Knoxville, TN
National Compensation Survey
July 1999
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
December 1999
Bulletin 3100-04
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected worker and establishment
characteristics, private industry, and State and local government ................................................
2-1. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, all workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2-2. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2-3. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, part-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3-1. Mean weekly earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3-2. Mean annual earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4-1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4-2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4-3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group ............................
5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry .............
5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry.
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............
Appendix table 2. Number of establishments studied and represented..........................................
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Generic Leveling Criteria.................................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................
E. A Guide for Users of Prior BLS Wage Surveys...............................................................................
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A-1
A-5
A-6
B-1
C-1
D-1
E-1
Introduction
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establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics
include major occupational group, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing (within private industry) and size of establishment.
Table 2-1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,
and the relative standard errors associated with them, for
detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,
and State and local government. Data are not shown for
any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. Table 2-2 presents
the same type of information only for full-time workers.
Table 2-3 provides similar data for workers designated as
part-time.
Table 3-1 presents mean weekly earnings data, with
relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private
industry, and State and local government. The mean hours
reflect hours employees are scheduled to work, excluding
overtime hours. Table 3-2 provides annual earnings, relative standard error, and annual hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.
Table 4-1 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.
Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4-2 provides work level data for
full-time workers. Table 4-3 provides similar data for
workers designated as part-time.
Table 5-1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational groups.
The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time
designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive
pay. Table 5-2 presents mean hourly earnings data for
major industry divisions by occupational groups; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5-3 presents
mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment
sizes by major occupational groups; these estimates are
also limited to the private sector.
Appendix table 1 provides the employment scope of
this survey. The occupation employment estimates relate
to all employers in the area, rather than just those surveyed.
Appendix table 2 presents the number of establishments
studied by industry group and employment size.
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Knoxville, TN, metropolitan area. Tabulations
provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of
occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in
this bulletin are information on the program, a technical
note describing survey procedures, and several appendixes
with detailed information on occupational classifications
and the generic leveling methodology.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides data
on the occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a
whole. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure
of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, will
be derived from the NCS. Another product, Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation, measures employers’
average hourly costs for total compensation, that is, wages
and benefits. Still another NCS product measures the incidence of benefit plans and their provisions. This bulletin is
limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Ongoing changes
The NCS is implementing changes to its sample design and
timing of data collection and publication. Because of these
ongoing changes, it is not possible to produce median
wages and other wage percentiles for this area publication.
Estimates describing the distribution of wages by occupation will be available on the BLS Internet site, or by calling
(202) 691-6199, in the late spring of 2000.
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in
the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households), as explained in Appendix
A. The table footnotes include information on survey concepts and definitions.
Table 1-1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative
standard errors are given for all industries, private industry,
and State and local government for selected worker and
1
Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$13.52
2.5
38.0
$13.03
3.1
38.0
$15.55
3.2
37.8
16.70
20.44
24.34
13.89
10.33
12.10
15.32
3.4
2.5
6.9
13.5
2.3
2.3
3.5
38.5
38.0
41.1
38.1
38.5
40.2
40.1
16.32
20.75
25.41
13.92
10.20
12.02
15.48
4.5
3.2
9.0
13.5
2.7
2.5
4.0
39.0
38.8
42.0
38.1
38.8
40.2
40.2
17.80
19.94
21.99
–
10.80
13.00
14.61
3.5
3.8
7.2
–
3.9
5.2
6.5
37.3
36.8
39.2
–
37.7
39.2
39.5
10.97
11.90
3.3
4.6
39.8
45.6
10.97
11.96
3.3
4.9
39.8
46.3
–
10.88
–
7.6
–
37.2
9.64
7.63
4.2
3.7
36.1
33.4
9.61
6.84
4.6
4.1
35.7
32.2
9.96
10.38
6.2
3.8
40.0
38.4
Full time ..................................................................
Part time .................................................................
13.90
8.73
2.3
21.7
40.4
21.6
13.43
8.69
2.9
23.6
40.8
21.9
15.74
9.20
3.3
8.8
39.0
18.5
Union ......................................................................
Nonunion ................................................................
13.31
13.54
3.8
2.8
39.0
37.9
13.21
13.00
3.9
3.5
39.0
37.9
18.20
15.52
3.6
3.3
40.0
37.8
Time ........................................................................
Incentive .................................................................
13.36
16.53
2.4
14.1
37.8
41.7
12.80
16.53
2.9
14.1
37.8
41.7
15.55
–
3.2
–
37.8
–
Goods producing ....................................................
Service producing ...................................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
15.47
–
4.0
–
40.2
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers7 .......................................................
100-499 workers .....................................................
500 workers or more ...............................................
12.17
12.05
16.04
9.2
3.8
3.0
36.8
39.0
37.5
12.11
11.84
16.29
9.4
4.1
4.4
36.8
39.0
37.5
14.70
14.77
15.73
6.8
7.2
3.8
39.5
38.8
37.6
Total ...........................................................................
Worker characteristics:4
White-collar occupations5 .......................................
Professional specialty and technical ...................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .........
Sales ...................................................................
Administrative support ........................................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................................
Transportation and material moving ...................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers ......................................................
Service occupations5 ..............................................
Establishment characteristics:
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with
fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$13.52
13.49
2.5
2.4
$13.03
12.93
3.1
3.0
$15.55
15.57
3.2
3.3
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
16.70
17.28
3.4
3.1
16.32
17.03
4.5
4.2
17.80
17.83
3.5
3.5
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
20.44
22.27
26.88
25.00
22.37
29.30
22.05
22.63
25.42
19.70
18.07
–
23.16
23.70
23.69
–
–
13.98
14.03
–
2.5
2.6
5.7
18.1
7.5
7.0
11.1
14.0
13.1
4.6
1.7
–
3.4
5.2
2.3
–
–
7.7
7.8
–
20.75
23.21
27.76
–
22.37
29.30
24.50
22.84
–
19.41
18.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
3.5
5.4
–
7.5
7.0
10.7
14.8
–
5.0
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.94
21.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.21
23.73
23.69
–
–
14.31
14.37
–
3.8
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
5.2
2.3
–
–
7.6
7.7
–
–
15.52
11.93
12.99
17.90
17.17
17.60
–
4.2
2.2
6.3
13.9
12.4
12.2
–
16.27
12.14
13.97
17.60
–
17.60
–
4.4
2.1
6.8
15.5
–
12.2
–
12.25
–
10.67
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
11.8
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
24.34
27.82
28.74
31.37
32.31
18.90
15.87
17.22
6.9
8.9
4.1
2.5
15.0
8.3
6.2
9.6
25.41
28.49
–
–
32.16
19.73
–
14.59
9.0
11.2
–
–
15.4
11.6
–
8.8
21.99
26.02
28.74
31.37
–
17.55
–
–
7.2
9.9
4.1
2.5
–
9.2
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
13.89
15.57
21.60
13.5
20.5
18.9
13.92
15.57
21.60
13.5
20.5
18.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.90
16.84
20.44
6.41
6.2
4.0
41.6
3.4
17.90
16.84
20.44
6.39
6.2
4.0
41.6
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
10.33
11.23
8.20
13.31
11.33
12.80
14.31
11.74
9.59
15.18
10.31
10.41
8.24
2.3
3.8
3.7
16.0
6.8
5.4
6.2
8.9
6.9
6.2
5.2
6.0
3.3
10.20
10.85
8.31
13.31
11.23
–
14.31
11.74
9.78
–
10.31
10.66
8.24
2.7
6.2
4.0
16.0
8.5
–
6.2
8.9
6.6
–
5.2
7.7
3.3
10.80
11.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.18
–
10.11
–
3.9
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
9.2
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
$8.22
7.82
9.54
5.3
3.0
4.8
$8.22
–
9.57
5.3
–
5.2
–
$7.82
–
–
3.0
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
12.10
2.3
12.02
2.5
13.00
5.2
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ...............
Supervisors, production ........................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
15.32
15.19
16.08
12.01
13.03
14.88
14.35
19.67
13.05
3.5
5.1
4.1
7.7
9.7
7.4
6.1
7.6
14.1
15.48
–
16.08
–
13.03
–
–
19.67
–
4.0
–
4.1
–
9.7
–
–
7.6
–
14.61
–
–
–
–
–
14.62
–
13.05
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
14.1
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
10.97
11.37
8.23
9.55
11.91
12.76
10.53
12.39
3.3
3.7
3.2
9.5
7.9
4.1
5.8
5.9
10.97
11.37
8.23
9.55
11.91
12.76
10.53
12.39
3.3
3.7
3.2
9.5
8.1
4.1
5.8
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
11.90
12.03
11.50
4.6
7.0
5.7
11.96
12.08
11.50
4.9
7.3
5.7
10.88
–
–
7.6
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
9.64
10.05
4.2
1.7
9.61
–
4.6
–
9.96
–
6.2
–
12.64
11.00
10.17
8.38
11.14
8.06
9.54
10.7
8.5
15.5
4.9
8.8
10.0
13.5
12.77
11.00
10.14
8.38
11.14
8.06
10.07
12.0
8.5
17.8
4.9
8.8
10.0
18.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
7.63
10.61
12.03
13.75
8.68
5.79
14.07
2.41
8.27
7.84
4.75
3.7
8.3
8.4
5.2
17.9
7.9
12.8
5.2
6.7
1.7
19.8
6.84
8.66
–
–
8.55
5.73
14.07
2.41
8.30
–
4.67
4.1
17.7
–
–
18.4
8.2
12.8
5.2
7.2
–
20.4
10.38
11.79
12.03
13.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
4.2
8.4
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..............................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$7.61
7.60
8.19
7.21
8.10
6.88
8.66
6.11
2.0
2.1
5.4
2.4
6.6
4.9
9.7
12.0
$7.61
7.60
7.74
7.19
8.09
6.78
–
6.11
2.0
2.1
6.4
2.6
9.2
5.2
–
12.0
–
–
$9.09
–
8.12
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
3.2
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
5
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$13.90
13.97
2.3
2.4
$13.43
13.47
2.9
2.9
$15.74
15.75
3.3
3.3
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
16.89
17.59
3.2
3.1
16.47
17.38
4.2
4.2
18.04
18.05
3.6
3.6
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
20.54
22.35
26.80
22.42
29.30
22.05
22.63
25.42
19.70
17.94
–
23.39
23.69
23.69
–
–
13.98
14.03
–
2.5
2.7
5.7
7.7
7.0
11.1
14.0
13.1
4.8
1.8
–
3.4
5.2
2.3
–
–
7.7
7.8
–
20.79
23.23
27.69
22.42
29.30
24.50
22.84
–
19.40
17.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
3.5
5.4
7.7
7.0
10.7
14.8
–
5.2
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.14
21.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.45
23.73
23.69
–
–
14.31
14.37
–
3.9
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
5.2
2.3
–
–
7.6
7.7
–
–
15.64
12.11
13.08
17.90
17.17
17.60
–
4.2
2.1
6.4
13.9
12.4
12.2
–
16.35
12.25
13.94
17.60
–
17.60
–
4.5
2.1
7.0
15.5
–
12.2
–
12.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
24.36
27.87
28.74
31.37
32.31
18.86
15.87
17.07
6.9
8.9
4.1
2.5
15.0
8.4
6.2
10.0
25.41
28.49
–
–
32.16
19.67
–
14.22
9.0
11.2
–
–
15.4
11.8
–
8.7
22.05
26.17
28.74
31.37
–
17.55
–
–
7.2
10.0
4.1
2.5
–
9.2
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Cashiers ...............................................................
12.99
15.57
19.83
10.3
20.5
21.0
13.00
15.57
19.83
10.3
20.5
21.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.90
16.84
6.45
6.2
4.0
3.7
17.90
16.84
6.43
6.2
4.0
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
10.59
11.36
8.45
13.31
11.33
12.80
14.31
11.74
9.78
15.18
10.31
10.41
8.24
8.28
7.71
2.4
3.8
4.4
16.0
6.8
5.4
6.2
8.9
6.6
6.2
5.2
6.0
3.3
5.9
2.5
10.48
11.09
8.45
13.31
11.23
–
14.31
11.74
9.78
–
10.31
10.66
8.24
8.28
–
2.9
6.2
4.4
16.0
8.5
–
6.2
8.9
6.6
–
5.2
7.7
3.3
5.9
–
10.96
11.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.18
–
10.11
–
–
7.71
4.0
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
9.2
–
–
2.5
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
$9.69
5.5
$9.72
6.0
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
12.25
2.4
12.17
2.5
$13.03
5.3
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ...............
Supervisors, production ........................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
15.32
15.19
16.08
12.01
13.03
14.88
14.35
19.67
13.05
3.5
5.1
4.1
7.7
9.7
7.4
6.1
7.6
14.1
15.48
–
16.08
–
13.03
–
–
19.67
–
4.0
–
4.1
–
9.7
–
–
7.6
–
14.61
–
–
–
–
–
14.62
–
13.05
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
14.1
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
11.01
11.37
8.23
9.55
11.91
12.76
10.64
12.39
3.3
3.7
3.2
9.5
7.9
4.1
6.0
5.9
11.00
11.37
8.23
9.55
11.91
12.76
10.64
12.39
3.3
3.7
3.2
9.5
8.1
4.1
6.0
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
11.93
12.07
11.50
4.6
7.1
5.7
11.99
12.12
11.50
4.9
7.3
5.7
10.97
–
–
8.2
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
10.03
10.05
4.5
1.7
10.04
–
5.0
–
9.96
–
6.2
–
12.64
11.00
10.17
9.24
12.12
8.06
9.66
10.7
8.5
15.5
5.8
10.9
10.0
13.7
12.77
11.00
10.14
9.24
12.12
8.06
–
12.0
8.5
17.8
5.8
10.9
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
8.29
10.70
12.03
13.75
8.73
6.88
14.55
2.52
8.71
6.55
7.59
7.60
8.34
7.21
8.36
7.18
3.4
8.0
8.4
5.2
18.4
6.7
13.8
6.9
4.1
4.6
2.0
2.2
5.1
2.4
6.0
6.5
7.49
8.70
–
–
8.59
6.85
14.55
2.52
8.79
6.49
7.59
7.60
7.92
7.19
8.44
7.15
3.8
17.9
–
–
18.8
7.0
13.8
6.9
4.3
4.9
2.0
2.2
6.2
2.6
8.6
7.1
10.50
11.84
12.03
13.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.13
–
8.17
–
3.9
4.3
8.4
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
3.0
–
White collar –Continued
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
7
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$8.73
6.50
21.7
7.1
$8.69
6.22
23.6
7.6
$9.20
9.27
8.8
9.0
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
13.81
9.84
28.2
7.9
14.37
9.79
30.4
9.4
9.89
10.03
11.9
12.2
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Technical ......................................................................
16.21
18.72
–
19.60
19.60
–
–
–
11.0
10.5
–
3.5
3.5
–
–
–
18.97
22.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.35
13.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.4
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
18.53
33.63
6.32
41.2
26.4
3.3
18.72
33.63
6.27
41.2
26.4
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
7.21
8.66
2.8
3.1
7.16
–
3.1
–
7.58
–
7.0
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
7.10
4.6
7.02
4.5
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
6.99
5.2
6.99
5.2
–
–
4.74
–
3.79
2.22
–
5.76
5.76
6.25
9.5
–
15.0
2.5
–
1.6
1.6
4.9
4.61
–
3.72
2.22
–
–
–
5.99
9.9
–
15.5
2.5
–
–
–
3.1
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Health service ...........................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
7.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
8
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$561
562
2.4
2.4
40.4
40.3
$547
547
2.9
3.0
40.8
40.6
$614
614
3.3
3.3
39.0
39.0
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
677
700
3.3
3.2
40.1
39.8
671
702
4.4
4.4
40.7
40.4
694
695
3.7
3.7
38.5
38.5
809
876
2.6
2.8
39.4
39.2
837
936
3.3
3.5
40.3
40.3
765
808
3.9
3.8
38.0
38.0
1,088
1,003
1,172
5.8
7.3
7.0
40.6
44.8
40.0
1,135
1,003
1,172
5.0
7.3
7.0
41.0
44.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
869
12.1
39.4
986
10.9
40.2
–
–
–
902
997
783
713
–
13.9
14.2
4.9
1.9
–
39.9
39.2
39.8
39.7
–
913
–
776
717
–
14.8
–
5.2
1.9
–
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
892
902
900
3.4
5.2
1.7
38.1
38.1
38.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
894
904
900
3.4
5.2
1.7
38.1
38.1
38.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
530
531
–
7.4
7.5
–
37.9
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
540
541
–
7.5
7.7
–
37.7
37.7
–
–
623
482
–
4.4
2.0
–
39.8
39.8
–
657
488
–
4.5
1.9
–
40.2
39.9
–
474
–
–
6.6
–
–
38.1
–
519
6.6
39.6
558
7.0
40.0
–
–
–
742
677
704
14.1
13.2
12.2
41.5
39.4
40.0
733
–
704
15.8
–
12.2
41.6
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,007
8.0
41.4
1,071
10.2
42.1
876
9.0
39.7
1,180
10.5
42.4
1,220
13.0
42.8
1,076
13.1
41.1
1,289
5.8
44.9
–
–
–
1,289
5.8
44.9
1,340
4.9
42.7
–
–
–
1,340
4.9
42.7
1,421
752
643
660
17.5
8.9
9.5
9.3
44.0
39.9
40.5
38.7
1,417
805
–
564
17.9
12.2
–
9.6
44.1
40.9
–
39.6
–
672
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
38.3
–
–
547
731
789
11.3
20.5
21.5
42.1
46.9
39.8
548
731
789
11.3
20.5
21.5
42.1
46.9
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Industrial engineers ................
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Technical ........................................
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Drafters ...................................
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Secretaries .............................
Receptionists ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Dispatchers .............................
Production coordinators ..........
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Meter readers .........................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Data entry keyers ...................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery repairers
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Electrical power installers and
repairers ...........................
Supervisors, production ..........
Water and sewer treatment
plant operators ..................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Fabricating machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Packaging and filling machine
operators ..........................
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
$743
6.1
41.5
$743
6.1
41.5
–
–
–
798
258
7.5
3.7
47.4
40.0
798
257
7.5
3.7
47.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
420
445
338
518
2.4
3.9
4.4
16.8
39.6
39.2
40.0
38.9
418
443
338
518
2.9
6.2
4.4
16.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
38.9
4.1
4.9
–
–
38.8
38.4
–
–
453
512
580
6.8
5.4
5.9
40.0
40.0
40.5
449
–
580
8.5
–
5.9
40.0
–
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
470
391
607
8.9
6.6
6.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
470
391
–
8.9
6.6
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
607
–
–
6.2
–
–
40.0
412
409
322
331
292
386
5.2
6.4
2.9
5.9
1.4
5.6
40.0
39.3
39.1
40.0
37.9
39.8
412
426
322
331
–
389
5.2
7.7
2.9
5.9
–
6.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
–
40.0
–
390
–
–
292
–
–
10.2
–
–
1.4
–
–
38.6
–
–
37.9
–
504
2.4
41.2
503
2.6
41.3
516
5.5
39.6
614
608
643
3.7
5.1
4.1
40.1
40.0
40.0
623
–
643
4.2
–
4.1
40.2
–
40.0
576
–
–
7.2
–
–
39.5
–
–
467
521
595
8.9
9.7
7.4
38.9
40.0
40.0
–
521
–
–
9.7
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
574
837
6.1
10.4
40.0
42.6
–
837
–
10.4
–
42.6
585
–
6.5
–
40.0
–
522
14.1
40.0
–
–
–
522
14.1
40.0
440
3.3
40.0
440
3.3
40.0
–
–
–
455
3.7
40.0
455
3.7
40.0
–
–
–
329
3.2
40.0
329
3.2
40.0
–
–
–
382
9.5
40.0
382
9.5
40.0
–
–
–
476
510
426
7.9
4.1
6.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
476
510
426
8.1
4.1
6.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
496
5.9
40.0
496
5.9
40.0
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
$426
447
–
–
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Supervisors, handlers,
equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ..................
Helpers, construction trades ...
Construction laborers .............
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Firefighting ..............................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Cooks .....................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
$550
606
5.9
8.8
46.1
50.2
$557
613
6.3
9.1
46.5
50.6
460
5.7
40.0
460
5.7
40.0
401
4.5
40.0
401
5.0
40.0
402
1.7
40.0
–
–
523
440
399
370
11.3
8.5
13.9
5.8
41.3
40.0
39.3
40.0
530
440
397
370
483
322
10.9
10.0
39.9
40.0
483
322
386
13.7
40.0
–
328
437
601
3.5
8.4
5.1
39.6
40.9
50.0
295
348
–
560
5.2
40.7
–
349
269
18.4
7.4
40.0
39.1
609
96
341
257
294
12.3
8.7
4.1
4.9
2.6
293
330
283
332
284
2.8
5.0
2.9
6.2
6.4
8.2
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
398
6.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
12.7
8.5
16.0
5.8
41.5
40.0
39.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.9
10.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
17.9
–
39.3
40.0
–
423
490
601
4.2
5.2
5.1
40.3
41.4
50.0
–
–
560
5.2
40.7
343
267
18.8
7.7
40.0
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.8
37.9
39.2
39.2
38.7
609
96
344
255
294
12.3
8.7
4.3
5.2
2.6
41.8
37.9
39.1
39.4
38.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.6
39.5
39.3
39.8
39.6
293
314
283
335
286
2.8
6.3
3.1
8.9
7.1
38.6
39.6
39.4
39.7
40.0
–
360
–
327
–
–
5.3
–
3.1
–
–
39.4
–
40.0
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
$436
–
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
11
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$28,688
28,705
2.4
2.4
2,064
2,055
$28,449
28,445
2.9
3.0
2,119
2,112
$29,517
29,525
3.3
3.3
1,875
1,875
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
34,072
34,988
3.3
3.2
2,017
1,989
34,879
36,481
4.4
4.4
2,118
2,100
32,204
32,217
3.7
3.7
1,785
1,785
39,447
41,798
2.6
2.8
1,920
1,870
43,480
48,591
3.3
3.5
2,091
2,092
34,071
35,234
3.9
3.8
1,692
1,656
56,572
52,169
60,950
5.8
7.3
7.0
2,111
2,327
2,080
59,005
52,169
60,950
5.0
7.3
7.0
2,131
2,327
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45,210
12.1
2,050
51,247
10.9
2,092
–
–
–
46,905
51,832
40,738
37,050
–
13.9
14.2
4.9
1.9
–
2,073
2,039
2,068
2,065
–
47,498
–
40,332
37,272
–
14.8
–
5.2
1.9
–
2,080
–
2,079
2,078
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35,956
36,348
36,017
3.4
5.2
1.7
1,537
1,534
1,520
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36,066
36,424
36,017
3.4
5.2
1.7
1,538
1,535
1,520
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,569
27,631
–
7.4
7.5
–
1,972
1,969
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,072
28,151
–
7.5
7.7
–
1,961
1,959
–
–
32,385
25,056
–
4.4
2.0
–
2,070
2,070
–
34,181
25,389
–
4.5
1.9
–
2,090
2,072
–
24,663
–
–
6.6
–
–
1,982
–
26,965
6.6
2,062
28,991
7.0
2,080
–
–
–
38,603
35,200
36,605
14.1
13.2
12.2
2,156
2,050
2,080
38,096
–
36,605
15.8
–
12.2
2,165
–
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
52,181
8.0
2,142
55,677
10.2
2,191
45,010
9.0
2,041
60,976
10.5
2,188
63,437
13.0
2,227
54,652
13.1
2,089
67,039
5.8
2,332
–
–
–
67,039
5.8
2,332
–
–
65,743
4.9
2,096
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Industrial engineers ................
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Technical ........................................
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Drafters ...................................
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
65,743
4.9
2,096
–
73,870
39,114
33,430
34,306
17.5
8.9
9.5
9.3
2,287
2,074
2,107
2,010
73,666
41,875
–
29,303
17.9
12.2
–
9.6
2,291
2,128
–
2,061
–
34,949
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
1,991
–
–
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
28,465
37,995
41,022
11.3
20.5
21.5
2,191
2,440
2,069
28,487
37,995
41,022
11.3
20.5
21.5
2,191
2,440
2,069
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Secretaries .............................
Receptionists ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Dispatchers .............................
Production coordinators ..........
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Meter readers .........................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Data entry keyers ...................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery repairers
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Electrical power installers and
repairers ...........................
Supervisors, production ..........
Water and sewer treatment
plant operators ..................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Fabricating machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Packaging and filling machine
operators ..........................
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
$38,622
6.1
2,158
$38,622
6.1
2,158
–
–
–
41,519
13,408
7.5
3.7
2,466
2,080
41,519
13,377
7.5
3.7
2,466
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
21,452
22,759
17,583
26,922
2.4
3.9
4.4
16.8
2,025
2,003
2,080
2,023
21,749
23,058
17,583
26,922
2.9
6.2
4.4
16.8
2,075
2,080
2,080
2,023
4.1
4.9
–
–
1,875
1,931
–
–
23,569
26,618
30,151
6.8
5.4
5.9
2,080
2,080
2,106
23,368
–
30,151
8.5
–
5.9
2,080
–
2,106
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24,422
20,349
31,574
8.9
6.6
6.2
2,080
2,080
2,080
24,422
20,349
–
8.9
6.6
–
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
31,574
–
–
6.2
–
–
2,080
21,444
21,036
16,765
17,227
11,352
20,062
5.2
6.4
2.9
5.9
1.4
5.6
2,080
2,021
2,034
2,080
1,473
2,071
21,444
22,164
16,765
17,227
–
20,218
5.2
7.7
2.9
5.9
–
6.0
2,080
2,080
2,034
2,080
–
2,080
–
19,785
–
–
11,352
–
–
10.2
–
–
1.4
–
–
1,956
–
–
1,473
–
26,224
2.4
2,141
26,164
2.6
2,149
26,852
5.5
2,061
31,916
31,600
33,452
3.7
5.1
4.1
2,083
2,080
2,080
32,377
–
33,452
4.2
–
4.1
2,091
–
2,080
29,970
–
–
7.2
–
–
2,052
–
–
24,278
27,108
30,946
8.9
9.7
7.4
2,021
2,080
2,080
–
27,108
–
–
9.7
–
–
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,852
43,547
6.1
10.4
2,080
2,214
–
43,547
–
10.4
–
2,214
30,399
–
6.5
–
2,080
–
27,147
14.1
2,080
–
–
–
27,147
14.1
2,080
22,883
3.3
2,079
22,877
3.3
2,079
–
–
–
23,660
3.7
2,080
23,660
3.7
2,080
–
–
–
17,118
3.2
2,080
17,118
3.2
2,080
–
–
–
19,858
9.5
2,080
19,858
9.5
2,080
–
–
–
24,773
26,535
22,126
7.9
4.1
6.0
2,080
2,080
2,080
24,765
26,535
22,126
8.1
4.1
6.0
2,080
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25,777
5.9
2,080
25,777
5.9
2,080
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
$20,546
22,477
–
–
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
$22,696
–
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Supervisors, handlers,
equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ..................
Helpers, construction trades ...
Construction laborers .............
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Firefighting ..............................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Cooks .....................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
$28,592
31,494
5.9
8.8
2,397
2,610
$28,989
31,896
6.3
9.1
2,419
2,632
8.2
–
2,069
–
23,910
5.7
2,080
23,910
5.7
2,080
–
–
–
20,852
4.5
2,079
20,869
5.0
2,079
20,719
6.2
2,080
20,905
1.7
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,174
22,873
20,770
19,224
11.3
8.5
13.9
5.8
2,150
2,080
2,042
2,080
27,575
22,873
20,638
19,224
12.7
8.5
16.0
5.8
2,159
2,080
2,036
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25,130
16,760
10.9
10.0
2,074
2,080
25,130
16,760
10.9
10.0
2,074
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
20,091
13.7
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
17,007
22,745
31,260
3.5
8.4
5.1
2,053
2,125
2,599
15,329
18,099
–
3.9
17.9
–
2,046
2,080
–
21,741
25,478
31,260
4.2
5.2
5.1
2,071
2,152
2,599
29,095
5.2
2,115
–
–
–
29,095
5.2
2,115
18,155
13,977
18.4
7.4
2,080
2,031
17,861
13,904
18.8
7.7
2,080
2,030
–
–
–
–
–
–
31,666
4,967
17,749
13,364
15,281
12.3
8.7
4.1
4.9
2.6
2,176
1,973
2,037
2,041
2,013
31,666
4,967
17,878
13,283
15,281
12.3
8.7
4.3
5.2
2.6
2,176
1,973
2,033
2,047
2,013
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15,252
17,140
14,729
17,278
14,301
2.8
5.0
2.9
6.2
6.4
2,007
2,055
2,044
2,068
1,992
15,252
16,309
14,717
17,407
14,882
2.8
6.3
3.1
8.9
7.1
2,007
2,058
2,048
2,062
2,080
–
18,711
–
16,991
–
–
5.3
–
3.1
–
–
2,049
–
2,080
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$13.52
13.49
2.5
2.4
$13.03
12.93
3.1
3.0
$15.55
15.57
3.2
3.3
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
16.70
6.83
7.35
8.51
10.53
13.62
16.86
16.70
19.85
23.35
26.86
30.50
36.87
42.55
23.03
17.28
7.80
8.92
10.49
13.28
14.04
16.62
20.02
23.46
26.53
29.76
36.87
42.55
23.03
3.4
3.0
3.4
4.4
2.6
2.8
14.4
2.9
2.8
2.1
7.4
3.4
6.4
10.3
21.5
3.1
2.9
2.6
2.4
2.6
2.8
3.2
2.2
2.2
8.5
3.1
6.4
10.3
21.5
16.32
6.75
7.27
8.40
10.46
13.72
17.79
17.27
18.15
22.75
26.98
30.44
37.51
42.00
27.25
17.03
7.92
8.81
10.36
13.33
14.24
17.23
18.27
22.87
26.41
29.62
37.51
42.00
27.25
4.5
2.9
4.4
4.7
3.1
3.0
17.0
2.5
5.1
2.6
4.3
3.6
7.9
10.7
18.9
4.2
4.3
2.6
2.9
2.7
3.0
2.9
2.1
2.7
5.3
3.3
7.9
10.7
18.9
17.80
–
7.57
9.90
10.79
13.04
13.59
15.69
21.05
24.84
26.68
–
–
–
–
17.83
7.57
9.95
10.79
13.04
13.59
15.69
21.05
24.84
26.68
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
1.9
8.0
3.7
7.4
5.5
6.8
2.6
2.6
17.9
–
–
–
–
3.5
1.9
8.1
3.7
7.4
5.5
6.8
2.6
2.6
17.9
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
20.44
22.27
14.88
15.59
17.12
20.63
23.31
25.90
30.73
26.88
24.12
28.74
30.97
25.00
22.37
29.30
22.05
22.63
25.42
19.70
17.30
18.58
18.07
17.83
18.75
–
23.16
24.44
22.19
23.93
23.70
23.69
–
2.5
2.6
11.9
3.3
4.5
2.6
2.1
15.6
2.8
5.7
5.1
6.3
4.6
18.1
7.5
7.0
11.1
14.0
13.1
4.6
2.0
1.5
1.7
2.2
1.4
–
3.4
7.9
3.1
2.4
5.2
2.3
–
20.75
23.21
–
15.87
18.12
18.38
22.73
27.08
30.73
27.76
24.12
–
30.97
–
22.37
29.30
24.50
22.84
–
19.41
17.55
18.60
18.04
17.83
18.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
3.5
–
3.3
2.4
1.6
2.5
7.9
2.8
5.4
5.1
–
4.6
–
7.5
7.0
10.7
14.8
–
5.0
1.9
1.8
1.8
2.2
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.94
21.13
16.61
–
16.06
21.65
24.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.21
–
–
23.93
23.73
23.69
–
3.8
3.7
10.3
–
8.9
2.8
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
2.4
5.2
2.3
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
$13.98
14.03
–
–
7.7
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.31
14.37
–
–
7.6
7.7
–
–
15.52
10.47
12.74
13.30
18.24
17.95
23.90
11.93
11.84
12.99
17.90
17.17
17.60
–
4.2
4.0
2.8
5.2
8.1
4.0
7.9
2.2
2.2
6.3
13.9
12.4
12.2
–
$16.27
–
12.91
14.39
18.24
17.59
23.90
12.14
–
13.97
17.60
–
17.60
–
4.4
–
2.8
1.0
8.1
4.0
7.9
2.1
–
6.8
15.5
–
12.2
–
12.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.67
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
9 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
24.34
14.13
14.53
18.83
23.84
30.78
28.43
38.31
27.82
18.02
23.13
30.78
28.59
38.31
28.74
31.37
32.31
19.63
18.90
13.04
14.53
24.87
15.87
17.22
6.9
4.6
3.3
4.7
5.9
1.6
5.9
5.8
8.9
5.4
6.8
1.6
6.4
5.8
4.1
2.5
15.0
9.7
8.3
5.0
3.3
8.3
6.2
9.6
25.41
14.16
–
–
22.83
–
27.65
–
28.49
–
21.35
–
27.78
–
–
–
32.16
19.63
19.73
13.00
–
–
–
14.59
9.0
4.8
–
–
7.0
–
7.3
–
11.2
–
7.4
–
8.1
–
–
–
15.4
9.7
11.6
5.4
–
–
–
8.8
21.99
–
–
18.93
–
–
–
–
26.02
–
–
–
–
–
28.74
31.37
–
–
17.55
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
2.5
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
2 ......................................................................
13.89
6.31
7.22
10.66
15.07
23.71
15.57
21.60
13.5
1.1
9.4
7.7
7.6
28.6
20.5
18.9
13.92
6.27
7.21
10.66
15.07
23.71
15.57
21.60
13.5
1.0
9.4
7.7
7.6
28.6
20.5
18.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.90
16.84
20.44
6.41
6.29
6.2
4.0
41.6
3.4
1.1
17.90
16.84
20.44
6.39
6.26
6.2
4.0
41.6
3.4
.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
10.33
2.3
10.20
2.7
10.80
3.9
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
4 ......................................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
4 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
3 ......................................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
2 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
$7.80
8.93
10.47
13.21
13.85
15.62
11.23
8.87
11.01
8.20
13.31
11.33
10.48
12.80
14.31
11.74
9.59
15.18
10.31
10.41
10.18
8.24
8.22
8.38
7.82
7.65
9.54
2.9
2.6
2.7
5.6
4.0
4.2
3.8
2.5
5.6
3.7
16.0
6.8
2.7
5.4
6.2
8.9
6.9
6.2
5.2
6.0
4.6
3.3
5.3
5.0
3.0
2.4
4.8
$7.92
8.81
10.27
13.63
13.46
15.45
10.85
8.88
–
8.31
13.31
11.23
10.18
–
14.31
11.74
9.78
–
10.31
10.66
10.51
8.24
8.22
8.38
–
–
9.57
4.3
2.7
3.3
6.7
5.2
4.6
6.2
2.6
–
4.0
16.0
8.5
4.1
–
6.2
8.9
6.6
–
5.2
7.7
7.4
3.3
5.3
5.0
–
–
5.2
$7.57
10.19
10.97
12.22
15.06
–
11.64
–
11.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.18
–
10.11
9.73
–
–
–
7.82
7.65
–
1.9
8.0
4.0
4.2
3.9
–
4.8
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
9.2
2.9
–
–
–
3.0
2.4
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
12.10
9.23
8.62
10.69
11.25
12.76
16.54
17.23
22.28
23.30
2.3
8.6
3.1
3.7
2.5
3.2
4.2
3.1
4.0
8.7
12.02
9.24
8.59
10.70
11.26
12.98
16.73
17.16
22.13
22.80
2.5
8.8
3.2
3.9
2.6
3.6
4.9
3.5
4.2
9.4
13.00
–
–
10.58
11.12
11.85
15.20
17.66
–
–
5.2
–
–
2.9
7.4
5.6
4.9
4.8
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ...............
Supervisors, production ........................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
15.32
9.06
11.10
11.69
12.27
14.52
17.37
22.48
23.30
15.19
16.08
17.46
12.01
13.03
14.88
14.35
19.67
13.05
3.5
8.1
7.2
3.3
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.9
8.7
5.1
4.1
3.9
7.7
9.7
7.4
6.1
7.6
14.1
15.48
–
11.13
11.40
12.57
14.32
17.28
22.33
22.80
–
16.08
17.46
–
13.03
–
–
19.67
–
4.0
–
8.1
3.3
3.4
4.0
4.1
4.2
9.4
–
4.1
3.9
–
9.7
–
–
7.6
–
14.61
–
–
–
11.85
–
17.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.62
–
13.05
6.5
–
–
–
6.9
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
14.1
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
10.97
8.72
10.39
11.67
3.3
3.1
4.2
3.8
10.97
8.72
10.39
11.67
3.3
3.1
4.2
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
5 ......................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
4 ......................................................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
$14.02
11.37
11.38
8.23
9.55
11.91
12.76
10.53
12.39
5.8
3.7
3.0
3.2
9.5
7.9
4.1
5.8
5.9
$14.02
11.37
11.38
8.23
9.55
11.91
12.76
10.53
12.39
5.8
3.7
3.0
3.2
9.5
8.1
4.1
5.8
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
11.90
9.02
10.12
10.64
11.81
12.03
10.23
11.50
4.6
9.6
3.1
3.1
3.8
7.0
3.2
5.7
11.96
9.02
–
10.74
11.70
12.08
10.21
11.50
4.9
9.6
–
3.4
3.7
7.3
3.4
5.7
$10.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
2 ......................................................................
9.64
7.85
8.21
11.17
13.33
10.05
4.2
4.3
4.1
8.6
3.9
1.7
9.61
7.80
8.14
11.25
–
–
4.6
4.6
4.6
9.4
–
–
9.96
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
12.64
11.00
10.17
8.38
11.14
8.06
9.54
7.86
10.7
8.5
15.5
4.9
8.8
10.0
13.5
5.0
12.77
11.00
10.14
8.38
11.14
8.06
10.07
–
12.0
8.5
17.8
4.9
8.8
10.0
18.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
7.63
6.38
6.03
6.73
9.26
13.17
11.84
13.96
10.61
10.01
13.96
11.94
12.66
12.03
13.75
8.68
5.79
5.17
3.87
3.68
8.68
14.07
2.41
2.35
2.53
3.7
6.0
7.6
10.7
3.6
7.5
4.6
7.0
8.3
2.8
8.1
5.5
4.3
8.4
5.2
17.9
7.9
10.5
17.6
15.9
5.1
12.8
5.2
8.1
8.0
6.84
6.04
5.66
6.71
8.59
–
–
–
8.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.55
5.73
5.12
3.75
3.68
8.77
14.07
2.41
2.35
2.53
4.1
5.7
8.0
11.2
3.8
–
–
–
17.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.4
8.2
10.8
18.0
15.9
5.3
12.8
5.2
8.1
8.0
10.38
8.02
8.63
–
10.26
12.06
11.94
12.66
11.79
9.95
–
11.94
12.66
12.03
13.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
3.9
4.0
–
5.3
2.8
5.5
4.3
4.2
2.8
–
5.5
4.3
8.4
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Cooks ...................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
3 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..............................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.27
8.93
7.84
4.75
6.30
7.61
7.73
7.60
7.74
8.19
7.52
7.54
10.65
7.21
8.10
7.53
7.28
11.01
6.88
6.35
5.81
8.66
6.11
6.7
4.3
1.7
19.8
2.9
2.0
1.7
2.1
1.9
5.4
6.8
4.4
13.4
2.4
6.6
8.1
2.6
13.3
4.9
5.7
6.9
9.7
12.0
$8.30
9.06
–
4.67
6.30
7.61
7.73
7.60
7.74
7.74
7.17
7.03
–
7.19
8.09
–
7.02
–
6.78
–
5.79
–
6.11
7.2
4.1
–
20.4
2.9
2.0
1.7
2.1
1.9
6.4
7.3
1.6
–
2.6
9.2
–
1.4
–
5.2
–
7.2
–
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.09
–
–
–
–
8.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information.
3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
19
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$13.90
13.97
2.3
2.4
$13.43
13.47
2.9
2.9
$15.74
15.75
3.3
3.3
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
16.89
7.21
7.43
8.56
10.59
13.67
14.34
16.70
19.84
23.36
26.72
30.34
36.87
42.55
17.59
7.83
8.97
10.47
13.33
14.06
16.61
20.02
23.46
26.36
29.80
36.87
42.55
3.2
6.3
4.0
4.4
2.8
2.9
3.7
2.9
2.9
2.1
7.4
3.4
6.4
10.3
3.1
3.2
2.6
2.4
2.6
2.8
3.2
2.3
2.2
8.6
3.1
6.4
10.3
16.47
–
7.38
8.43
10.55
13.73
14.55
17.27
18.06
22.76
26.75
30.26
37.51
42.00
17.38
7.95
8.85
10.36
13.33
14.23
17.23
18.17
22.88
26.10
29.67
37.51
42.00
4.2
–
5.3
4.6
3.3
3.0
4.3
2.5
5.4
2.7
4.0
3.7
7.9
10.7
4.2
4.7
2.7
2.9
2.7
3.0
2.9
2.2
2.7
4.9
3.4
7.9
10.7
18.04
–
7.60
10.26
10.76
13.33
13.69
15.68
21.06
24.84
26.68
–
–
–
18.05
7.60
10.34
10.76
13.33
13.69
15.68
21.06
24.84
26.68
–
–
–
3.6
–
1.4
7.9
3.8
8.0
5.6
6.9
2.7
2.6
17.9
–
–
–
3.6
1.4
7.9
3.8
8.0
5.6
6.9
2.7
2.6
17.9
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
20.54
22.35
15.09
15.81
17.13
20.66
23.32
25.55
30.73
26.80
24.18
30.97
22.42
29.30
22.05
22.63
25.42
19.70
17.31
18.36
17.94
17.86
18.53
–
23.39
24.44
23.93
23.69
23.69
–
–
13.98
14.03
–
2.5
2.7
11.7
3.0
4.6
2.7
2.1
16.0
2.8
5.7
5.1
4.6
7.7
7.0
11.1
14.0
13.1
4.8
2.0
1.7
1.8
2.2
1.5
–
3.4
7.9
2.4
5.2
2.3
–
–
7.7
7.8
–
20.79
23.23
–
15.87
18.14
18.22
22.74
26.31
30.73
27.69
24.18
30.97
22.42
29.30
24.50
22.84
–
19.40
17.56
18.42
17.94
17.86
18.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
3.5
–
3.3
2.4
1.6
2.5
7.0
2.8
5.4
5.1
4.6
7.7
7.0
10.7
14.8
–
5.2
2.0
1.9
1.9
2.2
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.14
21.27
17.02
–
16.05
21.68
24.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.45
–
23.93
23.73
23.69
–
–
14.31
14.37
–
3.9
3.7
9.1
–
9.0
2.8
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
2.4
5.2
2.3
–
–
7.6
7.7
–
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
–
$15.64
10.52
12.82
13.26
18.24
17.95
23.90
12.11
11.95
13.08
17.90
17.17
17.60
–
4.2
4.4
2.8
5.3
8.1
4.0
7.9
2.1
2.1
6.4
13.9
12.4
12.2
–
$16.35
–
12.91
–
18.24
17.59
23.90
12.25
–
13.94
17.60
–
17.60
–
4.5
–
2.8
–
8.1
4.0
7.9
2.1
–
7.0
15.5
–
12.2
–
$12.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
9 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
24.36
14.13
14.53
18.83
23.84
30.78
28.50
38.31
27.87
18.02
23.13
30.78
28.59
38.31
28.74
31.37
32.31
19.63
18.86
13.04
14.53
24.87
15.87
17.07
6.9
4.6
3.3
4.7
5.9
1.6
6.0
5.8
8.9
5.4
6.8
1.6
6.4
5.8
4.1
2.5
15.0
9.7
8.4
5.0
3.3
8.3
6.2
10.0
25.41
14.16
–
–
22.83
–
27.72
–
28.49
–
21.35
–
27.78
–
–
–
32.16
19.63
19.67
13.00
–
–
–
14.22
9.0
4.8
–
–
7.0
–
7.5
–
11.2
–
7.4
–
8.1
–
–
–
15.4
9.7
11.8
5.4
–
–
–
8.7
22.05
–
–
18.93
–
–
–
–
26.17
–
–
–
–
–
28.74
31.37
–
–
17.55
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
2.5
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Cashiers ...............................................................
12.99
6.96
10.95
15.16
15.26
15.57
19.83
10.3
8.4
8.4
7.6
8.6
20.5
21.0
13.00
6.94
10.95
15.16
15.26
15.57
19.83
10.3
8.5
8.4
7.6
8.6
20.5
21.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.90
16.84
6.45
6.2
4.0
3.7
17.90
16.84
6.43
6.2
4.0
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
10.59
7.83
8.98
10.47
13.21
13.85
15.62
11.36
2.4
3.2
2.7
2.7
5.6
4.0
4.2
3.8
10.48
7.95
8.85
10.28
13.63
13.46
15.45
11.09
2.9
4.7
2.7
3.3
6.7
5.2
4.6
6.2
10.96
7.60
10.34
10.97
12.22
15.06
–
11.64
4.0
1.4
7.9
4.0
4.2
3.9
–
4.8
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Secretaries –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
4 ......................................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
4 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
$9.07
11.01
8.45
13.31
11.33
10.48
12.80
14.31
11.74
9.78
15.18
10.31
10.41
10.18
8.24
8.28
7.71
9.69
2.7
5.6
4.4
16.0
6.8
2.7
5.4
6.2
8.9
6.6
6.2
5.2
6.0
4.6
3.3
5.9
2.5
5.5
–
–
$8.45
13.31
11.23
10.18
–
14.31
11.74
9.78
–
10.31
10.66
10.51
8.24
8.28
–
9.72
–
–
4.4
16.0
8.5
4.1
–
6.2
8.9
6.6
–
5.2
7.7
7.4
3.3
5.9
–
6.0
–
$11.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.18
–
10.11
9.73
–
–
7.71
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
9.2
2.9
–
–
2.5
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
12.25
9.73
8.62
10.73
11.25
12.76
16.54
17.23
22.28
23.30
2.4
8.3
3.2
3.7
2.5
3.2
4.2
3.1
4.0
8.7
12.17
9.76
8.58
10.73
11.26
12.98
16.73
17.16
22.13
22.80
2.5
8.4
3.3
3.9
2.6
3.6
4.9
3.5
4.2
9.4
13.03
–
–
10.69
11.12
11.85
15.20
17.66
–
–
5.3
–
–
2.9
7.4
5.6
4.9
4.8
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ...............
Supervisors, production ........................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
15.32
9.06
11.10
11.69
12.27
14.52
17.37
22.48
23.30
15.19
16.08
17.46
12.01
13.03
14.88
14.35
19.67
13.05
3.5
8.1
7.2
3.3
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.9
8.7
5.1
4.1
3.9
7.7
9.7
7.4
6.1
7.6
14.1
15.48
–
11.13
11.40
12.57
14.32
17.28
22.33
22.80
–
16.08
17.46
–
13.03
–
–
19.67
–
4.0
–
8.1
3.3
3.4
4.0
4.1
4.2
9.4
–
4.1
3.9
–
9.7
–
–
7.6
–
14.61
–
–
–
11.85
–
17.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.62
–
13.05
6.5
–
–
–
6.9
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
14.1
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
4 ......................................................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
11.01
8.73
10.41
11.67
14.02
11.37
11.38
8.23
9.55
11.91
12.76
10.64
3.3
3.1
4.2
3.8
5.8
3.7
3.0
3.2
9.5
7.9
4.1
6.0
11.00
8.73
10.41
11.67
14.02
11.37
11.38
8.23
9.55
11.91
12.76
10.64
3.3
3.1
4.2
3.8
5.8
3.7
3.0
3.2
9.5
8.1
4.1
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
$12.39
5.9
$12.39
5.9
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
11.93
9.02
10.14
10.64
11.81
12.07
10.23
11.50
4.6
9.6
3.2
3.1
3.8
7.1
3.2
5.7
11.99
9.02
–
10.74
11.70
12.12
10.21
11.50
4.9
9.6
–
3.4
3.7
7.3
3.4
5.7
$10.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
2 ......................................................................
10.03
8.68
8.15
11.26
13.33
10.05
4.5
4.2
4.6
8.8
3.9
1.7
10.04
8.67
8.06
11.34
–
–
5.0
4.5
5.1
9.7
–
–
9.96
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
12.64
11.00
10.17
9.24
12.12
8.06
9.66
7.86
10.7
8.5
15.5
5.8
10.9
10.0
13.7
5.0
12.77
11.00
10.14
9.24
12.12
8.06
–
–
12.0
8.5
17.8
5.8
10.9
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
4 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
3 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
8.29
6.64
6.86
7.29
9.43
13.26
11.94
13.96
10.70
10.01
11.94
12.66
12.03
13.75
8.73
6.88
5.27
5.57
4.20
8.89
14.55
2.52
8.71
8.97
6.55
6.30
7.59
7.70
7.60
7.72
8.34
7.76
7.62
3.4
6.6
4.6
8.7
3.5
8.0
5.1
7.0
8.0
2.8
5.5
4.3
8.4
5.2
18.4
6.7
10.3
14.1
16.9
3.9
13.8
6.9
4.1
4.0
4.6
4.0
2.0
1.7
2.2
1.9
5.1
5.3
4.3
7.49
6.27
6.49
7.29
8.79
–
–
–
8.70
–
–
–
–
–
8.59
6.85
5.27
5.38
4.20
9.02
14.55
2.52
8.79
9.14
6.49
6.30
7.59
7.70
7.60
7.72
7.92
7.42
7.12
3.8
6.4
4.0
9.2
3.2
–
–
–
17.9
–
–
–
–
–
18.8
7.0
10.3
15.5
16.9
3.8
13.8
6.9
4.3
3.8
4.9
4.0
2.0
1.7
2.2
1.9
6.2
6.2
2.0
10.50
–
–
–
10.26
–
11.94
12.66
11.84
9.95
11.94
12.66
12.03
13.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.13
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
5.3
–
5.5
4.3
4.3
2.8
5.5
4.3
8.4
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
3 ......................................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.65
7.21
8.36
7.83
7.46
11.01
7.18
13.4
2.4
6.0
6.4
2.7
13.3
6.5
–
$7.19
8.44
7.39
7.21
–
7.15
–
2.6
8.6
8.5
2.8
–
7.1
–
–
$8.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
24
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$8.73
6.50
21.7
7.1
$8.69
6.22
23.6
7.6
$9.20
9.27
8.8
9.0
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
13.81
6.64
6.93
8.00
8.99
19.93
9.84
7.56
7.65
19.93
28.2
2.5
4.9
7.5
9.7
3.8
7.9
6.5
3.1
3.8
14.37
6.64
6.72
8.06
8.61
–
9.79
7.67
–
–
30.4
2.5
6.3
8.4
9.6
–
9.4
9.3
–
–
9.89
–
7.47
–
–
–
10.03
–
–
–
11.9
–
7.1
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
8 ......................................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Technical ......................................................................
16.21
18.72
19.93
–
19.60
19.60
–
–
–
11.0
10.5
3.8
–
3.5
3.5
–
–
–
18.97
22.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.35
13.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.4
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
18.53
33.63
6.32
41.2
26.4
3.3
18.72
33.63
6.27
41.2
26.4
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
2 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
7.21
7.56
8.66
2.8
6.5
3.1
7.16
7.67
–
3.1
9.3
–
7.58
–
–
7.0
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
7.10
6.14
4.6
2.9
7.02
6.14
4.5
2.9
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
6.99
6.04
5.2
3.0
6.99
6.04
5.2
3.0
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
4.74
5.33
3.99
3.82
–
3.79
4.77
3.12
2.22
9.5
7.3
16.9
18.6
–
15.0
19.5
21.0
2.5
4.61
5.21
3.95
3.75
–
3.72
–
3.09
2.22
9.9
8.2
17.2
18.8
–
15.5
–
21.1
2.5
See footnotes at end of table.
25
7.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Health service ...........................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
$5.76
5.76
6.25
–
1.6
1.6
4.9
–
–
–
$5.99
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Private industry and State and local government
Occupational group
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$13.90
13.97
$8.73
6.50
$13.31
13.30
$13.54
13.51
$13.36
13.54
$16.53
11.41
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
16.89
17.59
13.81
9.84
13.86
13.79
16.80
17.43
16.45
17.31
20.79
–
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
20.54
22.35
15.64
24.36
12.99
10.59
16.21
18.72
–
–
18.53
7.21
15.39
–
13.68
–
–
11.83
20.70
22.34
15.76
24.34
13.88
10.26
20.44
22.27
15.52
24.34
10.50
10.30
–
–
–
–
21.54
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
12.25
15.32
11.01
11.93
10.03
7.10
–
–
–
6.99
13.30
16.39
11.77
15.34
11.22
11.69
15.08
10.57
10.76
9.19
12.13
15.44
11.18
11.90
9.49
11.57
14.01
7.89
–
–
Service .................................................................................
8.29
4.74
–
7.61
7.61
–
Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.3
2.4
21.7
7.1
3.8
3.8
2.8
2.7
2.4
2.4
14.1
6.6
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
3.2
3.1
28.2
7.9
5.7
5.6
3.5
3.1
3.2
3.1
16.9
–
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.5
2.7
4.2
6.9
10.3
2.4
11.0
10.5
–
–
41.2
2.8
6.2
–
4.2
–
–
9.2
2.6
2.7
4.5
6.9
13.6
2.4
2.5
2.6
4.2
6.9
10.2
2.3
–
–
–
–
17.2
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2.4
3.5
3.3
4.6
4.5
4.6
–
–
–
5.2
4.3
3.5
6.3
8.2
4.6
2.8
4.1
4.1
4.5
5.1
2.4
3.7
3.2
4.8
4.2
7.7
7.9
5.8
–
–
Service .................................................................................
3.4
9.5
–
3.7
3.7
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary;
incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on
productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria.
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Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Full-time and part-time workers
Goods-producing industries3
Occupational group
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-producing industries4
Total
TransportFinance,
Wholesale
ation and
insurance,
and retail
public utiland real
trade
ities
estate
Services
Mean
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
$13.03
12.93
$15.47
15.07
–
–
$12.74 $15.86
12.74 15.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.54
10.72
$12.06
11.99
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
16.32
17.03
22.72
21.90
–
–
–
–
23.01
22.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.43
10.61
15.45
15.40
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
20.75
23.21
16.27
25.41
13.92
10.20
26.37
28.86
20.80
24.71
31.41
12.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.37
28.86
20.80
24.99
31.41
12.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.81
–
8.40
18.27
20.22
14.13
26.73
–
9.39
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
12.02
15.48
10.97
11.96
12.51
15.90
11.27
11.34
–
–
–
–
12.44
13.95
–
–
12.52
16.76
11.26
11.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.90
14.17
–
–
9.61
10.60
–
10.04
10.83
–
–
–
–
7.29
Service .......................................................................
6.84
13.08
–
–
13.08
–
–
–
–
7.16
Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
3.1
3.0
4.0
3.2
–
–
4.8
4.8
4.3
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.0
12.7
6.6
6.7
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
4.5
4.2
6.1
4.8
–
–
–
–
6.2
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.7
12.5
6.7
6.8
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
3.2
3.5
4.4
9.0
13.5
2.7
4.5
4.9
5.5
8.9
28.3
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
4.9
5.5
9.5
28.3
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.6
–
2.9
4.5
4.3
3.9
9.3
–
3.3
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
2.5
4.0
3.3
4.9
2.7
4.7
3.0
3.5
–
–
–
–
5.5
5.8
–
–
3.1
5.3
3.0
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
9.8
–
–
4.6
5.5
–
10.9
6.2
–
–
–
–
5.8
Service .......................................................................
4.1
8.7
–
–
8.7
–
–
–
–
2.3
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
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Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Full-time and part-time workers
100 workers or more
Occupational group
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers3
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$13.03
12.93
$12.11
11.34
$13.36
13.41
$11.84
11.79
$16.29
16.27
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
16.32
17.03
16.08
16.96
16.41
17.05
14.25
14.79
20.23
20.25
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
20.75
23.21
16.27
25.41
13.92
10.20
19.91
22.12
17.55
34.37
15.06
9.57
20.85
23.31
16.05
22.63
12.59
10.41
19.39
21.92
14.34
19.91
12.32
9.77
22.13
24.53
17.49
26.39
–
12.15
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
12.02
15.48
10.97
11.96
9.61
10.61
14.00
10.56
10.30
8.91
12.46
15.77
11.05
13.11
9.94
11.41
14.04
10.56
11.26
9.74
14.26
18.33
11.61
–
10.60
Service .................................................................................
6.84
6.14
7.17
7.17
7.14
Relative error4 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
3.1
3.0
9.4
9.4
3.1
3.3
4.1
4.5
4.4
4.4
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
4.5
4.2
13.7
14.7
4.3
4.3
6.1
6.7
4.5
4.6
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
3.2
3.5
4.4
9.0
13.5
2.7
12.5
15.9
6.6
23.1
21.8
5.5
3.3
3.6
5.1
6.0
10.6
3.4
4.4
3.8
3.2
6.2
11.0
2.9
5.1
5.8
7.3
9.4
–
6.4
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2.5
4.0
3.3
4.9
4.6
4.8
7.4
7.4
6.9
8.4
2.8
4.5
3.6
7.2
5.4
3.4
4.4
6.0
5.4
6.5
4.1
5.5
3.2
–
7.9
Service .................................................................................
4.1
6.1
5.5
3.4
21.1
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain
establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between
survey sampling and collection.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information
about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all the steps required to produce the data.
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy which were not selected for
collection. See appendix table 1 for a count of establishments in the survey by employment size. The second stage
of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers
or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services industries); and State and local
governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment is an
economic unit that produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support
services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is
defined as all locations of a government entity.
The Knoxville, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier, and Union Counties.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail
and telephone, were used to follow-up and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multi-step process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps.
Special procedures were developed for jobs
A-1
for which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The number of jobs collected in each establishment was
based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in
the following schedule:
Number
of employees
50-99
100-249
250-999
1000-2,499
2,500+
Number
of selected jobs
8
10
12
16
20
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In
cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level
were used to classify the job. Classification by primary
duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen
worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as
holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker
was classified as having a time versus incentive job, deA-2
pending on whether any part of pay was directly based on
the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on
hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being
in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
Terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “generic
leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all
occupations randomly selected in an establishment using
the same criteria. This is a major departure from the
method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational
Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined
occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
which written description best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix
table 3 presents average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations. A description of
the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a job
with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data
users evaluate jobs in their firms
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic
level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis
showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a
given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed
research continues in the area and will be published by
BLS in the future.
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the
establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables
reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g.,
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free room and board
Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses
given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various time periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were also
collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of
hours actually worked was collected.
A-3
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time.
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note and the example for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below).
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time.
Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for
the job.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National
Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply
information. If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights of responding sample members in the same
or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing
data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the
nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents at
some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding
establishments were classified into these cells according to
industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments
were classified into cells that were additionally defined by
major occupation group and job level.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Survey response
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in
survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data
Establishments
317
218
19
80
Some surveys may have a high nonresponse rate for the
all industries or private industry iterations. Such instances
are noted in the bulletin table footnotes.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by number of
workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding
establishments and other factors; and the occupation work
schedule, varying depending on whether hourly, weekly, or
annual rates are being calculated.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that
could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational
structures among establishments differ, estimates of the
number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve only to indicate the relative importance of the
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occupational groups studied.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all
possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the
standard error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers was $12.79 with a relative standard error of 3.6
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 (1.645
times 3.6 percent = 5.922 percent times $12.27, plus or minus $0.76). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample
would include the true population value approximately 90
percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data
obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all
survey areas will be used in the development of a formal
quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling
error. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
State and local
government
Total
Private industry
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
145,500
133,700
115,200
103,500
30,300
30,200
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
71,200
59,300
50,700
38,900
20,500
20,400
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
29,500
22,100
7,300
8,000
11,900
21,800
16,800
10,900
5,900
5,400
11,800
16,700
12,600
11,200
1,400
2,700
–
5,200
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
44,300
12,100
14,600
8,300
9,300
40,500
9,700
14,600
7,600
8,500
3,800
2,300
–
600
800
Service .................................................................................
30,000
24,000
6,000
1 The number of workers represented by the survey are
rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers
provide a description of size and composition of the labor force
included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure employment
trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were
included in the survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and
establishment employment size, Knoxville, TN, July 1999
Number of establishments studied
Industry
All industries .......................................................................................
Private industry ...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ........................................................
Mining .....................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................
Manufacturing .........................................................................
Service-producing industries ......................................................
Tranportation and public utilities .............................................
Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................
Services ..................................................................................
State and local government ............................................................
Number of
establishments repreTotal studied
sented1
900
900
200
(3)
(3)
200
600
100
300
(3)
200
(3)
1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100.
2 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with
fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
3 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50.
181
151
57
1
9
47
94
13
33
6
42
30
100 workers or more
50 - 99
workers2
61
57
15
1
3
11
42
5
22
2
13
4
100 - 499
workers
Total
120
94
42
–
87
73
32
–
6
36
52
8
11
4
29
26
500 workers
or more
6
26
41
6
10
3
22
14
33
21
10
–
–
10
11
2
1
1
7
12
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry
groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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