.0 8.61 15.5 12.71 9.5 4....................................................... 12.00 7.2 11.78 9.2 – – 5....................................................... 18.14 14.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.35 .2 12.35 .2 – – Protective service............................................ 20.63 8.1 11.74 5.7 22.17 5.4 3....................................................... 10.53 8.1 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.65 3.7 – – 20.65 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.70 5.3 11.74 5.7 – – Food service.................................................. 8.25 5.7 8.01 5.1 11.59 12.1 1....................................................... 7.77 7.6 7.56 8.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.18 9.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 7.45 24.6 7.24 24.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.59 6.1 5.59 6.1 – – 1....................................................... 5.89 17.3 5.89 17.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.54 6.5 5.54 6.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.17 2.6 8.93 2.8 11.59 12.1 1....................................................... 8.37 7.7 8.14 7.4 – – 3....................................................... $10.53 5.1 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 12.24 7.0 $11.97 7.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.51 5.0 – – – – 1....................................................... 8.61 5.1 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.01 3.4 11.41 4.4 $12.93 0.8 2....................................................... 12.16 1.5 11.64 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.61 3.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.93 3.5 11.19 4.4 12.93 .8 2....................................................... 12.16 1.5 11.64 2.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.43 5.3 8.83 3.4 14.13 2.8 1....................................................... 9.92 9.1 8.20 2.9 14.65 3.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.56 5.6 8.89 3.6 14.23 3.0 1....................................................... 10.09 11.1 8.22 3.3 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.60 5.5 8.62 5.9 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $22.27 8.3 $20.73 12.6 $25.62 4.5 All excluding sales............................................... 22.41 8.4 20.89 13.0 25.62 4.5 White collar........................................................ 29.02 9.8 28.14 15.9 30.58 2.8 2....................................................... 12.80 8.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.38 3.7 13.01 4.7 15.18 2.9 4....................................................... 14.32 4.6 13.94 5.0 16.39 5.3 5....................................................... 15.80 9.4 15.03 10.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.80 3.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.55 4.6 21.25 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 32.02 4.5 25.86 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 33.48 3.9 27.77 6.4 36.60 4.3 10........................................................ 32.29 .4 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.46 1.1 40.18 1.6 – – 12........................................................ 62.10 24.5 62.10 24.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.32 35.0 50.68 35.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 29.61 9.9 29.02 16.3 30.58 2.8 2....................................................... 13.28 7.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.92 2.5 13.96 3.8 15.18 2.9 4....................................................... 14.56 5.2 14.18 5.6 16.39 5.3 5....................................................... 15.83 9.6 15.04 10.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.80 3.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.39 4.5 21.05 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 32.02 4.5 25.86 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 33.88 4.1 28.47 7.0 36.60 4.3 10........................................................ 32.29 .4 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.54 1.2 40.32 2.0 – – 12........................................................ 62.10 24.5 62.10 24.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.15 35.1 51.54 35.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 37.18 14.3 37.54 25.4 36.73 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 39.10 14.7 40.17 26.8 37.87 1.6 7....................................................... 23.15 6.3 22.84 6.2 – – 8....................................................... 32.26 4.7 25.42 8.6 – – 9....................................................... 35.50 3.6 27.86 8.7 38.10 3.8 11........................................................ 40.59 1.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 76.48 39.7 78.05 39.6 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.63 3.0 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 47.47 31.7 49.51 32.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.31 5.3 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.08 6.3 26.21 7.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.14 10.9 61.82 33.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.11 2.2 – – 38.64 2.0 9....................................................... 38.32 4.3 – – 39.15 4.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. $38.85 1.1 – – $38.85 1.1 9....................................................... 40.00 2.5 – – 40.00 2.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.90 15.1 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.90 15.1 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 23.05 15.2 $24.11 19.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.72 2.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.99 8.9 30.00 9.7 29.97 19.8 9....................................................... 27.85 8.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.13 3.4 40.52 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.01 10.2 28.01 10.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.97 10.0 29.35 11.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.94 2.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.41 2.9 38.62 3.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.31 14.5 – – – – Management related............................................ 30.07 15.6 32.58 15.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 36.51 7.3 36.51 7.3 – – Sales............................................................. 16.19 15.2 16.19 15.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.12 4.5 14.95 6.5 15.47 3.4 2....................................................... 13.28 7.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.92 2.5 13.96 3.8 15.18 2.9 4....................................................... 14.05 4.6 13.82 5.1 15.48 3.9 5....................................................... 15.81 15.4 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.39 6.0 14.98 5.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.21 2.7 – – 15.64 2.0 3....................................................... 15.28 3.3 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.12 4.5 15.73 4.2 19.97 13.3 1....................................................... 10.29 6.0 10.29 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.63 2.2 12.40 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 14.07 2.6 14.07 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.17 5.4 13.87 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.09 8.1 17.09 8.1 – – 6....................................................... 19.65 6.5 18.52 5.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.62 5.2 22.74 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.35 2.5 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 4.3 20.97 4.0 20.92 14.8 7....................................................... 23.07 4.3 23.38 5.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $13.58 2.1 $13.58 2.1 – – 1....................................................... 10.19 7.1 10.19 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.95 2.7 11.95 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.92 2.4 13.92 2.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.74 7.0 13.74 7.0 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 16.45 .0 16.45 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.09 10.3 13.09 10.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.85 9.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.92 12.1 16.10 13.0 – – Service............................................................. 13.55 9.1 9.81 3.9 $17.82 9.0 1....................................................... 10.20 8.8 7.93 8.7 14.65 3.8 2....................................................... 11.75 5.5 9.76 9.1 12.85 1.4 3....................................................... 10.40 4.2 9.93 4.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.86 7.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.17 14.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.35 .2 12.35 .2 – – Protective service............................................ 21.77 7.1 – – 23.29 4.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.65 3.7 – – 20.65 3.7 Food service.................................................. 9.36 6.2 9.05 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.52 10.2 – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.42 5.5 10.19 5.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.24 7.0 11.97 7.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.98 4.5 11.07 5.2 12.96 .8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.92 4.6 10.87 5.4 12.96 .8 Cleaning and building service................................. 11.73 4.5 9.64 4.2 14.13 2.8 1....................................................... 11.43 5.3 8.59 3.7 14.65 3.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.07 5.3 9.90 4.7 14.23 3.0 1....................................................... 12.08 7.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $11.52 9.4 $11.55 10.0 $11.02 9.9 All excluding sales............................................... 11.79 10.2 11.85 11.0 11.02 9.9 White collar........................................................ 16.77 5.8 16.86 6.1 14.88 15.1 2....................................................... 9.30 6.2 8.86 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.80 2.7 16.80 2.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.99 8.9 16.58 11.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.17 4.0 29.17 4.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.35 5.8 19.61 6.7 14.88 15.1 2....................................................... 9.97 10.6 8.85 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.80 2.7 16.80 2.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.17 9.6 16.80 12.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.17 4.0 29.17 4.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.88 5.5 24.40 5.7 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 26.02 3.4 26.85 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.17 4.0 29.17 4.0 – – Health related................................................ 28.70 3.3 28.74 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.17 4.0 29.17 4.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.98 .7 28.01 .8 – – 9....................................................... 29.17 4.0 29.17 4.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.23 18.2 18.23 18.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.85 1.3 8.85 1.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.81 1.0 8.81 1.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.93 5.3 12.95 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.30 12.4 8.80 5.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.02 6.6 9.03 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.36 2.0 8.28 2.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.40 .6 8.40 .6 – – 1....................................................... 8.44 .1 8.44 .1 – – Service............................................................. $8.14 5.2 $8.03 5.2 $9.68 4.1 1....................................................... 8.02 4.2 7.92 4.3 8.94 3.4 2....................................................... 8.93 5.4 8.84 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 5.26 23.5 – – – – Protective service............................................ 8.16 1.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.42 4.5 7.27 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.16 8.8 7.91 8.4 – – Other food service........................................... 7.99 3.7 7.81 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.37 8.8 8.09 8.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.43 4.7 – – – – 1....................................................... 8.73 6.3 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.12 .6 12.07 .3 – – 2....................................................... 12.00 1.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.95 1.5 11.87 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.00 1.2 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.05 2.4 8.05 2.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.04 2.3 8.04 2.3 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $22.27 $11.52 $22.76 $18.89 $20.23 – All excluding sales............................................. 22.41 11.79 23.20 19.10 20.50 – White collar........................................................ 29.02 16.77 27.83 26.85 27.27 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 29.61 19.35 29.05 27.98 28.35 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 37.18 23.88 35.87 35.28 35.52 – Professional specialty.......................................... 39.10 26.02 36.82 38.43 37.72 – Technical....................................................... 23.05 18.23 19.73 22.27 21.86 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.99 – – 30.47 29.97 – Sales............................................................. 16.19 8.85 – 13.96 12.50 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.12 12.93 15.33 14.46 14.76 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.12 9.02 18.08 14.40 15.77 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 – 22.36 18.61 20.96 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.58 – 14.45 13.28 13.55 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.85 – – 13.57 15.08 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.92 8.40 10.81 15.15 13.71 – Service............................................................. 13.55 8.14 17.31 8.97 11.51 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 8.3 9.4 5.2 12.1 7.8 – All excluding sales............................................. 8.4 10.2 5.1 12.5 7.9 – White collar........................................................ 9.8 5.8 4.4 12.1 7.8 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 9.9 5.8 4.3 11.9 7.6 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14.3 5.5 2.3 22.0 12.9 – Professional specialty.......................................... 14.7 3.4 1.7 23.3 13.2 – Technical....................................................... 15.2 18.2 3.3 17.3 14.8 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.9 – – 8.9 8.8 – Sales............................................................. 15.2 1.3 – 14.3 11.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.5 5.3 2.8 6.2 4.3 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.5 6.6 8.1 2.3 4.3 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.3 – 4.5 2.9 4.3 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.1 – 3.8 1.7 2.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.3 – – 7.4 12.6 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.1 .6 17.0 11.2 4.8 – Service............................................................. 9.1 5.2 10.7 4.6 9.4 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.46 - – – - - – - - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.77 - – – - - – - - - White collar........................................................ 25.77 - – – - - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.37 - – – - - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.94 - – – - - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 37.85 - – – - - – - - - Technical....................................................... 22.35 - – – - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.00 - – – - - – - - - Sales............................................................. 12.53 - – – - - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.51 - – – - - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.40 - – – - - – - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.97 - – – - - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.55 - – – - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.90 - – – - - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.65 - – – - - – - - - Service............................................................. 8.89 - – – - - – - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 11.4 - – – - - – - - - All excluding sales............................................. 11.8 - – – - - – - - - White collar........................................................ 12.3 - – – - - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 12.1 - – – - - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.6 - – – - - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 22.9 - – – - - – - - - Technical....................................................... 17.8 - – – - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.7 - – – - - – - - - Sales............................................................. 10.1 - – – - - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.7 - – – - - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 - – – - - – - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.0 - – – - - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.0 - – – - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 - – – - - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 - – – - - – - - - Service............................................................. 4.6 - – – - - – - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.46 $19.28 $18.17 $14.83 $24.04 All excluding sales............................................. 18.77 19.44 18.53 15.21 23.97 White collar........................................................ 25.77 – 23.05 17.48 28.83 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.37 – 24.46 19.29 28.83 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.94 – 28.33 21.90 32.60 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.85 – 30.25 23.14 34.24 Technical....................................................... 22.35 – 22.44 19.27 25.88 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.00 – 29.96 – 33.51 Sales............................................................. 12.53 – 11.99 10.39 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.51 – 14.97 13.39 16.98 Blue collar......................................................... 15.40 – 16.08 16.03 16.23 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.97 – 21.45 22.59 17.85 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.55 – 14.08 13.47 15.59 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.90 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.65 – 14.21 13.57 – Service............................................................. 8.89 7.78 9.76 9.10 12.33 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 11.4 38.1 3.6 5.2 2.7 All excluding sales............................................. 11.8 39.5 3.4 5.3 2.8 White collar........................................................ 12.3 – 4.7 6.5 4.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 12.1 – 4.6 6.3 4.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.6 – 6.9 5.7 6.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.9 – 6.1 4.1 7.6 Technical....................................................... 17.8 – 18.4 9.7 16.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.7 – 9.8 – 6.7 Sales............................................................. 10.1 – 11.9 6.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.7 – 7.3 4.9 11.3 Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 – 5.8 8.1 1.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.0 – 3.0 1.1 5.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.0 – 5.7 7.9 3.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 – 4.0 5.3 – Service............................................................. 4.6 4.2 4.8 4.6 1.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $11.13 $15.40 $25.00 $37.57 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 11.47 15.60 25.21 37.84 White collar.................................... 11.60 15.00 23.48 33.97 42.54 White collar excluding sales................ 12.34 15.64 24.52 35.04 42.66 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.54 23.58 30.87 39.81 46.76 Professional specialty...................... 19.82 25.27 32.10 40.17 47.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.54 25.48 36.14 37.84 37.84 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 21.96 25.17 29.42 39.81 140.58 Registered nurses....................... 20.82 24.86 27.00 31.04 32.43 Teachers, college and university.......... 30.87 32.60 38.62 44.57 68.14 Teachers, except college and university... 25.01 30.43 39.78 44.30 47.28 Elementary school teachers.............. 27.97 32.55 40.68 44.67 47.61 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.97 11.97 18.00 24.58 30.52 Social workers.......................... 11.97 11.97 18.00 24.58 30.52 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 16.07 17.97 19.32 23.72 34.59 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.38 17.33 19.00 19.67 20.64 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.82 23.51 26.20 37.28 42.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.82 24.80 27.79 36.79 41.40 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.80 24.80 27.89 37.83 40.97 Management related........................ 18.60 22.09 23.48 42.56 46.15 Management related, n.e.c............... 21.22 23.89 42.56 46.15 46.15 Sales......................................... 7.35 8.20 9.80 14.90 23.27 Cashiers................................ 7.05 7.55 8.30 9.80 11.60 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.92 12.36 14.24 16.03 19.49 Secretaries............................. 12.67 13.44 14.03 17.36 19.49 General office clerks................... 11.39 13.04 14.71 16.35 17.71 Blue collar..................................... 9.82 12.17 14.60 18.47 24.15 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.99 17.77 18.95 24.15 27.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.69 11.54 13.38 15.15 18.34 Extruding and forming machine operators. 14.50 14.50 15.15 19.07 19.07 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.47 10.67 14.34 14.45 15.15 Transportation and material moving............ 8.89 12.96 14.60 15.25 26.93 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.95 9.45 12.39 15.87 23.22 Stock handlers and baggers.............. $7.05 $7.65 $8.25 $9.45 $9.75 Service......................................... 6.75 8.00 9.84 13.45 20.36 Protective service........................ 9.17 15.11 21.24 24.98 32.96 Police and detectives, public service... 9.17 19.43 23.19 23.40 24.98 Guards and police, except public service 9.00 10.77 11.35 11.88 15.10 Food service.............................. 3.00 6.75 8.00 9.75 12.20 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.63 2.63 6.00 9.00 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.63 2.63 3.30 9.00 10.00 Other food service....................... 6.75 7.50 8.00 10.22 13.12 Cooks................................... 9.50 10.00 12.36 14.00 14.53 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.25 7.65 8.00 9.00 11.30 Health service............................ 9.23 10.33 12.00 13.83 15.12 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.22 10.25 11.90 13.83 14.48 Cleaning and building service............. $7.50 $8.00 $9.50 $12.32 $15.19 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.00 9.69 12.65 15.19 Personal service.......................... 7.14 7.56 8.00 9.65 10.61 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.75 $10.00 $14.03 $20.96 $31.04 All excluding sales........................... 7.75 10.10 14.34 21.65 31.42 White collar.................................... 10.92 13.83 19.55 28.85 39.81 White collar excluding sales................ 11.97 15.15 21.22 30.55 39.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.54 20.06 26.38 34.13 41.79 Professional specialty...................... 16.54 22.36 27.00 37.84 66.90 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.78 25.00 29.11 39.81 140.58 Registered nurses....................... 20.69 24.00 26.77 30.30 32.28 Teachers, college and university.......... 26.47 30.79 41.60 77.93 123.81 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.97 17.64 19.55 26.62 35.04 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.38 16.81 18.69 19.67 20.44 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.82 22.55 28.08 37.18 42.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.82 25.66 27.89 36.79 41.40 Management related........................ 18.60 19.28 28.85 44.38 46.15 Management related, n.e.c............... 21.22 23.89 42.56 46.15 46.15 Sales......................................... 7.35 8.20 9.80 14.90 23.27 Cashiers................................ 7.05 7.55 8.30 9.80 11.60 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.92 12.25 14.03 15.45 19.13 Secretaries............................. 12.67 13.44 14.03 16.27 18.18 General office clerks................... 8.00 8.25 12.34 12.89 17.16 Blue collar..................................... 9.82 11.89 14.50 18.34 23.66 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.12 17.99 19.95 24.15 26.97 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.69 11.54 13.38 15.15 18.34 Extruding and forming machine operators. 14.50 14.50 15.15 19.07 19.07 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.47 10.67 14.34 14.45 15.15 Transportation and material moving............ 7.62 14.49 14.54 15.25 15.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.82 9.45 11.81 17.92 23.22 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.05 7.65 8.25 9.45 9.75 Service......................................... $6.75 $7.50 $8.54 $10.23 $12.30 Protective service........................ 8.00 10.77 11.65 13.54 15.10 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 10.77 11.65 13.54 15.10 Food service.............................. 2.87 6.75 8.00 9.18 11.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.63 2.63 6.00 9.00 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.63 2.63 3.30 9.00 10.00 Other food service....................... 6.75 7.30 8.00 9.75 12.85 Cooks................................... 9.50 9.75 12.00 14.00 14.50 Health service............................ 9.00 9.62 11.17 12.60 14.24 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.62 10.70 12.29 14.11 Cleaning and building service............. 7.31 7.75 8.11 9.69 11.26 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 7.75 8.25 9.75 11.26 Personal service.......................... 7.14 7.56 8.00 9.65 10.61 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.71 $14.82 $23.19 $34.70 $42.94 All excluding sales........................... 11.71 14.82 23.19 34.70 42.94 White collar.................................... 14.14 19.00 31.61 40.50 45.38 White collar excluding sales................ 14.14 19.00 31.61 40.50 45.38 Professional specialty and technical.......... 25.01 31.03 36.73 42.98 47.28 Professional specialty...................... 27.24 32.13 38.29 43.29 47.31 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ 23.78 27.24 32.43 32.43 32.43 Registered nurses....................... 23.78 27.24 32.43 32.43 32.43 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 27.21 31.84 40.01 44.56 47.31 Elementary school teachers.............. 27.97 32.55 40.68 44.67 47.61 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 23.48 24.80 24.80 37.28 41.40 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.80 24.80 26.20 37.28 42.68 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.31 12.52 15.54 17.71 20.66 General office clerks................... 13.77 14.71 15.54 17.35 17.71 Blue collar..................................... 12.52 14.60 17.70 26.84 28.29 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.44 16.28 17.77 26.84 28.87 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 10.94 12.32 15.19 21.45 25.21 Protective service........................ 9.17 19.78 23.19 25.21 32.96 Police and detectives, public service... 9.17 19.43 23.19 23.40 24.98 Food service.............................. 7.64 10.33 11.48 13.60 14.30 Other food service....................... 7.64 10.33 11.48 13.60 14.30 Health service............................ 10.94 11.60 13.60 13.83 15.12 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.94 11.60 13.60 13.83 15.12 Cleaning and building service............. 11.55 12.32 13.88 15.73 17.21 Janitors and cleaners................... 11.55 12.32 14.04 15.73 17.21 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.00 $12.65 $17.20 $26.84 $39.14 All excluding sales........................... 10.02 12.67 17.23 26.90 39.78 White collar.................................... 12.50 16.00 24.80 36.14 42.98 White collar excluding sales................ 12.55 16.54 25.00 36.79 43.26 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.16 24.00 32.10 40.17 47.31 Professional specialty...................... 20.06 25.41 32.95 41.30 48.77 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.54 25.48 36.14 37.84 37.84 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.75 24.00 31.03 39.81 149.76 Registered nurses....................... 20.34 22.36 27.24 31.52 32.43 Teachers, college and university.......... 30.87 32.76 38.62 44.57 68.14 Teachers, except college and university... 26.40 31.84 40.01 44.56 47.28 Elementary school teachers.............. 27.97 32.55 40.68 44.67 47.61 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.97 11.97 18.00 24.58 30.52 Social workers.......................... 11.97 11.97 18.00 24.58 30.52 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 16.61 18.13 19.38 28.04 35.04 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.38 17.33 19.00 19.67 21.10 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.82 23.48 26.20 37.28 42.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.82 24.80 27.55 36.92 41.40 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.80 24.80 27.89 37.83 40.97 Management related........................ 18.60 22.09 23.48 42.56 46.15 Management related, n.e.c............... 21.22 23.89 42.56 46.15 46.15 Sales......................................... 9.00 9.38 14.90 20.82 26.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.92 12.50 14.83 16.87 19.90 Secretaries............................. 12.52 13.11 14.83 17.49 19.49 General office clerks................... 12.86 14.14 14.82 16.88 17.71 Blue collar..................................... 10.66 12.60 15.10 18.47 24.15 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.99 17.77 18.95 24.15 27.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.85 11.54 13.38 15.15 18.34 Extruding and forming machine operators. 14.50 14.50 15.15 19.07 19.07 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.47 10.67 14.34 14.45 15.15 Transportation and material moving............ 14.54 14.54 14.63 16.23 26.93 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.99 11.81 14.44 19.77 23.22 Service......................................... $8.00 $9.39 $11.80 $15.19 $23.19 Protective service........................ 11.35 18.54 21.45 25.21 32.96 Police and detectives, public service... 9.17 19.43 23.19 23.40 24.98 Food service.............................. 3.30 7.75 9.00 11.65 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.75 8.00 9.50 12.20 14.00 Cooks................................... 9.50 10.00 12.36 14.00 14.53 Health service............................ 9.22 10.23 11.67 13.83 15.12 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.22 10.10 11.67 13.83 15.12 Cleaning and building service............. $8.00 $9.47 $11.55 $13.88 $15.73 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.11 9.69 11.71 14.50 15.73 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.75 $7.50 $8.85 $12.60 $24.74 All excluding sales........................... 6.75 7.50 8.98 13.56 25.47 White collar.................................... 8.00 10.18 14.03 25.00 27.47 White collar excluding sales................ 10.93 12.40 16.87 26.24 29.76 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.93 19.19 25.69 26.77 31.66 Professional specialty...................... 15.23 25.00 26.77 29.48 32.46 Health related............................ 25.02 25.85 26.77 30.35 32.61 Registered nurses....................... 25.00 25.85 26.77 29.85 32.46 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... 9.01 11.93 19.27 22.45 26.45 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.05 7.55 8.25 9.80 11.43 Cashiers................................ 7.05 7.55 8.25 9.80 11.40 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.69 11.35 13.56 14.03 15.66 Blue collar..................................... 7.15 7.80 8.55 9.45 11.84 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.05 7.65 8.25 9.05 9.75 Service......................................... 6.75 7.00 8.00 9.00 11.70 Protective service........................ 7.35 7.35 7.35 8.00 11.20 Food service.............................. 2.63 6.75 7.50 8.85 10.33 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.75 6.75 7.50 8.15 10.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.50 11.18 Health service............................ 9.25 11.60 12.29 12.74 14.24 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 11.60 12.00 12.60 14.24 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.50 7.90 8.25 9.20 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.50 7.80 8.25 9.10 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 122,700 89,200 33,500 All excluding sales............................................. 117,500 84,100 33,500 White collar........................................................ 61,000 39,300 21,800 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 55,800 34,100 21,800 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33,300 18,600 14,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 29,300 15,200 14,100 Technical....................................................... 4,000 3,400 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,200 4,400 1,800 Sales............................................................. 5,200 5,200 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16,300 11,100 5,300 Blue collar......................................................... 22,200 20,100 2,100 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,000 4,700 1,300 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11,700 11,700 – Transportation and material moving................................ 1,900 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... - - - Service............................................................. 39,500 29,800 9,600 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.