National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States, July 2002
Supplementary Tables
Table of Contents
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Supplementary tables:
Table 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .
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Table 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … .… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .
10
Table 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … .… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .
19
Table 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … … .… .
24
Table 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … .… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .
33
Table 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … .… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .
41
Table 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … ....… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .
45
Table 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … ..… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .
51
Table 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … .… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .
57
Table 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings and hours, full-time workers,
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … .....… … …
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Table 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings and hours, full-time workers,
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, July 2002 … .… … … …
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$17.18
17.45
0.8
.9
$7.04
7.34
$9.50
9.80
$13.81
14.09
$21.08
21.52
$30.50
30.79
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
21.09
22.50
.9
.8
8.50
9.80
11.40
12.71
17.05
18.55
26.35
27.76
37.82
39.42
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Architects .......................................................................
Aerospace engineers .....................................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...........................
Petroleum engineers ......................................................
Chemical engineers .......................................................
Nuclear engineers ..........................................................
Civil engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ................................
Industrial engineers .......................................................
Mechanical engineers ....................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................
Surveyors and mapping scientists .................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................
Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......
Actuaries ........................................................................
Statisticians ....................................................................
Natural scientists ...............................................................
Physicists and astronomers ...........................................
Chemists, except biochemists .......................................
Atmospheric and space scientists .................................
Geologists and geodesists .............................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Agricultural and food scientists ......................................
Biological and life scientists ...........................................
Forestry and conservation scientists .............................
Medical scientists ...........................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Dentists ..........................................................................
Optometrists ..................................................................
Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ...........................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ...................................................................
Dietitians ........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ....................................................
Occupational therapists .................................................
Physical therapists .........................................................
Speech therapists ..........................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Physicians’ assistants ....................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ......
Biological science teachers ...........................................
Chemistry teachers ........................................................
Physics teachers ............................................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ....................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
Economics teachers ......................................................
History teachers .............................................................
Political science teachers ..............................................
Sociology teachers ........................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ......................................
Engineering teachers .....................................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
27.18
29.34
32.73
26.64
36.85
29.41
38.30
37.59
36.16
29.45
34.97
29.23
29.76
34.60
30.16
32.62
32.86
30.98
33.13
25.64
28.42
32.17
30.68
24.06
31.52
29.93
23.58
28.07
20.59
25.44
28.15
51.66
35.51
46.54
21.56
24.57
37.01
19.59
20.28
24.53
27.05
28.51
19.57
31.50
39.97
44.54
41.14
38.82
49.88
35.32
36.77
61.72
36.43
35.94
32.41
39.97
54.11
39.06
1.3
1.5
1.5
7.6
6.3
6.7
6.2
3.0
3.2
3.0
2.7
1.8
3.2
3.1
7.6
2.8
2.8
5.4
7.6
7.1
4.4
11.5
4.0
19.2
10.4
6.5
5.7
15.4
8.7
4.6
2.8
10.2
18.6
9.1
11.3
1.1
1.4
3.2
1.9
3.5
2.6
3.3
13.1
5.1
2.7
10.8
9.9
9.1
9.7
14.0
11.5
18.7
11.8
10.6
10.2
7.6
8.3
6.8
13.20
15.00
21.15
17.96
22.98
21.88
27.37
27.88
28.96
19.81
23.39
20.36
20.87
21.60
22.98
19.57
19.79
19.28
22.31
17.00
16.00
20.94
16.83
12.74
17.46
18.75
15.20
15.97
14.50
14.87
17.15
16.15
14.04
24.04
16.32
17.43
30.00
15.00
15.94
17.47
21.64
20.00
12.86
27.65
21.34
21.66
21.34
27.04
34.88
13.12
21.47
36.13
24.88
22.86
21.52
24.54
33.52
23.26
18.00
20.39
25.84
21.35
28.38
26.29
33.13
30.39
32.27
24.43
27.60
24.29
24.07
27.07
26.21
24.52
24.71
24.18
25.48
18.32
20.19
26.02
22.74
14.42
21.51
23.85
18.54
18.18
15.48
18.46
20.00
20.64
28.84
31.25
17.14
19.83
34.00
17.88
17.75
21.64
22.36
22.60
13.81
28.56
27.09
32.19
28.99
29.14
39.39
22.11
23.45
44.76
24.88
25.00
25.48
28.91
42.64
31.02
24.43
26.81
31.25
25.15
35.58
28.05
36.83
36.33
35.87
28.08
33.53
28.13
28.97
33.69
28.25
31.25
31.57
28.46
30.29
24.04
26.02
28.88
28.89
19.04
28.85
28.89
21.55
22.60
20.53
22.53
24.36
55.29
33.93
56.25
17.14
23.61
37.32
18.29
20.00
23.56
26.00
26.98
15.91
33.65
36.16
42.55
36.62
32.13
46.59
37.67
35.52
63.57
30.35
30.73
28.17
38.11
45.85
40.07
32.93
35.36
38.46
31.34
45.16
33.34
43.36
44.54
39.26
33.36
41.17
33.11
34.38
41.56
35.00
38.94
39.38
36.42
41.83
29.81
33.89
39.18
37.63
33.65
39.32
34.36
27.65
32.29
24.41
30.14
30.77
65.76
40.00
59.38
25.32
27.81
40.37
21.21
22.45
27.40
29.81
30.65
21.21
33.65
47.75
60.10
46.47
43.61
59.07
42.42
44.83
83.08
44.03
44.78
33.56
49.10
67.37
47.41
43.37
45.85
46.18
37.50
51.18
39.45
52.29
49.17
44.81
40.86
48.91
38.68
40.00
49.07
37.20
47.36
47.54
46.22
47.60
37.41
43.46
43.00
46.76
39.43
48.08
43.46
34.05
48.72
27.50
40.39
41.00
98.90
48.11
62.50
31.25
33.25
43.00
25.47
24.37
31.18
35.00
42.62
29.40
33.99
62.85
68.63
70.30
59.38
68.38
57.05
54.08
91.31
57.32
60.91
49.95
57.81
80.51
56.44
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$36.10
48.27
40.95
42.51
39.78
32.85
37.92
39.33
42.88
31.90
50.92
24.10
41.30
29.61
38.44
28.94
17.33
30.75
31.01
31.63
27.94
12.06
27.01
25.08
26.17
19.88
27.41
27.83
28.38
22.34
25.85
17.12
17.21
14.85
17.37
19.25
44.30
44.02
50.44
13.5
7.4
8.3
11.1
20.0
6.2
13.5
10.5
8.7
20.7
10.8
10.2
13.9
7.3
4.5
1.2
7.1
1.4
1.9
3.6
3.7
4.5
5.4
2.3
3.6
11.1
4.2
3.4
5.6
15.9
5.3
5.5
6.0
9.0
11.4
6.6
4.8
5.1
7.9
$21.23
23.08
21.91
25.31
19.05
19.83
17.00
25.13
24.68
14.36
24.68
16.91
27.78
15.00
20.25
14.89
8.00
19.16
20.55
18.08
13.45
6.67
12.87
14.90
14.91
14.59
15.54
17.29
15.23
12.00
16.52
11.10
11.56
4.60
10.27
14.35
22.18
22.12
29.74
$28.00
31.25
25.34
30.26
24.26
25.08
25.58
28.57
29.40
16.92
30.00
20.21
29.09
20.72
25.91
21.33
9.75
23.02
23.95
23.02
19.05
8.89
16.83
17.79
18.71
16.35
20.00
21.74
20.20
16.00
20.99
12.72
12.73
10.09
12.17
16.83
28.49
27.82
43.47
$32.86
44.90
33.57
36.77
37.86
31.57
37.28
39.79
38.43
27.91
51.52
23.44
37.45
31.20
34.38
27.40
13.27
28.69
28.63
29.85
26.24
10.27
25.03
23.20
24.04
16.35
25.96
26.20
26.03
19.00
25.48
15.39
15.37
16.28
16.00
17.00
40.39
40.39
53.04
$50.47
62.39
45.67
53.46
50.98
39.51
46.55
46.46
59.14
39.64
61.94
28.35
42.41
37.21
45.88
35.76
23.04
36.90
36.26
39.24
35.70
15.00
34.83
31.00
31.82
22.98
32.27
32.67
33.00
29.24
31.03
20.21
20.31
19.62
19.16
22.50
57.69
57.69
63.11
$53.85
79.33
68.11
64.94
67.99
46.84
64.75
62.09
59.91
49.92
78.28
30.28
54.89
41.95
60.23
44.83
32.18
45.66
44.99
46.68
44.25
20.00
45.53
36.85
39.75
31.00
40.49
38.23
46.69
40.98
33.95
26.39
26.68
22.68
27.18
26.25
70.91
71.61
63.11
23.47
26.13
22.02
31.65
25.45
19.41
16.59
6.28
14.74
22.38
25.53
22.49
26.00
30.06
19.89
17.35
28.65
13.17
3.6
8.2
6.0
30.4
9.7
8.2
12.6
33.8
8.0
5.6
9.7
38.5
28.9
6.3
1.5
2.6
4.8
14.5
10.25
15.07
10.50
15.39
8.95
12.22
7.58
2.13
10.00
10.27
14.34
6.53
8.00
16.86
11.00
10.63
20.00
8.25
14.34
18.55
13.73
16.29
14.96
13.75
9.00
2.13
11.88
15.29
15.27
8.39
12.92
20.50
13.92
13.00
24.38
8.25
20.52
25.00
20.79
16.54
25.10
18.71
13.31
5.15
14.42
19.02
21.81
11.54
20.70
28.34
17.50
16.57
30.00
11.82
28.31
31.15
27.03
48.00
30.29
22.35
21.90
6.99
17.45
26.70
31.40
16.00
39.02
38.31
22.37
20.99
30.00
15.77
40.10
41.91
36.06
75.00
41.90
29.08
29.65
13.33
20.19
35.82
44.24
56.73
57.56
45.67
28.18
24.72
39.50
21.77
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Medical science teachers ..............................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
Agriculture and forestry teachers ...................................
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
Physical education teachers ..........................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Law teachers .................................................................
Social work teachers ......................................................
Theology teachers .........................................................
Trade and industrial 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 .......................................................................
Archivists and curators ..................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .................................
Economists ....................................................................
Psychologists .................................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Urban planners ..............................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...........................
Social workers ...............................................................
Recreation workers ........................................................
Clergy ............................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................
Lawyers and judges ...........................................................
Lawyers .........................................................................
Judges ...........................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. ................................................................................
Technical writers ............................................................
Designers .......................................................................
Musicians and composers .............................................
Actors and directors .......................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers
Photographers ...............................................................
Dancers .........................................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
Editors and reporters .....................................................
Public relations specialists .............................................
Announcers ....................................................................
Athletes ..........................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................
Technical ...............................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ..........
Dental hygienists ...........................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$22.29
15.65
15.01
19.42
22.04
22.40
21.10
19.05
16.29
16.23
20.34
20.42
104.72
17.08
24.84
20.78
17.86
19.51
3.4
1.4
2.8
5.8
4.0
4.1
3.0
3.2
6.1
5.0
6.8
8.2
8.5
9.7
4.8
5.7
5.3
4.1
$15.64
11.60
9.31
11.55
15.14
14.35
12.68
12.50
10.25
10.30
13.98
14.09
20.90
7.00
15.18
14.50
11.25
11.00
$18.60
13.40
11.00
14.00
18.09
17.63
15.95
15.50
12.50
12.71
16.09
17.31
34.63
7.71
18.27
18.00
14.00
15.00
$22.28
15.25
14.00
19.00
21.06
22.40
19.97
17.89
16.00
15.46
19.51
19.13
100.88
13.10
23.55
21.00
16.15
18.25
$25.75
17.59
17.66
24.09
25.07
25.95
25.44
21.75
18.50
19.01
24.45
23.56
162.49
22.60
30.00
23.41
21.25
23.18
$28.45
20.00
22.03
27.98
28.74
29.85
30.78
26.50
21.17
22.92
28.85
26.79
200.37
35.65
36.79
28.95
26.34
28.85
31.16
34.75
14.68
2.6
3.2
19.2
15.09
15.56
3.46
19.37
21.50
4.04
26.39
29.97
9.10
36.56
41.83
25.70
51.45
55.98
29.55
44.88
30.41
36.34
32.35
32.13
42.70
35.21
33.79
18.66
20.94
22.95
28.08
36.60
24.90
23.35
23.97
31.50
28.06
23.15
25.84
7.5
3.2
8.8
10.4
4.4
10.0
4.3
4.3
3.9
9.8
14.5
8.6
5.1
1.8
2.6
7.0
6.1
4.8
3.4
20.4
30.22
17.27
16.83
17.31
18.91
22.37
18.47
19.58
10.58
7.00
14.15
13.62
15.63
14.86
14.60
13.94
14.42
18.08
15.00
12.66
38.73
22.32
22.00
19.69
24.77
28.27
24.83
23.94
14.40
10.81
17.66
17.14
21.69
17.78
17.55
17.13
19.23
20.77
17.99
17.13
43.19
29.15
28.61
25.00
31.94
39.61
35.10
30.05
16.83
18.54
24.04
25.18
31.93
22.12
21.64
21.38
25.47
26.47
21.06
21.63
49.46
35.15
40.50
44.23
39.42
55.29
43.27
37.61
21.28
25.74
29.74
28.91
43.60
28.53
27.16
28.00
32.97
32.12
27.12
29.62
52.32
44.43
56.60
54.15
47.39
69.23
52.17
54.87
27.85
36.28
29.74
46.67
57.84
35.86
33.18
38.46
48.71
39.55
34.34
49.04
23.27
23.93
23.25
8.8
6.0
4.1
13.27
14.77
15.00
15.14
17.95
17.77
20.67
22.60
22.59
28.13
28.53
26.80
35.54
32.45
33.59
21.98
23.88
2.8
1.8
16.00
14.39
18.18
17.31
20.18
21.88
25.52
27.46
29.65
35.34
14.50
19.16
21.46
19.13
43.42
20.90
20.99
37.71
2.1
4.7
8.6
8.8
11.8
8.7
9.9
19.9
6.35
9.00
9.98
10.00
13.33
8.75
8.20
18.92
7.50
11.60
12.50
12.82
16.84
12.65
11.25
22.54
10.35
15.59
17.20
14.41
28.13
17.75
16.20
31.25
16.83
21.58
26.44
21.78
48.08
23.80
24.84
38.67
26.83
32.87
37.33
33.89
84.14
43.33
34.62
45.93
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Radiological technicians ................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..............................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ..................
Electrical and electronic technicians ..............................
Industrial engineering technicians .................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..............................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Drafters ..........................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Chemical technicians .....................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ............................
Legal assistants .............................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Legislators .....................................................................
Chief executives and general administrators, public
administration ..............................................................
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, properties and real estate ............................
Funeral directors ............................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .............................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Underwriters ..................................................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Management analysts ....................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products ..............
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .......................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...........................
Construction inspectors .................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Insurance sales ..............................................................
Real estate sales ...........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..........................
Advertising and related sales .........................................
Sales, other business services ......................................
Sales engineers .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$24.08
18.95
9.05
8.64
11.21
19.71
13.82
13.79
11.73
8.93
8.19
8.00
23.26
13.98
5.2
4.8
3.5
4.9
10.2
32.5
5.5
4.4
5.9
8.9
1.4
8.6
28.5
7.7
$10.50
6.23
6.15
5.75
6.50
7.80
8.65
7.91
6.30
5.62
5.75
5.60
7.40
7.50
$14.43
9.25
6.90
6.90
7.25
9.50
9.95
9.52
7.00
6.70
6.50
6.40
8.50
9.50
$21.25
15.66
8.00
8.59
9.00
16.35
12.00
12.00
8.50
7.50
7.50
8.33
16.31
11.40
$29.98
24.46
10.25
9.18
12.41
20.50
15.00
17.31
12.50
10.00
9.00
9.25
35.92
16.98
$40.21
35.47
12.40
11.07
17.96
59.42
21.00
21.89
20.92
13.00
11.50
9.25
49.02
24.04
13.41
17.86
19.12
19.72
20.59
.5
3.1
9.5
2.4
6.5
8.50
12.47
13.90
13.01
14.38
10.00
13.79
14.00
15.29
15.75
12.50
17.03
18.53
18.75
19.52
15.79
20.44
23.97
23.55
23.08
19.54
24.76
28.74
27.18
29.47
19.76
15.90
14.06
14.77
16.68
14.07
11.25
8.71
13.74
10.62
12.16
10.63
13.02
13.20
14.75
11.69
9.92
12.95
13.62
15.17
12.11
14.76
11.95
11.27
11.32
10.24
12.57
10.94
11.32
9.25
15.36
17.17
12.72
12.40
16.27
14.97
14.74
4.4
2.7
9.8
1.2
4.9
1.7
4.4
2.4
5.3
2.1
2.8
15.1
2.0
1.9
3.4
2.8
2.2
2.2
1.5
2.6
3.5
23.1
4.7
6.4
6.5
5.4
4.2
12.7
5.8
6.8
3.8
3.3
2.9
1.9
4.5
7.5
3.6
11.97
11.35
8.50
9.50
10.00
10.00
7.75
7.00
7.65
8.00
8.50
6.25
9.52
8.50
9.40
7.66
7.50
8.70
9.23
10.25
8.90
6.30
8.12
8.00
8.00
7.00
7.62
6.95
7.85
6.00
9.34
11.00
8.25
8.16
10.31
9.00
9.36
13.74
12.81
10.49
11.43
12.14
11.51
8.80
7.50
9.14
8.93
9.85
9.78
11.03
10.00
11.58
8.76
8.65
10.23
10.77
12.03
10.00
7.80
8.94
8.95
8.50
9.50
9.16
7.75
8.75
7.13
11.35
13.56
9.55
9.62
12.50
10.50
11.54
18.04
15.75
14.09
14.06
15.14
13.75
10.76
8.00
12.74
10.00
11.40
10.25
12.63
12.50
15.00
11.09
9.01
12.41
13.12
14.49
11.50
14.25
10.03
10.46
11.00
10.00
11.12
9.55
10.09
8.79
14.47
16.37
11.95
11.50
15.36
13.10
14.65
24.38
18.35
18.04
17.46
19.70
15.93
13.00
9.50
18.78
12.02
13.94
11.00
14.51
15.37
17.59
13.76
11.00
15.05
15.39
18.51
14.00
25.00
14.00
13.50
13.00
11.00
16.81
13.87
12.93
10.35
18.72
20.59
15.00
14.42
20.37
17.25
17.56
27.81
22.29
19.41
20.67
25.00
18.23
15.07
11.33
21.17
14.36
16.53
12.20
16.71
18.88
20.35
16.66
13.00
18.00
18.54
20.34
16.15
25.00
20.00
17.77
16.53
13.62
18.64
14.24
16.74
13.02
22.52
24.08
19.37
18.03
23.01
24.61
19.56
Mean
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale .....................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ......................
Sales workers, apparel ..................................................
Sales workers, shoes .....................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...............
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .............
Sales workers, parts ......................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .................................
Sales counter clerks ......................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
News vendors ................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..............
Sales support, n.e.c. ......................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Supervisors, general office ............................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .................
Supervisors, financial records processing .....................
Chief communications operators ...................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ...........................................................................
Computer operators .......................................................
Peripheral equipment operators ....................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Stenographers ...............................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Interviewers ...................................................................
Hotel clerks ....................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .................
Receptionists .................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Classified ad clerks ........................................................
Correspondence clerks ..................................................
Order clerks ...................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping .........
Library clerks .................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ......................................
Billing clerks ...................................................................
Cost and rate clerks .......................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators .......
Duplicating machine operators ......................................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ....................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...............
Mail clerks, except postal service ..................................
Messengers ...................................................................
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Production coordinators .................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Meter readers ................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .............
Expeditors ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .......................................
Bill and account collectors .............................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Bank tellers ....................................................................
Proofreaders ..................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$13.31
18.96
14.74
14.90
13.32
12.52
10.00
14.20
12.06
13.49
10.94
13.60
9.1
8.4
2.2
3.2
3.8
1.1
1.3
15.4
2.1
4.3
1.3
1.4
$7.16
11.39
9.98
10.25
8.65
8.40
7.69
6.95
8.80
8.63
7.74
8.54
$8.39
12.88
11.49
12.12
10.39
9.83
8.62
9.54
10.00
10.64
8.66
10.30
$10.70
15.92
13.90
14.78
12.80
11.79
9.62
14.00
11.27
12.50
10.04
13.00
$17.31
21.68
17.00
17.00
15.69
14.71
11.15
17.05
13.55
16.27
12.46
16.17
$23.00
33.05
21.04
18.89
18.34
17.76
12.57
22.68
16.50
19.19
15.51
19.24
Blue collar ....................................................................................
14.51
.9
7.65
9.75
13.03
18.00
23.86
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................
Aircraft engine mechanics .............................................
Small engine repairers ...................................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..........................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .........................................
Farm equipment mechanics ..........................................
Industrial machinery repairers .......................................
Machinery maintenance .................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ............................
Household appliance and power tool repairers .............
Telephone line installers and repairers ..........................
Telephone installers and repairers ................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ..
Camera, watch, and musical instrument repairers ........
Locksmiths and safe repairers .......................................
Office machine repairers ................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .......................
Elevator installers and repairers ....................................
Millwrights ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and
tilesetters .....................................................................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .......................................................................
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers ....
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .........................
Brickmasons and stonemasons .....................................
Tile setters, hard and soft ..............................................
Carpet installers .............................................................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Carpenter apprentices ...................................................
Drywall installers ............................................................
Electricians ....................................................................
Electrician apprentices ...................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ........................
18.20
22.74
17.27
12.08
16.47
25.18
13.57
17.49
25.00
18.85
14.26
19.22
14.89
1.1
3.1
3.8
5.7
3.3
5.3
4.4
9.4
6.7
4.6
6.7
2.2
6.3
10.05
13.13
10.75
8.00
11.25
18.00
10.00
10.39
13.90
12.50
10.86
13.52
9.00
13.00
16.19
13.00
10.00
12.50
21.00
11.55
13.50
19.85
14.00
11.77
15.69
11.00
17.03
21.53
17.00
12.08
15.73
25.15
14.00
15.00
26.69
18.63
14.00
18.25
13.68
22.64
27.76
20.00
14.50
19.50
28.44
15.00
18.80
30.27
22.16
16.00
22.97
18.92
27.45
33.39
24.34
15.25
22.50
34.87
16.00
27.29
33.50
27.45
17.20
26.14
21.85
19.51
15.52
15.18
23.36
22.76
16.46
14.85
14.64
14.55
20.83
35.81
21.77
15.81
4.1
15.8
7.1
3.8
2.4
3.0
24.0
10.5
8.6
4.9
9.6
5.5
2.9
12.00
7.79
10.00
16.38
16.39
10.00
8.75
10.00
9.50
15.00
25.06
16.00
9.25
14.90
8.17
11.00
22.60
21.17
13.00
9.50
12.77
11.00
16.04
33.16
16.50
11.94
19.25
14.60
14.75
24.39
22.93
16.00
12.65
13.00
14.35
20.61
36.43
23.56
15.65
24.39
19.37
18.00
25.58
25.71
19.65
17.35
17.31
17.46
24.53
42.74
25.05
18.61
28.50
24.98
23.66
26.87
26.66
22.31
27.55
19.04
20.10
28.94
42.74
27.94
23.30
20.99
24.84
17.5
5.9
13.82
17.26
14.63
19.71
17.55
24.04
29.79
29.40
32.85
36.06
26.72
19.93
25.23
21.15
19.92
22.47
19.05
18.30
17.40
20.74
22.33
14.83
24.30
5.0
13.0
4.7
3.6
7.5
14.2
12.3
3.3
13.6
10.2
3.6
4.0
3.8
18.27
8.00
15.50
15.00
10.10
14.00
10.00
11.10
9.44
12.00
13.30
9.23
15.04
21.67
16.75
20.00
16.63
17.00
18.00
13.13
13.50
13.50
15.00
16.79
11.00
20.92
24.54
20.50
24.85
19.75
20.00
22.84
17.00
17.00
16.45
20.34
20.46
14.00
24.20
33.05
23.00
30.21
24.25
22.97
30.79
25.00
21.88
18.75
26.13
27.85
18.00
28.54
37.86
26.27
32.75
30.00
28.50
30.79
30.79
28.34
26.00
30.28
33.50
21.12
32.20
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.65
15.06
21.27
18.29
18.35
16.92
14.40
15.97
14.68
20.54
17.62
15.76
23.58
20.01
15.51
20.21
20.67
21.85
13.43
19.22
18.52
14.49
17.03
20.85
17.08
12.72
17.15
17.07
14.16
11.87
12.61
13.85
15.84
17.56
16.52
14.90
16.81
12.46
15.07
12.94
11.40
10.76
11.69
17.90
6.5
12.6
3.8
12.6
9.5
5.5
5.9
18.1
10.3
14.6
5.5
4.1
8.2
18.2
9.7
10.2
3.2
2.1
12.2
4.1
4.8
3.7
6.5
11.8
14.5
16.9
19.9
9.2
17.2
7.2
6.8
10.2
13.7
5.3
6.8
4.1
14.7
3.9
8.7
10.2
3.9
5.2
10.7
2.8
$9.00
6.25
13.50
10.00
12.00
11.00
9.50
9.25
8.00
11.50
12.95
9.50
10.50
8.00
9.75
10.50
13.00
16.25
9.81
11.50
12.50
12.00
8.50
12.00
9.86
6.80
8.20
9.50
8.58
8.35
10.00
8.61
8.75
13.23
12.85
8.87
10.00
7.91
9.51
8.89
7.00
6.50
7.25
11.40
$10.00
12.07
16.50
11.00
14.00
14.50
11.00
10.75
10.00
14.00
14.50
11.92
19.90
11.00
10.97
18.14
15.45
18.00
11.02
15.38
15.00
14.00
13.64
17.40
12.00
7.74
8.20
12.00
9.32
10.00
10.25
10.92
12.03
14.59
14.50
11.05
10.88
9.35
10.30
9.34
8.44
8.55
8.02
13.29
$12.00
15.00
19.91
16.71
15.69
17.00
14.00
11.87
14.00
16.50
15.50
15.00
22.00
22.65
15.10
21.03
19.66
21.40
11.30
19.43
18.08
15.00
15.84
18.69
16.29
12.20
17.50
15.50
14.17
12.25
12.45
12.80
15.50
17.39
15.00
14.79
17.00
11.78
13.99
13.95
10.55
10.25
11.03
16.47
$15.00
16.76
26.22
25.38
24.66
18.00
17.00
25.42
18.74
31.34
20.64
18.43
29.12
25.81
17.50
24.80
24.50
25.26
13.92
22.75
22.70
15.00
19.75
29.06
22.95
14.50
23.13
21.25
16.52
13.20
12.70
17.35
18.72
18.97
18.00
18.00
20.75
15.00
18.00
13.95
13.75
13.05
14.63
23.23
$21.00
26.41
29.72
26.27
25.63
22.86
21.53
25.42
21.66
31.77
25.34
23.35
29.12
25.81
22.55
26.55
28.85
28.42
20.83
25.99
23.81
16.84
28.05
29.40
28.10
24.04
23.56
26.85
21.99
14.25
18.12
19.44
23.45
21.76
22.51
21.50
25.00
18.32
24.25
15.65
17.05
14.86
17.12
25.54
21.85
14.71
17.25
25.62
21.91
22.39
7.3
7.3
3.4
2.9
4.5
3.2
15.34
10.25
10.00
19.63
14.96
14.48
17.21
11.69
13.56
24.39
17.43
20.06
24.45
16.00
17.13
26.39
20.79
24.10
24.45
16.00
20.71
27.28
28.01
25.85
25.10
17.38
24.66
33.02
30.82
27.37
12.94
16.07
15.00
13.04
12.77
15.38
11.82
1.4
5.4
5.9
5.2
7.8
11.8
11.1
7.50
12.09
9.00
8.75
8.06
9.07
7.00
9.28
13.93
10.84
11.40
8.83
10.56
7.00
11.94
15.30
14.40
12.50
11.85
14.77
10.92
15.55
18.00
18.09
14.07
15.01
16.37
15.90
20.23
20.78
22.49
16.95
19.07
28.63
19.18
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Painters, construction and maintenance ........................
Plasterers .......................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .....................................
Glaziers ..........................................................................
Insulation workers ..........................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ..............................................
Structural metal workers ................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Supervisors, extractive ..................................................
Drillers, oil well ...............................................................
Mining machine operators .............................................
Mining, n.e.c. .................................................................
Supervisors, production .................................................
Tool and die makers ......................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ....................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..........................................
Machinists ......................................................................
Machinist apprentices ....................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...............
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .......................
Layout workers ..............................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .............................
Engravers, metal ............................................................
Sheet metal workers ......................................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ....................................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..........................
Furniture and wood finishers .........................................
Tailors ............................................................................
Upholsterers ..................................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ..................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians ....
Bookbinders ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................
Precision food production ..............................................
Butchers and meat cutters .............................................
Bakers ............................................................................
Food batchmakers .........................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ....................................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Adjusters and calibrators ...............................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ..................
Power plant operators ....................................................
Stationary engineers ......................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators .................
Lathe and turning machine operators ............................
Milling and planing machine operators ..........................
Punching and stamping press operators .......................
Rolling machine operators .............................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...........................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.08
13.75
14.63
14.38
12.32
13.68
15.71
11.78
11.98
12.68
10.86
15.85
16.83
14.05
12.94
3.6
7.4
4.5
4.3
3.5
7.0
7.5
6.2
4.3
5.3
6.3
3.4
4.4
10.3
9.9
$8.50
8.97
10.25
9.50
8.00
8.50
10.66
9.00
7.25
9.25
7.65
10.00
10.80
8.25
8.65
$10.18
11.05
11.20
10.50
9.46
10.50
12.27
10.30
10.00
11.02
9.30
12.00
13.00
10.00
9.63
$12.61
13.02
14.00
13.48
11.19
14.25
15.02
12.00
12.40
13.00
10.43
15.75
17.50
12.85
12.80
$15.32
16.98
16.93
16.92
14.36
16.00
20.57
13.00
13.90
14.50
11.60
19.00
18.63
16.97
16.09
$18.02
18.59
19.95
23.98
18.20
19.68
21.65
14.50
14.53
14.50
14.35
22.55
22.04
22.00
16.09
12.36
9.98
8.93
9.08
8.49
11.91
12.40
12.78
14.87
18.97
11.39
15.10
11.42
13.22
13.07
13.72
12.95
13.12
12.24
10.93
13.47
15.51
10.35
12.83
9.86
10.91
11.32
15.50
11.12
13.18
13.26
10.71
9.89
10.49
8.7
6.8
6.3
4.0
4.1
8.3
4.2
6.1
4.6
3.6
2.7
6.0
9.4
10.2
7.7
6.3
4.6
4.6
25.2
5.2
2.7
2.5
9.8
3.3
12.6
7.4
6.2
27.8
6.0
4.1
4.7
9.3
7.4
10.2
8.25
6.89
6.50
7.00
6.18
7.75
7.25
8.27
8.75
13.43
8.81
9.25
9.37
9.78
8.65
8.00
9.30
9.00
7.75
7.50
8.39
10.50
7.68
7.05
6.70
7.00
7.75
10.50
7.00
8.25
8.25
8.50
6.20
7.00
10.43
7.75
6.75
7.75
7.05
8.05
9.00
9.55
11.70
16.05
10.00
11.40
9.37
9.86
11.10
11.25
10.01
10.40
7.75
8.10
9.95
12.50
7.68
8.90
8.00
8.45
9.98
11.97
7.94
9.64
10.36
8.50
7.25
8.24
12.15
9.80
7.97
8.57
8.03
12.54
11.55
12.75
13.91
18.62
11.07
14.10
10.48
11.31
12.04
12.80
12.12
12.92
10.00
9.50
12.53
15.00
9.80
11.00
8.00
11.64
12.00
12.50
9.60
11.65
12.90
10.03
9.10
9.95
14.57
10.75
9.99
10.00
9.28
14.51
15.23
15.10
17.50
22.32
12.66
16.10
12.14
15.58
15.60
15.60
15.05
16.25
13.28
13.25
16.16
17.84
12.10
15.00
11.25
12.27
12.00
12.50
12.80
15.50
16.15
11.69
12.00
11.15
15.82
14.74
12.25
11.86
11.26
16.01
18.65
17.18
20.94
24.63
14.25
23.64
16.85
19.73
19.43
20.31
17.96
16.90
20.00
16.00
20.02
21.45
14.48
24.34
15.50
13.17
13.49
27.03
17.47
21.00
18.00
16.70
14.42
12.77
14.25
18.48
14.20
12.77
14.23
8.31
8.26
1.5
5.0
2.1
5.9
2.3
6.5
7.4
8.00
12.60
8.33
5.65
9.08
6.25
5.40
10.00
14.00
10.11
8.95
11.00
7.00
6.75
13.00
17.47
13.01
11.94
13.52
7.50
7.50
17.50
21.97
17.56
15.03
17.46
9.50
10.00
22.50
26.25
22.00
21.99
20.43
11.26
11.40
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ......................................................................
Forging machine operators ............................................
Numerical control machine operators ............................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...........................
Molding and casting machine operators ........................
Metal plating machine operators ....................................
Heat treating equipment operators ................................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators ....
Sawing machine operators ............................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators .......................
Nailing and tacking machine operators ..........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .................................
Typesetters and compositors .........................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .......................
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ......................................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ..................................
Textile sewing machine operators .................................
Pressing machine operators ..........................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Cementing and gluing machine operators .....................
Packaging and filling machine operators .......................
Extruding and forming machine operators .....................
Mixing and blending machine operators ........................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators ..
Compressing and compacting machine operators ........
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .............
Roasting and baking machine operators, food ..............
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ......
Folding machine operators ............................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .............
Crushing and grinding machine operators .....................
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...........................
Motion picture projectionists ..........................................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Welders and cutters .......................................................
Solders and braziers ......................................................
Assemblers ....................................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .............................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..............................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .........................
Hand engraving and printing ..........................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...............................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ...........
Production testers ..........................................................
Production samplers and weighers ................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ..................................................
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truck drivers ..................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Bus drivers .....................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.52
34.89
32.98
24.58
19.18
12.96
13.49
19.53
19.65
13.03
16.98
15.82
14.89
13.56
7.6
4.7
10.3
7.4
9.4
5.8
2.7
5.9
6.0
12.7
5.1
6.2
4.4
2.5
$4.50
23.26
19.05
16.10
11.25
7.92
12.66
12.98
11.05
8.90
11.33
10.00
9.50
9.10
$5.90
27.07
23.86
23.00
15.00
8.92
13.56
15.36
14.45
9.50
13.33
12.00
11.64
10.55
$7.45
33.58
30.16
23.00
18.80
11.65
13.56
19.22
20.00
10.85
15.92
14.14
13.98
12.62
$10.00
41.68
42.95
28.12
21.50
16.25
13.56
24.28
24.62
17.06
19.78
18.00
16.95
15.69
$13.90
48.14
50.72
32.40
24.58
19.94
15.28
25.39
25.72
23.10
24.20
23.91
21.45
19.74
15.61
4.2
9.82
11.49
14.21
19.34
24.48
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Nursery workers .............................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .......................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Animal caretakers, except farm .....................................
Inspectors, agricultural products ....................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
Helpers, extractive .........................................................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers .........................................................
Garbage collectors .........................................................
Stevedores .....................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ....................................
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. .............................
10.98
8.23
18.17
11.16
10.48
9.55
1.3
9.2
6.7
2.9
9.3
16.9
6.50
5.15
9.00
7.25
6.60
5.15
7.98
7.18
14.59
8.25
7.15
7.00
9.97
7.58
16.83
10.13
10.00
8.40
12.90
9.50
22.56
13.58
12.35
13.00
17.50
11.18
25.64
16.44
17.79
13.00
18.31
11.61
11.26
11.11
13.00
10.01
14.54
16.95
9.56
10.48
12.10
9.87
9.88
9.31
10.62
5.9
4.5
3.1
18.2
4.2
3.5
8.7
19.8
1.9
3.0
4.9
6.6
2.8
3.7
2.4
11.01
7.50
7.00
6.80
7.50
5.85
9.00
9.00
5.85
7.50
7.00
6.75
6.50
6.00
6.71
14.04
8.75
9.00
7.50
9.00
7.50
10.90
10.00
6.95
8.25
8.50
7.25
7.50
7.25
8.00
17.00
10.20
10.50
9.35
11.12
9.57
13.90
14.75
8.50
9.50
10.82
8.50
9.00
8.65
9.50
21.22
13.50
13.00
15.00
16.18
11.66
17.33
23.40
11.10
12.55
14.65
11.53
10.65
10.70
12.00
25.27
17.24
16.74
19.00
20.60
14.45
22.76
23.40
14.90
14.76
19.55
15.83
14.57
13.00
16.75
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ..................
Supervisors, police and detectives ................................
Supervisors, guards .......................................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention .................................
Firefighting .....................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers .....
Correctional institution officers .......................................
Crossing guards .............................................................
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 ...........................................................
10.32
16.83
24.50
28.77
19.78
20.41
17.91
22.64
18.58
16.43
9.60
10.24
11.72
7.41
4.88
6.75
4.21
6.01
8.45
1.3
2.3
4.7
2.9
5.7
8.8
2.6
1.0
1.9
5.1
4.9
2.9
6.5
1.1
2.7
3.8
3.3
3.2
1.2
5.50
8.00
16.48
16.58
10.83
13.52
10.88
14.85
11.38
11.02
6.67
7.00
6.50
3.09
2.13
4.00
2.13
3.00
5.75
6.75
10.21
19.17
22.90
14.00
15.49
13.63
17.85
14.17
11.92
8.08
8.00
7.75
5.65
2.65
5.00
2.38
5.15
6.50
8.75
15.09
23.45
28.68
18.49
19.96
17.33
22.58
17.94
14.73
8.87
9.00
10.61
7.00
5.00
6.75
3.25
6.25
7.50
12.00
22.26
28.13
34.91
22.26
24.48
22.41
26.35
22.09
20.52
11.13
11.22
13.29
8.75
6.75
8.00
5.51
7.00
9.50
17.40
27.67
34.24
39.94
32.63
27.34
25.42
30.33
27.67
24.62
12.51
15.14
18.97
11.35
8.00
9.69
6.90
8.00
12.31
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...........................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .........................................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..............
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...............................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Hoist and winch operators .............................................
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. ............................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Supervisors, food preparation and service ....................
Cooks .............................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .................................................
Health service ....................................................................
Dental assistants ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................
Cleaning and building service ............................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ......
Maids and housemen ....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Pest control ....................................................................
Personal service ................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ........................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists ...................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ..........
Guides ...........................................................................
Ushers ...........................................................................
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Baggage porters and bellhops .......................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$12.61
9.10
7.75
7.48
10.54
14.47
11.49
9.80
10.23
14.73
8.21
10.38
12.70
10.28
15.16
13.12
7.06
12.05
8.33
30.95
7.21
9.10
8.32
9.27
10.36
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the
same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate
shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At
the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th
and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 Total include 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.
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
2.6
1.5
2.0
1.1
1.8
7.0
3.7
1.3
2.0
4.0
1.6
2.1
6.2
3.7
4.1
7.3
4.6
12.7
3.5
2.5
6.1
5.3
3.8
4.1
3.0
$7.50
6.25
5.50
5.50
7.13
9.25
7.50
7.00
6.50
8.27
6.25
6.50
8.75
5.70
9.00
6.71
5.25
7.73
6.03
14.51
4.50
5.95
5.83
6.24
6.43
$9.41
7.00
6.00
6.25
8.24
11.50
9.00
7.90
7.35
11.00
6.90
7.75
11.54
6.50
12.50
8.05
5.60
8.50
6.75
19.48
5.82
6.70
6.40
7.00
7.69
$11.95
8.75
7.25
7.00
9.86
14.00
10.74
9.40
9.03
13.46
7.50
9.50
12.77
8.40
14.38
10.94
6.25
10.12
7.55
31.95
6.75
8.40
7.70
8.31
9.50
$15.31
10.50
8.65
8.16
12.00
17.71
12.95
11.00
12.24
17.43
8.77
12.36
12.77
11.54
17.67
16.24
7.55
16.83
9.90
37.59
7.75
10.82
9.61
10.99
12.33
$19.28
12.50
10.50
9.87
15.00
18.00
16.58
13.31
15.87
22.04
10.96
15.52
17.73
16.25
20.56
21.76
10.25
16.83
11.12
50.74
10.00
13.34
11.50
13.18
15.50
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$18.14
18.25
0.9
.9
$8.00
8.00
$10.25
10.43
$14.77
14.99
$22.12
22.35
$31.73
31.77
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
22.11
23.00
.8
.8
9.40
10.00
12.32
13.07
18.02
19.00
27.31
28.30
38.95
40.00
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Architects .......................................................................
Aerospace engineers .....................................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...........................
Petroleum engineers ......................................................
Chemical engineers .......................................................
Nuclear engineers ..........................................................
Civil engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ................................
Industrial engineers .......................................................
Mechanical engineers ....................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................
Surveyors and mapping scientists .................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................
Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......
Actuaries ........................................................................
Statisticians ....................................................................
Natural scientists ...............................................................
Physicists and astronomers ...........................................
Chemists, except biochemists .......................................
Atmospheric and space scientists .................................
Geologists and geodesists .............................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Agricultural and food scientists ......................................
Biological and life scientists ...........................................
Forestry and conservation scientists .............................
Medical scientists ...........................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Dentists ..........................................................................
Optometrists ..................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ...................................................................
Dietitians ........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ....................................................
Occupational therapists .................................................
Physical therapists .........................................................
Speech therapists ..........................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Physicians’ assistants ....................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ......
Biological science teachers ...........................................
Chemistry teachers ........................................................
Physics teachers ............................................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ....................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
Economics teachers ......................................................
History teachers .............................................................
Political science teachers ..............................................
Sociology teachers ........................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ......................................
Engineering teachers .....................................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
27.57
29.68
32.73
26.63
36.61
29.41
38.30
37.59
36.16
29.42
35.01
29.26
29.84
34.57
30.16
32.70
32.94
31.02
33.13
25.64
28.45
32.17
30.72
24.06
31.52
29.93
23.58
28.16
20.59
25.42
28.19
50.69
33.34
51.88
24.23
37.09
19.27
20.20
23.75
26.05
28.48
17.90
31.59
40.47
44.57
41.45
38.87
49.88
37.48
37.21
61.73
36.10
36.00
32.39
39.23
53.83
39.68
38.48
1.3
1.6
1.5
7.7
6.3
6.7
6.2
3.0
3.2
3.0
2.7
1.8
3.2
3.1
7.6
2.9
2.8
5.4
7.6
7.1
4.4
11.5
4.0
19.2
10.4
6.5
5.7
15.6
8.7
4.6
3.4
11.0
21.3
10.9
1.3
1.6
3.4
2.0
3.7
2.7
3.8
11.2
4.9
2.7
11.0
10.0
9.2
9.7
12.5
11.9
18.7
12.4
10.7
10.3
8.1
9.1
6.7
14.3
13.57
15.39
21.15
17.96
22.94
21.88
27.37
27.88
28.96
19.81
23.56
20.38
21.00
21.50
22.98
19.75
19.99
19.28
22.31
17.00
16.00
20.94
16.83
12.74
17.46
18.75
15.20
15.99
14.50
14.85
16.82
15.77
14.04
34.62
17.06
30.00
15.00
15.82
17.47
21.27
19.52
12.72
27.65
21.81
21.66
21.34
27.04
34.88
18.42
22.03
36.13
24.88
22.86
21.52
24.54
32.99
25.55
21.23
18.23
20.67
25.85
21.35
28.21
26.29
33.13
30.39
32.27
24.43
27.64
24.36
24.07
27.04
26.21
24.61
24.83
24.18
25.48
18.32
20.19
26.02
22.83
14.42
21.51
23.85
18.54
18.25
15.48
18.46
19.65
20.32
28.84
37.78
19.39
34.00
17.74
17.59
21.21
22.36
22.60
13.46
28.56
27.47
32.11
29.58
29.14
39.39
27.00
24.42
44.76
24.88
25.00
25.48
28.50
42.64
31.21
26.60
24.75
27.11
31.25
25.15
35.30
28.05
36.83
36.33
35.87
28.08
33.60
28.13
29.00
33.65
28.25
31.25
31.64
28.46
30.29
24.04
26.02
28.88
28.95
19.04
28.85
28.89
21.55
22.60
20.53
22.40
24.04
54.04
33.93
59.38
23.29
37.38
18.00
20.00
23.19
25.17
26.17
14.86
33.65
36.66
42.04
36.62
32.13
46.59
37.75
37.06
63.57
30.18
30.73
28.17
38.11
45.85
40.21
38.16
33.25
35.82
38.46
31.34
44.85
33.34
43.36
44.54
39.26
33.21
41.25
33.13
34.46
41.55
35.00
38.97
39.41
36.42
41.83
29.81
33.94
39.18
37.63
33.65
39.32
34.37
27.65
32.33
24.41
30.11
30.83
64.90
38.46
59.38
27.53
40.15
20.90
22.45
27.07
28.60
30.65
20.52
33.65
48.10
60.10
46.47
43.61
59.07
43.14
45.03
83.08
43.52
44.78
33.56
49.10
65.96
47.93
51.29
43.97
46.35
46.16
37.50
50.75
39.45
52.29
49.17
44.81
40.86
48.91
38.73
40.00
49.07
37.20
47.43
47.57
46.22
47.60
37.41
43.46
43.00
46.76
39.43
48.08
43.46
34.05
48.77
27.50
40.39
41.84
98.73
46.28
62.50
33.00
42.54
24.83
24.35
30.86
32.17
43.57
25.50
33.99
63.46
69.05
70.30
60.09
68.38
58.47
54.08
91.31
55.29
60.91
49.95
57.28
80.77
56.66
55.39
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$48.46
41.22
42.58
39.78
32.92
40.06
39.76
43.50
31.58
51.71
41.48
29.53
39.21
29.48
18.03
30.84
30.99
31.86
28.66
11.89
27.19
25.25
26.35
20.01
27.60
27.83
28.85
22.33
25.92
17.23
17.22
16.85
17.40
19.26
44.42
44.11
51.67
7.5
8.5
11.3
20.0
6.5
14.3
10.3
8.7
22.3
11.2
14.3
7.6
4.7
1.2
7.4
1.4
1.8
3.6
3.7
9.6
5.7
2.4
3.7
11.6
4.4
3.4
6.0
15.9
5.4
5.9
6.2
5.3
11.8
6.7
5.0
5.2
7.3
$22.93
21.91
26.00
19.05
19.83
19.77
25.13
25.73
14.36
24.68
26.76
15.00
21.12
16.63
8.07
19.27
20.55
18.39
15.57
7.50
12.87
15.06
15.23
14.89
15.91
17.29
15.54
12.00
16.52
11.52
11.61
10.50
10.27
14.35
22.50
22.18
33.95
$30.90
25.64
30.26
24.26
25.31
25.94
28.57
29.43
16.92
31.73
29.09
21.40
26.63
21.84
9.75
23.10
23.96
23.37
20.08
10.27
16.83
18.05
18.99
16.35
20.54
21.74
20.90
16.00
21.25
12.73
12.73
12.15
12.17
16.83
28.73
27.98
46.40
$45.06
34.06
36.77
37.86
31.38
38.65
39.79
40.16
27.24
52.05
35.92
31.20
34.98
27.82
13.39
28.77
28.62
29.98
26.97
10.27
25.07
23.39
24.47
16.35
25.96
26.20
26.07
19.00
25.69
15.39
15.16
17.75
16.00
18.97
40.39
40.39
53.62
$62.50
45.67
53.46
50.98
39.48
46.55
46.51
59.14
39.64
62.51
43.13
36.76
46.64
36.06
24.54
37.00
36.21
39.37
35.92
16.25
35.10
31.00
32.18
22.98
32.33
32.67
33.00
29.24
31.03
20.35
20.35
20.92
19.16
22.50
57.83
57.69
63.11
$79.33
68.38
65.14
67.99
46.95
64.75
62.09
59.91
49.92
81.17
54.89
41.38
60.89
45.12
32.73
45.78
44.98
46.89
44.73
18.24
45.56
36.96
39.75
31.00
40.98
38.23
46.88
40.98
33.95
26.63
26.68
22.68
27.18
26.25
70.91
71.59
63.11
24.27
26.35
22.85
32.57
27.33
19.69
16.48
14.95
22.43
25.55
27.57
31.10
30.18
20.26
17.24
29.81
13.09
22.22
15.53
15.66
3.5
8.3
5.4
42.4
10.2
8.2
11.7
9.4
5.7
9.7
48.4
23.9
6.5
1.5
2.7
4.9
15.6
4.0
1.5
2.2
11.59
15.07
10.75
16.29
11.08
13.14
7.75
10.00
10.58
14.34
8.28
14.00
16.86
11.22
10.50
22.34
8.25
15.76
11.50
9.97
15.14
18.55
14.00
16.29
18.61
13.94
10.25
11.88
15.30
15.27
9.04
17.97
20.50
14.07
12.75
30.00
8.25
18.60
13.25
11.57
21.17
25.00
21.15
16.29
25.10
18.89
13.31
14.42
19.02
21.81
11.75
22.60
28.48
17.77
16.47
30.00
11.81
22.28
15.20
14.78
28.85
31.15
27.89
47.65
34.97
23.08
21.65
16.53
26.70
31.40
19.23
40.08
38.31
22.73
21.00
30.00
15.63
25.65
17.53
18.27
40.87
42.13
36.06
82.50
43.10
29.23
28.86
20.00
35.82
44.24
104.33
63.41
45.79
28.56
24.63
39.50
21.77
27.79
19.82
22.50
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Medical science teachers ..............................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
Agriculture and forestry teachers ...................................
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
Physical education teachers ..........................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Law teachers .................................................................
Theology teachers .........................................................
Trade and industrial 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 .......................................................................
Archivists and curators ..................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .................................
Economists ....................................................................
Psychologists .................................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Urban planners ..............................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...........................
Social workers ...............................................................
Recreation workers ........................................................
Clergy ............................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................
Lawyers and judges ...........................................................
Lawyers .........................................................................
Judges ...........................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. ................................................................................
Technical writers ............................................................
Designers .......................................................................
Musicians and composers .............................................
Actors and directors .......................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers
Photographers ...............................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
Editors and reporters .....................................................
Public relations specialists .............................................
Announcers ....................................................................
Athletes ..........................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................
Technical ...............................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ..........
Dental hygienists ...........................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .................
Radiological technicians ................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..............................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$19.44
22.04
22.44
21.35
19.03
16.29
16.89
20.36
20.39
111.53
19.63
24.88
20.78
17.99
19.89
5.7
4.0
4.1
3.1
3.3
6.1
4.7
6.8
8.3
6.7
11.1
4.8
5.7
5.1
4.1
$11.75
15.14
14.35
12.55
12.50
10.25
11.00
13.98
14.09
25.91
7.50
15.24
14.50
11.41
11.75
$14.00
18.09
17.79
16.31
15.50
12.50
13.21
16.09
17.31
47.08
11.38
18.27
18.00
14.42
16.00
$19.00
21.06
22.42
20.13
17.89
16.00
16.35
19.51
19.13
106.25
16.79
23.56
21.00
16.15
18.36
$24.09
25.07
25.96
25.37
21.75
18.50
19.95
24.45
23.51
166.41
25.59
30.00
23.41
21.63
23.63
$27.99
28.74
29.97
31.07
26.50
21.17
23.86
28.85
26.79
204.01
35.65
36.73
28.95
26.45
29.17
31.27
34.85
14.47
2.6
3.1
27.7
15.29
15.58
3.46
19.44
21.63
3.46
26.44
30.00
9.10
36.65
41.89
25.70
51.68
56.13
29.55
45.26
30.40
36.38
32.35
32.13
42.72
35.30
33.82
18.91
22.07
22.95
28.11
36.60
24.98
23.34
23.97
31.73
28.07
23.25
25.84
7.5
3.3
8.8
10.4
4.4
10.0
4.4
4.4
3.8
8.3
14.5
8.6
5.1
1.8
2.5
7.0
6.0
4.8
3.4
20.4
30.22
17.27
16.83
17.31
18.91
22.37
18.47
19.58
11.54
8.65
14.15
14.33
15.63
14.86
14.90
13.94
14.61
18.08
15.00
12.66
38.73
22.27
22.00
19.69
24.77
28.37
25.11
24.00
14.43
13.27
17.66
17.16
21.69
17.87
17.78
17.13
19.42
20.77
18.10
17.13
43.19
29.15
28.61
25.00
31.94
39.81
35.14
30.05
16.83
20.00
24.04
25.18
31.81
22.17
21.66
21.38
25.59
26.54
21.06
21.63
49.46
35.15
40.50
44.23
39.42
55.29
43.46
37.55
21.64
27.40
29.74
28.91
43.70
28.53
27.12
28.00
33.03
32.12
27.12
29.62
52.32
44.43
56.60
54.15
47.39
69.23
52.17
54.87
28.50
37.13
29.74
46.67
57.86
35.86
32.76
38.46
48.71
39.60
34.50
49.04
23.36
23.94
23.35
8.7
6.0
4.1
13.27
14.77
15.00
15.14
17.94
17.90
20.67
22.60
22.67
28.13
28.53
26.80
35.54
32.45
33.59
22.02
23.96
2.9
1.8
16.06
14.43
18.18
17.37
20.18
21.97
25.62
27.46
29.65
35.43
16.89
19.27
21.58
19.42
43.52
21.63
22.38
37.71
2.1
4.7
8.5
8.6
11.8
8.2
9.3
19.9
7.00
9.40
10.00
10.47
13.33
8.84
10.25
18.92
8.92
11.75
12.50
12.84
16.86
13.46
12.53
22.54
12.52
15.75
17.20
14.43
28.13
18.73
17.50
31.25
19.20
21.64
26.88
22.84
48.08
25.32
26.44
38.67
31.11
33.65
37.33
33.89
84.14
43.33
34.62
45.93
24.14
18.94
5.2
4.8
10.58
6.23
14.50
9.25
21.25
15.63
29.98
24.46
40.26
35.47
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Electrical and electronic technicians ..............................
Industrial engineering technicians .................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..............................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Drafters ..........................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Chemical technicians .....................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ............................
Legal assistants .............................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Legislators .....................................................................
Chief executives and general administrators, public
administration ..............................................................
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, properties and real estate ............................
Funeral directors ............................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .............................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Underwriters ..................................................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Management analysts ....................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products ..............
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .......................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...........................
Construction inspectors .................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Insurance sales ..............................................................
Real estate sales ...........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..........................
Advertising and related sales .........................................
Sales, other business services ......................................
Sales engineers .............................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale .....................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ......................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$10.57
10.17
15.29
14.42
14.15
13.87
10.34
8.87
15.46
4.1
9.0
8.4
6.5
4.8
6.0
9.6
2.0
9.4
$7.00
7.60
9.00
8.97
8.00
6.80
6.25
6.25
8.75
$7.83
8.85
10.00
10.00
10.00
8.00
7.50
6.90
10.70
$9.50
8.85
12.82
12.31
12.50
10.81
9.30
8.00
13.00
$11.45
9.93
16.02
16.00
17.31
15.86
11.58
10.00
17.79
$14.00
15.40
25.65
22.50
23.35
24.09
15.95
12.60
25.70
13.69
17.94
19.12
19.72
20.59
.5
3.1
9.5
2.4
6.5
8.70
12.50
13.90
13.01
14.38
10.23
13.79
14.00
15.29
15.75
12.80
17.21
18.53
18.75
19.52
16.03
20.44
23.97
23.55
23.08
19.86
24.80
28.74
27.18
29.47
19.98
15.95
14.06
14.85
16.96
14.20
11.97
8.83
13.67
11.01
12.42
13.05
13.54
14.75
12.31
10.09
13.02
13.82
15.35
12.13
14.76
13.18
11.37
11.41
10.30
13.17
11.55
11.79
10.01
15.49
17.27
12.77
12.64
16.34
15.06
15.16
4.3
2.7
9.9
1.2
5.1
1.7
3.6
2.6
5.8
1.9
2.8
2.1
1.8
3.4
3.7
2.7
2.2
1.6
2.6
3.7
23.1
5.7
6.9
6.8
5.4
4.0
13.3
6.3
11.3
4.0
3.2
3.0
2.2
4.6
7.8
3.3
11.97
11.42
8.50
9.50
10.05
10.01
8.62
7.00
7.65
8.50
8.57
9.52
8.75
9.40
8.50
8.38
8.78
9.30
11.00
8.90
6.30
8.75
8.16
8.00
7.00
7.90
7.25
8.39
7.03
9.50
11.06
8.21
8.50
10.31
9.00
10.05
13.80
12.81
10.49
11.54
12.65
11.74
9.93
7.50
9.00
9.33
9.95
11.01
10.35
11.58
9.50
9.00
10.38
11.06
12.28
10.00
7.80
9.66
8.95
8.50
9.73
9.50
8.30
9.09
7.75
11.35
13.61
9.50
10.00
12.50
11.00
12.50
18.47
15.82
14.09
14.21
15.23
13.83
11.91
8.17
12.74
10.50
11.71
12.60
13.00
15.00
11.68
9.30
12.50
13.37
14.64
11.50
14.25
13.12
10.46
11.00
10.10
12.38
9.82
10.46
9.50
14.60
16.43
12.00
11.76
15.64
13.10
15.60
24.77
18.43
18.04
17.56
19.70
16.07
13.50
9.88
18.56
12.32
14.26
14.66
15.50
17.59
14.48
11.08
15.13
15.60
18.51
14.00
25.00
14.69
13.50
13.05
11.00
17.55
13.95
13.54
11.51
18.86
20.61
15.00
14.43
20.37
17.50
17.59
27.81
22.29
19.41
20.77
25.00
18.40
16.00
11.45
21.17
14.36
16.70
16.78
19.35
20.35
17.49
12.99
18.18
18.75
20.67
16.15
25.00
20.38
17.77
16.53
13.62
18.81
17.52
17.08
13.51
22.65
24.08
19.53
18.18
23.01
24.61
19.75
13.37
19.17
14.81
14.97
13.46
12.81
10.16
9.5
8.3
2.3
3.2
3.9
1.1
1.5
7.25
11.39
10.02
10.50
9.23
8.56
7.99
8.42
12.92
11.50
12.19
10.50
10.00
8.81
10.75
16.22
13.91
14.81
12.90
12.00
9.75
17.59
21.75
17.00
17.00
15.78
15.00
11.23
23.00
33.05
21.04
18.91
18.39
18.00
12.60
Mean
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, apparel ..................................................
Sales workers, shoes .....................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .............
Sales workers, parts ......................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .................................
Sales counter clerks ......................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ......................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Supervisors, general office ............................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .................
Supervisors, financial records processing .....................
Chief communications operators ...................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ...........................................................................
Computer operators .......................................................
Peripheral equipment operators ....................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Stenographers ...............................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Interviewers ...................................................................
Hotel clerks ....................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .................
Receptionists .................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Correspondence clerks ..................................................
Order clerks ...................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping .........
Library clerks .................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ......................................
Billing clerks ...................................................................
Cost and rate clerks .......................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators .......
Duplicating machine operators ......................................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ....................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...............
Mail clerks, except postal service ..................................
Messengers ...................................................................
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Production coordinators .................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Meter readers ................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .............
Expeditors ......................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .......................................
Bill and account collectors .............................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Bank tellers ....................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Proofreaders ..................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$14.44
12.18
13.52
10.38
13.99
16.8
2.4
4.4
1.6
1.4
$6.95
9.00
8.62
7.66
8.93
$9.52
10.00
10.73
8.55
10.93
$14.00
11.35
12.54
9.76
13.27
$19.23
13.80
16.27
11.71
16.42
$23.10
16.49
19.23
14.03
19.71
Blue collar ....................................................................................
14.85
.9
8.00
10.00
13.50
18.30
24.11
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................
Aircraft engine mechanics .............................................
Small engine repairers ...................................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..........................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .........................................
Farm equipment mechanics ..........................................
Industrial machinery repairers .......................................
Machinery maintenance .................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ............................
Household appliance and power tool repairers .............
Telephone line installers and repairers ..........................
Telephone installers and repairers ................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ..
Camera, watch, and musical instrument repairers ........
Locksmiths and safe repairers .......................................
Office machine repairers ................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .......................
Elevator installers and repairers ....................................
Millwrights ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and
tilesetters .....................................................................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .......................................................................
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers ....
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .........................
Brickmasons and stonemasons .....................................
Tile setters, hard and soft ..............................................
Carpet installers .............................................................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Carpenter apprentices ...................................................
Drywall installers ............................................................
Electricians ....................................................................
Electrician apprentices ...................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ........................
Painters, construction and maintenance ........................
Plasterers .......................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .....................................
Glaziers ..........................................................................
Insulation workers ..........................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
18.26
22.73
17.32
12.08
16.60
25.18
13.60
17.63
25.00
18.85
14.30
19.20
15.54
1.1
3.1
3.8
5.7
3.3
5.3
4.4
9.4
6.7
4.6
6.6
2.2
5.1
10.16
13.13
11.00
8.00
11.25
18.00
10.00
10.50
13.90
12.50
10.86
13.52
10.10
13.13
16.19
13.00
10.00
12.75
21.00
12.00
13.50
19.90
14.00
11.77
15.69
11.49
17.05
21.53
17.00
12.08
16.00
25.15
14.00
15.00
26.69
18.63
14.00
18.25
14.50
22.66
27.74
20.00
14.50
19.54
28.44
15.00
18.80
30.27
22.16
16.00
22.90
19.79
27.46
33.25
24.42
15.25
22.52
34.87
16.00
27.29
33.50
27.45
17.20
26.14
22.68
19.67
15.61
15.18
23.36
22.76
16.34
14.85
14.64
14.55
21.00
35.81
21.75
15.88
4.1
16.1
7.2
3.8
2.4
3.0
24.0
10.5
8.6
5.0
9.6
5.6
2.9
12.50
7.79
10.00
16.38
16.39
10.00
8.75
10.00
9.50
15.00
25.06
16.00
9.50
15.00
8.00
11.00
22.60
21.17
13.00
9.50
12.77
11.00
17.00
33.16
16.50
12.00
19.57
14.60
14.75
24.39
22.93
16.00
12.65
13.00
14.35
20.72
36.43
23.56
15.71
24.39
19.37
18.00
25.58
25.71
19.55
17.35
17.31
17.46
24.53
42.74
25.05
18.62
28.51
24.98
23.77
26.87
26.66
22.31
27.55
19.04
20.10
28.94
42.74
27.89
23.33
20.99
24.93
17.5
5.9
13.82
17.26
14.63
19.75
17.55
24.04
29.79
29.40
32.85
36.06
26.72
19.93
25.23
21.15
19.92
22.47
19.18
18.27
17.40
20.75
22.33
14.84
24.30
13.66
15.06
21.28
18.29
18.35
16.92
14.40
15.97
5.0
13.0
4.7
3.6
7.5
14.2
13.0
3.3
13.6
10.2
3.6
4.0
3.8
6.6
12.6
3.9
12.6
9.5
5.5
5.9
18.1
18.27
8.00
15.50
15.00
10.10
14.00
10.00
11.10
9.44
12.00
13.26
9.23
15.04
9.00
6.25
13.41
10.00
12.00
11.00
9.50
9.25
21.67
16.75
20.00
16.63
17.00
18.00
13.13
13.50
13.50
15.00
16.79
11.00
20.92
10.00
12.07
16.50
11.00
14.00
14.50
11.00
10.75
24.54
20.50
24.85
19.75
20.00
22.84
17.00
17.00
16.45
20.34
20.46
14.00
24.20
12.00
15.00
19.91
16.71
15.69
17.00
14.00
11.87
33.05
23.00
30.21
24.25
22.97
30.79
26.81
21.76
18.75
26.13
27.85
18.00
28.54
15.00
16.76
26.22
25.38
24.66
18.00
17.00
25.42
37.86
26.27
32.75
30.00
28.50
30.79
30.79
28.34
26.00
30.28
33.50
21.12
32.20
21.00
26.41
29.72
26.27
25.63
22.86
21.53
25.42
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$14.68
20.54
17.62
15.75
23.58
20.01
15.51
20.21
20.67
21.85
13.43
19.22
18.54
14.49
17.03
20.85
17.08
12.72
17.15
17.07
14.16
11.92
12.61
14.72
15.84
17.56
16.55
14.90
17.17
12.35
15.09
12.94
11.37
11.50
11.69
17.91
10.3
14.6
5.5
4.1
8.2
18.2
9.7
10.2
3.2
2.1
12.2
4.1
4.9
3.7
6.5
11.8
14.5
16.9
19.9
9.2
17.2
7.1
6.8
9.9
13.7
5.3
6.9
4.1
14.7
4.0
8.7
10.2
4.0
3.3
10.8
2.8
$8.00
11.50
12.95
9.50
10.50
8.00
9.75
10.50
13.00
16.25
9.81
11.50
12.50
12.00
8.50
12.00
9.86
6.80
8.20
9.50
8.58
9.00
10.00
9.70
8.75
13.23
12.85
8.87
10.57
7.91
9.51
8.89
7.00
8.25
7.25
11.40
$10.00
14.00
14.50
11.96
19.90
11.00
10.97
18.14
15.45
18.00
11.02
15.38
15.00
14.00
13.64
17.40
12.00
7.74
8.20
12.00
9.32
10.00
10.25
11.60
12.03
14.59
14.50
11.05
11.19
9.35
10.30
9.34
8.44
9.75
8.02
13.31
$14.00
16.50
15.50
15.00
22.00
22.65
15.10
21.03
19.66
21.40
11.30
19.43
18.20
15.00
15.84
18.69
16.29
12.20
17.50
15.50
14.17
12.36
12.45
13.00
15.50
17.39
15.00
14.79
17.00
11.75
14.00
13.95
10.55
11.11
11.00
16.49
$18.74
31.34
20.64
18.43
29.12
25.81
17.50
24.80
24.50
25.26
13.92
22.75
22.70
15.00
19.75
29.06
22.95
14.50
23.13
21.25
16.52
13.20
12.70
18.00
18.72
18.97
18.00
18.00
25.00
14.89
18.00
13.95
13.75
13.07
14.63
23.23
$21.66
31.77
25.34
23.28
29.12
25.81
22.55
26.55
28.85
28.42
20.83
25.99
23.81
16.84
28.05
29.40
28.10
24.04
23.56
26.85
21.99
14.25
18.12
19.86
23.45
21.76
22.51
21.50
25.00
17.77
24.25
15.65
17.05
15.28
17.12
25.54
21.85
14.71
17.26
25.62
21.91
22.39
7.3
7.3
3.4
2.9
4.5
3.2
15.34
10.25
10.00
19.63
14.96
14.48
17.21
11.69
13.61
24.39
17.43
20.06
24.45
16.00
17.22
26.39
20.79
24.10
24.45
16.00
20.71
27.28
28.01
25.85
25.10
17.38
24.66
33.02
30.82
27.37
13.04
16.07
15.00
13.04
12.77
15.38
11.82
1.4
5.4
5.9
5.2
7.8
11.8
11.1
7.67
12.09
9.00
8.75
8.06
9.07
7.00
9.39
13.93
10.84
11.40
8.83
10.56
7.00
12.00
15.30
14.40
12.50
11.85
14.77
10.92
15.70
18.00
18.09
14.07
15.00
16.37
15.90
20.37
20.78
22.49
16.95
19.07
28.63
19.18
13.21
13.75
14.64
14.63
12.40
13.76
15.71
11.78
3.5
7.4
4.5
3.9
3.5
6.9
7.5
6.3
8.75
8.97
10.25
9.48
8.00
8.50
10.66
9.00
10.50
11.05
11.20
10.89
9.52
10.88
12.27
10.40
12.77
13.02
14.00
13.90
11.25
14.49
15.02
12.00
15.40
16.98
16.95
17.05
14.36
16.00
20.57
13.00
18.02
18.59
20.00
24.00
18.45
19.68
21.65
14.50
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ..............................................
Structural metal workers ................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Supervisors, extractive ..................................................
Drillers, oil well ...............................................................
Mining machine operators .............................................
Mining, n.e.c. .................................................................
Supervisors, production .................................................
Tool and die makers ......................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ....................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..........................................
Machinists ......................................................................
Machinist apprentices ....................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...............
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .......................
Layout workers ..............................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .............................
Engravers, metal ............................................................
Sheet metal workers ......................................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ....................................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..........................
Furniture and wood finishers .........................................
Tailors ............................................................................
Upholsterers ..................................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ..................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians ....
Bookbinders ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................
Precision food production ..............................................
Butchers and meat cutters .............................................
Bakers ............................................................................
Food batchmakers .........................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ....................................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Adjusters and calibrators ...............................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ..................
Power plant operators ....................................................
Stationary engineers ......................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators .................
Lathe and turning machine operators ............................
Milling and planing machine operators ..........................
Punching and stamping press operators .......................
Rolling machine operators .............................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...........................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ......................................................................
Forging machine operators ............................................
Numerical control machine operators ............................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...........................
Molding and casting machine operators ........................
Metal plating machine operators ....................................
Heat treating equipment operators ................................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators ....
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$11.99
12.68
10.86
15.86
16.83
15.20
12.95
4.3
5.3
6.3
3.5
4.4
8.4
9.9
$7.25
9.25
7.65
10.00
10.80
10.00
8.65
$10.00
11.02
9.30
12.00
13.00
11.68
9.63
$12.40
13.00
10.43
15.75
17.50
13.87
12.80
$13.90
14.50
11.60
19.04
18.63
17.03
16.09
$14.53
14.50
14.35
22.53
22.04
25.48
16.09
12.36
9.98
8.91
9.08
8.55
11.91
12.53
12.78
14.87
18.97
11.39
15.10
11.41
13.22
13.07
13.71
12.95
13.16
11.91
13.53
15.52
10.35
13.01
9.89
10.91
11.33
17.89
11.18
13.20
13.26
11.63
9.98
10.49
8.7
6.8
6.4
4.0
4.3
8.3
3.9
6.1
4.6
3.6
2.7
6.0
9.5
10.2
7.7
6.3
4.6
4.6
4.6
2.7
2.5
9.8
3.2
12.7
7.4
6.4
25.8
6.0
4.1
4.7
6.5
7.6
10.2
8.25
6.89
6.50
7.00
6.30
7.75
7.50
8.27
8.75
13.43
8.81
9.25
9.37
9.78
8.65
8.00
9.30
9.15
8.50
8.50
10.50
7.68
7.12
6.70
7.00
7.68
9.00
7.00
8.25
8.25
8.54
6.20
7.00
10.43
7.75
6.75
7.75
7.20
8.05
9.23
9.55
11.70
16.05
10.00
11.40
9.37
9.86
11.10
11.25
10.01
10.48
9.45
9.96
12.50
7.68
9.00
8.00
8.45
9.97
10.50
8.00
9.65
10.40
10.03
7.50
8.24
12.15
9.80
7.97
8.57
8.17
12.54
11.87
12.75
13.91
18.62
11.07
14.10
10.48
11.31
12.04
12.80
12.12
13.00
10.88
12.57
15.00
9.80
11.25
8.00
11.64
12.00
12.00
9.62
11.68
12.90
10.84
9.50
9.95
14.57
10.75
9.88
10.00
9.32
14.51
15.30
15.10
17.49
22.32
12.66
16.10
12.14
15.58
15.60
15.58
15.05
16.38
16.00
16.16
17.84
12.10
15.10
11.25
12.27
12.00
27.03
12.84
15.66
16.15
12.28
12.05
11.15
15.82
14.74
12.27
11.86
11.59
16.01
19.10
17.18
20.95
24.63
14.25
23.64
16.85
19.73
19.43
20.31
17.96
16.95
16.00
20.17
21.45
14.48
24.36
15.50
13.17
13.74
27.34
17.50
21.00
18.00
16.70
14.66
12.77
14.69
18.55
14.35
14.03
15.25
8.41
8.71
10.24
34.89
32.99
24.58
19.30
12.40
13.49
19.53
19.65
13.03
1.6
5.1
2.2
5.6
2.5
7.5
8.3
9.0
4.7
10.3
7.4
9.5
6.0
2.7
5.9
6.0
12.7
8.33
12.60
8.50
7.25
9.05
6.22
6.63
6.00
23.26
19.05
16.10
11.25
7.92
12.66
12.98
11.05
8.90
10.50
14.00
10.25
10.00
11.55
7.00
6.75
7.45
27.07
23.86
23.00
15.00
8.92
13.56
15.36
14.45
9.50
13.44
17.75
13.21
12.70
15.05
7.82
8.25
9.25
33.58
30.16
23.00
18.80
10.75
13.56
19.22
20.00
10.85
18.00
21.97
17.65
16.14
18.88
9.75
11.40
11.31
41.68
42.95
28.12
21.58
16.25
13.56
24.28
24.62
17.06
22.89
26.25
22.24
23.42
20.97
11.26
11.75
16.41
48.14
50.72
32.40
24.58
18.88
15.28
25.39
25.72
23.10
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Sawing machine operators ............................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators .......................
Nailing and tacking machine operators ..........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .................................
Typesetters and compositors .........................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .......................
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ......................................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ..................................
Textile sewing machine operators .................................
Pressing machine operators ..........................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Cementing and gluing machine operators .....................
Packaging and filling machine operators .......................
Extruding and forming machine operators .....................
Mixing and blending machine operators ........................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators ..
Compressing and compacting machine operators ........
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .............
Roasting and baking machine operators, food ..............
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ......
Folding machine operators ............................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .............
Crushing and grinding machine operators .....................
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...........................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Welders and cutters .......................................................
Solders and braziers ......................................................
Assemblers ....................................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .............................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..............................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .........................
Hand engraving and printing ..........................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...............................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ...........
Production testers ..........................................................
Production samplers and weighers ................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ..................................................
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truck drivers ..................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Bus drivers .....................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...........................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .........................................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..............
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...............................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Hoist and winch operators .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$16.98
15.82
14.89
13.63
5.1
6.2
4.4
2.5
$11.33
10.00
9.50
9.30
$13.33
12.00
11.64
10.63
$15.92
14.14
13.98
12.70
$19.78
18.00
16.95
15.72
$24.20
23.91
21.45
19.74
15.92
4.3
9.89
11.75
14.73
19.55
24.48
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Nursery workers .............................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .......................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Animal caretakers, except farm .....................................
Inspectors, agricultural products ....................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
Helpers, extractive .........................................................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers .........................................................
Garbage collectors .........................................................
Stevedores .....................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ....................................
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. .............................
11.45
9.24
18.19
11.48
11.00
10.06
1.4
7.0
6.7
3.2
9.8
16.6
7.00
7.25
9.00
7.40
6.75
7.00
8.25
7.58
14.79
8.50
7.71
7.00
10.10
8.87
16.83
10.55
10.00
8.90
13.48
9.75
22.56
13.88
12.62
13.00
18.00
11.99
25.64
16.56
18.26
17.69
18.36
11.80
11.28
11.11
12.94
10.04
14.58
17.88
10.96
10.51
12.47
9.97
10.10
9.47
10.96
6.0
4.8
3.2
18.2
4.0
3.6
8.7
19.0
1.9
3.1
5.2
7.0
3.0
4.2
2.5
11.00
7.95
7.00
6.80
7.50
5.80
9.00
9.50
6.85
7.55
7.05
6.75
6.75
6.15
6.75
14.05
9.00
9.00
7.50
8.86
7.40
10.90
11.00
8.25
8.25
8.63
7.43
8.00
7.32
8.05
17.00
10.75
10.50
9.35
11.00
9.57
13.95
23.40
10.20
9.50
11.11
8.50
9.25
8.75
9.97
21.22
14.00
13.00
15.00
16.18
11.79
17.50
23.40
12.72
12.68
15.24
11.58
11.00
10.97
12.60
25.27
17.54
16.74
19.00
20.41
14.50
22.76
23.40
15.73
14.76
19.86
15.83
14.84
13.23
17.66
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ..................
Supervisors, police and detectives ................................
Supervisors, guards .......................................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention .................................
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 ....................................................................
Dental assistants ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................
Cleaning and building service ............................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ......
Maids and housemen ....................................................
11.36
17.45
24.50
28.77
20.07
20.44
18.22
22.71
18.63
16.47
10.40
13.39
8.25
5.13
6.95
4.37
6.38
9.35
13.10
9.49
8.29
8.15
10.72
14.42
11.79
9.89
10.64
14.78
8.20
1.7
2.1
4.7
2.9
5.5
8.8
2.1
1.0
2.0
5.1
3.1
7.9
1.5
3.1
5.1
4.2
4.9
1.5
2.6
1.4
3.0
1.5
1.9
7.3
3.5
1.4
1.9
4.0
1.8
6.08
8.50
16.48
16.58
11.16
13.52
11.40
14.92
11.52
11.02
7.00
7.75
3.56
2.13
4.00
2.13
3.00
6.20
8.00
6.70
5.60
6.00
7.37
9.25
8.00
7.10
6.75
8.27
6.25
7.50
11.02
19.17
22.90
14.47
16.27
13.84
17.97
14.17
11.97
8.00
9.00
6.25
2.85
5.05
2.50
5.16
7.00
9.90
7.50
6.65
6.75
8.35
11.50
9.25
8.00
7.62
11.27
6.90
9.60
16.02
23.45
28.68
18.86
19.96
17.57
22.66
18.06
14.74
9.30
12.42
7.70
5.15
7.00
3.50
6.50
8.50
12.31
9.00
8.00
7.50
10.00
14.00
10.80
9.50
9.50
13.46
7.50
13.34
22.73
28.13
34.91
22.47
24.48
22.65
26.38
22.12
20.54
11.60
16.03
9.98
6.75
8.70
5.65
7.55
10.72
16.00
11.00
9.38
9.00
12.17
17.71
13.18
11.00
12.77
17.43
8.77
19.15
28.04
34.24
39.94
32.63
27.34
25.72
30.33
27.67
24.76
15.30
22.70
12.98
8.30
9.69
7.00
8.07
13.73
19.62
13.00
11.50
10.75
15.25
18.00
16.62
13.39
16.22
22.04
10.98
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
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. ............................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Pest control ....................................................................
Personal service ................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ........................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists ...................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ..........
Guides ...........................................................................
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Baggage porters and bellhops .......................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$10.93
12.58
10.95
15.34
13.79
7.08
12.69
31.53
7.07
10.48
8.48
9.64
11.12
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the
same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate
shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At
the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th
and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
1.6
6.0
5.3
3.9
8.3
5.3
13.1
2.5
6.9
3.7
4.7
5.1
3.3
$7.02
8.75
5.75
9.00
7.21
5.25
8.32
16.10
4.37
7.46
5.90
6.50
7.00
$8.10
11.54
6.81
12.75
8.58
5.60
9.00
21.11
5.78
8.14
6.50
7.00
8.50
$10.00
12.77
9.00
14.54
11.26
6.25
11.49
32.65
6.75
9.75
8.00
8.80
10.40
$13.25
12.77
12.39
17.95
17.23
7.60
16.83
37.59
7.40
12.00
10.00
11.14
13.54
$15.99
16.27
17.14
20.56
22.28
10.50
16.83
50.44
9.75
14.35
11.56
13.75
16.00
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$9.66
10.18
1.0
1.2
$5.40
5.25
$6.40
6.50
$7.75
8.00
$10.27
11.10
$15.89
18.00
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
12.00
15.57
1.2
1.6
6.00
7.50
7.00
9.00
9.00
12.00
13.39
19.59
22.94
28.00
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ...............................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Dentists ..........................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ...................................................................
Dietitians ........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ....................................................
Occupational therapists .................................................
Physical therapists .........................................................
Speech therapists ..........................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Biological science teachers ...........................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ......................................
Engineering teachers .....................................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
Physical education teachers ..........................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Trade and industrial teachers ........................................
Other post-secondary teachers .....................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .................................
Elementary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers ...........................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Substitute teachers ........................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .........................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ....................................
Librarians .......................................................................
Archivists and curators ..................................................
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 .......................................................................
Musicians and composers .............................................
Actors and directors .......................................................
Photographers ...............................................................
Dancers .........................................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
21.79
24.19
33.13
25.06
24.95
23.18
27.93
80.69
40.06
26.08
36.32
23.40
21.06
28.66
30.84
28.71
34.37
31.01
30.40
24.09
62.02
57.04
26.24
29.10
27.04
37.96
31.79
24.60
19.56
29.75
36.27
31.95
29.07
17.82
12.91
24.24
34.02
21.51
12.10
20.83
19.73
20.56
16.22
23.33
23.40
14.83
16.93
8.73
35.77
37.09
2.3
2.3
11.4
18.4
19.9
10.4
2.2
17.5
5.6
1.5
3.5
5.5
3.6
3.7
3.5
3.6
25.1
4.6
29.0
11.8
17.9
9.6
16.6
6.2
10.9
8.8
8.2
27.9
17.1
8.6
11.4
16.4
6.8
4.9
8.9
6.8
11.8
10.8
5.3
7.6
5.7
5.2
21.0
13.4
13.6
9.0
3.9
30.4
15.5
18.5
9.50
10.00
17.05
12.50
12.50
16.07
19.00
44.00
32.04
18.93
30.00
17.21
17.28
21.70
25.00
20.37
18.02
16.00
16.00
18.71
39.78
36.49
20.21
28.00
19.00
21.88
20.00
8.96
11.03
17.50
20.01
19.50
15.32
7.35
6.50
12.50
17.87
8.16
6.50
10.58
10.91
12.73
9.75
10.00
10.00
4.60
11.00
3.90
15.27
15.27
13.55
16.50
19.23
14.50
14.50
17.34
21.80
60.00
40.00
21.42
34.00
19.62
18.50
26.00
27.93
27.15
20.60
20.21
16.00
18.71
51.11
45.24
23.20
28.00
20.00
27.46
25.00
11.33
11.03
20.49
20.13
19.50
18.77
10.25
10.35
16.87
23.53
11.35
8.57
14.68
14.79
14.83
9.75
14.33
14.33
10.00
14.44
4.60
24.04
22.95
20.16
23.02
36.00
23.80
22.00
21.62
25.60
66.00
40.00
24.96
36.39
23.31
20.16
30.00
28.68
28.00
28.19
28.00
16.00
21.88
64.33
50.04
23.26
28.00
23.10
38.75
31.84
17.00
21.77
32.50
33.86
33.20
25.96
13.33
11.27
22.00
33.54
17.00
10.67
21.63
17.30
17.93
16.47
25.00
25.11
15.45
15.91
5.90
30.95
37.02
27.00
29.19
40.00
34.00
34.14
24.96
30.41
82.20
40.02
29.15
41.00
25.47
23.46
30.79
35.00
30.00
43.50
37.45
44.99
28.91
78.86
69.51
30.00
28.00
32.50
44.72
40.00
38.95
22.74
35.63
52.14
42.00
35.48
22.39
13.27
31.44
40.56
31.98
15.00
24.00
22.17
22.17
22.08
26.33
26.33
18.31
20.00
10.00
39.13
39.13
35.23
38.00
50.00
40.00
40.00
29.42
38.65
163.15
48.11
35.89
43.25
27.04
26.61
35.04
35.00
35.00
63.56
50.04
66.82
34.38
78.86
75.77
38.95
32.50
40.50
53.89
42.87
48.75
27.50
44.99
56.07
44.99
48.99
36.00
18.13
37.24
51.47
42.23
20.00
29.78
35.98
37.01
23.26
35.97
35.97
22.49
23.06
19.50
75.06
75.06
14.37
11.07
29.62
13.93
17.73
5.41
13.91
8.6
18.1
18.4
20.3
36.1
34.6
11.9
6.25
6.75
8.65
6.40
7.00
2.13
6.25
8.00
7.00
12.00
6.75
7.50
2.13
6.75
10.50
12.00
23.60
12.85
9.00
5.15
12.64
17.11
12.00
48.00
19.00
31.85
5.15
18.00
26.39
17.11
58.75
27.50
35.00
11.27
20.51
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. –Continued
Editors and reporters .....................................................
Announcers ....................................................................
Athletes ..........................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................
Technical ...............................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ..........
Dental hygienists ...........................................................
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. ......................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
$17.71
12.12
11.96
26.38
16.09
18.75
26.30
14.19
22.78
16.35
12.04
17.77
17.93
7.99
21.74
12.45
31.7
22.8
16.7
13.3
3.9
4.9
6.1
14.0
4.4
2.4
6.0
20.6
18.2
11.5
13.5
20.9
$8.00
5.50
7.50
17.61
8.54
11.53
20.00
9.00
15.63
12.35
8.14
10.40
13.50
7.00
13.05
8.45
$8.00
6.00
8.00
19.00
11.90
16.50
21.00
9.84
18.50
14.00
9.36
11.50
14.20
7.00
13.05
8.45
$15.00
10.00
9.25
24.23
14.80
18.12
25.00
12.67
22.52
15.61
11.71
19.23
15.00
7.00
16.17
10.00
$29.30
12.50
14.58
33.33
19.65
20.57
27.00
17.12
25.75
18.32
13.68
24.04
28.00
8.63
26.92
15.38
$32.62
26.39
18.72
40.00
25.00
27.86
40.50
23.29
32.07
21.31
16.63
25.96
28.00
10.00
40.06
19.65
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Legislators .....................................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration .........
Administrators, education and related fields ..................
Managers, medicine and health .....................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
21.38
22.83
14.95
33.97
28.60
31.04
25.90
20.08
23.60
16.93
16.38
17.49
10.0
17.2
27.5
22.1
14.4
15.5
24.8
9.1
14.1
33.4
18.0
12.0
7.96
7.00
4.04
26.44
22.20
19.77
5.80
8.37
13.16
8.37
11.86
9.23
10.25
9.50
4.04
26.44
22.20
23.94
14.43
12.82
13.16
8.37
12.82
11.54
17.95
22.20
10.00
26.44
22.20
24.63
25.71
16.00
20.53
8.37
12.82
16.10
27.63
38.18
25.75
50.70
26.47
44.70
25.71
25.00
33.95
25.00
18.00
23.26
39.20
39.20
27.89
50.70
58.52
44.70
52.00
35.76
35.76
35.17
26.92
27.78
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Sales, other business services ......................................
Sales workers, apparel ..................................................
Sales workers, shoes .....................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...............
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .............
Sales workers, parts ......................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .................................
Sales counter clerks ......................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
News vendors ................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..............
Sales support, n.e.c. ......................................................
7.67
7.97
9.00
7.83
7.87
7.82
9.00
10.16
8.20
7.59
6.75
7.41
7.97
8.65
8.70
1.2
7.0
17.4
3.9
6.7
5.7
3.5
2.6
4.5
1.2
4.1
1.3
8.6
8.9
5.1
5.62
6.55
5.25
5.90
5.60
6.25
7.54
7.75
6.75
6.00
5.50
5.50
5.60
7.00
6.80
6.25
6.93
6.00
6.40
6.00
7.00
8.03
8.50
7.00
6.50
5.62
6.00
6.40
7.25
7.17
7.00
6.93
7.75
7.00
7.25
7.50
9.10
10.00
7.91
7.25
6.75
7.00
8.25
7.50
8.50
8.35
8.25
11.25
8.47
9.04
9.00
9.50
11.30
9.00
8.00
7.00
8.00
9.25
9.25
10.00
10.05
10.45
14.41
10.80
10.66
10.00
9.62
13.25
10.09
9.30
8.00
9.63
9.25
11.11
10.50
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Computer operators .......................................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Stenographers ...............................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Interviewers ...................................................................
Hotel clerks ....................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .................
Receptionists .................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Order clerks ...................................................................
10.74
11.36
13.37
15.51
11.83
9.05
7.99
14.13
8.81
10.27
9.63
1.4
9.2
4.0
13.8
4.6
4.9
4.0
8.3
2.8
4.7
5.3
7.00
7.00
8.84
10.00
8.00
7.25
6.25
8.27
6.75
8.00
6.50
8.24
10.20
10.00
10.00
10.50
7.75
7.00
10.00
7.00
8.75
7.75
10.00
11.00
12.00
15.00
11.00
8.25
7.50
12.24
8.50
10.22
9.17
12.29
13.73
14.91
16.00
13.64
9.50
9.00
20.00
9.50
11.00
11.35
15.24
14.55
19.25
20.00
15.43
11.82
9.50
21.45
12.00
13.12
13.50
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$14.54
10.15
9.11
11.81
11.21
12.76
11.61
9.05
9.80
9.45
8.44
8.60
7.51
11.60
9.75
9.83
13.80
8.07
8.9
3.3
6.5
6.0
4.5
13.6
4.5
4.8
11.4
3.4
19.8
4.2
5.8
11.2
21.3
4.2
9.7
8.2
$8.25
6.70
7.00
7.98
9.00
8.00
9.30
8.00
6.50
7.00
5.15
6.00
5.25
7.06
7.04
7.25
9.40
6.50
$11.14
7.65
7.50
9.30
9.50
10.00
9.82
8.12
8.00
8.20
5.15
7.50
6.00
8.82
7.50
8.00
11.45
6.90
$15.86
9.41
8.00
10.73
10.35
11.00
10.82
8.75
10.00
9.25
7.25
8.05
7.00
9.94
7.50
9.00
15.21
7.18
$18.03
11.90
10.00
14.00
12.00
17.50
12.54
9.75
11.00
10.87
11.00
10.00
9.00
12.85
9.50
11.50
15.21
8.15
$19.59
15.04
13.79
18.00
15.00
19.50
13.50
9.76
14.00
11.08
14.24
11.55
10.35
19.57
18.12
13.99
15.21
12.10
11.66
13.43
13.04
11.73
10.14
9.34
11.37
11.75
12.72
10.62
19.5
3.6
6.6
10.8
2.9
1.9
6.8
9.9
2.3
4.4
6.00
11.47
7.39
7.25
6.59
7.25
8.00
8.90
8.08
6.00
7.50
12.48
10.00
8.35
7.88
8.00
9.50
9.38
9.70
8.00
9.38
13.83
12.74
11.53
9.60
9.00
10.81
10.65
11.90
10.00
14.14
13.83
15.24
14.78
11.66
10.10
12.55
14.57
15.47
13.00
23.35
14.44
18.51
17.50
15.00
12.00
17.00
16.23
18.66
15.05
Blue collar ....................................................................................
8.94
1.7
5.50
6.50
8.00
10.00
13.20
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Butchers and meat cutters .............................................
Bakers ............................................................................
12.62
9.4
6.50
7.50
10.39
15.62
22.00
15.07
10.30
21.90
16.52
12.21
8.02
19.7
18.5
11.9
25.8
8.2
12.8
9.50
6.00
12.00
11.00
6.00
6.00
9.75
7.00
22.00
11.00
8.60
6.00
10.00
8.00
22.00
12.50
11.75
7.25
22.27
10.00
25.00
29.12
15.00
9.00
23.66
17.35
29.12
29.12
17.24
11.38
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Molding and casting machine operators ........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Typesetters and compositors .........................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Motion picture projectionists ..........................................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Assemblers ....................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ...........
8.83
7.27
14.95
9.14
7.21
18.08
7.74
9.23
8.50
9.82
3.3
5.7
11.9
17.9
4.6
24.3
2.5
2.9
7.2
8.0
6.75
6.75
9.60
7.00
5.80
6.00
7.00
7.50
6.75
8.10
7.25
7.00
14.36
8.25
6.04
8.00
7.50
8.00
7.25
8.30
8.50
7.00
14.65
8.25
6.49
20.00
8.00
9.00
9.00
9.33
9.54
7.00
15.00
8.25
8.00
29.12
8.10
10.00
9.54
10.37
10.75
8.00
23.10
12.00
9.50
29.12
8.25
11.25
9.54
12.91
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Truck drivers ..................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Bus drivers .....................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
9.75
9.93
8.11
12.57
7.82
6.88
5.99
10.60
4.0
6.7
11.1
2.2
3.7
6.3
8.4
10.1
5.25
5.50
5.15
9.27
6.75
5.25
4.50
7.35
6.32
7.00
5.45
10.24
7.00
5.25
4.50
7.50
9.25
8.50
6.50
12.09
7.00
6.75
5.85
8.50
12.00
12.50
10.67
13.93
8.47
7.65
6.75
12.75
14.88
16.80
12.00
16.57
10.00
8.88
7.85
16.62
Mean
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping .........
Library clerks .................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ......................................
Billing clerks ...................................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators .......
Duplicating machine operators ......................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...............
Mail clerks, except postal service ..................................
Messengers ...................................................................
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Production coordinators .................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Meter readers ................................................................
Expeditors ......................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...............
Bill and account collectors .............................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Bank tellers ....................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
$11.75
8.7
$8.50
$10.06
$10.96
$11.88
$13.70
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Nursery workers .............................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Animal caretakers, except farm .....................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ....................................
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. .............................
8.20
6.18
8.73
7.70
7.54
9.22
14.44
8.86
7.31
9.21
10.16
8.70
7.03
7.94
8.33
1.7
11.6
5.4
14.1
5.0
13.9
14.6
3.0
2.0
12.1
3.1
11.2
4.0
4.6
3.2
5.50
5.15
6.18
5.83
6.75
6.75
7.75
6.50
5.40
7.00
6.25
6.00
6.00
5.50
6.25
6.34
5.15
7.00
5.83
6.75
8.00
10.00
8.00
6.00
7.50
8.00
6.75
6.00
6.75
6.75
7.49
5.15
8.00
6.86
7.25
8.00
14.00
8.75
7.00
8.30
10.00
7.00
6.75
7.75
8.00
9.02
7.25
10.05
9.73
8.00
8.75
16.50
10.00
7.95
9.21
11.67
10.00
7.00
9.00
9.50
11.50
7.25
12.00
11.31
8.00
10.50
26.65
11.00
9.45
11.52
14.25
10.00
9.00
10.00
11.25
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Firefighting .....................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers .....
Crossing guards .............................................................
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 ....................................................................
Dental assistants ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................
Cleaning and building service ............................................
Maids and housemen ....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
7.20
9.52
7.27
13.88
16.99
9.26
9.47
8.65
6.19
4.60
6.46
4.05
5.58
7.00
8.36
7.54
7.09
6.90
9.59
15.21
9.63
9.37
7.89
8.26
7.76
1.2
2.9
7.7
8.9
12.9
3.7
3.8
8.1
1.1
3.2
5.4
3.5
3.5
.8
3.2
2.3
2.7
1.1
2.3
7.1
8.4
2.2
3.1
4.6
3.4
3.80
6.00
5.50
10.00
8.29
6.67
6.00
5.80
2.63
2.13
2.63
2.13
2.50
5.35
7.00
5.50
5.30
5.25
6.05
9.50
5.15
6.30
5.50
6.25
5.35
5.75
7.00
6.00
11.25
14.50
8.00
7.00
6.50
5.25
2.50
5.00
2.20
4.25
6.00
7.00
6.25
6.00
6.00
7.50
14.00
7.30
7.50
6.30
7.00
6.25
6.75
8.25
6.75
12.41
16.00
8.80
8.00
7.53
6.50
4.00
6.50
3.09
6.00
6.75
8.15
7.00
6.90
6.75
9.18
15.00
9.00
9.11
7.25
7.25
7.25
8.22
10.00
7.18
14.94
16.77
10.60
9.79
10.72
7.25
6.50
7.50
5.51
6.75
7.57
8.90
8.50
7.89
7.50
11.00
17.10
11.26
10.64
9.00
8.98
9.00
10.30
14.50
10.22
21.50
38.05
12.06
15.00
12.48
8.50
7.00
9.50
6.85
7.25
8.95
9.80
10.00
9.00
8.50
13.50
18.70
14.36
12.95
10.15
10.66
10.06
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service ................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ........................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists ...................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ..........
Guides ...........................................................................
Ushers ...........................................................................
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Baggage porters and bellhops .......................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$8.49
8.77
11.98
6.99
9.67
7.68
23.07
8.74
7.20
7.81
8.37
8.36
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the
same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate
shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At
the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th
and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
4.1
11.0
11.3
4.5
10.9
5.8
26.2
9.7
6.1
3.9
3.2
3.2
$5.50
6.50
5.91
5.15
7.00
5.85
7.15
5.75
5.50
5.50
5.93
5.75
$6.06
6.50
8.00
5.50
7.50
6.50
8.50
6.75
5.95
6.10
6.75
6.50
$7.34
8.00
10.30
6.50
8.50
7.00
10.00
7.50
6.58
7.00
7.57
7.50
$9.30
10.00
14.75
7.50
10.00
9.00
38.76
9.63
8.00
8.65
10.25
9.42
$12.50
12.00
19.82
9.00
15.97
9.90
54.62
11.75
10.42
10.95
11.12
11.75
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$16.40
16.63
0.9
.9
$7.00
7.00
$9.00
9.33
$13.00
13.34
$19.77
20.00
$28.85
29.01
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
20.34
21.94
1.1
1.1
8.00
9.50
10.86
12.25
16.00
17.68
25.00
26.60
36.54
38.46
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Architects .......................................................................
Aerospace engineers .....................................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...........................
Petroleum engineers ......................................................
Chemical engineers .......................................................
Nuclear engineers ..........................................................
Civil engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ................................
Industrial engineers .......................................................
Mechanical engineers ....................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................
Surveyors and mapping scientists .................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................
Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......
Actuaries ........................................................................
Statisticians ....................................................................
Natural scientists ...............................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .......................................
Atmospheric and space scientists .................................
Geologists and geodesists .............................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Agricultural and food scientists ......................................
Biological and life scientists ...........................................
Medical scientists ...........................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Dentists ..........................................................................
Optometrists ..................................................................
Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ...........................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ...................................................................
Dietitians ........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ....................................................
Occupational therapists .................................................
Physical therapists .........................................................
Speech therapists ..........................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Physicians’ assistants ....................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Biological science teachers ...........................................
Chemistry teachers ........................................................
Physics teachers ............................................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
Economics teachers ......................................................
History teachers .............................................................
Political science teachers ..............................................
Sociology teachers ........................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ......................................
Engineering teachers .....................................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Medical science teachers ..............................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
26.44
28.94
33.09
26.14
36.85
30.09
38.30
37.60
36.83
29.20
35.28
29.33
29.85
35.13
30.34
33.17
33.48
31.05
33.13
25.91
31.10
30.88
23.70
32.99
32.36
24.76
33.88
27.09
28.53
57.41
35.74
46.54
21.56
24.54
37.48
19.81
20.22
24.07
26.59
24.14
19.22
31.64
42.17
44.25
51.77
51.97
41.81
48.68
29.69
36.06
34.17
40.83
56.73
37.37
27.41
53.36
48.63
46.30
1.8
2.3
1.5
8.8
6.3
8.4
6.2
3.0
2.8
4.1
2.3
1.8
3.3
3.3
7.7
2.8
2.8
5.4
7.6
8.3
3.5
4.4
20.1
12.5
6.2
14.2
10.0
5.7
3.3
8.0
5.9
9.1
11.3
1.3
1.3
4.2
2.1
4.2
2.9
3.5
17.2
4.9
4.5
15.9
10.4
7.7
10.9
10.7
11.8
16.7
15.7
8.5
7.4
7.6
9.6
6.7
10.2
9.3
12.50
13.93
21.15
17.45
22.98
19.23
27.37
27.55
29.39
19.23
23.14
20.56
20.75
21.95
22.98
19.82
20.19
19.28
22.31
17.00
17.95
16.48
12.74
21.51
20.67
17.31
18.17
15.55
17.31
18.37
28.84
24.04
16.32
17.34
31.50
15.50
15.81
17.47
21.50
19.23
12.72
27.65
20.36
17.63
29.48
35.51
21.47
26.97
24.53
22.10
25.48
25.77
30.91
25.78
17.58
25.18
20.74
19.42
16.97
19.32
25.96
20.77
28.38
24.13
33.13
30.39
32.60
24.04
27.94
24.52
24.07
27.50
26.21
25.39
25.56
24.19
25.48
18.32
21.71
21.97
14.42
21.51
27.58
21.55
22.35
19.52
20.09
24.31
33.93
31.25
17.14
19.86
35.00
18.00
17.66
21.50
22.36
20.28
13.46
28.56
26.58
28.90
41.03
44.45
30.66
34.21
24.88
23.80
25.52
27.41
45.00
25.82
21.23
38.46
24.62
31.38
23.32
26.30
31.69
22.62
35.58
30.94
36.83
36.33
36.12
27.64
33.65
28.15
29.09
34.45
28.25
31.97
32.28
28.59
30.29
25.48
28.85
28.73
18.50
29.82
31.47
21.55
28.90
23.53
24.58
57.69
33.93
56.25
17.14
23.64
37.65
18.30
20.00
23.56
26.00
23.09
14.66
33.65
36.06
35.80
47.52
48.10
41.09
45.78
24.88
35.90
28.17
39.02
57.21
34.07
24.04
51.50
36.66
50.38
31.85
35.00
39.06
31.34
45.16
34.05
43.36
44.54
39.46
33.07
41.84
33.37
34.48
41.95
35.00
39.56
39.90
36.42
41.83
29.81
38.42
40.39
33.65
40.58
36.50
23.37
42.00
33.94
31.30
74.04
40.00
59.38
25.32
27.82
40.40
22.19
22.45
27.40
29.42
28.00
20.26
33.65
52.18
50.43
61.90
59.07
52.82
61.91
28.40
36.76
33.16
49.10
69.51
42.98
32.86
64.29
65.66
53.58
42.21
45.73
46.71
36.82
51.18
41.18
52.29
49.17
44.97
41.73
48.91
38.80
40.19
49.76
37.20
48.08
48.17
46.22
47.60
37.41
47.21
47.19
39.86
55.27
43.96
41.05
67.31
41.27
41.20
100.96
40.00
62.50
31.25
33.15
43.00
26.00
24.35
30.79
35.00
30.00
32.84
33.65
68.13
101.47
79.26
65.46
57.33
66.17
44.03
63.46
50.82
58.90
80.39
57.83
43.11
78.83
83.56
67.64
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$32.46
29.73
41.22
35.17
40.77
51.39
21.73
48.03
16.16
42.36
17.50
11.37
20.20
28.36
22.59
18.64
9.55
16.09
23.24
24.89
19.96
26.51
27.92
24.73
24.68
15.58
15.61
12.65
17.37
19.25
47.87
47.87
5.4
8.8
19.1
6.5
8.4
12.8
8.3
21.7
5.5
15.9
3.4
3.9
5.4
5.8
6.1
4.4
8.2
5.0
6.2
6.6
13.7
4.2
3.5
7.9
18.8
6.7
7.4
18.4
11.4
6.6
6.4
6.4
$20.82
16.11
25.11
23.21
22.52
24.68
16.91
25.44
12.02
18.89
9.00
7.50
12.49
16.84
14.42
9.72
6.50
10.91
15.99
15.95
16.35
14.71
17.31
12.85
16.00
10.58
11.00
3.90
10.27
14.35
22.79
22.79
$26.70
19.77
28.57
26.99
36.39
30.89
16.91
27.78
14.00
24.98
11.49
9.00
15.00
20.72
17.00
13.32
6.50
12.69
16.35
18.51
16.35
19.23
21.74
16.02
17.51
12.00
12.00
5.90
12.17
16.83
28.85
28.85
$31.84
28.36
33.14
32.31
39.64
50.97
22.72
37.61
16.00
33.41
15.89
10.86
18.37
26.39
22.76
17.55
10.00
14.35
20.81
23.37
16.35
25.96
26.61
25.96
21.15
13.50
13.50
12.60
16.00
17.00
47.01
47.01
$35.00
41.22
60.44
37.08
43.39
64.87
24.96
47.52
16.73
46.29
21.64
13.27
24.18
32.86
25.83
21.64
10.67
18.13
28.43
29.08
22.47
31.58
32.74
26.33
29.24
17.84
17.69
18.66
19.16
22.50
60.10
60.10
$43.94
46.55
66.48
56.75
53.68
84.62
26.74
94.37
19.36
74.55
28.58
15.97
29.80
44.67
32.37
29.00
13.40
23.95
36.00
36.00
31.00
37.50
38.63
33.00
32.82
23.20
23.49
22.00
27.18
26.25
79.33
79.33
22.95
26.13
22.05
31.87
25.45
19.36
16.47
6.28
13.83
22.46
25.53
22.49
18.26
30.78
20.28
17.36
29.08
12.99
22.40
15.79
14.89
19.47
22.23
22.64
21.75
3.4
8.2
6.1
31.3
9.7
8.5
13.5
33.8
7.6
5.7
12.0
38.5
11.7
7.0
1.9
3.1
4.7
15.7
3.6
1.4
3.4
5.5
3.9
4.0
4.3
10.00
15.07
10.50
15.39
8.95
12.50
7.50
2.13
9.00
10.29
14.34
6.53
8.00
17.31
11.00
10.30
21.00
8.25
16.05
11.90
9.17
11.54
15.14
14.74
12.24
14.00
18.55
13.73
16.29
14.96
13.75
8.92
2.13
11.88
15.29
14.60
8.39
9.50
20.67
14.00
12.84
25.00
8.25
18.60
13.53
10.82
14.00
18.41
18.23
16.25
20.00
25.00
20.79
16.29
25.10
18.71
12.74
5.15
13.75
18.99
21.21
11.54
16.35
28.67
17.64
16.53
30.00
11.81
22.54
15.45
13.89
19.03
21.23
23.02
20.94
27.99
31.15
27.23
48.00
30.29
21.64
22.68
6.99
15.54
26.90
32.08
16.00
21.96
40.77
22.84
21.05
30.00
15.72
25.83
17.62
17.42
24.18
25.26
26.25
26.13
39.14
41.91
36.06
79.66
41.90
29.23
29.65
13.33
19.49
35.82
45.47
56.73
28.85
46.80
28.84
24.90
39.50
21.47
28.08
20.00
22.03
27.93
28.74
30.04
32.50
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
Physical education teachers ..........................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Law teachers .................................................................
Social work teachers ......................................................
Theology teachers .........................................................
Trade and industrial 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 .......................................................................
Archivists and curators ..................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .................................
Economists ....................................................................
Psychologists .................................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...........................
Social workers ...............................................................
Recreation workers ........................................................
Clergy ............................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................
Lawyers and judges ...........................................................
Lawyers .........................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. ................................................................................
Technical writers ............................................................
Designers .......................................................................
Musicians and composers .............................................
Actors and directors .......................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers
Photographers ...............................................................
Dancers .........................................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
Editors and reporters .....................................................
Public relations specialists .............................................
Announcers ....................................................................
Athletes ..........................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................
Technical ...............................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ..........
Dental hygienists ...........................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .................
Radiological technicians ................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..............................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ..................
Electrical and electronic technicians ..............................
Industrial engineering technicians .................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..............................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$18.96
15.83
16.63
20.35
21.01
105.97
15.87
25.08
20.78
18.00
19.76
3.4
7.5
5.4
7.0
8.1
8.5
9.7
5.3
5.7
5.8
4.7
$12.50
10.25
10.86
13.95
15.77
20.90
7.00
15.00
14.50
11.25
11.00
$15.50
12.50
13.21
16.09
18.56
36.96
7.00
18.27
18.00
14.28
16.00
$17.89
15.90
16.00
19.49
19.13
102.39
11.61
23.66
21.00
16.06
18.25
$21.55
18.00
19.15
24.45
24.52
164.20
19.09
30.38
23.41
21.90
23.60
$26.50
21.17
23.86
28.85
26.79
201.07
35.65
37.33
28.95
26.68
30.00
31.55
34.90
47.91
35.98
31.77
32.18
42.74
26.25
33.64
18.53
20.65
22.95
28.25
36.86
25.53
23.77
23.97
31.94
29.53
23.30
27.51
3.2
3.8
20.3
9.2
11.2
4.1
10.0
7.9
4.1
4.3
10.5
14.5
9.2
5.2
2.2
3.1
7.0
6.4
4.1
4.0
20.9
14.90
15.38
15.55
16.22
17.31
18.28
22.37
12.50
20.09
10.26
7.00
14.15
13.46
15.56
14.86
14.42
13.94
14.42
19.62
15.00
14.74
19.23
20.94
22.29
21.73
19.69
25.68
28.37
16.17
24.02
14.40
10.75
17.66
16.83
21.69
18.00
17.87
17.13
19.16
22.05
18.13
17.88
26.25
29.05
46.59
28.27
24.04
31.97
39.81
21.99
30.05
16.82
18.00
24.04
25.18
31.97
22.50
22.16
21.38
25.14
28.02
21.06
21.86
36.87
42.13
69.47
39.83
41.59
38.46
55.29
34.19
36.97
21.28
25.65
29.74
28.91
44.00
28.95
27.78
28.00
33.89
34.13
27.12
29.62
52.50
56.92
72.11
53.85
54.15
44.14
69.23
45.67
52.42
27.78
36.28
29.74
48.02
58.47
37.34
33.89
38.46
51.08
40.48
34.61
49.80
23.30
25.28
23.04
8.9
4.4
10.9
13.27
16.36
14.00
15.14
19.35
17.00
20.67
24.52
20.50
28.13
29.62
26.09
35.54
33.73
33.59
24.33
23.96
6.6
2.3
18.18
14.42
18.18
17.14
24.06
21.64
28.08
27.41
31.88
35.93
14.51
19.16
21.45
19.00
43.42
20.90
20.99
37.71
2.1
4.7
8.6
9.3
11.8
8.7
9.9
19.9
6.35
9.00
9.98
10.00
13.33
8.65
8.20
18.92
7.50
11.60
12.50
12.82
16.84
12.65
11.25
22.54
10.33
15.59
17.20
14.41
28.13
17.75
16.20
31.25
16.83
21.54
26.44
20.19
48.08
23.78
24.84
38.67
26.83
33.32
37.33
33.89
84.14
43.33
34.62
45.93
24.08
18.95
9.05
8.64
11.21
19.71
13.82
13.79
11.73
5.2
4.8
3.5
4.9
10.2
32.5
5.5
4.4
5.9
10.50
6.23
6.15
5.75
6.50
7.80
8.65
7.91
6.30
14.43
9.25
6.90
6.90
7.25
9.50
9.95
9.52
7.00
21.25
15.66
8.00
8.59
9.00
16.35
12.00
12.00
8.50
29.98
24.46
10.25
9.18
12.41
20.50
15.00
17.31
12.50
40.21
35.47
12.40
11.07
17.96
59.42
21.00
21.89
20.92
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Drafters ..........................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Chemical technicians .....................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ............................
Legal assistants .............................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
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, properties and real estate ............................
Funeral directors ............................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .............................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Underwriters ..................................................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Management analysts ....................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products ..............
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .......................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...........................
Construction inspectors .................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Insurance sales ..............................................................
Real estate sales ...........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..........................
Advertising and related sales .........................................
Sales, other business services ......................................
Sales engineers .............................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale .....................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ......................
Sales workers, apparel ..................................................
Sales workers, shoes .....................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...............
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .............
Sales workers, parts ......................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.92
8.14
14.87
8.00
23.28
13.98
8.9
1.4
31.1
8.6
28.4
7.7
$5.62
5.75
5.15
5.60
7.40
7.50
$6.70
6.50
5.15
6.40
8.50
9.50
$7.50
7.50
9.46
8.33
16.31
11.40
$10.00
9.00
16.83
9.25
35.92
16.98
$13.00
11.35
35.58
9.25
49.02
24.04
13.33
17.81
18.09
19.70
21.85
.6
3.4
13.7
2.5
11.7
8.49
12.12
11.33
13.00
11.00
10.00
13.79
14.00
15.12
15.25
12.37
16.95
14.25
18.75
23.08
15.63
20.44
21.30
23.55
27.63
19.56
24.80
28.74
27.18
30.00
19.82
16.14
14.02
14.84
15.60
14.13
11.18
8.71
13.60
10.61
11.99
10.63
13.11
13.18
15.03
11.85
9.89
12.88
13.52
14.98
12.07
14.76
11.96
11.51
11.32
10.15
12.60
10.38
11.45
8.85
14.97
17.13
12.70
12.32
16.48
14.95
14.63
5.2
2.5
11.7
1.4
7.3
4.1
4.8
2.4
5.4
2.1
3.0
15.1
2.2
1.9
3.1
7.4
2.2
2.5
1.6
2.7
3.7
23.1
4.7
4.0
6.5
5.7
4.4
14.3
6.0
4.9
3.2
3.3
2.9
2.1
5.9
7.7
3.4
12.15
11.35
8.50
9.25
10.00
9.92
7.75
7.00
7.65
8.00
8.50
6.25
9.52
8.50
9.55
7.65
7.50
8.57
9.11
10.17
8.90
6.30
8.12
8.00
8.00
7.00
7.65
6.77
8.00
6.00
8.68
11.00
8.25
8.00
10.65
9.00
9.36
13.56
13.35
10.49
11.43
11.71
11.00
8.78
7.50
9.14
8.93
9.75
9.78
11.15
10.00
12.00
8.93
8.65
10.26
10.63
12.00
10.00
7.80
8.94
9.00
8.50
9.50
9.16
7.50
9.00
7.03
11.35
13.56
9.51
9.50
12.50
10.49
11.50
17.75
16.00
14.09
14.17
14.89
13.28
10.76
8.00
12.65
10.00
11.25
10.25
12.74
12.50
15.54
11.00
9.01
12.25
13.00
14.09
11.45
14.25
10.03
10.70
11.00
10.00
11.07
9.45
10.10
8.79
14.21
16.37
11.85
11.50
15.40
13.10
14.54
24.04
18.46
18.04
17.59
17.37
15.93
13.00
9.50
18.56
12.00
13.67
11.00
14.54
15.30
18.04
14.24
11.00
15.00
15.25
17.95
13.92
25.00
14.01
13.50
13.00
11.00
17.09
13.87
13.00
10.17
18.46
20.59
14.87
14.38
20.64
17.50
17.56
31.19
21.69
19.41
20.94
24.00
19.76
15.00
11.33
21.17
14.36
16.15
12.20
16.78
18.80
20.50
17.50
13.00
18.08
18.54
20.67
16.03
25.00
20.00
15.06
16.53
12.79
18.69
14.24
16.82
12.00
21.04
24.01
19.53
17.76
23.01
24.61
19.21
13.26
19.01
14.67
12.23
13.18
12.32
10.00
12.15
11.99
9.2
8.5
2.3
2.8
4.0
1.3
1.3
9.4
2.5
7.10
11.39
9.93
8.92
8.65
8.00
7.69
6.95
8.76
8.35
12.91
11.48
10.08
10.25
9.60
8.62
8.58
9.75
10.61
15.97
13.82
12.31
12.51
11.33
9.62
13.00
11.00
17.00
21.75
16.83
13.37
15.48
14.53
11.15
14.75
13.43
23.00
33.05
21.03
16.00
18.34
17.75
12.57
16.01
17.00
Mean
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales counter clerks ......................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..........................
News vendors ................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..............
Sales support, n.e.c. ......................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Supervisors, general office ............................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .................
Supervisors, financial records processing .....................
Chief communications operators ...................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ...........................................................................
Computer operators .......................................................
Peripheral equipment operators ....................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Stenographers ...............................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Interviewers ...................................................................
Hotel clerks ....................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .................
Receptionists .................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Classified ad clerks ........................................................
Correspondence clerks ..................................................
Order clerks ...................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping .........
Library clerks .................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ......................................
Billing clerks ...................................................................
Cost and rate clerks .......................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators .......
Duplicating machine operators ......................................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ....................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...............
Mail clerks, except postal service ..................................
Messengers ...................................................................
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Production coordinators .................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Meter readers ................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .............
Expeditors ......................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .......................................
Bill and account collectors .............................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Bank tellers ....................................................................
Proofreaders ..................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$13.82
9.74
13.45
5.2
4.1
1.6
$9.00
6.75
8.41
$11.29
8.00
10.09
$12.87
9.18
12.89
$16.30
10.25
15.94
$19.38
13.67
19.08
Blue collar ....................................................................................
14.39
.9
7.50
9.52
13.00
17.88
23.84
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................
Aircraft engine mechanics .............................................
Small engine repairers ...................................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..........................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .........................................
Farm equipment mechanics ..........................................
Industrial machinery repairers .......................................
Machinery maintenance .................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ............................
Household appliance and power tool repairers .............
Telephone line installers and repairers ..........................
Telephone installers and repairers ................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ..
Camera, watch, and musical instrument repairers ........
Locksmiths and safe repairers .......................................
Office machine repairers ................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .......................
Elevator installers and repairers ....................................
Millwrights ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .......................................................................
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers ....
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .........................
Brickmasons and stonemasons .....................................
Tile setters, hard and soft ..............................................
Carpet installers .............................................................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Carpenter apprentices ...................................................
Drywall installers ............................................................
Electricians ....................................................................
Electrician apprentices ...................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ........................
Painters, construction and maintenance ........................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .....................................
Glaziers ..........................................................................
Insulation workers ..........................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ..............................................
Structural metal workers ................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Supervisors, extractive ..................................................
18.15
22.70
17.02
11.95
16.22
25.19
13.53
17.48
25.00
18.86
14.28
19.18
14.88
1.2
3.4
3.8
5.8
3.8
5.3
4.3
9.4
6.7
5.2
6.8
2.2
6.6
10.00
13.13
10.18
8.00
11.25
18.00
10.00
10.39
13.90
12.50
10.86
13.52
8.50
13.00
16.19
13.00
10.00
12.25
21.00
11.55
13.50
19.85
13.60
11.77
15.69
11.00
17.00
21.50
16.50
12.08
15.29
25.15
14.00
15.00
26.69
18.50
14.00
18.25
13.68
22.64
28.15
19.50
13.75
18.87
28.44
15.00
18.80
30.27
22.10
16.00
22.90
19.00
27.50
33.54
23.00
15.25
22.19
34.87
16.00
27.29
33.50
27.45
17.20
26.14
21.85
19.47
15.40
15.18
23.49
22.74
16.39
14.85
13.77
14.54
20.94
36.02
21.77
15.78
24.99
4.2
16.6
7.1
3.7
2.6
3.8
24.0
9.1
8.6
6.3
9.6
5.5
3.3
5.9
12.00
7.79
10.00
17.12
16.50
10.00
8.75
10.00
9.50
15.00
25.06
16.00
9.00
17.26
14.90
8.00
11.00
22.78
21.18
13.00
9.50
12.77
11.00
16.04
33.16
16.50
11.81
20.00
19.25
14.50
14.75
24.39
22.93
16.00
12.65
13.00
14.35
19.43
36.43
23.56
15.81
24.04
24.39
19.37
18.00
25.58
25.71
20.00
17.35
15.00
17.46
24.53
42.74
25.05
18.64
29.40
28.50
24.98
23.66
27.12
26.66
22.70
27.55
17.31
20.10
29.17
42.74
27.94
23.55
36.06
27.12
19.86
24.75
21.19
19.94
22.47
19.05
18.24
17.40
20.74
22.53
14.77
24.41
13.29
21.45
18.31
18.56
15.82
14.38
16.34
14.68
20.54
17.27
16.00
23.58
5.1
13.3
6.6
4.3
7.5
14.2
12.3
3.5
13.6
10.2
4.0
4.1
4.5
6.0
4.2
12.8
9.7
6.5
5.9
20.4
10.3
14.6
5.8
5.4
8.2
18.92
8.00
15.50
15.01
10.10
14.00
10.00
11.00
9.44
12.00
13.00
9.23
15.00
8.25
13.50
10.00
11.75
11.00
9.50
9.25
8.00
11.50
12.50
9.50
10.50
21.79
16.75
20.00
16.63
17.00
18.00
13.13
13.50
13.50
15.00
16.79
11.00
20.94
10.00
16.50
11.00
14.00
14.50
11.00
10.75
10.00
14.00
14.50
12.00
19.90
25.00
20.50
24.85
20.00
20.00
22.84
17.00
17.00
16.45
20.34
20.65
14.00
24.39
11.54
20.00
16.74
16.13
15.30
14.00
11.45
14.00
16.50
15.50
15.00
22.00
33.06
23.00
30.21
24.40
22.97
30.79
25.00
21.76
18.75
26.13
28.15
17.36
28.75
15.00
26.40
25.38
24.66
17.00
16.84
25.42
18.74
31.34
19.00
18.75
29.12
37.86
26.00
30.79
29.51
28.50
30.79
30.79
28.34
26.00
30.28
34.84
21.12
32.35
20.00
29.78
26.27
25.63
19.25
21.53
25.42
21.66
31.77
25.59
24.15
29.12
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$20.01
15.51
20.21
20.67
21.87
13.43
19.22
18.48
14.49
17.03
20.85
17.08
12.72
17.15
17.07
14.16
11.82
12.61
13.85
15.84
17.56
16.53
14.71
16.81
12.46
15.06
12.94
11.40
10.73
11.69
17.74
18.2
9.7
10.2
3.2
2.1
12.2
4.1
4.9
3.7
6.5
11.8
14.5
16.9
19.9
9.2
17.2
7.3
6.8
10.2
13.7
5.3
6.8
4.3
14.7
3.9
8.7
10.2
3.9
5.5
10.7
3.0
$8.00
9.75
10.50
13.00
16.25
9.81
11.50
12.50
12.00
8.50
12.00
9.86
6.80
8.20
9.50
8.58
8.35
10.00
8.61
8.75
13.23
12.85
8.87
10.00
7.91
9.51
8.89
7.00
6.00
7.25
11.13
$11.00
10.97
18.14
15.50
18.00
11.02
15.38
15.00
14.00
13.64
17.40
12.00
7.74
8.20
12.00
9.32
10.00
10.25
10.92
12.03
14.59
14.50
11.05
10.88
9.35
10.30
9.34
8.44
8.50
8.02
13.16
$22.65
15.10
21.03
19.66
21.40
11.30
19.43
18.00
15.00
15.84
18.69
16.29
12.20
17.50
15.50
14.17
12.25
12.45
12.80
15.50
17.39
15.00
14.54
17.00
11.78
13.98
13.95
10.55
10.35
11.03
16.01
$25.81
17.50
24.80
24.48
25.32
13.92
22.75
22.70
15.00
19.75
29.06
22.95
14.50
23.13
21.25
16.52
13.20
12.70
17.35
18.72
18.97
18.00
17.62
20.75
15.00
18.00
13.95
13.75
13.07
14.63
22.64
$25.81
22.55
26.55
28.82
28.42
20.83
25.99
23.81
16.84
28.05
29.40
28.10
24.04
23.56
26.85
21.99
14.25
18.12
19.44
23.45
21.76
22.51
21.50
25.00
18.32
24.25
15.65
17.05
15.00
17.12
25.54
21.85
14.71
14.61
25.74
21.73
22.52
7.3
7.3
14.0
3.5
5.3
3.2
15.34
10.25
10.00
20.58
15.19
14.64
17.21
11.69
10.00
24.39
16.80
20.55
24.45
16.00
13.50
26.39
19.97
24.10
24.45
16.00
19.97
27.28
27.43
26.03
25.10
17.38
21.83
30.59
30.82
27.37
12.93
16.07
15.00
13.04
12.77
15.38
11.82
1.4
5.4
5.9
5.2
7.8
11.8
11.1
7.50
12.09
9.00
8.75
8.06
9.07
7.00
9.28
13.93
10.84
11.40
8.83
10.56
7.00
11.93
15.30
14.40
12.50
11.85
14.77
10.92
15.54
18.00
18.09
14.07
15.01
16.37
15.90
20.17
20.78
22.49
16.95
19.07
28.63
19.18
13.08
13.75
14.63
14.38
12.32
13.68
15.71
11.78
11.98
12.68
10.86
15.87
16.83
3.6
7.4
4.5
4.3
3.5
7.0
7.5
6.2
4.3
5.3
6.3
3.5
4.4
8.50
8.97
10.25
9.50
8.00
8.50
10.66
9.00
7.25
9.25
7.65
10.00
10.80
10.18
11.05
11.20
10.50
9.46
10.50
12.27
10.30
10.00
11.02
9.30
12.00
13.00
12.61
13.02
14.00
13.48
11.19
14.25
15.02
12.00
12.40
13.00
10.43
15.75
17.50
15.32
16.98
16.93
16.92
14.36
16.00
20.57
13.00
13.90
14.50
11.60
19.11
18.63
18.02
18.59
19.95
23.98
18.20
19.68
21.65
14.50
14.53
14.50
14.35
22.57
22.04
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Drillers, oil well ...............................................................
Mining machine operators .............................................
Mining, n.e.c. .................................................................
Supervisors, production .................................................
Tool and die makers ......................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ....................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..........................................
Machinists ......................................................................
Machinist apprentices ....................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...............
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .......................
Layout workers ..............................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .............................
Engravers, metal ............................................................
Sheet metal workers ......................................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ....................................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..........................
Furniture and wood finishers .........................................
Tailors ............................................................................
Upholsterers ..................................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ..................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians ....
Bookbinders ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................
Precision food production ..............................................
Butchers and meat cutters .............................................
Bakers ............................................................................
Food batchmakers .........................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ....................................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Adjusters and calibrators ...............................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ..................
Power plant operators ....................................................
Stationary engineers ......................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators .................
Lathe and turning machine operators ............................
Milling and planing machine operators ..........................
Punching and stamping press operators .......................
Rolling machine operators .............................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...........................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ......................................................................
Forging machine operators ............................................
Numerical control machine operators ............................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...........................
Molding and casting machine operators ........................
Metal plating machine operators ....................................
Heat treating equipment operators ................................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators ....
Sawing machine operators ............................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators .......................
Nailing and tacking machine operators ..........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.38
12.94
10.0
9.9
$8.25
8.65
$10.00
9.63
$12.50
12.80
$16.50
16.09
$18.45
16.09
12.36
9.98
8.93
9.08
8.40
11.91
12.40
12.78
14.87
18.99
11.39
15.10
11.42
13.22
13.07
13.60
12.95
13.12
12.24
10.93
13.46
15.35
10.35
12.83
9.86
10.91
11.34
15.50
11.12
13.18
13.26
10.71
9.89
10.49
8.7
6.8
6.3
4.0
4.4
8.3
4.2
6.1
4.6
3.6
2.7
6.0
9.4
10.2
7.7
6.3
4.6
4.6
25.2
5.2
2.7
2.4
9.8
3.3
12.6
7.4
6.3
27.8
6.0
4.1
4.7
9.3
7.4
10.2
8.25
6.89
6.50
7.00
6.25
7.75
7.25
8.27
8.75
13.43
8.81
9.25
9.37
9.78
8.65
8.00
9.30
9.00
7.75
7.50
8.35
10.50
7.68
7.05
6.70
7.00
7.69
10.50
7.00
8.25
8.25
8.50
6.20
7.00
10.43
7.75
6.75
7.75
7.05
8.05
9.00
9.55
11.70
16.05
10.00
11.40
9.37
9.86
11.10
11.25
10.01
10.40
7.75
8.10
9.95
12.40
7.68
8.90
8.00
8.45
9.98
11.97
7.94
9.64
10.36
8.50
7.25
8.24
12.15
9.80
7.97
8.57
8.00
12.54
11.55
12.75
13.91
18.62
11.07
14.10
10.48
11.31
12.04
12.80
12.12
12.92
10.00
9.50
12.53
15.00
9.80
11.00
8.00
11.64
12.00
12.50
9.60
11.65
12.90
10.03
9.10
9.95
14.57
10.75
9.99
10.00
9.00
14.51
15.23
15.10
17.50
22.32
12.66
16.02
12.14
15.58
15.60
15.50
15.05
16.25
13.28
13.25
16.16
17.50
12.10
15.00
11.25
12.27
12.00
12.50
12.80
15.50
16.15
11.69
12.00
11.15
15.82
14.74
12.25
11.86
10.73
16.01
18.65
17.18
20.94
24.63
14.25
23.64
16.85
19.73
19.43
21.32
17.96
16.90
20.00
16.00
20.00
21.13
14.48
24.34
15.50
13.17
13.67
27.03
17.47
21.00
18.00
16.70
14.42
12.77
14.10
18.68
14.13
12.76
12.62
8.31
8.24
7.82
34.99
18.80
12.06
19.57
22.52
13.03
16.89
15.88
16.07
13.58
1.7
4.5
2.2
5.9
3.9
6.6
7.5
6.7
4.8
9.5
6.5
5.9
4.1
12.7
5.1
6.6
6.2
2.6
7.85
13.62
8.33
5.65
8.00
6.33
5.40
4.50
23.26
11.25
7.92
12.98
16.00
8.90
11.33
10.00
10.25
9.13
10.00
14.60
10.00
8.95
10.00
7.00
6.75
5.75
26.52
15.00
8.75
15.36
18.55
9.50
13.33
12.00
12.50
10.60
12.76
18.68
13.00
11.94
12.09
7.50
7.50
7.00
34.56
18.58
10.75
19.22
24.62
10.85
15.92
14.42
15.00
12.62
17.36
21.25
17.50
15.03
15.00
9.50
10.00
9.25
41.68
21.25
15.56
24.28
24.62
17.06
19.40
18.00
18.00
15.72
22.45
25.29
21.83
21.99
18.44
11.26
11.40
10.75
48.23
23.80
16.25
25.39
27.50
23.10
23.02
25.42
22.00
19.74
15.61
4.9
9.65
11.47
14.10
19.34
24.52
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Typesetters and compositors .........................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .......................
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ......................................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ..................................
Textile sewing machine operators .................................
Pressing machine operators ..........................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Cementing and gluing machine operators .....................
Packaging and filling machine operators .......................
Extruding and forming machine operators .....................
Mixing and blending machine operators ........................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators ..
Compressing and compacting machine operators ........
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .............
Roasting and baking machine operators, food ..............
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ......
Folding machine operators ............................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .............
Crushing and grinding machine operators .....................
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...........................
Motion picture projectionists ..........................................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Welders and cutters .......................................................
Solders and braziers ......................................................
Assemblers ....................................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .............................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..............................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .........................
Hand engraving and printing ..........................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...............................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ...........
Production testers ..........................................................
Production samplers and weighers ................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ..................................................
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truck drivers ..................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Bus drivers .....................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...........................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..............
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Hoist and winch operators .............................................
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. ............................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Nursery workers .............................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .......................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Animal caretakers, except farm .....................................
Inspectors, agricultural products ....................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
Helpers, extractive .........................................................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers .........................................................
Garbage collectors .........................................................
Stevedores .....................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ....................................
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. .............................
$10.82
8.26
17.76
10.25
9.17
9.55
1.3
9.5
8.5
3.4
6.4
16.9
$6.50
5.15
9.00
7.00
6.25
5.15
$7.76
7.25
14.59
8.00
6.75
7.00
$9.75
8.00
16.83
9.58
9.49
8.40
$12.50
9.50
22.50
12.00
10.00
13.00
$17.00
11.18
26.25
14.15
12.35
13.00
18.32
11.12
11.19
11.11
13.05
10.00
13.42
16.91
9.55
10.49
12.09
9.80
9.85
9.31
10.39
6.9
4.4
3.2
18.2
4.6
3.5
9.3
20.3
1.9
3.0
4.9
6.8
2.9
3.7
2.6
11.00
7.25
7.00
6.80
7.50
5.80
9.00
9.00
5.85
7.50
7.00
6.75
6.50
6.00
6.50
14.00
8.50
9.00
7.50
8.95
7.50
10.47
10.00
6.95
8.25
8.50
7.25
7.50
7.25
7.99
17.00
9.80
10.50
9.35
11.00
9.57
13.75
14.75
8.50
9.50
10.81
8.45
9.00
8.65
9.50
20.65
12.22
13.00
15.00
16.88
11.65
14.96
23.40
11.07
12.61
14.63
11.53
10.65
10.70
11.50
25.27
16.78
16.50
19.00
21.38
14.38
17.50
23.40
14.90
14.76
19.55
15.83
14.39
13.00
16.00
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Supervisors, guards .......................................................
Firefighting .....................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .............................
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 ....................................................................
Dental assistants ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................
Cleaning and building service ............................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ......
Maids and housemen ....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Pest control ....................................................................
Personal service ................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ........................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists ...................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ..........
8.85
10.51
17.90
13.24
16.08
10.04
8.26
7.26
4.86
6.75
4.20
5.98
8.31
12.55
9.00
7.63
7.27
10.24
14.49
11.17
9.43
9.69
13.77
8.20
9.81
12.60
10.17
14.93
13.12
6.93
1.0
4.0
6.5
25.1
11.2
3.0
4.3
1.2
2.7
3.8
3.3
3.3
1.2
2.6
1.6
2.0
1.2
2.0
7.1
4.7
1.4
2.0
5.0
1.7
3.1
6.4
3.8
4.8
7.3
4.1
5.25
6.95
10.19
6.00
13.00
7.00
6.00
3.00
2.13
4.00
2.13
3.00
5.65
7.20
6.00
5.47
5.50
7.00
9.25
7.35
7.00
6.30
8.00
6.25
6.30
8.75
5.58
8.75
6.71
5.21
6.50
8.00
12.79
6.00
13.24
8.00
6.50
5.50
2.65
5.00
2.38
5.15
6.50
9.25
7.00
6.00
6.15
8.00
11.50
8.87
7.76
7.10
10.50
6.91
7.35
11.54
6.40
12.50
8.05
5.55
8.00
9.00
17.87
10.80
13.24
9.00
7.75
6.90
5.00
6.75
3.25
6.25
7.50
11.64
8.65
7.10
7.00
9.60
14.00
10.40
9.16
8.54
12.91
7.50
9.00
12.77
8.10
14.38
10.94
6.25
10.23
11.50
22.26
18.88
18.60
11.00
9.00
8.50
6.75
8.00
5.51
7.00
9.25
15.51
10.40
8.50
8.00
11.50
17.71
12.50
10.55
11.06
17.12
8.77
11.12
12.77
11.20
17.50
16.24
7.35
13.51
16.36
22.26
23.36
21.00
14.70
12.00
11.00
7.97
9.69
6.90
8.00
12.00
19.54
12.50
10.25
9.25
14.09
18.00
15.75
12.50
14.93
19.66
10.92
14.93
16.27
16.42
20.00
21.76
10.00
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Guides ...........................................................................
Ushers ...........................................................................
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Baggage porters and bellhops .......................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$12.23
8.33
32.87
7.21
8.78
7.63
8.61
10.22
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the
same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate
shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At
the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th
and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 Total include 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.
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
12.5
3.5
3.0
6.1
5.3
5.7
3.1
3.3
$7.76
6.03
17.03
4.50
5.95
5.75
6.00
6.25
$8.61
6.75
21.36
5.82
6.56
6.08
7.00
7.55
$10.36
7.55
33.97
6.75
8.09
7.11
8.00
9.25
$16.83
10.00
40.93
7.75
10.60
8.50
10.00
12.20
$16.83
11.12
51.11
10.00
12.50
10.70
11.99
15.50
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$17.41
17.46
0.9
1.0
$7.70
7.79
$10.00
10.00
$14.00
14.10
$20.82
21.00
$30.04
30.00
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
21.47
22.48
1.1
1.1
9.00
10.00
11.95
12.65
17.10
18.12
26.10
27.21
37.86
39.22
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Architects .......................................................................
Aerospace engineers .....................................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...........................
Petroleum engineers ......................................................
Chemical engineers .......................................................
Nuclear engineers ..........................................................
Civil engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ................................
Industrial engineers .......................................................
Mechanical engineers ....................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................
Surveyors and mapping scientists .................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................
Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......
Actuaries ........................................................................
Statisticians ....................................................................
Natural scientists ...............................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .......................................
Atmospheric and space scientists .................................
Geologists and geodesists .............................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Agricultural and food scientists ......................................
Biological and life scientists ...........................................
Medical scientists ...........................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Optometrists ..................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ...................................................................
Dietitians ........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ....................................................
Occupational therapists .................................................
Physical therapists .........................................................
Speech therapists ..........................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Physicians’ assistants ....................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Biological science teachers ...........................................
Chemistry teachers ........................................................
Physics teachers ............................................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
Economics teachers ......................................................
History teachers .............................................................
Political science teachers ..............................................
Sociology teachers ........................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ......................................
Engineering teachers .....................................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Medical science teachers ..............................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
Physical education teachers ..........................................
26.87
29.34
33.08
26.13
36.61
30.09
38.30
37.60
36.83
29.17
35.32
29.36
29.90
35.11
30.34
33.26
33.57
31.08
33.13
25.91
31.13
30.92
23.70
32.99
32.37
24.76
34.02
27.06
28.72
57.06
51.88
24.15
37.63
19.43
20.13
23.04
25.45
22.61
17.18
31.64
42.84
44.40
51.81
51.97
43.31
48.79
29.77
36.32
34.17
38.93
55.52
37.76
27.37
54.04
49.50
46.57
32.63
32.50
1.9
2.5
1.5
8.8
6.3
8.4
6.2
3.0
2.8
4.2
2.3
1.8
3.3
3.3
7.7
2.9
2.8
5.4
7.6
8.3
3.5
4.4
20.1
12.5
6.2
14.2
10.0
5.7
3.9
8.4
10.9
1.7
1.4
4.4
2.3
4.1
2.6
2.9
13.7
4.9
4.7
15.9
10.4
7.7
10.6
10.7
11.9
16.6
15.7
9.1
10.9
7.7
9.3
6.5
10.3
9.3
5.9
8.6
12.87
14.16
21.18
17.45
22.94
19.23
27.37
27.55
29.39
19.23
23.37
20.69
20.87
21.91
22.98
20.00
20.41
19.28
22.31
17.00
17.97
16.48
12.74
21.51
20.67
17.31
18.17
15.55
16.92
18.27
34.62
16.92
31.93
15.50
15.71
16.83
21.10
18.81
12.72
27.65
21.23
17.63
35.13
35.51
23.85
26.97
24.53
22.10
25.48
25.77
30.36
25.78
17.58
24.73
20.74
19.42
20.82
17.08
17.23
19.56
25.97
20.77
28.21
24.13
33.13
30.39
32.60
24.04
28.00
24.52
24.07
27.45
26.21
25.48
25.71
24.19
25.48
18.32
21.71
22.13
14.42
21.51
27.58
21.55
22.35
19.52
19.83
24.00
37.78
19.39
35.25
18.00
17.54
20.54
22.36
19.23
13.46
28.56
26.99
28.90
41.03
44.45
32.26
34.21
24.88
24.76
25.52
27.41
43.96
28.24
21.23
41.65
24.84
31.38
26.70
24.29
23.63
26.64
31.65
22.62
35.30
30.94
36.83
36.33
36.12
27.64
33.65
28.15
29.12
34.33
28.25
31.97
32.39
28.59
30.29
25.48
28.85
28.85
18.50
29.82
31.47
21.55
28.90
23.53
24.36
57.69
59.38
23.31
37.74
18.00
20.00
22.97
25.00
22.60
14.36
33.65
36.57
35.90
47.52
48.10
41.16
45.78
24.88
35.90
28.17
36.14
55.61
34.19
24.04
52.88
39.05
53.46
32.41
32.00
32.40
35.52
39.05
31.34
44.85
34.05
43.36
44.54
39.46
32.89
41.87
33.45
34.51
41.95
35.00
39.62
39.95
36.42
41.83
29.81
38.45
40.51
33.65
40.58
36.50
23.37
42.01
33.91
31.65
73.03
59.38
27.55
40.39
21.00
22.45
25.74
28.09
23.94
16.97
33.65
52.82
50.43
61.90
59.07
52.95
61.91
28.40
41.17
33.16
49.10
68.53
42.98
32.86
64.34
65.89
53.58
34.33
42.87
43.00
46.44
46.70
36.82
50.75
41.18
52.29
49.17
44.97
41.73
48.91
38.84
40.26
49.77
37.20
48.08
48.22
46.33
47.60
37.41
47.23
47.19
39.86
55.27
43.96
41.05
67.31
41.27
42.55
100.96
62.50
32.98
42.40
24.97
24.32
28.00
31.25
28.84
24.42
33.65
68.38
101.47
79.26
65.46
57.33
66.17
44.03
63.46
50.82
49.10
80.39
57.83
43.11
79.13
85.17
67.64
43.98
46.55
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$42.29
35.77
41.72
52.32
48.18
15.83
44.29
17.82
11.44
20.07
27.84
23.03
18.91
16.07
23.47
25.11
20.16
26.87
27.92
25.37
24.67
15.66
15.57
15.18
17.40
19.26
47.84
47.84
18.6
6.7
7.9
13.3
21.7
5.1
16.2
3.5
4.1
5.3
4.4
6.3
4.1
5.1
6.5
6.7
14.5
4.4
3.5
8.7
18.9
7.2
7.7
9.1
11.8
6.7
6.4
6.4
$26.77
24.20
29.30
24.68
25.72
12.02
21.13
9.14
7.50
12.49
16.84
15.14
10.46
11.00
16.23
16.15
16.35
15.14
17.31
14.18
16.00
10.75
11.04
8.00
10.27
14.35
22.79
22.79
$28.57
26.99
39.26
33.51
27.78
13.78
25.71
11.72
9.00
15.00
20.57
17.00
14.42
12.73
16.35
18.51
16.35
19.85
21.74
16.04
17.51
12.00
12.00
11.40
12.17
16.83
28.85
28.85
$33.14
32.31
39.64
51.52
37.61
16.00
34.99
16.47
10.58
18.07
26.12
23.00
17.78
14.35
21.61
23.39
16.35
25.96
26.61
25.96
21.15
13.50
13.26
16.80
16.00
18.97
47.01
47.01
$60.73
37.83
43.39
65.27
47.52
16.73
48.25
21.77
13.27
24.13
32.24
26.25
21.64
18.12
28.59
30.19
22.47
31.73
32.74
26.77
29.24
17.71
17.53
18.66
19.16
22.50
60.10
60.10
$66.48
56.82
49.92
86.04
94.37
19.36
78.90
28.53
15.99
29.28
44.46
35.00
27.82
23.08
36.00
36.00
31.00
37.82
38.63
33.00
32.82
23.57
23.90
22.00
27.18
26.25
79.33
79.33
23.74
26.35
22.88
32.75
27.33
19.65
16.33
14.52
22.50
25.54
27.57
21.86
30.96
20.72
17.23
30.54
13.00
22.49
15.68
15.63
19.49
22.23
22.68
22.29
18.95
15.83
17.24
20.35
20.97
3.7
8.3
5.5
43.3
10.2
8.5
12.5
9.2
5.8
12.0
48.4
6.5
7.0
1.9
3.2
4.8
16.8
4.0
1.5
2.6
5.5
3.9
4.0
4.4
3.4
7.5
5.3
7.0
8.2
11.50
15.07
10.75
16.29
11.08
13.22
7.58
10.00
10.62
14.34
8.28
11.78
17.31
11.24
10.21
24.72
8.25
16.25
11.66
9.88
11.54
15.14
14.74
12.00
12.50
10.25
11.54
13.95
15.77
14.67
18.55
14.00
16.29
18.61
13.94
9.20
11.88
15.30
14.60
9.04
15.38
20.75
14.25
12.57
30.00
8.25
18.60
13.50
11.42
14.00
18.41
18.24
17.41
15.50
12.50
13.50
16.09
18.56
20.79
25.00
21.15
16.29
25.10
18.71
12.75
14.42
19.00
21.21
11.75
20.70
28.77
17.95
16.47
30.00
11.80
22.72
15.40
14.50
19.01
21.23
23.02
21.51
17.89
15.90
16.35
19.49
19.13
28.31
31.15
27.96
48.55
34.97
22.35
22.68
15.58
26.90
32.08
19.23
22.60
40.87
23.11
21.13
30.00
15.38
25.83
17.54
18.00
24.18
25.26
26.25
26.69
21.64
18.00
19.83
24.45
24.28
40.00
42.13
36.08
82.50
43.10
29.23
28.86
19.49
35.82
45.47
104.33
32.45
46.86
29.17
24.71
39.50
21.77
28.03
19.76
22.54
27.98
28.74
30.04
32.50
26.50
21.17
24.67
28.85
26.79
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Law teachers .................................................................
Theology teachers .........................................................
Trade and industrial 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. .............................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .........................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ....................................
Librarians .......................................................................
Archivists and curators ..................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .................................
Economists ....................................................................
Psychologists .................................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...........................
Social workers ...............................................................
Recreation workers ........................................................
Clergy ............................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................
Lawyers and judges ...........................................................
Lawyers .........................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. ................................................................................
Technical writers ............................................................
Designers .......................................................................
Musicians and composers .............................................
Actors and directors .......................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers
Photographers ...............................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
Editors and reporters .....................................................
Public relations specialists .............................................
Announcers ....................................................................
Athletes ..........................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................
Technical ...............................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ..........
Dental hygienists ...........................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .................
Radiological technicians ................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..............................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ..................
Electrical and electronic technicians ..............................
Industrial engineering technicians .................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..............................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Drafters ..........................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Chemical technicians .....................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$112.98
18.61
25.13
20.78
18.10
20.12
6.6
12.1
5.3
5.7
5.6
4.9
$27.88
7.00
15.00
14.50
11.41
11.71
$48.81
9.51
18.27
18.00
14.42
16.00
$108.05
14.37
23.76
21.00
16.46
18.25
$166.41
24.15
30.43
23.41
21.90
24.00
$205.25
35.90
37.28
28.95
27.12
30.16
31.67
35.00
47.91
36.02
31.77
32.18
42.76
26.39
33.68
18.81
21.84
22.95
28.28
36.86
25.63
23.77
23.97
32.20
29.54
23.41
27.51
3.1
3.8
20.3
9.2
11.2
4.1
10.0
8.1
4.1
4.1
9.0
14.5
9.2
5.2
2.2
2.9
7.0
6.3
4.1
4.1
20.9
15.00
15.46
15.55
16.38
17.31
18.28
22.37
12.50
20.09
11.50
8.65
14.15
13.46
15.56
14.86
14.86
13.94
14.42
19.62
15.12
14.74
19.33
21.00
22.29
21.73
19.69
25.68
28.51
15.76
24.04
14.42
13.22
17.66
16.83
21.69
18.17
17.91
17.13
19.23
22.05
18.18
17.88
26.34
29.15
46.59
28.27
24.04
31.97
39.81
21.22
30.05
16.83
19.66
24.04
25.18
31.97
22.51
22.23
21.38
25.30
28.02
21.06
21.86
36.93
42.33
69.47
39.83
41.59
38.46
55.29
34.19
36.90
21.64
27.40
29.74
28.91
44.10
29.00
27.60
28.00
34.33
34.13
27.12
29.62
52.50
56.98
72.11
53.85
54.15
44.14
69.23
45.67
52.69
27.78
37.43
29.74
47.73
58.62
37.50
33.65
38.46
51.23
40.48
34.62
49.80
23.39
25.30
23.45
8.8
4.4
10.6
13.27
16.27
14.42
15.14
19.35
17.25
20.67
24.61
20.64
28.20
29.62
26.09
35.54
33.73
33.59
24.36
24.03
6.7
2.3
18.18
14.48
18.18
17.31
24.06
21.70
28.10
27.41
32.07
36.01
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Insurance sales ..............................................................
Real estate sales ...........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..........................
Advertising and related sales .........................................
Sales, other business services ......................................
Sales engineers .............................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale .....................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ......................
Sales workers, apparel ..................................................
Sales workers, shoes .....................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .............
Sales workers, parts ......................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .................................
Sales counter clerks ......................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ......................................................
16.91
19.28
21.58
19.29
43.52
21.63
22.38
37.71
2.1
4.7
8.5
9.1
11.8
8.2
9.3
19.9
7.00
9.40
10.00
10.00
13.33
8.84
10.25
18.92
8.90
11.75
12.50
12.84
16.86
13.46
12.53
22.54
12.52
15.75
17.20
14.41
28.13
18.73
17.50
31.25
19.22
21.64
26.88
20.19
48.08
25.27
26.44
38.67
31.25
33.69
37.33
33.89
84.14
43.33
34.62
45.93
24.14
18.94
10.57
10.17
15.29
14.42
14.15
13.88
10.34
8.80
15.45
5.2
4.8
4.1
9.0
8.4
6.5
4.8
6.0
9.6
2.0
9.4
10.58
6.23
7.00
7.60
9.00
8.97
8.00
6.80
6.25
6.25
8.75
14.50
9.25
7.83
8.85
10.00
10.00
10.00
8.00
7.50
6.90
10.70
21.25
15.63
9.50
8.85
12.82
12.31
12.50
10.81
9.25
8.00
13.00
29.98
24.46
11.45
9.93
16.02
16.00
17.31
15.87
11.58
10.00
17.78
40.26
35.47
14.00
15.40
25.65
22.50
23.35
24.09
15.95
12.43
25.70
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Supervisors, general office ............................................
13.64
17.91
.6
3.5
8.62
12.35
10.10
13.79
12.66
17.03
16.00
20.44
19.95
24.80
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ............................
Legal assistants .............................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
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, properties and real estate ............................
Funeral directors ............................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .............................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Underwriters ..................................................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Management analysts ....................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products ..............
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .......................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...........................
Construction inspectors .................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$18.09
19.70
21.85
13.7
2.5
11.7
$11.33
13.00
11.00
$14.00
15.12
15.25
$14.25
18.75
23.08
$21.30
23.55
27.63
$28.74
27.18
30.00
20.11
16.21
14.02
14.93
15.74
14.36
12.02
8.83
13.50
11.01
12.26
13.14
13.52
15.04
12.67
10.07
12.92
13.75
15.16
12.09
14.76
13.20
11.70
11.41
10.18
13.23
11.00
11.98
9.50
15.11
17.23
12.75
12.59
16.56
15.04
15.06
5.1
2.4
11.8
1.4
7.6
4.4
4.0
2.6
5.9
2.0
3.0
2.2
1.8
3.0
6.3
2.9
2.5
1.7
2.7
3.9
23.1
5.7
4.3
6.8
5.7
4.1
15.7
6.6
8.2
3.2
3.3
3.0
2.4
6.1
7.8
3.2
12.15
11.35
8.50
9.28
10.03
10.00
8.78
7.00
7.65
8.50
8.50
9.52
8.75
9.55
8.42
8.50
8.65
9.23
10.75
8.90
6.30
8.75
8.00
8.00
7.00
7.90
7.25
8.60
7.03
8.68
11.08
8.16
8.50
10.78
9.00
10.00
13.75
13.35
10.49
11.54
12.26
11.00
10.00
7.50
8.85
9.33
9.90
11.13
10.34
12.22
9.50
9.00
10.39
11.00
12.15
10.00
7.80
9.71
9.00
8.50
9.59
9.50
8.00
9.50
7.19
11.35
13.61
9.50
10.00
12.50
10.60
12.50
18.27
16.01
14.09
14.28
14.63
13.55
12.00
8.15
12.74
10.50
11.54
12.72
13.00
15.54
12.11
9.14
12.30
13.37
14.25
11.48
14.25
13.19
10.70
11.00
10.00
12.47
9.46
10.82
8.95
14.50
16.38
12.00
11.75
15.84
13.10
15.58
24.76
18.51
18.04
17.74
18.48
15.93
13.50
9.83
18.52
12.28
13.95
14.66
15.50
18.04
14.42
11.06
15.00
15.42
18.00
14.00
25.00
14.74
13.50
13.05
11.00
17.70
13.87
13.54
11.00
18.46
20.59
15.00
14.43
20.64
17.50
17.56
31.19
21.69
19.41
20.97
24.00
20.00
15.16
11.50
21.17
14.36
16.50
16.83
19.23
20.50
18.22
12.98
18.27
18.77
20.99
16.03
25.00
20.38
17.07
16.53
12.87
18.82
14.24
17.08
12.97
21.49
24.08
19.53
18.14
24.16
24.61
19.44
13.32
19.21
14.75
12.31
13.32
12.64
10.16
12.07
12.12
13.87
9.73
13.89
9.7
8.4
2.4
2.8
4.1
1.3
1.5
11.2
2.9
5.4
4.4
1.7
7.23
11.39
10.00
9.00
9.01
8.50
7.98
6.95
9.00
9.00
6.76
8.76
8.39
12.92
11.49
10.35
10.39
10.00
8.81
8.58
9.80
11.29
8.32
10.79
10.70
16.30
13.91
12.41
12.60
11.72
9.75
13.00
11.00
12.93
9.06
13.12
17.31
21.75
16.88
13.84
15.60
15.00
11.23
15.17
13.48
16.42
10.85
16.34
23.00
33.05
21.04
16.00
18.34
18.00
12.60
16.75
17.00
19.75
13.31
19.62
Blue collar ....................................................................................
14.73
.9
8.00
10.00
13.31
18.09
24.04
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .................................
18.21
22.69
17.07
11.95
1.2
3.4
3.9
5.8
10.04
13.13
10.75
8.00
13.00
16.19
13.00
10.00
17.00
21.50
16.50
12.08
22.66
27.84
19.50
13.75
27.50
33.54
23.00
15.25
Mean
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .................
Supervisors, financial records processing .....................
Chief communications operators ...................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ...........................................................................
Computer operators .......................................................
Peripheral equipment operators ....................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Stenographers ...............................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Interviewers ...................................................................
Hotel clerks ....................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .................
Receptionists .................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Correspondence clerks ..................................................
Order clerks ...................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping .........
Library clerks .................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ......................................
Billing clerks ...................................................................
Cost and rate clerks .......................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators .......
Duplicating machine operators ......................................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ....................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...............
Mail clerks, except postal service ..................................
Messengers ...................................................................
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Production coordinators .................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Meter readers ................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .............
Expeditors ......................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .......................................
Bill and account collectors .............................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Bank tellers ....................................................................
Proofreaders ..................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$16.36
25.19
13.55
17.62
25.00
18.86
14.31
19.17
15.55
3.8
5.3
4.3
9.4
6.7
5.2
6.7
2.2
5.3
$11.25
18.00
10.00
10.50
13.90
12.50
10.86
13.52
10.08
$12.50
21.00
11.55
13.50
19.90
13.60
11.77
15.69
11.49
$15.50
25.15
14.00
15.00
26.69
18.50
14.00
18.25
14.50
$19.04
28.44
15.00
18.80
30.27
22.10
16.00
22.82
19.79
$22.50
34.87
16.00
27.29
33.50
27.45
17.20
26.14
22.68
19.63
15.50
15.18
23.49
22.74
16.25
14.85
13.77
14.54
20.94
36.02
21.75
15.85
25.07
4.2
16.9
7.2
3.7
2.6
3.7
24.0
9.1
8.6
6.3
9.6
5.6
3.3
5.9
12.50
7.79
10.00
17.12
16.50
10.00
8.75
10.00
9.50
15.00
25.06
16.00
9.00
17.26
15.00
8.00
11.00
22.78
21.18
13.00
9.50
12.77
11.00
16.04
33.16
16.50
11.95
20.00
19.50
14.50
14.75
24.39
22.93
16.00
12.65
13.00
14.35
19.43
36.43
23.56
15.99
24.04
24.39
19.37
18.00
25.58
25.71
19.57
17.35
15.00
17.46
24.53
42.74
25.05
18.76
29.40
29.11
24.98
23.77
27.12
26.66
22.31
27.55
17.31
20.10
29.17
42.74
27.89
23.55
36.06
27.12
19.86
24.75
21.19
19.94
22.47
19.18
18.20
17.40
20.75
22.53
14.78
24.41
13.30
21.46
18.31
18.56
15.82
14.38
16.34
14.68
20.54
17.27
16.00
23.58
20.01
15.51
20.21
20.66
21.87
13.43
19.22
18.50
14.49
17.03
5.1
13.3
6.6
4.3
7.5
14.2
13.0
3.5
13.6
10.2
4.0
4.1
4.5
6.0
4.2
12.8
9.7
6.5
5.9
20.4
10.3
14.6
5.8
5.4
8.2
18.2
9.7
10.2
3.2
2.1
12.2
4.1
5.0
3.7
6.5
18.92
8.00
15.50
15.01
10.10
14.00
10.00
11.00
9.44
12.00
13.00
9.23
15.00
8.50
13.50
10.00
11.75
11.00
9.50
9.25
8.00
11.50
12.50
9.50
10.50
8.00
9.75
10.50
13.00
16.25
9.81
11.50
12.50
12.00
8.50
21.79
16.75
20.00
16.63
17.00
18.00
13.13
13.50
13.50
15.00
16.79
11.00
20.94
10.00
16.50
11.00
14.00
14.50
11.00
10.75
10.00
14.00
14.50
12.00
19.90
11.00
10.97
18.14
15.50
18.00
11.02
15.38
15.00
14.00
13.64
25.00
20.50
24.85
20.00
20.00
22.84
17.00
17.00
16.45
20.34
20.65
14.00
24.39
11.54
20.00
16.74
16.13
15.30
14.00
11.45
14.00
16.50
15.50
15.00
22.00
22.65
15.10
21.03
19.66
21.40
11.30
19.43
18.08
15.00
15.84
33.06
23.00
30.21
24.40
22.97
30.79
26.81
21.55
18.75
26.13
28.10
17.36
28.75
15.00
26.40
25.38
24.66
17.00
16.84
25.42
18.74
31.34
19.00
18.75
29.12
25.81
17.50
24.80
24.48
25.32
13.92
22.75
22.70
15.00
19.75
37.86
26.00
30.79
29.51
28.50
30.79
30.79
28.34
26.00
30.28
34.84
21.12
32.35
20.00
29.78
26.27
25.63
19.25
21.53
25.42
21.66
31.77
25.59
24.15
29.12
25.81
22.55
26.55
28.82
28.42
20.83
25.99
23.81
16.84
28.05
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................
Aircraft engine mechanics .............................................
Small engine repairers ...................................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..........................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .........................................
Farm equipment mechanics ..........................................
Industrial machinery repairers .......................................
Machinery maintenance .................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ............................
Household appliance and power tool repairers .............
Telephone line installers and repairers ..........................
Telephone installers and repairers ................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ..
Camera, watch, and musical instrument repairers ........
Locksmiths and safe repairers .......................................
Office machine repairers ................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .......................
Elevator installers and repairers ....................................
Millwrights ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .......................................................................
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers ....
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .........................
Brickmasons and stonemasons .....................................
Tile setters, hard and soft ..............................................
Carpet installers .............................................................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Carpenter apprentices ...................................................
Drywall installers ............................................................
Electricians ....................................................................
Electrician apprentices ...................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ........................
Painters, construction and maintenance ........................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .....................................
Glaziers ..........................................................................
Insulation workers ..........................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ..............................................
Structural metal workers ................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Supervisors, extractive ..................................................
Drillers, oil well ...............................................................
Mining machine operators .............................................
Mining, n.e.c. .................................................................
Supervisors, production .................................................
Tool and die makers ......................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ....................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..........................................
Machinists ......................................................................
Machinist apprentices ....................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...............
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$20.85
17.08
12.72
17.15
17.07
14.16
11.87
12.61
14.72
15.84
17.56
16.56
14.71
17.17
12.35
15.08
12.94
11.37
11.52
11.69
17.74
11.8
14.5
16.9
19.9
9.2
17.2
7.2
6.8
9.9
13.7
5.3
6.9
4.3
14.7
4.0
8.7
10.2
4.0
3.5
10.8
3.0
$12.00
9.86
6.80
8.20
9.50
8.58
9.00
10.00
9.70
8.75
13.23
12.85
8.87
10.57
7.91
9.51
8.89
7.00
8.20
7.25
11.13
$17.40
12.00
7.74
8.20
12.00
9.32
10.00
10.25
11.60
12.03
14.59
14.50
11.05
11.19
9.35
10.30
9.34
8.44
9.28
8.02
13.16
$18.69
16.29
12.20
17.50
15.50
14.17
12.25
12.45
13.00
15.50
17.39
15.00
14.54
17.00
11.75
14.00
13.95
10.55
11.11
11.00
16.01
$29.06
22.95
14.50
23.13
21.25
16.52
13.20
12.70
18.00
18.72
18.97
18.00
17.62
25.00
14.89
18.00
13.95
13.75
13.35
14.63
22.64
$29.40
28.10
24.04
23.56
26.85
21.99
14.25
18.12
19.86
23.45
21.76
22.51
21.50
25.00
17.77
24.25
15.65
17.05
15.28
17.12
25.54
21.85
14.71
14.61
25.74
21.73
22.52
7.3
7.3
14.0
3.5
5.3
3.2
15.34
10.25
10.00
20.58
15.19
14.64
17.21
11.69
10.00
24.39
16.80
20.55
24.45
16.00
13.50
26.39
19.97
24.10
24.45
16.00
19.97
27.28
27.43
26.03
25.10
17.38
21.83
30.59
30.82
27.37
13.03
16.07
15.00
13.04
12.77
15.38
11.82
1.4
5.4
5.9
5.2
7.8
11.8
11.1
7.65
12.09
9.00
8.75
8.06
9.07
7.00
9.39
13.93
10.84
11.40
8.83
10.56
7.00
12.00
15.30
14.40
12.50
11.85
14.77
10.92
15.66
18.00
18.09
14.07
15.00
16.37
15.90
20.35
20.78
22.49
16.95
19.07
28.63
19.18
13.21
13.75
14.64
14.63
12.40
13.76
15.71
11.78
11.99
12.68
10.86
15.87
16.83
14.45
12.95
3.5
7.4
4.5
3.9
3.5
6.9
7.5
6.3
4.3
5.3
6.3
3.5
4.4
7.5
9.9
8.75
8.97
10.25
9.48
8.00
8.50
10.66
9.00
7.25
9.25
7.65
10.00
10.80
9.90
8.65
10.50
11.05
11.20
10.89
9.52
10.88
12.27
10.40
10.00
11.02
9.30
12.00
13.00
11.45
9.63
12.77
13.02
14.00
13.90
11.25
14.49
15.02
12.00
12.40
13.00
10.43
15.75
17.50
13.46
12.80
15.40
16.98
16.95
17.05
14.36
16.00
20.57
13.00
13.90
14.50
11.60
19.11
18.63
16.93
16.09
18.02
18.59
20.00
24.00
18.45
19.68
21.65
14.50
14.53
14.50
14.35
22.57
22.04
21.00
16.09
12.36
9.98
8.91
9.08
8.46
11.91
12.53
8.7
6.8
6.4
4.0
4.6
8.3
3.9
8.25
6.89
6.50
7.00
6.30
7.75
7.50
10.43
7.75
6.75
7.75
7.20
8.05
9.23
12.15
9.80
7.97
8.57
8.00
12.54
11.87
14.57
10.75
9.88
10.00
9.10
14.51
15.30
15.82
14.74
12.27
11.86
10.92
16.01
19.10
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .......................
Layout workers ..............................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .............................
Engravers, metal ............................................................
Sheet metal workers ......................................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ....................................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..........................
Furniture and wood finishers .........................................
Tailors ............................................................................
Upholsterers ..................................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ..................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians ....
Bookbinders ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................
Precision food production ..............................................
Butchers and meat cutters .............................................
Bakers ............................................................................
Food batchmakers .........................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ....................................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Adjusters and calibrators ...............................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ..................
Power plant operators ....................................................
Stationary engineers ......................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators .................
Lathe and turning machine operators ............................
Milling and planing machine operators ..........................
Punching and stamping press operators .......................
Rolling machine operators .............................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...........................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ......................................................................
Forging machine operators ............................................
Numerical control machine operators ............................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...........................
Molding and casting machine operators ........................
Metal plating machine operators ....................................
Heat treating equipment operators ................................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators ....
Sawing machine operators ............................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators .......................
Nailing and tacking machine operators ..........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .................................
Typesetters and compositors .........................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .......................
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ......................................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ..................................
Textile sewing machine operators .................................
Pressing machine operators ..........................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Cementing and gluing machine operators .....................
Packaging and filling machine operators .......................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.78
14.87
18.99
11.39
15.10
11.41
13.22
13.07
13.59
12.95
13.16
11.92
13.51
15.36
10.35
13.01
9.89
10.91
11.35
17.89
11.18
13.20
13.26
11.63
9.98
10.49
6.1
4.6
3.6
2.7
6.0
9.5
10.2
7.7
6.4
4.6
4.6
4.6
2.7
2.4
9.8
3.2
12.7
7.4
6.4
25.8
6.0
4.1
4.7
6.5
7.6
10.2
$8.27
8.75
13.43
8.81
9.25
9.37
9.78
8.65
8.00
9.30
9.15
8.55
8.50
10.50
7.68
7.12
6.70
7.00
7.67
9.00
7.00
8.25
8.25
8.54
6.20
7.00
$9.55
11.70
16.05
10.00
11.40
9.37
9.86
11.10
11.25
10.01
10.48
9.50
9.96
12.40
7.68
9.00
8.00
8.45
9.98
10.50
8.00
9.66
10.40
10.03
7.50
8.24
$12.75
13.91
18.62
11.07
14.10
10.48
11.31
12.04
12.80
12.12
13.00
10.88
12.57
15.00
9.80
11.25
8.00
11.64
12.00
12.00
9.62
11.68
12.90
10.84
9.50
9.95
$15.10
17.49
22.32
12.66
16.02
12.14
15.58
15.60
15.50
15.05
16.38
16.00
16.16
17.50
12.10
15.10
11.25
12.27
12.00
27.03
12.84
15.66
16.15
12.28
12.05
11.15
$17.18
20.95
24.63
14.25
23.64
16.85
19.73
19.43
21.66
17.96
16.95
16.00
20.03
21.15
14.48
24.36
15.50
13.17
13.74
27.34
17.50
21.00
18.00
16.70
14.66
12.77
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truck drivers ..................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Bus drivers .....................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...........................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..............
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Hoist and winch operators .............................................
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. ............................................................................
14.55
18.77
14.28
14.02
13.27
8.41
8.69
9.27
34.99
18.92
11.30
19.57
22.52
13.03
16.89
15.88
16.07
13.65
1.7
4.6
2.3
5.6
5.9
7.6
8.5
7.8
4.8
9.6
7.6
5.9
4.1
12.7
5.1
6.6
6.2
2.6
8.25
13.68
8.33
7.25
7.55
6.25
6.60
6.00
23.26
11.25
7.92
12.98
16.00
8.90
11.33
10.00
10.25
9.40
10.25
14.60
10.25
10.00
9.28
7.00
6.75
7.00
26.52
15.00
8.75
15.36
18.55
9.50
13.33
12.00
12.50
10.70
13.13
18.68
13.05
12.70
12.97
7.76
8.00
8.93
34.56
18.58
10.42
19.22
24.62
10.85
15.92
14.42
15.00
12.70
17.74
21.37
17.58
16.14
17.46
9.75
11.40
10.00
41.68
21.25
15.17
24.28
24.62
17.06
19.40
18.00
18.00
15.74
22.56
25.29
22.00
23.42
19.36
11.26
11.75
13.25
48.23
23.80
16.25
25.39
27.50
23.10
23.02
25.42
22.00
19.74
15.97
5.0
9.85
11.75
14.73
19.36
24.74
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Nursery workers .............................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .......................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Animal caretakers, except farm .....................................
Inspectors, agricultural products ....................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
Helpers, extractive .........................................................
11.28
9.33
17.76
10.55
9.53
10.06
1.4
7.3
8.5
3.5
6.7
16.6
6.95
7.50
9.00
7.25
6.75
7.00
8.15
7.58
14.59
8.15
7.25
7.00
10.00
8.87
16.83
9.88
10.00
8.90
13.00
9.75
22.50
12.36
10.00
13.00
17.69
11.99
26.25
14.33
12.41
17.69
18.37
11.31
11.21
11.11
7.0
4.6
3.3
18.2
11.00
7.90
7.00
6.80
14.00
8.75
9.00
7.50
17.00
10.00
10.50
9.35
20.65
12.50
13.00
15.00
25.27
16.78
16.50
19.00
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Extruding and forming machine operators .....................
Mixing and blending machine operators ........................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators ..
Compressing and compacting machine operators ........
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .............
Roasting and baking machine operators, food ..............
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ......
Folding machine operators ............................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .............
Crushing and grinding machine operators .....................
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...........................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Welders and cutters .......................................................
Solders and braziers ......................................................
Assemblers ....................................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .............................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..............................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .........................
Hand engraving and printing ..........................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...............................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ...........
Production testers ..........................................................
Production samplers and weighers ................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ..................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers .........................................................
Garbage collectors .........................................................
Stevedores .....................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ....................................
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. .............................
$12.96
10.03
13.44
17.86
10.95
10.53
12.46
9.89
10.07
9.47
10.71
4.5
3.6
9.2
19.5
1.9
3.1
5.2
7.3
3.1
4.2
2.7
$7.50
5.80
9.00
9.50
6.85
7.55
7.05
6.75
6.75
6.15
6.75
$8.75
7.38
10.47
11.00
8.25
8.25
8.58
7.43
8.00
7.32
8.00
$11.00
9.57
13.75
23.40
10.20
9.51
11.08
8.50
9.20
8.75
9.60
$16.88
11.79
15.11
23.40
12.72
12.76
15.24
11.53
11.00
10.97
12.00
$21.00
14.46
17.50
23.40
15.72
14.76
19.87
15.83
14.67
13.23
16.84
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Supervisors, guards .......................................................
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 ....................................................................
Dental assistants ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................
Cleaning and building service ............................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ......
Maids and housemen ....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Pest control ....................................................................
Personal service ................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ........................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists ...................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ..........
Guides ...........................................................................
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Baggage porters and bellhops .......................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
9.61
10.82
18.02
10.18
9.13
8.09
5.11
6.95
4.35
6.32
9.24
13.09
9.41
8.19
7.92
10.40
14.48
11.47
9.47
10.11
13.83
8.20
10.44
12.48
10.85
15.10
13.79
6.99
12.74
33.18
7.07
10.25
7.84
9.00
10.95
1.4
4.3
6.3
3.2
5.1
1.5
3.1
5.1
4.2
5.0
1.5
2.7
1.5
3.2
1.5
2.2
7.5
4.4
1.4
2.0
5.1
1.8
2.9
6.1
5.5
4.6
8.3
4.7
13.1
3.1
6.9
4.1
7.1
3.3
3.7
5.75
7.00
10.42
7.00
7.00
3.50
2.13
4.00
2.13
3.00
6.00
7.69
6.53
5.50
6.00
7.25
9.25
8.00
7.00
6.68
8.16
6.25
6.95
8.75
5.72
9.00
7.21
5.25
8.32
17.34
4.37
7.46
5.85
6.25
7.00
7.00
8.00
12.81
8.00
7.75
6.00
2.85
5.05
2.50
5.15
7.00
9.75
7.50
6.50
6.75
8.20
11.50
9.25
7.80
7.40
10.50
6.90
7.93
11.54
6.50
12.75
8.58
5.59
9.00
22.00
5.78
8.16
6.08
7.00
8.25
8.75
9.50
17.96
9.10
8.25
7.50
5.15
7.00
3.50
6.50
8.50
12.31
9.00
8.00
7.50
9.74
14.00
10.72
9.20
9.00
12.91
7.50
9.50
12.69
8.75
14.38
11.26
6.25
11.61
34.00
6.75
9.52
7.50
8.56
10.00
11.03
12.00
22.26
11.07
10.00
9.75
6.75
8.70
5.65
7.50
10.50
16.43
11.00
9.25
8.75
11.72
18.00
12.52
10.55
12.00
17.12
8.77
12.36
12.77
12.22
17.60
17.23
7.41
16.83
40.48
7.40
11.83
9.00
10.30
13.05
14.66
16.47
22.26
14.60
12.42
12.55
8.25
9.69
7.00
8.00
13.51
19.62
12.93
11.50
10.00
14.27
18.00
16.58
12.44
15.75
19.71
11.03
15.51
15.78
17.14
20.00
22.28
10.25
16.83
51.11
9.75
13.46
10.71
12.46
16.00
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the
same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate
shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At
the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th
and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$9.27
9.72
1.0
1.3
$5.30
5.15
$6.25
6.25
$7.50
7.75
$10.00
10.50
$14.84
16.51
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
11.42
15.09
1.1
1.7
6.00
7.30
7.00
9.00
8.54
11.87
12.44
19.07
21.33
27.08
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ...............................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ...................................................................
Dietitians ........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ....................................................
Occupational therapists .................................................
Physical therapists .........................................................
Speech therapists ..........................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Other post-secondary teachers .....................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .................................
Elementary school teachers ..........................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Substitute teachers ........................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .........................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ....................................
Librarians .......................................................................
Archivists and curators ..................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .................................
Psychologists .................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...........................
Social workers ...............................................................
Lawyers and judges ...........................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. ................................................................................
Designers .......................................................................
Musicians and composers .............................................
Actors and directors .......................................................
Photographers ...............................................................
Dancers .........................................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
Editors and reporters .....................................................
Announcers ....................................................................
Athletes ..........................................................................
Technical ...............................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ..........
Dental hygienists ...........................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .................
Radiological technicians ................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..............................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ..................
21.37
24.03
34.35
24.78
24.62
25.27
27.54
69.85
26.10
36.37
23.96
20.96
29.16
31.68
28.90
37.59
30.09
23.52
17.28
27.97
23.31
31.83
30.79
18.34
22.85
22.22
15.23
11.08
23.47
17.46
9.55
16.88
15.99
17.12
14.16
21.25
21.24
14.42
16.37
–
2.7
2.8
10.8
20.2
22.0
12.8
1.7
4.5
1.6
3.5
6.0
3.4
3.7
4.3
3.7
26.6
12.5
13.1
14.2
20.6
7.4
10.6
9.1
17.5
12.5
12.0
8.3
7.6
9.8
12.2
8.2
16.3
11.3
11.0
21.5
15.2
15.2
11.6
4.0
–
9.27
10.00
19.23
12.50
12.50
17.34
19.02
55.00
18.97
30.00
15.88
17.28
22.40
24.50
20.54
18.19
14.32
18.71
11.57
19.12
18.00
17.00
20.00
11.03
12.00
14.32
6.90
6.50
15.70
7.15
6.50
10.00
9.75
14.83
9.75
10.00
10.00
4.60
10.00
–
13.55
17.43
22.00
14.50
14.50
19.65
21.80
60.94
21.48
34.00
20.67
18.38
26.15
26.52
28.00
20.60
17.16
18.71
11.57
19.12
19.00
21.88
25.00
11.03
14.55
15.36
10.00
10.00
18.52
10.00
6.50
10.58
12.17
14.83
9.75
11.40
11.40
9.59
13.90
–
20.00
23.26
36.00
22.36
19.26
23.92
25.54
66.00
25.00
36.53
23.91
20.00
30.00
32.00
28.00
25.45
25.00
20.33
16.41
19.12
21.90
33.33
31.84
18.52
20.49
18.89
12.08
11.27
22.00
13.14
10.00
14.61
14.83
14.83
9.75
20.00
20.00
15.45
15.91
–
26.78
29.11
43.50
34.14
35.00
25.98
30.37
76.45
29.16
41.00
25.47
23.46
30.88
35.00
30.00
63.56
36.49
28.91
20.63
42.00
25.55
37.50
35.63
22.74
35.00
26.17
16.25
12.50
30.78
22.50
10.67
24.00
21.12
22.17
17.17
26.33
26.33
18.00
18.00
–
35.00
36.95
50.00
40.00
40.00
34.22
38.70
90.00
35.44
43.25
27.48
26.00
35.04
36.31
35.00
63.56
60.00
33.16
30.00
42.00
33.00
41.58
40.65
24.62
36.33
31.25
29.41
13.27
30.78
35.00
13.40
24.00
22.17
22.17
22.08
30.00
29.37
21.64
21.94
–
13.89
11.08
29.88
13.93
17.73
5.41
8.68
17.69
12.12
11.70
15.92
18.78
26.30
12.87
21.71
16.29
11.94
9.1
18.4
18.7
20.3
36.1
34.6
19.4
32.4
22.8
17.3
4.4
5.4
6.1
9.1
3.7
2.8
6.5
6.00
6.75
8.65
6.40
7.00
2.13
6.00
8.00
5.50
7.50
8.49
11.33
20.00
8.88
15.63
12.35
8.14
7.50
7.00
12.00
6.75
7.50
2.13
6.25
8.00
6.00
8.00
11.51
16.50
21.00
9.80
18.24
14.00
9.00
10.00
12.00
23.60
12.85
9.00
5.15
6.25
15.00
10.00
9.00
14.73
18.12
25.00
12.08
21.96
15.61
11.24
15.09
12.00
48.00
19.00
31.85
5.15
12.00
29.30
12.50
12.51
19.57
20.70
27.00
16.02
25.00
18.40
13.55
26.18
17.11
58.75
27.50
35.00
11.27
12.00
32.62
26.39
20.00
24.33
27.86
40.50
17.12
28.71
21.09
16.50
See footnotes at end of table.
41
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Electrical and electronic technicians ..............................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
$17.99
14.31
7.97
21.74
12.33
20.6
3.2
11.6
13.5
27.3
$11.00
13.50
7.00
13.05
8.45
$11.60
13.50
7.00
13.05
8.45
$19.23
15.00
7.00
16.17
8.45
$24.04
15.00
8.63
26.92
19.65
$25.96
15.00
10.00
40.06
19.65
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Managers, medicine and health .....................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
21.32
22.62
31.04
26.28
20.24
23.70
16.92
16.38
18.22
11.7
20.9
15.5
25.1
10.5
14.6
34.1
20.8
13.1
8.00
7.00
19.77
5.80
8.37
13.16
8.37
11.43
9.23
10.00
9.50
23.94
19.00
12.82
13.16
8.37
12.82
12.24
17.13
22.20
24.63
25.71
16.00
17.79
8.37
12.82
16.10
29.28
38.18
44.70
25.71
25.00
33.95
25.00
18.00
23.42
39.20
39.20
44.70
52.00
35.76
35.76
35.17
26.92
31.25
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Sales, other business services ......................................
Sales workers, apparel ..................................................
Sales workers, shoes .....................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...............
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .............
Sales workers, parts ......................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .................................
Sales counter clerks ......................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
News vendors ................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..............
Sales support, n.e.c. ......................................................
7.66
7.94
9.00
7.83
7.87
7.82
9.00
10.16
8.20
7.59
6.75
7.39
7.97
8.65
8.70
1.2
7.1
17.4
3.9
6.7
5.7
3.5
2.6
4.5
1.2
4.1
1.3
8.6
8.9
5.1
5.62
6.55
5.25
5.90
5.60
6.25
7.54
7.75
6.75
6.00
5.50
5.50
5.60
7.00
6.80
6.25
6.93
6.00
6.40
6.00
7.00
8.03
8.50
7.00
6.50
5.62
6.00
6.40
7.25
7.17
7.00
6.93
7.75
7.00
7.25
7.50
9.10
10.00
7.91
7.25
6.75
7.00
8.25
7.50
8.50
8.33
8.25
11.25
8.47
9.04
9.00
9.50
11.30
9.00
8.00
7.00
8.00
9.25
9.40
10.00
10.03
10.45
14.41
10.80
10.66
10.00
9.62
13.25
10.09
9.30
8.00
9.58
9.25
11.11
10.50
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Computer operators .......................................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Stenographers ...............................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Interviewers ...................................................................
Hotel clerks ....................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .................
Receptionists .................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Order clerks ...................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping .........
Library clerks .................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ......................................
Billing clerks ...................................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators .......
Duplicating machine operators ......................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ..................................
Messengers ...................................................................
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Production coordinators .................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Expeditors ......................................................................
10.55
11.35
13.62
15.20
11.33
8.95
7.99
14.13
8.80
10.10
9.63
14.54
10.03
9.07
12.10
11.17
12.76
11.68
9.05
9.80
9.42
8.59
7.52
10.12
9.75
9.59
8.07
1.5
9.5
4.4
14.5
7.1
5.2
4.0
8.3
2.8
3.3
5.3
8.9
11.2
6.6
7.1
4.5
13.6
4.7
4.8
11.4
3.7
4.2
5.8
5.9
21.3
4.0
8.2
7.00
7.00
9.00
10.00
8.00
7.25
6.25
8.28
6.75
8.00
6.50
8.25
7.00
7.00
7.55
9.00
8.00
9.55
8.00
6.50
7.00
6.00
5.25
8.95
7.04
7.25
6.50
8.00
10.20
10.21
10.00
9.50
7.75
7.00
10.00
7.00
8.75
7.75
11.14
7.73
7.50
9.00
9.50
10.00
9.82
8.12
8.00
8.15
7.50
6.00
9.00
7.50
8.00
6.90
9.95
11.00
12.00
15.00
10.87
8.25
7.50
12.25
8.50
10.20
9.17
15.86
10.00
8.00
11.00
10.02
11.00
11.00
8.75
10.00
9.25
8.05
7.00
9.94
7.50
9.00
7.18
12.00
13.73
15.00
16.00
12.40
9.44
9.00
20.00
9.50
11.00
11.35
18.03
11.00
10.00
14.99
12.00
17.50
12.54
9.75
11.00
10.23
10.00
9.00
9.94
9.50
10.55
8.15
15.00
14.55
19.25
18.00
15.90
11.36
9.50
21.45
12.00
12.34
13.50
19.59
15.13
13.79
18.00
15.00
19.50
13.50
9.76
14.00
11.08
11.50
10.35
9.94
18.12
13.20
12.10
See footnotes at end of table.
42
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...............
Bill and account collectors .............................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Bank tellers ....................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$11.66
13.43
13.01
11.73
10.17
9.34
11.38
11.75
9.75
10.42
19.5
3.6
6.8
10.8
2.9
1.9
6.9
9.9
8.4
4.9
$6.00
11.47
7.39
7.25
6.75
7.25
8.00
8.90
6.50
6.00
$7.50
12.48
10.00
8.35
8.00
8.00
9.50
9.38
7.82
8.00
$9.38
13.83
12.72
11.53
9.50
9.00
10.81
10.65
10.00
10.00
$14.14
13.83
15.24
14.78
11.52
10.10
12.55
14.57
10.22
13.00
$23.35
14.44
18.51
17.50
15.00
12.00
17.00
16.23
14.44
14.91
Blue collar ....................................................................................
8.74
1.8
5.50
6.50
7.79
10.00
12.65
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Butchers and meat cutters .............................................
Bakers ............................................................................
12.64
9.4
6.45
7.50
10.39
15.80
22.00
15.07
10.36
21.94
16.62
12.21
8.02
19.7
19.4
11.9
26.1
8.2
12.8
9.50
6.00
12.00
11.00
6.00
6.00
9.75
7.00
22.00
11.00
8.60
6.00
10.00
8.00
22.00
12.50
11.75
7.25
22.27
10.00
25.00
29.12
15.00
9.00
23.66
20.00
29.12
29.12
17.24
11.38
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Molding and casting machine operators ........................
Typesetters and compositors .........................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Motion picture projectionists ..........................................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Assemblers ....................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ...........
8.82
7.27
9.14
7.11
18.08
7.74
9.23
8.50
9.82
3.3
5.7
17.9
4.8
24.3
2.5
2.9
7.2
8.0
6.75
6.75
7.00
5.78
6.00
7.00
7.50
6.75
8.10
7.25
7.00
8.25
6.04
8.00
7.50
8.00
7.25
8.30
8.50
7.00
8.25
6.49
20.00
8.00
9.00
9.00
9.33
9.54
7.00
8.25
7.75
29.12
8.10
10.00
9.54
10.37
10.50
8.00
12.00
9.00
29.12
8.25
11.25
9.54
12.91
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Truck drivers ..................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Bus drivers .....................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
9.04
9.92
8.11
11.87
7.79
6.87
5.99
10.60
4.8
6.9
11.1
2.8
3.8
6.4
8.4
10.1
5.24
5.50
5.15
8.88
6.75
5.25
4.50
7.35
6.00
7.00
5.45
10.00
7.00
5.25
4.50
7.50
8.12
8.50
6.50
11.91
7.00
6.75
5.85
8.50
11.50
12.50
10.67
13.40
8.47
7.65
6.75
12.75
13.65
16.80
12.00
14.50
9.75
8.88
7.85
16.62
11.77
9.0
8.50
10.06
10.97
11.88
13.83
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Nursery workers .............................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Animal caretakers, except farm .....................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ....................................
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. .............................
8.18
6.18
8.37
7.68
7.41
9.22
14.93
8.73
7.31
9.21
10.16
8.70
7.04
7.94
8.33
1.8
11.6
5.5
14.5
5.0
13.9
15.1
2.7
2.0
12.1
3.1
11.2
4.1
4.6
3.3
5.50
5.15
6.00
5.83
6.75
6.75
7.75
6.50
5.40
7.00
6.25
6.00
6.00
5.50
6.25
6.32
5.15
7.00
5.83
6.75
8.00
10.90
8.00
6.00
7.50
8.00
6.75
6.00
6.75
6.75
7.40
5.15
7.73
6.75
7.25
8.00
14.00
8.03
7.00
8.30
10.00
7.00
6.75
7.75
8.00
9.00
7.25
10.00
9.73
8.00
8.75
17.00
10.00
7.95
9.21
11.67
10.00
7.00
9.00
9.50
11.50
7.25
12.00
11.31
8.00
10.50
26.65
11.00
9.45
11.52
14.25
10.00
9.00
10.00
11.25
See footnotes at end of table.
43
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
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 ....................................................................
Dental assistants ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................
Cleaning and building service ............................................
Maids and housemen ....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Personal service ................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ........................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists ...................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ..........
Guides ...........................................................................
Ushers ...........................................................................
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Baggage porters and bellhops .......................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$7.02
9.12
9.41
7.34
6.08
4.59
6.45
4.05
5.57
6.87
8.13
7.42
6.98
6.73
9.46
14.70
9.44
9.27
7.79
8.17
7.65
8.30
8.81
11.98
6.69
10.01
7.68
27.60
8.74
7.15
6.93
7.41
8.30
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the
same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate
shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At
the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th
and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
1.3
3.1
3.9
5.4
1.1
3.2
5.4
3.5
3.5
.8
3.0
2.3
2.3
1.2
2.4
6.7
9.1
2.2
3.2
4.7
3.6
5.1
12.5
11.3
5.6
12.7
5.9
26.9
9.7
6.1
3.2
2.8
3.5
$3.35
5.70
6.00
5.60
2.63
2.13
2.63
2.13
2.50
5.30
7.00
5.50
5.25
5.25
6.00
9.50
5.15
6.25
5.50
6.15
5.30
5.47
6.50
5.91
5.15
7.00
5.85
7.15
5.75
5.50
5.50
5.51
5.50
$5.60
7.00
7.00
6.05
5.20
2.50
5.00
2.20
4.25
6.00
7.00
6.25
5.90
6.00
7.49
14.00
7.00
7.50
6.30
7.00
6.25
6.00
6.50
8.00
5.46
7.50
6.50
8.50
6.75
5.95
5.75
6.25
6.50
$6.75
8.00
8.00
6.67
6.40
4.00
6.50
3.09
6.00
6.75
8.00
7.00
6.75
6.75
9.00
15.00
8.78
9.00
7.25
7.25
7.00
7.00
7.74
10.54
6.18
9.00
7.00
19.68
7.50
6.56
6.75
7.00
7.50
$8.00
9.30
9.55
7.75
7.00
6.50
7.50
5.51
6.75
7.50
8.50
8.33
7.70
7.25
10.88
16.03
11.00
10.60
8.75
8.76
8.52
9.00
10.05
14.75
7.25
11.00
9.00
46.61
9.63
8.00
7.50
8.00
9.25
$10.00
14.00
15.00
9.34
8.25
7.00
9.50
6.85
7.25
8.50
9.49
9.50
9.00
8.00
13.50
18.70
14.32
12.75
10.00
10.31
10.00
12.50
15.00
19.82
8.25
15.97
9.90
60.43
11.75
9.90
8.65
9.99
11.74
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$21.54
21.57
0.9
.9
$9.89
9.90
$13.02
13.04
$18.74
18.76
$27.00
27.02
$37.09
37.11
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
24.32
24.37
.9
.9
10.94
10.99
14.75
14.80
21.67
21.73
30.66
30.72
41.30
41.38
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Architects .......................................................................
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 ...............................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .......................................
Geologists and geodesists .............................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Agricultural and food scientists ......................................
Biological and life scientists ...........................................
Forestry and conservation scientists .............................
Medical scientists ...........................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ...................................................................
Dietitians ........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ....................................................
Occupational therapists .................................................
Physical therapists .........................................................
Speech therapists ..........................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ......
Biological science teachers ...........................................
Chemistry teachers ........................................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ....................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
History teachers .............................................................
Political science teachers ..............................................
Sociology teachers ........................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ......................................
Engineering teachers .....................................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Medical science teachers ..............................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
Agriculture and forestry teachers ...................................
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
Physical education teachers ..........................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Theology teachers .........................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ........................................
Other post-secondary teachers .....................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .................................
Elementary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers ...........................................
28.77
30.02
28.84
29.79
30.00
28.82
21.67
27.18
27.93
25.38
25.46
22.39
29.02
26.48
23.31
22.89
19.73
20.25
22.79
26.30
32.71
24.74
31.72
18.94
20.97
26.88
29.58
32.02
20.68
39.01
42.72
39.45
33.32
34.50
33.66
41.66
35.86
30.28
39.45
52.69
39.76
38.56
45.65
38.11
39.71
39.31
33.19
48.74
37.82
46.83
26.81
36.67
33.63
37.42
31.20
28.48
31.70
31.18
.9
.9
2.0
5.8
3.0
2.5
9.0
7.4
4.4
2.5
2.6
5.8
2.7
18.0
7.6
5.8
5.7
10.4
4.9
3.4
15.2
2.6
7.9
3.2
3.2
4.0
7.0
6.1
6.7
3.2
15.3
11.7
4.9
15.5
16.3
10.3
14.0
11.2
11.8
11.5
8.3
14.5
9.1
10.5
15.5
23.8
10.8
19.6
8.6
9.2
29.1
6.5
4.4
3.4
1.1
3.0
1.3
1.8
15.39
17.28
21.06
23.16
21.72
25.79
16.76
24.08
19.05
17.55
17.55
14.64
23.74
16.30
14.46
15.20
14.66
14.50
13.94
16.54
11.73
17.77
23.62
14.91
16.91
20.67
22.60
22.89
13.64
21.80
20.20
21.34
26.83
12.88
17.95
27.92
23.22
20.63
21.51
41.23
23.20
27.53
22.51
22.29
26.87
18.51
19.83
30.80
25.13
26.27
14.36
29.09
23.08
20.44
19.75
18.42
20.47
20.81
20.42
21.70
25.35
25.91
25.07
25.91
18.18
24.81
23.68
20.54
20.60
16.87
28.40
16.30
18.35
17.66
16.57
14.50
17.39
19.15
14.25
19.62
24.24
16.42
18.00
22.37
24.42
25.74
14.90
27.47
26.08
30.00
28.51
22.34
22.74
29.56
27.50
22.80
30.93
42.64
31.06
28.00
28.85
26.36
30.26
22.15
24.23
37.28
28.44
31.88
14.36
29.09
28.41
26.37
23.58
22.21
23.91
24.17
26.48
27.55
27.64
29.05
28.88
27.64
20.36
25.44
26.61
24.04
24.04
21.24
29.34
24.66
23.67
19.30
18.42
19.14
21.64
23.34
20.30
23.47
28.26
18.29
20.96
25.39
28.00
30.40
20.54
36.20
42.04
37.53
30.82
37.67
28.61
40.38
29.50
26.98
38.11
45.24
41.22
35.84
40.87
33.19
36.77
28.87
30.77
40.15
39.79
55.20
16.92
32.79
33.32
34.48
29.27
26.85
29.61
28.82
34.69
36.04
32.56
32.50
33.83
28.35
20.80
26.31
30.74
29.99
30.04
26.93
29.61
30.44
27.15
31.58
21.92
24.59
26.93
28.71
50.44
27.69
37.68
20.90
23.07
30.93
32.07
38.11
24.12
46.51
52.25
42.56
36.70
41.55
40.35
49.97
49.29
35.35
50.24
61.07
47.93
51.29
55.49
41.65
41.72
53.32
41.13
64.75
46.46
59.91
30.00
39.66
37.64
45.83
37.49
32.93
37.63
36.34
45.03
45.91
36.92
39.57
38.98
34.45
30.18
38.96
35.25
34.70
34.70
31.19
34.94
45.91
28.91
34.05
25.95
31.03
31.69
38.65
67.30
33.79
45.38
23.48
25.19
37.59
42.68
44.43
28.19
59.91
70.37
57.41
41.39
48.10
52.84
60.90
52.65
47.06
57.81
82.78
54.70
55.39
81.20
56.94
63.19
74.00
49.77
83.61
46.51
59.91
48.60
45.66
42.20
57.85
46.09
41.61
46.56
45.00
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$33.55
31.13
12.16
31.47
26.34
26.79
19.60
28.66
31.45
19.11
25.69
19.23
19.37
17.06
36.76
34.69
50.44
3.3
3.3
4.7
4.4
4.0
4.2
14.2
7.0
6.5
29.2
5.5
2.1
2.2
5.6
6.7
7.6
7.9
$20.28
18.12
6.88
17.42
14.33
14.42
12.54
16.62
19.37
11.06
16.52
12.10
12.29
10.09
20.91
20.19
29.74
$25.00
22.88
9.03
22.83
18.67
18.99
14.89
20.90
24.12
12.00
20.93
14.34
14.40
11.74
25.30
24.75
43.47
$32.07
29.54
10.27
29.98
24.93
25.30
19.48
27.15
28.41
13.61
25.03
17.81
17.81
18.23
33.36
33.12
53.04
$41.30
38.92
15.17
38.80
32.18
32.21
24.93
33.44
36.39
20.38
30.91
22.56
22.68
21.11
44.49
41.24
63.11
$47.84
46.42
20.00
48.81
40.97
41.22
25.69
46.15
48.98
40.98
33.95
28.02
28.22
23.52
62.78
59.42
63.11
29.28
19.78
20.50
17.90
19.74
25.56
40.72
26.89
17.40
17.31
15.62
21.19
15.03
15.53
18.50
19.21
20.36
18.40
14.55
20.10
17.00
23.59
22.70
17.12
18.45
20.1
9.7
15.2
3.6
10.4
8.8
15.0
7.4
2.4
10.1
12.7
7.2
2.5
3.2
12.7
5.7
4.7
7.1
8.3
5.4
5.2
10.9
5.1
8.4
5.8
14.51
12.26
11.87
12.64
9.59
16.11
16.29
15.31
11.14
10.72
9.35
15.41
10.37
10.12
12.53
13.21
12.98
12.14
9.97
15.52
13.35
13.56
17.07
11.45
11.75
18.35
16.00
17.90
15.28
17.30
20.85
29.15
18.93
13.38
13.31
11.09
16.66
12.64
11.78
14.22
15.04
18.20
14.36
10.30
19.03
14.09
20.51
17.65
13.03
13.43
23.97
22.58
22.11
18.00
20.33
23.13
40.00
26.92
16.58
16.78
13.91
19.04
14.43
15.28
17.19
18.55
21.16
17.61
13.46
19.54
16.21
22.60
21.97
16.15
18.43
39.02
23.97
24.55
20.51
22.55
26.16
57.56
32.22
20.48
20.39
21.15
23.76
17.37
18.29
21.53
22.69
23.33
20.76
18.44
21.23
19.23
30.77
27.19
19.62
22.26
55.88
23.97
24.88
21.53
25.43
34.85
63.59
38.31
24.81
24.51
23.29
32.45
19.89
22.14
28.28
28.00
27.22
24.95
20.46
25.30
21.59
31.92
30.46
26.34
25.97
29.27
33.97
14.68
2.5
2.5
19.2
16.14
18.80
3.46
19.88
24.37
4.04
26.96
32.57
9.10
35.80
40.97
25.70
46.02
51.45
29.55
42.21
30.04
41.34
38.40
31.74
32.91
38.93
34.44
20.20
24.96
5.3
2.9
17.5
5.9
21.7
17.8
4.3
14.9
10.0
9.1
30.22
17.57
24.02
21.30
18.91
21.24
24.04
16.52
14.43
18.48
39.85
22.32
29.72
27.36
24.04
22.45
30.81
23.32
15.86
21.64
43.19
29.03
37.75
38.28
24.04
29.92
37.95
30.82
18.09
22.89
48.40
35.15
52.44
48.27
47.39
49.22
45.72
39.75
20.75
31.78
52.32
43.26
62.09
52.79
47.39
49.22
54.57
66.33
32.69
32.22
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university –Continued
Teachers, special education ..........................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Substitute teachers ........................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .........................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ....................................
Librarians .......................................................................
Archivists and curators ..................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .................................
Psychologists .................................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Urban planners ..............................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...........................
Social workers ...............................................................
Recreation workers ........................................................
Lawyers and judges ...........................................................
Lawyers .........................................................................
Judges ...........................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. ................................................................................
Designers .......................................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
Editors and reporters .....................................................
Public relations specialists .............................................
Athletes ..........................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................
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. ......................................
Drafters ..........................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Chemical technicians .....................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Legal assistants .............................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Legislators .....................................................................
Chief executives and general administrators, public
administration ..............................................................
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, properties and real estate ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$25.74
31.27
22.12
21.28
25.59
22.49
22.44
17.35
23.33
5.9
7.7
2.0
3.3
7.5
8.5
4.3
9.7
3.8
$15.16
17.30
14.66
15.27
17.03
16.20
12.97
11.40
15.00
$18.86
21.67
17.19
16.54
20.67
17.62
17.29
13.06
18.44
$23.88
29.81
21.00
20.38
26.11
20.11
22.43
16.37
23.59
$30.81
39.48
26.58
24.90
30.03
27.19
27.02
19.79
26.80
$38.12
46.21
30.58
29.28
31.26
31.88
31.70
24.42
31.69
20.45
23.51
2.2
3.0
15.42
14.31
17.19
17.87
19.88
22.89
22.86
27.46
27.60
33.23
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
12.93
17.15
9.15
11.59
5.6
9.1
10.7
4.6
7.75
11.62
6.55
7.93
8.93
12.88
7.12
8.81
11.18
15.58
7.63
10.41
14.75
22.49
12.04
13.34
21.76
24.09
13.44
17.12
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Supervisors, general office ............................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .....................
Chief communications operators ...................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ...........................................................................
Computer operators .......................................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Stenographers ...............................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Interviewers ...................................................................
Receptionists .................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Order clerks ...................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping .........
Library clerks .................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ......................................
Billing clerks ...................................................................
Duplicating machine operators ......................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...............
Mail clerks, except postal service ..................................
Messengers ...................................................................
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Production coordinators .................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Meter readers ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .......................................
Bill and account collectors .............................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
13.79
18.09
20.08
20.13
1.3
2.9
5.6
7.7
8.90
13.09
16.02
15.65
10.50
15.08
17.35
15.75
13.17
17.81
18.83
19.09
16.26
20.15
21.75
20.65
19.52
23.91
27.25
26.71
19.50
15.32
14.55
19.13
14.02
11.79
10.75
15.26
15.21
13.76
11.64
10.48
13.25
14.41
16.84
12.90
10.89
12.26
13.70
9.78
13.45
15.81
21.24
14.46
13.18
15.76
10.5
8.3
2.9
9.1
1.6
8.6
4.4
5.0
10.9
9.2
3.3
6.3
3.8
2.3
4.5
8.1
13.7
5.7
8.1
13.3
17.6
6.9
18.0
7.7
4.4
6.6
11.76
11.46
9.91
10.08
10.01
8.50
7.75
10.14
9.84
9.40
7.66
7.46
9.22
10.13
12.78
8.16
8.29
7.16
9.82
7.64
7.87
10.00
10.92
10.20
9.04
9.96
15.55
11.99
11.52
13.58
12.24
9.62
8.75
12.22
10.92
9.40
8.66
8.45
9.92
11.81
14.89
9.38
8.95
9.05
11.95
7.64
9.00
11.29
13.81
12.32
10.26
12.31
19.09
14.05
13.88
17.92
13.83
10.69
10.13
14.92
14.61
13.50
11.17
10.10
13.11
14.21
16.68
12.38
9.13
11.99
13.95
8.43
13.49
14.60
25.85
15.42
12.85
15.18
25.67
17.52
17.07
21.35
15.98
14.24
12.34
18.36
18.06
16.78
13.72
11.62
15.28
16.14
19.07
16.16
10.53
14.58
13.95
11.13
19.28
19.36
28.58
16.47
14.96
18.26
27.71
22.29
20.39
29.76
17.30
17.28
14.41
21.10
23.02
19.17
16.66
14.65
17.69
18.58
20.19
16.96
17.77
17.75
17.93
14.60
19.28
24.01
28.58
16.81
19.96
20.86
16.45
15.42
17.68
16.04
15.64
13.04
12.40
11.42
11.06
8.2
7.0
4.8
3.1
4.0
1.4
3.0
11.8
1.4
12.58
11.72
12.34
11.60
13.00
8.86
8.92
7.23
7.76
13.40
12.45
15.07
13.52
13.11
10.38
10.84
8.65
8.75
16.01
14.17
18.43
16.02
15.61
12.64
12.55
10.73
10.17
19.73
16.96
19.51
17.79
17.10
15.08
14.24
16.27
12.57
20.71
21.59
21.89
20.90
18.92
17.83
15.28
16.27
15.74
Mean
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers –Continued
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 ........
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...........................
Construction inspectors .................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$14.30
2.7
$9.63
$11.22
$14.02
$16.61
$20.04
Blue collar ....................................................................................
16.59
1.2
9.78
12.18
15.75
20.14
24.38
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................
Heavy equipment mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers .......................................
Machinery maintenance .................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ..
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .......................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .......................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .........................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Electricians ....................................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ........................
Painters, construction and maintenance ........................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...........................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Supervisors, production .................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ....................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ..................
Power plant operators ....................................................
Stationary engineers ......................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. .........
18.91
23.11
19.70
18.26
18.78
21.69
15.18
1.9
4.4
9.6
3.6
5.8
8.3
10.9
11.75
15.78
12.59
12.84
12.15
12.68
10.28
14.41
17.99
14.80
15.73
14.98
16.13
10.28
17.98
22.70
19.68
18.29
20.50
20.81
14.95
22.60
26.28
25.13
20.68
22.16
26.00
17.04
27.04
31.08
26.65
22.59
23.45
30.84
22.25
20.30
16.98
20.52
16.00
8.0
5.4
5.4
3.1
13.71
11.66
12.07
10.62
15.29
14.22
18.01
12.45
19.77
17.47
20.98
15.21
25.39
19.20
24.67
18.42
25.39
20.94
25.34
22.20
23.74
26.93
20.98
19.30
20.51
23.68
18.21
18.80
13.67
15.15
20.78
21.39
17.95
24.86
22.22
16.42
10.1
12.2
6.6
6.6
6.2
5.8
7.9
8.0
2.6
3.6
14.0
7.3
2.8
8.5
9.1
6.2
15.75
15.60
14.54
11.84
14.30
16.13
11.14
11.84
11.87
10.06
12.83
15.96
11.63
17.33
12.54
12.17
18.60
19.63
16.14
14.37
16.97
19.86
13.69
14.66
11.87
11.44
14.21
18.98
14.41
19.79
18.66
14.73
21.72
26.63
18.86
17.54
18.20
24.20
17.86
18.80
14.01
14.52
15.25
20.73
17.87
22.82
21.48
16.99
29.23
32.75
23.77
24.38
24.48
27.00
22.60
23.14
15.02
17.78
25.93
25.43
21.14
31.85
28.01
18.03
34.01
32.75
30.33
30.47
29.45
30.00
24.34
27.19
15.55
21.31
36.12
25.43
24.79
35.24
31.36
19.84
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Printing press operators .................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Welders and cutters .......................................................
16.14
14.20
10.30
17.34
18.58
20.66
10.1
6.5
8.8
2.7
16.3
8.4
9.16
11.55
5.86
15.52
9.84
15.59
10.36
11.60
9.16
17.19
10.30
17.95
15.95
13.94
10.36
17.50
19.70
22.22
20.08
16.73
11.26
18.28
26.94
23.75
24.12
17.66
14.53
19.68
30.91
23.75
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truck drivers ..................................................................
Bus drivers .....................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...............................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .........................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
15.52
17.90
15.94
15.38
8.35
16.31
22.82
13.28
18.69
14.92
15.43
13.21
12.41
1.7
14.5
7.1
1.9
12.0
5.9
3.9
3.0
8.2
8.8
11.0
4.2
3.7
9.91
12.60
9.43
10.04
5.73
10.92
19.97
12.66
13.27
10.30
9.98
9.18
8.90
11.72
12.60
11.62
11.94
5.84
12.25
20.98
13.56
16.75
11.05
11.30
11.21
9.10
14.59
12.60
15.02
14.81
7.97
16.45
24.36
13.56
17.71
13.76
13.91
12.38
12.63
18.77
22.31
19.33
18.42
10.80
18.25
24.36
13.56
21.86
17.13
18.73
15.02
15.03
22.89
28.69
24.77
21.17
12.42
23.26
25.03
13.57
22.34
22.21
23.91
18.35
16.34
15.60
5.3
10.05
11.55
14.59
19.59
22.13
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .......................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
13.76
19.45
13.03
2.4
6.5
4.6
7.98
13.00
8.00
9.83
16.54
9.21
13.21
19.48
12.02
16.99
22.96
16.34
20.47
24.58
19.51
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.20
15.3
$8.11
$12.39
$16.99
$18.40
$18.40
18.30
14.86
13.45
12.60
11.83
16.40
12.79
12.59
12.59
13.55
12.96
5.9
7.1
6.4
5.0
12.8
12.4
8.9
11.6
6.1
6.9
3.8
11.79
9.11
9.49
7.55
8.40
8.93
7.20
6.18
9.99
9.98
7.44
15.33
11.57
11.14
9.50
9.15
12.37
9.66
8.77
10.57
10.88
8.84
18.61
14.10
12.17
12.58
10.60
15.94
12.25
13.98
12.43
14.31
12.46
21.22
19.37
16.25
15.64
14.61
23.56
15.31
17.01
15.02
15.64
16.04
21.97
21.18
18.70
17.12
17.00
23.56
16.49
17.50
15.02
16.90
19.64
16.19
20.17
24.50
28.83
23.87
20.37
18.05
22.66
18.66
16.53
9.60
13.67
14.59
10.31
12.65
11.50
10.29
13.17
10.47
8.94
9.82
12.52
13.44
13.26
12.20
12.26
17.64
8.53
11.91
11.06
17.43
8.91
7.85
14.59
11.31
10.21
1.3
2.0
4.7
2.9
9.1
9.4
2.5
1.0
1.9
5.2
4.9
3.7
6.9
1.9
12.0
13.6
1.9
6.0
2.8
2.8
2.5
2.3
16.6
4.0
2.3
2.7
9.3
7.7
1.8
4.1
8.9
4.9
2.2
15.1
7.7
3.5
8.28
11.62
16.48
16.73
14.05
13.52
11.21
14.86
11.67
11.02
6.67
7.40
9.01
7.07
6.25
5.85
7.07
9.40
7.25
6.70
6.97
8.20
8.51
8.79
7.90
7.66
11.60
6.35
7.70
7.00
11.75
6.06
7.50
7.94
7.13
7.02
10.72
14.12
19.17
22.95
15.45
14.05
13.77
17.87
14.21
12.08
8.08
11.08
11.53
8.23
9.78
9.67
8.23
10.43
8.54
7.52
8.00
9.70
9.92
10.13
9.44
9.05
12.60
6.76
9.00
8.00
13.02
7.11
7.53
9.41
8.14
8.41
14.24
19.34
23.45
28.70
24.99
19.96
17.35
22.63
17.94
14.80
8.87
13.28
12.84
9.68
13.80
13.80
9.68
12.70
10.18
8.27
9.33
11.98
11.22
13.20
11.63
11.60
16.78
7.68
11.32
10.22
14.84
8.23
7.96
14.51
10.13
9.60
20.70
24.80
28.13
34.98
31.88
24.48
22.55
26.35
22.09
20.69
11.13
16.57
16.86
11.79
15.02
13.80
11.75
15.31
11.90
9.87
11.13
15.12
16.02
15.80
14.37
14.33
22.04
9.18
14.16
12.98
20.56
10.50
7.96
21.25
13.61
11.63
26.67
29.51
34.24
39.94
34.33
27.34
25.72
30.33
27.67
24.80
12.51
18.69
22.70
14.11
16.69
13.80
14.00
17.48
13.36
11.75
13.04
17.17
16.02
17.34
17.08
17.66
22.61
12.33
16.79
15.96
27.32
12.83
8.50
21.25
16.79
14.28
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Animal caretakers, except farm .....................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers .........................................................
Garbage collectors .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..........................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ..................
Garage and service station related ................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .....................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .............................
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ..................
Supervisors, police and detectives ................................
Supervisors, guards .......................................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention .................................
Firefighting .....................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers .....
Correctional institution officers .......................................
Crossing guards .............................................................
Guards and police, except public service ......................
Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................
Food service ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...............................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .....................................
Other food service ...........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ....................
Cooks .............................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .................................................
Health service ....................................................................
Dental assistants ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................
Cleaning and building service ............................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ......
Maids and housemen ....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Personal service ................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ........................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ..........
Guides ...........................................................................
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$11.39
11.69
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the
same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate
shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At
the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th
and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 Total include 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.
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
13.4
4.8
$7.00
7.37
$7.00
9.02
$11.06
11.46
$13.27
14.59
$17.18
15.62
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$21.94
21.96
0.9
.9
$10.24
10.25
$13.42
13.43
$19.20
19.23
$27.40
27.42
$37.52
37.54
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
24.63
24.67
1.0
1.0
11.21
11.26
15.10
15.15
22.00
22.06
30.99
31.03
41.71
41.78
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Architects .......................................................................
Civil engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ................................
Industrial engineers .......................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ...............................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .......................................
Geologists and geodesists .............................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Agricultural and food scientists ......................................
Biological and life scientists ...........................................
Forestry and conservation scientists .............................
Medical scientists ...........................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ...................................................................
Dietitians ........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ....................................................
Occupational therapists .................................................
Physical therapists .........................................................
Speech therapists ..........................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ......
Biological science teachers ...........................................
Chemistry teachers ........................................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ....................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
History teachers .............................................................
Political science teachers ..............................................
Sociology teachers ........................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ......................................
Engineering teachers .....................................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Medical science teachers ..............................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
Agriculture and forestry teachers ...................................
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
Physical education teachers ..........................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Theology teachers .........................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ........................................
Other post-secondary teachers .....................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .................................
Elementary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers ...........................................
Teachers, special education ..........................................
29.01
30.24
28.88
29.79
30.00
28.82
21.67
27.93
25.35
25.43
22.41
29.02
26.48
23.31
22.89
19.79
20.25
22.78
25.76
29.22
24.59
31.67
18.81
20.87
27.14
30.20
32.13
20.19
39.43
42.69
39.79
33.35
36.82
33.70
41.02
35.82
30.25
39.40
53.04
40.51
42.74
45.69
38.22
39.64
39.31
33.15
49.42
37.82
47.45
25.85
36.64
33.75
37.90
31.57
28.67
31.78
31.18
33.61
.9
.9
2.0
5.8
3.0
2.5
9.0
4.4
2.6
2.7
5.9
2.7
18.0
7.6
5.8
5.9
10.4
5.0
3.0
12.8
2.4
8.1
3.4
3.2
4.5
9.3
6.4
6.3
3.1
15.9
11.9
4.9
13.9
16.5
11.7
14.1
11.2
12.0
11.9
8.1
12.8
9.1
10.6
15.7
23.8
11.1
21.5
8.6
9.2
30.9
6.6
4.6
3.6
1.1
3.2
1.3
1.8
3.3
15.87
17.67
21.06
23.16
21.72
25.79
16.76
19.05
17.55
17.41
14.66
23.74
16.30
14.46
15.20
14.75
14.50
13.94
16.45
11.73
17.66
23.62
14.91
16.91
20.67
22.34
23.21
13.32
22.03
20.20
21.34
27.04
18.42
17.95
27.92
23.22
20.63
21.51
41.23
23.40
26.27
22.51
22.29
26.87
18.51
19.83
25.94
25.13
26.27
14.36
29.09
23.68
21.12
20.28
19.45
20.58
20.81
20.42
20.72
21.91
25.35
25.91
25.07
25.91
18.18
23.68
20.54
20.54
16.93
28.40
16.30
18.35
17.66
16.58
14.50
17.39
18.94
14.25
19.39
24.24
16.34
17.84
22.37
22.60
25.74
14.71
27.57
26.08
31.24
28.51
29.10
22.74
28.64
27.50
22.80
30.93
42.64
31.61
33.54
28.85
26.36
30.26
22.15
24.23
37.28
28.44
32.19
14.36
29.09
28.70
26.92
23.94
22.49
23.99
24.18
25.01
26.72
27.75
27.64
29.05
28.88
27.64
20.36
26.61
24.04
24.04
21.24
29.34
24.66
23.67
19.30
18.42
19.14
21.62
23.04
19.33
23.20
28.26
18.29
20.83
25.39
25.63
30.62
20.38
36.70
40.96
37.73
30.82
37.67
28.61
37.78
29.50
26.98
38.11
45.85
41.67
46.16
40.87
33.19
36.77
28.87
30.77
40.15
39.79
55.20
16.92
32.79
33.32
34.94
29.52
26.99
29.66
28.82
32.18
34.88
36.24
32.56
32.50
33.83
28.35
20.80
30.74
29.85
30.03
26.93
29.61
30.44
27.15
31.58
21.92
24.59
26.93
28.55
45.91
27.50
38.49
20.90
23.07
31.18
34.44
38.73
22.68
46.94
53.28
42.56
36.70
41.94
40.35
47.31
50.87
35.35
50.24
62.37
47.93
52.31
55.70
41.65
41.60
53.32
41.13
64.75
46.46
59.91
28.75
39.66
37.21
46.41
37.63
32.99
37.70
36.32
41.30
45.23
46.25
36.92
39.57
38.98
34.45
30.18
35.25
34.70
34.70
31.25
34.94
45.91
28.91
34.05
25.95
31.03
31.69
38.95
64.88
33.38
45.38
23.48
25.03
37.59
47.01
44.57
27.85
59.91
70.37
54.22
40.93
57.05
52.84
57.95
52.65
47.06
57.81
83.24
56.66
55.39
81.73
56.94
63.19
74.00
49.77
83.61
46.51
59.91
32.23
46.25
42.20
58.42
46.41
40.89
46.62
45.03
47.96
See footnotes at end of table.
51
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$31.58
11.89
31.70
26.48
26.95
19.46
28.57
31.37
19.11
25.76
19.30
19.37
18.13
36.91
34.70
51.67
3.3
9.6
4.5
4.2
4.4
14.9
7.2
6.7
29.2
5.5
2.1
2.2
5.9
6.9
7.9
7.3
$19.09
7.50
17.55
14.41
14.52
12.54
16.60
19.37
11.06
16.52
12.15
12.29
10.98
21.19
20.51
33.95
$23.42
10.27
23.03
18.84
19.07
14.89
20.90
24.12
12.00
20.99
14.40
14.40
12.62
25.80
24.97
46.40
$29.78
10.27
29.98
25.00
25.63
18.30
27.15
28.41
13.61
25.03
17.82
17.74
19.19
33.84
33.12
53.62
$38.70
16.25
39.17
32.18
32.21
24.93
33.22
36.39
20.38
30.91
22.57
22.67
21.40
44.97
41.45
63.11
$46.87
18.24
48.85
40.97
41.72
25.69
46.15
48.97
40.98
33.95
28.09
28.39
24.39
62.78
59.34
63.11
30.19
20.13
20.50
17.75
19.75
25.59
43.73
26.43
17.40
17.25
14.39
19.46
14.84
15.79
18.56
18.55
20.31
18.40
15.39
20.66
17.03
23.78
22.70
17.40
18.85
20.1
9.4
15.2
7.9
10.5
8.8
10.3
8.1
2.2
10.4
12.9
4.7
2.7
3.4
12.8
3.9
5.1
7.1
8.1
4.5
5.3
10.1
5.1
7.4
5.9
15.27
12.56
11.87
12.00
9.59
16.11
19.18
14.74
11.19
10.72
8.97
15.41
10.30
10.13
12.53
13.21
12.34
12.14
9.77
17.28
13.35
13.56
17.07
11.45
11.75
19.26
16.08
17.90
15.75
17.30
20.85
39.02
18.65
13.46
13.31
10.86
16.46
12.58
12.02
14.22
14.66
16.19
14.36
12.12
19.54
14.09
21.44
17.65
14.27
13.81
24.55
22.58
22.11
17.85
20.33
23.25
40.08
26.41
16.69
16.34
13.08
18.68
14.40
15.45
17.19
18.16
21.75
17.61
14.84
20.36
16.27
22.60
21.97
16.15
19.03
39.02
23.97
24.55
18.98
22.55
26.16
57.56
31.44
20.46
20.39
16.83
20.99
17.16
18.29
21.53
20.52
23.33
20.76
19.95
21.26
19.23
30.77
27.19
19.80
22.97
55.88
23.97
24.88
22.84
25.43
34.85
63.59
38.31
24.51
24.51
21.38
24.39
19.89
22.33
28.28
25.50
28.18
24.95
20.46
26.33
21.59
31.92
30.46
26.34
25.97
29.34
34.05
14.47
2.5
2.5
27.7
16.25
18.81
3.46
19.88
24.40
3.46
27.10
32.65
9.10
35.90
40.97
25.70
46.02
51.42
29.55
42.79
30.03
41.34
38.40
31.74
32.91
38.91
34.44
20.09
24.96
25.83
5.0
2.9
17.5
5.9
21.7
17.8
4.4
14.9
10.2
9.1
5.8
30.22
17.48
24.02
21.30
18.91
21.24
24.04
16.52
14.37
18.48
15.57
39.85
22.27
29.72
27.36
24.04
22.45
30.84
23.32
15.86
21.64
18.97
43.19
29.03
37.75
38.28
24.04
29.92
37.95
30.82
18.09
22.89
23.89
48.40
35.15
52.44
48.27
47.39
49.22
45.56
39.75
20.75
31.78
31.41
52.32
43.26
62.09
52.79
47.39
49.22
54.36
66.33
32.69
32.22
38.12
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university –Continued
Teachers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Substitute teachers ........................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .........................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ....................................
Librarians .......................................................................
Archivists and curators ..................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .................................
Psychologists .................................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Urban planners ..............................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...........................
Social workers ...............................................................
Recreation workers ........................................................
Lawyers and judges ...........................................................
Lawyers .........................................................................
Judges ...........................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. ................................................................................
Designers .......................................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
Editors and reporters .....................................................
Public relations specialists .............................................
Athletes ..........................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................
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. ......................................
Drafters ..........................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Chemical technicians .....................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Legal assistants .............................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Legislators .....................................................................
Chief executives and general administrators, public
administration ..............................................................
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, properties and real estate ............................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................
See footnotes at end of table.
52
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$31.29
22.15
21.28
25.62
22.41
22.48
17.35
23.31
7.7
2.1
3.3
7.5
8.7
4.3
9.7
3.9
$17.24
14.69
15.23
17.03
16.12
12.97
11.40
15.00
$21.67
17.19
16.54
20.67
17.55
17.32
13.06
18.22
$29.81
21.02
20.30
26.11
19.97
22.43
16.37
23.33
$39.48
26.64
24.90
30.03
27.19
27.08
19.79
26.80
$46.21
30.60
29.28
31.26
31.88
31.70
24.42
31.69
20.49
23.63
2.2
3.1
15.50
14.39
17.19
18.10
19.88
23.02
22.86
27.46
27.60
33.23
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
13.55
17.18
12.07
6.2
9.3
5.2
8.19
11.62
8.20
9.52
12.88
9.17
12.04
15.95
10.88
16.21
22.49
13.83
22.49
24.09
17.77
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Supervisors, general office ............................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .....................
Chief communications operators ...................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ...........................................................................
Computer operators .......................................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Stenographers ...............................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Interviewers ...................................................................
Receptionists .................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Order clerks ...................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping .........
Library clerks .................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ......................................
Billing clerks ...................................................................
Duplicating machine operators ......................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ..................................
Messengers ...................................................................
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Production coordinators .................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Meter readers ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .......................................
Bill and account collectors .............................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
13.92
18.09
20.08
20.13
1.3
2.9
5.6
7.7
9.01
13.11
16.02
15.65
10.65
15.08
17.35
15.75
13.31
17.81
18.83
19.09
16.38
20.15
21.75
20.65
19.62
23.91
27.25
26.71
19.50
15.33
14.62
19.09
14.07
11.70
10.89
15.29
15.23
13.76
12.22
10.46
13.42
14.44
16.84
13.05
10.89
12.39
9.78
13.69
15.92
21.24
14.46
13.13
15.80
10.5
8.3
3.0
9.4
1.7
9.1
5.1
5.4
11.0
9.2
4.3
6.9
4.0
2.3
4.5
8.3
13.7
6.3
13.4
17.1
7.2
18.0
7.7
4.6
6.7
11.76
11.46
9.93
10.08
10.01
8.50
7.75
10.14
9.84
9.40
8.50
7.46
9.25
10.11
12.78
8.11
8.29
7.16
7.64
8.29
10.00
10.92
10.20
9.04
9.96
15.55
11.99
11.57
13.52
12.24
9.38
8.80
12.25
10.92
9.40
9.46
8.45
10.32
11.85
14.89
9.69
8.95
8.96
7.64
9.00
11.43
13.81
12.32
10.26
12.31
19.09
14.05
13.99
17.88
13.83
10.56
10.13
14.92
14.61
13.50
11.63
10.10
13.22
14.23
16.68
12.63
9.13
12.16
8.42
15.34
14.77
25.85
15.42
12.52
15.18
25.67
17.52
17.12
21.58
16.37
13.55
12.69
18.36
18.06
16.78
14.48
11.62
15.28
16.20
19.07
16.16
10.53
15.33
11.13
19.28
19.37
28.58
16.47
14.96
18.28
27.71
22.29
20.45
29.76
17.42
17.28
14.80
21.88
23.02
19.17
16.88
14.65
17.99
18.71
20.19
17.58
17.77
17.99
14.60
19.28
24.01
28.58
16.81
19.96
20.86
16.45
15.42
17.76
16.08
15.64
13.23
12.42
11.42
10.44
14.41
8.2
7.0
4.9
3.1
4.0
1.7
3.0
11.8
1.7
2.7
12.58
11.72
12.34
11.66
13.00
9.01
8.92
7.23
7.69
9.82
13.40
12.45
14.85
13.57
13.11
10.63
10.91
8.65
8.58
11.29
16.01
14.17
18.46
16.02
15.61
12.81
12.58
10.73
9.82
14.18
19.73
16.96
19.68
17.79
17.10
15.21
14.25
16.27
11.75
16.61
20.71
21.59
21.97
20.93
18.92
18.07
15.28
16.27
14.10
20.04
16.83
1.3
9.96
12.49
16.09
20.48
24.64
Mean
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers –Continued
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .............................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Management analysts ....................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...........................
Construction inspectors .................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
Blue collar ....................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
53
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................
Heavy equipment mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers .......................................
Machinery maintenance .................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ..
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .......................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .......................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .........................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Electricians ....................................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ........................
Painters, construction and maintenance ........................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...........................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Supervisors, production .................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ....................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ..................
Power plant operators ....................................................
Stationary engineers ......................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. .........
$18.92
23.11
19.70
18.26
18.78
21.69
15.18
1.9
4.4
9.6
3.6
5.8
8.3
10.9
$11.75
15.78
12.59
12.84
12.15
12.68
10.28
$14.43
17.99
14.80
15.73
14.98
16.13
10.28
$17.99
22.70
19.68
18.29
20.50
20.81
14.95
$22.60
26.28
25.13
20.68
22.16
26.00
17.04
$27.04
31.08
26.65
22.59
23.45
30.84
22.25
20.30
16.98
21.19
16.02
8.0
5.4
5.0
3.1
13.71
11.66
15.26
10.70
15.29
14.22
19.31
12.49
19.77
17.47
21.86
15.21
25.39
19.20
24.67
18.42
25.39
20.94
27.21
22.20
23.74
26.93
20.98
19.31
20.51
23.68
18.21
18.80
13.67
15.15
20.78
21.41
17.96
24.86
22.22
16.42
10.1
12.2
6.6
6.6
6.2
5.8
7.9
8.0
2.6
3.6
14.0
7.3
2.8
8.5
9.1
6.2
15.75
15.60
14.54
11.84
14.30
16.13
11.14
11.84
11.87
10.06
12.83
16.07
11.63
17.33
12.54
12.17
18.60
19.63
16.14
14.37
16.97
19.86
13.69
14.66
11.87
11.44
14.21
18.98
14.46
19.79
18.66
14.73
21.72
26.63
18.86
17.54
18.20
24.20
17.86
18.80
14.01
14.52
15.25
20.73
17.87
22.82
21.48
16.99
29.23
32.75
23.77
24.38
24.48
27.00
22.60
23.14
15.02
17.78
25.93
25.43
21.14
31.85
28.01
18.03
34.01
32.75
30.33
30.47
29.45
30.00
24.34
27.19
15.55
21.31
36.12
25.43
24.79
35.24
31.36
19.84
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Printing press operators .................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Welders and cutters .......................................................
16.17
14.18
10.25
17.34
18.58
20.66
10.3
7.5
9.1
2.7
16.3
8.4
9.16
11.55
5.86
15.52
9.84
15.59
10.36
11.60
9.16
17.19
10.30
17.95
15.95
13.73
10.36
17.50
19.70
22.22
20.08
16.73
11.26
18.28
26.94
23.75
24.12
17.66
14.53
19.68
30.91
23.75
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truck drivers ..................................................................
Bus drivers .....................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...............................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .........................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
15.90
17.90
16.05
16.37
8.25
16.31
22.84
13.28
18.69
14.92
15.43
13.21
12.41
1.9
14.5
7.1
2.1
14.9
5.9
3.9
3.0
8.2
8.8
11.0
4.2
3.7
10.05
12.60
9.67
10.56
5.57
10.92
19.97
12.66
13.27
10.30
9.98
9.18
8.90
12.00
12.60
11.79
13.09
5.84
12.25
20.98
13.56
16.75
11.05
11.30
11.21
9.10
15.02
12.60
15.12
16.42
7.97
16.45
24.36
13.56
17.71
13.76
13.91
12.38
12.63
19.46
22.31
19.45
20.01
10.40
18.25
24.36
13.56
21.86
17.13
18.73
15.02
15.03
23.00
28.69
24.77
22.89
13.16
23.26
25.03
13.57
22.34
22.21
23.91
18.35
16.34
15.65
5.3
10.06
11.62
14.59
19.59
22.21
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .......................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Animal caretakers, except farm .....................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
13.96
19.50
13.28
15.30
2.5
6.5
4.7
15.3
8.00
13.45
8.10
8.11
10.18
16.54
9.41
13.16
13.39
19.48
12.56
16.99
17.12
22.96
16.45
18.40
20.77
24.58
20.24
18.40
18.30
14.94
13.45
5.9
7.2
6.4
11.79
9.38
9.49
15.33
11.57
11.14
18.61
14.27
12.17
21.22
19.39
16.25
21.97
21.18
18.70
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers .........................................................
Garbage collectors .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..........................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ..................
Garage and service station related ................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .....................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .............................
$12.74
12.42
16.46
13.69
12.59
12.59
13.98
13.19
5.2
21.1
12.3
7.9
11.6
6.1
6.4
3.9
$7.55
8.40
9.04
9.32
6.18
9.99
10.87
7.61
$10.10
8.40
12.37
11.16
8.77
10.57
11.58
9.14
$12.88
9.15
15.94
13.36
13.98
12.43
14.31
12.58
$15.64
17.00
23.56
16.14
17.01
15.02
16.01
16.45
$17.12
17.00
23.56
16.49
17.50
15.02
16.90
19.76
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ..................
Supervisors, police and detectives ................................
Supervisors, guards .......................................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention .................................
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 ...........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ....................
Cooks .............................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .................................................
Health service ....................................................................
Dental assistants ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................
Cleaning and building service ............................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ......
Maids and housemen ....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
16.72
20.40
24.50
28.83
24.76
20.40
18.25
22.73
18.71
16.55
13.84
15.78
10.70
10.66
13.19
10.59
9.09
10.12
12.62
11.82
13.37
12.32
12.35
17.64
8.10
12.00
1.4
2.1
4.7
2.9
8.8
9.5
2.1
1.0
2.0
5.2
4.1
6.9
2.3
2.3
6.3
3.1
2.8
3.4
2.4
12.1
4.3
2.5
2.7
9.3
5.5
1.9
8.67
11.85
16.48
16.73
15.13
13.52
11.46
14.99
11.70
11.02
7.12
10.10
7.29
7.28
9.40
7.38
6.87
7.15
8.26
8.51
8.81
8.00
7.71
11.60
6.32
7.78
11.20
14.37
19.17
22.95
15.51
14.75
13.87
18.04
14.17
12.10
11.32
12.40
8.30
8.29
10.41
8.62
7.60
8.06
9.78
9.88
10.13
9.49
9.12
12.60
6.76
9.09
14.90
19.62
23.45
28.70
24.99
19.96
17.49
22.66
18.08
14.84
13.55
13.57
9.90
9.90
12.51
10.25
8.36
9.36
12.17
11.22
13.25
11.72
11.64
16.78
7.52
11.43
21.29
24.90
28.13
34.98
32.63
24.48
22.66
26.42
22.18
20.69
16.86
18.39
12.30
12.19
15.31
12.02
9.76
11.63
15.26
16.02
15.83
14.52
14.48
22.04
8.81
14.24
27.14
29.64
34.24
39.94
34.55
27.34
25.78
30.33
27.67
24.80
18.69
23.93
15.04
14.88
17.98
13.81
11.83
13.41
17.20
16.02
17.57
17.10
17.74
22.61
10.39
16.89
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service ................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ........................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ..........
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$11.70
17.72
9.53
15.40
11.44
10.25
12.25
12.74
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the
same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate
shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At
the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th
and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
5.6
9.2
9.8
15.7
8.3
4.0
25.0
4.4
$7.00
11.80
6.14
8.06
7.45
7.02
7.00
8.94
$8.23
13.46
7.67
10.76
8.14
8.63
7.00
10.56
$10.83
14.89
8.23
14.80
10.18
9.70
11.06
12.79
$14.19
20.56
11.27
21.25
14.18
11.57
15.33
14.59
$17.13
27.32
13.58
21.25
17.01
14.29
19.53
16.32
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations:Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$14.68
14.73
3.0
3.0
$7.22
7.25
$9.00
9.00
$11.68
11.71
$16.57
16.67
$26.10
26.19
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
18.00
18.13
4.1
4.1
8.00
8.07
10.25
10.36
14.27
14.42
21.89
22.08
31.35
31.80
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Natural scientists ...............................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Physical therapists .........................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Biological science teachers ...........................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Trade and industrial 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. ................................................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
Athletes ..........................................................................
Technical ...............................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ..........
Radiological technicians ................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..............................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ..................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
23.43
24.70
–
–
–
30.94
101.14
25.92
28.42
31.41
31.43
27.45
29.16
30.26
44.24
34.66
33.41
41.04
30.91
31.23
19.77
25.05
24.49
30.84
23.73
25.18
12.22
22.90
22.07
21.98
33.68
34.74
16.30
19.27
10.90
33.52
34.52
5.0
5.3
–
–
–
12.5
32.4
5.4
3.4
4.3
31.3
18.8
7.0
15.0
9.0
11.8
7.9
10.0
17.2
6.6
5.8
12.2
8.3
12.2
24.6
13.8
5.6
7.9
3.4
3.5
16.3
16.7
7.6
8.0
8.4
18.0
21.5
10.00
10.00
–
–
–
18.67
34.10
18.64
28.00
17.16
16.00
20.21
28.00
19.50
35.00
21.00
20.21
20.21
19.50
17.09
7.73
15.79
12.50
18.21
11.54
10.00
6.67
14.58
12.74
12.60
20.18
21.19
8.10
14.26
7.00
15.27
15.27
13.68
15.02
–
–
–
21.85
44.00
21.00
28.00
21.94
16.00
23.20
28.00
20.00
40.50
21.39
30.53
30.00
19.50
20.19
10.67
16.38
16.87
22.70
11.54
14.17
8.67
21.04
14.79
14.53
26.20
27.45
10.81
15.22
7.75
22.95
16.03
20.90
22.23
–
–
–
26.01
69.72
24.81
28.00
28.00
19.00
23.26
28.00
32.50
44.72
35.16
32.50
39.78
30.47
28.85
16.86
20.47
22.63
30.92
29.19
21.84
10.71
22.02
19.19
18.42
34.34
34.34
16.84
20.19
9.47
29.90
37.02
28.00
29.50
–
–
–
30.80
181.59
29.02
28.00
37.45
52.55
33.69
28.00
40.50
44.99
42.19
36.49
52.14
42.00
37.23
25.03
30.71
34.60
40.56
29.19
39.82
15.00
25.23
24.68
30.09
48.98
48.98
21.22
23.03
15.00
39.13
39.13
38.92
40.56
–
–
–
38.65
192.31
36.81
31.00
48.75
66.82
38.95
32.50
42.00
63.31
48.75
44.99
56.07
42.19
54.64
40.19
43.12
37.90
40.56
44.84
43.75
20.14
29.92
37.75
39.23
48.98
48.98
23.06
23.17
16.28
68.33
83.56
19.38
18.04
13.67
17.38
18.43
29.61
16.87
12.96
12.81
9.2
3.6
16.0
10.0
4.7
14.4
7.8
4.1
3.3
9.85
12.64
9.00
10.87
14.09
19.47
12.00
9.60
11.28
12.64
15.28
9.85
12.02
17.77
24.24
13.45
11.00
12.00
18.00
18.00
14.61
14.93
18.00
32.45
15.96
12.38
12.18
21.53
20.51
18.00
20.90
19.94
35.78
18.26
13.68
13.73
33.33
21.53
18.00
28.00
22.35
35.78
23.62
17.75
15.06
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Legislators .....................................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration .........
Administrators, education and related fields ..................
Management related ..........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
21.73
23.93
14.95
33.97
42.89
18.80
14.50
8.2
13.6
27.5
22.1
14.5
11.5
20.3
4.04
4.04
4.04
26.44
25.95
7.50
6.12
11.42
8.75
4.04
26.44
25.95
13.39
7.50
20.91
21.29
10.00
26.44
43.67
19.29
11.54
26.19
27.63
25.75
50.70
58.59
23.87
21.59
36.53
57.51
27.89
50.70
68.36
26.19
25.78
Sales .........................................................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
9.46
9.57
6.9
7.3
6.20
6.20
6.75
7.02
8.71
8.71
10.60
10.60
13.34
13.34
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations:Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Receptionists .................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Library clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$12.01
11.24
12.65
9.59
14.93
10.18
11.07
12.86
12.92
14.27
9.92
13.10
12.58
2.4
3.7
3.4
6.8
12.1
3.9
9.6
5.5
17.6
2.9
10.4
2.5
8.0
$7.42
8.00
9.46
7.16
9.44
6.60
8.16
10.21
7.00
13.99
5.15
8.45
5.64
$9.00
9.00
11.40
8.75
12.02
7.50
9.57
10.38
7.06
13.99
7.00
9.81
10.01
$11.50
11.09
13.04
9.00
16.16
9.25
9.57
12.92
11.62
13.99
9.85
12.19
12.65
$14.27
12.90
14.65
11.20
18.57
12.36
12.92
14.25
14.40
13.99
12.00
15.77
15.05
$17.21
14.24
14.65
11.20
18.57
15.04
15.80
15.90
21.62
15.51
15.42
18.84
17.09
Blue collar ....................................................................................
12.43
2.5
8.44
9.89
11.97
14.36
17.08
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
10.00
7.0
8.44
8.61
9.66
12.07
12.07
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Truck drivers ..................................................................
Bus drivers .....................................................................
13.17
10.31
13.29
2.8
10.0
2.8
9.35
8.53
9.44
10.75
8.53
10.91
12.49
8.83
12.60
14.98
11.33
15.02
17.46
15.75
17.58
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Construction laborers .....................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .............................
9.17
10.03
9.10
8.32
4.4
5.6
5.3
7.3
6.00
7.29
6.30
5.65
7.54
8.50
9.00
6.50
9.03
10.00
9.00
7.95
10.05
10.67
9.50
9.93
12.00
14.70
10.24
12.00
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Firefighting .....................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers .....
Crossing guards .............................................................
Guards and police, except public service ......................
Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................
Food service ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...............................
Other food 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 ................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ..........
9.97
11.09
8.01
13.19
17.06
9.26
11.73
10.84
9.32
7.71
9.34
9.81
8.62
9.39
11.35
11.85
10.85
9.85
13.60
9.62
9.64
8.49
1.8
3.4
9.8
7.7
13.3
3.7
7.0
7.2
2.0
14.1
2.0
4.6
5.8
2.9
6.0
5.5
6.6
4.6
12.2
4.5
2.3
3.8
6.62
6.79
6.75
10.00
8.29
6.67
8.50
7.35
6.45
3.65
6.50
7.09
6.25
6.48
7.45
8.12
7.25
6.50
9.88
6.50
6.44
5.75
7.83
8.50
6.75
11.25
14.50
8.00
8.79
9.50
7.62
5.15
7.65
8.11
7.37
7.93
8.96
10.70
8.65
7.75
11.63
7.75
7.50
6.75
9.50
10.35
7.18
12.09
16.00
8.80
10.34
11.65
9.09
8.70
9.09
9.81
8.14
9.28
10.30
12.29
10.26
9.14
14.39
9.00
9.00
8.00
11.44
12.48
7.87
14.18
16.77
10.60
13.88
12.48
11.12
9.78
11.12
11.51
10.03
11.12
12.77
13.65
11.91
11.52
15.01
11.19
11.12
8.98
13.37
14.94
10.22
18.34
38.05
12.06
19.64
12.77
12.20
10.28
12.21
12.58
11.59
11.85
15.95
15.05
16.62
14.30
16.55
13.89
12.86
12.36
See footnotes at end of table.
58
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations:Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$10.67
9.71
10.08
10.19
8.95
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the
same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate
shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At
the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th
and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
14.5
7.7
6.6
3.5
5.3
$7.63
6.74
7.00
6.15
6.50
$8.68
7.77
7.52
8.48
7.34
$9.41
9.40
9.25
11.11
7.85
$14.51
11.59
11.95
11.12
10.53
$14.51
13.11
14.28
11.97
12.41
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS Internet site
http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins.
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.
59
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
All ...............................................................
All, excluding sales .............................
$718
721
0.9
.9
39.6
39.5
$692
693
0.9
1.0
39.7
39.7
$851
852
0.8
.8
38.8
38.8
White collar ...........................................
White collar, excluding sales ..........
874
906
.8
.8
39.5
39.4
856
893
1.1
1.1
39.8
39.7
942
943
.9
.9
38.2
38.2
1,073
1,155
1.3
1.6
38.9
38.9
1,062
1,166
1.9
2.5
39.5
39.7
1,096
1,137
.7
.8
37.8
37.6
1,328
1,073
1,471
1.6
7.4
6.4
40.6
40.3
40.2
1,346
1,057
1,471
1.7
8.7
6.4
40.7
40.5
40.2
1,138
1,167
–
2.1
5.4
–
39.4
39.2
–
1,195
1,532
1,514
1,446
1,191
6.6
6.2
3.4
3.2
3.0
40.6
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.5
1,231
1,532
1,515
1,473
1,197
7.9
6.2
3.4
2.8
4.2
40.9
40.0
40.3
40.0
41.0
–
–
–
–
1,178
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
39.3
1,433
1,198
1,215
1,392
3.3
1.8
3.6
3.1
40.9
40.9
40.7
40.3
1,447
1,203
1,221
1,415
2.9
1.8
3.7
3.3
41.0
41.0
40.8
40.3
1,155
867
–
1,108
2.7
9.0
–
4.3
40.1
40.0
–
39.7
1,237
6.4
41.0
1,247
6.4
41.1
–
–
–
1,311
2.7
40.1
1,335
2.7
40.1
1,004
2.7
39.6
1,321
2.7
40.1
1,348
2.6
40.2
1,008
2.7
39.6
1,238
1,337
1,029
1,139
1,286
1,216
5.3
5.9
6.8
4.4
11.4
4.4
39.9
40.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.6
1,241
1,337
1,043
1,250
–
1,222
5.3
5.9
8.1
3.5
–
4.9
39.9
40.4
40.2
40.2
–
39.5
–
–
–
891
–
1,161
–
–
–
5.7
–
2.7
–
–
–
39.8
–
40.0
984
1,270
1,213
943
1,112
18.9
10.1
6.5
5.7
15.2
40.9
40.3
40.5
40.0
39.5
957
1,333
1,323
990
1,343
19.6
12.3
6.0
14.2
10.0
40.4
40.4
40.9
40.0
39.5
–
1,059
925
916
782
–
18.0
7.2
5.8
4.8
–
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.5
829
1,022
1,111
2,138
1,392
2,022
943
1,472
767
781
926
1,031
1,089
708
1,262
1,585
8.7
4.4
3.5
10.9
13.8
12.7
1.2
1.9
3.4
2.1
3.9
2.5
4.0
10.8
5.0
2.7
40.3
40.2
39.4
42.2
41.8
39.0
38.9
39.7
39.8
38.6
39.0
39.6
38.2
39.6
39.9
39.2
–
1,094
1,129
2,353
–
2,022
940
1,492
776
778
904
1,013
899
682
1,264
1,658
–
5.3
4.0
8.0
–
12.7
1.6
1.8
4.5
2.3
4.6
2.6
2.8
13.2
5.1
4.3
–
40.4
39.3
41.2
–
39.0
38.9
39.7
39.9
38.6
39.3
39.8
39.7
39.7
40.0
38.7
807
907
1,026
1,336
–
–
960
1,262
741
808
1,023
1,157
1,200
791
–
1,552
10.3
4.8
2.8
15.4
–
–
2.4
8.1
3.2
2.1
3.7
7.6
5.2
6.5
–
3.1
39.8
39.8
39.8
45.7
–
–
39.0
39.9
39.4
38.7
37.7
38.3
37.3
39.2
–
39.4
1,747
1,657
1,597
10.4
11.1
9.2
39.2
40.0
41.1
–
1,807
2,012
–
16.8
6.7
–
40.7
38.8
1,661
1,575
1,405
14.6
14.5
7.2
38.9
39.6
42.1
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Architects ................................
Aerospace engineers ..............
Metallurgical and materials
engineers ..........................
Petroleum engineers ..............
Chemical engineers ................
Nuclear engineers ..................
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers ................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Surveyors and mapping
scientists ...........................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Actuaries .................................
Statisticians ............................
Natural scientists ........................
Physicists and astronomers ....
Chemists, except biochemists
Atmospheric and space
scientists ...........................
Geologists and geodesists .....
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........
Agricultural and food scientists
Biological and life scientists ....
Forestry and conservation
scientists ...........................
Medical scientists ...................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Dentists ...................................
Optometrists ...........................
Registered nurses ..................
Pharmacists ............................
Dietitians .................................
Respiratory therapists .............
Occupational therapists ..........
Physical therapists ..................
Speech therapists ...................
Therapists, n.e.c. ....................
Physicians’ assistants .............
Teachers, college and university
Earth, environmental, and
marine science teachers ...
Biological science teachers ....
Chemistry teachers .................
See footnotes at end of table.
60
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$1,948
8.9
39.0
$2,031
7.5
39.1
–
–
–
1,484
1,468
2,664
1,492
1,427
1,293
1,535
2,235
11.9
11.5
11.0
10.1
10.5
8.7
8.2
6.3
39.6
39.4
43.2
41.3
39.6
39.9
39.1
41.5
–
1,666
1,675
1,250
1,454
1,390
1,486
2,165
–
11.2
10.1
8.1
16.5
11.8
10.1
12.2
–
38.5
34.3
42.0
40.0
40.7
38.2
39.0
$1,454
1,349
–
1,674
1,411
1,180
1,564
2,271
13.3
16.6
–
10.1
13.3
10.6
12.2
7.2
39.5
40.0
–
40.8
39.4
39.0
39.7
42.8
1,534
1,462
2,162
1,587
6.0
13.6
7.3
8.6
38.7
38.0
44.6
38.5
1,480
1,055
2,252
2,021
7.4
9.5
12.9
10.5
39.2
38.5
41.7
40.8
1,557
1,615
2,112
1,442
7.4
12.4
9.2
10.4
38.4
37.8
46.2
37.7
1,641
10.9
38.5
1,749
10.4
37.6
1,558
14.7
39.3
1,456
15.5
36.6
–
–
–
1,450
18.5
36.9
1,276
1,541
1,502
1,639
1,292
1,915
1,646
1,143
7.2
14.9
9.4
8.3
15.3
11.3
13.6
6.3
38.8
38.5
37.8
37.7
40.9
37.0
39.7
38.7
1,269
1,263
1,549
1,368
1,581
1,979
1,840
669
5.4
8.3
17.6
6.6
7.4
13.7
21.0
8.3
38.9
38.9
36.6
38.3
37.9
37.8
38.2
42.2
1,282
1,876
1,465
1,775
1,108
–
1,496
1,273
12.5
22.5
7.2
8.9
20.6
–
8.5
5.0
38.7
38.0
38.7
37.4
42.8
–
40.8
37.7
1,504
4.6
38.3
1,655
15.6
37.4
1,463
3.7
38.6
1,082
1.1
36.7
681
3.5
38.2
1,150
1.0
36.4
685
1,123
1,147
1,142
1,047
398
7.0
1.3
1.4
2.7
3.8
13.6
38.0
36.4
37.0
35.8
36.5
33.5
442
746
1,059
875
730
–
3.9
5.3
3.3
4.4
4.8
–
38.6
37.2
38.0
38.0
38.6
–
1,062
1,155
1,152
1,191
1,136
398
2.9
1.1
1.5
2.5
3.7
13.6
37.0
36.3
36.9
35.4
36.0
33.5
1,023
4.7
37.6
626
4.8
39.0
1,176
3.7
37.1
964
1,002
779
2.1
3.3
10.2
38.2
38.0
38.9
900
957
784
5.6
5.8
12.0
38.4
38.1
38.9
1,008
1,024
759
3.7
3.9
16.8
38.0
38.0
39.0
1,082
1,138
1,102
863
1,021
3.9
3.9
4.9
14.7
5.1
39.2
40.9
38.2
38.6
39.4
1,075
1,143
990
935
–
4.6
4.1
9.0
16.3
–
40.0
40.9
39.0
37.9
–
1,091
–
1,180
759
1,017
5.6
–
4.5
29.0
5.3
38.2
–
37.6
39.7
39.5
676
674
657
782
5.5
5.8
5.7
17.0
39.2
39.1
39.0
45.0
616
610
587
782
6.7
7.1
10.3
17.0
39.3
39.2
38.7
45.0
754
757
711
–
2.2
2.3
5.9
–
39.1
39.1
39.2
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university
–Continued
Physics teachers ....................
Natural science teachers,
n.e.c. .................................
Psychology teachers ..............
Economics teachers ...............
History teachers ......................
Political science teachers .......
Sociology teachers .................
Social science teachers, n.e.c.
Engineering teachers ..............
Mathematical science
teachers ............................
Computer science teachers ....
Medical science teachers .......
Health specialties teachers .....
Business, commerce, and
marketing teachers ...........
Agriculture and forestry
teachers ............................
Art, drama, and music
teachers ............................
Physical education teachers ...
Education teachers .................
English teachers .....................
Foreign language teachers .....
Law teachers ..........................
Theology teachers ..................
Trade and industrial 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 ................................
Archivists and curators ...........
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Economists .............................
Psychologists ..........................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ...........
Urban planners .......................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Recreation workers .................
Clergy .....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
61
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$767
1,814
1,804
2,045
6.4
4.7
4.9
7.7
39.8
40.8
40.9
39.6
$767
2,005
2,005
–
6.4
6.5
6.5
–
39.8
41.9
41.9
–
–
$1,427
1,337
2,045
–
7.1
7.9
7.7
–
38.7
38.5
39.6
954
1,064
910
1,023
1,110
3.7
8.3
5.4
34.0
10.8
39.3
40.4
39.8
31.4
40.6
932
1,064
911
1,026
1,110
3.7
8.3
5.5
34.5
10.8
39.3
40.4
39.8
31.3
40.6
1,194
–
798
–
–
20.6
–
9.9
–
–
39.6
–
39.6
–
–
775
656
8.1
11.6
39.4
39.8
775
650
8.3
12.4
39.4
39.8
792
–
14.0
–
38.6
–
592
886
997
1,174
1,192
790
9.1
5.5
9.7
26.1
6.8
1.5
39.6
39.5
39.0
37.8
39.5
39.0
581
889
994
793
1,223
807
9.2
5.7
12.0
5.0
7.4
1.8
40.0
39.5
38.9
36.3
39.5
38.9
662
775
1,010
1,749
1,044
688
7.5
10.1
8.9
10.3
8.4
2.2
37.3
39.2
39.5
40.0
39.5
39.5
669
1,084
4.2
6.0
38.8
36.4
667
1,104
5.0
5.3
38.7
36.1
683
–
9.9
–
39.6
–
521
878
605
15.6
4.2
1.4
39.8
39.5
39.0
518
888
610
16.7
4.3
1.5
39.8
39.5
38.9
574
776
587
12.9
4.7
2.7
39.9
39.9
39.6
619
2.4
39.5
616
2.8
39.4
631
3.4
40.0
776
5.5
39.9
778
5.3
39.9
740
12.7
39.9
887
4.2
40.2
895
4.1
40.2
–
–
–
904
850
767
4.0
3.1
3.1
40.3
39.8
40.3
914
891
764
3.9
4.4
3.3
40.3
40.0
40.3
–
729
809
–
3.8
5.3
–
39.3
39.8
661
668
811
806
2,484
5.0
4.4
6.7
8.8
5.9
40.6
39.5
39.8
39.5
22.3
647
682
810
838
2,498
6.2
4.9
6.9
8.4
5.9
40.9
39.5
39.8
39.9
22.1
720
610
826
637
–
7.7
8.1
4.5
8.4
–
39.1
39.6
40.0
37.4
–
781
992
10.9
4.8
39.8
39.9
744
1,003
12.1
5.3
40.0
39.9
925
899
9.4
5.2
38.9
39.6
831
695
792
5.7
5.9
4.2
40.0
38.6
39.8
831
696
804
5.7
6.6
4.9
40.0
38.5
40.0
–
687
740
–
7.1
6.0
–
39.5
39.3
1,267
2.5
40.5
1,291
3.0
40.8
1,153
2.4
39.3
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, recreation, and religious
workers –Continued
Religious workers, n.e.c. ........
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
Judges ....................................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Technical writers .....................
Designers ...............................
Musicians and composers ......
Actors and directors ................
Painters, sculptors, craft
artists, and artist
printmakers .......................
Photographers ........................
Artists, performers, and
related workers, n.e.c. ......
Editors and reporters ..............
Public relations specialists ......
Athletes ...................................
Professional, n.e.c. .................
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Dental hygienists ....................
Health record technologists
and technicians .................
Radiological technicians .........
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Industrial engineering
technicians ........................
Mechanical engineering
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Drafters ...................................
Surveying and mapping
technicians ........................
Biological technicians .............
Chemical technicians ..............
Science technicians, n.e.c. .....
Airplane pilots and navigators
Broadcast equipment
operators ..........................
Computer programmers .........
Tool programmers, numerical
control ...............................
Legal assistants ......................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
62
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$1,423
548
3.0
26.3
40.8
37.9
$1,440
–
3.7
–
41.1
–
$1,342
548
2.4
26.3
39.4
37.9
1,933
15.2
42.7
–
–
–
1,699
3.5
39.7
1,204
1,480
3.1
9.1
39.6
40.7
1,869
1,470
20.9
9.6
39.0
40.8
1,190
1,610
2.8
18.7
39.6
38.9
1,334
1,301
11.2
4.7
41.2
40.5
1,315
1,306
12.3
4.4
41.4
40.6
1,513
1,265
6.2
21.7
39.4
39.9
1,749
9.2
40.9
1,751
9.2
40.9
1,342
21.2
40.8
1,399
3.9
39.6
1,073
7.4
40.7
1,526
4.2
39.2
1,350
4.3
39.9
1,352
4.1
40.1
1,342
14.4
39.0
817
3.8
43.2
820
4.0
43.6
787
10.1
39.2
873
1,081
8.7
7.7
39.5
47.1
864
1,081
9.5
7.7
39.6
47.1
978
–
7.9
–
39.2
–
1,140
8.8
40.6
1,150
9.4
40.7
1,013
5.5
39.2
1,509
997
929
905
1,267
1,124
5.0
1.7
2.6
7.8
6.4
4.8
41.2
39.9
39.8
37.7
39.9
40.0
1,523
1,028
949
905
1,289
1,185
5.1
2.0
3.1
7.8
6.4
4.1
41.3
40.1
39.9
37.7
40.0
40.1
1,248
867
835
–
982
889
8.0
1.9
3.2
–
5.8
8.1
39.9
39.1
39.2
–
38.3
39.7
954
2.8
41.0
971
3.3
41.5
877
4.2
39.0
1,023
20.5
39.6
1,087
21.0
39.5
–
–
–
930
8.6
39.8
931
8.7
39.8
–
–
–
959
931
6.0
4.2
40.1
39.9
1,015
948
4.3
10.3
40.1
40.4
691
923
9.5
3.9
39.8
39.6
875
949
2.7
1.6
39.8
39.6
1,007
956
5.3
2.0
41.3
39.8
795
922
2.4
3.1
38.8
39.0
681
797
869
761
2.1
5.1
8.9
8.1
40.3
41.4
40.3
39.2
682
797
869
757
2.1
5.1
8.9
8.5
40.3
41.4
40.3
39.3
515
686
–
–
8.1
9.3
–
–
38.0
39.9
–
–
1,731
838
916
1,613
12.0
8.6
9.0
20.4
39.8
38.7
40.9
42.8
1,731
838
916
1,613
12.0
8.6
9.0
20.4
39.8
38.7
40.9
42.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Legislators ..............................
Chief executives and general
administrators, public
administration ...................
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, properties and real
estate ................................
Funeral directors .....................
Managers, service
organizations, n.e.c. .........
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Underwriters ...........................
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, farm products .......
Buyers, wholesale and retail
trade, except farm
products ............................
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Construction inspectors ..........
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Insurance sales ......................
Real estate sales ....................
Securities and financial
services sales ...................
Advertising and related sales
Sales, other business services
Sales engineers ......................
See footnotes at end of table.
63
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, apparel ...........
Sales workers, shoes .............
Sales workers, furniture and
home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, hardware and
building supplies ...............
Sales workers, parts ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ...............
Cashiers .................................
Street and door-to-door sales
workers .............................
Sales support, n.e.c. ...............
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Supervisors, computer
equipment operators .........
Supervisors, financial records
processing ........................
Chief communications
operators ..........................
Supervisors, distribution,
scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ................................
Computer operators ................
Peripheral equipment
operators ..........................
Secretaries .............................
Stenographers ........................
Typists ....................................
Interviewers ............................
Hotel clerks .............................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ........
Correspondence clerks ...........
Order clerks ............................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library clerks ..........................
File clerks ...............................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
Billing clerks ............................
Cost and rate clerks ................
Billing, posting, and
calculating machine
operators ..........................
Duplicating machine operators
$979
5.1
40.6
$979
5.1
40.6
–
–
–
864
399
405
4.7
4.6
9.1
45.6
37.8
39.8
864
399
405
4.7
4.6
9.1
45.6
37.8
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
634
8.8
41.5
634
8.8
41.5
–
–
–
592
576
5.6
5.0
41.1
40.7
592
576
5.6
5.0
41.1
40.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
549
407
347
6.4
9.9
2.0
39.6
39.4
39.1
550
407
345
6.4
9.9
2.0
39.6
39.4
39.2
–
–
8.4
–
–
37.5
724
621
29.1
9.3
39.9
40.2
724
621
29.1
9.4
39.9
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
537
709
.5
3.1
39.2
39.5
537
708
.6
3.5
39.4
39.6
537
713
1.3
2.6
38.6
39.4
765
9.7
40.0
728
14.4
40.3
–
–
–
768
2.3
38.9
768
2.4
39.0
758
7.1
37.7
824
6.5
40.0
874
11.7
40.0
805
7.7
40.0
807
626
4.0
2.5
40.4
39.3
816
638
4.7
2.2
40.6
39.4
773
599
10.0
7.5
39.6
39.1
555
578
661
541
475
349
10.2
1.2
5.1
1.9
3.6
2.7
39.4
38.9
39.0
38.1
39.7
39.6
557
582
627
552
476
349
12.1
1.5
7.9
4.6
4.0
2.7
39.7
39.0
39.8
38.5
39.7
39.6
–
568
716
532
466
–
–
3.2
9.5
2.2
9.1
–
–
38.9
37.5
37.8
39.8
–
539
433
492
522
536
5.9
1.9
2.8
2.1
1.8
39.4
39.3
39.6
40.0
39.6
532
433
486
525
535
6.0
2.0
3.0
2.2
1.8
39.4
39.3
39.6
40.0
39.6
–
430
596
–
609
–
4.9
5.0
–
11.0
–
39.5
39.0
–
40.0
586
471
399
513
3.7
3.7
2.5
2.3
39.7
38.2
39.6
39.4
601
481
398
510
3.0
6.1
2.6
2.6
39.9
38.0
39.6
39.5
537
468
410
526
10.2
4.3
6.7
3.7
39.1
38.3
39.2
39.2
544
607
482
593
1.6
2.5
3.6
23.2
39.4
39.6
39.7
40.2
542
601
480
593
1.8
2.7
3.8
23.2
39.4
39.6
39.7
40.2
565
657
522
–
2.3
4.3
8.3
–
39.1
39.0
40.0
–
509
450
5.8
6.8
38.6
39.5
510
460
5.8
4.4
38.6
39.3
–
434
–
13.6
–
39.9
See footnotes at end of table.
64
–
–
$452
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
39.4
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
Mail preparing and paper
handling machine
operators ..........................
Office machine operators,
n.e.c. .................................
Telephone operators ..............
Communications equipment
operators, n.e.c. ................
Mail clerks, except postal
service ..............................
Messengers ............................
Dispatchers .............................
Production coordinators ..........
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Meter readers .........................
Weighers, measurers,
checkers, and samplers ....
Expeditors ...............................
Material recording, scheduling,
and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. .................................
Insurance adjusters,
examiners, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare
Bill and account collectors ......
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Proofreaders ...........................
Data entry keyers ...................
Statistical clerks ......................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Automobile mechanic
apprentices .......................
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
Aircraft engine mechanics ......
Small engine repairers ............
Automobile body and related
repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics, except
engine ...............................
Heavy equipment mechanics
Farm equipment mechanics ...
Industrial machinery repairers
Machinery maintenance .........
$452
6.3
39.6
$452
6.3
39.6
411
513
5.4
3.8
39.9
39.0
406
515
5.7
3.9
39.9
39.0
458
12.9
39.6
439
15.6
39.9
–
461
396
620
689
6.1
10.4
3.8
3.3
39.1
39.5
40.0
39.9
468
379
607
688
6.4
8.0
3.2
3.3
39.0
39.9
40.2
39.9
387
510
635
842
12.8
16.4
7.2
18.7
39.6
37.2
39.9
39.6
509
503
653
3.0
2.2
4.6
39.8
39.8
40.0
508
502
662
3.0
2.4
6.1
39.9
39.9
40.0
559
514
632
6.3
4.5
6.7
38.6
39.1
40.0
603
601
7.8
3.2
40.1
39.7
603
598
7.8
3.1
40.1
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
531
9.5
39.7
529
9.7
39.7
658
8.2
40.0
744
8.2
38.8
746
8.3
38.8
617
7.0
40.0
588
583
531
502
398
574
481
536
371
548
2.4
2.8
4.1
1.1
1.7
16.9
2.3
4.3
1.6
1.3
39.7
38.9
39.5
39.2
39.2
39.8
39.5
39.7
35.7
39.2
585
486
526
496
398
479
479
550
350
545
2.4
2.9
4.3
1.3
1.7
10.9
2.8
5.2
3.6
1.6
39.7
39.5
39.5
39.3
39.2
39.7
39.5
39.6
36.0
39.3
710
622
619
517
–
–
490
455
372
559
4.9
2.9
3.9
1.7
–
–
3.0
11.8
1.7
2.8
40.0
38.7
39.6
39.1
–
–
39.4
39.9
35.7
38.8
594
.9
40.0
590
1.0
40.0
663
1.3
39.4
730
1.1
40.0
728
1.2
40.0
754
1.9
39.8
931
698
3.1
3.9
41.0
40.3
933
689
3.5
4.0
41.1
40.3
921
783
4.4
9.9
39.8
39.8
489
5.4
40.5
484
5.6
40.5
–
–
–
670
1,007
543
3.2
5.3
4.4
40.4
40.0
40.0
662
1,008
542
3.6
5.3
4.3
40.4
40.0
40.0
729
–
–
3.6
–
–
39.9
–
–
710
9.3
40.2
709
9.4
40.2
–
–
–
1,000
753
585
764
614
6.7
4.6
6.0
2.2
5.1
40.0
39.9
41.0
39.8
39.5
1,000
753
586
763
616
6.7
5.2
6.1
2.3
5.3
40.0
39.9
41.0
39.8
39.6
–
750
–
866
587
–
5.7
–
8.4
12.4
–
40.0
–
39.9
38.7
See footnotes at end of table.
65
–
$489
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Electronic repairers,
communications and
industrial equipment .........
Data processing equipment
repairers ...........................
Household appliance and
power tool repairers ..........
Telephone line installers and
repairers ...........................
Telephone installers and
repairers ...........................
Heating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration mechanics ....
Camera, watch, and musical
instrument repairers ..........
Locksmiths and safe repairers
Office machine repairers ........
Mechanical controls and valve
repairers ...........................
Elevator installers and
repairers ...........................
Millwrights ...............................
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, brickmasons,
stonemasons, and
tilesetters ..........................
Supervisors, carpenters and
related workers .................
Supervisors, electricians and
power transmission
installers ...........................
Supervisors, painters,
paperhangers, and
plasterers ..........................
Supervisors, plumbers,
pipefitters, and
steamfitters .......................
Supervisors, construction
trades, n.e.c. .....................
Brickmasons and
stonemasons ....................
Tile setters, hard and soft .......
Carpet installers ......................
Carpenters ..............................
Carpenter apprentices ............
Drywall installers .....................
Electricians .............................
Electrician apprentices ...........
Electrical power installers and
repairers ...........................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .....................
Plasterers ...............................
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters .......................
Plumber, pipefitter, and
steamfitter apprentices .....
$785
4.1
39.9
$784
4.2
39.9
620
15.9
39.8
616
16.6
39.7
597
7.5
39.3
597
7.5
934
3.8
40.0
940
910
2.4
40.0
650
3.1
594
602
581
7.9
39.9
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
–
3.7
40.0
–
–
–
910
2.6
40.0
–
–
–
39.8
647
3.8
39.8
678
5.4
39.9
24.0
9.0
8.6
40.0
41.1
39.9
594
569
581
24.0
7.6
8.6
40.0
41.3
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
840
5.0
40.0
838
6.3
40.0
848
5.0
40.0
1,432
870
9.6
5.6
40.0
40.0
1,441
870
9.6
5.6
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
627
3.3
39.5
626
3.8
39.5
638
3.1
39.8
840
17.5
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,002
5.8
40.2
1,008
5.9
40.2
–
–
–
1,068
4.8
40.0
1,084
4.8
40.0
949
10.1
40.0
815
14.2
40.9
812
14.4
40.9
–
–
–
1,030
4.2
40.8
1,016
5.9
41.1
1,077
12.2
40.0
851
3.5
40.2
854
4.1
40.3
838
6.6
39.9
797
899
757
729
696
830
887
592
7.5
14.2
12.3
3.3
13.6
10.2
3.4
4.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
798
899
757
727
696
830
895
590
7.5
14.2
12.3
3.5
13.6
10.2
3.8
4.1
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
–
–
–
762
–
–
818
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
–
39.9
–
972
3.8
40.0
976
4.5
40.0
947
5.8
40.0
543
602
6.3
12.6
39.8
40.0
529
–
5.7
–
39.8
–
721
–
7.6
–
39.6
–
842
3.5
39.6
850
3.8
39.6
743
7.5
39.5
722
13.2
39.5
723
13.4
39.5
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
66
$810
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
13.9
–
40.0
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Concrete and terrazzo
finishers ............................
Glaziers ..................................
Insulation workers ...................
Paving, surfacing, and
tamping equipment
operators ..........................
Roofers ...................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ......
Structural metal workers .........
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Supervisors, extractive ...........
Drillers, oil well ........................
Mining machine operators ......
Mining, n.e.c. ..........................
Supervisors, production ..........
Tool and die makers ...............
Tool and die maker
apprentices .......................
Precision assemblers, metal ...
Machinists ...............................
Machinist apprentices .............
Precision grinders, filers, and
tool sharpeners .................
Patternmakers and
modelmakers, metal .........
Layout workers .......................
Precious stones and metals
workers .............................
Engravers, metal ....................
Sheet metal workers ...............
Sheet metal worker
apprentices .......................
Cabinet makers and bench
carpenters .........................
Furniture and wood finishers ..
Tailors .....................................
Upholsterers ...........................
Hand molders and shapers,
except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout
workers, and cutters .........
Dental laboratory and medical
appliance technicians .......
Bookbinders ............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Miscellaneous precision
workers, n.e.c. ..................
Precision food production .......
Butchers and meat cutters ......
Bakers ....................................
Food batchmakers ..................
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Precision inspectors, testers,
and related workers, n.e.c.
Adjusters and calibrators ........
$723
677
573
10.2
5.5
5.7
39.4
40.0
39.8
$731
633
572
10.4
6.5
5.8
39.4
40.0
39.8
668
568
821
704
628
977
800
620
961
836
875
21.1
12.5
14.6
5.5
4.0
10.2
18.2
9.7
19.5
3.1
2.1
41.8
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.4
40.0
40.0
47.6
40.5
40.0
688
568
821
690
638
977
800
620
961
836
875
23.9
12.5
14.6
5.8
5.3
10.2
18.2
9.7
19.5
3.2
2.1
42.1
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.4
40.0
40.0
47.6
40.5
40.0
535
769
741
580
12.1
4.1
4.9
3.7
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
535
769
739
580
12.1
4.1
5.0
3.7
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
677
6.6
39.7
677
6.6
39.7
–
–
–
834
683
11.8
14.5
40.0
40.0
834
683
11.8
14.5
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
506
686
657
16.9
19.9
9.0
39.8
40.0
38.5
506
686
657
16.9
19.9
9.0
39.8
40.0
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
554
18.6
39.1
554
18.6
39.1
–
–
–
477
504
580
634
7.1
6.8
10.0
13.7
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
474
504
580
634
7.2
6.8
10.0
13.7
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
703
5.3
40.0
703
5.3
40.0
–
–
–
662
6.9
40.0
662
6.9
40.0
–
–
–
589
683
3.4
14.9
39.5
39.8
581
683
3.4
14.9
39.5
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
493
3.9
39.9
493
3.9
39.9
–
–
–
601
516
451
455
469
8.6
10.1
3.9
3.9
11.0
39.9
39.9
39.7
39.6
40.2
601
516
451
456
469
8.6
10.1
3.9
4.2
11.0
39.9
39.9
39.7
39.5
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
722
2.9
40.3
716
3.0
40.3
850
7.6
39.7
874
541
7.3
7.3
40.0
36.8
874
541
7.3
7.3
40.0
36.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
67
$547
–
–
–
603
–
–
–
–
831
–
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
$690
1,024
872
3.4
3.0
4.5
40.0
40.0
39.8
$584
1,029
868
14.0
3.5
5.3
40.0
40.0
39.9
$718
988
880
2.8
7.6
8.9
40.0
39.7
39.6
885
3.1
39.5
890
3.1
39.5
657
6.2
40.0
519
1.4
39.8
519
1.4
39.8
641
10.2
39.6
643
5.4
40.0
643
5.4
40.0
–
–
–
600
5.9
40.0
600
5.9
40.0
–
–
–
522
5.2
40.0
522
5.2
40.0
–
–
–
510
615
7.8
11.8
40.0
40.0
510
615
7.8
11.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
473
11.1
40.0
473
11.1
40.0
–
–
–
528
547
3.4
7.7
40.0
39.8
528
547
3.4
7.7
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
586
4.5
40.0
586
4.5
40.0
–
–
–
584
3.9
39.9
584
3.9
39.9
–
–
–
493
3.5
39.7
493
3.5
39.7
–
–
–
545
7.0
39.6
545
7.0
39.6
–
–
–
628
7.5
40.0
628
7.5
40.0
–
–
–
470
479
6.3
4.3
39.9
39.9
470
479
6.3
4.3
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
507
5.3
40.0
507
5.3
40.0
–
–
–
415
626
5.5
3.4
38.2
39.5
415
627
5.5
3.5
38.2
39.5
–
567
–
7.5
–
40.0
664
593
4.3
8.4
39.4
39.0
664
567
4.3
7.9
39.4
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
516
10.0
39.8
516
10.0
39.8
–
–
–
493
8.7
39.9
493
8.7
39.9
–
–
–
391
6.3
39.2
391
6.3
39.2
–
–
–
352
358
6.0
4.1
39.5
39.4
352
358
6.0
4.1
39.5
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
336
4.4
39.3
332
4.7
39.3
407
8.7
39.7
476
8.3
40.0
476
8.3
40.0
–
–
–
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Relative
error5
(percent)
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Water and sewer treatment
plant operators ..................
Power plant operators ............
Stationary engineers ...............
Miscellaneous plant and
system operators, n.e.c. ...
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Lathe and turning machine
set-up operators ...............
Lathe and turning machine
operators ..........................
Milling and planing machine
operators ..........................
Punching and stamping press
operators ..........................
Rolling machine operators ......
Drilling and boring machine
operators ..........................
Grinding, abrading, buffing,
and polishing machine
operators ..........................
Forging machine operators .....
Numerical control machine
operators ..........................
Fabricating machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Metal plating machine
operators ..........................
Heat treating equipment
operators ..........................
Wood lathe, routing, and
planing machine operators
Sawing machine operators .....
Shaping and jointing machine
operators ..........................
Nailing and tacking machine
operators ..........................
Printing press operators .........
Photoengravers and
lithographers .....................
Typesetters and compositors
Winding and twisting machine
operators ..........................
Knitting, looping, taping, and
weaving machine
operators ..........................
Textile cutting machine
operators ..........................
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Pressing machine operators ...
Laundering and dry cleaning
machine operators ............
Cementing and gluing
machine operators ............
See footnotes at end of table.
68
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors –Continued
Packaging and filling machine
operators ..........................
Extruding and forming
machine operators ............
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Separating, filtering, and
clarifying machine
operators ..........................
Compressing and compacting
machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying
machine operators ............
Roasting and baking machine
operators, food .................
Washing, cleaning, and
pickling machine operators
Folding machine operators .....
Furnace, kiln, and oven
operators, except food ......
Crushing and grinding
machine operators ............
Slicing and cutting machine
operators ..........................
Photographic process
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Solders and braziers ...............
Assemblers .............................
Hand cutting and trimming ......
Hand molding, casting, and
forming ..............................
Hand painting, coating, and
decorating .........................
Hand engraving and printing ..
Miscellaneous hand working,
n.e.c. .................................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Production testers ...................
Production samplers and
weighers ...........................
Graders and sorters, except
agricultural ........................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ...........
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle
operators ..........................
Truck drivers ...........................
Driver-sales workers ...............
Bus drivers ..............................
Taxicab drivers and
chauffeurs .........................
Parking lot attendants .............
Motor transportation, n.e.c. .....
$500
3.9
39.9
$500
3.9
39.9
–
–
–
503
5.7
39.4
503
5.7
39.4
–
–
–
593
4.6
39.9
593
4.6
39.9
–
–
–
755
3.6
39.8
755
3.6
39.8
–
–
–
460
2.4
40.4
460
2.4
40.4
–
–
–
604
6.0
40.0
604
6.0
40.0
–
–
–
456
9.5
40.0
456
9.5
40.0
–
–
–
529
523
10.2
7.7
40.0
40.0
529
523
10.2
7.7
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
548
6.2
39.9
543
6.3
40.0
1.7
39.2
519
4.5
40.1
519
4.5
40.1
–
–
–
525
4.6
39.9
525
4.6
39.9
–
–
–
475
4.7
39.9
475
4.7
39.9
–
–
–
538
621
414
520
395
2.7
2.5
9.8
3.2
12.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
538
614
414
520
395
2.7
2.4
9.8
3.2
12.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
730
827
–
–
–
15.5
8.4
–
–
–
39.3
40.0
–
–
–
437
7.4
40.0
437
7.4
40.0
–
–
–
453
673
6.4
22.1
40.0
37.6
454
673
6.4
22.1
40.0
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
443
6.1
39.6
443
6.1
39.6
–
–
–
526
529
4.1
4.7
39.8
39.9
526
529
4.1
4.7
39.8
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
463
6.3
39.8
463
6.3
39.8
–
–
–
399
418
7.5
10.0
39.9
39.8
399
418
7.5
10.0
39.9
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
598
1.8
40.7
596
2.0
41.0
612
2.0
38.5
787
598
572
558
5.1
2.5
5.6
3.5
42.4
41.7
40.8
36.6
814
596
572
498
3.0
2.6
5.6
7.6
43.4
41.8
40.8
37.6
711
641
–
590
14.4
7.1
–
3.0
39.8
39.9
–
36.0
332
348
395
7.2
8.3
9.7
39.5
39.9
38.6
332
347
357
7.3
8.5
8.5
39.5
39.9
38.5
322
–
638
16.8
–
5.6
39.1
–
39.1
See footnotes at end of table.
69
$679
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$1,395
1,317
983
4.7
10.3
7.4
40.0
39.9
40.0
$1,400
–
–
4.8
–
–
40.0
–
–
880
574
13.9
4.2
45.6
46.3
867
541
14.4
4.9
45.9
47.9
539
2.7
40.0
–
–
794
782
521
679
5.9
6.0
12.7
5.1
40.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
797
894
521
676
632
6.1
40.0
596
4.4
544
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material
moving –Continued
Railroad conductors and
yardmasters ......................
Locomotive operating .............
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ..
Ship captains and mates,
except fishing boats ..........
Sailors and deckhands ...........
Bridge, lock and lighthouse
tenders ..............................
Supervisors, material moving
equipment .........................
Operating engineers ...............
Hoist and winch operators ......
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 .................
Nursery workers .....................
Supervisors,
agriculture-related workers
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Animal caretakers, except
farm ..................................
Inspectors, agricultural
products ............................
Supervisors, handlers,
equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ..................
Helpers, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ...
Helpers, extractive ..................
Construction laborers .............
Production helpers ..................
Garbage collectors .................
Stevedores .............................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Machine feeders and
offbearers .........................
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. .................................
–
3.9
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
531
3.0
40.0
5.9
4.1
12.7
5.1
40.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
730
596
–
–
7.5
8.7
–
–
39.1
40.0
–
–
635
6.6
40.0
615
11.0
39.8
40.0
643
6.2
40.0
528
4.2
39.9
2.6
39.9
545
2.6
39.9
496
3.7
40.0
634
4.4
39.8
637
5.0
39.9
618
5.3
39.5
455
369
1.4
7.0
39.7
40.0
448
373
1.4
7.3
39.7
40.0
556
–
2.5
–
39.8
–
729
6.4
40.1
713
8.1
40.1
780
6.5
40.0
456
3.3
39.7
419
3.7
39.7
528
4.8
39.8
431
9.2
39.2
375
6.4
39.3
592
13.8
38.7
402
16.6
40.0
402
16.6
40.0
–
–
–
728
7.6
39.7
728
8.7
39.6
732
5.9
40.0
468
450
444
514
400
596
715
434
4.8
3.2
18.2
4.0
3.6
7.3
19.0
1.9
39.6
39.9
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.9
40.0
39.6
449
448
444
514
400
557
714
433
4.6
3.3
18.2
4.5
3.6
7.9
19.5
1.9
39.7
39.9
40.0
39.7
39.9
41.5
40.0
39.6
585
538
–
506
497
657
–
546
7.2
6.4
–
5.2
21.1
12.3
–
7.9
39.1
40.0
–
39.7
40.0
39.9
–
39.9
418
3.1
39.8
419
3.1
39.8
–
–
–
496
5.2
39.8
496
5.2
39.8
504
11.6
40.0
394
7.5
39.5
390
7.7
39.5
504
6.1
40.0
399
375
3.3
4.2
39.5
39.7
397
375
3.4
4.2
39.5
39.7
553
–
5.9
–
39.6
–
435
2.3
39.7
424
2.5
39.6
528
3.9
40.0
See footnotes at end of table.
70
–
$914
–
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, firefighters and
fire prevention ...................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Supervisors, guards ................
Fire inspection and fire
prevention .........................
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 .............................
Dental assistants ....................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Pest control .............................
Personal service .........................
Supervisors, personal service
Hairdressers and
cosmetologists ..................
Attendants, amusement, and
recreation facilities ............
Guides ....................................
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
$441
709
1.7
2.2
38.9
40.6
1,199
4.9
49.0
1,155
787
3.0
5.5
859
874
Mean
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
1.3
4.2
38.5
39.3
$670
841
1.4
2.3
40.1
41.2
–
–
–
1,199
4.9
49.0
40.2
39.2
–
704
–
5.7
–
39.1
1,158
982
3.0
8.7
40.2
39.7
10.5
2.6
42.0
48.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
859
876
11.3
2.6
42.1
48.0
907
1.0
39.9
–
–
–
908
1.0
39.9
741
657
2.0
5.1
39.8
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
744
660
2.0
5.2
39.8
39.9
408
524
316
3.1
7.8
1.6
39.2
39.1
38.2
400
354
310
3.3
5.6
1.6
39.3
38.8
38.4
533
620
391
5.1
6.6
2.9
38.5
39.3
36.5
190
262
161
3.5
6.1
4.5
37.1
37.6
36.8
189
262
160
3.5
6.1
4.5
37.1
37.6
36.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
241
362
5.7
1.7
37.9
38.7
240
359
5.9
1.9
37.9
38.9
–
389
–
2.8
–
36.5
546
364
2.5
1.6
41.7
38.4
551
363
2.6
1.6
42.1
38.6
503
376
6.5
4.4
38.1
35.5
322
308
415
531
464
2.9
1.7
1.9
6.5
3.5
38.8
37.9
38.7
36.8
39.4
320
302
402
532
452
3.2
1.7
2.2
6.7
4.4
39.0
38.1
38.6
36.8
39.4
340
365
496
473
526
3.6
3.9
2.4
12.1
4.2
37.4
36.0
39.3
40.0
39.3
383
419
1.3
1.9
38.7
39.4
366
397
1.4
2.0
38.6
39.3
484
490
2.4
2.7
39.3
39.7
591
316
433
501
406
618
4.3
2.0
1.7
5.9
4.1
4.3
40.0
38.5
39.6
39.8
37.1
40.3
553
316
413
497
401
611
5.6
2.1
2.9
6.0
4.0
5.1
40.0
38.5
39.5
39.8
37.0
40.5
702
324
476
–
439
690
9.4
5.5
1.8
–
5.8
9.3
39.8
40.0
39.7
–
37.5
39.0
520
7.7
37.7
520
7.7
37.7
–
–
–
281
479
4.3
17.1
39.6
37.8
277
481
3.6
17.1
39.6
37.7
381
–
9.8
–
40.0
–
See footnotes at end of table.
71
$370
425
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Baggage porters and bellhops
Welfare service aides .............
Early childhood teachers’
assistants ..........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .......
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
$630
276
407
3.7
6.2
3.6
20.0
39.1
38.9
$634
276
397
3.4
6.2
4.0
19.1
39.1
38.8
$564
–
448
20.5
–
8.9
36.6
–
39.2
320
376
427
5.8
5.2
3.3
37.7
39.0
38.4
298
358
421
8.8
3.2
3.7
37.9
39.8
38.5
380
443
487
3.5
25.0
4.5
37.0
36.2
38.2
1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between
December 2001 and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in
National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the
BLS Internet site: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm or any of our published
bulletins.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS
Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS
locality bulletins.
6 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$36,484
36,575
0.9
.9
2,011
2,004
$35,755
35,789
0.9
1.0
2,053
2,049
$39,835
39,873
0.8
.8
1,816
1,815
White Collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
43,878
45,237
.8
.8
1,984
1,967
44,260
46,171
1.1
1.1
2,061
2,054
42,613
42,679
.9
.9
1,730
1,730
51,460
54,179
1.3
1.6
1,867
1,825
54,438
59,473
1.9
2.5
2,026
2,027
46,578
47,481
.7
.8
1,605
1,570
69,027
55,800
76,488
1.6
7.4
6.4
2,109
2,095
2,089
69,952
54,989
76,488
1.7
8.7
6.4
2,115
2,105
2,089
59,162
60,693
–
2.1
5.4
–
2,048
2,038
–
62,119
79,667
78,731
75,204
61,944
6.6
6.2
3.4
3.2
3.0
2,112
2,080
2,095
2,080
2,105
63,998
79,667
78,764
76,604
62,257
7.9
6.2
3.4
2.8
4.2
2,127
2,080
2,095
2,080
2,135
–
–
–
–
61,276
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
2,043
74,509
62,299
63,161
72,294
3.3
1.8
3.6
3.1
2,128
2,129
2,116
2,091
75,246
62,528
63,469
73,514
2.9
1.8
3.7
3.3
2,131
2,130
2,123
2,094
60,056
45,071
–
57,459
2.7
9.0
–
4.3
2,084
2,080
–
2,057
64,312
6.4
2,132
64,839
6.4
2,137
–
–
–
68,156
2.7
2,085
69,414
2.7
2,087
51,998
2.7
2,051
68,692
2.7
2,085
70,093
2.6
2,088
52,243
2.7
2,054
64,391
69,518
53,527
59,039
66,895
63,221
5.3
5.9
6.8
4.4
11.4
4.4
2,076
2,099
2,087
2,075
2,079
2,058
64,548
69,518
54,226
64,913
–
63,557
5.3
5.9
8.1
3.5
–
4.9
2,077
2,099
2,093
2,085
–
2,055
–
–
–
46,015
–
60,361
–
–
–
5.7
–
2.7
–
–
–
2,053
–
2,080
51,161
65,854
63,086
48,169
57,607
18.9
10.1
6.5
5.7
15.2
2,127
2,089
2,108
2,042
2,045
49,765
69,305
68,781
51,006
69,395
19.6
12.3
6.0
14.2
10.0
2,100
2,101
2,125
2,060
2,040
–
54,323
48,101
46,516
40,639
–
18.0
7.2
5.8
4.8
–
2,052
2,064
2,032
2,054
43,122
52,747
57,200
111,199
72,408
105,168
48,678
76,453
39,871
40,600
46,695
52,818
46,946
36,699
65,615
64,874
8.7
4.4
3.5
10.9
13.8
12.7
1.2
1.9
3.4
2.1
3.9
2.5
4.0
10.8
5.0
2.7
2,094
2,075
2,029
2,194
2,171
2,027
2,009
2,061
2,070
2,010
1,966
2,027
1,648
2,050
2,077
1,603
–
56,907
58,601
122,376
–
105,168
48,753
77,514
40,361
40,451
46,588
52,655
46,243
35,415
65,738
69,225
–
5.3
4.0
8.0
–
12.7
1.6
1.8
4.5
2.3
4.6
2.6
2.8
13.2
5.1
4.3
–
2,103
2,040
2,145
–
2,027
2,019
2,060
2,077
2,009
2,022
2,069
2,045
2,062
2,078
1,616
41,941
46,292
51,028
69,469
–
–
48,339
65,663
38,540
42,036
47,135
53,787
47,261
40,657
–
63,003
10.3
4.8
2.8
15.4
–
–
2.4
8.1
3.2
2.1
3.7
7.6
5.2
6.5
–
3.1
2,071
2,032
1,981
2,377
–
–
1,966
2,073
2,049
2,014
1,737
1,781
1,471
2,013
–
1,598
76,025
72,729
61,700
10.4
11.1
9.2
1,706
1,755
1,588
–
74,881
81,174
–
16.8
6.7
–
1,687
1,567
68,266
71,445
53,239
14.6
14.5
7.2
1,599
1,795
1,597
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Architects ................................
Aerospace engineers ..............
Metallurgical and materials
engineers ..........................
Petroleum engineers ..............
Chemical engineers ................
Nuclear engineers ..................
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers ................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Surveyors and mapping
scientists ...........................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Actuaries .................................
Statisticians ............................
Natural scientists ........................
Physicists and astronomers ....
Chemists, except biochemists
Atmospheric and space
scientists ...........................
Geologists and geodesists .....
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........
Agricultural and food scientists
Biological and life scientists ....
Forestry and conservation
scientists ...........................
Medical scientists ...................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Dentists ...................................
Optometrists ...........................
Registered nurses ..................
Pharmacists ............................
Dietitians .................................
Respiratory therapists .............
Occupational therapists ..........
Physical therapists ..................
Speech therapists ...................
Therapists, n.e.c. ....................
Physicians’ assistants .............
Teachers, college and university
Earth, environmental, and
marine science teachers ...
Biological science teachers ....
Chemistry teachers .................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
–
–
–
White Collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university
–Continued
Physics teachers ....................
Natural science teachers,
n.e.c. .................................
Psychology teachers ..............
Economics teachers ...............
History teachers ......................
Political science teachers .......
Sociology teachers .................
Social science teachers, n.e.c.
Engineering teachers ..............
Mathematical science
teachers ............................
Computer science teachers ....
Medical science teachers .......
Health specialities teachers ....
Business, commerce and
marketing teachers ...........
Agriculture and forestry
teachers ............................
Art, drama and music teachers
Physical education teachers ...
Education teachers .................
English teachers .....................
Foreign language teachers .....
Law teachers ..........................
Theology teachers ..................
Trade and industrial 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 ................................
Archivists and curators ...........
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Economists .............................
Psychologists ..........................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ...........
Urban planners .......................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Recreation workers .................
Clergy .....................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ........
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
$73,085
8.9
1,465
$83,106
7.5
1,599
54,403
60,225
96,273
58,295
57,103
53,350
61,198
95,429
11.9
11.5
11.0
10.1
10.5
8.7
8.2
6.3
1,452
1,618
1,560
1,615
1,586
1,647
1,560
1,773
–
64,559
62,737
49,284
64,200
58,157
60,309
86,407
–
11.2
10.1
8.1
16.5
11.8
10.1
12.2
–
1,491
1,286
1,655
1,768
1,702
1,549
1,556
$53,494
57,378
–
65,012
53,551
47,943
61,710
100,512
13.3
16.6
–
10.1
13.3
10.6
12.2
7.2
1,453
1,703
–
1,585
1,495
1,585
1,566
1,895
60,905
60,713
106,932
69,064
6.0
13.6
7.3
8.6
1,535
1,578
2,207
1,675
55,506
49,868
108,171
90,576
7.4
9.5
12.9
10.5
1,470
1,822
2,002
1,830
63,381
64,137
106,216
62,133
7.4
12.4
9.2
10.4
1,564
1,501
2,325
1,626
66,028
10.9
1,551
73,691
10.4
1,582
60,597
14.7
1,528
60,729
50,371
60,710
62,290
66,196
50,608
83,367
58,616
48,725
15.5
7.2
14.9
9.4
8.3
15.3
11.3
13.6
6.3
1,527
1,530
1,515
1,567
1,522
1,602
1,612
1,413
1,650
–
51,916
52,352
67,132
55,553
62,880
86,813
69,555
34,766
–
5.4
8.3
17.6
6.6
7.4
13.7
21.0
8.3
–
1,591
1,611
1,587
1,553
1,507
1,659
1,444
2,196
61,213
49,205
69,763
58,674
71,474
42,956
–
50,988
51,727
18.5
12.5
22.5
7.2
8.9
20.6
–
8.5
5.0
1,557
1,484
1,412
1,551
1,506
1,662
–
1,392
1,533
42,494
1.1
1,441
30,545
3.5
1,715
44,242
1.0
1,402
30,077
42,790
43,907
44,794
43,107
14,498
7.0
1.3
1.4
2.7
3.8
13.6
1,669
1,388
1,417
1,406
1,504
1,219
21,179
29,522
40,609
37,188
36,254
–
3.9
5.3
3.3
4.4
4.8
–
1,852
1,471
1,459
1,615
1,917
–
41,240
43,879
44,108
46,070
44,622
14,498
2.9
1.1
1.5
2.5
3.7
13.6
1,439
1,381
1,414
1,371
1,413
1,219
45,081
4.7
1,658
32,171
4.8
2,002
49,132
3.7
1,550
45,704
46,658
40,492
2.1
3.3
10.2
1,810
1,771
2,023
45,990
48,475
40,767
5.6
5.8
12.0
1,960
1,930
2,022
45,531
45,869
39,477
3.7
3.9
16.8
1,719
1,702
2,029
53,431
59,181
51,904
44,854
53,114
3.9
3.9
4.9
14.7
5.1
1,936
2,127
1,799
2,009
2,049
55,781
59,429
51,132
48,595
–
4.6
4.1
9.0
16.3
–
2,076
2,128
2,015
1,970
–
50,763
–
52,368
39,448
52,860
5.6
–
4.5
29.0
5.3
1,777
–
1,670
2,064
2,052
34,620
34,675
30,419
40,679
38,825
94,330
93,804
5.5
5.8
5.7
17.0
6.4
4.7
4.9
2,009
2,013
1,805
2,338
2,015
2,123
2,126
31,488
31,412
23,867
40,679
38,825
104,263
104,263
6.7
7.1
10.3
17.0
6.4
6.5
6.5
2,010
2,018
1,572
2,338
2,015
2,179
2,179
38,767
38,863
36,975
–
–
74,200
69,527
2.2
2.3
5.9
–
–
7.1
7.9
2,008
2,007
2,039
–
–
2,011
2,004
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
–
–
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
White Collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Lawyers and judges –Continued
Judges ....................................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Technical writers .....................
Designers ...............................
Musicians and composers ......
Actors and directors ................
Painters, sculptors, craft
artists, and artist
print-Makers ......................
Photographers ........................
Artists, performers, and
related workers, n.e.c. ......
Editors and reporters ..............
Public relations specialists ......
Athletes ...................................
Professional, n.e.c. .................
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Dental hygienists ....................
Health record technologists
and technicians .................
Radiological technicians .........
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Industrial engineering
technicians ........................
Mechanical engineering
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Drafters ...................................
Surveying and mapping
technicians ........................
Biological technicians .............
Chemical technicians ..............
Science technicians, n.e.c. .....
Airplane pilots and navigators
Broadcast equipment
operators ..........................
Computer programmers .........
Tool programmers, numerical
control ...............................
Legal assistants ......................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Legislators ..............................
$106,336
7.7
2,058
$106,336
7.7
2,058
49,107
55,333
47,293
46,387
57,390
3.7
8.3
5.4
34.0
10.8
2,023
2,100
2,070
1,424
2,100
$48,108
55,324
47,369
46,628
57,390
3.7
8.3
5.5
34.5
10.8
2,026
2,100
2,070
1,424
2,100
60,070
–
41,260
–
–
20.6
–
9.9
–
–
1,990
–
2,050
–
–
40,327
34,136
8.1
11.6
2,048
2,072
40,282
33,824
8.3
12.4
2,050
2,071
41,242
–
14.0
–
2,012
–
29,528
45,957
51,677
58,106
60,958
41,010
9.1
5.5
9.7
26.1
6.8
1.5
1,975
2,049
2,022
1,869
2,020
2,025
30,193
46,116
51,637
38,345
63,311
41,898
9.2
5.7
12.0
5.0
7.4
1.8
2,080
2,050
2,022
1,754
2,045
2,022
26,483
40,297
51,852
89,684
50,508
35,471
7.5
10.1
8.9
10.3
8.4
2.2
1,492
2,041
2,026
2,051
1,911
2,038
34,785
56,354
4.2
6.0
2,018
1,890
34,675
57,403
5.0
5.3
2,012
1,880
35,498
–
9.9
–
2,057
–
27,110
45,665
31,413
15.6
4.2
1.4
2,072
2,055
2,023
26,927
46,177
31,684
16.7
4.3
1.5
2,072
2,053
2,020
29,849
40,341
30,238
12.9
4.7
2.7
2,074
2,073
2,037
32,043
2.4
2,046
31,863
2.8
2,039
32,752
3.4
2,074
40,324
5.5
2,074
40,449
5.3
2,076
37,890
12.7
2,041
46,109
4.2
2,092
46,519
4.1
2,093
–
–
–
47,011
44,049
39,871
4.0
3.1
3.1
2,095
2,063
2,095
47,535
46,132
39,719
3.9
4.4
3.3
2,096
2,070
2,096
–
37,895
42,077
–
3.8
5.3
–
2,043
2,071
34,354
34,743
42,140
41,326
129,163
5.0
4.4
6.7
8.8
5.9
2,109
2,057
2,070
2,027
1,158
33,649
35,447
42,140
43,555
129,893
6.2
4.9
6.9
8.4
5.9
2,126
2,055
2,071
2,077
1,150
37,433
31,716
42,145
30,287
–
7.7
8.1
4.5
8.4
–
2,034
2,061
2,040
1,779
–
40,599
51,589
10.9
4.8
2,068
2,073
38,701
52,133
12.1
5.3
2,080
2,075
48,085
46,746
9.4
5.2
2,022
2,059
43,223
35,927
41,016
5.7
5.9
4.2
2,080
1,997
2,063
43,223
35,962
41,782
5.7
6.6
4.9
2,080
1,987
2,077
–
35,727
37,758
–
7.1
6.0
–
2,053
2,003
65,450
2.5
2,093
67,027
3.0
2,116
58,295
2.4
1,987
73,330
19,123
3.0
26.3
2,104
1,321
74,719
–
3.7
–
2,135
–
66,751
19,123
2.4
26.3
1,960
1,321
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
–
–
$88,337
3.5
2,065
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
White Collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and
managers –Continued
Chief executives and general
administrators, public
administration ...................
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, properties and real
estate ................................
Funeral directors .....................
Managers, service
organizations, n.e.c. .........
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Underwriters ...........................
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents & buyers,
farm products ....................
Buyers, wholesale and retail
trade, except farm
products ............................
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Construction inspectors ..........
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Insurance sales ......................
Real estate sales ....................
Securities and financial
services sales ...................
Advertising and related sales
Sales, other business services
Sales engineers ......................
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
$100,523
15.2
2,221
62,299
76,852
3.1
9.1
2,049
2,113
$97,192
76,402
20.9
9.6
2,029
2,121
61,552
82,714
2.8
18.7
2,050
2,001
69,185
67,675
11.2
4.7
2,139
2,106
68,402
67,907
12.3
4.4
2,153
2,110
76,696
65,785
6.2
21.7
1,997
2,073
90,942
9.2
2,129
91,033
9.2
2,129
69,768
21.2
2,120
67,989
3.9
1,926
55,300
7.4
2,096
72,560
4.2
1,865
70,122
4.3
2,073
70,276
4.1
2,087
69,487
14.4
2,018
41,341
3.8
2,186
42,355
4.0
2,251
32,491
10.1
1,617
45,374
56,189
8.7
7.7
2,056
2,448
44,933
56,189
9.5
7.7
2,057
2,448
50,879
–
7.9
–
2,038
–
58,145
8.8
2,068
58,607
9.4
2,072
51,989
5.5
2,013
78,411
51,782
48,270
45,742
65,863
58,407
5.0
1.7
2.6
7.8
6.4
4.8
2,142
2,073
2,068
1,908
2,076
2,081
79,163
53,402
49,326
45,742
67,045
61,632
5.1
2.0
3.1
7.8
6.4
4.1
2,147
2,084
2,075
1,908
2,082
2,087
63,814
44,939
43,397
–
51,066
46,113
8.0
1.9
3.2
–
5.8
8.1
2,039
2,029
2,039
–
1,993
2,058
49,527
2.8
2,130
50,457
3.3
2,155
45,321
4.2
2,016
53,172
20.5
2,057
56,530
21.0
2,055
–
–
–
48,362
8.6
2,070
48,422
8.7
2,071
–
–
–
49,867
48,388
6.0
4.2
2,083
2,072
52,786
49,311
4.3
10.3
2,086
2,102
35,870
48,006
9.5
3.9
2,067
2,060
45,524
49,304
2.7
1.6
2,068
2,058
52,365
49,699
5.3
2.0
2,149
2,068
41,346
47,588
2.4
3.1
2,018
2,013
35,342
41,422
45,199
39,583
2.1
5.1
8.9
8.1
2,093
2,150
2,094
2,039
35,407
41,449
45,193
39,366
2.1
5.1
8.9
8.5
2,094
2,150
2,094
2,041
25,348
35,667
–
–
8.1
9.3
–
–
1,871
2,076
–
–
89,986
43,493
47,618
83,895
12.0
8.6
9.0
20.4
2,068
2,011
2,128
2,225
89,986
43,486
47,615
83,895
12.0
8.6
9.0
20.4
2,068
2,011
2,128
2,225
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
50,901
5.1
2,109
50,901
5.1
2,109
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
White Collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, apparel ...........
Sales workers, shoes .............
Sales workers, furniture &
home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, hardware and
building supplies ...............
Sales workers, parts ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ...............
Cashiers .................................
Street and door to door sales
workers .............................
Sales support, n.e.c. ...............
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Supervisors, computer
equipment operators .........
Supervisors, financial records
processing ........................
Chief communications
operators ..........................
Supervisors, distribution,
scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ................................
Computer operators ................
Peripheral equipment
operators ..........................
Secretaries .............................
Stenographers ........................
Typists ....................................
Interviewers ............................
Hotel clerks .............................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ........
Correspondence clerks ...........
Order clerks ............................
Personnel clerks except
payroll & timekeeping .......
Library clerks ..........................
File clerks ...............................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
Billing clerks ............................
Cost and rate clerks ................
Billing, posting, & calculating
machine operators ............
Duplicating machine operators
Mail preparing & paper
handling machine
operators ..........................
$44,912
20,762
21,043
4.7
4.6
9.1
2,371
1,965
2,069
$44,912
20,762
21,043
4.7
4.6
9.1
2,371
1,965
2,069
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32,961
8.8
2,156
32,961
8.8
2,156
–
–
–
30,791
29,970
5.6
5.0
2,136
2,118
30,791
29,970
5.6
5.0
2,136
2,118
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,413
21,090
17,980
6.4
9.9
2.0
2,048
2,039
2,027
28,433
21,080
17,884
6.4
9.9
2.0
2,048
2,039
2,033
–
–
8.4
–
–
1,806
37,661
32,296
29.1
9.3
2,076
2,089
37,661
32,291
29.1
9.4
2,076
2,089
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,550
36,826
.5
3.1
2,012
2,053
27,885
36,780
.6
3.5
2,044
2,054
26,123
37,033
1.3
2.6
1,876
2,047
39,761
9.7
2,080
37,869
14.4
2,093
–
–
–
39,922
2.3
2,024
39,951
2.4
2,028
39,410
7.1
1,963
42,834
6.5
2,080
45,448
11.7
2,080
41,873
7.7
2,080
41,897
32,436
4.0
2.5
2,097
2,034
42,429
33,185
4.7
2.2
2,110
2,047
39,998
30,710
10.0
7.5
2,051
2,004
28,848
29,582
34,276
27,601
24,554
17,987
10.2
1.2
5.1
1.9
3.6
2.7
2,051
1,992
2,021
1,944
2,052
2,036
28,946
30,046
32,554
28,715
24,777
17,982
12.1
1.5
7.9
4.6
4.0
2.7
2,064
2,013
2,068
2,000
2,062
2,036
–
28,299
37,081
26,765
23,371
–
–
3.2
9.5
2.2
9.1
–
–
1,935
1,943
1,902
1,998
–
28,036
22,456
25,576
27,148
27,840
5.9
1.9
2.8
2.1
1.8
2,050
2,040
2,059
2,080
2,056
27,677
22,468
25,271
27,322
27,796
6.0
2.0
3.0
2.2
1.8
2,050
2,040
2,061
2,080
2,056
–
22,070
30,973
–
31,682
–
4.9
5.0
–
11.0
–
2,026
2,026
–
2,080
30,373
21,945
20,754
26,448
3.7
3.7
2.5
2.3
2,059
1,782
2,057
2,032
31,230
24,737
20,721
26,512
3.0
6.1
2.6
2.6
2,076
1,952
2,058
2,053
27,565
21,308
21,296
26,205
10.2
4.3
6.7
3.7
2,004
1,744
2,037
1,953
28,270
31,572
25,075
30,835
1.6
2.5
3.6
23.2
2,045
2,057
2,066
2,090
28,163
31,261
24,984
30,835
1.8
2.7
3.8
23.2
2,049
2,062
2,066
2,090
29,111
34,085
27,140
–
2.3
4.3
8.3
–
2,016
2,023
2,080
–
26,471
23,060
5.8
6.8
2,008
2,028
26,504
23,489
5.8
4.4
2,007
2,007
–
22,419
–
13.6
–
2,059
23,504
6.3
2,060
23,504
6.3
2,060
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
77
–
–
$21,791
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
–
$25,408
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
White Collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
Office machine operators,
n.e.c. .................................
Telephone operators ..............
Communications equipment
operators, n.e.c. ................
Mail clerks except postal
service ..............................
Messengers ............................
Dispatchers .............................
Production coordinators ..........
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Meter readers .........................
Weighers, measurers,
checkers, and samplers ....
Expeditors ...............................
Material recording, scheduling,
and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. .................................
Insurance adjusters,
examiners, & investigators
Investigators and adjusters
except insurance ..............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare
Bill and account collectors ......
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Proofreaders ...........................
Data entry keyers ...................
Statistical clerks ......................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue Collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Automobile mechanic
apprentices .......................
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
Aircraft engine mechanics ......
Small engine repairs ...............
Automobile body and related
repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics except
engine ...............................
Heavy equipment mechanics
Farm equipment mechanics ...
Industrial machinery repairers
Machinery maintenance .........
Electronic repairers,
communications and
industrial equipment .........
$21,396
26,696
5.4
3.8
2,077
2,027
$21,135
26,793
5.7
3.9
2,077
2,026
–
6.3
–
2,050
23,221
12.9
2,010
22,820
15.6
2,074
–
–
–
23,958
20,513
32,185
35,829
6.1
10.4
3.8
3.3
2,032
2,050
2,078
2,075
24,327
19,625
31,517
35,754
6.4
8.0
3.2
3.3
2,030
2,066
2,086
2,075
20,119
26,517
32,950
43,759
12.8
16.4
7.2
18.7
2,058
1,937
2,070
2,061
26,461
26,144
33,978
3.0
2.2
4.6
2,072
2,068
2,080
26,429
26,086
34,435
3.0
2.4
6.1
2,072
2,073
2,080
29,054
26,637
32,842
6.3
4.5
6.7
2,009
2,028
2,079
31,209
31,265
7.8
3.2
2,072
2,062
31,163
31,077
7.8
3.1
2,072
2,064
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,601
9.5
2,064
27,498
9.7
2,064
33,640
8.2
2,045
38,702
8.2
2,019
38,784
8.3
2,019
32,069
7.0
2,080
30,555
30,169
27,630
25,995
20,714
29,846
24,894
27,866
14,229
28,400
2.4
2.8
4.1
1.1
1.7
16.9
2.3
4.3
1.6
1.3
2,063
2,015
2,053
2,030
2,039
2,067
2,045
2,060
1,371
2,031
30,414
24,886
27,336
25,813
20,714
24,901
24,872
28,580
16,069
28,339
2.4
2.9
4.3
1.3
1.7
10.9
2.8
5.2
3.6
1.6
2,062
2,021
2,053
2,042
2,039
2,063
2,052
2,060
1,652
2,041
36,931
32,359
32,201
26,446
–
–
24,993
23,532
14,097
28,651
4.9
2.9
3.9
1.7
–
–
3.0
11.8
1.7
2.8
2,080
2,013
2,059
1,999
–
–
2,012
2,061
1,351
1,989
30,642
.9
2,064
30,455
1.0
2,068
33,712
1.3
2,003
37,767
1.1
2,068
37,669
1.2
2,069
39,046
1.9
2,064
48,417
36,271
3.1
3.9
2,130
2,095
48,496
35,801
3.5
4.0
2,137
2,098
47,745
40,726
4.4
9.9
2,066
2,067
25,428
5.4
2,104
25,158
5.6
2,105
–
–
–
34,810
52,378
28,260
3.2
5.3
4.4
2,097
2,080
2,078
34,401
52,393
28,166
3.6
5.3
4.3
2,102
2,080
2,078
37,685
–
–
3.6
–
–
2,064
–
–
36,905
9.3
2,093
36,881
9.4
2,093
–
–
–
52,005
39,016
30,446
39,737
31,938
6.7
4.6
6.0
2.2
5.1
2,080
2,070
2,130
2,069
2,056
52,005
39,014
30,490
39,666
31,998
6.7
5.2
6.1
2.3
5.3
2,080
2,069
2,130
2,069
2,058
–
39,022
–
45,049
30,536
–
5.7
–
8.4
12.4
–
2,078
–
2,077
2,012
40,844
4.1
2,077
40,781
4.2
2,077
42,101
7.9
2,074
See footnotes at end of table.
78
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
Blue Collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Data processing equipment
repairers ...........................
Household appliance and
power tool repairers ..........
Telephone line installers and
repairers ...........................
Telephone installers and
repairers ...........................
Heating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration mechanics ....
Camera, watch, & musical
instrument repairers ..........
Locksmiths and safe repairers
Office machine repairers ........
Mechanical controls and valve
repairers ...........................
Elevator installers and
repairers ...........................
Millwrights ...............................
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, brickmasons,
stonemasons, and
tilesetters ..........................
Supervisors, carpenters and
related workers .................
Supervisors, electricians and
power transmission
installers ...........................
Supervisors, painters,
paperhangers and
plasterers ..........................
Supervisors, plumbers,
pipefitters, and
steamfitters .......................
Supervisors, construction
trades, n.e.c. .....................
Brickmasons and
stonemasons ....................
Tile setters, hard and soft .......
Carpet installers ......................
Carpenters ..............................
Carpenter apprentices ............
Drywall installers .....................
Electricians .............................
Electrician apprentices ...........
Electrical power installers and
repairers ...........................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .....................
Plasterers ...............................
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters .......................
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters apprentices ...
Concrete and terrazzo
finishers ............................
Glaziers ..................................
Insulation workers ...................
$32,105
15.9
2,057
$32,022
16.6
2,066
–
–
–
31,035
7.5
2,044
31,035
7.5
2,044
–
–
–
48,583
3.8
2,080
48,869
3.7
2,080
–
–
–
47,332
2.4
2,080
47,302
2.6
2,080
–
–
–
33,760
3.1
2,067
33,622
3.8
2,069
5.4
2,047
30,885
31,278
30,202
24.0
9.0
8.6
2,080
2,137
2,076
30,885
29,578
30,190
24.0
7.6
8.6
2,080
2,149
2,076
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
43,675
5.0
2,080
43,551
6.3
2,080
44,073
5.0
2,080
74,475
45,230
9.6
5.6
2,080
2,080
74,914
45,236
9.6
5.6
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
32,572
3.3
2,052
32,515
3.8
2,051
32,921
3.1
2,055
43,656
17.5
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
52,081
5.8
2,089
52,393
5.9
2,090
–
–
–
55,543
4.8
2,079
56,380
4.8
2,079
49,343
10.1
2,078
42,362
14.2
2,126
42,229
14.4
2,126
–
–
–
52,125
4.2
2,066
51,024
5.9
2,062
56,025
12.2
2,081
43,751
3.5
2,068
43,794
4.1
2,066
43,581
6.6
2,077
40,018
46,533
39,354
37,721
36,193
42,998
46,130
30,772
7.5
14.2
12.3
3.3
13.6
10.2
3.4
4.0
2,009
2,071
2,052
2,065
2,080
2,072
2,066
2,074
40,053
46,533
39,354
37,601
36,193
42,998
46,533
30,653
7.5
14.2
12.3
3.5
13.6
10.2
3.8
4.1
2,008
2,071
2,052
2,066
2,080
2,072
2,066
2,074
–
–
–
39,631
–
–
42,471
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
2,052
–
–
2,070
–
50,541
3.8
2,080
50,766
4.5
2,080
49,255
5.8
2,080
27,408
30,810
6.3
12.6
2,007
2,046
26,649
–
5.7
–
2,003
–
37,497
–
7.6
–
2,060
–
43,441
3.5
2,041
43,793
3.8
2,040
38,654
7.5
2,056
37,534
13.2
2,052
37,573
13.4
2,052
–
–
–
35,727
35,187
29,450
10.2
5.5
5.7
1,946
2,080
2,045
36,008
32,900
29,414
10.4
6.5
5.8
1,940
2,080
2,045
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
79
$34,741
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
$28,425
–
–
–
31,370
–
–
–
–
43,203
–
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
Blue Collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Paving, surfacing, and
tamping equipment
operators ..........................
Roofers ...................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ......
Structural metal workers .........
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Supervisors, extractive ...........
Drillers, oil well ........................
Mining machine operators ......
Mining, n.e.c. ..........................
Supervisors, production ..........
Tool and die makers ...............
Tool and die maker
apprentices .......................
Precision assemblers, metal ...
Machinists ...............................
Machinist apprentices .............
Precision grinders, filers, and
tool sharpeners .................
Patternmakers and
modelmakers, metal .........
Layout workers .......................
Precious stones and metals
workers .............................
Engravers, metal ....................
Sheet metal workers ...............
Sheet metal worker
apprentices .......................
Cabinet makers and bench
carpenters .........................
Furniture and wood finishers ..
Tailors .....................................
Upholsterers ...........................
Hand molders and shapers
except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout
workers, and cutters .........
Dental laboratory and medical
appliance technicians .......
Bookbinders ............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Miscellaneous precision
workers, n.e.c. ..................
Precision food production .......
Butchers and meat cutters ......
Bakers ....................................
Food batchmakers ..................
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Precision inspectors, testers,
and related workers, n.e.c.
Adjusters and calibrators ........
Water and sewer treatment
plant operators ..................
Power plant operators ............
Stationary engineers ...............
$29,252
28,704
42,715
36,516
30,889
50,790
41,619
32,254
49,077
43,473
45,486
21.1
12.5
14.6
5.5
4.0
10.2
18.2
9.7
19.5
3.1
2.1
1,831
1,955
2,080
2,073
1,961
2,154
2,080
2,080
2,429
2,104
2,082
$29,365
28,704
42,715
35,794
30,710
50,790
41,619
32,254
49,077
43,479
45,516
23.9
12.5
14.6
5.8
5.3
10.2
18.2
9.7
19.5
3.2
2.1
1,797
1,955
2,080
2,072
1,920
2,154
2,080
2,080
2,429
2,104
2,082
2.6
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
13.9
–
2,080
–
–
–
2,070
–
–
–
–
2,079
–
27,819
39,975
38,527
30,148
12.1
4.1
4.9
3.7
2,071
2,080
2,079
2,080
27,819
39,975
38,447
30,148
12.1
4.1
5.0
3.7
2,071
2,080
2,078
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35,198
6.6
2,067
35,198
6.6
2,067
–
–
–
43,339
35,536
11.8
14.5
2,079
2,080
43,339
35,536
11.8
14.5
2,079
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,296
35,667
34,113
16.9
19.9
9.0
2,068
2,080
1,999
26,296
35,667
34,113
16.9
19.9
9.0
2,068
2,080
1,999
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,814
18.6
2,035
28,814
18.6
2,035
–
–
–
24,770
26,222
30,172
32,936
7.1
6.8
10.0
13.7
2,078
2,080
2,050
2,079
24,653
26,222
30,172
32,936
7.2
6.8
10.0
13.7
2,078
2,080
2,050
2,079
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36,531
5.3
2,080
36,531
5.3
2,080
–
–
–
34,416
6.9
2,080
34,436
6.9
2,080
–
–
–
30,620
35,540
3.4
14.9
2,055
2,070
30,202
35,540
3.4
14.9
2,053
2,070
–
–
–
–
–
–
25,638
3.9
2,075
25,638
3.9
2,075
–
–
–
31,249
26,842
23,445
23,348
24,403
8.6
10.1
3.9
3.9
11.0
2,071
2,074
2,062
2,030
2,088
31,238
26,842
23,445
23,666
24,403
8.6
10.1
3.9
4.2
11.0
2,071
2,074
2,062
2,054
2,088
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37,544
2.9
2,096
37,218
3.0
2,098
44,186
7.6
2,063
45,456
28,147
7.3
7.3
2,080
1,913
45,456
28,147
7.3
7.3
2,080
1,913
–
–
–
–
–
–
35,884
53,238
45,358
3.4
3.0
4.5
2,079
2,078
2,070
30,384
53,525
45,116
14.0
3.5
5.3
2,080
2,080
2,076
37,344
51,358
45,777
2.8
7.6
8.9
2,079
2,066
2,060
See footnotes at end of table.
80
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
Blue Collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Miscellaneous plant and
system operators, n.e.c. ...
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Lathe and turning machine
set-up operators ...............
Lathe and turning machine
operators ..........................
Milling and planing machine
operators ..........................
Punching and stamping press
operators ..........................
Rolling machine operators ......
Drilling and boring machine
operators ..........................
Grinding, abrading, buffing,
and polishing machine
operators ..........................
Forging machine operators .....
Numerical control machine
operators ..........................
Fabricating machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Metal plating machine
operators ..........................
Heat treating equipment
operators ..........................
Wood lathe, routing, & planing
machine operators ............
Sawing machine operators .....
Shaping and jointing machine
operators ..........................
Nailing and tacking machine
operators ..........................
Printing press operators .........
Photoengravers and
lithographers .....................
Typesetters and compositors
Winding and twisting machine
operators ..........................
Knitting, looping, taping, and
weaving machine
operators ..........................
Textile cutting machine
operators ..........................
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Pressing machine operators ...
Laundering and dry cleaning
machine operators ............
Cementing and gluing
machine operators ............
Packaging and filling machine
operators ..........................
Extruding and forming
machine operators ............
$45,630
3.1
2,038
$45,879
3.1
2,037
$34,155
6.2
2,080
26,982
1.4
2,069
26,957
1.4
2,069
32,717
10.2
2,023
33,416
5.4
2,080
33,416
5.4
2,080
–
–
–
31,206
5.9
2,080
31,206
5.9
2,080
–
–
–
27,133
5.2
2,080
27,133
5.2
2,080
–
–
–
26,537
31,992
7.8
11.8
2,078
2,080
26,537
31,992
7.8
11.8
2,078
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
24,581
11.1
2,080
24,581
11.1
2,080
–
–
–
27,449
28,445
3.4
7.7
2,078
2,069
27,449
28,445
3.4
7.7
2,078
2,069
–
–
–
–
–
–
30,449
4.5
2,080
30,449
4.5
2,080
–
–
–
30,366
3.9
2,075
30,366
3.9
2,075
–
–
–
25,549
3.5
2,061
25,549
3.5
2,061
–
–
–
28,342
7.0
2,060
28,342
7.0
2,060
–
–
–
32,647
7.5
2,078
32,647
7.5
2,078
–
–
–
24,426
24,856
6.3
4.3
2,074
2,072
24,426
24,856
6.3
4.3
2,074
2,072
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,366
5.3
2,079
26,366
5.3
2,079
–
–
–
21,594
32,548
5.5
3.4
1,988
2,053
21,594
32,581
5.5
3.5
1,988
2,052
–
29,485
–
7.5
–
2,080
34,522
30,538
4.3
8.4
2,051
2,009
34,522
29,182
4.3
7.9
2,051
2,020
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,812
10.0
2,071
26,812
10.0
2,071
–
–
–
25,595
8.7
2,072
25,595
8.7
2,072
–
–
–
20,162
6.3
2,020
20,162
6.3
2,020
–
–
–
18,311
18,624
6.0
4.1
2,054
2,051
18,311
18,624
6.0
4.1
2,054
2,051
–
–
–
–
–
–
17,391
4.4
2,035
17,252
4.7
2,039
20,047
8.7
1,955
24,774
8.3
2,080
24,774
8.3
2,080
–
–
–
25,977
3.9
2,073
25,977
3.9
2,073
–
–
–
26,113
5.7
2,044
26,113
5.7
2,044
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
81
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
Blue Collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors –Continued
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Separating, filtering, and
clarifying machine
operators ..........................
Compressing and compacting
machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying
machine operators ............
Roasting and baking machine
operators, food .................
Washing, cleaning, and
pickling machine operators
Folding machine operators .....
Furnace, kiln, and oven
operators, except food ......
Crushing and grinding
machine operators ............
Slicing and cutting machine
operators ..........................
Photographic process
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Solders and braziers ...............
Assemblers .............................
Hand cutting and trimming ......
Hand molding, casting, and
forming ..............................
Hand painting, coating, and
decorating .........................
Hand engraving and printing ..
Miscellaneous hand working,
n.e.c. .................................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Production testers ...................
Production samplers and
weighers ...........................
Graders and sorters except
agricultural ........................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ...........
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle
operators ..........................
Truck drivers ...........................
Driver-sales workers ...............
Bus drivers ..............................
Taxicab drivers and
chauffeurs .........................
Parking lot attendants .............
Motor transportation, n.e.c. .....
Railroad conductors and
yardmasters ......................
Locomotive operating .............
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ..
$30,579
4.6
2,057
$30,579
4.6
2,057
–
–
–
39,257
3.6
2,069
39,284
3.6
2,069
–
–
–
23,915
2.4
2,099
23,915
2.4
2,099
–
–
–
31,410
6.0
2,080
31,399
6.0
2,080
–
–
–
23,729
9.5
2,080
23,729
9.5
2,080
–
–
–
27,488
27,175
10.2
7.7
2,080
2,079
27,488
27,175
10.2
7.7
2,080
2,079
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,476
6.2
2,077
28,248
6.3
2,078
1.7
2,036
26,786
4.5
2,068
26,786
4.5
2,068
–
–
–
27,296
4.6
2,073
27,296
4.6
2,073
–
–
–
24,610
4.7
2,067
24,623
4.7
2,067
–
–
–
27,976
32,253
21,526
27,003
20,531
2.7
2.5
9.8
3.2
12.6
2,068
2,078
2,079
2,075
2,076
27,940
31,912
21,526
27,003
20,531
2.7
2.4
9.8
3.2
12.6
2,068
2,078
2,079
2,075
2,076
37,940
42,983
–
–
–
15.5
8.4
–
–
–
2,042
2,080
–
–
–
22,700
7.4
2,080
22,700
7.4
2,080
–
–
–
23,544
34,993
6.4
22.1
2,078
1,956
23,590
34,993
6.4
22.1
2,078
1,956
–
–
–
–
–
–
23,011
6.1
2,058
23,011
6.1
2,058
–
–
–
27,335
27,532
4.1
4.7
2,070
2,076
27,336
27,532
4.1
4.7
2,070
2,076
–
–
–
–
–
–
24,066
6.3
2,070
24,066
6.3
2,070
–
–
–
20,733
21,726
7.5
10.0
2,077
2,071
20,733
21,726
7.5
10.0
2,077
2,071
–
–
–
–
–
–
30,528
1.8
2,078
30,609
2.0
2,103
29,883
2.0
1,879
40,879
30,860
29,762
24,672
5.1
2.5
5.6
3.5
2,203
2,151
2,121
1,618
42,334
30,763
29,741
21,951
3.0
2.6
5.6
7.6
2,255
2,155
2,121
1,654
36,923
33,108
–
26,161
14.4
7.1
–
3.0
2,063
2,063
–
1,598
17,270
18,088
20,562
7.2
8.3
9.7
2,055
2,077
2,007
17,283
18,041
18,564
7.3
8.5
8.5
2,055
2,077
2,003
16,764
–
33,172
16.8
–
5.6
2,032
–
2,034
72,563
66,401
51,131
4.7
10.3
7.4
2,080
2,013
2,080
72,781
–
–
4.8
–
–
2,080
–
–
–
47,518
–
–
3.9
–
–
2,080
–
See footnotes at end of table.
82
$35,309
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
$43,387
26,912
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
14.4
4.9
2,293
2,382
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$27,610
3.0
2,079
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
Blue Collar –Continued
Transportation and material
moving –Continued
Ship captains and mates
except fishing boats ..........
Sailors and deckhands ...........
Bridge, lock and lighthouse
tenders ..............................
Supervisors, material moving
equipment .........................
Operating engineers ...............
Hoist and winch operators ......
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 .................
Nursery workers .....................
Supervisors,
agriculture-Related
workers .............................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners except farm ......
Animal caretakers except farm
Inspectors, agricultural
products ............................
Supervisors, handlers,
equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ..................
Helpers, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ...
Helpers, extractive ..................
Construction laborers .............
Production helpers ..................
Garbage collectors .................
Stevedores .............................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Machine feeders and
offbearers .........................
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 .......................
$44,093
28,765
13.9
4.2
2,284
2,320
28,048
2.7
2,079
–
41,279
37,079
27,098
35,310
5.9
6.0
12.7
5.1
2,113
1,887
2,080
2,080
41,430
40,260
27,098
35,129
5.9
4.1
12.7
5.1
2,117
1,787
2,080
2,080
37,978
31,006
–
–
7.5
8.7
–
–
2,032
2,078
–
–
32,539
6.1
2,057
32,633
6.6
2,055
31,959
11.0
2,071
30,808
4.4
2,069
33,146
6.2
2,063
27,444
4.2
2,077
28,121
2.6
2,063
28,192
2.6
2,065
24,479
3.7
1,972
32,946
4.4
2,070
33,105
5.0
2,073
32,133
5.3
2,053
23,342
18,890
1.4
7.0
2,039
2,044
22,986
19,051
1.4
7.3
2,038
2,043
28,616
–
2.5
–
2,050
–
37,921
6.4
2,085
37,070
8.1
2,087
40,568
6.5
2,080
22,624
21,401
3.3
9.2
1,970
1,946
20,579
18,341
3.7
6.4
1,951
1,924
26,658
30,773
4.8
13.8
2,008
2,012
20,792
16.6
2,066
20,792
16.6
2,066
–
–
–
37,633
7.6
2,050
37,582
8.7
2,046
38,042
5.9
2,079
24,296
22,807
21,677
25,762
20,802
30,875
37,187
22,525
4.8
3.2
18.2
4.0
3.6
7.3
19.0
1.9
2,059
2,022
1,951
1,992
2,072
2,117
2,080
2,055
23,334
22,652
21,677
25,730
20,807
28,799
37,147
22,504
4.6
3.3
18.2
4.5
3.6
7.9
19.5
1.9
2,063
2,020
1,951
1,986
2,073
2,142
2,080
2,056
30,416
27,973
–
26,055
18,789
34,185
–
26,976
7.2
6.4
–
5.2
21.1
12.3
–
7.9
2,035
2,080
–
2,046
1,512
2,077
–
1,970
21,726
3.1
2,067
21,754
3.1
2,067
–
–
–
25,743
5.2
2,065
25,738
5.2
2,065
26,186
11.6
2,080
20,426
7.5
2,049
20,259
7.7
2,048
26,183
6.1
2,080
20,728
19,184
3.3
4.2
2,052
2,027
20,654
19,184
3.4
4.2
2,052
2,027
28,775
–
5.9
–
2,059
–
22,334
2.3
2,038
21,788
2.5
2,034
27,414
3.9
2,078
22,645
36,583
1.7
2.2
1,994
2,096
19,116
21,842
1.3
4.2
1,989
2,018
33,564
43,511
1.4
2.3
2,008
2,133
See footnotes at end of table.
83
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Supervisors, firefighters and
fire prevention ...................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Supervisors, guards ................
Fire inspection and fire
prevention .........................
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 .............................
Dental assistants ....................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Pest control .............................
Personal service .........................
Supervisors, personal service
Hairdressers and
cosmetologists ..................
Attendants, amusement, and
recreation facilities ............
Guides ....................................
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
–
–
$62,367
4.9
2,546
–
5.7
–
1,994
60,101
51,028
3.0
8.7
2,085
2,061
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
$62,367
4.9
2,546
59,986
40,413
3.0
5.5
2,085
2,014
44,677
45,453
10.5
2.6
2,186
2,494
–
–
–
–
–
–
44,661
45,517
11.3
2.6
2,189
2,494
47,017
1.0
2,071
–
–
–
47,063
1.0
2,071
38,518
34,138
2.0
5.1
2,067
2,073
–
–
–
–
–
–
38,695
34,297
2.0
5.2
2,068
2,073
21,038
23,483
16,098
3.1
7.8
1.6
2,024
1,753
1,951
20,749
13,846
16,064
3.3
5.6
1.6
2,038
1,517
1,985
25,143
30,303
16,510
5.1
6.6
2.9
1,816
1,921
1,543
13,593
8,317
6.1
4.5
1,955
1,905
13,593
8,280
6.1
4.5
1,955
1,905
–
–
–
–
–
–
12,481
5.7
1,958
12,415
5.9
1,964
–
–
–
27,672
18,460
2.5
1.6
2,112
1,945
28,593
18,735
2.6
1.6
2,184
1,992
21,492
15,767
6.5
4.4
1,630
1,489
16,216
15,589
21,508
27,612
23,983
2.9
1.7
1.9
6.5
3.5
1,956
1,914
2,007
1,915
2,035
16,572
15,594
20,880
27,672
23,473
3.2
1.7
2.2
6.7
4.4
2,023
1,970
2,008
1,912
2,046
14,063
15,555
25,282
24,593
26,479
3.6
3.9
2.4
12.1
4.2
1,548
1,537
2,003
2,080
1,980
19,860
21,676
1.3
1.9
2,008
2,037
19,010
20,593
1.4
2.0
2,007
2,037
24,783
25,149
2.4
2.7
2,012
2,036
30,570
16,348
22,375
26,077
20,323
31,998
4.3
2.0
1.7
5.9
4.1
4.3
2,069
1,994
2,047
2,072
1,856
2,086
28,778
16,335
21,429
25,863
20,526
31,598
5.6
2.1
2.9
6.0
4.0
5.1
2,082
1,992
2,052
2,072
1,892
2,092
35,843
16,836
24,427
–
19,032
35,906
9.4
5.5
1.8
–
5.8
9.3
2,031
2,077
2,036
–
1,627
2,026
27,053
7.7
1,962
27,053
7.7
1,962
–
–
–
14,286
19,148
4.3
17.1
2,017
1,509
14,096
19,165
3.6
17.1
2,016
1,504
19,663
–
9.8
–
2,064
–
See footnotes at end of table.
84
–
$35,933
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Baggage porters and bellhops
Welfare service aides .............
Early childhood teachers’
assistants ..........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .......
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
$32,405
14,356
20,818
3.7
6.2
3.6
1,028
2,031
1,986
$32,917
14,356
20,485
3.4
6.2
4.0
992
2,031
1,999
$24,429
–
22,100
20.5
–
8.9
1,586
–
1,933
14,977
18,260
21,983
5.8
5.2
3.3
1,766
1,895
1,978
14,916
18,375
21,755
8.8
3.2
3.7
1,902
2,041
1,987
15,108
17,919
24,132
3.5
25.0
4.5
1,473
1,462
1,894
1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between
December 2001 and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in
National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the
BLS Internet site: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm or any of our published
bulletins.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A in National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States on the BLS
Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS
locality bulletins.
6 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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