National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the
East South Central Census Division, 2000
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lois L. Orr, Acting Commissioner
November 2001
Bulletin 2547-6
Preface
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he National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings,
compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed
benefit provisions. This bulletin focuses on occupational
earnings.
The NCS replaced the Occupational Compensation
Survey. The major difference between these two surveys
is that the Occupational Compensation Survey used the
same preselected list of occupations for all localities. The
NCS uses a probability-based sample of establishments and
occupations that are intended to represent more fully the
employment patterns and occupational mix of every
locality.
This bulletin presents aggregated pay data from the
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan local area surveys conducted in the East South Central census division. (See
Technical Note.) It provides estimates of occupational pay
for the census division, as well as selected data by worker
and establishment characteristics.
NCS bulletins are published for each of the nine census
divisions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North
Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South
Central, West South Central, Mountain, and Pacific.
For additional information regarding this survey, please
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Contents
Page
Occupational Wages in the East South Central Census Division, 2000 ……………………………………….
1
Tables:
Table 1. Summary, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, private industry and State and local government ……………………………………………
3
Table 2. Summary, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas ……………………………………………………
4
Table 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for
full-time and part-time workers ……………………………………………………………………………..
5
Table 4. Selected occupations, East South Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings for
full-time and part-time workers ……………………………………..………………..………………..……
10
Table 5. Selected occupations, East South Central, State and local government: Mean hourly
earnings and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers ……..………………..………………..…..
14
Table 6. Occupations and levels, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours,
private industry and State and local government …………………………………..…………….…….……
17
Technical Note …………………………..…………………..……………………………………………..….
29
Table A. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group, East South Central .…….
31
Table B. Number of establishments studied, by industry group and establishment
employment size, East South Central ……..…………………..…………………...………………………..
32
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Occupational Wages in the East South
Central Census Division, 2000
T
his bulletin provides 2000 National Compensation
Survey (NCS) estimates of occupational pay in the
East South Central census division. The bulletin highlights
average (mean) hourly pay for workers by seven characteristics:
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with 2,500 or more employees, had average hourly pay of
$19.01. Workers in the smallest establishment-size category studied (1 to 99 employees) averaged $12.40.
Table 2 shows that workers in metropolitan areas averaged $13.96 per hour, more than the average pay of $10.07
per hour for workers in nonmetropolitan areas. Table 2
also shows that, for most of the worker and establishment
characteristics presented, average pay for metropolitan area
workers was higher than for their counterparts in
nonmetropolitan areas. See the Technical Note for definitions of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
Among the nine census divisions, average earnings
were generally highest in the Middle Atlantic, New
England, and Pacific regions. Average earnings for all
census divisions, and for other characteristics, can be seen
in tables 1 and 2.
Full-time, part-time, and combined average pay rates
for occupations in private industry and in State and local
governments are shown in tables 3, 4, and 5. These tables
contain wage rates and mean weekly hours for individual
occupations and for major occupational groups. All
registered nurses, for example, averaged $18.63 per hour
(table 3). Registered nurses in private industry averaged
$18.13 (table 4), while their counterparts in State and local
government averaged $19.61 per hour (table 5). Laborers,
except construction, averaged $8.68 in private industry and
$9.31 in State and local governments. Janitors and
cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $10.30 in private
industry and $8.52 in State and local government.
Earnings by occupational group and levels are shown in
table 6. Generally, earnings increased as work levels
became higher. For example, average hourly earnings of
white-collar workers ranged from $6.50 for work level 1 to
$59.28 for level 14. Average hourly earnings of bluecollar workers ranged from $8.63 (level 1) to $22.75 (level
9); service workers ranged from $5.83 (level 1) to $21.83
(level 9). The Bureau applies an “occupational leveling”
technique with 10 criteria to determine the work level. The
Technical Note has more information on occupational
leveling.
Table A in the Technical Note shows the number of
workers represented by the surveys in the East South
Central census division by major occupational group, such
as professional specialty and technical, sales, and transportation and material moving. Table B shows the number
of establishments studied in the East South Central census
division by employment size; more establishments were
studied in the group having 1 to 99 workers than in any
other size category.
Private industry and State and local government
Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas
Selected occupations and major occupational
groups
Full-time and part-time status
Bargaining status
Size of establishment
Work level
Wages in the East South Central census division averaged $12.64 per hour during 2000. Workers in private industry in the East South Central region averaged $12.08
per hour, while pay of workers in State and local governments averaged $16.93 per hour. The nationwide hourly
average for all workers covered by the survey was $15.80.
Table 1 in this bulletin provides an overview of average pay for workers in private industry and State and local
governments, by selected worker and establishment characteristics. For example, white-collar workers in private
industry averaged $14.53 per hour, and blue-collar workers
averaged $11.65. Corresponding averages in State and
local governments were $19.98 and $13.04. In most census divisions, average hourly earnings are generally lower
for private industry workers than for State and local government workers; part of this difference can be explained
by differences in the occupational and industrial mix of the
two sectors. For example, professional specialty and
technical occupations are more prevalent in State and local
governments than in private industry. Conversely, few
State and local government workers are in goods-producing industries other than construction.
Full-time workers in the East South Central region
averaged $13.08 per hour, while part-time workers averaged $8.16. In private industry, full-time workers averaged $12.50 an hour and part-time workers averaged $7.99.
For workers in State and local governments, average
hourly pay was $17.27 and $10.49, respectively. Full-time
or part-time designation is based on the employer’s
definition of those terms.
Average hourly pay is generally higher for workers in
larger establishments. In the East South Central region,
workers in large establishments—that is, establishments
1
TABLE 1. Summary, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private
industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 2000
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic areas
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
$12.64
7.3
37.0
$12.08
7.8
37.0
$16.93
1.7
36.7
15.39
21.50
8.0
2.0
37.2
37.2
14.53
20.33
9.6
5.9
37.4
38.2
19.98
23.14
1.6
2.8
36.3
35.8
26.06
11.07
11.09
11.70
14.74
11.2
12.5
1.7
4.1
4.2
39.8
36.4
37.2
38.9
39.3
26.26
11.07
11.16
11.65
14.68
12.7
12.6
2.0
4.3
4.7
40.1
36.4
37.3
39.0
39.3
24.86
9.41
10.63
13.04
15.49
3.1
6.9
1.2
4.4
5.6
37.7
36.7
36.9
36.9
39.5
11.33
12.06
5.7
4.2
38.8
40.6
11.32
12.10
5.7
4.5
38.8
41.5
–
11.55
–
3.2
–
31.2
8.96
8.47
3.0
1.4
37.8
34.3
8.91
8.08
3.0
3.3
37.7
33.9
10.17
11.13
5.5
6.5
39.8
37.9
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
13.08
8.16
7.9
8.4
40.0
20.9
12.50
7.99
8.5
9.4
40.1
21.0
17.27
10.49
2.0
4.6
38.7
18.8
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
14.55
12.46
11.9
7.3
38.8
36.8
13.67
11.94
11.5
8.0
38.8
36.9
19.37
16.60
3.9
1.9
39.1
36.4
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
12.25
18.41
7.0
12.0
36.9
38.2
11.59
18.41
7.2
12.0
36.9
38.2
16.93
–
1.7
–
36.7
–
Goods producing ....................................
Service producing ...................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
13.37
11.57
5.0
8.9
39.3
36.2
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1 to 99 workers7 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
12.40
13.27
14.54
–
19.01
6.0
3.8
7.7
–
1.9
35.6
38.1
37.9
–
36.1
12.32
12.93
13.54
–
19.17
6.5
4.3
9.8
–
7.6
35.6
38.3
38.4
–
35.0
15.00
15.68
17.40
15.41
18.87
13.4
4.2
4.1
6.1
3.6
34.8
36.9
36.5
37.3
37.0
Metropolitan ............................................
Nonmetropolitan .....................................
13.96
10.07
2.8
9.4
36.5
38.0
13.49
–
3.6
–
36.4
–
17.56
15.73
1.1
4.1
36.9
36.4
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
17.45
18.25
15.75
14.99
14.90
12.64
14.57
14.67
17.15
1.7
3.1
2.4
3.3
2.8
7.3
3.3
3.0
1.4
35.4
34.7
35.8
35.3
36.5
37.0
36.8
35.6
35.6
16.82
17.40
15.03
14.22
14.38
12.08
14.08
13.81
16.11
2.6
3.8
2.5
3.3
3.6
7.8
3.8
3.4
1.7
35.4
34.6
35.8
35.0
36.2
37.0
36.6
35.3
35.5
22.75
23.02
20.91
19.19
17.52
16.93
16.95
19.51
22.84
1.8
1.8
2.1
2.8
1.6
1.7
1.9
2.6
1.4
35.6
35.3
35.9
37.2
38.1
36.7
38.3
36.9
35.7
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:
Geographic areas:8
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1999
and April 2001. The average reference period was September 2000.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
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 Technical Note for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
8 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as
well as nine census divisions. See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in each
census division and the States comprising the nine census divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
3
TABLE 2. Summary, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics,
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 2000
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic areas
Metropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Nonmetropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$12.64
12.08
16.93
7.3
7.8
1.7
37.0
37.0
36.7
$13.96
13.49
17.56
2.8
3.6
1.1
36.5
36.4
36.9
$10.07
–
15.73
9.4
–
4.1
38.0
–
36.4
15.39
21.50
8.0
2.0
37.2
37.2
16.61
21.86
4.7
2.5
36.9
37.3
11.83
20.13
15.6
1.9
38.3
36.4
26.06
11.07
11.09
11.70
14.74
11.2
12.5
1.7
4.1
4.2
39.8
36.4
37.2
38.9
39.3
26.51
13.13
11.13
12.34
14.61
12.0
11.5
2.0
2.3
3.2
39.9
34.7
37.0
38.8
39.2
22.20
–
10.87
10.20
15.55
5.9
–
4.1
9.4
13.3
39.0
–
38.3
39.3
40.0
11.33
12.06
5.7
4.2
38.8
40.6
12.03
12.06
5.5
4.7
38.0
41.5
10.33
12.08
9.3
10.3
40.0
34.2
8.96
8.47
3.0
1.4
37.8
34.3
9.46
8.55
2.7
2.5
36.6
31.7
8.37
–
3.3
–
39.2
–
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
13.08
8.16
7.9
8.4
40.0
20.9
14.62
8.55
2.3
8.8
40.0
21.2
10.26
6.41
9.6
11.3
39.8
19.6
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
14.55
12.46
11.9
7.3
38.8
36.8
16.88
13.67
6.5
3.6
38.5
36.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
12.25
18.41
7.0
12.0
36.9
38.2
13.41
20.87
2.1
4.8
36.4
37.9
10.05
10.61
9.7
1.8
37.9
39.0
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
13.37
11.57
5.0
8.9
39.3
36.2
14.39
13.08
3.3
4.1
39.1
35.4
10.71
–
10.4
–
39.8
–
1 to 99 workers8 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
12.40
13.27
14.54
–
19.01
6.0
3.8
7.7
–
1.9
35.6
38.1
37.9
–
36.1
12.53
14.05
15.08
15.56
19.01
6.1
4.8
3.3
2.2
1.9
35.6
38.4
37.4
36.8
36.1
10.34
11.67
14.03
–
–
6.3
4.9
13.9
–
–
35.6
37.5
38.4
–
–
17.45
18.25
15.75
14.99
14.90
12.64
14.57
14.67
17.15
1.7
3.1
2.4
3.3
2.8
7.3
3.3
3.0
1.4
35.4
34.7
35.8
35.3
36.5
37.0
36.8
35.6
35.6
17.63
18.33
15.90
15.36
15.13
13.96
14.59
14.54
17.19
1.7
3.2
2.6
3.7
2.9
2.8
3.6
3.1
1.4
35.5
34.7
35.7
35.1
36.4
36.5
36.9
35.5
35.5
14.97
15.48
14.47
13.20
12.98
10.07
14.33
15.96
16.02
3.5
2.2
5.3
5.0
6.2
9.4
5.0
5.6
7.3
34.4
35.8
37.1
36.4
37.5
38.0
36.7
36.2
37.0
Total ............................................................
Private Industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Worker characteristics:5
White-collar occupations6 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations6 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations6 ..............................
Establishment characteristics:
Geographic areas:9
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
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 Metropolitan areas can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For
more information, see Technical Note.
3 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1999
and April 2001. The average reference period was September 2000.
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 Technical Note.
5 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.
6 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information.
7 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
8 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
9 See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in each census division and the
States comprising the nine census divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
4
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 2000
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$12.64
12.92
7.3
6.5
37.0
37.1
$13.08
13.29
7.9
6.7
40.0
39.9
$8.16
8.56
8.4
8.8
20.9
20.4
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
15.39
17.44
8.0
4.9
37.2
37.6
15.83
17.59
8.4
4.2
39.9
39.7
10.55
14.96
18.0
20.7
21.4
20.2
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Health related ........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
English teachers ................................................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Designers ...........................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Computer programmers .....................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
21.50
23.08
28.79
30.99
–
28.17
28.05
28.32
28.96
24.27
23.80
30.07
20.34
18.63
33.26
16.59
16.77
25.01
36.63
36.42
30.20
24.02
25.84
23.03
10.46
24.94
25.04
24.87
25.87
7.26
19.74
23.76
23.76
–
–
11.86
11.83
11.53
44.40
44.40
2.0
3.9
1.8
4.4
–
5.1
2.6
6.8
2.7
3.4
3.6
2.2
2.2
2.5
5.1
4.1
6.8
.8
14.6
17.5
6.0
7.9
2.3
3.3
14.8
1.6
2.7
5.7
6.3
5.7
16.3
9.9
9.9
–
–
9.4
10.1
2.0
4.7
4.7
37.2
36.8
40.6
40.0
–
41.0
41.4
40.3
40.6
39.9
39.8
39.8
37.1
37.0
36.0
41.0
36.2
34.8
31.0
31.8
27.7
28.6
37.7
36.0
38.5
38.0
37.2
37.2
36.9
9.3
39.1
36.2
36.2
–
–
39.5
39.5
39.7
43.3
43.3
21.62
23.17
28.79
30.99
32.01
28.17
28.14
28.32
28.96
24.28
23.80
30.07
20.42
18.65
33.09
16.59
17.47
–
36.74
–
–
23.74
25.84
23.31
10.39
24.94
25.05
24.87
26.09
–
19.74
24.18
24.18
21.24
21.15
11.83
11.79
11.58
45.21
45.21
2.2
4.2
1.8
4.4
7.2
5.1
2.4
6.8
2.7
3.4
3.7
2.2
2.4
2.6
5.9
4.1
4.5
–
14.6
–
–
8.2
2.3
3.1
15.6
1.6
2.7
5.7
6.4
–
16.3
9.7
9.7
16.0
17.4
9.4
10.1
2.0
4.0
4.0
39.2
39.0
40.6
40.0
38.8
41.0
41.4
40.3
40.6
39.9
39.9
39.8
39.5
39.3
40.0
41.0
39.4
–
32.2
–
–
38.1
37.7
37.9
39.1
38.0
37.2
37.2
37.8
–
39.1
37.2
37.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.7
39.7
48.3
48.3
18.21
20.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.06
18.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.94
–
–
–
–
–
7.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.8
14.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.8
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.2
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.4
18.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.85
14.54
18.44
16.02
13.4
21.3
18.4
4.5
39.1
40.0
40.9
38.4
15.82
14.54
18.44
16.20
13.9
21.3
18.4
4.4
40.1
40.0
40.9
39.7
–
–
–
11.76
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
20.6
16.75
12.03
15.94
12.08
12.43
18.82
18.96
17.32
16.99
21.20
15.99
6.9
6.0
4.8
2.4
1.8
5.5
9.1
5.9
12.4
4.0
7.5
38.6
36.3
38.2
36.8
35.6
40.7
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.2
16.69
11.73
15.93
12.28
12.44
18.81
18.96
17.32
16.99
21.20
16.04
7.0
7.5
4.8
2.5
1.2
5.5
9.1
5.9
12.4
4.0
7.3
39.6
40.0
38.8
39.4
39.9
40.7
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.4
–
–
–
10.09
12.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
18.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
26.06
11.2
39.8
25.29
9.3
40.9
54.49
11.2
20.3
See footnotes at end of table.
5
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 2000–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$25.16
20.58
10.3
11.8
40.4
15.1
$25.37
–
11.0
–
41.1
–
$13.10
23.42
20.6
11.6
20.6
11.4
23.51
19.63
22.98
25.56
7.8
11.7
13.5
6.8
39.8
43.0
40.0
40.7
23.51
19.63
22.98
25.56
7.8
11.7
13.5
6.8
39.8
43.0
40.0
40.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.23
22.76
28.51
6.0
14.9
10.1
39.7
42.3
40.9
31.79
22.76
28.51
5.9
14.9
10.1
40.2
42.3
40.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.66
31.14
26.14
28.40
44.00
23.44
29.33
21.1
19.2
18.1
11.7
41.3
6.5
6.7
32.9
39.7
40.8
38.3
30.5
39.7
38.6
22.57
31.14
26.14
25.05
20.46
23.39
29.37
5.5
19.2
18.1
5.2
5.3
6.7
6.9
41.3
39.7
40.8
40.3
40.2
40.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.15
7.9
39.7
26.15
7.9
39.7
–
–
–
23.07
15.3
41.1
23.07
15.3
41.1
–
–
–
20.85
21.89
11.5
6.4
39.1
41.5
20.85
21.89
11.5
6.4
39.1
41.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
11.07
14.01
13.67
–
12.5
8.7
29.1
–
36.4
40.6
39.6
–
11.76
14.90
13.67
21.53
15.8
8.6
29.1
7.4
40.5
41.7
39.6
39.8
6.86
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
22.4
–
–
–
20.66
9.86
10.35
10.73
6.57
–
8.64
5.8
5.6
3.2
25.8
2.3
–
14.9
40.7
33.1
36.4
32.4
33.8
–
35.8
20.66
–
10.78
11.43
6.76
–
10.72
5.8
–
3.4
29.4
1.9
–
22.2
40.7
–
40.0
40.7
38.2
–
41.2
–
–
–
8.68
–
5.86
–
–
–
–
21.2
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
20.3
–
23.3
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
11.09
13.35
17.31
11.52
11.35
9.69
15.35
9.60
7.72
10.29
8.48
9.44
11.56
11.81
9.94
11.27
10.12
9.90
12.46
14.87
1.7
7.9
7.2
2.2
7.0
8.7
10.2
7.5
3.3
13.6
6.2
4.1
12.4
2.3
10.5
5.5
5.3
16.5
3.6
6.3
37.2
38.9
40.5
37.9
38.9
39.9
35.9
34.0
34.6
38.2
31.4
39.3
38.3
39.3
31.7
40.3
34.2
34.5
39.7
40.2
11.27
13.35
17.31
11.63
11.35
9.69
–
9.29
7.87
11.77
8.96
9.56
11.94
11.81
10.87
11.27
10.52
10.24
12.50
14.87
1.6
7.9
7.2
2.3
7.0
8.7
–
7.0
3.2
7.3
7.7
2.9
11.1
2.3
9.1
5.5
5.7
19.2
3.6
6.3
39.6
38.9
40.5
39.7
38.9
39.9
–
39.4
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
39.5
40.3
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.2
9.13
–
–
10.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.60
–
–
–
–
–
8.28
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
1.3
–
–
–
22.4
–
–
24.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
21.2
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Legislators .........................................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 2000–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
$11.99
13.46
–
7.4
8.9
–
34.9
40.0
$12.74
12.21
13.46
3.6
7.2
8.9
40.2
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.94
12.48
9.59
10.17
9.97
9.96
8.89
10.74
16.7
4.6
14.1
2.4
6.2
3.8
3.8
2.3
30.2
39.6
40.0
37.8
37.5
39.2
33.8
35.2
12.94
12.52
9.59
10.24
10.01
9.98
8.90
11.07
13.3
4.4
14.1
2.4
6.3
3.8
4.5
1.5
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.5
38.4
40.0
36.7
39.8
–
–
–
$9.12
–
–
8.75
7.98
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
1.1
9.7
–
–
–
22.8
–
–
20.3
17.9
Blue collar ........................................................................
11.70
4.1
38.9
11.85
4.3
40.4
8.02
4.8
20.1
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Structural metal workers ....................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Power plant operators ........................................
14.74
17.81
13.34
15.79
18.17
–
4.2
10.3
9.3
8.4
6.4
–
39.3
40.0
40.6
40.0
40.1
–
14.90
17.81
13.34
15.79
18.17
15.29
4.1
10.3
9.3
8.4
6.4
4.9
40.0
40.0
40.6
40.0
40.1
40.0
7.33
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
22.3
–
–
–
–
–
13.94
14.46
14.4
8.3
40.0
39.9
13.94
14.46
14.4
8.3
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.77
20.88
14.18
15.78
12.80
20.00
19.24
12.27
15.66
18.95
13.19
10.56
15.07
12.85
20.18
3.9
5.0
13.0
9.0
15.3
8.5
11.5
1.1
1.9
3.1
1.0
8.6
10.0
8.0
4.2
40.0
41.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.1
40.2
40.0
40.0
37.7
40.0
40.0
23.77
20.88
14.18
15.78
12.80
20.00
19.24
12.27
15.65
18.95
13.19
10.56
15.50
12.85
20.18
3.9
5.0
13.0
9.0
15.3
8.5
11.5
1.1
1.9
3.1
1.0
8.6
13.0
8.0
4.2
40.0
41.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
11.33
10.96
5.7
10.3
38.8
40.0
11.37
10.96
5.7
10.3
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.70
10.23
9.12
8.28
7.48
11.68
17.41
11.99
12.72
13.37
12.29
12.06
11.66
11.89
15.8
9.4
2.5
1.0
3.9
13.0
7.5
8.3
9.7
16.0
13.4
7.2
14.7
12.5
40.0
37.6
39.3
40.0
39.0
39.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.8
39.7
39.9
40.2
15.70
10.23
9.12
8.28
7.49
11.68
17.41
11.99
12.72
–
12.49
12.06
11.67
12.03
15.8
9.4
2.5
1.0
3.9
13.0
7.5
8.3
9.7
–
13.6
7.1
14.7
12.9
40.0
39.9
39.3
40.0
39.1
39.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
12.06
4.2
40.6
12.22
4.7
42.6
9.53
4.9
23.2
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
7
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 2000–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.58
12.40
14.76
11.16
16.51
14.56
14.01
14.39
10.79
11.05
7.5
5.5
4.7
6.6
7.6
16.2
6.8
10.7
6.8
3.9
41.6
44.3
39.7
25.4
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$18.58
12.42
14.95
13.44
16.51
14.56
14.01
14.39
10.79
11.22
7.5
5.6
5.6
9.2
7.6
16.2
6.8
10.7
6.8
3.6
41.6
44.4
41.4
34.4
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
$9.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.17
3.7
33.5
12.45
6.4
40.0
–
–
–
8.96
3.0
37.8
9.07
3.2
40.0
7.33
9.5
20.4
14.38
9.60
9.97
9.52
8.76
7.97
9.23
8.05
9.38
8.61
8.74
9.2
6.2
5.7
8.1
10.2
3.8
7.7
3.3
11.0
4.9
4.7
41.3
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
30.4
36.6
38.6
24.1
38.9
39.1
14.38
9.60
9.97
9.53
8.76
8.83
9.13
–
10.50
8.70
8.89
9.2
6.2
5.7
8.1
10.2
5.1
8.1
–
5.2
4.8
4.4
41.3
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
6.22
–
–
–
7.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.4
–
–
–
26.5
–
8.47
11.05
16.84
19.01
12.08
12.98
15.23
1.4
5.9
10.1
10.6
15.5
2.9
4.6
34.3
39.6
52.6
40.0
36.4
51.5
38.4
8.99
11.27
16.84
19.01
12.08
13.04
15.27
1.9
7.1
10.1
10.6
15.5
2.8
4.5
39.5
40.9
52.6
40.0
36.4
52.0
39.9
5.81
6.72
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
20.6
24.2
–
–
–
–
–
12.62
12.08
–
10.03
6.05
–
6.16
–
4.47
7.40
9.92
8.04
7.63
6.05
7.95
9.43
7.68
8.86
6.39
9.92
–
7.66
7.57
6.72
3.6
3.3
–
5.3
8.3
–
8.4
–
7.7
3.0
4.8
5.8
5.2
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.6
5.6
3.6
6.7
–
5.7
7.8
5.5
40.2
39.8
–
34.6
32.0
–
30.6
–
27.0
30.1
41.3
34.8
32.4
24.0
34.2
34.3
34.1
36.4
35.9
33.3
–
31.6
32.0
35.4
12.64
12.08
–
10.41
6.24
–
6.34
–
–
8.20
9.92
8.20
8.03
6.81
8.09
9.59
7.82
9.02
6.43
10.38
–
–
7.90
–
3.6
3.3
–
5.4
12.8
–
10.3
–
–
4.0
4.8
5.9
5.5
1.6
2.8
2.3
3.1
6.4
3.5
8.6
–
–
8.9
–
40.3
39.8
–
39.4
38.7
–
37.9
–
–
38.0
42.2
37.5
37.7
35.0
39.4
39.4
39.4
38.7
37.6
37.7
–
–
35.9
–
–
–
6.67
7.03
5.65
2.59
–
2.32
3.62
6.37
–
6.75
6.67
5.32
7.16
8.64
–
6.63
–
6.81
5.40
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
5.9
13.0
8.1
–
6.2
10.1
7.5
–
10.6
5.2
9.2
5.3
19.0
–
8.0
–
9.0
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
25.7
17.8
23.3
21.4
–
21.4
23.8
23.8
–
21.8
24.3
18.4
19.0
20.8
–
19.7
–
18.5
17.8
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Crane and tower operators ................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 2000–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
–
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 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. 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 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1999 and April
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
–
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
–
$7.06
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
4.1
19.2
2001. The average reference period was September 2000.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
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 Technical Note.
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.
9
TABLE 4. Selected occupations, East South Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 2000
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$12.08
12.29
7.8
7.3
37.0
37.1
$12.50
12.64
8.5
7.5
40.1
40.1
$7.99
8.38
9.4
10.1
21.0
20.6
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
14.53
16.66
9.6
7.5
37.4
38.1
14.94
16.73
9.9
6.7
40.3
40.2
10.43
15.62
19.9
23.0
21.8
20.9
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Health related ........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Designers ...........................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Computer programmers .....................................
20.33
21.98
28.54
30.99
28.05
28.07
28.32
28.55
24.62
23.97
–
20.56
18.13
33.85
15.91
29.25
12.59
8.33
19.88
–
–
–
–
5.9
9.5
1.1
4.4
5.8
2.6
6.8
1.1
3.5
3.9
–
3.7
2.3
5.8
4.2
16.1
6.3
1.1
6.0
–
–
–
–
38.2
38.1
40.7
40.0
41.1
41.4
40.3
40.7
40.0
40.0
–
37.2
36.8
38.1
38.8
29.8
38.3
38.9
37.6
–
–
–
–
20.32
21.87
28.55
30.99
28.05
28.15
28.32
28.55
24.62
23.97
–
20.62
18.11
33.84
15.91
29.62
12.58
8.21
19.88
–
–
–
–
6.5
10.5
1.1
4.4
5.8
2.4
6.8
1.1
3.5
3.9
–
3.8
2.1
6.1
4.2
15.7
6.4
1.5
6.0
–
–
–
–
40.3
40.5
40.7
40.0
41.1
41.4
40.3
40.7
40.0
40.0
–
39.5
39.2
40.0
38.8
37.0
39.0
39.6
37.6
–
–
–
–
20.38
24.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.56
18.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.1
15.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.7
15.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.7
19.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.08
14.54
18.86
16.53
14.6
21.3
18.7
5.0
39.1
40.0
41.0
38.5
16.07
14.54
18.86
16.76
15.1
21.3
18.7
4.8
40.2
40.0
41.0
39.8
–
–
–
10.67
–
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
20.9
16.76
16.17
11.84
13.07
18.17
16.99
21.20
8.0
7.2
3.1
3.0
6.0
12.4
4.0
39.6
38.5
36.1
35.1
40.8
40.0
39.6
16.76
16.17
12.09
13.08
18.15
16.99
21.20
8.0
7.2
3.1
3.0
6.0
12.4
4.0
39.6
38.5
39.3
40.1
40.8
40.0
39.6
–
–
9.83
13.00
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
12.7
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
19.0
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
26.26
24.94
19.60
23.43
25.56
12.7
11.7
11.7
13.5
6.8
40.1
41.0
43.0
40.0
40.7
25.35
25.18
19.60
23.43
25.56
10.5
12.5
11.7
13.5
6.8
41.1
41.4
43.0
40.0
40.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.38
27.04
26.16
29.44
49.19
23.82
29.37
5.8
15.4
18.5
12.3
41.3
6.8
6.7
39.7
41.0
40.9
38.2
29.1
40.0
38.5
31.95
27.04
26.16
25.78
21.28
23.77
29.42
5.6
15.4
18.5
5.6
9.2
7.1
6.8
40.2
41.0
40.9
40.4
40.4
40.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.07
22.01
15.3
6.8
41.1
41.6
23.07
22.01
15.3
6.8
41.1
41.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
11.07
14.01
13.67
–
12.6
8.7
29.1
–
36.4
40.6
39.6
–
11.76
14.90
13.67
21.53
15.9
8.6
29.1
7.4
40.5
41.7
39.6
39.8
6.85
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
22.4
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
TABLE 4. Selected occupations, East South Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 2000–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.66
9.86
10.35
10.71
6.57
–
8.64
5.8
5.6
3.2
25.9
2.3
–
14.9
40.7
33.1
36.4
32.3
33.8
–
35.8
$20.66
–
10.78
11.41
6.76
–
10.72
5.8
–
3.4
29.5
1.9
–
22.2
40.7
–
40.0
40.7
38.2
–
41.2
–
–
–
$8.68
–
5.85
–
–
–
–
21.2
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
20.3
–
23.3
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Secretaries .........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
11.16
13.97
17.46
11.38
15.35
9.62
7.70
10.29
9.43
12.27
11.82
9.35
11.27
10.42
9.90
13.18
14.88
–
12.09
2.0
7.5
8.5
2.9
10.2
8.0
2.9
13.6
4.5
12.5
2.5
12.7
5.5
4.6
16.5
1.7
6.3
–
7.0
37.3
38.6
40.6
37.9
35.9
34.7
34.4
38.2
39.2
38.6
39.3
29.8
40.3
33.4
34.5
40.0
40.2
–
34.9
11.34
13.97
17.46
11.53
–
9.23
–
11.77
–
12.37
11.82
10.41
11.27
10.97
10.24
13.18
14.88
12.82
12.21
1.8
7.5
8.5
2.9
–
7.5
–
7.3
–
12.0
2.5
13.4
5.5
4.1
19.2
1.7
6.3
3.4
7.2
39.7
38.6
40.6
39.7
–
39.4
–
40.0
–
39.7
39.9
39.3
40.3
39.2
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.2
40.0
9.06
–
–
9.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.28
–
–
–
–
–
8.7
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.3
–
–
–
–
–
22.0
–
–
23.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.2
–
–
–
–
–
10.94
12.48
10.28
9.97
9.88
10.69
16.7
4.6
3.0
6.2
3.6
2.5
30.2
39.6
37.6
37.5
39.2
34.7
12.94
12.52
10.34
10.01
9.91
11.07
13.3
4.4
2.9
6.3
3.6
1.9
40.0
39.9
39.6
38.4
40.0
39.9
–
–
9.40
–
–
7.98
–
–
1.9
–
–
9.7
–
–
22.0
–
–
18.0
Blue collar ........................................................................
11.65
4.3
39.0
11.79
4.5
40.4
7.79
5.2
20.3
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Structural metal workers ....................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Power plant operators ........................................
14.68
17.84
13.68
16.32
18.17
–
4.7
11.3
10.9
7.9
6.4
–
39.3
40.1
40.7
40.0
40.1
–
14.86
17.84
13.68
16.32
18.17
15.29
4.5
11.3
10.9
7.9
6.4
4.9
40.0
40.1
40.7
40.0
40.1
40.0
7.18
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
22.5
–
–
–
–
–
13.97
15.13
15.7
9.8
40.0
39.9
13.97
15.13
15.7
9.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.86
22.87
14.25
15.78
20.31
12.27
18.91
13.19
10.56
15.07
20.43
7.1
4.4
13.3
9.6
10.2
1.1
3.0
1.0
8.6
10.0
5.2
40.0
42.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
37.7
40.0
22.86
22.87
14.25
15.78
20.31
12.27
18.91
13.19
10.56
15.50
20.43
7.1
4.4
13.3
9.6
10.2
1.1
3.0
1.0
8.6
13.0
5.2
40.0
42.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.32
5.7
38.8
11.36
5.7
39.9
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
See footnotes at end of table.
11
TABLE 4. Selected occupations, East South Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 2000–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.96
10.3
40.0
$10.96
10.3
40.0
–
–
–
15.70
10.23
9.12
8.28
7.41
11.68
17.41
11.99
12.72
13.37
12.29
11.96
11.66
11.89
15.8
9.4
2.5
1.0
3.7
13.0
7.5
8.3
9.7
16.0
13.4
7.7
14.7
12.5
40.0
37.6
39.3
40.0
39.0
39.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.8
39.7
39.9
40.2
15.70
10.23
9.12
8.28
7.41
11.68
17.41
11.99
12.72
–
12.49
11.96
11.67
12.03
15.8
9.4
2.5
1.0
3.7
13.0
7.5
8.3
9.7
–
13.6
7.5
14.7
12.9
40.0
39.9
39.3
40.0
39.0
39.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.10
12.44
14.76
16.51
14.01
14.74
10.86
4.5
5.5
4.7
7.6
6.8
14.3
4.4
41.5
44.4
39.7
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
12.26
12.45
14.95
16.51
14.01
14.74
11.03
5.0
5.6
5.6
7.6
6.8
14.3
4.1
43.1
44.5
41.4
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
$8.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.33
3.6
32.8
12.71
6.9
40.0
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Transportation and material moving .........................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Crane and tower operators ................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
8.91
3.0
37.7
9.02
3.3
40.0
7.32
9.5
20.4
14.72
9.55
9.95
9.52
8.76
7.97
9.24
8.05
9.38
8.61
8.68
11.9
6.5
5.8
8.3
10.2
3.8
7.7
3.3
11.0
4.9
5.1
41.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
30.4
36.5
38.6
24.1
38.9
39.0
14.72
9.55
9.95
9.52
8.76
8.83
9.14
–
10.50
8.70
8.84
11.9
6.5
5.8
8.3
10.2
5.1
8.2
–
5.2
4.8
4.8
41.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
6.22
–
–
–
7.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.4
–
–
–
26.5
–
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Food service ..........................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
8.08
–
5.88
–
6.16
–
4.47
7.26
9.73
7.83
7.54
5.99
7.88
9.55
7.62
8.87
6.36
3.3
–
8.2
–
8.4
–
7.7
2.9
5.7
6.2
5.0
3.5
3.5
4.9
3.8
6.5
3.4
33.9
–
31.9
–
30.6
–
27.0
29.7
41.5
34.8
30.9
24.0
34.0
33.3
34.1
36.3
35.9
8.59
–
6.02
–
6.34
–
–
8.09
9.73
8.01
8.24
6.73
8.00
9.80
7.75
9.05
6.40
2.4
–
12.6
–
10.3
–
–
4.3
5.6
6.1
4.8
1.6
3.1
2.2
3.3
7.4
3.4
39.4
–
38.9
–
37.9
–
–
38.4
42.5
38.1
39.5
35.0
39.4
39.9
39.4
38.6
37.6
5.70
6.62
5.56
2.58
–
2.32
3.62
6.31
–
–
6.39
5.25
7.17
8.64
–
6.21
–
6.6
3.9
14.0
8.1
–
6.2
10.1
8.2
–
–
6.8
9.9
5.7
19.0
–
1.9
–
20.6
25.7
23.2
21.4
–
21.4
23.8
23.7
–
–
22.7
18.3
19.0
20.8
–
19.4
–
See footnotes at end of table.
12
TABLE 4. Selected occupations, East South Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 2000–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.30
–
7.66
6.31
–
7.0
–
5.7
8.0
–
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 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. 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 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1999 and April
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
32.5
–
31.6
24.4
–
$10.94
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
37.3
–
–
–
–
$6.26
–
–
–
7.05
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
2.8
–
–
–
5.3
17.9
–
–
–
20.3
2001. The average reference period was September 2000.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
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 Technical Note.
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. Selected occupations, East South Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for
full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 2000
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$16.93
16.95
1.7
1.7
36.7
36.7
$17.27
17.29
2.0
2.0
38.7
38.7
$10.49
10.52
4.6
4.8
18.8
18.7
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
19.98
20.04
1.6
1.6
36.3
36.3
20.35
20.41
1.8
1.8
38.1
38.1
11.92
12.00
8.2
8.5
17.6
17.5
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Health related ........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
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 ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
23.14
24.28
32.49
20.22
–
19.88
19.61
38.23
26.28
24.71
25.23
25.29
25.05
26.30
7.26
19.83
23.79
23.79
23.60
14.03
14.08
–
2.8
2.3
10.6
14.2
–
3.9
3.4
17.7
1.5
2.8
1.9
3.4
6.1
6.6
5.7
16.1
11.0
11.0
21.1
3.2
3.3
–
35.8
35.5
39.0
38.2
–
36.9
37.5
31.3
37.5
35.7
38.0
37.2
37.1
37.3
9.3
39.1
35.9
35.9
40.0
38.9
38.9
–
23.40
24.57
32.49
–
–
19.99
19.66
38.23
26.28
25.05
25.23
25.29
25.05
26.40
–
19.83
24.24
24.24
23.60
14.04
14.08
–
3.1
2.6
10.6
–
–
3.2
3.4
17.7
1.5
2.9
1.9
3.4
6.1
6.7
–
16.1
10.8
10.8
21.1
3.2
3.3
–
37.7
37.5
39.0
–
–
39.4
39.4
31.4
37.5
37.7
38.0
37.2
37.1
37.7
–
39.1
37.0
37.0
40.0
38.9
38.9
–
14.17
13.89
–
–
–
18.02
18.40
–
–
8.38
–
–
–
–
7.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.0
16.5
–
–
–
20.7
3.2
–
–
13.3
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.0
12.1
–
–
–
17.8
16.2
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.70
14.13
5.0
2.0
38.4
37.9
–
14.07
–
2.1
–
39.4
–
15.59
–
8.0
–
19.9
16.72
15.16
12.76
10.97
12.24
3.8
9.0
1.6
5.5
5.1
34.6
37.1
38.8
36.7
38.1
–
–
12.77
11.08
12.24
–
–
1.6
6.4
5.1
–
–
39.8
39.5
38.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Legislators .........................................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
24.86
26.37
20.58
3.1
4.2
11.8
37.7
37.4
15.1
24.89
26.43
–
3.1
4.3
–
39.3
39.4
–
23.42
23.42
23.42
11.6
11.6
11.6
11.4
11.4
11.4
23.51
32.74
25.47
18.49
17.88
7.8
2.1
13.7
3.4
10.7
39.8
38.7
39.7
39.0
39.6
23.51
32.74
25.47
18.49
17.88
7.8
2.1
13.7
3.4
10.7
39.8
38.7
39.7
39.0
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.36
4.8
38.5
15.36
4.8
38.5
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
Cashiers .............................................................
9.41
8.99
6.9
6.1
36.7
37.5
9.75
9.22
7.0
6.3
40.0
40.0
7.41
–
4.3
–
24.7
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Secretaries .........................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Dispatchers ........................................................
Meter readers ....................................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
10.63
16.04
11.98
9.38
8.55
9.42
11.64
11.43
15.67
9.88
9.01
11.08
1.2
2.3
2.9
7.1
6.5
2.6
8.6
5.3
1.8
2.8
2.8
3.0
36.9
39.1
38.1
25.7
33.3
37.5
39.3
39.4
40.0
38.3
33.3
38.3
10.74
16.04
11.96
–
8.96
9.56
11.64
11.49
15.67
9.98
9.04
11.10
1.2
2.3
2.6
–
7.7
3.4
8.6
5.6
1.8
3.0
3.4
3.1
38.7
39.1
39.4
–
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.9
40.0
39.2
36.3
38.7
9.50
–
–
–
6.67
–
–
–
–
–
8.82
–
7.0
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
.9
–
25.2
–
–
–
18.9
–
–
–
–
–
20.3
–
See footnotes at end of table.
14
TABLE 5. Selected occupations, East South Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for
full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 2000–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Blue collar ........................................................................
$13.04
4.4
36.9
$13.11
4.5
39.0
$11.85
10.7
18.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
15.49
11.66
5.6
4.5
39.5
39.8
15.49
11.66
5.7
4.5
39.9
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.63
16.37
18.60
14.85
12.76
3.9
2.2
15.3
10.8
7.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
24.63
16.37
18.60
14.85
12.76
3.9
2.2
15.3
10.8
7.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Operating engineers ..........................................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
11.55
10.42
11.85
11.10
9.41
3.2
7.5
7.0
9.5
4.0
31.2
39.7
21.6
40.0
40.0
11.49
10.42
11.87
11.10
9.41
4.2
7.5
8.1
9.5
4.0
36.4
39.7
26.5
40.0
40.0
11.83
–
11.83
–
–
11.1
–
11.1
–
–
18.4
–
18.4
–
–
10.17
10.98
5.5
7.2
39.8
39.6
10.19
10.97
5.5
7.3
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.58
9.61
9.31
6.6
18.5
3.2
40.0
38.9
40.0
13.58
9.73
9.31
6.6
18.8
3.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.13
13.70
16.84
19.01
12.98
15.23
6.5
6.2
10.1
10.6
2.9
4.6
37.9
41.7
52.6
40.0
51.5
38.4
11.37
13.75
16.84
19.01
13.04
15.27
6.8
6.2
10.1
10.6
2.8
4.5
40.1
42.5
52.6
40.0
52.0
39.9
7.75
7.98
–
–
–
–
4.6
6.5
–
–
–
–
21.1
13.9
–
–
–
–
12.62
12.08
8.46
10.18
8.47
8.47
9.06
7.74
7.40
8.53
8.99
3.6
3.3
7.3
6.4
6.1
6.1
2.8
7.5
9.1
2.9
3.9
40.2
39.8
37.8
36.6
33.5
33.5
34.7
34.5
24.0
35.5
38.1
12.64
12.08
8.43
10.38
8.77
8.77
9.20
7.84
9.16
8.69
8.99
3.6
3.3
7.2
6.8
7.4
7.4
2.9
10.0
6.0
2.8
3.9
40.3
39.8
39.7
39.3
36.0
36.0
34.9
36.1
36.3
39.2
38.1
–
–
–
–
7.40
7.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.8
26.8
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Construction laborers .........................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Other food service ...............................................
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, East South Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for
full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 2000–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Health service –Continued
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.27
8.84
3.6
2.1
34.3
37.1
$8.48
8.78
3.6
2.7
39.7
39.3
–
$9.55
–
5.9
–
22.1
10.29
8.52
7.83
7.98
11.5
3.5
7.9
9.8
39.7
36.5
32.1
35.6
10.29
8.40
7.92
7.98
11.5
3.0
9.4
9.9
39.7
39.2
36.2
35.9
–
9.60
7.17
–
–
5.7
2.0
–
–
22.3
17.2
–
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, 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 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. 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 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1999 and April
2001. The average reference period was September 2000.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
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 Technical Note.
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 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000
Total
Occupations and levels
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$12.64
12.92
7.3
6.5
37.0
37.1
$12.08
12.29
7.8
7.3
37.0
37.1
$16.93
16.95
1.7
1.7
36.7
36.7
White collar ......................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
15.39
6.50
8.35
8.49
12.36
13.34
14.34
17.87
20.40
25.67
29.41
39.77
40.94
58.05
59.28
27.52
17.44
7.24
9.08
9.35
11.42
12.87
13.60
17.74
19.81
25.45
29.18
39.33
40.96
58.05
59.28
27.52
8.0
2.6
6.3
1.6
8.8
5.4
3.3
3.1
3.3
2.9
1.9
10.6
3.5
10.2
7.1
15.9
4.9
3.2
5.5
2.2
2.6
4.2
3.5
2.9
5.8
3.0
1.6
11.4
3.5
10.2
7.1
15.9
37.2
30.9
32.0
36.4
39.1
38.9
39.9
38.9
39.1
39.9
39.4
39.6
31.6
32.2
42.2
30.8
37.6
32.9
33.4
35.8
38.4
38.5
39.6
38.7
38.7
39.7
39.4
39.7
31.6
32.2
42.2
30.8
14.53
6.48
8.31
8.44
12.58
13.28
14.50
16.95
18.86
25.96
28.96
40.71
40.36
58.21
59.37
26.29
16.66
7.20
9.13
9.34
11.56
12.72
13.62
16.65
17.02
25.66
28.49
40.26
40.39
58.21
59.37
26.29
9.6
2.5
6.9
1.3
9.6
6.0
3.9
4.0
3.3
3.3
.7
10.4
4.7
10.2
7.1
33.8
7.5
3.0
6.2
1.9
3.0
4.7
4.3
3.3
7.2
3.8
2.5
11.4
4.7
10.2
7.1
33.8
37.4
31.0
32.0
36.8
39.2
39.2
40.0
39.2
39.7
41.0
41.0
40.9
32.4
32.1
42.2
29.6
38.1
33.1
33.8
37.1
38.5
38.9
39.8
39.0
39.4
40.7
41.1
41.2
32.4
32.1
42.2
29.6
19.98
8.54
8.81
9.43
10.65
13.85
13.52
20.10
23.10
24.96
30.05
32.21
42.35
–
–
28.63
20.04
8.73
8.82
9.41
10.65
13.85
13.52
20.10
23.10
24.96
30.05
32.21
42.35
–
–
28.63
1.6
10.0
1.6
3.5
2.3
2.9
4.8
3.1
2.4
3.0
4.2
4.6
10.4
–
–
30.9
1.6
10.4
1.6
3.9
2.3
2.9
4.8
3.1
2.4
3.0
4.2
4.6
10.4
–
–
30.9
36.3
26.3
31.3
30.1
38.3
36.0
39.1
38.0
37.9
37.4
37.5
31.2
29.8
–
–
31.9
36.3
27.8
31.3
29.5
38.3
36.0
39.1
38.0
37.9
37.4
37.5
31.2
29.8
–
–
31.9
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
9 ...................................................................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
9 ...................................................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
9 ...................................................................
21.50
23.08
11.25
13.51
20.16
21.80
23.99
29.71
44.08
45.04
32.86
28.79
19.68
21.40
27.56
29.46
31.92
32.50
30.99
28.17
30.47
28.05
26.31
28.32
28.93
28.27
28.96
26.35
2.0
3.9
10.9
11.1
3.0
2.6
3.2
2.2
16.0
7.6
25.7
1.8
6.2
4.4
5.4
2.1
2.0
2.5
4.4
5.1
2.7
2.6
4.9
6.8
11.8
7.0
2.7
2.4
37.2
36.8
37.9
39.5
37.4
37.6
38.5
39.5
39.1
24.8
36.6
40.6
40.1
39.4
41.0
42.1
40.3
40.1
40.0
41.0
40.3
41.4
42.5
40.3
40.0
40.7
40.6
40.8
20.33
21.98
10.40
13.29
18.70
17.68
23.00
28.38
46.72
43.06
37.12
28.54
19.66
21.62
27.43
29.37
31.14
31.91
30.99
28.05
30.02
28.07
26.32
28.32
28.93
28.27
28.55
26.35
5.9
9.5
11.8
12.6
3.1
4.0
1.7
2.5
14.3
7.3
40.5
1.1
6.2
5.6
5.5
2.3
1.2
3.0
4.4
5.8
3.4
2.6
4.9
6.8
11.8
7.0
1.1
2.4
38.2
38.1
39.3
39.6
37.1
37.3
39.9
41.7
43.3
25.1
32.0
40.7
40.0
40.0
41.0
42.1
40.6
40.1
40.0
41.1
40.3
41.4
42.5
40.3
40.0
40.7
40.7
40.8
23.14
24.28
14.86
15.15
21.27
23.60
24.99
31.10
30.67
48.81
–
32.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
2.3
11.9
6.5
3.3
2.4
3.6
4.2
6.1
9.8
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.8
35.5
33.1
38.8
37.6
37.7
37.2
37.4
26.3
24.2
–
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
17
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$31.34
24.27
18.49
29.42
23.80
17.46
29.48
30.07
20.34
17.31
18.21
18.42
20.51
28.53
27.83
18.63
17.37
18.74
17.99
19.52
33.26
16.59
16.77
14.66
25.01
24.95
36.63
18.12
24.88
28.50
30.42
28.29
52.35
36.42
30.20
24.02
25.84
23.03
10.50
25.53
23.16
26.09
31.50
10.46
24.94
21.53
24.84
24.19
25.96
25.04
24.65
24.32
26.59
24.87
25.61
25.87
27.32
5.6
3.4
12.4
2.2
3.6
13.4
2.1
2.2
2.2
2.7
3.1
2.7
4.2
3.4
6.4
2.5
2.8
3.2
3.1
4.2
5.1
4.1
6.8
8.6
.8
.8
14.6
10.8
3.8
15.1
10.6
3.5
4.4
17.5
6.0
7.9
2.3
3.3
13.1
4.2
4.2
5.2
7.3
14.8
1.6
1.2
5.5
1.9
5.6
2.7
4.9
3.5
4.3
5.7
6.9
6.3
5.0
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
40.0
39.9
38.7
40.5
39.8
38.8
40.5
39.8
37.1
39.8
37.0
36.1
37.2
39.7
39.4
37.0
40.0
37.2
36.2
37.2
36.0
41.0
36.2
32.8
34.8
34.5
31.0
23.6
37.4
34.7
38.4
36.1
23.0
31.8
27.7
28.6
37.7
36.0
35.6
38.2
38.0
37.1
38.7
38.5
38.0
37.5
39.5
38.0
37.2
37.2
35.8
37.5
37.2
37.2
36.9
36.9
37.5
$30.06
24.62
18.91
29.42
23.97
17.37
29.48
–
20.56
17.02
18.18
17.73
20.69
–
–
18.13
17.09
18.57
17.42
19.21
33.85
–
15.91
–
–
–
29.25
–
–
31.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.59
8.28
15.75
16.00
–
–
8.33
19.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
3.5
16.0
2.2
3.9
15.0
2.1
–
3.7
3.6
3.6
2.4
4.8
–
–
2.3
3.7
3.1
3.3
2.2
5.8
–
4.2
–
–
–
16.1
–
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
6.2
7.0
4.7
–
–
1.1
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.5
40.0
39.0
40.5
–
37.2
39.7
37.5
35.6
37.1
–
–
36.8
40.0
37.0
35.7
37.3
38.1
–
38.8
–
–
–
29.8
–
–
32.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.3
37.9
39.0
38.8
–
–
38.9
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$20.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.88
–
18.27
19.61
20.16
–
–
19.61
–
19.11
19.19
19.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.23
18.79
24.96
–
34.10
30.54
–
–
–
–
26.28
24.71
17.00
25.81
24.29
26.25
–
–
25.23
–
24.92
24.53
26.16
25.29
24.68
24.55
26.80
25.05
25.61
26.30
27.32
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Engineers, n.e.c. –Continued
11 ...................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
7 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
7 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Health related ........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
7 ...................................................................
Physical therapists .............................................
9 ...................................................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
English teachers ................................................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Teachers, special education ..............................
9 ...................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
7 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
18
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
5.1
3.8
8.4
–
–
3.4
–
5.1
3.3
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.7
14.0
3.8
–
5.4
3.8
–
–
–
–
1.5
2.8
20.2
4.4
2.1
5.6
–
–
1.9
–
5.7
2.1
6.1
3.4
5.0
4.3
4.7
6.1
6.9
6.6
5.0
–
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.9
–
36.1
36.9
37.5
–
–
37.5
–
37.6
37.3
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.3
38.3
37.8
–
37.8
36.2
–
–
–
–
37.5
35.7
30.2
38.2
37.8
37.1
–
–
38.0
–
39.5
38.0
37.2
37.2
35.7
37.4
37.2
37.1
36.9
37.3
37.5
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.26
19.74
23.76
15.24
23.76
15.24
–
11.86
–
12.03
13.63
12.46
11.83
–
13.63
12.46
11.53
44.40
44.40
5.7
16.3
9.9
6.8
9.9
6.8
–
9.4
–
10.3
3.1
10.4
10.1
–
3.1
10.4
2.0
4.7
4.7
9.3
39.1
36.2
34.5
36.2
34.5
–
39.5
–
39.4
38.6
39.8
39.5
–
38.6
39.8
39.7
43.3
43.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$11.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.26
19.83
23.79
14.59
23.79
14.59
23.60
14.03
12.61
–
13.78
–
14.08
12.69
13.78
–
–
–
–
5.7
16.1
11.0
3.5
11.0
3.5
21.1
3.2
3.0
–
2.6
–
3.3
3.1
2.6
–
–
–
–
9.3
39.1
35.9
34.0
35.9
34.0
40.0
38.9
40.0
–
38.5
–
38.9
40.0
38.5
–
–
–
–
15.85
12.34
23.09
15.62
14.54
18.44
16.02
8.28
8.91
11.37
13.27
13.34
16.81
18.69
21.76
13.4
5.4
6.3
12.3
21.3
18.4
4.5
6.4
3.4
4.9
1.9
4.4
3.1
3.0
2.0
39.1
40.0
42.1
27.7
40.0
40.9
38.4
38.4
33.7
35.1
39.0
38.1
39.7
41.0
38.2
16.08
–
23.12
–
14.54
18.86
16.53
8.37
9.09
11.82
13.30
13.57
16.52
19.10
22.20
14.6
–
6.2
–
21.3
18.7
5.0
13.5
2.9
5.1
2.4
6.2
2.6
4.0
2.0
39.1
–
42.2
–
40.0
41.0
38.5
36.7
32.5
34.7
39.3
38.3
39.8
41.4
39.5
12.70
–
–
–
–
–
14.13
–
–
9.83
13.18
12.72
17.97
16.11
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
2.0
–
–
3.6
5.3
2.1
5.9
4.1
–
38.4
–
–
–
–
–
37.9
–
–
36.8
38.0
37.8
39.6
38.8
–
16.75
11.21
15.35
18.62
19.57
12.03
15.94
14.41
12.08
11.18
12.40
11.88
13.09
12.43
8.93
10.93
13.65
18.82
15.00
20.46
19.65
6.9
14.4
2.2
2.7
1.5
6.0
4.8
7.8
2.4
5.1
2.7
3.1
4.8
1.8
1.0
8.3
8.5
5.5
7.1
4.0
11.2
38.6
39.5
37.4
39.7
35.1
36.3
38.2
36.7
36.8
31.8
37.8
39.6
38.3
35.6
27.2
36.9
40.0
40.7
41.8
40.4
40.9
16.76
11.99
–
18.44
–
–
16.17
–
11.84
11.12
12.25
11.45
–
13.07
8.93
12.11
–
18.17
15.00
–
19.35
8.0
9.9
–
4.0
–
–
7.2
–
3.1
5.4
3.2
3.3
–
3.0
1.0
9.3
–
6.0
7.1
–
14.5
39.6
39.4
–
39.7
–
–
38.5
–
36.1
31.1
38.2
39.4
–
35.1
27.2
38.7
–
40.8
41.8
–
41.1
16.72
–
–
–
–
–
15.16
–
12.76
–
12.78
–
–
10.97
–
9.53
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
9.0
–
1.6
–
2.2
–
–
5.5
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
34.6
–
–
–
–
–
37.1
–
38.8
–
36.9
–
–
36.7
–
34.9
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university
–Continued
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
7 ...................................................................
Librarians ...........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Social workers ...................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
6 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Designers ...........................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Technical ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
4 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
6 ...................................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.96
12.25
17.32
16.99
21.20
21.63
15.99
9.1
3.7
5.9
12.4
4.0
5.1
7.5
39.4
38.2
40.0
40.0
39.6
41.0
39.2
–
–
–
$16.99
21.20
21.63
–
–
–
–
12.4
4.0
5.1
–
–
–
–
40.0
39.6
41.0
–
$12.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.06
15.04
12.59
16.26
16.21
27.47
29.53
36.11
37.72
64.67
32.18
25.16
11.22
15.75
15.39
26.83
29.03
37.52
38.34
47.29
32.48
20.58
20.58
11.2
5.3
4.9
3.8
10.8
6.3
3.7
8.7
3.7
24.9
12.6
10.3
6.1
3.8
11.6
8.6
4.2
6.6
2.7
10.9
14.2
11.8
11.8
39.8
41.4
43.1
39.1
40.3
41.2
39.2
40.5
40.5
29.9
26.4
40.4
42.7
38.9
40.5
42.0
39.0
40.7
40.6
41.9
25.5
15.1
15.1
26.26
14.52
12.56
16.09
15.71
27.66
30.47
36.30
38.52
65.11
–
24.94
–
15.49
14.82
26.91
29.81
–
39.88
47.59
–
–
–
12.7
2.5
4.7
3.6
10.9
6.5
3.1
9.2
3.5
24.9
–
11.7
–
3.8
11.3
9.7
2.7
–
1.3
11.3
–
–
–
40.1
41.8
43.6
39.2
40.3
41.4
40.6
40.5
40.7
29.8
–
41.0
–
38.9
40.5
42.3
40.9
–
41.0
42.0
–
–
–
24.86
–
–
17.01
20.42
25.56
28.43
34.05
35.34
–
30.56
26.37
–
17.22
20.46
26.26
28.46
34.05
35.34
–
30.56
20.58
20.58
3.1
–
–
6.1
6.5
3.5
7.4
3.5
3.5
–
23.1
4.2
–
8.4
8.3
5.2
7.5
3.5
3.5
–
23.1
11.8
11.8
37.7
–
–
38.8
40.0
39.7
37.7
40.1
39.9
–
20.0
37.4
–
39.2
40.5
39.6
37.6
40.1
39.9
–
20.0
15.1
15.1
23.51
16.95
21.01
25.91
35.62
33.96
19.63
23.62
22.98
25.56
7.8
9.4
7.9
7.8
1.1
7.2
11.7
7.6
13.5
6.8
39.8
39.3
40.6
39.0
40.5
40.0
43.0
40.7
40.0
40.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.60
23.62
23.43
25.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.7
7.6
13.5
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.0
40.7
40.0
40.7
23.51
16.95
21.01
25.91
35.62
33.96
–
–
–
–
7.8
9.4
7.9
7.8
1.1
7.2
–
–
–
–
39.8
39.3
40.6
39.0
40.5
40.0
–
–
–
–
31.23
22.76
21.65
29.81
28.51
6.0
14.9
5.1
6.6
10.1
39.7
42.3
46.3
40.0
40.9
31.38
–
–
–
27.04
5.8
–
–
–
15.4
39.7
–
–
–
41.0
–
32.74
31.32
–
–
–
2.1
2.3
–
–
–
38.7
39.8
–
–
17.66
31.14
26.14
16.10
29.46
30.65
38.60
52.48
28.40
14.98
21.1
19.2
18.1
5.7
6.7
2.9
3.4
13.3
11.7
2.3
32.9
39.7
40.8
40.0
41.8
39.5
41.0
45.3
38.3
40.9
–
–
26.16
16.03
29.46
31.51
38.54
52.48
29.44
15.03
–
–
18.5
5.4
6.8
1.7
4.6
13.3
12.3
2.2
–
–
40.9
40.0
41.8
39.7
41.2
45.3
38.2
41.2
–
–
25.47
–
–
–
–
–
18.49
–
–
–
13.7
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
39.0
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
5 ...................................................................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Computer programmers .....................................
8 ...................................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Legislators .........................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
9 ...................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Management related ..............................................
5 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
20
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.89
18.01
20.21
31.46
28.57
44.00
20.18
23.54
23.44
29.33
22.89
10.0
4.2
4.7
5.2
10.8
41.3
6.0
9.9
6.5
6.7
10.6
43.9
39.7
39.2
40.1
39.2
30.5
39.2
40.2
39.7
38.6
34.3
$14.51
18.59
20.21
31.57
28.57
49.19
20.40
–
23.82
29.37
22.89
13.1
4.2
5.0
5.1
10.8
41.3
6.1
–
6.8
6.7
10.6
44.4
40.5
39.3
40.1
39.2
29.1
39.2
–
40.0
38.5
34.3
–
$16.66
20.27
–
–
17.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
3.3
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.1
38.4
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
26.15
16.47
7.9
2.7
39.7
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.07
15.3
41.1
23.07
15.3
41.1
–
–
–
20.85
21.89
17.82
20.36
11.5
6.4
4.5
9.6
39.1
41.5
41.2
40.0
–
22.01
17.78
–
–
6.8
4.8
–
–
41.6
41.6
–
15.36
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
38.5
–
–
–
11.07
6.25
7.06
–
15.91
14.69
17.50
19.43
22.67
30.77
33.14
53.24
14.01
9.15
13.67
21.72
13.67
12.5
3.0
2.8
–
19.0
8.7
3.9
9.9
9.0
6.9
20.4
9.3
8.7
5.6
6.0
9.7
29.1
36.4
30.3
29.7
–
41.8
40.2
41.0
41.4
40.4
46.0
40.0
35.6
40.6
41.5
41.6
41.5
39.6
11.07
6.25
7.06
–
15.91
14.69
17.50
19.43
22.67
30.77
33.14
53.24
14.01
9.15
13.67
21.72
13.67
12.6
3.0
2.8
–
19.0
8.7
3.9
9.9
9.0
6.9
20.4
9.3
8.7
5.6
6.0
9.7
29.1
36.4
30.3
29.7
–
41.8
40.2
41.0
41.4
40.4
46.0
40.0
35.6
40.6
41.5
41.6
41.5
39.6
9.41
–
–
9.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.7
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.66
19.99
38.27
9.86
10.35
10.73
6.77
8.41
9.33
6.57
6.42
6.91
–
6.14
6.54
–
8.64
5.8
13.0
9.3
5.6
3.2
25.8
4.4
7.4
5.2
2.3
4.1
2.5
–
.9
4.7
–
14.9
40.7
41.8
40.8
33.1
36.4
32.4
28.2
25.6
37.3
33.8
32.9
37.7
–
28.7
31.4
–
35.8
20.66
19.99
38.27
9.86
10.35
10.71
6.77
8.31
9.33
6.57
6.42
6.91
–
6.14
6.52
–
8.64
5.8
13.0
9.3
5.6
3.2
25.9
4.4
7.7
5.2
2.3
4.1
2.5
–
.9
4.8
–
14.9
40.7
41.8
40.8
33.1
36.4
32.3
28.2
25.5
37.3
33.8
32.9
37.7
–
28.7
31.4
–
35.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.99
–
–
9.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.5
–
–
40.0
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Management related –Continued
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
8 ...................................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Sales .............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Cashiers .............................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
21
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.09
7.24
9.10
9.37
11.49
13.26
14.14
15.34
13.35
13.22
17.31
17.14
11.52
8.29
9.26
11.52
12.44
14.61
14.14
11.35
9.69
9.69
15.35
9.60
9.59
9.63
10.05
7.72
10.29
9.71
8.48
7.22
7.35
8.07
11.60
9.44
11.56
9.39
10.61
15.43
11.81
12.41
9.51
–
14.34
9.94
10.56
11.27
11.38
10.12
9.09
8.68
9.90
12.46
13.79
14.87
10.86
16.59
1.7
3.2
5.6
2.2
2.5
3.0
2.5
4.1
7.9
15.1
7.2
9.2
2.2
5.2
3.8
3.8
3.5
1.8
7.5
7.0
8.7
9.0
10.2
7.5
9.7
7.1
6.6
3.3
13.6
4.4
6.2
9.3
4.5
.6
14.4
4.1
12.4
3.9
4.1
12.2
2.3
5.2
6.7
–
5.2
10.5
9.0
5.5
3.0
5.3
6.5
3.7
16.5
3.6
1.9
6.3
2.2
7.8
37.2
32.9
33.6
37.3
38.6
38.4
39.4
40.2
38.9
38.1
40.5
40.6
37.9
29.9
35.4
39.0
38.6
39.1
38.7
38.9
39.9
39.9
35.9
34.0
31.3
37.6
40.0
34.6
38.2
38.3
31.4
20.1
28.7
37.2
38.0
39.3
38.3
37.9
39.9
39.2
39.3
40.0
38.3
–
39.0
31.7
39.4
40.3
40.9
34.2
27.4
37.7
34.5
39.7
39.8
40.2
40.0
40.0
$11.16
7.20
9.13
9.35
11.63
13.29
14.38
15.40
13.97
–
17.46
17.21
11.38
8.04
9.17
11.56
12.42
–
–
–
–
–
15.35
9.62
9.68
9.53
10.02
7.70
10.29
9.71
–
–
–
–
–
9.43
12.27
9.35
11.08
–
11.82
12.41
9.46
–
14.35
9.35
9.88
11.27
11.38
10.42
9.09
–
9.90
13.18
–
14.88
–
16.59
2.0
3.0
6.3
2.0
2.9
3.3
4.4
4.5
7.5
–
8.5
9.8
2.9
5.8
4.2
5.6
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
10.2
8.0
10.1
8.6
6.7
2.9
13.6
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
12.5
5.6
3.4
–
2.5
5.2
7.0
–
5.9
12.7
12.4
5.5
3.0
4.6
6.5
–
16.5
1.7
–
6.3
–
7.8
37.3
33.1
33.8
37.3
38.7
38.5
39.2
40.3
38.6
–
40.6
40.8
37.9
27.9
35.2
39.5
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
35.9
34.7
32.4
37.6
40.0
34.4
38.2
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
38.6
40.0
40.0
–
39.3
40.0
38.3
–
39.0
29.8
39.1
40.3
40.9
33.4
27.4
–
34.5
40.0
–
40.2
–
40.0
$10.63
8.73
8.90
9.56
10.72
12.86
13.45
14.14
–
–
16.04
–
11.98
–
10.86
11.43
12.57
13.54
–
–
–
–
–
9.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.55
7.59
–
8.07
11.60
–
9.42
–
–
–
11.64
–
–
10.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.43
12.29
–
–
–
1.2
10.4
1.6
3.6
2.7
1.8
6.5
4.0
–
–
2.3
–
2.9
–
5.4
2.4
3.8
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
12.0
–
.6
14.4
–
2.6
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
2.8
–
–
–
36.9
27.8
32.5
37.3
38.6
37.1
39.8
39.5
–
–
39.1
–
38.1
–
38.7
37.8
36.3
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
25.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.3
25.8
–
37.2
38.0
–
37.5
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
39.7
–
–
–
10.35
11.99
13.8
7.4
39.8
34.9
10.35
12.09
13.8
7.0
39.8
34.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical ................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, general office ................................
6 ...................................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
7 ...................................................................
Secretaries .........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
3 ...................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
3 ...................................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
4 ...................................................................
Billing clerks .......................................................
4 ...................................................................
Telephone operators ..........................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Dispatchers ........................................................
4 ...................................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks
3 ...................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
22
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.34
12.81
13.46
9.6
9.0
8.9
34.2
40.0
40.0
$12.34
12.81
–
9.6
9.0
–
34.2
40.0
–
–
–
$15.67
–
–
1.8
–
–
40.0
10.94
12.48
8.63
10.89
12.52
14.94
9.59
16.7
4.6
9.6
5.2
5.7
1.3
14.1
30.2
39.6
39.7
37.0
39.0
39.0
40.0
10.94
12.48
8.63
10.89
12.52
14.94
–
16.7
4.6
9.6
5.2
5.7
1.3
–
30.2
39.6
39.7
37.0
39.0
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.02
10.17
9.65
9.64
10.57
14.26
9.97
8.55
9.33
9.96
8.80
10.62
9.59
8.89
8.87
8.59
10.74
9.93
9.48
10.60
12.23
12.60
10.2
2.4
2.4
5.5
5.8
17.3
6.2
1.8
2.6
3.8
2.3
1.6
6.7
3.8
2.9
4.9
2.3
12.4
4.9
2.6
6.4
10.4
37.1
37.8
39.1
37.7
36.4
39.8
37.5
36.5
37.8
39.2
37.1
39.9
39.6
33.8
32.0
37.9
35.2
36.4
38.5
37.3
29.6
39.5
13.02
10.28
–
9.73
10.64
17.30
9.97
8.55
9.33
9.88
8.81
10.63
9.61
–
–
–
10.69
9.37
9.48
10.46
12.23
12.78
10.2
3.0
–
8.0
8.9
22.9
6.2
1.8
2.6
3.6
2.3
1.6
6.9
–
–
–
2.5
10.9
4.9
2.8
6.4
10.4
37.1
37.6
–
37.2
35.4
40.0
37.5
36.5
37.8
39.2
37.1
39.9
39.6
–
–
–
34.7
37.1
38.5
36.8
29.6
39.5
–
9.88
8.80
9.43
10.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.01
8.88
–
11.08
–
–
10.98
–
–
–
2.8
2.9
5.7
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
3.4
–
3.0
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
38.3
36.0
38.8
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.3
32.1
–
38.3
–
–
38.7
–
–
Blue collar ........................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11.70
8.63
8.83
10.73
11.34
14.12
15.96
16.30
22.63
22.75
4.1
4.8
3.3
7.0
2.6
5.0
3.1
7.4
4.7
5.4
38.9
36.1
37.4
39.9
40.4
40.2
40.3
40.1
41.0
43.0
11.65
8.65
8.79
10.74
11.32
14.21
16.12
16.17
22.78
22.43
4.3
5.0
3.3
7.2
2.8
5.1
3.3
8.4
4.6
6.0
39.0
36.0
37.5
40.0
40.8
40.5
40.5
40.1
41.1
43.3
13.04
7.82
10.27
10.62
11.60
12.44
14.19
18.01
19.64
–
4.4
6.8
5.2
4.9
3.1
2.7
5.1
7.0
15.4
–
36.9
38.7
34.3
35.4
36.0
35.5
38.8
39.8
40.1
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
7 ...................................................................
Automobile mechanics .......................................
14.74
8.74
9.43
11.15
13.76
16.12
16.39
22.88
24.10
17.81
17.75
13.34
4.2
9.2
7.0
4.1
4.3
3.3
8.1
5.1
1.8
10.3
8.8
9.3
39.3
36.1
34.1
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.5
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.6
14.68
8.70
9.42
11.08
13.86
16.38
16.25
23.05
23.80
17.84
17.81
13.68
4.7
9.3
7.0
4.4
4.4
3.4
9.2
4.9
2.5
11.3
10.5
10.9
39.3
36.0
34.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.1
40.5
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.7
15.49
–
–
11.88
12.61
13.88
18.12
19.64
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
3.4
4.2
6.2
6.7
15.4
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
–
38.4
39.8
39.3
39.8
40.1
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Stock and inventory clerks –Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
Bill and account collectors
4 ...................................................................
General office clerks ..........................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.21
4.8
40.9
$17.50
4.8
41.0
–
–
–
13.61
15.79
18.17
14.28
18.31
21.09
11.4
8.4
6.4
2.5
8.0
2.8
41.3
40.0
40.1
40.4
40.0
39.9
13.44
16.32
18.17
14.28
18.31
21.09
14.2
7.9
6.4
2.5
8.0
2.8
41.4
40.0
40.1
40.4
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.94
14.46
15.08
18.45
17.99
14.4
8.3
13.8
14.6
2.1
40.0
39.9
39.8
39.4
40.0
13.97
15.13
–
18.45
18.00
15.7
9.8
–
14.6
2.4
40.0
39.9
–
39.4
40.0
–
$11.66
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
23.77
20.88
19.62
14.18
15.78
19.42
12.80
20.00
22.37
19.24
21.02
12.27
15.66
18.95
17.50
16.67
18.15
23.40
23.15
3.9
5.0
7.8
13.0
9.0
3.9
15.3
8.5
6.0
11.5
6.4
1.1
1.9
3.1
15.1
13.2
4.6
4.1
4.1
40.0
41.9
41.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.1
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.8
41.2
40.0
22.86
22.87
22.11
14.25
15.78
19.26
–
–
–
20.31
21.02
12.27
–
18.91
17.50
16.67
18.15
23.40
–
7.1
4.4
7.8
13.3
9.6
3.4
–
–
–
10.2
6.4
1.1
–
3.0
15.1
13.2
4.6
4.1
–
40.0
42.8
42.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.8
41.2
–
24.63
16.37
16.59
–
–
–
–
18.60
23.02
14.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
2.2
2.0
–
–
–
–
15.3
5.7
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.1
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.51
13.19
10.56
15.07
12.85
20.18
5.4
1.0
8.6
10.0
8.0
4.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.7
40.0
40.0
14.51
13.19
10.56
15.07
–
20.43
5.4
1.0
8.6
10.0
–
5.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.7
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
12.76
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
11.33
8.64
9.56
10.71
11.79
14.84
14.36
14.96
10.96
5.7
8.9
2.5
10.7
4.5
4.7
10.0
14.6
10.3
38.8
39.8
35.3
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.8
40.0
11.32
8.64
9.56
10.71
11.79
14.84
14.36
14.85
10.96
5.7
8.9
2.5
10.7
4.5
4.7
10.1
14.6
10.3
38.8
39.8
35.3
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.70
10.23
10.18
11.52
9.12
8.28
7.48
15.8
9.4
3.7
.0
2.5
1.0
3.9
40.0
37.6
32.5
40.0
39.3
40.0
39.0
15.70
10.23
10.18
11.52
9.12
8.28
7.41
15.8
9.4
3.7
.0
2.5
1.0
3.7
40.0
37.6
32.5
40.0
39.3
40.0
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Automobile mechanics –Continued
7 ...................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics
5 ...................................................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
7 ...................................................................
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
7 ...................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
7 ...................................................................
Structural metal workers ....................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Machinists
5 ...................................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Power plant operators ........................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
See footnotes at end of table.
24
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.11
11.68
17.41
11.99
12.72
13.37
12.29
17.58
18.31
12.06
13.05
13.89
11.66
9.39
15.37
12.56
13.49
11.89
13.36
12.82
2.8
13.0
7.5
8.3
9.7
16.0
13.4
4.9
8.6
7.2
5.7
2.1
14.7
6.0
14.3
9.4
1.4
12.5
7.0
8.8
38.8
39.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.8
39.9
40.0
39.7
39.8
37.9
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
41.4
$7.01
11.68
17.41
11.99
12.72
13.37
12.29
17.58
–
11.96
13.05
13.89
11.66
9.39
15.37
12.56
13.49
11.89
13.36
12.81
1.9
13.0
7.5
8.3
9.7
16.0
13.4
4.9
–
7.7
5.7
2.1
14.7
6.0
14.3
9.4
1.4
12.5
7.0
9.1
38.8
39.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.8
39.9
–
39.7
39.8
37.9
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
41.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.06
8.87
9.00
12.10
11.10
15.49
17.22
18.70
18.58
12.40
8.45
10.57
15.22
20.24
14.76
13.86
11.16
9.56
10.25
16.51
14.56
14.01
14.39
10.79
9.67
11.05
8.87
10.95
10.89
4.2
5.4
4.1
10.3
3.3
6.8
9.9
6.3
7.5
5.5
5.0
3.7
8.4
2.8
4.7
10.5
6.6
8.7
14.7
7.6
16.2
6.8
10.7
6.8
5.3
3.9
6.0
6.0
8.5
40.6
39.8
33.3
43.4
41.5
41.1
42.1
42.2
41.6
44.3
39.9
44.4
45.9
42.6
39.7
43.5
25.4
23.3
31.5
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
12.10
8.88
8.85
12.15
11.09
15.73
17.41
19.24
–
12.44
8.44
10.57
15.39
20.33
14.76
13.86
–
–
–
16.51
–
14.01
14.74
–
–
10.86
8.87
10.97
–
4.5
5.5
4.1
10.5
3.5
7.0
10.4
7.4
–
5.5
4.9
3.8
9.4
2.7
4.7
10.5
–
–
–
7.6
–
6.8
14.3
–
–
4.4
6.0
6.3
–
41.5
40.0
34.0
43.9
43.3
42.9
42.6
42.6
–
44.4
39.9
44.5
46.2
42.6
39.7
43.5
–
–
–
40.8
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
$11.55
–
11.28
10.91
11.20
11.87
14.46
–
–
10.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.85
–
11.81
–
11.10
–
–
9.41
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
7.1
8.7
6.8
3.6
4.6
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
13.2
–
9.5
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
31.2
–
25.8
32.2
33.9
25.6
35.9
–
–
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.6
–
27.6
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
12.17
3.7
33.5
12.33
3.6
32.8
–
–
–
8.96
8.58
8.48
3.0
4.4
3.4
37.8
34.1
39.6
8.91
8.61
8.44
3.0
4.6
3.2
37.7
33.9
39.6
10.17
7.76
9.75
5.5
6.8
7.6
39.8
39.4
39.8
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
–Continued
1 ...................................................................
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Welders and cutters ...........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Assemblers ........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Transportation and material moving .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
4 ...................................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Crane and tower operators ................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
4 ...................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
25
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.54
10.53
–
17.00
16.12
–
–
11.29
7.9
3.7
–
2.8
10.9
–
–
4.0
39.0
39.8
–
41.2
41.7
–
–
40.0
$9.52
10.19
–
–
16.33
–
–
–
8.1
2.0
–
–
12.7
–
–
–
39.0
39.8
–
–
41.9
–
–
–
$10.33
12.57
12.53
–
–
10.98
10.99
–
3.5
4.4
4.1
–
–
7.2
9.6
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
39.6
39.3
–
14.38
16.12
9.60
9.97
11.79
9.52
8.23
8.76
10.06
7.97
7.21
8.20
11.00
9.23
10.79
8.05
9.38
8.65
9.64
8.61
6.70
8.51
10.38
8.74
8.39
8.93
–
10.62
9.2
10.9
6.2
5.7
17.6
8.1
7.9
10.2
7.4
3.8
3.9
7.2
6.8
7.7
5.5
3.3
11.0
19.5
4.9
4.9
9.4
2.0
2.8
4.7
10.4
5.3
–
8.1
41.3
41.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
30.4
27.2
38.1
30.3
36.6
38.5
38.6
24.1
18.5
40.0
38.9
36.4
40.0
40.0
39.1
38.2
39.8
–
40.0
14.72
16.33
9.55
9.95
11.79
9.52
8.33
8.76
10.06
7.97
7.21
8.20
11.00
9.24
10.79
8.05
9.38
8.65
9.64
8.61
6.70
8.51
10.38
8.68
8.40
8.90
–
10.22
11.9
12.7
6.5
5.8
17.8
8.3
8.1
10.2
7.4
3.8
3.9
7.2
6.8
7.7
5.5
3.3
11.0
19.5
4.9
4.9
9.4
2.0
2.8
5.1
11.2
6.3
–
9.9
41.8
41.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
30.4
27.2
38.1
30.3
36.5
38.5
38.6
24.1
18.5
40.0
38.9
36.4
40.0
40.0
39.0
38.1
39.8
–
40.0
13.58
–
–
–
–
9.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.31
8.28
9.06
9.82
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
18.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
7.8
1.0
5.6
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
8.47
5.83
5.88
8.62
9.12
12.58
13.57
–
16.26
21.83
11.05
6.18
6.60
–
11.63
12.55
13.43
15.82
15.90
21.83
1.4
4.9
6.9
6.1
2.5
2.3
2.1
–
7.4
4.8
5.9
3.9
4.3
–
5.1
2.2
2.7
7.8
8.4
4.8
34.3
30.3
32.3
36.4
38.8
38.9
43.8
–
43.5
46.8
39.6
36.5
31.7
–
37.7
40.3
45.2
43.4
43.7
46.8
8.08
5.72
5.78
8.61
–
12.32
14.77
–
–
–
–
6.16
6.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
4.5
6.7
6.8
–
6.1
.7
–
–
–
–
3.7
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.9
30.0
32.1
36.7
–
38.0
36.8
–
–
–
–
36.8
31.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.13
7.87
7.86
8.63
9.82
13.00
13.37
15.82
16.26
21.83
13.70
–
–
9.38
11.79
13.28
13.38
15.82
15.90
21.83
6.5
1.7
4.3
6.3
6.8
5.3
2.7
7.8
7.4
4.8
6.2
–
–
11.3
6.1
6.6
2.8
7.8
8.4
4.8
37.9
34.7
34.4
34.7
35.8
40.4
45.3
43.4
43.5
46.8
41.7
–
–
38.7
38.0
40.9
45.5
43.4
43.7
46.8
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
7 ...................................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
3 ...................................................................
Construction laborers .........................................
1 ...................................................................
Production helpers .............................................
1 ...................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
4 ...................................................................
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Service ..............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Firefighting .........................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
4 ...................................................................
Food service ..........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Bartenders .........................................................
3 ...................................................................
Waiters and waitresses
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
1 ...................................................................
Other food service ...............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Cooks .................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
1 ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
1 ...................................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.84
15.30
19.01
20.16
17.37
12.08
12.98
12.67
12.67
15.23
16.96
14.87
13.55
18.94
10.1
6.8
10.6
9.1
6.4
15.5
2.9
2.9
6.3
4.6
7.8
9.2
4.0
4.6
52.6
52.7
40.0
40.0
40.5
36.4
51.5
51.7
53.0
38.4
40.0
40.5
40.1
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$16.84
15.30
19.01
20.16
17.37
–
12.98
12.67
12.67
15.23
16.96
14.87
13.55
18.94
10.1
6.8
10.6
9.1
6.4
–
2.9
2.9
6.3
4.6
7.8
9.2
4.0
4.6
52.6
52.7
40.0
40.0
40.5
–
51.5
51.7
53.0
38.4
40.0
40.5
40.1
39.1
12.62
12.85
14.12
12.08
12.19
11.83
–
6.16
6.59
10.00
10.03
10.08
6.05
5.72
5.21
7.26
8.91
9.80
3.6
7.6
15.3
3.3
6.6
8.9
–
3.8
4.4
17.9
5.3
5.9
8.3
3.3
11.1
12.7
2.0
6.0
40.2
38.9
41.5
39.8
40.0
39.3
–
37.4
31.9
37.7
34.6
39.5
32.0
25.4
34.4
34.8
38.7
41.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$6.16
6.56
–
–
–
5.88
5.63
5.14
6.88
8.99
9.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
4.4
–
–
–
8.2
3.4
11.4
13.7
2.2
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.4
31.9
–
–
–
31.9
25.2
34.6
34.7
40.1
42.0
12.62
12.85
14.12
12.08
12.19
11.83
8.46
–
–
–
10.18
–
8.47
8.28
6.90
9.55
8.66
–
3.6
7.6
15.3
3.3
6.6
8.9
7.3
–
–
–
6.4
–
6.1
2.9
5.4
5.3
4.2
–
40.2
38.9
41.5
39.8
40.0
39.3
37.8
–
–
–
36.6
–
33.5
35.5
30.0
35.8
35.0
–
3.27
4.44
6.16
6.33
5.6
20.6
8.4
11.9
28.2
31.9
30.6
35.6
3.27
4.44
6.16
6.33
5.6
20.6
8.4
11.9
28.2
31.9
30.6
35.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.92
3.64
4.47
4.47
7.40
6.29
6.80
8.46
8.96
9.80
9.92
9.03
9.74
8.04
6.76
6.37
8.87
8.85
6.76
5.67
7.63
7.09
7.7
18.0
7.7
7.7
3.0
2.7
8.4
5.8
2.0
6.0
4.8
2.2
6.6
5.8
6.0
8.4
5.9
4.8
7.0
2.0
5.2
4.8
28.5
30.6
27.0
27.0
30.1
24.8
30.9
36.2
38.9
41.3
41.3
43.9
41.8
34.8
37.4
31.2
35.5
34.5
28.9
22.6
32.4
27.6
2.92
3.64
4.47
4.47
7.26
6.21
6.79
8.18
9.06
9.21
9.73
9.02
9.12
7.83
–
6.37
8.62
9.12
6.73
5.67
7.54
6.96
7.7
18.0
7.7
7.7
2.9
2.8
9.6
5.8
2.1
1.1
5.7
2.2
1.3
6.2
–
8.4
6.7
4.9
7.3
2.0
5.0
6.4
28.5
30.6
27.0
27.0
29.7
24.5
31.0
36.3
40.4
42.0
41.5
44.0
42.4
34.8
–
31.2
35.7
34.7
28.8
22.6
30.9
26.6
–
–
–
–
8.47
8.28
6.90
9.55
8.66
–
–
–
–
9.06
–
–
9.74
–
–
–
7.74
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
2.9
5.4
5.3
4.2
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
33.5
35.5
30.0
35.8
35.0
–
–
–
–
34.7
–
–
35.0
–
–
–
34.5
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 2000–Continued
Total
Occupations and levels
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Kitchen workers, food preparation –Continued
2 ...................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Health service ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Cleaning and building service ................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Personal service ....................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
2 ...................................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.45
6.05
6.26
5.31
7.95
7.63
7.48
7.57
9.32
12.65
9.43
7.73
8.61
10.00
7.68
7.77
7.45
7.47
8.96
8.86
6.96
7.52
9.85
6.9
3.2
2.3
13.8
3.3
5.0
3.7
5.7
7.1
4.9
3.5
10.4
8.9
4.0
3.6
4.9
4.4
6.2
10.3
5.6
4.6
7.5
9.4
35.5
24.0
23.5
25.0
34.2
38.4
35.9
32.1
35.7
34.4
34.3
29.8
36.0
35.6
34.1
38.1
36.7
31.7
35.5
36.4
32.1
32.4
37.7
$8.45
5.99
6.23
4.99
7.88
7.32
7.44
7.47
9.60
12.65
9.55
7.80
8.59
10.98
7.62
–
7.40
7.35
9.22
8.87
6.83
7.00
10.17
8.0
3.5
2.4
15.7
3.5
6.1
3.5
5.9
8.3
4.9
4.9
11.0
9.2
5.5
3.8
–
4.1
6.2
11.3
6.5
5.3
9.1
11.1
39.7
24.0
23.4
25.4
34.0
37.9
35.8
31.5
37.1
34.4
33.3
29.3
36.0
33.1
34.1
–
36.6
31.1
38.4
36.3
31.5
30.2
39.4
$6.84
7.40
–
–
8.53
–
–
8.38
8.68
–
8.99
–
–
–
8.27
–
–
8.35
–
8.84
7.65
8.82
9.22
6.6
9.1
–
–
2.9
–
–
4.5
4.9
–
3.9
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
4.8
–
2.1
2.2
4.0
3.8
33.3
24.0
–
–
35.5
–
–
36.6
32.8
–
38.1
–
–
–
34.3
–
–
36.6
–
37.1
35.4
39.9
34.7
–
6.39
6.29
6.72
9.92
7.73
7.57
9.80
10.19
–
–
7.53
8.34
7.66
7.57
7.32
6.72
–
3.6
3.0
5.8
6.7
5.3
13.1
10.3
5.1
–
–
6.5
8.1
5.7
7.8
5.4
5.5
–
35.9
35.1
39.9
33.3
29.2
29.1
37.4
38.1
–
–
31.8
36.1
31.6
32.0
35.3
35.4
–
6.36
6.28
6.66
10.30
7.78
7.17
10.24
10.15
–
–
8.20
8.79
7.66
6.31
–
–
–
3.4
2.8
6.2
7.0
8.1
14.6
14.9
4.9
–
–
5.0
7.7
5.7
8.0
–
–
–
35.9
35.1
40.0
32.5
26.9
26.6
39.8
38.1
–
–
34.5
37.6
31.6
24.4
–
–
10.29
–
–
–
8.52
7.62
8.74
9.22
–
7.83
7.15
7.00
7.97
–
7.98
7.11
–
11.5
–
–
–
3.5
2.6
7.2
3.8
–
7.9
2.9
6.0
10.1
–
9.8
3.3
–
39.7
–
–
–
36.5
35.5
40.0
34.7
–
32.1
30.9
29.9
35.0
–
35.6
36.2
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
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 the Technical Note for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1999 and April
2001. The average reference period was September 2000.
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 Technical Note.
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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Technical Note
T
Choctaw County, AL
Harrison County, KY
Henry County, AL
Huntsville, AL, MSA
Knoxville, TN, MSA
Lee County, MS
Louisville, KY-IN, MSA
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, MSA
Mobile, AL, MSA
Taylor County, KY
Tunica County, MS
Wayne County, TN
Winston County, MS
he data in this bulletin are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics throughout the year. The surveys are locality-based and cover establishments in private industry and
State and local governments. Bulletins are issued for individual localities when sufficient data meet publication standards. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal
Government are excluded from the scope of the survey.
Survey scope. In the East South Central census division,
the NCS studied 977 establishments representing approximately 5,686,800 workers within the scope of the survey.
Beginning with the 1999 NCS, private sector establishments with one or more workers are included in the survey.
State and local governments with 50 or more workers also
are included. The number of workers represented by the
survey is shown in table A, and the number of establishments is shown in table B. 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.
In the second stage, the sample of establishments was
drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by ownership
and industry. 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 the establishment’s chance of selection. Weights were applied to each
establishment when the data were tabulated so that the
establishment represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for
collection.
The third stage of sample selection was a probability
sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. In
the East South Central region, collection was conducted
between December 1999 and April 2001 with an average
reference period of September 2000.
Sampling frame. The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports. The
reference month for the public sector is June 1994. 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 reference month for the private sector varied by area.
Occupational selection and classification. Identification
of the occupations for which wage data were collected was
a four-step process:
Sample design and data collection. The sample for this
survey was selected using a three-stage design. The first
stage consisted of the selection of areas. The nationwide
NCS sample consists of 154 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nation’s 326 metropolitan
statistical areas and the remaining portions of the 50 States.
Metropolitan areas are designated Metropolitan Statistical
Areas (MSA) or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA), as defined in 1994 by the Office of Management and Budget. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that
do not fit the metropolitan area definition.
The NCS locality areas that contribute to the East South
Central census division are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
Characterization of jobs as full-time vs. part-time,
union vs. nonunion, and time vs. incentive
Determination of the level of work of each job
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 for
which a correct classification or level could not be
determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at
Birmingham, AL, MSA
Bradley County, TN
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dicates 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. Tables in this
bulletin provide RSE data for indicated series.
The relative standard error can be used to calculate a
“confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an
example, suppose the mean hourly earnings for all workers
were $15.80 per hour, with a relative standard error of 1.2
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the
confidence interval for this estimate is $15.49 to $16.11
($15.80 x 1.645 x 0.012 = $0.312, round to $0.31); ($15.80
- .31 = $15.49; $15.80 + .31 = $16.11). 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 also were not specifically measured,
efforts were made to minimize nonsampling errors by the
extensive training of field economists who gathered survey
data by personal visit, computer editing of the data, and
detailed data review.
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 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.
For 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.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen workers 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, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the workers, rather
than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union or a nonunion job.
The fourth step in the job classification procedure was
to determine the work level of each of the establishment's
selected jobs, using an “occupational leveling” process.
This process, involving discussions between the Bureau’s
field economist and the respondent, ranks and compares all
selected establishment occupations using 10 leveling
factors. For more information on occupational leveling
and an example of how to use the criteria for leveling a job,
see appendixes C and D of any published NCS locality
bulletin or http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm. The
Web site also has a link to the NCS job descriptions.
Census area divisions. Data are tabulated by census
divisions defined as follows: New England—Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and
Rhode Island; Middle Atlantic—New Jersey, New York,
and Pennsylvania; East North Central—Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central—
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Nebraska; South Atlantic—Delaware,
District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia;
East South Central—Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi,
and Tennessee; West South Central—Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain—Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
and Nevada; and Pacific—Washington, Oregon,
California, Hawaii, and Alaska. Some census divisions
include CMSAs and MSAs that cross State lines. In the
East South Central census division, the Louisville MSA
includes parts of Kentucky and Indiana and the Memphis
MSA includes parts of Tennessee, Arkansas, and
Mississippi.
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 in-
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TABLE A. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 East South
Central, National Compensation Survey,3 2000
Occupational group
All industries
Private industry
State and local
government
All .............................................................................................
All, excluding sales ...............................................................
5,686,800
4,845,000
4,927,000
4,087,500
759,700
757,400
White collar .........................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ............................................
2,638,100
1,796,300
2,144,600
1,305,100
493,600
491,300
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
674,200
543,100
131,100
295,400
841,800
826,700
348,600
245,500
103,100
250,500
839,500
706,000
325,700
297,600
28,000
45,000
2,300
120,600
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
1,609,200
423,800
440,500
281,700
463,100
1,534,600
394,100
439,100
254,500
446,800
74,700
29,700
–
27,200
16,300
Service .................................................................................
1,439,400
1,247,900
191,500
1 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
with 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.
For more information, see Technical Note.
3 In this census division, collection was conducted between
December 1999 and April 2001. The average reference period
was September 2000.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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TABLE B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment size, East South Central, National
Compensation Survey,1 2000
Number of establishments studied
Industry division
Total
All ......................................................................................................................
Private Industry ............................................................................................
Goods-producing industries .......................................................................
Mining ....................................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................................
Manufacturing ........................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Service-producing industries .....................................................................
Transportation and utilities .....................................................................
Wholesale trade .....................................................................................
Retail trade ............................................................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................................
Services .................................................................................................
State and local government ........................................................................
977
815
268
2
52
214
123
91
547
75
41
140
49
242
162
1 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1999 and April
2001. The average reference period was September 2000.
2 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State and
local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
1 to 99
workers2
100 to
499
workers
500 to
999
workers
1,000 to
2,499
workers
2,500 to
4,999
workers
5,000 or
more
workers
413
389
106
2
41
63
37
26
283
35
30
95
30
93
24
390
310
120
–
11
109
58
51
190
18
11
37
14
110
80
75
54
26
56
37
8
28
19
7
15
6
1
–
–
–
–
26
13
13
28
9
–
–
–
8
7
1
29
6
–
4
2
13
21
–
–
7
7
–
–
12
3
–
2
2
19
19
1
1
2
1
6
9
5
4
–
–
–
1
9
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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