NC BL 03/00/2010 Table: St. Louis, MO-IL, Bulletin, July 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $21.33 2.4 35.2 $20.97 2.8 35.0 $24.30 2.2 36.9 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 32.98 2.6 36.6 33.54 2.9 36.8 30.08 6.2 35.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 37.15 4.8 39.9 37.76 4.9 39.8 27.55 6.7 41.7 Professional and related.......................................... 31.39 2.5 35.5 31.65 2.8 35.5 30.37 6.8 35.3 Service............................................................. 12.11 6.3 31.2 10.24 5.5 29.8 19.70 7.5 38.6 Sales and office.................................................... 16.14 2.9 34.5 16.14 3.1 34.4 16.27 3.0 36.3 Sales and related................................................. 15.64 5.3 30.3 15.64 5.3 30.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.37 3.1 36.9 16.38 3.4 36.9 16.27 3.0 36.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.00 8.3 39.5 23.86 9.0 39.7 25.92 4.8 37.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 23.61 16.2 39.1 23.20 18.9 39.4 26.46 8.0 36.9 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.41 4.2 40.0 24.47 4.3 40.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.88 4.6 37.9 17.75 4.6 38.0 – – – Production........................................................ 18.55 2.6 39.3 18.55 2.6 39.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.23 8.2 36.6 16.94 8.4 36.7 – – – Full time........................................................... 22.68 2.4 39.5 22.38 2.7 39.5 24.95 2.3 39.3 Part time........................................................... 11.64 9.8 19.9 11.52 10.4 19.9 13.74 16.1 18.5 Union............................................................... 24.19 3.1 38.7 23.46 3.9 38.3 26.70 4.5 40.3 Nonunion............................................................ 20.71 2.8 34.5 20.51 3.1 34.5 22.90 5.7 35.2 Time................................................................ 21.51 2.6 35.0 21.14 2.9 34.8 24.30 2.2 36.9 Incentive........................................................... 18.46 11.9 38.9 18.46 11.9 38.9 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 24.36 5.6 39.4 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.18 3.3 34.2 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 18.74 4.0 34.4 18.34 4.3 34.1 24.23 1.3 39.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 22.04 5.2 35.9 21.59 6.0 36.0 25.93 4.2 35.0 500 workers or more................................................. 25.39 3.5 35.8 26.03 4.3 35.5 22.93 4.9 37.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.33 2.4 $22.68 2.4 $11.64 9.8 Management occupations.............................................. 43.08 4.9 43.76 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.48 9.7 30.48 9.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.25 7.6 46.25 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.29 8.7 43.29 8.7 – – Financial managers................................................ 40.64 8.1 40.64 8.1 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 56.93 4.5 56.93 4.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.18 8.4 33.35 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.50 5.8 22.50 5.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.38 4.2 31.38 4.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 57.54 15.8 57.54 15.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.58 12.2 26.58 12.2 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.77 3.7 29.77 3.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.32 10.2 35.31 10.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.17 3.3 25.17 3.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.23 4.6 30.74 4.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 33.82 4.7 33.82 4.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 52.87 5.8 52.87 5.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.17 5.7 32.92 6.1 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 35.14 6.6 35.14 6.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.74 .9 33.57 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.53 7.2 28.53 7.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.94 1.4 24.94 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.83 9.4 36.83 9.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 38.61 4.4 37.17 2.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.33 6.8 28.33 6.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 41.17 22.1 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.41 16.7 23.35 17.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.34 6.3 34.07 5.6 13.19 23.4 Level 9 .................................................. 35.12 7.9 35.17 7.9 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.82 8.6 49.29 8.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.67 3.6 36.44 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.81 7.8 36.81 7.8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.43 1.9 35.17 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.99 5.9 35.99 5.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.26 6.6 37.03 1.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.36 6.0 38.36 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.64 7.3 38.64 7.3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.36 6.0 38.36 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.64 7.3 38.64 7.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.59 2.0 13.59 2.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 31.79 13.6 32.22 12.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.13 5.2 27.79 7.5 23.98 19.5 Level 5 .................................................. 17.06 9.1 19.38 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. – – 19.32 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.30 2.0 26.22 2.0 27.23 6.0 Level 8 .................................................. 26.94 5.0 26.94 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.47 6.6 31.13 6.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.05 4.5 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 51.83 2.7 51.81 2.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.58 6.7 27.88 2.8 31.97 24.4 Level 7 .................................................. 27.06 .5 27.06 .3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.58 3.8 25.53 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.20 6.8 30.39 5.8 – – Therapists........................................................ 32.35 8.2 32.93 8.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.39 13.0 12.61 14.2 9.69 12.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 6.4 10.12 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.55 6.5 10.87 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.29 7.3 11.29 7.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.47 4.8 10.49 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 6.6 10.12 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.99 5.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.05 3.1 10.05 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.06 6.3 10.06 6.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.58 21.8 16.41 22.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.95 5.4 22.48 2.7 8.47 3.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.79 12.7 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.24 2.4 24.24 2.4 – – Police officers................................................... 25.28 2.8 25.28 2.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.28 2.8 25.28 2.8 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.85 9.3 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.85 9.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.85 11.8 10.32 16.1 6.65 7.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.85 15.6 7.03 22.0 6.70 11.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.46 5.0 8.89 7.3 6.19 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 7.61 14.8 8.33 22.4 6.53 19.0 Level 4 .................................................. 9.81 10.9 9.66 13.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.42 2.2 10.24 3.8 11.52 6.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.51 6.0 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.16 .6 11.20 1.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.53 6.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.12 17.0 – – 4.98 16.0 Level 2 .................................................. 4.87 12.3 – – 4.76 17.1 Level 3 .................................................. 4.51 16.2 – – 5.04 10.6 Bartenders...................................................... 5.04 14.5 – – 5.35 14.0 Level 3 .................................................. 4.55 9.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.85 21.6 – – 4.62 20.0 Level 2 .................................................. 4.45 19.7 – – 4.54 19.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.37 1.5 – – 7.73 4.0 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.26 1.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.97 6.6 11.48 6.4 8.25 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.95 5.9 10.19 5.7 8.29 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.65 13.6 12.15 14.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.64 6.2 12.02 6.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.77 6.5 11.25 6.2 8.19 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.95 5.9 10.19 5.7 8.29 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 11.75 14.8 13.87 12.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.16 6.6 11.53 6.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.74 6.5 12.19 5.8 8.74 4.0 Level 1 .................................................. 10.50 8.5 10.90 8.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 15.16 7.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.15 6.8 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.93 4.9 9.30 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.27 5.2 9.38 4.9 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.93 23.5 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.93 23.5 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.59 4.6 13.40 7.8 11.22 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.19 2.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.35 6.5 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.66 14.2 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.34 1.9 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 18.02 10.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.64 5.3 19.46 10.4 8.37 3.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.85 6.0 10.18 6.8 8.36 1.4 Level 3 .................................................. – – – – 10.19 7.8 Level 4 .................................................. 14.68 5.4 14.68 5.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.89 8.6 23.89 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.09 19.7 15.03 16.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.66 7.9 18.66 7.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.74 8.4 18.74 8.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.56 5.2 15.58 8.3 8.38 4.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.84 6.8 – – 8.37 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. – – – – 10.19 7.8 Level 4 .................................................. 17.62 10.6 17.62 10.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.51 2.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.91 3.8 12.00 1.0 8.65 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.58 8.9 – – 8.97 1.6 Cashiers...................................................... 9.91 3.8 12.00 1.0 8.65 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.58 8.9 – – 8.97 1.6 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.64 16.0 17.25 8.6 8.10 3.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.93 3.2 – – 8.08 3.0 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.16 17.3 – – 8.10 3.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.93 3.2 – – 8.08 3.0 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.62 2.1 16.46 23.7 8.30 6.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.81 7.7 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.60 12.3 29.60 12.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 28.17 14.1 28.17 14.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.37 3.1 16.63 3.2 12.51 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 11.35 4.3 11.43 5.0 10.95 3.9 Level 3 .................................................. 13.77 6.1 14.13 6.2 10.93 1.8 Level 4 .................................................. 16.46 5.2 16.46 5.5 16.47 5.7 Level 5 .................................................. 18.94 3.9 18.94 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.08 2.7 21.21 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.17 5.6 24.86 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.55 6.5 14.94 7.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.56 8.7 23.56 8.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.95 4.6 14.21 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.91 3.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.60 4.5 13.59 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.87 3.8 17.87 3.8 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.83 5.4 15.93 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.70 8.2 14.87 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.00 2.8 18.00 2.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.73 5.4 11.64 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.81 3.1 12.60 1.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.28 10.6 16.72 10.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.34 14.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.30 10.5 15.30 10.5 – – Order clerks...................................................... 19.32 9.5 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.70 8.8 15.19 7.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.42 3.6 14.14 5.1 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.35 11.6 12.74 12.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 17.95 13.8 18.44 14.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.18 5.4 18.20 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 6.7 11.90 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.84 3.9 15.77 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.09 7.0 18.09 7.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.00 5.7 21.00 5.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.62 6.8 20.65 6.9 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.68 2.0 14.60 2.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.85 6.1 16.85 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.92 6.2 15.92 6.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.46 10.2 16.62 10.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.62 7.0 18.66 7.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.61 16.2 24.08 16.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 25.16 12.1 25.16 12.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 28.77 2.8 28.77 2.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.69 4.1 30.69 4.1 – – Carpenters........................................................ 24.71 19.3 24.71 19.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.69 17.0 14.61 17.2 – – Electricians...................................................... 22.60 15.4 22.60 15.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.41 4.2 24.41 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.34 12.5 21.34 12.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.00 2.0 26.00 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.53 4.0 28.53 4.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.47 6.4 36.47 6.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.77 10.0 19.77 10.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.78 11.7 24.78 11.7 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 23.16 10.7 23.16 10.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.55 2.6 18.72 2.4 13.34 14.1 Level 1 .................................................. 9.91 3.1 9.91 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.37 10.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.84 7.8 16.88 7.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.59 7.1 19.59 7.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.61 2.7 18.74 2.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.66 2.8 26.66 2.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 29.79 10.4 29.79 10.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.83 14.9 17.05 14.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.25 17.7 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.22 5.5 16.22 5.5 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.22 5.5 16.22 5.5 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 20.09 3.3 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.23 8.2 18.27 9.0 7.89 12.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.65 4.0 10.55 3.2 7.78 14.0 Level 2 .................................................. 14.92 15.6 15.08 15.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.49 9.0 19.49 9.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.63 1.2 16.63 1.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.20 7.6 15.20 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.06 2.5 16.06 2.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.11 7.7 16.11 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.43 5.2 15.43 5.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.21 22.0 14.21 22.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.95 19.4 18.95 19.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.94 16.5 14.70 16.5 9.94 19.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.86 6.8 – – 9.95 20.9 Level 2 .................................................. 14.89 19.8 14.98 20.2 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.44 10.8 13.68 11.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.04 19.4 15.56 20.1 11.97 17.7 Level 1 .................................................. 10.32 17.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.97 2.8 $22.38 2.7 $11.52 10.4 Management occupations.............................................. 44.03 4.6 44.79 4.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.21 11.2 29.21 11.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 49.45 5.3 49.45 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.29 8.7 43.29 8.7 – – Financial managers................................................ 40.64 8.1 40.64 8.1 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 56.93 4.5 56.93 4.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.64 8.7 33.83 8.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.50 5.8 22.50 5.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.88 4.4 31.88 4.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 57.54 15.8 57.54 15.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.58 12.2 26.58 12.2 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.77 3.7 29.77 3.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.66 10.5 35.65 10.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.23 4.6 30.74 4.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.00 5.4 35.00 5.4 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 52.87 5.8 52.87 5.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.77 6.9 34.66 7.6 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 35.14 6.6 35.14 6.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.74 .9 33.57 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.53 7.2 28.53 7.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.94 1.4 24.94 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.83 9.4 36.83 9.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 38.61 4.4 37.17 2.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.33 6.8 28.33 6.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 41.17 22.1 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.38 16.6 35.50 16.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.10 13.4 49.85 13.4 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 32.32 13.1 32.78 12.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.32 5.7 27.87 8.3 24.62 20.8 Level 5 .................................................. 18.40 8.7 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.79 1.2 26.75 .7 27.23 6.0 Level 8 .................................................. 25.45 4.0 25.40 4.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.07 7.1 31.26 7.1 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 51.83 2.7 51.81 2.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.52 7.1 27.80 2.9 32.53 27.8 Level 7 .................................................. 27.06 .5 27.06 .3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.58 3.8 25.53 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.84 7.3 30.43 6.6 – – Therapists........................................................ 27.81 8.9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.22 14.3 12.45 15.6 9.69 12.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 6.4 10.12 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.29 7.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.07 2.2 10.07 2.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 6.6 10.12 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.95 5.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.05 3.1 10.05 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.06 6.3 10.06 6.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.67 22.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.18 12.5 14.03 15.3 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.85 9.3 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.85 9.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.73 12.5 10.24 16.7 6.43 8.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.84 15.9 7.03 22.0 6.68 11.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.38 5.0 8.89 7.3 5.97 3.8 Level 3 .................................................. 7.53 15.3 8.23 23.5 6.53 19.0 Level 4 .................................................. 9.81 10.9 9.66 13.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.12 1.8 9.98 3.5 11.00 .4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.53 6.4 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.16 .6 11.20 1.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.53 6.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.12 17.0 – – 4.98 16.0 Level 2 .................................................. 4.87 12.3 – – 4.76 17.1 Level 3 .................................................. 4.51 16.2 – – 5.04 10.6 Bartenders...................................................... 5.04 14.5 – – 5.35 14.0 Level 3 .................................................. 4.55 9.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.85 21.6 – – 4.62 20.0 Level 2 .................................................. 4.45 19.7 – – 4.54 19.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.28 1.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.26 1.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.98 4.9 10.42 4.7 8.13 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.88 6.1 10.11 5.9 8.29 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.62 14.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.98 4.9 10.43 4.7 8.05 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.88 6.1 10.11 5.9 8.29 3.1 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.79 6.1 11.25 5.6 8.51 1.8 Level 1 .................................................. 10.40 9.2 10.81 9.0 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.93 4.9 9.30 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.27 5.2 9.38 4.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.73 4.7 13.40 7.8 11.51 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.20 2.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.32 6.5 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.66 14.2 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.34 1.9 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.64 5.3 19.46 10.4 8.37 3.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.85 6.0 10.18 6.8 8.36 1.4 Level 3 .................................................. – – – – 10.19 7.8 Level 4 .................................................. 14.68 5.4 14.68 5.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.89 8.6 23.89 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.09 19.7 15.03 16.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.66 7.9 18.66 7.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.74 8.4 18.74 8.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.56 5.2 15.58 8.3 8.38 4.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.84 6.8 – – 8.37 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. – – – – 10.19 7.8 Level 4 .................................................. 17.62 10.6 17.62 10.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.51 2.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.91 3.8 12.00 1.0 8.65 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.58 8.9 – – 8.97 1.6 Cashiers...................................................... 9.91 3.8 12.00 1.0 8.65 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.58 8.9 – – 8.97 1.6 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.64 16.0 17.25 8.6 8.10 3.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.93 3.2 – – 8.08 3.0 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.16 17.3 – – 8.10 3.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.93 3.2 – – 8.08 3.0 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.62 2.1 16.46 23.7 8.30 6.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.81 7.7 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.60 12.3 29.60 12.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 28.17 14.1 28.17 14.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.38 3.4 16.67 3.4 12.00 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.35 4.3 11.43 5.0 10.95 3.9 Level 3 .................................................. 13.66 6.6 14.00 6.8 10.98 1.8 Level 4 .................................................. 16.54 5.4 16.55 5.6 16.47 5.7 Level 5 .................................................. 19.34 3.8 19.34 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.56 2.9 21.56 2.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.97 5.8 24.97 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.38 9.4 14.93 10.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.70 7.7 24.70 7.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.82 4.8 14.08 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.91 3.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.41 4.6 13.38 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.08 3.7 18.08 3.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.76 6.2 15.88 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.35 9.4 14.53 9.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.30 2.6 18.30 2.6 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.73 5.4 11.64 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.81 3.1 12.60 1.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.28 10.6 16.72 10.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.34 14.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.30 10.5 15.30 10.5 – – Order clerks...................................................... 19.32 9.5 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.90 9.5 15.48 7.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.42 3.6 14.14 5.1 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.35 11.6 12.74 12.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 17.95 13.8 18.44 14.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.47 6.0 18.50 6.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.84 7.7 11.84 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.27 4.2 16.22 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.20 6.3 21.20 6.3 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.74 6.8 20.78 6.9 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.68 2.0 14.60 2.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.12 7.1 17.12 7.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.46 10.2 16.62 10.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.62 7.0 18.66 7.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.20 18.9 23.54 18.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 23.98 16.2 23.98 16.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 29.12 2.0 29.12 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.63 5.4 30.63 5.4 – – Carpenters........................................................ 24.71 19.3 24.71 19.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.24 19.3 13.92 17.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.47 4.3 24.47 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.34 12.5 21.34 12.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.23 1.8 26.23 1.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.53 4.0 28.53 4.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.47 6.4 36.47 6.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.77 10.0 19.77 10.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.33 12.0 25.33 12.0 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 23.16 10.7 23.16 10.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.55 2.6 18.72 2.4 13.34 14.1 Level 1 .................................................. 9.91 3.1 9.91 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.37 10.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.84 7.8 16.88 7.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.59 7.1 19.59 7.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.61 2.7 18.74 2.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.66 2.8 26.66 2.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 29.79 10.4 29.79 10.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.83 14.9 17.05 14.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.25 17.7 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.22 5.5 16.22 5.5 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.22 5.5 16.22 5.5 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 20.09 3.3 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.94 8.4 17.99 9.2 7.89 12.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.65 4.0 10.55 3.2 7.78 14.0 Level 2 .................................................. 14.92 15.6 15.08 15.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.28 5.6 18.28 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.65 1.2 16.65 1.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.20 7.6 15.20 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.06 2.5 16.06 2.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.11 7.7 16.11 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.43 5.2 15.43 5.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.21 22.0 14.21 22.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.95 19.4 18.95 19.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.94 16.5 14.70 16.5 9.94 19.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.86 6.8 – – 9.95 20.9 Level 2 .................................................. 14.89 19.8 14.98 20.2 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.44 10.8 13.68 11.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.04 19.4 15.56 20.1 11.97 17.7 Level 1 .................................................. 10.32 17.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.30 2.2 $24.95 2.3 $13.74 16.1 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.03 6.4 33.65 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.19 7.3 37.19 7.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.26 2.9 36.75 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.06 7.9 37.06 7.9 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.43 1.9 35.17 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.99 5.9 35.99 5.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.26 6.6 37.03 1.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.03 5.4 39.03 5.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.49 6.8 39.49 6.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.03 5.4 39.03 5.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.49 6.8 39.49 6.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.59 2.0 13.59 2.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.51 9.8 27.07 13.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.32 14.2 14.32 14.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.11 1.5 23.40 1.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.24 2.4 24.24 2.4 – – Police officers................................................... 25.28 2.8 25.28 2.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.28 2.8 25.28 2.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.01 4.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.92 7.2 15.01 6.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.96 3.3 14.04 3.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.96 3.3 14.04 3.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.27 3.0 16.07 2.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.96 15.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.74 10.8 16.74 10.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.23 11.4 16.23 11.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.24 12.4 16.24 12.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.46 8.0 28.07 5.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.33 2.4 $22.68 2.4 $11.64 9.8 Management occupations.............................................. 43.08 4.9 43.76 4.8 – – Group III................................................. 40.86 5.3 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 59.72 5.3 – – – – Financial managers................................................ 40.64 8.1 40.64 8.1 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 56.93 4.5 56.93 4.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.18 8.4 33.35 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 23.15 4.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.33 8.4 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.77 3.7 29.77 3.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.32 10.2 35.31 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. 28.44 10.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.60 9.9 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 52.87 5.8 52.87 5.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.17 5.7 32.92 6.1 – – Group III................................................. 34.81 5.5 34.62 6.5 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 35.14 6.6 35.14 6.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.74 .9 33.57 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. 26.48 6.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.77 4.7 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 38.61 4.4 37.17 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 28.57 5.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.34 4.9 – – – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.33 6.8 28.33 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 26.41 7.6 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 41.17 22.1 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.41 16.7 23.35 17.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.47 5.7 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.34 6.3 34.07 5.6 13.19 23.4 Group I................................................... 13.14 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 31.89 7.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.34 6.2 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.82 8.6 49.29 8.5 – – Group III................................................. 47.19 6.0 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.67 3.6 36.44 1.6 – – Group II.................................................. 35.89 5.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.81 7.8 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.43 1.9 35.17 1.0 – – Group III................................................. 35.99 5.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.26 6.6 37.03 1.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.36 6.0 38.36 6.0 – – Group III................................................. 38.64 7.3 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.36 6.0 38.36 6.0 – – Group III................................................. 38.64 7.3 38.64 7.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.59 2.0 13.59 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.59 2.0 13.59 2.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 31.79 13.6 32.22 12.7 – – Group II.................................................. 23.55 10.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.13 5.2 27.79 7.5 23.98 19.5 Group II.................................................. 22.15 3.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.93 3.8 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 51.83 2.7 51.81 2.9 – – Group III................................................. 51.83 2.7 51.81 2.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.58 6.7 27.88 2.8 31.97 24.4 Group II.................................................. 25.33 3.9 25.81 2.9 21.51 9.2 Group III................................................. 33.43 5.4 31.15 3.7 – – Therapists........................................................ 32.35 8.2 32.93 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 32.17 8.7 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.39 13.0 12.61 14.2 9.69 12.3 Group I................................................... 10.47 2.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.47 4.8 10.49 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.26 3.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.05 3.1 10.05 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.05 3.1 10.05 3.8 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.58 21.8 16.41 22.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.00 4.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.95 5.4 22.48 2.7 8.47 3.8 Group I................................................... 10.90 11.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.21 2.6 – – – – Police officers................................................... 25.28 2.8 25.28 2.8 – – Group II.................................................. 25.17 2.8 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.28 2.8 25.28 2.8 – – Group II.................................................. 25.17 2.8 25.17 2.8 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.85 9.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.85 9.3 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.85 9.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.85 9.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.85 11.8 10.32 16.1 6.65 7.9 Group I................................................... 7.70 7.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.23 14.9 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.42 2.2 10.24 3.8 11.52 6.1 Group I................................................... 9.86 1.6 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.16 .6 11.20 1.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.84 4.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.12 17.0 – – 4.98 16.0 Group I................................................... 5.12 17.0 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 5.04 14.5 – – 5.35 14.0 Group I................................................... 5.04 14.5 – – 5.35 14.0 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.85 21.6 – – 4.62 20.0 Group I................................................... 4.85 21.6 – – 4.62 20.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.37 1.5 – – 7.73 4.0 Group I................................................... 8.37 1.5 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.26 1.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.26 1.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.97 6.6 11.48 6.4 8.25 3.0 Group I................................................... 10.44 5.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.77 6.5 11.25 6.2 8.19 3.7 Group I................................................... 10.51 5.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.74 6.5 12.19 5.8 8.74 4.0 Group I................................................... 11.42 5.7 11.86 5.0 8.74 4.0 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.93 4.9 9.30 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.93 4.9 9.30 5.1 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.93 23.5 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.93 23.5 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.59 4.6 13.40 7.8 11.22 6.7 Group I................................................... 8.95 1.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.73 11.0 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.34 1.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.34 1.9 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 18.02 10.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.64 5.3 19.46 10.4 8.37 3.8 Group I................................................... 11.69 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.83 6.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.66 7.9 18.66 7.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.74 8.4 18.74 8.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.56 5.2 15.58 8.3 8.38 4.2 Group I................................................... 11.46 1.8 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.91 3.8 12.00 1.0 8.65 2.2 Group I................................................... 10.13 3.2 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.91 3.8 12.00 1.0 8.65 2.2 Group I................................................... 10.13 3.2 – – 8.96 1.6 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.64 16.0 17.25 8.6 8.10 3.0 Group I................................................... 13.63 16.5 – – – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.16 17.3 – – 8.10 3.0 Group I................................................... 8.91 17.3 – – 8.10 3.0 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.62 2.1 16.46 23.7 8.30 6.6 Group I................................................... 10.99 11.2 – – 8.26 7.3 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.60 12.3 29.60 12.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.58 9.9 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 28.17 14.1 28.17 14.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.73 10.2 21.73 10.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.37 3.1 16.63 3.2 12.51 5.0 Group I................................................... 14.59 4.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.18 3.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.56 8.7 23.56 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 23.56 8.7 23.56 8.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.95 4.6 14.21 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.64 4.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.49 4.5 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.83 5.4 15.93 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.35 8.2 14.49 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.00 2.8 18.00 2.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.73 5.4 11.64 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.73 5.4 11.64 4.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.28 10.6 16.72 10.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.90 13.1 14.28 13.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.42 7.1 21.42 7.1 – – Order clerks...................................................... 19.32 9.5 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.70 8.8 15.19 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.72 9.3 15.25 7.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.35 11.6 12.74 12.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 17.95 13.8 18.44 14.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.05 7.3 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.18 5.4 18.20 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.81 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.15 5.3 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.62 6.8 20.65 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 15.00 4.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.90 6.2 21.90 6.2 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.68 2.0 14.60 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.68 2.0 14.60 2.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.85 6.1 16.85 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.84 7.3 14.84 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.45 5.7 19.45 5.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.46 10.2 16.62 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 16.11 11.7 16.25 12.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.61 16.2 24.08 16.0 – – Group I................................................... 18.78 20.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.17 7.6 – – – – Carpenters........................................................ 24.71 19.3 24.71 19.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.69 17.0 14.61 17.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.19 17.6 14.07 18.5 – – Electricians...................................................... 22.60 15.4 22.60 15.4 – – Group II.................................................. 25.71 10.6 25.71 10.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.41 4.2 24.41 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 19.12 6.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.26 5.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.47 6.4 36.47 6.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.77 10.0 19.77 10.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.78 11.7 24.78 11.7 – – Group II.................................................. 26.89 10.9 – – – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 23.16 10.7 23.16 10.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.55 2.6 18.72 2.4 13.34 14.1 Group I................................................... 15.66 8.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.24 12.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 29.79 10.4 29.79 10.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.83 14.9 17.05 14.8 – – Group I................................................... 16.37 13.0 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.22 5.5 16.22 5.5 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.22 5.5 16.22 5.5 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 20.09 3.3 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.23 8.2 18.27 9.0 7.89 12.8 Group I................................................... 14.10 4.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.76 7.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.20 7.6 15.20 8.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.93 7.6 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.11 7.7 16.11 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.64 5.4 15.64 5.4 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.21 22.0 14.21 22.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.21 22.0 14.21 22.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.95 19.4 18.95 19.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.94 16.5 14.70 16.5 9.94 19.9 Group I................................................... 13.54 15.1 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.44 10.8 13.68 11.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.10 5.5 12.31 5.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.04 19.4 15.56 20.1 11.97 17.7 Group I................................................... 15.04 19.4 15.56 20.1 11.97 17.7 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.35 $18.49 $27.47 $37.31 Management occupations.............................................. 23.93 33.77 41.87 50.83 62.70 Financial managers................................................ 30.67 30.67 40.68 49.04 56.11 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.54 54.43 60.05 62.70 62.70 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.23 23.32 29.88 36.54 50.76 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.75 27.85 31.58 31.58 33.65 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.08 26.27 33.17 41.11 52.18 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.72 51.75 52.18 53.94 67.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 22.24 27.41 32.69 37.97 46.75 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 25.40 28.30 40.38 40.38 40.96 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.62 26.49 33.28 41.11 49.97 Engineers......................................................... 26.93 31.65 37.42 44.95 54.02 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.62 25.02 26.24 32.22 36.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.15 22.16 47.51 58.42 59.57 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.75 16.41 29.28 29.28 29.28 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.25 22.48 32.79 41.79 51.50 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.96 31.04 48.43 54.29 73.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.00 29.47 35.50 40.91 47.56 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.00 28.72 34.42 37.95 42.69 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.96 28.13 34.26 42.45 50.25 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.60 31.58 36.86 42.87 51.21 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.60 31.58 36.86 42.87 51.21 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.30 11.39 13.25 14.35 18.41 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.23 21.85 34.15 41.74 41.74 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.00 18.50 21.97 31.69 45.36 Pharmacists....................................................... 47.52 49.28 50.86 53.57 57.79 Registered nurses................................................. 19.79 22.00 27.40 34.77 37.25 Therapists........................................................ 23.82 24.91 30.88 36.94 45.36 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.15 10.55 13.87 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.00 9.77 11.14 13.49 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.00 9.50 10.96 13.34 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.68 10.65 15.45 21.00 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.75 16.20 22.93 24.89 28.14 Police officers................................................... 19.70 22.29 25.88 28.14 29.25 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.70 22.29 25.88 28.14 29.25 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.75 8.50 11.42 12.20 13.38 Security guards................................................. 7.75 8.50 11.42 12.20 13.38 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.53 5.15 8.50 10.32 14.16 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 8.50 9.58 12.25 14.15 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 9.58 11.00 12.50 14.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.52 3.53 4.00 5.15 8.75 Bartenders...................................................... 3.75 4.00 4.65 5.15 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.48 3.53 3.53 4.80 7.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.05 7.05 8.00 9.25 10.32 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.05 7.05 7.80 9.00 10.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.34 10.48 12.75 16.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.24 10.33 12.43 15.34 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.80 9.35 10.87 14.00 16.67 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.50 7.75 8.34 9.85 11.00 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.50 7.50 8.50 14.57 25.45 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 7.50 7.50 8.50 14.57 25.45 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.75 8.16 9.25 13.33 25.00 Child care workers................................................ 7.73 7.75 8.50 8.50 9.19 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 7.05 11.03 20.00 24.00 25.82 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 8.93 11.41 19.70 28.56 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.98 14.98 17.17 20.09 25.73 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.98 14.98 17.17 20.84 25.79 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.05 7.65 9.00 11.90 19.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.65 9.40 11.19 14.48 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.65 9.40 11.19 14.48 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 7.65 13.99 18.60 21.73 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.25 13.99 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.05 7.45 9.00 10.56 21.31 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.47 19.50 23.63 46.65 51.98 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 16.47 16.69 23.63 30.46 51.98 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.18 12.08 15.92 19.83 23.62 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.10 19.81 21.02 30.55 30.55 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.88 13.15 16.50 19.10 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.63 12.51 16.96 18.02 19.23 Tellers......................................................... 9.37 10.52 11.20 13.15 15.01 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.20 12.48 15.08 20.06 24.04 Order clerks...................................................... 11.17 19.09 21.81 21.81 21.81 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 12.69 14.49 18.43 19.08 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.30 8.90 10.70 13.59 21.04 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.30 16.28 16.28 17.00 30.01 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.53 14.50 17.32 21.89 26.44 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.47 17.32 20.00 24.21 26.44 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.82 13.50 14.97 16.09 17.58 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.08 14.00 16.34 18.66 24.32 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.19 12.00 16.00 21.89 22.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.04 16.30 25.92 31.27 34.43 Carpenters........................................................ 16.30 17.17 22.00 31.27 34.28 Construction laborers............................................. 7.87 7.87 10.04 21.85 27.32 Electricians...................................................... 12.00 18.67 20.25 25.92 34.43 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.50 19.00 24.07 29.00 32.63 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 30.77 30.77 38.85 38.85 41.54 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.00 13.50 21.06 25.75 31.18 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.00 16.00 24.07 31.36 32.63 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.84 19.63 23.82 27.18 30.05 Production occupations.............................................. 9.70 12.50 18.85 21.75 28.71 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 21.54 25.68 29.64 33.48 38.18 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.57 9.70 12.05 28.05 28.71 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 11.00 12.50 15.45 19.05 22.12 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 11.00 12.50 15.45 19.05 22.12 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.50 12.50 20.25 31.34 32.47 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.75 10.31 14.00 20.15 25.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.50 10.31 13.81 16.75 21.48 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.50 14.00 16.21 16.89 20.15 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.31 10.31 10.31 21.48 23.95 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.64 14.00 14.54 30.36 30.36 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 9.00 12.22 17.95 22.66 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.00 11.00 13.27 13.85 18.75 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.50 9.00 13.27 21.70 22.66 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.19 $10.94 $18.02 $26.83 $37.00 Management occupations.............................................. 25.74 35.63 41.87 51.54 62.70 Financial managers................................................ 30.67 30.67 40.68 49.04 56.11 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.54 54.43 60.05 62.70 62.70 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.23 23.64 30.29 37.50 50.76 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.75 27.85 31.58 31.58 33.65 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.07 26.44 34.14 41.60 52.18 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.72 51.75 52.18 53.94 67.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.44 29.19 34.14 38.93 48.98 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 25.40 28.30 40.38 40.38 40.96 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.62 26.49 33.28 41.11 49.97 Engineers......................................................... 26.93 31.65 37.42 44.95 54.02 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.62 25.02 26.24 32.22 36.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.15 22.16 47.51 58.42 59.57 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.10 20.89 25.24 39.33 60.30 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.96 24.00 51.50 60.30 106.08 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.23 21.85 34.15 41.74 41.74 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.37 19.00 22.09 32.17 46.11 Pharmacists....................................................... 47.52 49.28 50.86 53.57 57.79 Registered nurses................................................. 19.72 21.67 26.78 35.00 37.75 Therapists........................................................ 23.54 24.25 25.88 30.90 35.01 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.25 9.00 10.32 13.49 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.00 9.50 10.85 13.11 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.00 9.50 10.96 13.34 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.68 10.17 18.00 21.00 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 7.75 10.30 12.20 13.38 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.75 8.50 11.42 12.20 13.38 Security guards................................................. 7.75 8.50 11.42 12.20 13.38 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.53 4.95 8.50 10.00 14.16 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 8.50 9.00 12.00 13.35 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 9.58 11.00 12.50 14.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.52 3.53 4.00 5.15 8.75 Bartenders...................................................... 3.75 4.00 4.65 5.15 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.48 3.53 3.53 4.80 7.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.05 7.05 7.84 9.25 10.32 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.05 7.05 7.80 9.00 10.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.00 9.25 10.80 13.90 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.00 9.24 10.91 13.90 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.65 8.49 10.25 11.56 16.67 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.50 7.75 8.34 9.85 11.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.75 8.25 9.62 13.33 25.82 Child care workers................................................ 7.73 7.75 8.50 8.50 9.19 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 8.93 11.41 19.70 28.56 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.98 14.98 17.17 20.09 25.73 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.98 14.98 17.17 20.84 25.79 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.05 7.65 9.00 11.90 19.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.65 9.40 11.19 14.48 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.65 9.40 11.19 14.48 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 7.65 13.99 18.60 21.73 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.25 13.99 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.05 7.45 9.00 10.56 21.31 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.47 19.50 23.63 46.65 51.98 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 16.47 16.69 23.63 30.46 51.98 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.11 12.00 16.00 19.93 23.63 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.10 21.02 23.06 30.55 30.55 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.92 10.86 12.84 16.50 19.10 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.30 12.51 17.00 18.02 19.21 Tellers......................................................... 9.37 10.52 11.20 13.15 15.01 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.20 12.48 15.08 20.06 24.04 Order clerks...................................................... 11.17 19.09 21.81 21.81 21.81 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 12.69 14.49 19.08 19.08 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.30 8.90 10.70 13.59 21.04 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.30 16.28 16.28 17.00 30.01 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.55 15.00 17.55 23.44 26.44 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.47 17.75 20.39 24.21 26.44 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.82 13.50 14.97 16.09 17.58 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.39 14.49 16.34 18.61 24.40 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.19 12.00 16.00 21.89 22.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.04 16.30 25.92 31.27 34.74 Carpenters........................................................ 16.30 17.17 22.00 31.27 34.28 Construction laborers............................................. 7.50 7.87 10.04 10.04 27.32 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.50 19.00 24.45 29.00 32.63 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 30.77 30.77 38.85 38.85 41.54 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.00 13.50 21.06 25.75 31.18 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.00 16.00 25.14 32.63 32.63 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.84 19.63 23.82 27.18 30.05 Production occupations.............................................. 9.70 12.50 18.85 21.75 28.71 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 21.54 25.68 29.64 33.48 38.18 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.57 9.70 12.05 28.05 28.71 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 11.00 12.50 15.45 19.05 22.12 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 11.00 12.50 15.45 19.05 22.12 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.50 12.50 20.25 31.34 32.47 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.75 10.31 13.85 19.51 23.95 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.50 10.31 13.81 16.75 21.48 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.50 14.00 16.21 16.89 20.15 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.31 10.31 10.31 21.48 23.95 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.64 14.00 14.54 30.36 30.36 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 9.00 12.22 17.95 22.66 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.00 11.00 13.27 13.85 18.75 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.50 9.00 13.27 21.70 22.66 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.43 $15.18 $22.91 $30.39 $38.49 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.02 26.00 34.25 42.24 48.43 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.48 29.99 35.90 41.46 48.25 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.00 28.72 34.42 37.95 42.69 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.96 28.13 34.26 42.45 50.25 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.05 31.58 36.86 42.87 53.66 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.05 31.58 36.86 42.87 53.66 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.30 11.39 13.25 14.35 18.41 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.40 17.55 20.61 30.39 41.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.96 11.62 13.87 16.51 20.97 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.20 20.65 22.94 25.88 28.14 Police officers................................................... 19.70 22.29 25.88 28.14 29.25 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.70 22.29 25.88 28.14 29.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.76 10.19 12.05 14.00 14.15 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.40 12.85 14.25 16.24 17.82 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.03 12.23 14.00 15.34 17.39 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.03 12.23 14.00 15.34 17.39 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.82 12.80 14.75 18.86 23.23 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.53 12.67 14.62 18.76 24.32 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.08 12.67 14.62 19.19 24.32 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.34 22.08 27.80 32.70 32.70 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.77 $13.27 $19.70 $28.56 $38.59 Management occupations.............................................. 25.74 35.63 41.87 51.54 62.70 Financial managers................................................ 30.67 30.67 40.68 49.04 56.11 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.54 54.43 60.05 62.70 62.70 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.23 23.56 29.88 36.82 50.76 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.75 27.85 31.58 31.58 33.65 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.08 26.20 32.65 41.42 52.18 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.72 51.75 52.18 53.94 67.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 21.66 25.62 31.23 37.15 48.66 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 25.40 28.30 40.38 40.38 40.96 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.62 26.24 33.28 38.98 44.95 Engineers......................................................... 26.49 31.27 36.43 44.14 49.97 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.62 25.02 26.24 32.22 36.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.75 16.41 29.28 29.28 29.28 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.25 23.61 32.89 42.45 52.31 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.96 31.04 48.43 54.29 73.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.74 30.00 35.95 41.21 48.19 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.46 29.15 34.60 38.59 43.19 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.74 28.41 35.45 42.45 52.21 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.60 31.58 36.86 42.87 51.21 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.60 31.58 36.86 42.87 51.21 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.30 11.39 13.25 14.35 18.41 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.23 21.85 34.15 41.74 41.74 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.00 19.00 22.72 31.99 42.64 Pharmacists....................................................... 47.52 49.13 50.86 53.63 57.79 Registered nurses................................................. 19.94 21.84 26.78 33.65 37.00 Therapists........................................................ 23.82 24.96 31.05 37.21 45.62 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.68 9.33 10.65 14.73 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.00 9.77 11.22 13.49 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.00 9.50 11.05 13.49 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.00 12.04 18.00 21.00 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.53 20.20 22.93 25.75 28.14 Police officers................................................... 19.70 22.29 25.88 28.14 29.25 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.70 22.29 25.88 28.14 29.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.53 8.00 9.25 12.37 16.08 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 8.50 9.58 12.05 14.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.00 9.58 10.00 12.85 14.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.75 8.90 10.80 13.48 16.67 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.92 8.90 10.59 13.35 15.59 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.29 10.12 11.40 14.30 16.67 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.75 8.24 8.90 10.92 11.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.75 8.16 8.50 17.68 27.48 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.00 11.26 16.47 22.09 31.91 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.98 14.98 17.17 20.09 25.73 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.98 14.98 17.17 20.84 25.79 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.15 10.50 13.43 18.60 21.73 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.15 10.35 11.15 14.48 15.77 Cashiers...................................................... 9.15 10.35 11.15 14.48 15.77 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 15.20 18.60 21.73 21.73 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.50 10.56 10.56 21.31 34.47 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.47 19.50 23.63 46.65 51.98 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 16.47 16.69 23.63 30.46 51.98 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.30 12.51 16.01 20.06 24.13 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.10 19.81 21.02 30.55 30.55 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 11.18 13.44 17.00 19.21 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.63 12.59 17.00 18.02 19.23 Tellers......................................................... 9.10 10.46 11.20 13.15 14.86 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 13.00 16.36 20.06 24.04 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.40 12.69 14.49 19.08 19.08 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.30 8.90 12.11 14.76 21.04 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.30 16.28 16.28 17.00 30.01 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.51 14.50 17.35 21.93 26.44 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.47 17.29 20.05 24.21 26.44 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.82 12.96 14.85 16.20 17.75 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.08 14.00 16.34 18.66 24.32 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.19 12.00 16.00 21.89 22.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.04 17.17 26.78 31.27 34.74 Carpenters........................................................ 16.30 17.17 22.00 31.27 34.28 Construction laborers............................................. 7.87 7.87 10.04 22.96 27.32 Electricians...................................................... 12.00 18.67 20.25 25.92 34.43 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.50 19.00 24.07 29.00 32.63 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 30.77 30.77 38.85 38.85 41.54 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.00 13.50 21.06 25.75 31.18 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.00 16.00 24.07 31.36 32.63 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.84 19.63 23.82 27.18 30.05 Production occupations.............................................. 9.75 12.84 19.11 22.12 28.71 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 21.54 25.68 29.64 33.48 38.18 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.70 9.75 12.05 28.05 28.71 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 11.00 12.50 15.45 19.05 22.12 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 11.00 12.50 15.45 19.05 22.12 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.24 11.00 15.00 21.48 25.49 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.31 10.31 14.05 16.89 22.43 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.50 14.00 16.21 16.89 20.15 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.31 10.31 10.31 21.48 23.95 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.64 14.00 14.54 30.36 30.36 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.00 10.90 13.27 21.46 22.66 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.00 11.00 13.27 13.85 18.75 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 9.00 15.97 22.66 22.66 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.50 $7.25 $8.70 $11.90 $18.86 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.50 7.50 10.29 12.14 25.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.95 13.00 19.00 30.39 50.00 Registered nurses................................................. 17.37 24.00 30.39 45.00 50.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 7.75 9.25 11.30 12.07 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.20 7.75 7.85 9.75 9.75 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.53 4.00 7.05 7.75 10.05 Cooks............................................................. 7.75 9.00 12.50 13.50 14.15 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.52 3.53 4.65 5.15 7.25 Bartenders...................................................... 3.75 4.00 4.65 5.15 8.65 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.52 3.52 3.63 4.80 7.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.05 7.05 7.05 7.75 9.91 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.45 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.50 7.55 8.49 9.87 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.14 7.60 8.49 9.25 10.65 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.56 8.33 10.00 12.50 13.33 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.05 7.25 8.00 9.00 9.85 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.05 7.25 8.00 9.00 9.85 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.21 7.25 7.90 9.50 11.33 Cashiers...................................................... 7.21 7.25 7.90 9.50 11.33 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 7.25 7.75 8.90 9.25 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 8.90 9.25 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.05 7.05 8.93 9.00 9.30 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.40 10.18 10.94 14.23 17.41 Production occupations.............................................. 6.65 9.27 12.50 14.12 21.34 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.50 5.75 6.50 8.00 12.88 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.15 7.40 7.75 11.70 17.22 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.15 7.15 11.35 13.27 18.86 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.68 $19.70 $895 $780 39.5 $45,665 $40,328 2,013 Management occupations.............................................. 43.76 41.87 1,772 1,675 40.5 92,154 87,092 2,106 Financial managers................................................ 40.64 40.68 1,626 1,627 40.0 84,534 84,612 2,080 Engineering managers.............................................. 56.93 60.05 2,277 2,402 40.0 118,419 124,896 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.35 29.88 1,358 1,212 40.7 70,574 62,999 2,116 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.77 31.58 1,287 1,346 43.2 66,698 70,000 2,240 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.31 32.65 1,416 1,366 40.1 73,620 71,015 2,085 Computer software engineers....................................... 52.87 52.18 2,115 2,087 40.0 109,975 108,528 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.92 31.23 1,310 1,191 39.8 68,131 61,917 2,070 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 35.14 40.38 1,406 1,615 40.0 73,100 83,990 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.57 33.28 1,371 1,289 40.9 71,317 67,020 2,124 Engineers......................................................... 37.17 36.43 1,536 1,453 41.3 79,883 75,571 2,149 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.33 26.24 1,133 1,050 40.0 58,926 54,577 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.35 29.28 926 1,128 39.7 48,164 58,633 2,063 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.07 32.89 1,248 1,212 36.6 48,849 46,246 1,434 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.29 48.43 1,838 1,926 37.3 77,425 75,123 1,571 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.44 35.95 1,337 1,315 36.7 49,751 48,036 1,365 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.17 34.60 1,277 1,254 36.3 46,891 45,649 1,333 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.03 35.45 1,342 1,250 36.3 49,583 45,495 1,339 Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.36 36.86 1,422 1,382 37.1 53,572 52,526 1,396 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.36 36.86 1,422 1,382 37.1 53,572 52,526 1,396 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.59 13.25 497 492 36.6 18,564 17,888 1,366 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 32.22 34.15 1,089 946 33.8 56,654 49,192 1,758 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.79 22.72 1,079 887 38.8 55,286 45,198 1,990 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.81 50.86 2,072 2,034 40.0 107,756 105,789 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.88 26.78 1,043 1,026 37.4 53,488 49,899 1,918 Therapists........................................................ 32.93 31.05 1,275 1,232 38.7 58,157 53,991 1,766 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.61 10.65 492 407 39.0 25,608 21,154 2,030 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.49 9.77 408 372 38.8 21,191 19,364 2,020 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.05 9.50 391 360 38.9 20,355 18,720 2,025 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.41 18.00 657 720 40.0 34,143 37,440 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.48 22.93 964 996 42.9 50,145 51,767 2,231 Police officers................................................... 25.28 25.88 1,010 1,010 39.9 52,505 52,541 2,077 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.28 25.88 1,010 1,010 39.9 52,505 52,541 2,077 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.32 9.25 388 359 37.6 19,827 18,200 1,922 Cooks............................................................. 10.24 9.58 377 359 36.8 18,627 18,683 1,820 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.20 10.00 397 374 35.4 20,624 19,448 1,842 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.48 10.80 446 419 38.9 23,211 21,807 2,022 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.25 10.59 433 414 38.5 22,496 21,528 2,000 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.19 11.40 484 455 39.7 25,149 23,670 2,064 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.30 8.90 336 330 36.2 17,485 17,145 1,881 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.40 8.50 468 340 34.9 24,316 17,680 1,815 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.46 16.47 786 659 40.4 40,856 34,258 2,100 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.66 17.17 744 687 39.9 38,691 35,714 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.74 17.17 747 687 39.9 38,846 35,714 2,073 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.58 13.43 622 526 39.9 32,335 27,352 2,076 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.00 11.15 480 446 40.0 24,968 23,192 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 12.00 11.15 480 446 40.0 24,968 23,192 2,080 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 17.25 18.60 693 744 40.2 36,028 38,694 2,089 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.46 10.56 654 422 39.7 33,986 21,965 2,064 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.60 23.63 1,277 945 43.1 66,383 49,150 2,243 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 28.17 23.63 1,229 945 43.6 63,883 49,150 2,268 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.63 16.01 655 640 39.4 33,974 33,280 2,043 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.56 21.02 942 841 40.0 49,007 43,722 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.21 13.44 555 527 39.0 28,845 27,394 2,030 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.93 17.00 623 660 39.1 32,391 34,320 2,033 Tellers......................................................... 11.64 11.20 449 438 38.5 23,331 22,799 2,004 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.72 16.36 655 642 39.2 34,035 33,380 2,036 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.19 14.49 606 580 39.9 31,499 30,143 2,074 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.74 12.11 510 484 40.0 26,507 25,189 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 18.44 16.28 738 651 40.0 38,352 33,862 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.20 17.35 716 659 39.4 36,700 34,120 2,017 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.65 20.05 816 800 39.5 42,456 41,600 2,056 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.60 14.85 582 594 39.9 30,271 30,888 2,073 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.85 16.34 657 651 39.0 32,878 32,510 1,951 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.62 16.00 646 640 38.9 33,585 33,280 2,021 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.08 26.78 960 1,071 39.9 48,870 53,914 2,030 Carpenters........................................................ 24.71 22.00 988 880 40.0 51,394 45,760 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 14.61 10.04 584 402 40.0 29,443 20,885 2,015 Electricians...................................................... 22.60 20.25 900 810 39.8 46,799 42,120 2,071 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.41 24.07 976 963 40.0 50,776 50,066 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.47 38.85 1,459 1,554 40.0 75,849 80,814 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.77 21.06 791 843 40.0 41,115 43,813 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.78 24.07 991 963 40.0 51,546 50,066 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 23.16 23.82 926 953 40.0 48,169 49,548 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.72 19.11 748 762 40.0 38,901 39,624 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 29.79 29.64 1,192 1,186 40.0 61,961 61,651 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.05 12.05 680 482 39.9 35,348 25,064 2,073 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.22 15.45 649 618 40.0 33,730 32,136 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.22 15.45 649 618 40.0 33,730 32,136 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.27 15.00 741 665 40.5 38,168 34,590 2,089 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.20 14.05 659 665 43.3 33,770 34,590 2,222 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.11 16.21 753 690 46.8 38,086 35,131 2,365 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.21 10.31 569 412 40.0 29,566 21,436 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.95 14.54 752 560 39.7 39,110 29,120 2,064 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.70 13.27 578 531 39.3 30,039 27,597 2,043 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.68 13.27 547 531 40.0 28,463 27,597 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.56 15.97 604 562 38.8 31,401 29,224 2,018 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.38 $19.23 $884 $766 39.5 $45,815 $39,728 2,047 Management occupations.............................................. 44.79 41.87 1,803 1,675 40.3 93,781 87,092 2,094 Financial managers................................................ 40.64 40.68 1,626 1,627 40.0 84,534 84,612 2,080 Engineering managers.............................................. 56.93 60.05 2,277 2,402 40.0 118,419 124,896 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.83 30.29 1,379 1,260 40.8 71,665 65,499 2,119 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.77 31.58 1,287 1,346 43.2 66,698 70,000 2,240 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.65 33.52 1,430 1,385 40.1 74,344 71,999 2,085 Computer software engineers....................................... 52.87 52.18 2,115 2,087 40.0 109,975 108,528 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.66 33.85 1,378 1,308 39.8 71,680 67,995 2,068 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 35.14 40.38 1,406 1,615 40.0 73,100 83,990 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.57 33.28 1,371 1,289 40.9 71,317 67,020 2,124 Engineers......................................................... 37.17 36.43 1,536 1,453 41.3 79,883 75,571 2,149 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.33 26.24 1,133 1,050 40.0 58,926 54,577 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.50 25.24 1,282 907 36.1 60,364 47,147 1,700 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.85 54.29 1,790 1,385 35.9 78,623 60,715 1,577 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 32.78 34.15 1,098 949 33.5 57,121 49,365 1,742 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.87 23.00 1,078 877 38.7 56,066 45,621 2,012 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.81 50.86 2,072 2,034 40.0 107,756 105,789 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.80 26.27 1,043 992 37.5 54,235 51,574 1,951 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.45 10.44 486 400 39.0 25,267 20,800 2,029 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.07 9.50 391 366 38.8 20,344 19,052 2,020 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.05 9.50 391 360 38.9 20,355 18,720 2,025 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.03 12.20 561 488 40.0 29,187 25,376 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.24 9.25 388 359 37.9 20,160 18,683 1,969 Cooks............................................................. 9.98 9.00 373 359 37.4 19,413 18,683 1,944 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.20 10.00 397 374 35.4 20,624 19,448 1,842 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.42 10.16 403 376 38.7 20,963 19,552 2,011 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.43 10.12 397 368 38.0 20,636 19,136 1,978 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.25 10.48 445 419 39.5 23,135 21,807 2,056 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.30 8.90 336 330 36.2 17,485 17,145 1,881 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.40 8.50 468 340 34.9 24,316 17,680 1,815 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.46 16.47 786 659 40.4 40,856 34,258 2,100 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.66 17.17 744 687 39.9 38,691 35,714 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.74 17.17 747 687 39.9 38,846 35,714 2,073 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.58 13.43 622 526 39.9 32,335 27,352 2,076 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.00 11.15 480 446 40.0 24,968 23,192 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 12.00 11.15 480 446 40.0 24,968 23,192 2,080 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 17.25 18.60 693 744 40.2 36,028 38,694 2,089 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.46 10.56 654 422 39.7 33,986 21,965 2,064 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.60 23.63 1,277 945 43.1 66,383 49,150 2,243 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 28.17 23.63 1,229 945 43.6 63,883 49,150 2,268 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.67 16.20 657 641 39.4 34,138 33,307 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.70 23.06 988 923 40.0 51,384 47,973 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.08 13.17 550 526 39.0 28,584 27,358 2,030 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.88 17.00 621 660 39.1 32,285 34,320 2,033 Tellers......................................................... 11.64 11.20 449 438 38.5 23,331 22,799 2,004 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.72 16.36 655 642 39.2 34,035 33,380 2,036 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.48 14.49 619 580 40.0 32,190 30,143 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.74 12.11 510 484 40.0 26,507 25,189 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 18.44 16.28 738 651 40.0 38,352 33,862 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.50 17.55 731 676 39.5 37,994 35,131 2,054 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.78 20.93 821 818 39.5 42,706 42,536 2,055 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.60 14.85 582 594 39.9 30,271 30,888 2,073 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.12 16.34 672 654 39.2 34,927 33,985 2,040 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.62 16.00 646 640 38.9 33,585 33,280 2,021 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.54 26.34 942 1,054 40.0 47,789 45,760 2,030 Carpenters........................................................ 24.71 22.00 988 880 40.0 51,394 45,760 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 13.92 10.04 557 402 40.0 27,951 20,885 2,007 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.47 24.45 979 978 40.0 50,888 50,856 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.47 38.85 1,459 1,554 40.0 75,849 80,814 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.77 21.06 791 843 40.0 41,115 43,813 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.33 25.14 1,013 1,005 40.0 52,682 52,285 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 23.16 23.82 926 953 40.0 48,169 49,548 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.72 19.11 748 762 40.0 38,901 39,624 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 29.79 29.64 1,192 1,186 40.0 61,961 61,651 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.05 12.05 680 482 39.9 35,348 25,064 2,073 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.22 15.45 649 618 40.0 33,730 32,136 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.22 15.45 649 618 40.0 33,730 32,136 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.99 14.05 733 665 40.8 37,880 34,590 2,106 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.20 14.05 659 665 43.3 33,770 34,590 2,222 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.11 16.21 753 690 46.8 38,086 35,131 2,365 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.21 10.31 569 412 40.0 29,566 21,436 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.95 14.54 752 560 39.7 39,110 29,120 2,064 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.70 13.27 578 531 39.3 30,039 27,597 2,043 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.68 13.27 547 531 40.0 28,463 27,597 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.56 15.97 604 562 38.8 31,401 29,224 2,018 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.95 $22.93 $981 $966 39.3 $44,677 $43,859 1,791 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.65 34.60 1,238 1,254 36.8 46,184 46,151 1,372 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.75 36.41 1,345 1,315 36.6 49,921 48,036 1,358 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.17 34.60 1,277 1,254 36.3 46,891 45,649 1,333 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.03 35.45 1,342 1,250 36.3 49,583 45,495 1,339 Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.03 36.86 1,436 1,382 36.8 54,062 52,526 1,385 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.03 36.86 1,436 1,382 36.8 54,062 52,526 1,385 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.59 13.25 497 492 36.6 18,564 17,888 1,366 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.07 20.61 1,083 1,056 40.0 49,120 40,328 1,815 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.32 13.87 561 555 39.2 29,185 28,850 2,038 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.40 23.07 1,012 1,011 43.2 52,606 52,595 2,249 Police officers................................................... 25.28 25.88 1,010 1,010 39.9 52,505 52,541 2,077 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.28 25.88 1,010 1,010 39.9 52,505 52,541 2,077 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.01 14.35 594 568 39.6 30,904 29,557 2,059 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.04 14.18 561 567 40.0 29,196 29,494 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.04 14.18 561 567 40.0 29,196 29,494 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.07 14.61 633 579 39.4 31,944 29,815 1,987 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.23 14.62 625 577 38.5 29,246 27,504 1,802 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.24 14.62 624 561 38.4 28,887 26,462 1,778 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.07 30.87 1,093 1,226 39.0 56,858 63,771 2,025 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.97 $18.34 $21.59 $26.03 Management, professional, and related...... 33.54 32.85 32.74 35.21 Management, business, and financial...... 37.76 37.04 38.80 37.13 Professional and related................. 31.65 30.95 29.80 34.43 Service.................................... 10.24 9.99 9.43 12.35 Sales and office........................... 16.14 14.80 18.41 14.96 Sales and related........................ 15.64 12.71 21.33 – Office and administrative support........ 16.38 16.36 17.12 15.04 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 23.86 23.35 23.45 29.69 Construction and extraction............. 23.20 23.22 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 24.47 23.51 24.53 29.10 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 17.75 13.66 17.32 30.15 Production............................... 18.55 14.27 17.75 26.40 Transportation and material moving....... 16.94 13.25 16.88 42.36 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.8 4.3 6.0 4.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.9 6.2 8.4 3.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 4.9 8.8 8.2 5.8 Professional and related.......................................... 2.8 7.6 9.1 4.4 Service............................................................. 5.5 9.0 5.9 6.3 Sales and office.................................................... 3.1 3.6 6.6 6.3 Sales and related................................................. 5.3 3.8 11.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.4 4.4 5.6 5.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.0 14.0 11.6 5.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 18.9 24.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.3 5.1 8.3 7.5 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.6 4.2 8.5 6.0 Production........................................................ 2.6 4.6 7.2 2.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.4 6.1 15.6 20.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.02 $17.68 $784 $680 39.2 $40,618 $35,360 2,029 Management occupations.............................................. 42.49 40.36 1,763 1,728 41.5 91,683 89,862 2,158 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.36 31.58 1,494 1,516 42.3 77,689 78,824 2,197 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.71 40.38 1,428 1,615 40.0 74,279 83,990 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.23 30.29 1,298 1,174 41.6 67,519 61,060 2,162 Engineers......................................................... 35.04 33.89 1,494 1,356 42.6 77,710 70,491 2,218 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.92 23.99 904 807 36.3 47,015 41,974 1,887 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.91 12.70 583 508 39.1 30,304 26,395 2,032 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.42 9.00 393 352 37.7 20,414 18,304 1,960 Cooks............................................................. 10.02 9.00 373 359 37.3 19,421 18,683 1,938 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.56 8.90 360 330 37.6 18,704 17,145 1,956 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.10 8.90 323 308 35.5 16,782 16,016 1,844 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.34 8.50 401 340 35.4 20,847 17,680 1,839 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.06 14.98 645 599 40.2 33,532 31,158 2,088 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.03 10.56 522 422 40.1 27,167 21,965 2,085 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.71 16.36 649 640 38.8 33,749 33,280 2,020 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.71 13.15 533 508 38.8 27,693 26,399 2,019 Tellers......................................................... 11.82 11.54 453 446 38.3 23,561 23,200 1,993 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 16.13 16.84 645 673 40.0 33,544 35,019 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.79 18.75 767 660 38.8 39,897 34,320 2,016 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.59 21.89 842 876 39.0 43,781 45,531 2,028 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.26 16.00 587 635 38.4 30,501 32,999 1,999 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.22 22.00 929 880 40.0 46,722 43,496 2,012 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.51 23.66 940 946 40.0 48,892 49,217 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.34 13.55 573 542 40.0 29,820 28,184 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.45 13.81 587 553 40.7 30,076 28,733 2,082 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.89 16.63 709 665 42.0 35,568 34,590 2,106 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.46 16.72 750 669 42.9 36,982 34,590 2,118 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.02 11.00 428 440 38.8 22,254 22,880 2,019 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.31 12.09 492 483 40.0 25,606 25,139 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.17 $21.02 $960 $831 39.7 $49,807 $43,202 2,061 Management occupations.............................................. 45.51 41.87 1,816 1,675 39.9 94,414 87,092 2,074 Financial managers................................................ 40.65 40.68 1,626 1,627 40.0 84,551 84,612 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.95 27.85 1,317 1,114 40.0 68,406 57,928 2,076 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.62 32.65 1,431 1,366 40.2 74,386 71,015 2,089 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.48 32.69 1,371 1,297 39.8 71,300 67,434 2,068 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.74 36.00 1,437 1,440 40.2 74,716 74,876 2,091 Engineers......................................................... 38.93 37.56 1,569 1,503 40.3 81,584 78,133 2,096 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.72 27.46 1,229 1,098 40.0 63,896 57,115 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 47.17 38.97 1,699 1,385 36.0 73,333 55,185 1,555 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 58.43 55.39 2,031 1,844 34.8 85,519 71,905 1,464 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.28 22.97 1,104 879 39.0 57,410 45,733 2,030 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.81 50.86 2,072 2,034 40.0 107,756 105,789 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.98 27.00 1,066 1,023 38.1 55,445 53,221 1,981 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.24 9.50 399 366 39.0 20,765 19,032 2,027 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.21 9.50 397 365 38.9 20,646 18,993 2,022 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.16 9.50 395 365 38.9 20,532 18,993 2,021 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.03 12.20 561 488 40.0 29,187 25,376 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.85 9.75 377 390 38.3 19,600 20,280 1,990 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.15 10.50 441 418 39.6 22,947 21,715 2,059 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.15 10.50 441 418 39.6 22,947 21,715 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.91 10.75 474 428 39.8 24,639 22,235 2,069 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.35 9.00 366 354 39.1 19,023 18,429 2,034 Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.54 13.94 597 644 34.0 31,029 33,464 1,769 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.80 19.76 968 788 40.7 50,332 40,976 2,115 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.71 19.70 824 788 39.8 42,828 40,976 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 21.09 19.70 838 788 39.7 43,578 40,976 2,067 Retail sales workers.............................................. 18.61 17.20 739 688 39.7 38,438 35,776 2,065 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 39.36 46.65 1,811 2,071 46.0 94,157 107,671 2,392 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.64 16.14 662 645 39.8 34,424 33,515 2,069 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.48 13.69 569 548 39.3 29,573 28,475 2,042 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.18 17.09 586 626 38.6 30,491 32,542 2,009 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.33 13.88 612 555 39.9 31,837 28,875 2,077 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 18.44 16.28 738 651 40.0 38,352 33,862 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.78 17.06 710 682 39.9 36,898 35,485 2,075 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.07 20.29 803 812 40.0 41,750 42,203 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.73 14.85 587 594 39.8 30,499 30,888 2,070 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.92 16.83 674 659 39.9 35,073 34,258 2,073 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.41 27.59 976 1,104 40.0 50,772 57,387 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.57 26.75 1,023 1,070 40.0 53,186 55,638 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 27.91 31.36 1,116 1,254 40.0 58,050 65,233 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.45 19.27 817 771 39.9 42,481 40,082 2,077 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 24.27 28.05 964 1,122 39.7 50,143 58,344 2,066 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 20.51 15.50 838 760 40.8 43,568 39,520 2,124 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.19 11.50 627 562 44.2 32,604 29,224 2,298 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 20.13 21.70 805 868 40.0 41,870 45,136 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $24.19 $23.46 $26.70 $20.71 $20.51 $22.90 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.94 31.15 30.83 33.19 33.64 29.62 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 37.80 38.53 27.55 Professional and related.......................................... 30.86 – 30.83 31.44 31.65 30.03 Service............................................................. 17.84 13.10 21.99 11.22 9.99 18.39 Sales and office.................................................... 20.23 20.23 – 15.68 15.70 15.12 Sales and related................................................. 18.00 18.00 – 15.40 15.40 – Office and administrative support................................. 21.12 21.28 – 15.81 15.85 15.12 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.79 27.65 – 20.66 20.61 – Construction and extraction...................................... 29.36 29.39 – 18.56 18.23 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.13 26.13 – 22.89 22.95 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.83 22.74 – 14.38 14.24 – Production........................................................ 21.82 21.82 – 16.02 16.02 – Transportation and material moving................................ 23.93 23.77 – 12.90 12.59 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.1 3.9 4.5 2.8 3.1 5.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.4 5.0 2.5 2.8 3.0 10.8 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 5.2 5.3 6.7 Professional and related.......................................... 2.4 – 2.5 2.8 2.8 13.0 Service............................................................. 9.8 11.6 3.6 5.8 6.3 10.6 Sales and office.................................................... 5.0 5.4 – 3.4 3.6 2.3 Sales and related................................................. 10.2 10.2 – 6.9 6.9 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.5 6.4 – 3.4 3.6 2.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 1.7 1.8 – 12.3 13.1 – Construction and extraction...................................... 1.5 .9 – 21.1 23.2 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 2.8 2.8 – 7.2 7.4 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.6 4.7 – 8.0 8.1 – Production........................................................ 1.5 1.5 – 11.4 11.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.0 8.4 – 8.3 8.5 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.51 $21.14 $18.46 $18.46 Management, professional, and related............................... 32.96 33.52 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 37.18 37.81 – – Professional and related.......................................... 31.39 31.65 – – Service............................................................. 12.04 9.95 12.98 12.98 Sales and office.................................................... 15.71 15.68 20.09 20.09 Sales and related................................................. 13.44 13.44 26.48 26.48 Office and administrative support................................. 16.64 16.67 12.68 12.68 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 23.89 23.73 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 23.20 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.20 24.25 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.12 17.98 – – Production........................................................ 18.57 18.57 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.62 17.30 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.6 2.9 11.9 11.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.6 2.9 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 4.6 4.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... 2.5 2.8 – – Service............................................................. 6.7 5.2 9.6 9.6 Sales and office.................................................... 3.4 3.6 20.3 20.3 Sales and related................................................. 7.4 7.4 16.9 16.9 Office and administrative support................................. 3.5 3.8 1.2 1.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.7 9.4 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 18.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.7 4.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.4 4.4 – – Production........................................................ 2.7 2.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.1 8.3 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $24.90 $18.64 $30.55 $19.85 – $21.15 $10.00 $19.55 Management, professional, and related............................... – 39.78 38.54 38.02 36.66 – 27.94 23.84 29.98 Management, business, and financial............................... – 47.02 – – 36.47 – 32.08 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 35.09 38.35 44.97 – – 27.50 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 11.60 8.91 11.52 Sales and office.................................................... – 18.52 14.28 26.95 15.29 – 16.38 12.46 – Sales and related................................................. – – 13.92 – 17.54 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 18.19 14.99 – 15.05 – 15.94 12.40 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 28.20 24.01 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 27.02 23.93 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 18.60 19.47 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 18.74 19.56 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 16.50 19.46 – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – 3.7 3.2 7.7 11.5 – 4.6 12.2 7.6 Management, professional, and related............................... – 2.8 8.0 23.0 16.0 – 2.4 11.4 3.6 Management, business, and financial............................... – 4.0 – – 18.4 – 11.6 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 2.2 5.3 3.9 – – 3.1 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 8.7 11.0 4.9 Sales and office.................................................... – 2.4 5.3 1.4 4.2 – 9.7 9.8 – Sales and related................................................. – – 7.0 – 21.4 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 1.5 6.9 – 7.1 – 12.3 9.0 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 14.5 5.5 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 20.6 5.5 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 2.8 10.3 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 3.0 6.5 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 4.5 12.5 – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 1,209,400 1,065,200 144,200 Management, professional, and related............................... 352,600 281,700 70,900 Management, business, and financial............................... 85,300 80,300 4,900 Professional and related.......................................... 267,300 201,400 66,000 Service............................................................. 263,100 217,500 45,600 Sales and office.................................................... 355,700 338,300 17,400 Sales and related................................................. 128,000 128,000 – Office and administrative support................................. 227,700 210,300 17,400 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 101,100 93,600 7,500 Construction and extraction...................................... 52,900 46,000 6,900 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 48,200 47,600 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 137,000 134,100 – Production........................................................ 64,500 64,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 72,500 69,700 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 54,943 52,691 2,252 Total in sample....................................................... 366 331 35 Responding........................................................ 249 219 30 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 80 75 5 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 37 37 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.