RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
All workers ...........................................................
$19.41
2.2%
Management occupations ...............................
Chief executives ............................................
General and operations managers ..................
Marketing and sales managers .......................
Marketing managers ..................................
Sales managers ..........................................
Administrative services managers .................
Computer and information systems
managers ..................................................
Financial managers ........................................
Human resources managers ...........................
Industrial production managers .....................
Purchasing managers .....................................
Construction managers ..................................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, elementary and
secondary school .................................
Education administrators, postsecondary ..
Engineering managers ...................................
Food service managers ..................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
Social and community service managers ......
35.89
73.67
33.96
45.44
39.94
50.84
20.12
8.8
22.4
4.5
5.4
9.8
9.4
39.2
1,473
3,431
1,413
1,913
1,597
2,257
805
8.3
23.5
4.2
5.9
9.8
12.2
39.2
76,133
178,393
73,361
99,478
83,069
117,375
41,853
8.3
23.5
4.2
5.9
9.8
12.2
39.2
44.35
34.89
30.52
33.75
27.78
32.31
32.13
3.3
5.1
9.7
13.5
21.5
16.7
10.9
1,808
1,401
1,235
1,451
1,161
1,346
1,300
4.1
5.8
10.5
11.9
18.9
13.4
10.7
94,013
72,834
64,243
75,466
60,349
70,013
64,281
4.1
5.8
10.5
11.9
18.9
13.4
10.7
43.28
26.83
50.69
18.16
44.36
22.56
7.6
6.4
6.3
15.3
21.0
11.5
1,716
1,087
2,038
856
1,782
894
7.6
7.7
6.2
12.1
20.9
11.0
82,509
56,515
105,987
43,125
92,677
46,476
7.6
7.7
6.2
12.1
20.9
11.0
29.87
24.45
11.0
9.2
1,204
990
10.8
11.7
62,585
51,490
10.8
11.7
23.57
6.7
943
6.7
49,018
6.7
24.69
11.9
1,004
15.1
52,182
15.1
21.98
3.6
867
3.6
45,110
3.6
21.85
3.6
863
3.6
44,875
3.6
26.30
27.97
18.7
9.7
1,052
1,128
18.7
9.5
54,698
58,652
18.7
9.5
25.68
9.7
1,018
9.1
52,742
9.1
20.29
5.2
798
3.7
41,328
3.7
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .......................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm
products ...............................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale,
retail, and farm products ......................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators .............................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .........................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture,
construction, health and safety, and
transportation ...........................................
Cost estimators ..............................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement
specialists .............................................
Mean
$774
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
2.1%
$39,348
2.1%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-1
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Business and financial operations
occupations –Continued
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis
specialists .............................................
Training and development specialists .......
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ..........
Credit analysts ...............................................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Financial analysts ......................................
Personal financial advisors ........................
Insurance underwriters ..............................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer programmers .................................
Computer software engineers ........................
Computer software engineers, applications
Computer software engineers, systems
software ...............................................
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Network systems and data communications
analysts ....................................................
Operations research analysts .........................
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Engineers .......................................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ..........
Electrical engineers ...............................
Industrial engineers, including health and
safety ....................................................
Industrial engineers ...............................
Mechanical engineers ................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ..................
Mechanical drafters ...................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Civil engineering technicians ....................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$19.14
30.35
33.53
24.62
23.37
28.57
29.56
34.22
24.80
26.20
10.0%
11.3
1.6
2.5
6.9
16.2
7.2
7.9
7.8
13.3
$775
1,193
1,372
991
935
1,168
1,174
1,369
992
1,026
10.3%
11.9
2.9
2.4
6.9
18.3
7.2
7.9
7.8
12.9
$40,283
61,691
71,335
51,513
48,610
60,711
61,046
71,179
51,589
53,370
10.3%
11.9
2.9
2.4
6.9
18.3
7.2
7.9
7.8
12.9
31.95
30.11
40.23
39.71
4.5
3.9
5.1
10.1
1,277
1,198
1,626
1,620
4.3
4.0
4.1
8.4
66,291
62,307
84,573
84,251
4.3
4.0
4.1
8.4
40.84
20.63
35.31
2.3
11.3
4.1
1,634
826
1,403
2.3
11.3
4.0
84,948
42,968
72,891
2.3
11.3
4.0
30.06
4.9
1,193
4.3
61,220
4.3
30.96
31.38
4.8
11.2
1,238
1,255
4.8
11.1
64,394
65,240
4.8
11.1
28.82
33.96
34.02
35.96
33.40
5.0
8.4
18.4
4.2
9.4
1,155
1,366
1,403
1,438
1,336
5.0
8.5
21.4
4.2
9.4
60,043
71,029
72,940
74,791
69,481
5.0
8.5
21.4
4.2
9.4
31.99
31.97
34.03
22.13
24.03
21.95
22.65
18.22
5.2
5.3
5.1
6.4
4.9
7.5
4.4
3.4
1,309
1,309
1,361
885
961
878
906
729
6.6
6.8
5.1
6.4
4.9
7.5
4.4
3.4
68,077
68,079
70,775
46,025
49,975
45,661
47,058
37,892
6.6
6.8
5.1
6.4
4.9
7.5
4.4
3.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-2
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Architecture and engineering occupations
–Continued
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$23.38
10.0%
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$935
10.0%
$48,640
10.0%
Mean
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Life scientists .................................................
Biological scientists ...................................
Physical scientists ..........................................
Chemists and materials scientists ..............
Chemists ................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists
Environmental scientists and
specialists, including health .............
Market and survey researchers ......................
Market research analysts ...........................
Psychologists .................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school
psychologists .......................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social
science technicians ..................................
26.35
23.23
18.60
30.79
28.49
26.55
32.54
9.7
13.4
1.9
6.3
9.7
4.0
12.0
1,053
921
744
1,238
1,153
1,078
1,302
9.7
13.0
1.9
6.2
9.9
5.2
12.0
52,126
43,354
38,691
64,378
59,939
56,045
67,690
9.7
13.0
1.9
6.2
9.9
5.2
12.0
32.04
34.58
34.58
30.51
14.5
2.0
2.0
10.7
1,281
1,383
1,383
1,222
14.5
2.0
2.0
10.7
66,637
71,890
71,890
49,480
14.5
2.0
2.0
10.7
30.51
10.7
1,222
10.7
49,480
10.7
15.67
4.8
627
4.8
32,591
4.8
Community and social services occupations
Counselors .....................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder
counselors ............................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ............................................
Rehabilitation counselors ..........................
Social workers ...............................................
Child, family, and school social workers ..
Medical and public health social workers
Mental health and substance abuse social
workers ................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .................................................
Probation officers and correctional
treatment specialists .............................
Social and human service assistants ..........
18.26
18.84
3.3
7.1
722
733
3.6
9.2
36,337
36,698
3.6
9.2
18.75
8.7
752
7.0
38,381
7.0
19.69
17.80
20.23
21.51
23.24
14.1
11.1
6.4
8.6
5.7
751
699
808
854
930
17.4
12.1
6.2
8.2
5.7
36,392
36,342
39,237
37,947
48,342
17.4
12.1
6.2
8.2
5.7
16.76
6.4
674
5.8
35,070
5.8
16.49
3.8
655
4.0
33,963
4.0
19.50
15.59
9.2
5.3
780
624
9.2
5.3
40,568
32,426
9.2
5.3
36.47
44.56
6.7
4.6
1,487
1,864
8.4
6.5
77,316
96,923
8.4
6.5
53.86
10.8
2,154
10.8
112,026
10.8
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial
workers ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-3
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Legal occupations –Continued
Paralegals and legal assistants .......................
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .......
Biological science teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Health teachers, postsecondary .................
Health specialties teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Arts, communications, and humanities
teachers, postsecondary .......................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ......
Vocational education teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .........
Kindergarten teachers, except special
education ..........................................
Elementary and middle school teachers ....
Elementary school teachers, except
special education .............................
Middle school teachers, except special
and vocational education .................
Secondary school teachers .........................
Secondary school teachers, except
special and vocational education .....
Vocational education teachers,
secondary school .............................
Special education teachers .........................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school
Special education teachers, middle
school ...............................................
Other teachers and instructors .......................
Librarians .......................................................
Instructional coordinators ..............................
Teacher assistants ..........................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Designers .......................................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$23.24
11.0%
30.00
50.29
79.55
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$922
15.1%
$47,946
15.1%
10.0
23.9
12.1
1,150
1,982
3,092
10.1
24.2
15.1
45,044
80,400
123,240
10.1
24.2
15.1
79.55
66.88
12.1
29.0
3,092
2,669
15.1
29.1
123,240
115,626
15.1
29.1
70.98
25.5
2,832
25.6
120,637
25.6
40.40
23.93
4.2
4.3
1,596
944
4.5
3.3
59,237
45,673
4.5
3.3
22.97
8.6
878
5.4
45,679
5.4
29.87
27.10
1.7
3.7
1,150
1,058
1.6
3.9
43,639
41,541
1.6
3.9
32.95
29.72
4.6
2.5
1,270
1,145
4.5
2.6
45,491
43,088
4.5
2.6
29.53
2.9
1,136
3.0
42,770
3.0
30.41
30.64
4.3
2.6
1,175
1,182
3.5
2.2
44,240
44,683
3.5
2.2
30.74
2.7
1,184
2.4
44,814
2.4
29.04
30.01
13.1
5.6
1,147
1,137
11.3
4.7
42,577
45,338
11.3
4.7
28.60
8.3
1,084
6.5
41,421
6.5
32.30
19.99
24.53
32.24
11.00
9.0
8.4
10.0
11.4
3.9
1,216
758
963
1,395
392
8.9
9.9
9.9
9.0
3.7
51,562
31,147
45,067
63,054
15,590
8.9
9.9
9.9
9.0
3.7
21.47
20.08
9.5
22.5
849
806
7.0
22.2
44,134
41,931
7.0
22.2
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-4
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations –Continued
Graphic designers ......................................
News analysts, reporters and correspondents
Public relations specialists .............................
Writers and editors ........................................
Editors ........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Physicians and surgeons ................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Occupational therapists .............................
Physical therapists .....................................
Speech-language pathologists ...................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Emergency medical technicians and
paramedics ...............................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Medical records and health information
technicians ...............................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Home health aides .....................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Psychiatric aides ........................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$18.32
22.42
22.22
16.71
17.28
9.8%
41.4
35.6
9.1
11.9
24.09
45.83
51.27
25.40
29.44
27.56
29.07
33.86
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$740
897
889
669
691
10.2%
41.4
35.6
9.1
11.9
$38,505
46,634
46,213
34,764
35,948
10.2%
41.4
35.6
9.1
11.9
2.7
4.4
23.0
3.1
4.9
12.1
4.4
7.0
953
1,830
2,159
996
1,158
1,087
1,159
1,293
2.7
4.4
24.7
2.9
4.4
11.3
4.3
6.0
48,898
95,158
112,266
51,026
53,484
52,655
60,039
47,764
2.7
4.4
24.7
2.9
4.4
11.3
4.3
6.0
20.46
3.4
817
3.5
42,486
3.5
23.18
6.4
926
6.4
48,136
6.4
16.86
7.6
673
7.5
34,988
7.5
23.85
24.44
5.2
4.3
937
955
6.1
5.6
48,702
49,663
6.1
5.6
16.39
8.5
673
8.9
35,022
8.9
13.09
8.7
514
8.6
26,711
8.6
17.06
2.0
669
1.7
34,699
1.7
14.43
4.9
574
5.0
29,847
5.0
15.90
9.5
636
9.5
33,078
9.5
12.77
10.50
9.36
10.72
11.00
5.3
3.4
8.6
3.7
6.6
494
412
375
419
440
5.1
3.0
8.8
3.2
6.6
25,691
21,432
19,514
21,763
22,885
5.1
3.0
8.8
3.2
6.6
14.55
6.8
555
6.4
28,838
6.4
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-5
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Healthcare support occupations –Continued
Dental assistants ........................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Medical transcriptionists ...........................
Protective service occupations ........................
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ...............................
First-line supervisors/managers of police
and detectives ......................................
Fire fighters ...................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ......
Correctional officers and jailers ................
Police officers ................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ............
Security guards and gaming surveillance
officers .....................................................
Security guards ..........................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
Chefs and head cooks ................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, fast food .........................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Cooks, restaurant .......................................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Food service, tipped .......................................
Bartenders ..................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..............................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and
bartender helpers .................................
Fast food and counter workers ......................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ...........................
Dishwashers ...................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
Mean
Relative
error4
$15.72
13.29
16.53
9.1%
5.1
6.5
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$578
532
661
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
9.7%
5.1
6.5
$30,072
27,644
34,375
9.7%
5.1
6.5
15.81
10.1
647
10.8
33,616
10.8
35.88
4.1
1,435
4.1
74,629
4.1
36.62
17.71
15.95
15.95
22.92
22.92
3.1
5.5
2.8
2.8
3.1
3.1
1,465
904
638
638
917
917
3.1
6.1
2.8
2.9
3.0
3.0
76,160
47,018
33,184
33,193
47,682
47,682
3.1
6.1
2.8
2.9
3.0
3.0
11.10
11.10
7.6
7.6
444
444
7.6
7.6
23,037
23,026
7.6
7.6
9.07
4.8
346
6.4
17,759
6.4
12.44
13.56
6.0
11.9
512
566
5.5
12.8
26,184
25,935
5.5
12.8
12.34
9.87
8.96
10.53
9.80
8.67
5.64
8.34
4.27
7.0
3.8
3.2
4.4
9.2
6.7
11.7
12.3
8.0
507
381
355
403
375
336
202
297
152
5.8
3.6
2.6
4.3
9.3
5.5
17.6
22.1
12.5
26,211
19,079
18,434
19,036
19,525
17,354
10,508
15,449
7,886
5.8
3.6
2.6
4.3
9.3
5.5
17.6
22.1
12.5
9.02
8.43
5.6
7.7
361
312
5.6
9.9
18,753
16,210
5.6
9.9
8.43
7.91
8.29
7.7
4.9
4.7
312
303
312
9.9
3.5
6.8
16,210
15,739
16,226
9.9
3.5
6.8
11.70
4.0
464
3.6
23,611
3.6
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-6
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers, building and
grounds cleaning and maintenance
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
housekeeping and janitorial workers ...
Building cleaning workers .............................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
Grounds maintenance workers ......................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
Mean
Relative
error4
$14.41
12.8%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$579
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
12.6%
$29,858
12.6%
14.25
11.01
14.0
2.8
573
434
13.7
2.2
29,783
22,551
13.7
2.2
12.06
8.58
14.88
14.98
2.1
1.9
14.6
15.4
480
332
602
607
2.0
3.3
16.5
17.5
24,892
17,257
26,378
26,785
2.0
3.3
16.5
17.5
Personal care and service occupations ..........
Gaming services workers ..............................
Gaming dealers ..........................................
Barbers and cosmetologists ...........................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and
cosmetologists .....................................
Child care workers .........................................
Personal and home care aides ........................
Recreation and fitness workers ......................
Recreation workers ....................................
10.68
6.78
6.42
9.56
2.6
5.8
1.6
8.9
410
270
256
373
2.8
5.6
1.8
8.0
21,158
14,031
13,311
19,412
2.8
5.6
1.8
8.0
9.56
7.88
9.62
13.92
14.06
8.9
14.2
1.4
9.6
10.4
373
303
374
548
553
8.0
9.3
4.1
9.5
10.4
19,412
15,390
19,455
26,042
26,054
8.0
9.3
4.1
9.5
10.4
Sales and related occupations .........................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail
sales workers .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers .......................
Retail sales workers .......................................
Cashiers, all workers .................................
Cashiers .................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons .........................................
Counter and rental clerks .......................
Parts salespersons ..................................
Retail salespersons .....................................
Advertising sales agents ................................
Insurance sales agents ....................................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ................................
18.46
7.6
739
7.6
38,399
7.6
17.44
4.7
719
5.6
37,377
5.6
16.07
3.7
655
4.5
34,065
4.5
28.67
11.70
9.07
9.10
13.3
4.0
2.7
2.5
1,304
461
352
353
15.6
3.6
3.1
3.1
67,794
23,915
18,206
18,251
15.6
3.6
3.1
3.1
14.28
13.16
14.45
12.79
17.06
27.42
9.6
18.3
10.5
3.9
18.9
13.2
587
531
595
502
683
1,091
10.3
18.0
11.3
3.4
18.9
13.1
30,511
27,621
30,960
26,117
35,494
56,714
10.3
18.0
11.3
3.4
18.9
13.1
67.71
16.8
2,708
16.8
140,827
16.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-7
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Travel agents .................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ..........................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, technical and scientific
products ...............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products ................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .......
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Switchboard operators, including answering
service ......................................................
Financial clerks ..............................................
Bill and account collectors ........................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ..............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Procurement clerks ....................................
Tellers ........................................................
Brokerage clerks ............................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ..............
Customer service representatives ..................
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ..................................................
File clerks ......................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ..............
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .......
Loan interviewers and clerks .........................
New accounts clerks ......................................
Order clerks ...................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll
and timekeeping .......................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Dispatchers ....................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ............................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$15.68
7.6%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$591
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
8.1%
$30,744
8.1%
25.13
10.8
1,038
11.1
53,959
11.1
37.06
25.1
1,523
26.5
79,198
26.5
23.16
17.32
11.2
25.3
957
696
11.2
25.5
49,774
36,172
11.2
25.5
14.60
1.9
579
1.7
30,020
1.7
21.25
3.2
844
3.2
43,884
3.2
10.74
13.32
14.23
5.4
5.4
8.5
430
528
569
5.4
5.2
8.5
22,343
27,418
29,602
5.4
5.2
8.5
12.99
4.0
518
4.2
26,940
4.2
13.92
20.39
10.27
15.68
13.44
15.74
7.5
3.1
3.2
4.5
6.7
4.6
552
816
407
627
537
630
7.0
3.1
3.6
4.5
6.7
4.6
28,605
42,416
21,154
32,613
27,926
32,738
7.0
3.1
3.6
4.5
6.7
4.6
17.87
12.80
8.27
12.13
15.46
12.91
15.55
12.3
10.7
2.8
8.9
4.9
8.8
9.4
715
505
324
484
618
516
622
12.3
9.5
3.4
8.9
4.9
8.8
9.4
37,164
26,266
16,865
25,188
32,149
26,850
32,336
12.3
9.5
3.4
8.9
4.9
8.8
9.4
18.21
12.61
15.01
14.40
9.9
3.8
4.6
9.4
729
500
607
576
9.9
3.6
4.2
9.4
37,886
26,004
31,400
29,954
9.9
3.6
4.2
9.4
15.20
4.9
617
4.2
31,870
4.2
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-8
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........
Stock clerks and order fillers .........................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and
samplers, recordkeeping ..........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Legal secretaries ........................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Computer operators .......................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Data entry keyers .......................................
Word processors and typists ......................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Office machine operators, except computer ..
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Carpenters ......................................................
Construction laborers .....................................
Construction equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Electricians ....................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Sheet metal workers ......................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................
Highway maintenance workers .....................
Miscellaneous construction and related
workers ....................................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$17.44
12.96
14.43
8.1%
7.4
5.6
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$698
515
577
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
8.1%
6.7
5.6
$36,273
26,786
30,019
8.1%
6.7
5.6
14.61
16.89
13.9
2.1
584
666
13.9
2.5
30,394
34,102
13.9
2.5
18.51
18.02
14.86
4.1
5.0
6.2
740
701
581
4.1
3.9
7.1
38,407
36,453
30,209
4.1
3.9
7.1
15.59
16.77
3.9
7.4
610
671
4.8
7.4
30,629
34,880
4.8
7.4
12.11
12.17
11.90
5.1
7.7
4.3
484
486
474
5.3
7.8
4.2
25,145
25,295
24,651
5.3
7.8
4.2
14.32
13.33
11.98
9.7
3.3
9.4
566
530
479
9.3
3.2
9.4
29,428
27,439
24,913
9.3
3.2
9.4
21.26
4.8
857
4.7
43,179
4.7
27.60
19.57
17.82
20.23
7.3
7.7
7.9
13.3
1,109
783
712
852
7.7
7.7
7.9
16.9
57,338
40,232
34,821
37,969
7.7
7.7
7.9
16.9
20.74
22.06
13.5
16.2
879
884
17.3
16.2
40,825
45,969
17.3
16.2
26.86
26.86
19.62
12.37
15.36
10.0
10.1
13.1
11.0
3.2
1,074
1,074
785
495
614
10.0
10.1
13.1
11.0
3.2
55,862
55,859
40,802
24,326
31,755
10.0
10.1
13.1
11.0
3.2
12.69
8.1
508
8.1
26,395
8.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-9
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and repairers .........
Radio and telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers .............................
Telecommunications equipment installers
and repairers, except line installers .....
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic
equipment mechanics, installers, and
repairers ...................................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ..
Automotive technicians and repairers ...........
Automotive body and related repairers .....
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ............................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .................................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service
technicians and mechanics ......................
Farm equipment mechanics .......................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics,
except engines .....................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers ..........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Industrial machinery mechanics ................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Maintenance workers, machinery ..............
Millwrights ................................................
Line installers and repairers ...........................
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ......................................
Production occupations ...................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers ...........
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers ................................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
$19.62
4.7%
$788
25.86
7.9
1,094
13.3
56,880
13.3
26.04
5.3
1,042
5.3
54,170
5.3
26.03
5.5
1,041
5.5
54,136
5.5
18.65
24.94
18.77
22.75
30.7
6.3
7.8
24.6
746
998
759
931
30.7
6.3
7.4
24.9
38,787
51,875
39,444
48,410
30.7
6.3
7.4
24.9
18.03
8.0
727
8.3
37,788
8.3
17.87
4.4
723
4.5
37,579
4.5
16.84
14.43
5.4
9.0
669
566
5.8
10.6
34,768
29,448
5.8
10.6
18.00
6.3
720
6.3
37,443
6.3
19.45
10.2
778
10.2
40,450
10.2
18.85
22.46
16.06
15.21
23.45
24.52
4.4
3.4
5.1
3.4
11.3
5.5
752
893
643
608
938
981
4.4
3.4
5.1
3.4
11.3
5.5
39,112
46,420
33,411
31,626
48,556
50,995
4.4
3.4
5.1
3.4
11.3
5.5
24.73
7.4
989
7.4
51,430
7.4
17.67
10.5
707
10.5
36,756
10.5
14.86
13.4
594
13.4
30,902
13.4
15.76
3.9
628
3.8
32,509
3.8
21.62
8.6
880
9.3
45,760
9.3
16.39
12.1
656
12.1
34,098
12.1
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
5.0%
$40,962
5.0%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-10
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Bakers ............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..........................
Slaughterers and meat packers ..................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ........
Food batchmakers ......................................
Computer control programmers and
operators ..................................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .................
Forming machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Extruding and drawing machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Cutting, punching, and press machine
setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ............................................
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing
machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Machinists ......................................................
Molders and molding machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Molding, coremaking, and casting
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Tool and die makers ......................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic
workers ....................................................
Printers ...........................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ..............
Printing machine operators ........................
Mean
Relative
error4
$16.46
17.20
12.29
12.2%
7.2
11.2
13.09
18.26
11.58
14.08
14.74
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$659
687
491
12.2%
7.2
11.2
$34,242
35,628
25,556
12.2%
7.2
11.2
9.3
9.4
2.8
8.5
9.7
520
730
458
563
590
9.3
9.4
3.9
8.5
9.7
27,054
37,973
23,803
29,292
30,661
9.3
9.4
3.9
8.5
9.7
18.44
18.7
645
31.3
33,522
31.3
16.60
16.1
561
30.7
29,186
30.7
14.66
5.5
586
5.5
30,491
5.5
15.70
6.7
628
6.7
32,664
6.7
15.72
5.2
627
5.2
32,627
5.2
14.89
6.8
593
6.7
30,840
6.7
18.01
21.54
6.1
10.3
720
862
6.1
10.3
37,452
44,806
6.1
10.3
11.86
6.0
474
6.0
24,604
6.0
11.86
6.0
474
6.0
24,604
6.0
18.97
22.72
15.59
16.57
12.5
6.3
10.3
11.5
759
909
624
663
12.5
6.3
10.3
11.5
39,423
47,257
32,427
34,459
12.5
6.3
10.3
11.5
14.63
16.89
16.69
16.69
10.1
5.2
14.0
6.2
585
671
662
662
10.1
5.0
13.9
5.9
30,404
34,869
34,415
34,438
10.1
5.0
13.9
5.9
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-11
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................
Power plant operators, distributors, and
dispatchers ...............................................
Power plant operators ................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and
system operators ......................................
Chemical processing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..............................
Separating, filtering, clarifying,
precipitating, and still machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and
blending workers .....................................
Cutting workers .............................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ......................................................
Painting workers ............................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Painters, transportation equipment ............
Miscellaneous production workers ................
Helpers--production workers .....................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers,
laborers, and material movers, hand ........
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and material-moving
machine and vehicle operators ................
Bus drivers .....................................................
Bus drivers, school ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .....
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ....
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine
operators ..................................................
Excavating and loading machine and
dragline operators ................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$10.64
4.8%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$420
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
5.4%
$21,858
5.4%
23.66
23.80
11.7
12.5
946
952
11.7
12.5
49,203
49,499
11.7
12.5
17.61
9.5
704
9.5
36,627
9.5
18.93
4.5
757
4.5
39,369
4.5
18.55
5.5
742
5.5
38,580
5.5
13.43
14.70
5.5
14.4
537
588
5.5
14.4
27,713
30,254
5.5
14.4
15.28
13.5
611
13.5
31,791
13.5
17.42
6.7
697
6.7
36,236
6.7
15.23
19.72
4.4
22.0
609
793
4.4
23.1
31,676
41,222
4.4
23.1
18.78
21.17
12.10
11.16
10.8
48.1
7.8
3.2
751
–
482
445
10.8
–
7.7
3.0
39,071
–
24,540
23,139
10.8
–
7.7
3.0
16.14
2.5
661
3.0
34,086
3.0
19.31
7.7
783
7.6
40,703
7.6
25.89
17.34
14.81
15.85
16.38
14.22
15.0
11.0
6.8
6.0
7.8
8.3
1,057
628
509
670
728
548
14.1
16.1
11.9
7.2
8.5
13.0
54,987
28,177
21,424
34,552
37,349
28,491
14.1
16.1
11.9
7.2
8.5
13.0
18.56
7.5
742
7.5
37,628
7.5
18.55
7.7
742
7.7
37,594
7.7
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-12
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
Industrial truck and tractor operators ............
Laborers and material movers, hand .............
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ..........
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers .................
Packers and packagers, hand .....................
Mean
Relative
error4
$14.76
12.69
11.07
6.6%
7.4
5.2
14.00
14.94
10.73
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 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
8.7
8.8
6.3
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$590
502
443
552
580
429
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
6.6%
7.4
5.2
$30,207
26,127
23,028
6.6%
7.4
5.2
8.8
10.2
6.4
28,685
30,145
22,299
8.8
10.2
6.4
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S11-13
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
All workers ...........................................................
$18.80
2.0%
Management occupations ...............................
Chief executives ............................................
General and operations managers ..................
Marketing and sales managers .......................
Marketing managers ..................................
Sales managers ..........................................
Administrative services managers .................
Computer and information systems
managers ..................................................
Financial managers ........................................
Human resources managers ...........................
Industrial production managers .....................
Purchasing managers .....................................
Construction managers ..................................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, postsecondary ..
Engineering managers ...................................
Food service managers ..................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
Social and community service managers ......
35.76
82.82
34.51
45.44
39.94
50.84
19.74
10.0
20.5
5.7
5.4
9.8
9.4
40.9
1,474
4,083
1,444
1,913
1,597
2,257
790
9.5
19.2
5.2
5.9
9.8
12.2
40.9
76,515
212,293
75,100
99,478
83,069
117,375
41,055
9.5
19.2
5.2
5.9
9.8
12.2
40.9
44.93
34.40
32.77
33.75
27.78
34.06
23.21
31.40
50.69
18.19
40.05
21.97
3.2
5.0
6.2
13.5
21.5
21.7
16.8
16.1
6.3
16.8
8.7
11.1
1,833
1,375
1,338
1,451
1,161
1,430
990
1,322
2,038
872
1,599
870
4.0
5.5
7.9
11.9
18.9
18.1
16.8
19.4
6.2
13.3
8.6
10.5
95,309
71,489
69,598
75,466
60,349
74,360
49,797
68,726
105,987
43,786
83,147
45,237
4.0
5.5
7.9
11.9
18.9
18.1
16.8
19.4
6.2
13.3
8.6
10.5
30.48
24.72
12.0
9.4
1,230
1,002
11.8
12.0
63,965
52,080
11.8
12.0
23.57
6.7
943
6.7
49,018
6.7
25.05
12.1
1,019
15.6
52,977
15.6
20.90
4.7
819
4.4
42,597
4.4
20.64
27.92
4.9
10.1
809
1,126
4.5
9.9
42,091
58,562
4.5
9.9
23.03
9.6
914
8.5
47,458
8.5
20.29
5.2
798
3.7
41,328
3.7
19.14
24.81
33.97
25.52
28.57
10.0
8.8
1.3
2.1
16.2
775
975
1,393
1,028
1,168
10.3
7.1
2.9
1.8
18.3
40,283
50,725
72,437
53,462
60,711
10.3
7.1
2.9
1.8
18.3
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .......................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm
products ...............................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale,
retail, and farm products ......................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators .............................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .........................................
Cost estimators ..............................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement
specialists .............................................
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis
specialists .............................................
Training and development specialists .......
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Credit analysts ...............................................
Mean
$751
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
1.9%
$38,793
1.9%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-1
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$29.42
34.23
24.80
26.20
7.5%
8.5
7.8
13.3
$1,168
1,369
992
1,026
7.5%
8.5
7.8
12.9
$60,749
71,207
51,589
53,370
7.5%
8.5
7.8
12.9
33.28
29.88
42.25
43.72
4.2
4.2
1.3
3.2
1,329
1,189
1,697
1,764
4.1
4.3
1.0
2.6
69,087
61,806
88,246
91,733
4.1
4.3
1.0
2.6
40.84
19.22
35.78
2.3
17.4
4.5
1,634
771
1,420
2.3
17.5
4.4
84,948
40,105
73,862
2.3
17.5
4.4
31.27
4.5
1,243
4.1
64,639
4.1
32.30
31.38
6.9
11.2
1,292
1,255
6.9
11.1
67,193
65,240
6.9
11.1
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Engineers .......................................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ..........
Electrical engineers ...............................
Industrial engineers, including health and
safety ....................................................
Industrial engineers ...............................
Mechanical engineers ................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Mechanical drafters ...................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
29.04
34.00
35.04
36.07
32.65
5.2
8.6
19.7
4.9
13.1
1,166
1,367
1,438
1,443
1,306
5.3
8.7
23.4
4.9
13.1
60,601
71,086
74,750
75,020
67,909
5.3
8.7
23.4
4.9
13.1
31.97
31.97
34.03
21.94
21.95
22.88
5.3
5.3
5.1
7.0
7.5
4.6
1,309
1,309
1,361
878
878
915
6.8
6.8
5.1
7.0
7.5
4.6
68,079
68,079
70,775
45,635
45,661
47,530
6.8
6.8
5.1
7.0
7.5
4.6
23.37
10.7
935
10.7
48,617
10.7
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Life scientists .................................................
Physical scientists ..........................................
Chemists and materials scientists ..............
Chemists ................................................
Market and survey researchers ......................
Market research analysts ...........................
28.33
24.66
31.27
28.49
26.55
34.58
34.58
7.2
14.4
7.1
9.7
4.0
2.0
2.0
1,133
966
1,258
1,153
1,078
1,383
1,383
7.2
13.7
7.1
9.9
5.2
2.0
2.0
58,811
50,246
65,397
59,939
56,045
71,890
71,890
7.2
13.7
7.1
9.9
5.2
2.0
2.0
Business and financial operations
occupations –Continued
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Financial analysts ......................................
Personal financial advisors ........................
Insurance underwriters ..............................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer programmers .................................
Computer software engineers ........................
Computer software engineers, applications
Computer software engineers, systems
software ...............................................
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Network systems and data communications
analysts ....................................................
Operations research analysts .........................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-2
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Mean
Relative
error4
Community and social services occupations
Counselors .....................................................
Social workers ...............................................
Medical and public health social workers
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .................................................
Social and human service assistants ..........
$16.48
15.80
19.81
23.24
3.9%
9.0
8.3
5.7
15.18
15.48
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .......................
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Health teachers, postsecondary .................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ......
Vocational education teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Elementary and middle school teachers ....
Elementary school teachers, except
special education .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Designers .......................................................
Graphic designers ......................................
News analysts, reporters and correspondents
Writers and editors ........................................
Editors ........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Physicians and surgeons ................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Occupational therapists .............................
Physical therapists .....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ........................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$647
605
794
930
5.0%
12.3
8.2
5.7
$33,407
31,479
40,134
48,342
5.0%
12.3
8.2
5.7
5.1
6.8
600
619
5.4
6.8
31,200
32,191
5.4
6.8
36.44
48.13
23.37
6.0
2.1
11.0
1,507
2,071
927
8.0
3.3
15.2
78,352
107,684
48,198
8.0
3.3
15.2
25.15
34.28
27.37
22.09
11.7
8.3
1.8
7.0
988
1,333
1,078
858
12.6
7.8
2.6
4.2
41,797
53,343
56,043
43,691
12.6
7.8
2.6
4.2
22.97
8.6
878
5.4
45,679
5.4
21.83
23.50
3.4
7.3
873
940
3.4
7.3
34,837
34,912
3.4
7.3
23.24
7.4
930
7.4
34,471
7.4
21.50
20.08
18.32
22.42
16.25
16.91
9.7
22.5
9.8
41.4
10.1
13.6
850
806
740
897
650
676
7.2
22.2
10.2
41.4
10.1
13.6
44,181
41,931
38,505
46,634
33,809
35,167
7.2
22.2
10.2
41.4
10.1
13.6
23.93
45.83
60.56
25.22
26.93
24.01
29.09
3.6
4.4
9.3
3.8
3.8
3.1
4.7
946
1,830
2,569
989
1,072
955
1,159
3.7
4.4
8.2
3.6
3.8
3.4
4.6
49,175
95,158
133,586
51,441
55,769
49,670
60,279
3.7
4.4
8.2
3.6
3.8
3.4
4.6
20.73
3.7
827
3.8
43,024
3.8
24.04
6.6
960
6.5
49,913
6.5
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-3
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Emergency medical technicians and
paramedics ...............................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Medical records and health information
technicians ...............................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$16.71
9.0%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$666
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
8.9%
$34,655
8.9%
24.06
25.00
6.8
6.1
941
968
8.0
7.8
48,910
50,335
8.0
7.8
17.42
10.5
697
10.5
36,242
10.5
12.06
9.9
474
10.3
24,667
10.3
17.15
2.2
671
1.8
34,904
1.8
14.04
4.0
558
4.3
29,023
4.3
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Home health aides .....................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Dental assistants ........................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Medical transcriptionists ...........................
12.77
10.42
9.36
10.67
5.9
3.7
8.6
4.0
493
409
375
416
5.7
3.3
8.8
3.4
25,640
21,257
19,514
21,652
5.7
3.3
8.8
3.4
14.60
15.73
12.60
16.53
7.3
9.1
4.2
6.5
555
578
504
661
6.9
9.7
4.2
6.5
28,841
30,081
26,187
34,375
6.9
9.7
4.2
6.5
Protective service occupations ........................
10.80
5.3
432
5.3
22,454
5.3
8.92
5.3
341
7.0
17,741
7.0
12.09
6.7
502
6.4
26,079
6.4
11.93
9.83
8.96
10.65
9.80
8.66
5.57
8.38
4.20
7.4
4.3
3.2
6.0
9.2
6.7
12.3
12.7
8.4
491
382
355
420
375
335
200
298
149
6.2
4.0
2.6
5.9
9.3
5.6
18.5
23.1
13.1
25,553
19,883
18,434
21,845
19,525
17,353
10,374
15,504
7,731
6.2
4.0
2.6
5.9
9.3
5.6
18.5
23.1
13.1
9.02
5.6
361
5.6
18,753
5.6
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, fast food .........................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Cooks, restaurant .......................................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Food service, tipped .......................................
Bartenders ..................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..............................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and
bartender helpers .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-4
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related
occupations –Continued
Fast food and counter workers ......................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ...........................
Dishwashers ...................................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$8.40
7.9%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$311
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
10.1%
$16,169
10.1%
8.40
7.91
8.05
7.9
4.9
4.5
311
303
298
10.1
3.5
7.1
16,169
15,739
15,481
10.1
3.5
7.1
10.82
5.7
428
5.2
21,912
5.2
13.61
13.7
550
13.5
28,334
13.5
13.66
10.10
14.1
3.4
552
397
13.9
3.4
28,719
20,623
13.9
3.4
11.25
8.58
13.75
13.75
3.9
1.9
25.9
25.9
447
331
561
561
3.7
3.5
29.3
29.3
23,251
17,221
25,395
25,395
3.7
3.5
29.3
29.3
Personal care and service occupations ..........
Gaming services workers ..............................
Gaming dealers ..........................................
Barbers and cosmetologists ...........................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and
cosmetologists .....................................
Child care workers .........................................
Personal and home care aides ........................
Recreation and fitness workers ......................
Recreation workers ....................................
10.47
6.79
6.42
9.56
2.4
6.2
1.7
8.9
401
270
256
373
2.7
5.9
1.9
8.0
20,856
14,060
13,309
19,412
2.7
5.9
1.9
8.0
9.56
7.80
9.54
11.99
11.91
8.9
14.7
1.6
11.7
15.2
373
302
371
477
474
8.0
9.8
4.6
11.2
14.8
19,412
15,683
19,286
24,825
24,644
8.0
9.8
4.6
11.2
14.8
Sales and related occupations .........................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail
sales workers .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers .......................
Retail sales workers .......................................
Cashiers, all workers .................................
Cashiers .................................................
18.48
7.7
740
7.7
38,452
7.7
17.34
5.0
715
6.0
37,192
6.0
15.94
3.6
650
4.6
33,792
4.6
28.67
11.63
8.98
9.01
13.3
4.1
2.6
2.5
1,304
458
348
349
15.6
3.7
3.1
3.0
67,794
23,811
18,101
18,148
15.6
3.7
3.1
3.0
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and
grounds cleaning and maintenance
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
housekeeping and janitorial workers ...
Building cleaning workers .............................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
Grounds maintenance workers ......................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-5
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons .........................................
Counter and rental clerks .......................
Parts salespersons ..................................
Retail salespersons .....................................
Advertising sales agents ................................
Insurance sales agents ....................................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ................................
Travel agents .................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ..........................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, technical and scientific
products ...............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products ................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .......
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Financial clerks ..............................................
Bill and account collectors ........................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ..............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Procurement clerks ....................................
Tellers ........................................................
Brokerage clerks ............................................
Customer service representatives ..................
File clerks ......................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ..............
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .......
Loan interviewers and clerks .........................
New accounts clerks ......................................
Order clerks ...................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll
and timekeeping .......................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$14.28
13.16
14.45
12.69
17.06
27.42
9.6%
18.3
10.5
4.0
18.9
13.2
$587
531
595
498
683
1,091
10.3%
18.0
11.3
3.6
18.9
13.1
$30,511
27,621
30,960
25,900
35,494
56,714
10.3%
18.0
11.3
3.6
18.9
13.1
67.71
15.68
16.8
7.6
2,708
591
16.8
8.1
140,827
30,744
16.8
8.1
25.13
10.8
1,038
11.1
53,959
11.1
37.06
25.1
1,523
26.5
79,198
26.5
23.16
17.32
11.2
25.3
957
696
11.2
25.5
49,774
36,172
11.2
25.5
14.49
1.8
575
1.5
29,867
1.5
21.69
13.04
14.72
3.7
5.3
10.5
860
517
589
3.8
5.1
10.5
44,717
26,841
30,627
3.8
5.1
10.5
12.99
4.0
518
4.2
26,951
4.2
13.55
20.40
10.27
15.68
15.72
12.42
8.25
12.60
15.46
12.91
15.55
7.3
3.1
3.2
4.5
4.7
10.7
3.0
9.5
4.9
8.8
9.4
536
816
407
627
629
490
324
503
618
516
622
6.7
3.1
3.6
4.5
4.7
9.3
3.6
9.4
4.9
8.8
9.4
27,808
42,436
21,154
32,613
32,682
25,476
16,823
26,168
32,149
26,850
32,336
6.7
3.1
3.6
4.5
4.7
9.3
3.6
9.4
4.9
8.8
9.4
17.12
12.60
11.8
3.9
685
500
11.8
3.8
35,608
25,987
11.8
3.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-6
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Dispatchers ....................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ............................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........
Stock clerks and order fillers .........................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and
samplers, recordkeeping ..........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Legal secretaries ........................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Computer operators .......................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Data entry keyers .......................................
Word processors and typists ......................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Office machine operators, except computer ..
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Carpenters ......................................................
Construction laborers .....................................
Construction equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Electricians ....................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Sheet metal workers ......................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................
Mean
Relative
error4
$15.21
4.9%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$618
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
4.2%
$31,891
4.2%
15.21
17.44
12.96
14.20
4.9
8.1
7.4
6.2
618
698
515
568
4.2
8.1
6.7
6.2
31,891
36,273
26,786
29,528
4.2
8.1
6.7
6.2
14.61
17.39
13.9
2.5
584
684
13.9
3.0
30,394
35,534
13.9
3.0
19.24
17.93
15.01
5.2
5.5
6.6
769
695
586
5.2
4.3
7.6
39,971
36,162
30,456
5.2
4.3
7.6
15.90
16.77
4.2
7.4
619
671
6.0
7.4
32,155
34,880
6.0
7.4
12.05
12.17
11.57
5.4
7.7
4.1
481
486
461
5.6
7.8
4.0
25,028
25,295
23,968
5.6
7.8
4.0
14.31
13.01
11.98
10.8
3.6
9.4
565
517
479
10.3
3.6
9.4
29,378
26,799
24,913
10.3
3.6
9.4
21.99
5.1
887
5.0
44,531
5.0
28.99
19.57
18.45
24.46
6.5
7.7
7.7
11.4
1,166
783
738
1,066
7.0
7.7
7.7
16.8
60,209
40,227
35,813
43,201
7.0
7.7
7.7
16.8
25.01
21.97
10.5
17.1
1,100
879
15.8
17.1
47,653
45,692
15.8
17.1
26.86
26.86
19.62
12.37
10.2
10.2
13.1
11.0
1,075
1,075
785
495
10.2
10.2
13.1
11.0
55,879
55,876
40,802
24,326
10.2
10.2
13.1
11.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-7
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and repairers .........
Radio and telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers .............................
Telecommunications equipment installers
and repairers, except line installers .....
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic
equipment mechanics, installers, and
repairers ...................................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ..
Automotive technicians and repairers ...........
Automotive body and related repairers .....
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ............................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .................................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service
technicians and mechanics ......................
Farm equipment mechanics .......................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics,
except engines .....................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers ..........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Industrial machinery mechanics ................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Maintenance workers, machinery ..............
Millwrights ................................................
Line installers and repairers ...........................
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ......................................
Production occupations ...................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers ...........
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers ................................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
$19.66
5.1%
$790
25.59
8.2
1,086
14.1
56,476
14.1
25.86
5.5
1,035
5.5
53,796
5.5
25.86
5.5
1,035
5.5
53,796
5.5
18.46
24.94
18.76
22.75
36.6
6.3
7.8
24.6
738
998
758
931
36.6
6.3
7.5
24.9
38,400
51,875
39,424
48,410
36.6
6.3
7.5
24.9
18.02
8.1
726
8.4
37,756
8.4
17.92
4.9
726
5.1
37,730
5.1
16.84
14.43
5.4
9.0
669
566
5.8
10.6
34,768
29,448
5.8
10.6
18.00
6.3
720
6.3
37,443
6.3
19.45
10.2
778
10.2
40,450
10.2
19.79
22.40
16.78
14.69
23.45
25.37
5.5
3.4
11.7
.9
11.3
5.1
789
890
671
587
938
1,015
5.5
3.5
11.7
1.0
11.3
5.1
41,018
46,299
34,906
30,536
48,556
52,770
5.5
3.5
11.7
1.0
11.3
5.1
26.83
2.7
1,073
2.7
55,801
2.7
16.26
8.0
650
8.0
33,821
8.0
14.24
13.8
570
13.8
29,627
13.8
15.66
3.9
624
3.8
32,279
3.8
21.61
9.0
880
9.7
45,782
9.7
16.39
12.1
656
12.1
34,098
12.1
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
5.5%
$41,066
5.5%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-8
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Bakers ............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..........................
Slaughterers and meat packers ..................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ........
Food batchmakers ......................................
Computer control programmers and
operators ..................................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .................
Forming machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Extruding and drawing machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Cutting, punching, and press machine
setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ............................................
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing
machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Machinists ......................................................
Molders and molding machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Molding, coremaking, and casting
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Tool and die makers ......................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic
workers ....................................................
Printers ...........................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ..............
Printing machine operators ........................
Mean
Relative
error4
$16.46
17.20
12.29
12.2%
7.2
11.2
13.09
18.26
11.58
14.08
14.74
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$659
687
491
12.2%
7.2
11.2
$34,242
35,628
25,556
12.2%
7.2
11.2
9.3
9.4
2.8
8.5
9.7
520
730
458
563
590
9.3
9.4
3.9
8.5
9.7
27,054
37,973
23,803
29,292
30,661
9.3
9.4
3.9
8.5
9.7
18.44
18.7
645
31.3
33,522
31.3
16.60
16.1
561
30.7
29,186
30.7
14.66
5.5
586
5.5
30,491
5.5
15.70
6.7
628
6.7
32,664
6.7
15.72
5.2
627
5.2
32,627
5.2
14.89
6.8
593
6.7
30,840
6.7
18.01
20.84
6.1
10.2
720
833
6.1
10.2
37,452
43,340
6.1
10.2
11.86
6.0
474
6.0
24,604
6.0
11.86
6.0
474
6.0
24,604
6.0
18.97
22.72
15.59
16.57
12.5
6.3
10.3
11.5
759
909
624
663
12.5
6.3
10.3
11.5
39,423
47,257
32,427
34,459
12.5
6.3
10.3
11.5
14.63
16.89
16.69
16.69
10.1
5.2
14.0
6.2
585
671
662
662
10.1
5.0
13.9
5.9
30,404
34,869
34,415
34,438
10.1
5.0
13.9
5.9
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-9
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................
Chemical processing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..............................
Separating, filtering, clarifying,
precipitating, and still machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and
blending workers .....................................
Cutting workers .............................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ......................................................
Painting workers ............................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Painters, transportation equipment ............
Miscellaneous production workers ................
Helpers--production workers .....................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers,
laborers, and material movers, hand ........
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and material-moving
machine and vehicle operators ................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .....
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ....
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine
operators ..................................................
Excavating and loading machine and
dragline operators ................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ............
Laborers and material movers, hand .............
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ..........
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ........................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$10.58
3.8%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$418
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
4.8%
$21,712
4.8%
18.93
4.5
757
4.5
39,369
4.5
18.55
5.5
742
5.5
38,580
5.5
13.43
14.70
5.5
14.4
537
588
5.5
14.4
27,713
30,254
5.5
14.4
15.28
13.5
611
13.5
31,791
13.5
17.39
6.8
696
6.8
36,172
6.8
15.23
19.72
4.4
22.0
609
793
4.4
23.1
31,676
41,222
4.4
23.1
18.78
21.17
12.02
11.16
10.8
48.1
7.8
3.2
751
–
479
445
10.8
–
7.8
3.0
39,071
–
24,353
23,139
10.8
–
7.8
3.0
16.09
2.5
660
3.1
34,103
3.1
19.31
7.7
783
7.6
40,703
7.6
26.83
15.84
16.38
14.19
17.0
6.0
7.8
8.4
1,101
670
728
546
15.8
7.2
8.5
13.2
57,256
34,552
37,349
28,411
15.8
7.2
8.5
13.2
18.70
7.8
748
7.8
37,876
7.8
18.69
14.76
12.69
11.07
7.9
6.6
7.4
5.2
748
590
502
443
7.9
6.6
7.4
5.2
37,845
30,207
26,127
23,028
7.9
6.6
7.4
5.2
14.00
8.7
552
8.8
28,685
8.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-10
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
Machine feeders and offbearers .................
Packers and packagers, hand .....................
Mean
Relative
error4
$14.94
10.73
8.8%
6.3
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 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$580
429
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
10.2%
6.4
$30,145
22,299
10.2%
6.4
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S12-11
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
All workers ...........................................................
$22.80
5.7%
Management occupations ...............................
General and operations managers ..................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, elementary and
secondary school .................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
36.53
30.32
35.11
9.0
6.6
12.0
1,467
1,213
1,397
9.1
6.6
11.9
74,346
62,429
68,703
9.1
6.6
11.9
43.99
57.41
7.3
35.9
1,744
2,352
7.3
34.0
83,510
122,313
7.3
34.0
25.89
8.1
1,034
8.0
53,648
8.0
24.12
7.8
965
7.8
50,168
7.8
24.12
7.8
965
7.8
50,168
7.8
29.59
20.96
21.70
22.0
5.0
7.8
1,184
838
868
22.0
5.0
7.8
61,552
43,591
45,128
22.0
5.0
7.8
25.28
23.11
31.79
8.0
4.2
6.5
1,017
922
1,272
7.3
4.3
6.5
52,301
47,928
65,614
7.3
4.3
6.5
22.59
12.1
891
12.6
42,196
12.6
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Engineers .......................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Civil engineering technicians ....................
25.33
32.72
20.39
19.30
8.9
8.5
11.1
8.2
990
1,334
816
772
6.2
6.7
11.1
8.2
51,505
69,358
42,415
40,145
6.2
6.7
11.1
8.2
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Life scientists .................................................
Psychologists .................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school
psychologists .......................................
23.01
22.20
30.71
15.5
16.3
10.8
919
888
1,229
15.4
16.3
10.8
42,155
39,090
49,667
15.4
16.3
10.8
30.71
10.8
1,229
10.8
49,667
10.8
Community and social services occupations
Counselors .....................................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ............................................
Rehabilitation counselors ..........................
Social workers ...............................................
20.46
23.19
4.7
4.3
816
924
4.7
4.2
39,800
43,781
4.7
4.2
29.34
20.45
20.60
8.8
7.7
9.3
1,163
818
820
8.4
7.7
8.9
49,659
42,541
38,506
8.4
7.7
8.9
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators .............................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .........................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture,
construction, health and safety, and
transportation ...........................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ..........
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Mean
$901
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
5.8%
$42,119
5.8%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S13-1
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Mean
Relative
error4
$880
10.1%
$38,795
10.1%
7.9
732
7.9
37,791
7.9
19.50
15.97
9.2
7.8
780
639
9.2
7.8
40,568
33,223
9.2
7.8
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial
workers ....................................................
36.54
32.01
20.5
15.8
1,425
1,219
22.2
19.2
74,092
63,371
22.2
19.2
53.86
10.8
2,154
10.8
112,026
10.8
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .........
Kindergarten teachers, except special
education ..........................................
Elementary and middle school teachers ....
Elementary school teachers, except
special education .............................
Middle school teachers, except special
and vocational education .................
Secondary school teachers .........................
Secondary school teachers, except
special and vocational education .....
Vocational education teachers,
secondary school .............................
Special education teachers .........................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school
Special education teachers, middle
school ...............................................
Other teachers and instructors .......................
Librarians .......................................................
Instructional coordinators ..............................
Teacher assistants ..........................................
30.83
59.78
11.6
24.5
1,176
2,376
11.7
24.8
45,536
97,167
11.7
24.8
30.56
32.04
1.6
5.8
1,173
1,237
1.3
5.5
44,322
44,923
1.3
5.5
32.95
30.09
4.6
2.4
1,270
1,156
4.5
2.4
45,491
43,562
4.5
2.4
29.97
2.7
1,150
2.8
43,334
2.8
30.52
31.12
4.4
2.1
1,178
1,196
3.6
1.5
44,357
45,288
3.6
1.5
31.26
2.1
1,200
1.5
45,471
1.5
29.04
31.11
13.1
4.5
1,147
1,172
11.3
4.0
42,577
46,205
11.3
4.0
30.44
5.7
1,142
4.1
42,423
4.1
32.30
21.36
23.04
32.24
11.07
9.0
8.4
15.1
11.4
3.9
1,216
796
892
1,395
388
8.9
10.7
14.4
9.0
3.8
51,562
31,280
39,881
63,054
14,781
8.9
10.7
14.4
9.0
3.8
20.39
4.2
816
4.2
42,415
4.2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Relative
error4
$22.21
10.6%
18.31
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Community and social services occupations
–Continued
Child, family, and school social workers ..
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .................................................
Probation officers and correctional
treatment specialists .............................
Social and human service assistants ..........
Mean
Weekly earnings5
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S13-2
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Speech-language pathologists ...................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Emergency medical technicians and
paramedics ...............................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$24.70
26.05
34.35
33.86
3.8%
3.0
6.0
7.0
$979
1,018
1,320
1,293
3.8%
3.0
5.3
6.0
$47,896
49,678
50,329
47,764
3.8%
3.0
5.3
6.0
23.10
23.10
7.0
7.0
923
923
7.0
7.0
47,974
47,974
7.0
7.0
15.72
12.4
658
13.1
34,197
13.1
15.51
5.2
606
6.5
31,489
6.5
16.40
3.5
652
3.5
33,077
3.5
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
12.70
10.99
11.03
4.9
6.0
8.1
502
432
432
4.9
5.7
7.7
26,130
22,480
22,454
4.9
5.7
7.7
Protective service occupations ........................
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ...............................
First-line supervisors/managers of police
and detectives ......................................
Fire fighters ...................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ......
Correctional officers and jailers ................
Police officers ................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ............
Security guards and gaming surveillance
officers .....................................................
Security guards ..........................................
19.65
3.6
819
3.5
42,521
3.5
35.88
4.1
1,435
4.1
74,629
4.1
36.62
17.71
15.95
15.95
22.92
22.92
3.1
5.5
2.8
2.8
3.1
3.1
1,465
904
638
638
917
917
3.1
6.1
2.8
2.9
3.0
3.0
76,160
47,018
33,184
33,193
47,682
47,682
3.1
6.1
2.8
2.9
3.0
3.0
15.88
15.88
9.3
9.3
635
635
9.3
9.3
32,387
32,387
9.3
9.3
11.34
8.2
418
8.2
17,969
8.2
16.20
12.5
618
15.9
27,054
15.9
18.45
10.24
10.24
13.9
2.0
2.0
738
367
367
13.9
3.3
3.3
35,022
14,433
14,433
13.9
3.3
3.3
13.56
3.0
540
3.2
27,134
3.2
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S13-3
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations –Continued
Building cleaning workers .............................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Grounds maintenance workers ......................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
Mean
Relative
error4
$12.84
2.7%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$512
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
2.9%
$26,476
2.9%
13.03
16.63
17.13
2.2
9.2
9.3
519
665
685
2.4
9.2
9.3
26,853
27,766
29,012
2.4
9.2
9.3
Personal care and service occupations ..........
14.47
9.9
577
12.1
26,023
12.1
Sales and related occupations .........................
Retail sales workers .......................................
17.36
15.25
9.7
10.1
689
603
10.3
10.5
33,864
29,001
10.3
10.5
15.44
4.9
615
5.1
31,149
5.1
17.66
16.18
6.6
7.2
712
647
6.4
7.3
37,010
33,457
6.4
7.3
16.64
13.44
6.1
6.7
665
537
6.2
6.7
34,391
27,926
6.2
6.7
17.87
12.64
14.40
14.40
15.70
12.3
9.8
9.1
9.4
4.3
715
506
576
576
623
12.3
9.8
9.1
9.4
4.5
37,164
26,300
29,952
29,954
30,780
12.3
9.8
9.1
9.4
4.5
16.52
3.4
661
3.4
34,186
3.4
15.14
14.86
6.8
6.4
598
593
7.3
6.6
28,602
30,469
7.3
6.6
15.66
6.5
627
6.5
32,547
6.5
17.99
12.09
13.61
10.4
14.3
7.5
720
483
545
10.4
14.3
7.5
37,415
25,137
28,318
10.4
14.3
7.5
13.82
15.36
6.2
3.2
553
614
6.2
3.2
28,743
31,755
6.2
3.2
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Financial clerks ..............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ..............
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ..................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Dispatchers ....................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Construction laborers .....................................
Construction equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Highway maintenance workers .....................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S13-4
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Line installers and repairers ...........................
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Production occupations ...................................
Power plant operators, distributors, and
dispatchers ...............................................
Power plant operators ................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and
system operators ......................................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$19.21
7.1%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$769
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
7.1%
$39,963
7.1%
17.51
8.2
700
8.2
36,418
8.2
15.73
15.29
22.28
4.8
4.1
17.4
629
612
891
4.8
4.1
17.4
32,728
31,804
46,350
4.8
4.1
17.4
22.28
17.4
891
17.4
46,350
17.4
19.86
12.3
794
12.3
41,300
12.3
23.48
23.61
12.7
13.4
939
945
12.7
13.4
48,830
49,114
12.7
13.4
17.19
11.0
687
11.0
35,748
11.0
18.60
9.0
698
13.0
33,448
13.0
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 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S13-5
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Mean
Relative
error3
All workers ...........................................................
$17.51
2.7%
Management occupations ...............................
General and operations managers ..................
Marketing and sales managers .......................
Financial managers ........................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
29.23
32.46
47.05
30.33
30.70
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$698
2.7%
$36,042
2.7%
6.2
5.6
8.9
8.2
3.0
1,210
1,370
2,082
1,211
1,228
6.4
6.8
8.6
8.5
3.0
62,814
71,230
108,252
62,988
63,851
6.4
6.8
8.6
8.5
3.0
34.28
25.2
1,397
24.5
72,638
24.5
21.61
23.73
33.59
32.04
10.6
15.7
10.8
7.5
864
961
1,333
1,251
10.6
14.7
10.6
7.7
44,948
49,981
69,331
65,027
10.6
14.7
10.6
7.7
36.11
46.13
47.54
23.76
7.4
10.8
8.1
24.2
1,443
1,845
1,901
950
7.4
10.8
8.1
24.2
75,052
95,950
98,873
49,413
7.4
10.8
8.1
24.2
30.83
7.1
1,233
7.1
64,126
7.1
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Engineers .......................................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
21.69
20.91
22.74
21.45
11.2
27.1
9.6
5.8
873
843
910
858
11.8
28.5
9.6
5.8
45,376
43,854
47,308
44,617
11.8
28.5
9.6
5.8
Life, physical, and social science occupations
25.21
7.2
1,008
7.2
51,803
7.2
Community and social services occupations
Counselors .....................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .................................................
15.76
17.21
5.3
14.8
614
642
7.4
21.3
31,923
33,379
7.4
21.3
15.21
6.3
600
6.7
31,188
6.7
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .......................
35.44
47.15
22.45
8.5
1.5
15.6
1,474
2,058
888
10.8
1.9
20.7
76,645
107,007
46,197
10.8
1.9
20.7
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
17.27
21.73
25.6
2.3
671
862
27.6
1.6
31,509
44,828
27.6
1.6
25.81
.8
1,033
.8
38,508
.8
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Insurance underwriters ..............................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer software engineers ........................
Computer software engineers, applications
Computer support specialists .........................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S15-1
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
$17.42
13.71
14.42
5.8%
9.2
11.4
$681
552
577
21.95
21.79
6.6
9.1
879
884
6.7
10.0
45,704
45,984
6.7
10.0
19.41
13.9
776
13.9
40,371
13.9
16.39
3.0
648
2.9
33,702
2.9
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Dental assistants ........................................
13.28
9.54
10.15
7.7
7.7
4.6
504
368
389
7.7
7.5
5.7
26,195
19,152
20,205
7.7
7.5
5.7
14.75
15.73
8.1
9.1
554
578
8.1
9.7
28,806
30,081
8.1
9.7
Protective service occupations ........................
9.92
4.8
397
4.8
20,633
4.8
8.26
7.8
314
9.9
16,325
9.9
10.83
8.3
440
8.7
22,878
8.7
10.74
8.99
8.96
9.52
8.94
7.95
5.40
8.38
4.00
8.46
9.1
5.3
3.2
3.1
9.7
7.0
12.2
12.7
7.1
7.7
431
351
355
378
342
305
192
298
141
322
7.9
4.7
2.6
4.0
8.8
5.3
18.3
23.1
10.5
8.3
22,401
18,227
18,434
19,646
17,775
15,796
9,965
15,504
7,326
16,751
7.9
4.7
2.6
4.0
8.8
5.3
18.3
23.1
10.5
8.3
8.46
7.7
322
8.3
16,751
8.3
10.25
9.26
11.6
7.6
402
360
10.8
8.1
20,424
18,724
10.8
8.1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Designers .......................................................
Writers and editors ........................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, fast food .........................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Cooks, restaurant .......................................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Food service, tipped .......................................
Bartenders ..................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..............................
Fast food and counter workers ......................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
Building cleaning workers .............................
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
5.2%
9.9
11.4
$35,418
28,715
29,999
5.2%
9.9
11.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S15-2
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations –Continued
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
Grounds maintenance workers ......................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
Mean
Relative
error3
$10.62
8.10
14.12
14.12
9.4%
2.1
27.9
27.9
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$423
309
577
577
9.6%
8.7
31.8
31.8
$21,992
16,061
25,696
25,696
9.6%
8.7
31.8
31.8
Mean
Personal care and service occupations ..........
Barbers and cosmetologists ...........................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and
cosmetologists .....................................
9.73
9.51
5.4
10.1
381
370
5.5
9.1
19,811
19,262
5.5
9.1
9.51
10.1
370
9.1
19,262
9.1
Sales and related occupations .........................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail
sales workers .......................................
Retail sales workers .......................................
Cashiers, all workers .................................
Cashiers .................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons .........................................
Parts salespersons ..................................
Retail salespersons .....................................
Advertising sales agents ................................
Insurance sales agents ....................................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ..........................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products ................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .......
18.84
11.7
754
11.9
39,189
11.9
16.33
6.6
678
7.9
35,240
7.9
15.05
12.24
8.44
8.44
4.5
6.3
3.0
3.0
615
481
322
322
5.8
5.4
3.5
3.5
31,975
24,994
16,736
16,736
5.8
5.4
3.5
3.5
14.49
14.52
14.31
17.83
28.92
10.2
11.0
9.2
24.3
20.6
596
599
561
713
1,153
11.1
11.9
6.5
24.3
20.6
31,014
31,154
29,167
37,090
59,950
11.1
11.9
6.5
24.3
20.6
73.82
23.9
2,953
23.9
153,547
23.9
23.00
14.3
945
15.1
49,151
15.1
22.69
17.06
15.1
26.7
933
685
16.0
26.9
48,525
35,646
16.0
26.9
14.10
2.1
559
2.0
29,030
2.0
21.66
12.55
6.4
7.1
851
496
7.0
7.0
44,242
25,719
7.0
7.0
11.30
4.9
449
5.1
23,362
5.1
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Financial clerks ..............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ..............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S15-3
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Tellers ........................................................
Customer service representatives ..................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ..............
Loan interviewers and clerks .........................
New accounts clerks ......................................
Order clerks ...................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Dispatchers ....................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ............................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........
Stock clerks and order fillers .........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Carpenters ......................................................
Construction laborers .....................................
Construction equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Electricians ....................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Helpers, construction trades ..........................
Mean
Relative
error3
$13.36
10.17
15.36
8.20
14.55
12.63
13.12
12.66
14.34
10.0%
4.0
10.4
3.3
10.6
9.0
9.0
4.1
8.4
14.34
14.84
14.00
13.17
16.56
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$527
402
616
326
582
505
525
500
574
9.1%
4.4
10.5
3.5
10.6
9.0
9.0
4.2
8.4
$27,292
20,909
32,010
16,933
30,265
26,261
27,283
26,026
29,824
9.1%
4.4
10.5
3.5
10.6
9.0
9.0
4.2
8.4
8.4
9.9
9.3
7.7
4.1
574
594
556
527
641
8.4
9.9
9.3
7.7
5.4
29,824
30,863
28,909
27,396
33,310
8.4
9.9
9.3
7.7
5.4
18.57
6.2
743
6.2
38,623
6.2
15.04
8.4
568
12.4
29,550
12.4
11.79
1.2
472
1.2
24,523
1.2
16.61
13.08
20.1
5.7
664
520
20.1
5.8
34,549
26,898
20.1
5.8
21.34
6.9
863
6.9
43,211
6.9
28.72
18.52
18.07
24.62
6.7
9.2
8.4
11.4
1,156
741
722
1,074
7.2
9.2
8.4
16.9
59,649
38,530
35,257
43,389
7.2
9.2
8.4
16.9
25.20
17.59
10.5
17.5
1,110
704
15.8
17.5
47,945
36,587
15.8
17.5
26.75
26.75
12.09
11.3
11.4
10.2
1,070
1,070
484
11.3
11.4
10.2
55,645
55,642
23,719
11.3
11.4
10.2
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S15-4
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and repairers .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ...........
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ............................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .................................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service
technicians and mechanics ......................
Farm equipment mechanics .......................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics,
except engines .....................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers ..........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Industrial machinery mechanics ................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Line installers and repairers ...........................
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Production occupations ...................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers ...........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Computer control programmers and
operators ..................................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Molders and molding machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Molding, coremaking, and casting
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Mean
Relative
error3
$18.38
6.3%
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$740
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
6.9%
$38,501
6.9%
23.03
18.62
10.2
8.2
1,002
754
20.2
7.8
52,079
39,189
20.2
7.8
17.71
8.7
714
9.0
37,133
9.0
17.95
6.1
730
6.4
37,938
6.4
16.57
14.43
5.7
9.0
658
566
6.2
10.6
34,200
29,448
6.2
10.6
18.01
6.8
720
6.8
37,466
6.8
18.85
11.6
754
11.6
39,210
11.6
15.79
20.67
14.01
26.09
7.1
6.5
5.1
3.8
632
827
560
1,044
7.1
6.5
5.1
3.8
32,854
42,990
29,141
54,273
7.1
6.5
5.1
3.8
26.74
2.8
1,070
2.8
55,616
2.8
13.79
13.0
552
13.0
28,681
13.0
14.66
8.9
581
8.2
30,108
8.2
16.83
11.13
8.7
3.5
677
445
9.0
3.5
35,187
23,156
9.0
3.5
15.91
13.4
637
13.4
33,101
13.4
18.66
20.5
644
33.1
33,485
33.1
16.59
17.7
548
31.6
28,508
31.6
15.23
8.5
609
8.5
31,674
8.5
10.90
9.3
436
9.3
22,680
9.3
10.90
9.3
436
9.3
22,680
9.3
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S15-5
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Production occupations –Continued
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Bookbinders and bindery workers .................
Bindery workers ........................................
Printers ...........................................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and
blending workers .....................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ................
Helpers--production workers .....................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .....
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ....
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine
operators ..................................................
Excavating and loading machine and
dragline operators ................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ............
Laborers and material movers, hand .............
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ..........
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ........................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$14.13
14.13
10.74
10.74
16.30
7.5%
7.5
13.4
13.4
6.2
11.88
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$565
565
430
430
652
7.5%
7.5
13.4
13.4
6.2
$29,396
29,396
22,346
22,346
33,913
7.5%
7.5
13.4
13.4
6.2
5.7
475
5.7
24,336
5.7
19.00
11.58
10.92
15.5
18.4
10.8
760
462
437
15.5
18.3
10.8
39,522
23,609
22,707
15.5
18.3
10.8
14.25
14.44
15.25
11.56
2.5
3.3
5.8
14.6
576
578
637
422
4.3
5.7
7.8
17.5
29,752
29,712
32,513
21,951
4.3
5.7
7.8
17.5
18.70
7.8
748
7.8
37,876
7.8
18.69
14.44
11.48
10.88
7.9
2.5
4.4
6.1
748
578
450
435
7.9
2.5
4.7
6.1
37,845
30,039
23,422
22,625
7.9
2.5
4.7
6.1
11.17
5.4
434
5.7
22,560
5.7
1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
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.
Mean
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S15-6
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
All workers ...........................................................
$20.26
2.9%
Management occupations ...............................
Chief executives ............................................
General and operations managers ..................
Marketing and sales managers .......................
Marketing managers ..................................
Computer and information systems
managers ..................................................
Financial managers ........................................
Human resources managers ...........................
Industrial production managers .....................
Purchasing managers .....................................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, postsecondary ..
Engineering managers ...................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
41.56
84.61
39.30
43.96
36.75
11.9
20.0
13.9
12.7
5.3
1,706
4,204
1,614
1,772
1,470
12.2
18.7
14.0
13.3
5.3
88,576
218,584
83,933
92,154
76,442
12.2
18.7
14.0
13.3
5.3
48.01
39.11
37.96
36.26
29.10
30.49
34.41
51.72
43.98
2.9
5.0
12.3
15.9
22.8
18.5
9.8
7.3
10.2
1,966
1,564
1,587
1,668
1,227
1,273
1,463
2,083
1,755
2.8
6.0
10.2
10.3
19.2
22.0
13.5
7.7
10.1
102,220
81,334
82,545
86,735
63,785
61,559
76,097
108,317
91,248
2.8
6.0
10.2
10.3
19.2
22.0
13.5
7.7
10.1
27.72
27.01
3.5
4.5
1,111
1,100
3.2
7.2
57,774
57,184
3.2
7.2
27.83
6.2
1,137
9.1
59,135
9.1
17.62
5.7
689
4.3
35,827
4.3
17.62
5.7
689
4.3
35,827
4.3
23.62
10.2
934
8.7
48,485
8.7
21.67
7.8
834
5.8
42,965
5.8
18.64
24.81
32.36
26.09
25.90
27.44
22.28
10.8
8.8
4.9
5.7
6.8
3.9
12.9
755
975
1,331
1,049
1,029
1,098
875
11.1
7.1
2.3
5.4
6.4
3.9
11.7
39,254
50,725
69,207
54,558
53,498
57,086
45,511
11.1
7.1
2.3
5.4
6.4
3.9
11.7
32.21
30.36
39.86
5.4
5.7
7.6
1,286
1,204
1,605
5.4
5.8
7.4
66,848
62,610
83,478
5.4
5.8
7.4
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .......................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale,
retail, and farm products ......................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators .............................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement
specialists .............................................
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis
specialists .............................................
Training and development specialists .......
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Financial analysts ......................................
Insurance underwriters ..............................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer programmers .................................
Computer software engineers ........................
Mean
$810
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
3.0%
$41,880
3.0%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S16-1
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Computer and mathematical science
occupations –Continued
Computer software engineers, applications
Computer software engineers, systems
software ...............................................
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Network systems and data communications
analysts ....................................................
Operations research analysts .........................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$40.72
12.7%
$1,655
12.1%
$86,038
12.1%
39.17
17.39
34.98
6.0
21.8
3.2
1,567
699
1,388
6.0
22.2
3.3
81,484
36,335
72,200
6.0
22.2
3.3
31.59
4.2
1,250
4.1
65,003
4.1
32.30
29.80
6.9
11.7
1,292
1,191
6.9
11.6
67,193
61,952
6.9
11.6
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Engineers .......................................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ..........
Electrical engineers ...............................
Industrial engineers, including health and
safety ....................................................
Industrial engineers ...............................
Mechanical engineers ................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Mechanical drafters ...................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
32.11
36.89
33.15
36.07
32.65
3.1
3.1
3.0
4.9
13.1
1,288
1,482
1,326
1,443
1,306
3.2
3.2
3.0
4.9
13.1
66,928
77,063
68,958
75,020
67,909
3.2
3.2
3.0
4.9
13.1
31.97
31.97
34.04
21.46
21.95
23.91
5.3
5.3
5.2
8.0
7.5
7.1
1,309
1,309
1,362
858
878
956
6.8
6.8
5.2
8.0
7.5
7.1
68,079
68,079
70,813
44,633
45,661
49,610
6.8
6.8
5.2
8.0
7.5
7.1
23.62
9.8
945
9.8
49,139
9.8
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Life scientists .................................................
Physical scientists ..........................................
Chemists and materials scientists ..............
28.91
24.66
32.05
30.43
8.6
14.4
7.4
6.2
1,156
966
1,291
1,234
8.7
13.7
7.4
6.0
60,112
50,246
67,111
64,142
8.7
13.7
7.4
6.0
Community and social services occupations
Social workers ...............................................
17.54
22.68
6.9
4.9
695
907
6.9
4.9
35,582
45,066
6.9
4.9
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .......................
40.36
51.93
26.41
3.7
9.4
3.1
1,632
2,118
1,056
3.1
11.0
3.1
84,842
110,143
54,923
3.1
11.0
3.1
Education, training, and library occupations
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
28.08
11.7
1,107
11.8
45,162
11.8
20.82
6.0
833
6.0
33,829
6.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S16-2
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Designers .......................................................
Graphic designers ......................................
Writers and editors ........................................
Editors ........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Physicians and surgeons ................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Occupational therapists .............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Emergency medical technicians and
paramedics ...............................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Medical transcriptionists ...........................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$26.27
27.45
19.51
20.09
20.49
11.0%
15.4
8.5
15.6
18.5
$1,052
1,098
781
804
820
10.9%
15.4
8.5
15.6
18.5
$54,690
57,091
40,590
41,791
42,619
10.9%
15.4
8.5
15.6
18.5
24.80
48.34
60.18
25.84
26.14
24.30
4.6
1.8
9.1
4.8
2.4
5.0
974
1,927
2,554
1,008
1,037
964
4.5
2.2
8.0
4.7
2.9
5.9
50,664
100,223
132,791
52,396
53,914
50,105
4.5
2.2
8.0
4.7
2.9
5.9
21.40
7.0
853
7.2
44,351
7.2
23.97
9.9
956
9.8
49,710
9.8
18.75
6.3
747
6.3
38,843
6.3
24.04
25.00
7.0
6.4
939
967
8.2
8.1
48,841
50,292
8.2
8.1
17.42
10.5
697
10.5
36,242
10.5
13.65
9.4
529
11.5
27,514
11.5
17.67
2.3
687
2.7
35,704
2.7
11.98
10.94
10.98
7.0
5.5
6.4
476
433
433
6.9
5.1
5.9
24,737
22,541
22,539
6.9
5.1
5.9
13.96
12.38
16.71
8.8
4.8
6.2
558
495
668
8.8
4.8
6.2
28,998
25,727
34,742
8.8
4.8
6.2
10.84
7.7
423
8.1
21,980
8.1
14.79
8.2
643
7.5
33,414
7.5
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S16-3
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Mean
Relative
error3
$632
469
483
419
249
194
8.2%
3.2
7.5
2.6
29.3
39.8
$32,858
24,364
25,123
21,803
12,968
10,107
8.2%
3.2
7.5
2.6
29.3
39.8
4.3
2.9
464
441
4.0
2.9
24,149
22,939
4.0
2.9
11.74
9.63
3.2
4.9
466
382
3.1
4.7
24,238
19,876
3.1
4.7
Personal care and service occupations ..........
Gaming services workers ..............................
Gaming dealers ..........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ......................
11.44
6.79
6.42
13.41
6.7
6.2
1.7
11.5
427
270
256
532
6.2
5.9
1.9
10.7
22,179
14,060
13,309
27,657
6.2
5.9
1.9
10.7
Sales and related occupations .........................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail
sales workers .......................................
Retail sales workers .......................................
Cashiers, all workers .................................
Retail salespersons .....................................
Advertising sales agents ................................
Insurance sales agents ....................................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ..........................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products ................................
17.59
7.3
705
7.5
36,642
7.5
20.54
7.7
830
7.2
43,179
7.2
18.72
10.51
9.97
10.78
15.04
24.24
4.4
1.6
2.3
2.3
29.4
12.4
758
416
399
423
601
959
4.7
1.5
2.3
2.0
29.4
13.3
39,397
21,633
20,746
22,021
31,273
49,859
4.7
1.5
2.3
2.0
29.4
13.3
45.10
21.1
1,804
21.1
93,806
21.1
29.74
13.2
1,242
15.0
64,577
15.0
24.32
6.2
1,018
9.5
52,948
9.5
14.89
2.8
591
3.0
30,745
3.0
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
Building cleaning workers .............................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
Relative
error3
$14.46
12.10
12.34
10.61
6.61
5.27
8.5%
2.3
6.8
1.8
24.7
34.1
11.63
11.11
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Food preparation and serving related
occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Food service, tipped .......................................
Waiters and waitresses ..............................
Mean
Weekly earnings4
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S16-4
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Financial clerks ..............................................
Bill and account collectors ........................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ..............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Tellers ........................................................
Customer service representatives ..................
File clerks ......................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .......
Order clerks ...................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Dispatchers ....................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ............................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........
Stock clerks and order fillers .........................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and
samplers, recordkeeping ..........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Computer operators .......................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Data entry keyers .......................................
Word processors and typists ......................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$21.74
13.89
15.40
3.9%
2.7
11.3
14.30
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$873
554
616
4.0%
2.7
11.3
$45,411
28,782
32,029
4.0%
2.7
11.3
5.7
572
5.7
29,737
5.7
13.84
10.83
15.99
12.60
12.88
17.44
12.44
19.50
4.4
3.4
3.1
7.8
11.1
7.5
10.0
10.2
551
433
638
499
514
698
497
857
4.3
3.4
2.7
7.2
10.9
7.5
10.0
17.0
28,642
22,524
33,187
25,955
26,744
36,274
25,868
42,547
4.3
3.4
2.7
7.2
10.9
7.5
10.0
17.0
19.50
21.51
12.30
15.42
10.2
7.7
8.2
12.2
857
861
489
617
17.0
7.7
6.9
12.2
42,547
44,750
25,434
32,076
17.0
7.7
6.9
12.2
17.81
18.03
6.7
3.0
712
718
6.7
2.9
37,039
37,326
6.7
2.9
19.62
15.80
7.1
5.4
783
630
7.1
5.4
40,712
32,753
7.1
5.4
16.54
17.27
2.3
6.5
658
691
2.2
6.5
34,182
35,916
2.2
6.5
12.23
12.30
11.72
7.5
8.1
12.7
488
491
463
7.8
8.3
12.1
25,360
25,547
24,095
7.8
8.3
12.1
13.65
12.90
10.2
6.9
537
512
9.4
6.1
27,914
26,646
9.4
6.1
26.04
8.1
1,042
8.1
52,834
8.1
32.30
12.6
1,292
12.6
67,184
12.6
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S16-5
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Construction and extraction occupations
–Continued
Carpenters ......................................................
Electricians ....................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and repairers .........
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic
equipment mechanics, installers, and
repairers ...................................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ..
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .................................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service
technicians and mechanics ......................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Industrial machinery mechanics ................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Maintenance workers, machinery ..............
Millwrights ................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Production occupations ...................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers ...........
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Bakers ............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Slaughterers and meat packers ..................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ........
Food batchmakers ......................................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$26.69
27.27
8.3%
12.0
$1,068
1,091
8.3%
12.0
$50,773
56,729
8.3%
12.0
28.78
28.78
12.7
12.7
1,151
1,151
12.7
12.7
59,866
59,866
12.7
12.7
22.45
4.1
896
4.1
46,606
4.1
32.09
4.6
1,283
4.6
66,741
4.6
21.93
24.94
23.1
6.3
877
998
23.1
6.3
45,612
51,875
23.1
6.3
17.78
5.8
711
5.8
36,979
5.8
22.07
13.5
883
13.5
45,910
13.5
21.49
22.72
20.85
14.83
23.45
3.2
2.9
13.7
1.6
11.3
856
902
834
593
938
3.4
3.1
13.7
1.6
11.3
44,481
46,915
43,363
30,824
48,556
3.4
3.1
13.7
1.6
11.3
18.57
16.1
743
16.1
38,635
16.1
16.13
3.6
644
3.6
33,309
3.6
24.46
4.7
1,005
6.0
52,248
6.0
17.06
11.5
682
11.5
35,483
11.5
17.15
18.50
16.02
11.5
7.8
10.2
686
739
641
11.5
7.8
10.2
35,671
38,283
33,322
11.5
7.8
10.2
12.57
11.58
14.15
14.86
7.4
2.8
8.4
9.4
499
458
566
594
7.5
4.1
8.4
9.4
25,938
23,801
29,424
30,903
7.5
4.1
8.4
9.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S16-6
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Production occupations –Continued
Forming machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Cutting, punching, and press machine
setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ............................................
Machinists ......................................................
Molders and molding machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Molding, coremaking, and casting
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Tool and die makers ......................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic
workers ....................................................
Printers ...........................................................
Printing machine operators ........................
Chemical processing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..............................
Separating, filtering, clarifying,
precipitating, and still machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ......................................................
Painting workers ............................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous production workers ................
Helpers--production workers .....................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers,
laborers, and material movers, hand ........
Mean
Relative
error3
$14.70
6.1%
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$588
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
6.1%
$30,569
6.1%
16.09
6.5
641
6.6
33,347
6.6
15.14
22.78
6.5
9.5
602
911
6.6
9.5
31,284
47,373
6.6
9.5
12.00
7.1
480
7.1
24,897
7.1
12.00
7.1
480
7.1
24,897
7.1
18.97
23.23
17.13
20.36
12.5
7.2
18.9
20.6
759
929
685
814
12.5
7.2
18.9
20.6
39,423
48,313
35,622
42,346
12.5
7.2
18.9
20.6
14.63
17.64
17.09
10.1
9.7
11.8
585
693
671
10.1
9.0
10.5
30,404
36,055
34,874
10.1
9.0
10.5
19.84
4.5
793
4.5
41,257
4.5
19.22
6.2
769
6.2
39,967
6.2
16.66
5.9
666
5.9
34,645
5.9
15.43
19.01
4.1
10.9
617
761
4.1
10.9
32,087
39,549
4.1
10.9
19.89
12.21
11.19
11.8
5.1
3.4
796
487
446
11.8
5.0
3.3
41,367
24,692
23,194
11.8
5.0
3.3
18.41
4.4
769
5.4
39,762
5.4
20.46
7.8
821
7.8
42,697
7.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S16-7
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and material-moving
machine and vehicle operators ................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .....
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ....
Industrial truck and tractor operators ............
Laborers and material movers, hand .............
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers .................
Packers and packagers, hand .....................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$31.03
18.93
18.47
20.08
14.99
13.29
23.1%
17.1
13.3
31.1
10.7
10.2
$1,308
913
931
881
599
529
20.9%
16.0
11.3
36.6
10.8
10.3
$67,993
47,496
48,393
45,830
30,328
27,507
20.9%
16.0
11.3
36.6
10.8
10.3
16.19
14.10
10.53
8.8
6.8
7.6
8.9
8.4
7.6
33,558
28,317
21,881
8.9
8.4
7.6
1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
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.
645
545
421
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S16-8
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 17
Union and nonunion workers: Relative standard errors1 of mean hourly
earnings2 by major sector and for major occupational groups
Union
Occupational group3
All workers .......................
Management,
professional, and
related ......................
Management,
business, and
financial ...............
Professional and
related ..................
Service ...........................
Sales and office ..............
Sales and related ........
Office and
administrative
support .................
Natural resources,
construction, and
maintenance .............
Construction and
extraction .............
Installation,
maintenance, and
repair ....................
Production,
transportation, and
material moving .......
Production ..................
Transportation and
material moving ...
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
1.9%
2.8%
2.9%
2.1%
1.9%
10.4%
2.7
5.4
3.4
4.0
3.9
10.2
3.9
–
4.3
7.4
7.8
13.1
2.9
4.3
4.1
10.7
5.8
7.5
7.1
10.7
3.6
5.3
3.5
–
3.1
2.4
2.3
7.5
2.7
2.8
2.5
7.6
9.4
5.9
4.2
11.6
2.4
4.5
3.5
1.4
1.5
3.8
4.1
4.0
5.8
5.9
6.5
12.0
5.7
5.8
4.9
6.3
6.9
6.5
3.4
3.6
8.2
6.7
7.1
14.5
3.1
4.2
3.2
4.3
3.3
8.2
2.2
4.4
2.2
4.4
15.5
18.9
7.7
8.1
5.0
3.3
3.4
5.0
1 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.
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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
3 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S17-1
December 2006 - January 2008
Private industry sector1: Relative standard errors2 of mean
hourly earnings3 for major occupational groups
RSE Table 19
Goods producing
Occupational group4
Construction
Manufacturing
Service providing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
3.5%
7.6%
Relative error5
All workers ..........................................
Management, professional, and
related .........................................
Management, business, and
financial ..................................
Professional and related ................
Service ..............................................
Sales and office .................................
Sales and related ...........................
Office and administrative support
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ................................
Installation, maintenance, and
repair .......................................
Production, transportation, and
material moving ..........................
Production .....................................
Transportation and material
moving ....................................
5.8%
4.5%
2.2%
–
11.6%
–
3.4%
22.0
4.4
14.5
–
16.2
–
3.2
10.3
12.1
15.8
–
–
7.5
–
8.4
6.0
5.9
10.1
9.9
27.5
4.1
11.7
19.1
4.5
3.2
4.3
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.0
11.8
11.8
8.8
11.5
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
3.2
2.8
1.3
10.6
1.6
11.4
14.9
3.9
4.0
12.8
4.4
14.3
12.0
9.4
13.6
–
7.6
5.5
3.4
5.0
–
10.8
–
15.3
–
17.9
13.7
3.7
4.1
–
10.8
–
14.9
–
18.4
8.7
–
3.4
3.8
2.9
28.6
–
–
14.1
–
–
–
9.5
14.8
7.3
5.3
35.6
–
8.7
4.4
3.7
–
–
–
3.3
8.7
3.7
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
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 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay,
cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
4 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian
economy. 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 data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S19-1
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 20
Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
work levels
Hourly earnings2
Occupation and work level1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
All workers ...........................................................
Level 1 ..........................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Level 8 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Level 10 .........................................
Level 11 .........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................
$21.33
9.62
10.97
11.45
12.93
16.86
19.03
23.97
26.04
28.62
37.58
38.14
24.00
5.0%
7.1
9.1
6.0
6.2
2.8
1.4
2.2
3.1
2.6
7.7
6.4
13.7
$845
383
436
455
514
672
748
951
1,021
1,126
1,503
1,524
943
5.2%
7.1
9.3
5.7
6.3
2.9
2.7
1.6
3.6
3.0
7.7
6.3
14.1
$43,935
19,941
22,674
23,638
26,736
34,942
38,874
49,472
53,095
58,578
78,157
79,239
49,026
5.2%
7.1
9.3
5.7
6.3
2.9
2.7
1.6
3.6
3.0
7.7
6.3
14.1
Management occupations ...............................
Level 9 ..........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................
Medical and health services managers ..........
Not able to be leveled ....................
47.24
33.67
47.60
50.05
47.83
24.9
8.1
15.3
26.7
15.2
1,886
1,347
1,891
1,997
1,900
24.9
8.1
15.3
26.7
15.2
98,049
70,024
98,354
103,850
98,818
24.9
8.1
15.3
26.7
15.2
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
31.40
4.6
1,256
4.6
65,318
4.6
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
26.71
12.2
1,095
9.0
56,922
9.0
Community and social services occupations
Social workers ...............................................
22.91
24.29
11.6
5.8
923
978
9.3
4.6
47,998
50,845
9.3
4.6
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Level 8 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Level 10 .........................................
Level 11 .........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Physicians and surgeons ................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
25.76
13.23
16.97
19.99
24.03
25.50
28.05
37.39
40.49
28.46
47.85
53.02
26.68
24.50
3.0
7.1
2.6
4.4
2.2
2.7
2.6
7.9
8.0
12.7
2.2
27.2
3.6
1.9
1,011
519
674
773
941
996
1,099
1,496
1,616
1,093
1,907
2,209
1,037
951
3.1
7.0
2.6
6.1
2.2
3.1
3.0
7.9
7.9
14.0
2.5
28.9
3.8
1.8
52,551
26,987
35,070
40,215
48,925
51,785
57,169
77,778
84,035
56,810
99,152
114,864
53,911
49,447
3.1
7.0
2.6
6.1
2.2
3.1
3.0
7.9
7.9
14.0
2.5
28.9
3.8
1.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S20-1
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 20
Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
work levels — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation and work level1
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Registered nurses –Continued
Level 8 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Level 11 .........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Physical therapists .....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Emergency medical technicians and
paramedics ...............................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Medical records and health information
technicians ...............................................
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$24.87
27.84
34.85
27.38
28.27
3.0%
2.4
8.7
3.0
2.5
$969
1,089
1,394
1,084
1,122
3.1%
2.8
8.7
2.3
1.9
$50,406
56,645
72,488
56,349
58,320
3.1%
2.8
8.7
2.3
1.9
19.59
4.8
779
4.8
40,527
4.8
22.11
3.1
880
2.7
45,762
2.7
17.18
5.6
683
5.8
35,536
5.8
23.65
24.48
6.4
5.4
928
958
7.3
6.8
48,250
49,821
7.3
6.8
15.32
12.5
613
12.5
31,865
12.5
14.48
14.74
5.8
7.6
563
557
6.7
10.5
29,279
28,945
6.7
10.5
17.21
16.52
18.24
2.1
2.7
5.4
672
654
691
1.9
2.8
8.2
34,965
34,009
35,913
1.9
2.8
8.2
18.77
3.2
751
3.2
39,041
3.2
13.05
10.19
11.25
14.18
15.15
11.69
9.99
11.37
14.14
11.52
9.86
11.42
14.10
7.2
6.6
6.4
5.4
12.1
6.3
8.3
6.4
6.0
6.1
8.6
6.7
6.8
517
402
444
564
605
461
392
448
557
453
387
450
553
7.3
7.4
5.8
5.5
12.1
6.2
9.2
5.8
6.1
6.0
9.5
6.1
6.8
26,878
20,890
23,101
29,323
31,469
23,963
20,382
23,289
28,971
23,573
20,102
23,379
28,735
7.3
7.4
5.8
5.5
12.1
6.2
9.2
5.8
6.1
6.0
9.5
6.1
6.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S20-2
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 20
Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
work levels — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation and work level1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Healthcare support occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Medical transcriptionists ...........................
$13.91
10.41
14.26
14.60
12.88
16.86
10.1%
11.7
6.7
13.9
8.4
6.8
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Food preparation workers ..............................
9.81
9.87
9.72
9.72
9.54
4.7
7.7
4.7
4.7
11.9
387
395
389
389
382
4.1
7.7
4.7
4.7
11.9
20,123
20,522
20,222
20,222
19,849
4.1
7.7
4.7
4.7
11.9
10.27
8.93
11.59
11.55
10.27
8.93
11.59
11.55
4.4
4.0
8.6
5.8
4.4
4.0
8.6
5.8
410
356
464
462
410
356
464
462
4.3
4.0
8.6
5.8
4.3
4.0
8.6
5.8
21,339
18,530
24,110
24,027
21,339
18,530
24,110
24,027
4.3
4.0
8.6
5.8
4.3
4.0
8.6
5.8
10.32
11.81
10.20
5.9
8.6
6.8
412
473
408
5.8
8.6
6.8
21,429
24,574
21,212
5.8
8.6
6.8
14.34
12.44
11.57
12.30
17.19
17.55
15.21
5.0
15.2
10.2
8.9
3.7
2.3
5.5
573
496
462
492
688
702
608
5.0
15.4
10.2
8.9
3.7
2.3
5.5
29,789
25,794
24,022
25,559
35,755
36,496
31,600
5.0
15.4
10.2
8.9
3.7
2.3
5.5
17.79
13.53
6.9
5.4
712
541
6.9
5.4
37,001
28,134
6.9
5.4
12.83
4.4
513
4.4
26,693
4.4
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
Level 1 ..........................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Building cleaning workers .............................
Level 1 ..........................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Level 3 ..........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Financial clerks ..............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ..............................................
Mean
$555
417
570
583
515
674
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
10.2%
11.7
6.7
13.9
8.4
6.8
$28,881
21,662
29,655
30,306
26,770
35,046
10.2%
11.7
6.7
13.9
8.4
6.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S20-3
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 20
Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
work levels — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation and work level1
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .......
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Production occupations ...................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$12.98
18.27
12.81
14.72
11.9%
11.1
.3
5.9
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$518
728
502
587
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
11.9%
11.2
1.0
5.9
$26,923
37,858
26,124
30,503
11.9%
11.2
1.0
5.9
20.40
14.51
15.05
11.98
10.54
15.2
1.6
3.9
20.0
12.1
816
574
598
479
421
15.2
1.8
4.3
20.0
12.1
42,422
29,823
31,108
24,892
21,916
15.2
1.8
4.3
20.0
12.1
19.42
15.6
777
15.6
40,402
15.6
16.65
16.65
12.4
12.4
666
666
12.4
12.4
34,642
34,642
12.4
12.4
14.28
22.6
571
22.6
29,713
22.6
1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
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.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S20-4
December 2006 - January 2008
RSE Table 21
Civilian supervisory workers: Relative standard errors of mean
weekly and annual earnings for selected management occupations
Weekly2
Annual4
Occupation1
Management occupations
Team leader ...........................................................................
First line .................................................................................
Second line ............................................................................
General and operations managers
First line .................................................................................
Computer and information systems managers
First line .................................................................................
Financial managers
First line .................................................................................
Industrial production managers
First line .................................................................................
Purchasing managers
First line .................................................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
First line .................................................................................
Engineering managers
First line .................................................................................
Food service managers
First line .................................................................................
Medical and health services managers
First line .................................................................................
Second line ............................................................................
Social and community service managers
First line .................................................................................
1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
2 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
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.
Mean
earnings
Relative
error3
Mean
earnings
Relative
error3
$1,173
1,371
1,919
17.5%
4.2
22.0
$60,411
70,772
99,779
17.5%
4.2
22.0
1,397
7.9
72,649
7.9
1,712
8.4
89,046
8.4
1,254
9.2
65,213
9.2
1,270
17.1
66,018
17.1
893
10.3
46,411
10.3
1,672
3.9
80,946
3.9
1,947
12.0
101,222
12.0
842
14.0
42,260
14.0
1,605
2,588
7.0
34.3
83,437
134,556
7.0
34.3
1,090
9.4
56,674
9.4
4 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West North Central
S21-1
December 2006 - January 2008