National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the
United States, July 2003
Supplementary Tables
______________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner
August 2004
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 2003 …………………………………………………….
1
Table 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ….………………………………………….
10
Table 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ….………………………………………….
19
Table 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ……………………..………………………….….
24
Table 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ….………………………………………….
33
Table 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ….………………………………………….
42
Table 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 …....……………………………………………….
46
Table 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 …..………………………………………….
52
Table 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ….………………………………………….
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 2003 ….....………
60
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 2003 ….…………
73
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2003
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$17.75
18.02
0.9
1.0
$7.25
7.50
$9.70
10.00
$14.15
14.50
$21.96
22.40
$31.77
32.09
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
21.85
23.33
.7
.8
8.59
10.00
11.73
13.11
17.65
19.25
27.38
28.85
39.42
40.87
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 ....................................................
Marine engineers and naval architects ..........................
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 .......................................
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 .....................................
28.37
30.60
34.24
31.16
39.63
30.87
46.77
40.75
36.82
30.22
37.00
30.46
31.65
29.76
35.97
29.19
33.26
33.25
33.33
36.27
28.56
28.05
37.87
27.83
34.07
30.71
25.66
26.92
21.12
25.18
29.19
52.91
38.93
52.56
34.08
25.96
39.32
20.95
21.17
25.49
28.07
29.81
19.86
35.06
41.66
44.99
46.22
38.05
52.63
44.16
38.13
62.80
38.54
34.71
42.34
40.84
55.87
39.78
.8
.7
1.2
4.1
7.3
5.8
6.8
4.0
3.4
3.1
2.5
1.8
2.2
11.5
2.2
11.2
1.8
1.8
5.6
7.3
10.9
5.0
10.0
3.9
11.2
8.4
6.7
14.7
8.8
5.1
2.1
5.4
11.8
12.2
2.9
1.0
1.1
3.8
2.2
3.0
2.0
3.6
12.2
7.2
2.3
16.3
11.0
10.1
10.5
4.2
5.1
18.4
9.3
8.0
16.1
4.8
9.4
7.9
13.88
15.93
22.21
20.90
23.27
23.93
35.14
28.25
28.65
20.40
24.83
21.77
22.22
22.00
23.08
17.27
19.73
19.62
20.74
22.92
18.00
16.18
18.23
16.65
19.79
19.09
15.04
15.63
14.86
14.95
17.85
14.29
32.04
25.00
25.00
18.25
33.00
15.55
16.50
17.00
21.63
20.67
12.51
26.72
22.74
19.94
26.11
27.04
36.54
36.76
25.89
36.13
25.25
23.32
26.44
28.53
33.55
24.38
18.73
21.49
26.71
23.31
30.22
27.05
37.74
32.44
32.78
23.48
28.85
24.79
25.30
23.02
27.76
24.04
24.86
24.96
24.04
25.48
19.44
19.60
26.15
20.67
23.50
23.64
18.98
18.02
16.18
17.95
21.12
21.60
33.93
42.50
25.00
21.00
36.94
17.50
18.32
22.12
24.21
24.40
14.21
33.65
28.42
32.11
33.29
28.90
42.60
38.81
27.24
44.76
27.63
28.11
28.32
33.47
41.12
29.24
25.48
28.02
32.63
28.86
39.70
28.44
43.51
39.47
36.66
28.60
35.07
29.73
30.90
28.80
34.71
27.01
32.31
32.56
31.64
38.46
29.08
25.59
40.87
27.25
29.57
29.66
23.44
22.18
20.53
22.21
25.54
57.69
40.50
56.25
35.47
24.79
40.17
20.47
20.48
25.08
26.92
28.00
16.88
37.50
36.77
45.39
37.23
31.39
46.68
41.31
37.24
64.82
33.79
30.55
36.28
37.53
51.87
41.06
34.41
36.89
40.05
36.06
48.10
33.87
56.97
48.41
40.19
35.52
43.14
34.64
36.97
33.69
43.27
38.40
40.01
40.14
39.05
42.50
30.70
33.36
48.15
31.43
42.31
36.10
30.58
31.65
25.08
29.55
32.59
66.96
40.87
61.67
42.69
29.50
42.63
23.81
24.69
28.01
31.64
33.19
21.92
37.50
49.91
57.23
50.17
41.03
63.66
49.16
45.43
84.43
46.11
36.76
57.12
46.96
71.93
48.56
45.13
47.71
48.63
43.80
55.29
42.23
62.50
54.24
45.76
42.53
52.87
40.87
42.30
39.43
50.99
38.40
48.17
48.32
47.71
50.41
46.12
44.03
52.20
40.23
52.89
44.95
37.36
44.42
28.87
42.00
42.81
89.00
51.56
75.00
42.69
35.35
45.00
29.00
25.24
33.00
35.00
44.64
34.27
45.67
65.93
71.63
89.61
54.78
72.21
59.94
55.70
93.00
58.01
49.42
67.93
57.81
83.46
57.83
See footnotes at end of table.
1
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$38.01
51.55
43.73
42.15
41.18
36.08
34.05
39.96
42.27
32.52
56.34
29.29
40.55
29.62
40.36
30.09
18.10
31.74
31.88
32.90
30.06
12.48
26.63
25.93
26.01
25.24
28.68
31.37
28.67
24.58
26.04
18.09
18.25
16.06
17.11
18.18
46.50
46.11
56.65
12.7
7.8
8.2
13.3
23.2
7.0
9.3
8.5
8.5
20.3
13.7
19.0
6.5
9.5
3.5
1.1
7.1
1.1
1.4
3.5
2.5
4.1
5.2
4.4
4.8
7.0
5.6
7.6
7.4
12.8
4.8
2.1
2.3
7.2
8.7
9.7
4.7
4.9
12.8
$22.74
24.04
24.04
25.83
19.39
23.25
16.11
26.77
24.17
14.36
21.36
17.24
27.39
18.50
21.00
15.57
8.37
20.29
21.22
17.85
14.40
6.88
12.50
15.61
15.61
16.93
15.74
18.00
14.45
12.84
17.97
11.27
11.66
6.10
10.00
10.60
22.01
21.64
35.08
$29.46
32.77
26.36
29.39
22.83
25.33
23.43
30.83
30.28
16.92
30.00
22.95
29.81
21.02
27.49
22.31
10.00
23.99
24.84
23.96
20.41
9.29
15.87
19.43
19.23
20.48
19.18
22.58
18.25
18.71
20.96
13.64
13.72
11.22
12.46
14.42
30.20
29.46
46.06
$34.00
48.08
34.63
36.77
37.24
32.41
33.50
40.67
37.50
24.48
53.67
25.96
35.76
27.66
35.88
28.70
13.27
29.57
30.42
30.91
28.61
10.67
24.01
24.41
24.31
25.47
27.37
28.83
26.86
23.63
25.42
16.66
16.60
16.81
17.71
19.23
40.43
39.56
53.38
$51.24
64.15
49.54
54.54
54.40
44.08
44.50
46.51
60.58
43.00
74.78
28.35
48.08
36.86
48.78
36.67
24.73
37.71
37.06
40.39
37.23
15.67
33.88
30.80
31.27
30.80
33.03
35.53
33.49
31.25
30.91
21.08
21.24
20.58
19.48
19.23
60.10
60.09
75.39
$54.95
85.58
76.92
66.84
73.43
53.74
47.78
61.69
60.76
52.14
97.19
58.44
49.91
44.99
63.88
46.54
32.93
46.91
45.55
50.59
48.05
20.00
44.06
39.29
39.66
34.74
45.72
48.08
50.66
34.33
34.24
26.65
27.09
22.68
22.95
20.23
72.12
72.02
82.12
23.90
27.91
21.45
34.68
27.39
20.53
17.21
8.44
14.95
24.82
25.08
29.94
22.32
30.05
20.85
17.15
29.66
16.31
3.8
6.0
6.0
17.4
11.7
11.5
11.5
37.4
7.0
12.3
4.5
33.2
21.4
5.8
1.5
2.4
4.4
7.5
10.04
13.46
10.00
12.00
8.63
10.50
8.00
2.13
7.50
10.99
15.39
7.53
8.50
13.78
11.55
10.46
20.50
9.24
14.42
19.50
14.00
28.44
16.62
14.20
11.14
2.13
12.00
15.85
19.08
9.13
11.06
20.37
14.28
12.73
24.00
11.48
21.11
26.68
19.48
30.76
25.63
19.46
14.75
5.15
14.50
19.63
22.94
15.00
18.00
28.37
18.04
16.00
29.50
15.01
28.85
34.66
26.68
36.28
36.72
22.35
22.78
13.33
17.58
29.44
29.20
26.44
25.00
37.55
23.50
20.60
33.00
20.39
40.87
44.48
35.08
58.75
48.08
32.07
30.00
17.31
21.94
43.47
36.83
116.83
40.80
47.58
30.02
25.11
39.50
25.65
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$22.77
16.39
16.20
21.02
22.08
22.85
22.69
19.88
16.41
16.73
20.67
22.80
98.47
16.39
28.90
19.21
19.69
20.94
2.4
1.0
3.4
6.0
3.6
4.9
3.7
2.6
6.7
5.3
6.6
14.2
7.0
15.5
3.1
4.8
3.7
5.8
$15.68
12.49
10.00
12.12
16.32
15.00
13.52
12.00
10.25
10.82
14.40
13.04
19.00
7.00
16.50
15.22
11.75
10.78
$18.55
14.00
12.00
14.85
20.30
17.19
17.00
15.00
12.25
12.92
16.50
15.25
35.75
8.66
21.09
17.54
15.00
14.42
$22.42
16.03
14.90
20.45
20.47
23.08
21.34
18.81
15.80
16.83
19.89
18.56
95.45
13.83
26.89
18.00
20.19
19.09
$26.43
18.20
18.91
25.07
24.43
26.15
27.50
24.04
20.28
20.08
23.28
25.72
149.35
21.22
34.17
21.00
22.89
24.93
$30.44
20.68
23.14
29.99
30.10
31.79
34.00
28.95
23.20
23.78
28.12
29.38
188.71
31.69
43.00
24.27
27.47
30.77
32.20
35.92
15.77
2.3
2.7
18.6
15.99
16.42
3.46
20.43
22.56
4.79
27.43
31.15
9.33
37.68
43.31
27.38
52.89
57.21
31.22
42.70
30.92
42.05
32.87
29.93
43.66
35.37
35.16
19.79
20.02
21.30
28.80
37.01
25.93
24.35
27.68
32.94
28.30
23.30
27.90
10.8
3.5
14.5
8.3
6.2
8.9
4.1
4.4
5.4
5.2
17.5
9.5
3.0
1.8
2.0
6.4
7.0
4.5
2.6
18.2
28.22
18.73
19.23
17.31
17.73
22.21
17.35
19.86
11.71
8.65
15.00
14.10
16.64
15.50
15.58
16.66
15.38
17.40
15.39
15.68
28.85
23.06
23.40
21.62
20.31
28.77
24.52
24.87
14.27
13.00
15.63
17.00
23.56
18.72
18.55
19.18
20.05
20.91
18.10
17.13
43.19
28.84
30.03
26.92
28.85
38.59
35.31
31.92
17.75
18.17
18.10
24.79
32.31
23.13
22.79
23.70
25.24
26.73
21.82
27.16
48.08
35.17
43.66
41.58
38.97
57.12
44.35
41.30
21.42
26.16
30.19
31.25
45.80
29.49
28.51
31.50
33.82
32.83
27.10
32.69
57.97
44.26
62.71
55.49
43.16
72.12
52.50
57.69
30.29
33.44
30.19
43.55
57.70
36.78
33.86
43.27
50.00
41.47
33.64
56.59
25.08
24.55
21.93
23.60
3.8
6.7
6.9
4.1
16.54
14.60
16.15
15.43
19.00
18.27
18.27
18.26
22.60
23.48
22.09
23.50
28.86
30.60
25.44
27.39
37.63
33.65
27.02
32.31
22.44
24.93
3.0
1.9
15.91
15.00
18.35
18.27
20.58
23.08
25.41
28.85
30.35
36.41
15.05
19.34
22.80
23.15
47.25
22.02
21.10
1.8
3.2
8.0
8.9
7.9
11.6
7.9
6.50
9.38
10.16
10.00
13.46
8.75
7.50
7.50
11.54
12.63
11.85
16.98
12.02
10.65
10.50
16.03
17.55
17.79
27.13
17.26
17.50
17.13
22.44
26.46
26.70
44.45
26.59
26.44
27.64
35.03
37.28
41.55
86.54
45.50
37.18
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. ...........................
Business and promotional agents ..................................
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 ......................................
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$34.75
5.3
$21.44
$29.00
$34.62
$39.06
$44.88
26.72
19.12
8.74
8.67
11.17
17.67
13.44
13.85
11.37
9.48
8.40
12.41
14.85
3.7
4.1
3.3
7.6
6.4
29.5
4.6
5.0
3.7
7.0
1.6
8.2
7.5
12.50
6.44
6.15
5.50
7.00
7.57
8.50
8.00
6.25
6.00
6.00
7.50
7.00
16.55
9.90
7.00
6.00
7.75
8.50
9.60
9.26
7.00
6.90
6.62
8.50
10.00
23.03
16.18
7.98
7.52
9.90
11.24
11.42
12.53
8.65
8.07
7.60
12.09
12.75
32.71
24.69
9.50
10.00
12.28
16.35
15.00
16.54
12.00
10.50
9.30
14.40
19.56
45.49
34.56
12.00
12.75
16.88
34.86
19.00
22.04
19.00
15.00
11.75
18.71
24.76
13.77
18.56
20.62
20.31
20.05
.7
2.7
8.9
2.7
5.3
8.65
12.39
14.00
13.70
14.81
10.21
14.50
14.60
16.10
17.63
12.97
17.51
19.23
19.41
19.04
16.21
21.20
24.45
23.00
20.26
20.11
26.00
29.94
27.47
27.78
20.54
15.61
12.96
15.41
17.85
14.34
11.54
8.99
14.07
10.98
12.94
13.65
13.86
15.21
11.98
10.27
13.38
14.11
15.41
12.79
12.08
11.86
11.99
11.53
10.52
12.97
10.78
11.50
9.54
15.91
17.68
12.93
12.45
16.58
14.46
15.28
4.8
3.1
8.0
1.0
4.7
2.4
3.9
2.8
5.9
1.6
2.6
3.0
2.4
2.6
2.8
3.1
1.9
1.6
3.2
2.7
14.8
3.5
7.3
5.5
4.3
8.1
13.0
4.3
6.5
6.0
3.6
2.3
2.1
3.8
8.7
6.1
12.00
11.56
8.35
9.92
11.00
9.34
8.16
7.00
7.50
8.00
9.25
10.02
8.65
10.40
7.99
7.50
9.00
9.54
10.78
9.45
6.36
8.32
8.29
8.50
7.35
7.50
6.75
8.25
6.88
9.00
11.82
9.00
7.94
10.61
9.74
10.70
14.72
12.52
9.50
11.97
13.13
11.28
9.05
7.50
9.00
9.00
10.34
11.35
10.50
12.36
9.14
8.65
10.43
11.24
12.22
10.50
6.36
9.30
9.24
9.34
9.25
9.00
8.00
9.15
7.13
11.33
13.50
10.75
9.50
12.10
10.34
12.50
19.92
15.10
12.00
14.81
16.00
13.73
11.00
8.25
13.00
10.50
12.24
12.99
13.00
15.02
11.50
10.00
12.98
13.76
14.89
12.35
12.18
10.39
10.80
11.42
10.50
11.50
9.82
10.64
9.00
14.60
16.47
12.13
11.55
15.06
12.73
14.70
24.04
18.33
16.83
18.27
20.59
16.12
13.50
10.00
19.86
12.50
14.56
15.13
16.25
18.08
14.15
11.59
15.39
16.04
17.26
14.75
15.25
13.78
13.50
13.53
11.41
17.85
13.79
13.60
11.00
18.84
21.00
14.58
14.43
21.03
16.15
18.26
31.19
20.45
18.79
21.59
25.00
19.25
15.25
11.50
21.15
14.42
17.79
18.44
20.20
20.65
16.72
14.13
18.94
19.23
21.05
16.59
18.00
16.00
19.28
15.48
12.87
19.76
18.10
15.58
13.29
23.56
25.14
18.00
18.14
23.93
25.75
20.93
11.85
4.2
7.33
8.40
10.25
13.73
20.48
Mean
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
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 .................................
Sales counter clerks ......................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
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. ................................................
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. ............................................................................
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 2003–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
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. ........................................
$17.68
14.99
14.89
14.11
12.88
10.35
15.52
11.84
13.72
11.31
14.06
4.0
2.1
2.9
3.4
.9
1.3
15.7
2.8
3.9
1.6
1.7
$11.50
9.60
10.33
9.35
8.50
8.00
7.00
8.50
9.00
7.88
9.00
$13.20
11.35
12.18
10.52
10.00
8.80
10.39
9.81
10.88
8.82
10.70
$16.35
14.28
14.75
13.21
12.00
9.93
14.50
11.27
12.99
10.27
13.40
$20.78
17.77
17.18
16.50
15.00
11.64
22.05
13.40
15.85
12.75
16.45
$26.45
22.01
18.91
19.84
18.13
13.35
24.26
16.00
19.76
16.22
19.86
Blue collar ....................................................................................
15.03
.9
7.90
10.00
13.50
18.71
24.88
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .................................
Bus, truck, and stationary 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 ..
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 ............
18.89
23.11
17.88
12.37
17.26
14.69
15.92
25.68
18.59
13.76
19.81
15.83
1.1
2.9
3.9
10.4
2.3
5.5
3.5
6.8
3.7
3.5
1.7
4.5
10.39
13.85
10.00
8.50
11.40
10.00
10.46
13.28
12.70
10.00
13.90
10.38
13.39
16.96
13.25
9.27
13.50
11.00
12.22
20.00
14.50
11.50
16.39
11.75
17.85
22.21
18.14
11.00
17.00
14.00
15.00
26.57
18.00
13.25
18.76
14.65
23.61
28.33
21.00
15.25
20.44
17.00
17.60
33.38
22.00
15.50
23.50
19.79
29.00
33.22
24.54
15.34
22.81
21.00
21.56
34.68
26.13
18.00
26.92
22.93
21.65
17.14
15.48
24.36
22.95
17.81
14.63
15.39
21.87
37.52
21.56
16.05
4.8
11.3
5.4
3.7
2.1
3.5
10.2
7.5
3.9
12.9
5.1
2.6
12.97
7.79
10.00
15.00
17.39
11.75
10.00
11.00
14.44
25.21
15.00
10.00
16.00
13.00
12.00
23.69
20.39
14.37
12.77
11.30
18.38
28.92
17.25
12.16
22.93
16.41
15.00
25.13
23.69
17.50
13.00
15.25
22.73
43.92
20.83
15.60
26.18
20.78
18.04
27.14
25.71
20.55
17.78
17.60
25.51
43.92
25.68
19.28
30.57
27.48
22.94
28.02
27.68
24.34
19.04
20.56
30.32
43.92
29.07
22.84
21.30
24.65
16.1
3.9
13.82
17.78
16.02
21.00
18.75
25.00
27.50
29.00
29.71
30.80
29.72
21.19
26.83
21.22
24.68
19.03
17.99
18.83
13.56
20.69
23.91
14.98
24.82
14.15
14.62
22.34
13.52
4.9
5.4
3.6
4.0
8.0
12.1
15.9
4.0
6.8
7.7
2.7
3.9
3.5
5.2
11.6
2.6
3.1
21.00
15.00
18.11
15.00
17.00
14.00
9.38
10.75
9.78
13.25
14.00
10.17
15.70
8.50
10.00
13.50
9.25
22.66
18.00
21.25
16.63
19.00
14.50
11.00
13.98
11.00
16.00
17.60
11.50
21.03
10.00
10.00
17.07
11.00
29.18
21.79
27.94
19.56
25.00
18.00
16.00
18.00
11.62
18.00
22.00
14.00
24.48
12.16
14.50
23.00
12.50
36.31
23.46
31.54
24.85
28.10
21.70
25.33
23.07
15.00
26.41
29.47
17.01
29.19
17.00
18.00
27.43
15.00
39.46
27.25
33.73
30.27
40.00
32.91
30.40
29.75
22.03
28.94
36.64
22.18
32.35
22.98
20.00
30.00
18.50
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$18.10
17.94
16.50
15.02
16.25
22.47
19.66
16.51
16.79
27.56
19.50
16.60
20.22
22.15
17.66
19.62
19.22
13.27
17.63
15.01
21.21
16.52
13.45
16.62
16.88
13.81
17.37
12.38
12.68
12.60
15.15
15.45
16.49
12.65
14.67
13.96
12.62
14.11
11.94
11.00
12.50
18.00
11.3
6.8
9.4
14.4
7.5
14.1
6.4
5.4
5.1
13.2
11.1
11.6
2.2
2.3
5.8
5.0
2.4
10.0
5.2
10.9
10.7
15.5
14.9
16.9
5.9
13.7
14.6
6.4
7.4
7.6
15.8
12.8
10.8
6.7
2.3
8.6
4.0
12.3
4.1
6.8
5.4
3.2
$9.70
13.00
10.00
10.00
9.00
11.00
14.26
12.75
9.50
13.00
15.55
8.00
12.75
15.42
11.99
12.00
13.00
10.00
14.51
7.61
12.82
8.25
7.28
8.00
10.00
8.58
11.50
8.50
8.50
8.61
7.75
12.00
10.94
8.75
10.46
9.00
8.32
9.44
7.35
6.50
8.15
10.59
$13.00
14.75
11.75
10.75
11.00
15.59
15.00
15.12
11.61
19.38
16.70
9.30
15.13
18.21
13.86
16.36
15.80
10.19
15.00
8.50
16.47
10.69
9.10
13.50
12.50
9.60
13.00
10.00
10.50
10.07
9.50
12.00
10.94
10.00
12.60
10.00
9.79
10.30
8.55
8.25
10.00
13.10
$15.00
17.00
15.00
12.11
15.50
21.00
18.00
16.32
15.78
32.05
18.57
12.00
19.64
21.00
16.46
20.14
19.29
12.25
16.15
15.21
18.91
15.75
13.00
17.40
15.38
11.14
15.09
12.21
12.70
11.95
15.50
13.67
16.15
12.26
14.33
12.63
11.74
11.50
10.75
10.80
12.00
16.78
$25.85
21.94
20.94
16.80
20.00
32.85
23.99
18.20
20.14
33.19
21.42
25.45
24.06
26.36
21.25
22.75
23.00
12.85
19.91
18.83
30.33
19.56
16.25
23.13
20.68
16.13
23.00
14.50
12.95
15.25
18.50
17.79
18.00
15.00
16.00
17.50
15.07
15.00
14.38
13.00
14.72
23.00
$28.05
25.39
28.00
26.12
24.32
33.85
30.75
20.00
24.62
37.31
29.90
25.45
28.75
29.75
24.00
27.10
25.51
19.84
23.62
23.34
30.83
30.00
22.00
23.42
26.69
19.27
23.00
16.00
20.12
17.50
23.60
20.50
24.97
17.26
19.10
20.16
17.85
21.75
18.40
15.60
16.53
25.88
20.74
17.54
18.45
26.41
22.56
21.94
10.7
11.4
2.8
3.5
4.9
4.2
13.52
9.92
11.59
20.51
15.41
13.76
15.35
12.86
14.73
24.19
17.61
19.17
22.68
17.79
18.32
25.00
21.58
22.97
25.18
24.74
22.29
28.37
28.85
25.39
25.18
26.29
25.94
32.19
31.92
27.40
13.30
16.33
15.80
13.41
12.80
14.67
12.42
1.3
5.2
5.8
5.9
8.5
10.1
9.8
7.50
12.57
9.50
8.91
7.50
9.50
6.75
9.50
14.35
11.52
10.50
8.83
9.87
9.45
12.17
14.35
14.84
13.34
11.44
13.20
10.34
16.00
18.32
18.75
15.45
15.00
16.63
15.45
21.00
22.03
23.63
17.29
21.49
23.73
18.04
13.51
13.60
3.6
7.5
8.75
9.32
10.75
10.76
12.90
12.13
15.16
16.00
18.65
19.04
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .....................................
Glaziers ..........................................................................
Insulation workers ..........................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheet metal duct installers .............................................
Structural metal workers ................................................
Drillers, earth .................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Supervisors, extractive ..................................................
Mining machine operators .............................................
Mining, n.e.c. .................................................................
Supervisors, production .................................................
Tool and die makers ......................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ....................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..........................................
Machinists ......................................................................
Machinist apprentices ....................................................
Boilermakers ..................................................................
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 ....................................
Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood .......................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..........................
Furniture and wood finishers .........................................
Tailors ............................................................................
Upholsterers ..................................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ..................
Optical goods workers ...................................................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians ....
Bookbinders ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................
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 ............................................
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.11
14.88
12.57
13.14
15.65
12.53
11.31
12.60
11.31
15.99
16.68
14.15
13.00
3.9
4.0
3.0
5.5
6.4
2.3
4.2
3.5
6.4
2.3
4.2
7.5
7.7
$10.25
9.10
8.11
7.50
11.25
10.65
7.75
10.92
7.34
10.00
11.45
9.01
9.00
$11.75
10.50
9.98
10.25
12.40
11.45
9.25
11.81
10.06
12.00
13.50
10.65
9.89
$14.75
13.98
11.69
12.63
15.16
12.40
11.00
13.00
11.56
15.60
17.63
13.13
12.33
$17.25
17.63
14.61
16.08
18.16
13.50
13.09
13.50
12.00
19.09
19.50
17.00
16.50
$20.48
25.35
17.68
17.85
21.65
13.50
14.75
14.50
13.94
22.23
22.00
19.55
16.50
11.28
10.86
8.64
8.58
9.03
11.31
12.52
13.45
15.16
18.91
11.70
14.12
12.44
13.86
13.51
14.70
14.09
13.27
12.41
10.41
13.87
15.99
11.22
13.80
9.68
10.44
9.34
13.86
11.31
13.78
12.58
12.07
10.17
10.74
4.9
4.0
6.1
4.0
4.4
8.2
4.2
4.9
5.2
5.4
3.9
3.5
10.1
12.0
6.6
6.3
6.2
4.2
31.2
4.2
2.4
2.2
8.4
4.0
11.4
12.7
12.4
20.0
5.4
4.3
5.8
10.9
6.6
7.6
7.50
7.00
6.50
6.35
6.75
8.25
7.50
9.00
10.00
12.08
9.00
8.75
8.00
9.00
10.24
10.25
9.58
9.08
7.75
7.10
8.36
10.75
7.83
7.37
6.95
6.50
7.20
8.00
6.75
8.25
8.25
9.03
6.45
7.00
9.50
9.80
6.75
7.15
7.50
8.25
8.71
10.29
11.37
15.30
10.23
10.89
10.43
10.55
11.15
11.25
11.20
10.64
7.75
8.00
10.20
12.76
8.65
9.14
8.00
7.00
7.20
8.00
7.85
10.00
10.00
10.36
7.34
8.78
11.49
10.75
7.65
8.65
8.49
10.75
11.02
13.80
14.20
19.12
11.07
13.00
11.58
13.39
12.47
12.80
13.75
13.24
8.00
9.18
13.00
15.25
11.45
11.84
8.00
9.25
7.20
11.23
9.50
12.21
11.00
11.07
9.30
10.45
13.16
11.25
9.84
9.50
10.00
13.75
15.55
15.89
17.15
22.85
12.50
16.00
14.39
18.68
15.81
16.60
16.97
16.40
11.61
12.50
16.73
18.47
12.77
16.75
10.75
12.52
10.50
13.95
13.65
16.21
14.00
12.10
13.80
11.49
14.55
14.50
12.00
10.29
12.60
14.35
19.85
16.94
22.31
25.15
14.19
21.10
17.51
20.23
19.48
23.51
17.96
17.00
30.14
15.50
20.58
22.49
14.93
25.64
14.82
15.64
13.47
27.77
17.56
22.26
18.83
17.20
15.18
15.50
14.78
18.02
14.83
12.72
14.35
9.61
8.10
10.06
24.90
27.08
1.5
4.7
2.1
6.5
1.8
3.7
11.7
6.1
14.3
12.7
8.75
12.12
9.46
5.75
9.20
7.00
5.25
5.65
13.13
16.80
10.50
13.71
10.70
8.00
10.92
7.50
5.65
7.00
15.86
17.90
13.50
17.27
13.75
12.00
13.67
9.50
7.69
8.72
22.86
24.36
18.00
22.25
18.00
15.44
17.55
11.00
11.03
11.50
32.32
34.04
22.83
25.98
22.50
22.20
20.57
12.00
11.40
16.56
41.22
41.13
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
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 joining 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 .......................................................
Solderers and brazers ...................................................
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 ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...........................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$25.24
21.47
16.42
11.45
19.37
13.34
20.81
19.73
17.42
16.28
15.96
13.66
5.1
4.3
6.5
9.6
15.6
12.6
3.6
7.1
5.9
4.9
5.2
2.3
$14.66
16.10
11.25
8.33
13.75
8.61
15.86
11.05
12.00
10.00
9.72
9.00
$20.16
19.43
12.92
8.75
13.75
10.55
18.42
12.50
13.40
12.00
12.00
10.53
$23.97
22.89
15.75
9.58
17.42
15.57
20.19
18.55
16.57
15.00
14.00
12.95
$29.29
23.00
20.00
13.50
22.50
15.99
23.50
25.62
20.23
18.15
18.95
16.20
$35.97
25.10
20.33
18.88
32.91
15.99
26.02
29.12
23.92
23.60
25.77
19.89
15.85
4.1
9.94
11.80
14.45
19.59
25.55
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators .................
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .........................................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..............
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Marine engineers ...........................................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...............................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Crane and tower operators ............................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper 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 .........................................................
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. .............................
11.27
9.78
20.69
11.26
10.65
9.70
1.4
7.7
11.2
3.2
7.9
13.4
6.75
7.25
9.70
7.25
6.75
6.80
8.00
7.75
14.14
8.04
7.67
7.00
10.00
9.50
19.48
10.00
10.00
8.80
13.19
10.50
24.39
13.81
12.60
11.30
18.00
12.00
27.74
16.86
16.47
13.50
19.59
11.95
11.59
9.77
13.75
10.37
14.44
9.73
10.63
12.12
8.99
9.60
9.47
10.85
4.7
4.9
3.4
14.8
3.0
6.0
9.4
2.1
3.3
2.5
3.6
3.8
3.3
2.6
11.25
7.50
8.00
7.00
8.00
6.20
8.99
6.00
7.50
7.10
6.90
6.00
6.00
6.68
14.76
9.15
9.25
7.75
9.75
7.55
11.25
7.00
8.25
9.00
7.25
7.00
7.25
8.00
18.65
11.00
10.75
8.50
12.00
10.00
14.38
8.70
10.00
11.00
8.00
8.91
8.75
9.55
22.03
15.00
13.00
12.00
17.50
12.30
17.13
11.50
12.40
14.65
10.00
10.45
11.00
12.60
28.13
16.12
15.66
15.00
22.39
15.25
23.56
15.15
14.77
19.14
12.26
14.40
13.27
17.05
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 ...........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ....................
Cooks .............................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................
10.40
17.17
25.92
29.67
19.30
18.36
18.43
23.57
18.64
16.70
9.92
10.28
12.31
7.46
4.98
6.98
4.33
5.95
8.50
12.61
9.26
7.97
1.5
2.9
5.1
3.3
6.9
12.8
2.9
1.1
2.1
5.3
5.3
3.6
7.0
.8
2.6
3.9
3.1
3.0
.8
2.3
1.4
2.0
5.50
8.00
16.70
17.45
10.50
8.00
11.18
15.33
12.07
11.32
7.00
7.00
6.75
3.09
2.13
4.25
2.13
3.25
5.75
8.00
6.20
5.50
6.90
10.22
19.74
23.63
13.00
13.93
13.77
18.75
14.23
12.13
8.25
8.00
8.00
5.65
2.65
5.50
2.38
4.90
6.50
9.50
7.05
6.35
8.80
15.08
24.05
29.12
15.75
19.96
17.73
23.43
17.93
14.74
9.06
9.25
10.96
7.00
5.10
7.00
3.35
6.00
7.69
11.44
8.95
7.50
12.00
22.79
30.94
36.36
25.41
23.38
23.00
27.17
22.48
21.19
11.33
11.25
14.25
8.95
6.75
8.00
5.65
7.00
9.66
15.11
10.73
9.00
17.61
28.44
37.72
40.69
32.96
27.57
26.13
31.65
27.78
25.27
13.12
14.60
20.59
11.36
8.00
10.00
7.01
8.00
12.20
19.06
12.82
11.00
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
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 ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$7.59
10.68
14.73
11.37
10.00
10.52
16.20
8.23
10.59
13.72
10.13
15.14
12.81
6.94
12.43
7.80
29.53
7.45
9.41
8.64
9.29
10.69
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 includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working
either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
1.0
1.5
5.7
3.4
1.0
2.0
4.5
2.9
2.1
7.9
4.9
7.0
6.8
3.7
12.1
6.3
6.8
4.0
5.3
2.8
3.8
4.0
$5.55
7.20
10.00
7.50
7.00
6.55
9.50
6.25
6.75
10.00
5.66
8.48
6.90
5.19
7.50
5.75
8.75
4.65
6.13
5.90
6.25
6.85
$6.45
8.50
12.00
8.87
8.29
7.50
12.32
7.00
7.82
11.00
6.50
11.59
8.00
5.55
8.75
6.38
18.90
6.00
6.92
6.75
7.00
8.00
$7.25
10.00
13.75
10.40
9.59
9.25
15.87
7.50
9.65
13.00
8.48
15.00
10.50
6.30
11.85
6.75
30.00
7.01
8.75
8.25
8.33
9.75
$8.34
12.06
16.46
12.98
11.10
12.55
18.69
8.76
12.68
15.75
11.17
18.75
15.62
7.19
16.83
8.60
36.52
8.24
10.82
9.95
10.46
12.25
$10.00
15.00
19.00
15.88
13.50
16.52
22.76
10.77
16.15
18.00
16.25
21.08
21.00
10.00
16.83
10.44
48.60
9.75
13.58
11.57
13.50
16.96
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002
and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 2003
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$18.79
18.89
1.0
1.1
$8.00
8.15
$10.50
10.64
$15.15
15.39
$23.08
23.31
$33.04
33.13
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
22.92
23.84
.8
.8
9.60
10.32
12.69
13.55
18.71
19.81
28.41
29.40
40.65
41.48
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 ....................................................
Marine engineers and naval architects ..........................
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 .......................................
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 ...........................................
28.74
30.94
34.24
31.17
39.40
30.87
46.77
40.75
36.82
30.18
37.06
30.48
31.65
29.76
35.93
30.01
33.37
33.37
33.33
36.27
28.56
28.09
37.87
27.84
34.07
30.71
25.57
27.05
21.12
25.16
29.28
52.21
38.20
53.76
25.72
40.04
20.84
21.28
24.82
27.11
29.74
18.83
35.43
42.17
45.00
46.71
38.09
52.63
44.16
38.29
62.83
38.13
34.77
42.36
40.73
55.74
40.22
39.46
.8
.8
1.2
4.1
7.5
5.8
6.8
4.0
3.4
3.1
2.5
1.8
2.1
11.5
2.2
10.5
1.8
1.8
5.6
7.3
10.9
5.0
10.0
3.9
11.2
8.4
7.0
14.9
8.8
5.2
2.3
5.9
13.7
13.5
1.2
1.3
4.0
2.2
3.7
1.9
4.0
12.7
6.2
2.2
16.9
11.1
10.2
10.5
4.2
5.2
18.4
9.9
8.1
16.1
4.9
10.2
7.8
15.5
14.24
16.41
22.22
20.90
23.15
23.93
35.14
28.25
28.65
20.33
24.91
21.77
22.22
22.00
23.10
23.65
20.00
19.85
20.74
22.92
18.00
16.18
18.23
16.59
19.79
19.09
14.74
15.63
14.86
14.94
17.51
14.25
15.19
25.00
18.00
35.00
15.54
16.97
16.00
21.63
20.67
12.51
28.22
23.23
19.94
27.27
27.04
36.54
36.76
26.22
36.13
25.25
23.32
26.44
28.74
33.45
24.47
21.64
19.00
21.64
26.75
23.31
30.08
27.05
37.74
32.44
32.78
23.41
28.85
24.93
25.33
23.02
27.76
24.04
25.00
25.00
24.04
25.48
19.44
19.60
26.15
20.67
23.50
23.64
18.98
18.12
16.18
17.94
20.91
21.15
33.70
40.87
20.75
37.63
17.42
18.50
21.64
23.77
24.34
14.21
33.99
28.72
32.11
33.40
28.90
42.60
38.81
27.65
44.76
27.63
28.11
28.32
33.47
41.12
30.77
25.49
25.85
28.37
32.64
28.86
39.42
28.44
43.51
39.47
36.66
28.60
35.09
29.81
30.90
28.80
34.65
27.01
32.37
32.64
31.64
38.46
29.08
25.69
40.87
27.25
29.57
29.66
23.44
22.26
20.53
22.20
25.35
57.69
38.44
61.67
24.51
40.50
20.15
20.48
25.08
26.44
27.80
16.62
37.50
37.30
45.39
37.47
31.39
46.68
41.31
37.35
64.82
33.53
30.55
36.28
36.87
50.49
41.11
39.43
34.80
37.26
40.02
36.06
47.50
33.87
56.97
48.41
40.19
35.52
43.22
34.64
36.97
33.69
43.13
38.40
40.13
40.30
39.05
42.50
30.70
33.48
48.15
31.68
42.31
36.10
30.58
31.74
25.08
29.55
32.58
66.76
40.87
61.67
29.30
42.63
23.85
24.83
27.81
30.00
33.19
21.15
37.50
50.74
59.14
50.17
41.03
63.66
49.16
45.43
84.43
44.78
36.76
57.12
46.96
71.80
48.56
53.31
45.67
48.08
48.52
43.80
54.99
42.23
62.50
54.24
45.76
42.53
52.88
40.87
42.23
39.43
50.99
38.40
48.23
48.32
47.71
50.41
46.12
44.23
52.20
40.23
52.89
44.95
37.36
44.71
28.87
42.00
43.27
89.00
50.00
80.00
34.88
45.15
29.00
25.24
32.00
32.90
44.93
31.17
45.67
66.42
71.80
89.74
54.78
72.21
59.94
55.70
93.00
56.55
49.42
67.93
57.81
84.87
59.23
56.09
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$51.73
44.15
42.23
41.18
36.72
36.69
40.08
42.65
31.64
59.55
40.64
29.58
41.13
30.59
18.69
31.79
31.87
33.09
31.27
12.00
26.67
26.12
26.22
25.35
28.95
31.37
29.19
24.58
26.12
18.17
18.26
17.74
16.32
18.31
46.59
46.17
57.81
7.9
8.5
13.5
23.2
7.9
8.8
8.5
8.7
22.7
13.9
6.6
10.1
3.6
1.0
7.1
1.1
1.4
3.5
3.0
10.7
5.6
4.5
4.9
7.1
5.8
7.6
7.7
12.8
4.8
2.2
2.4
5.5
8.9
10.0
4.8
4.9
12.7
$24.04
24.35
25.83
19.39
23.25
20.35
26.77
24.28
14.36
21.36
27.51
18.50
22.13
17.26
8.50
20.32
21.23
17.97
16.93
8.13
12.50
15.74
15.62
16.93
16.11
18.00
15.38
12.84
17.97
11.56
11.68
9.00
10.00
10.60
22.12
21.80
35.08
$32.69
26.36
29.39
22.83
25.33
26.45
30.83
30.28
16.92
36.06
29.81
20.81
28.17
22.84
10.00
24.01
24.85
24.06
22.01
10.27
15.87
19.45
19.38
20.48
19.23
22.58
18.25
18.71
20.96
13.72
13.72
14.95
12.46
14.42
30.52
29.56
47.46
$48.08
34.64
36.77
37.24
32.41
37.89
40.67
37.87
21.17
59.33
35.76
26.65
36.62
29.04
13.50
29.58
30.39
31.00
29.64
10.27
24.21
24.78
24.72
25.47
27.52
28.83
27.42
23.63
25.56
16.66
16.51
19.28
15.13
19.23
40.63
39.69
55.84
$64.27
49.54
54.54
54.40
44.93
44.50
46.51
60.58
41.19
74.78
48.08
36.98
49.39
36.98
25.92
37.79
37.03
40.52
38.24
16.67
34.04
31.02
31.28
30.80
33.42
35.53
33.75
31.25
30.91
20.99
21.15
21.37
17.78
19.23
60.10
60.08
79.42
$86.15
79.92
66.84
73.43
54.07
47.78
63.16
60.76
52.03
97.59
49.91
45.19
64.29
46.81
33.29
46.93
45.57
50.59
49.40
18.24
43.57
39.66
39.66
34.74
46.18
48.08
51.93
34.33
34.25
26.75
27.12
22.75
24.15
20.51
72.12
72.02
82.12
24.67
27.98
22.08
28.18
21.27
17.31
15.08
24.89
25.22
37.75
26.18
30.07
21.09
17.07
30.59
16.99
22.72
16.28
16.61
21.02
4.0
5.9
5.9
12.3
11.2
11.1
6.6
12.3
4.5
38.6
20.9
6.0
1.5
2.6
4.5
7.2
2.4
1.1
3.6
6.1
11.82
13.93
11.00
8.63
12.74
8.25
11.88
11.00
15.59
8.39
10.58
13.78
11.75
10.44
21.84
10.39
15.71
12.31
10.33
12.12
15.25
19.87
14.69
17.79
14.42
12.25
12.50
15.87
19.66
10.04
14.86
20.33
14.48
12.60
27.60
11.85
18.97
14.00
12.45
14.95
21.64
26.68
20.60
25.74
19.46
15.00
14.42
19.77
23.08
19.23
22.11
28.37
18.28
16.00
31.00
15.54
22.50
16.04
15.25
20.52
29.31
33.65
26.93
38.61
23.08
22.83
16.83
29.44
29.20
34.36
29.71
38.08
23.70
20.40
34.60
21.79
26.29
18.15
19.31
25.07
41.35
44.48
36.03
48.08
34.90
29.72
18.97
43.47
36.83
116.83
44.78
47.60
30.21
24.86
39.50
26.01
30.17
20.48
23.34
29.94
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 .......................................................................
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 ..............................
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$22.08
22.87
22.52
19.94
16.41
17.02
20.67
24.61
103.49
17.16
28.85
19.21
19.87
20.74
3.6
4.9
3.6
2.8
6.7
5.1
6.6
13.3
5.3
16.8
3.2
4.8
3.6
5.6
$16.32
15.00
13.52
12.00
10.25
11.00
14.40
14.65
22.00
7.00
16.50
15.22
11.80
11.20
$20.30
17.19
17.05
15.10
12.25
13.39
16.50
16.39
42.98
9.12
21.15
17.54
15.63
14.63
$20.47
23.08
21.27
18.81
15.80
17.14
19.89
19.22
101.12
14.34
26.92
18.00
20.33
19.22
$24.43
26.15
27.00
24.18
20.28
20.08
23.28
27.86
149.91
22.42
33.82
21.00
23.32
24.93
$30.10
31.79
33.75
29.00
23.20
23.78
28.12
30.63
188.71
31.69
42.31
24.27
27.47
30.77
32.33
36.02
14.82
2.3
2.7
28.9
16.00
16.51
3.46
20.51
22.57
3.46
27.50
31.22
9.33
37.86
43.40
27.97
52.89
57.29
35.07
43.14
30.97
42.12
32.87
29.93
43.68
35.57
35.21
19.98
20.77
21.30
28.93
37.02
26.01
24.35
27.68
33.13
28.30
23.40
28.85
10.9
3.5
14.5
8.3
6.2
8.9
4.1
4.5
5.3
4.3
17.5
9.6
3.0
1.8
1.9
6.4
7.0
4.6
2.7
18.1
28.22
18.73
19.23
17.31
17.73
22.21
18.23
19.86
11.81
10.17
15.00
14.33
16.60
15.58
15.82
16.66
15.39
17.37
15.39
15.68
28.85
23.30
23.40
21.62
20.31
28.77
24.52
24.91
14.27
14.17
15.63
17.20
23.60
18.72
18.58
19.18
20.14
20.91
18.13
15.84
43.19
28.86
30.04
26.92
28.85
38.62
35.71
32.00
17.86
20.44
18.10
24.79
32.31
23.20
22.79
23.70
25.41
26.71
21.82
29.73
48.08
35.34
43.66
41.58
38.97
57.12
44.56
41.22
21.48
26.16
30.19
31.25
45.78
29.59
28.44
31.50
33.91
32.83
27.12
32.69
57.97
44.28
62.71
55.49
43.16
72.42
52.50
57.69
30.49
33.44
30.19
43.55
57.74
36.90
33.86
43.27
51.11
41.35
33.67
56.59
25.08
24.56
21.93
23.64
3.8
6.7
6.9
4.2
16.54
14.60
16.15
15.48
19.00
18.17
18.27
18.55
22.60
23.51
22.09
23.50
28.86
30.60
25.44
27.39
37.63
33.65
27.02
32.31
22.47
25.03
3.0
1.9
15.96
15.00
18.35
18.55
20.58
23.27
25.41
28.85
30.42
36.48
17.56
19.42
22.89
23.56
47.95
22.04
22.35
34.75
1.8
3.2
8.1
8.7
7.7
11.7
6.4
5.3
7.20
9.50
10.16
10.39
13.46
8.75
8.91
21.44
9.00
11.54
12.67
12.50
17.09
12.02
12.57
29.00
12.81
16.11
17.55
18.24
27.44
17.26
18.23
34.62
20.09
22.56
26.46
26.70
46.06
26.59
27.35
39.06
32.10
35.03
37.28
41.55
87.35
45.50
38.51
44.88
26.80
19.19
3.6
4.1
12.50
6.44
16.65
9.91
23.08
16.21
32.72
24.72
45.64
34.74
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
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. ...........................
Business and promotional agents ..................................
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$10.12
10.82
13.64
21.01
14.31
14.29
13.35
10.80
9.15
13.98
15.88
5.7
9.5
6.9
25.4
5.0
5.0
4.6
7.1
2.1
5.9
8.3
$7.00
7.45
8.00
8.00
8.76
8.30
6.83
6.50
6.50
9.10
8.44
$7.75
7.45
10.00
9.69
10.00
10.00
8.00
7.70
7.00
12.00
10.90
$9.00
10.00
11.60
16.35
12.10
13.00
10.30
9.30
8.29
13.49
13.90
$11.00
12.50
15.38
34.86
15.87
16.91
14.46
12.22
10.67
14.76
20.88
$13.94
15.77
21.18
52.89
21.64
23.14
24.67
18.25
12.73
18.71
25.91
14.07
18.65
20.62
20.31
20.05
.7
2.7
8.9
2.7
5.3
9.00
12.54
14.00
13.70
14.81
10.50
14.50
14.60
16.10
17.63
13.20
17.55
19.23
19.41
19.04
16.50
21.20
24.45
23.00
20.26
20.31
26.00
29.94
27.47
27.78
20.73
15.69
13.16
15.55
17.59
14.48
11.92
9.09
13.87
11.34
13.31
13.72
14.21
15.22
12.67
10.78
13.49
14.32
15.57
12.82
12.08
12.92
12.07
11.72
10.57
13.83
11.75
11.73
10.07
16.06
17.71
13.19
12.76
16.72
14.50
15.69
4.8
3.1
8.2
1.0
4.9
2.5
3.5
3.1
6.3
1.5
2.6
3.1
2.5
2.6
3.8
2.2
2.0
1.6
3.1
2.9
14.8
5.3
7.6
5.6
4.3
7.4
13.3
4.6
10.9
6.1
3.5
2.4
2.4
4.0
8.8
6.2
12.00
11.66
8.00
10.00
10.56
9.48
8.68
7.00
7.50
8.30
9.50
10.10
8.86
10.43
8.70
8.00
9.07
9.70
11.00
9.45
6.36
9.24
8.29
8.93
7.90
7.86
6.75
8.33
6.88
9.25
11.94
8.76
8.20
10.75
9.74
11.50
14.72
12.60
9.95
12.00
12.92
11.50
9.66
7.50
8.63
9.50
10.75
11.35
10.65
12.47
10.30
9.18
10.50
11.50
12.34
10.50
6.36
10.33
9.24
9.34
9.37
9.59
8.65
9.49
7.35
11.50
13.50
10.23
10.00
12.36
10.34
12.50
20.19
15.23
12.08
15.00
15.70
13.89
11.82
8.50
12.73
11.00
12.79
12.98
13.40
15.02
12.22
10.01
13.00
14.00
15.00
12.35
12.18
11.30
10.80
11.42
10.50
12.99
10.75
10.66
9.56
14.73
16.50
12.50
12.00
15.17
12.73
15.25
24.67
18.40
17.08
18.41
20.59
16.27
13.86
10.00
19.86
13.00
15.14
15.19
16.67
18.13
14.50
12.20
15.46
16.32
17.33
14.85
15.25
14.62
13.50
13.96
11.50
18.81
13.92
13.83
12.00
18.97
20.89
15.20
14.50
21.31
15.53
18.26
31.19
20.45
18.79
21.65
25.00
19.54
15.65
11.64
21.01
14.85
17.95
18.54
20.92
20.65
17.12
14.13
19.21
19.23
21.05
16.65
18.00
17.50
19.28
16.05
12.87
20.25
18.57
15.93
14.39
23.68
25.14
19.45
18.62
24.40
25.75
20.96
11.96
17.73
15.16
14.94
14.29
4.3
4.0
2.1
2.9
3.6
7.35
11.50
9.86
10.55
9.35
8.48
13.23
11.48
12.22
10.75
10.30
16.41
14.47
14.75
13.32
13.84
20.93
17.77
17.18
16.72
20.99
26.45
22.15
18.91
20.04
Mean
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
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 .........................................................................
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. ................................................
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 .............................................
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 2003–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
General office clerks ......................................................
Bank tellers ....................................................................
Proofreaders ..................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$13.16
10.54
17.76
12.08
13.69
10.72
14.43
1.0
1.4
15.5
3.3
4.3
1.7
1.6
$8.85
8.17
10.00
8.60
8.90
7.81
9.35
$10.12
9.00
13.33
10.00
10.99
8.70
11.25
$12.32
10.00
17.74
11.50
12.99
10.07
13.74
$15.16
11.83
23.82
14.00
15.95
12.15
16.75
$18.49
13.50
24.26
16.04
19.81
14.40
20.00
Blue collar ....................................................................................
15.38
1.0
8.13
10.25
13.92
19.02
25.13
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .................................
Bus, truck, and stationary 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 ..
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 ...
18.97
23.11
18.03
12.52
17.36
14.86
16.02
25.69
18.60
13.79
19.82
15.82
1.1
2.9
4.0
10.6
2.2
5.3
3.5
6.8
3.7
3.6
1.7
4.5
10.48
13.85
10.00
8.50
11.25
11.00
10.50
13.28
12.70
10.00
13.90
10.38
13.50
16.96
13.50
10.00
13.89
12.00
12.50
20.00
14.50
11.50
16.39
11.75
18.00
22.17
18.45
11.00
17.00
14.37
15.00
26.57
18.00
13.25
18.76
14.65
23.67
28.29
21.00
15.25
20.50
17.00
17.60
33.38
22.00
15.50
23.51
19.79
29.02
33.22
24.55
15.34
22.98
21.00
21.77
34.68
26.13
18.00
26.92
22.64
21.72
17.14
15.49
24.36
22.95
17.81
14.63
15.39
22.01
37.52
21.54
16.10
4.8
11.3
5.5
3.7
2.1
3.5
10.2
7.5
3.9
12.9
5.2
2.6
13.00
7.79
10.00
15.00
17.39
11.75
10.00
11.00
15.00
25.21
15.00
10.00
16.23
13.00
11.91
23.69
20.39
14.37
12.77
11.30
18.53
28.92
17.25
12.30
22.93
16.41
15.00
25.13
23.69
17.50
13.00
15.25
22.73
43.92
20.83
15.68
26.18
20.78
18.20
27.14
25.71
20.55
17.78
17.60
25.51
43.92
25.68
19.35
30.57
27.48
23.08
28.02
27.68
24.34
19.04
20.56
30.32
43.92
29.07
22.91
21.30
24.65
16.1
3.9
13.82
17.78
16.02
21.00
18.75
25.00
27.50
29.00
29.71
30.80
29.72
21.29
26.83
21.22
24.68
19.03
18.09
18.84
13.53
20.69
23.91
14.98
24.82
14.16
14.54
22.35
13.52
18.10
17.77
16.50
15.02
4.9
5.4
3.6
4.0
8.4
12.1
16.9
4.0
7.2
7.7
2.7
3.9
3.5
5.2
11.8
2.6
3.1
11.3
6.6
9.4
14.4
21.00
15.00
18.11
15.00
18.00
14.00
9.38
11.00
9.50
13.25
14.24
10.17
15.70
8.50
10.00
13.50
9.25
9.70
13.00
10.00
10.00
22.66
18.00
21.25
16.63
19.00
14.50
11.00
14.00
11.00
16.00
17.60
11.50
21.03
10.00
10.00
17.00
11.00
13.00
14.75
11.75
10.75
29.18
21.79
27.94
19.56
25.00
18.00
16.93
18.00
11.62
18.00
22.00
14.00
24.48
12.16
14.50
23.00
12.50
15.00
17.00
15.00
12.11
36.31
23.46
31.54
24.85
27.00
21.70
25.33
23.07
14.56
26.41
29.47
17.01
29.16
17.00
18.00
27.43
15.00
25.85
21.94
20.94
16.80
39.46
27.25
33.73
30.27
40.00
32.91
30.40
29.75
22.03
28.94
36.64
22.18
32.35
22.98
20.00
30.01
18.50
28.05
25.39
28.00
26.12
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$16.23
22.47
19.66
16.51
16.72
27.56
19.50
16.60
20.25
22.15
17.66
19.62
19.23
13.92
17.63
15.01
21.21
16.52
13.45
16.62
16.88
13.81
17.37
12.54
12.86
13.19
15.15
15.45
16.71
12.65
14.67
14.19
12.68
14.12
12.03
11.49
12.60
18.13
7.5
14.1
6.4
5.4
5.2
13.2
11.1
11.6
2.2
2.3
5.8
5.0
2.5
10.7
5.2
10.9
10.7
15.5
14.9
16.9
5.9
13.7
14.6
5.8
7.4
7.5
15.8
12.8
11.2
6.7
2.3
8.4
4.1
12.3
4.4
7.3
5.8
3.1
$9.00
11.00
14.26
12.75
9.50
13.00
15.55
8.00
12.75
15.42
11.99
12.00
13.00
10.19
14.51
7.61
12.82
8.25
7.28
8.00
10.00
8.58
11.50
8.50
8.50
9.85
7.75
12.00
10.94
8.75
10.46
8.75
8.44
9.44
7.50
6.00
8.50
11.00
$11.00
15.59
15.00
15.12
11.61
19.38
16.70
9.30
15.16
18.21
13.86
16.36
15.85
12.25
15.00
8.50
16.47
10.69
9.10
13.50
12.50
9.60
13.00
10.50
10.50
10.07
9.50
12.00
12.00
10.00
12.60
10.00
9.85
10.30
8.60
9.15
9.90
13.30
$15.50
21.00
18.00
16.32
15.51
32.05
18.57
12.00
19.64
21.00
16.46
20.14
19.29
12.25
16.15
15.21
18.91
15.75
13.00
17.40
15.38
11.14
15.09
12.36
12.70
12.85
15.50
13.67
18.00
12.26
14.33
12.63
11.86
11.50
10.75
10.95
12.75
17.00
$20.00
32.85
23.99
18.20
20.00
33.19
21.42
25.45
24.06
26.36
21.25
22.75
23.00
16.07
19.91
18.83
30.33
19.56
16.25
23.13
20.68
16.13
23.00
14.50
13.08
15.25
18.50
17.79
18.00
15.00
16.00
18.00
15.19
15.00
14.50
14.49
14.97
23.16
$24.00
33.85
30.75
20.00
24.61
37.31
29.90
25.45
28.80
29.75
24.00
27.10
25.51
19.84
23.62
23.34
30.83
30.00
22.00
23.42
26.69
19.27
23.00
16.15
20.12
16.65
23.60
20.50
24.97
17.26
19.10
20.25
17.88
21.75
18.45
16.23
16.53
25.88
21.19
17.54
18.46
26.41
22.56
22.00
9.8
11.4
2.8
3.5
4.9
4.3
14.75
9.92
11.59
20.51
15.41
13.89
16.13
12.86
14.73
24.19
17.61
19.17
22.68
17.79
18.32
25.00
21.58
23.19
25.18
24.74
22.29
28.37
28.85
25.39
25.18
26.29
25.94
32.19
31.92
27.40
13.42
16.33
15.89
13.41
13.10
14.67
12.42
1.4
5.2
5.7
5.9
7.4
10.1
9.8
7.73
12.57
10.00
8.91
7.50
9.50
6.75
9.58
14.35
11.75
10.50
9.05
9.87
9.45
12.32
14.35
15.00
13.34
12.00
13.20
10.34
16.09
18.32
18.75
15.45
15.00
16.63
15.45
21.14
22.03
23.63
17.29
22.19
23.73
18.04
13.57
13.60
15.11
15.12
12.59
13.29
3.5
7.5
3.9
3.5
3.0
5.4
8.70
9.32
10.25
9.10
8.10
8.45
10.90
10.76
11.75
11.00
10.00
10.50
13.00
12.13
14.75
14.24
11.70
12.72
15.16
16.00
17.25
17.92
14.61
16.08
18.65
19.04
20.48
25.55
17.68
18.00
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheet metal duct installers .............................................
Structural metal workers ................................................
Drillers, earth .................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Supervisors, extractive ..................................................
Mining machine operators .............................................
Mining, n.e.c. .................................................................
Supervisors, production .................................................
Tool and die makers ......................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ....................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..........................................
Machinists ......................................................................
Machinist apprentices ....................................................
Boilermakers ..................................................................
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 ....................................
Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood .......................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..........................
Furniture and wood finishers .........................................
Tailors ............................................................................
Upholsterers ..................................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ..................
Optical goods workers ...................................................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians ....
Bookbinders ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................
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 ....................................
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.65
12.53
11.31
12.60
11.31
16.00
17.01
14.73
13.01
6.4
2.3
4.2
3.5
6.4
2.3
4.5
7.8
7.7
$11.25
10.65
7.75
10.92
7.34
10.00
11.25
9.45
9.00
$12.40
11.45
9.25
11.81
10.06
12.00
14.46
11.14
9.73
$15.16
12.40
11.00
13.00
11.56
15.60
18.13
14.00
12.35
$18.16
13.50
13.09
13.50
12.00
19.09
19.50
17.55
16.50
$21.65
13.50
14.94
14.50
13.94
22.22
22.03
21.00
16.50
11.28
10.86
8.62
8.65
9.15
11.31
12.70
13.45
15.19
18.91
11.70
14.11
12.39
13.86
13.51
14.76
14.09
13.44
11.72
13.94
15.99
11.22
13.99
9.71
11.34
9.52
13.86
11.41
13.84
12.58
12.07
10.23
10.83
4.9
4.0
6.1
4.3
4.7
8.2
3.9
4.9
5.2
5.4
3.9
3.5
10.5
12.0
6.6
6.4
6.2
4.1
4.6
2.4
2.2
8.4
4.0
11.5
12.1
14.2
20.0
5.4
4.4
5.8
10.9
6.8
8.0
7.50
7.00
6.50
6.35
6.95
8.25
7.50
9.00
10.03
12.08
9.00
8.75
8.00
9.00
10.24
10.25
9.58
9.50
8.00
8.45
10.75
7.83
7.50
6.95
7.00
7.20
8.00
7.00
8.25
8.25
9.03
6.45
7.00
9.50
9.80
6.75
7.25
7.75
8.25
9.14
10.29
11.37
15.30
10.23
10.89
10.43
10.55
11.15
11.25
11.20
10.92
9.00
10.25
12.76
8.65
9.48
8.00
7.69
7.20
8.00
8.00
10.00
10.00
10.36
7.34
8.75
11.49
10.75
7.50
8.65
8.69
10.75
11.44
13.80
14.20
19.12
11.07
13.00
11.58
13.39
12.47
13.01
13.75
13.27
11.23
13.17
15.25
11.45
12.00
8.00
11.93
7.20
11.23
9.58
12.32
11.00
11.07
9.40
10.49
13.16
11.25
9.79
10.00
10.00
13.75
15.65
15.89
17.15
22.85
12.50
15.97
15.00
18.68
15.81
16.73
16.97
16.50
14.06
16.75
18.47
12.77
17.10
10.75
12.52
10.50
13.95
13.75
16.25
14.00
12.10
13.80
11.49
14.55
14.50
12.00
10.68
12.60
14.35
20.55
16.94
22.43
25.15
14.19
21.17
17.51
20.23
19.48
23.51
17.96
17.00
17.00
20.76
22.49
14.93
25.65
14.82
17.69
13.65
27.77
17.74
22.26
18.18
17.20
15.18
15.50
15.18
18.06
14.94
14.54
15.38
10.02
8.95
11.63
24.90
27.09
25.24
21.47
16.57
11.10
19.37
1.6
4.8
2.2
5.5
2.4
4.3
11.3
5.8
14.3
12.7
5.1
4.3
7.0
8.1
15.6
9.26
12.60
9.54
8.00
8.99
7.25
5.50
7.00
13.13
16.80
14.66
16.10
11.25
8.33
13.75
11.00
13.71
10.88
10.50
11.50
8.35
7.00
8.08
15.86
17.91
20.16
19.43
12.92
8.75
13.75
13.90
17.27
13.77
13.10
15.25
10.00
8.91
10.00
22.86
24.36
23.97
22.89
15.75
9.58
17.42
18.45
22.25
18.10
17.56
19.46
11.00
11.40
13.67
32.32
34.04
29.29
23.00
20.00
13.14
22.50
23.26
25.98
22.50
23.86
21.80
12.09
11.55
17.81
41.22
41.13
35.97
25.10
20.55
16.05
32.91
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Heat treating equipment operators ................................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators ....
Sawing machine operators ............................................
Shaping and joining 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 .......................................................
Solderers and brazers ...................................................
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 ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...........................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators .................
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .........................................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..............
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Marine engineers ...........................................................
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.34
20.81
19.73
17.42
16.29
15.96
13.75
12.6
3.6
7.1
5.9
5.0
5.2
2.3
$8.61
15.86
11.05
12.00
10.00
9.72
9.00
$10.55
18.42
12.50
13.40
12.00
12.00
10.64
$15.57
20.19
18.55
16.57
15.00
14.00
13.00
$15.99
23.50
25.62
20.23
18.15
18.95
16.22
$15.99
26.02
29.12
23.92
23.60
25.77
19.92
16.08
4.1
10.00
12.00
14.95
19.77
25.62
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...............................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Crane and tower operators ............................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper 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 .........................................................
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. .............................
11.69
10.51
20.70
11.72
11.11
9.98
1.5
6.7
11.3
3.1
8.3
13.8
7.00
8.00
9.70
7.50
7.50
7.00
8.35
9.00
14.14
8.71
8.50
7.35
10.42
10.06
19.48
10.57
10.00
8.90
13.75
12.00
24.39
14.48
13.04
12.67
18.54
14.00
27.74
17.11
17.85
13.50
19.68
11.81
11.64
9.77
13.59
10.48
14.47
11.16
10.68
12.24
9.09
10.07
9.60
11.20
4.8
3.9
3.5
14.8
3.2
6.1
9.4
2.4
3.4
2.7
3.7
3.9
3.7
2.8
11.25
7.68
8.00
7.00
8.00
6.20
9.00
6.75
7.50
7.04
7.00
6.75
6.15
6.75
14.76
9.20
9.00
7.75
9.50
8.00
11.25
8.50
8.25
9.00
7.43
7.50
7.25
8.00
18.71
11.00
10.80
8.50
12.00
10.00
14.38
10.46
10.00
11.25
8.15
9.30
8.95
10.00
22.03
14.00
13.00
12.00
17.49
12.44
17.30
13.05
12.45
14.68
10.00
10.75
11.23
13.04
28.51
16.65
16.45
15.00
21.99
15.25
23.56
16.20
14.97
19.83
12.34
15.29
13.40
18.27
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 ............................................
11.47
17.69
25.92
29.67
19.34
18.36
18.66
23.63
18.74
16.74
10.21
14.07
8.32
5.26
7.28
4.47
6.31
9.40
13.01
9.72
8.64
8.21
10.92
14.74
11.74
10.16
10.94
2.2
2.9
5.1
3.3
6.9
12.8
2.4
1.2
2.1
5.3
3.6
9.2
1.4
3.3
5.1
4.2
4.8
1.3
2.4
1.3
2.3
1.3
1.5
5.9
3.0
1.0
1.9
6.00
8.50
16.70
17.45
10.50
8.00
11.41
15.35
12.10
11.35
7.00
8.00
4.03
2.13
5.00
2.13
3.30
6.05
8.31
6.50
6.00
6.00
7.53
10.00
8.00
7.31
6.88
7.50
10.98
19.74
23.63
13.00
13.93
13.99
18.80
14.23
12.13
8.15
9.95
6.25
3.00
5.99
2.50
5.00
7.04
9.95
7.75
7.00
7.00
8.77
12.00
9.25
8.50
7.75
9.75
15.82
24.05
29.12
15.83
19.96
17.88
23.43
18.19
14.78
9.36
12.64
7.85
5.15
7.00
4.00
6.25
8.53
12.00
9.45
8.10
7.71
10.03
13.75
10.68
9.75
9.76
13.40
23.31
30.94
36.36
25.49
23.38
23.08
27.17
22.64
21.37
11.25
17.37
10.00
6.90
8.55
5.82
7.01
10.70
15.59
11.00
9.86
9.00
12.35
16.46
13.36
11.21
13.07
19.43
28.82
37.72
40.69
33.15
27.57
26.43
31.65
27.85
25.35
14.05
21.85
12.83
8.48
10.00
7.01
9.15
13.67
19.23
13.38
12.00
10.75
15.14
19.00
16.18
13.62
17.04
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
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 ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$16.24
8.25
11.12
13.63
10.66
15.30
13.68
6.96
13.93
31.48
7.35
10.86
8.76
9.57
11.09
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 2002
and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
4.5
3.3
1.8
7.9
7.3
6.9
7.3
3.8
10.7
3.3
4.4
4.0
3.3
5.1
4.9
$9.50
6.29
7.00
10.00
5.68
8.48
7.25
5.18
9.79
17.34
4.50
7.75
6.00
6.50
7.47
$12.50
7.00
8.12
11.00
6.55
12.00
9.25
5.57
11.02
21.48
5.75
8.40
6.81
7.25
8.82
$15.87
7.50
10.08
13.00
8.90
15.00
11.50
6.27
14.27
32.22
6.90
10.02
8.47
8.50
10.25
$18.69
8.82
13.30
15.75
11.76
18.75
16.76
7.11
16.83
37.59
8.24
12.14
10.09
10.56
12.75
$22.76
10.89
16.53
18.00
17.00
21.08
22.52
10.50
18.25
49.17
9.65
14.85
11.69
14.75
16.96
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 2003
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$9.93
10.48
1.1
1.2
$5.50
5.25
$6.50
6.50
$8.00
8.13
$10.75
11.55
$16.44
18.42
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
12.34
16.15
1.3
1.8
6.10
7.60
7.00
9.45
9.00
12.50
13.71
20.37
23.90
29.16
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 .......................................
Biological science teachers ...........................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
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 ............................................
Law 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 .................................
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. .............
23.16
25.24
34.09
24.47
24.47
23.29
28.69
69.74
27.05
34.84
22.08
19.97
27.52
32.59
30.54
29.86
32.45
35.03
27.06
57.78
27.71
34.22
28.51
37.50
27.70
20.86
27.92
31.25
38.98
31.29
30.37
30.83
18.67
13.33
25.89
32.36
24.52
20.35
12.58
25.70
18.73
18.71
18.99
20.74
20.80
16.56
18.13
10.35
41.99
43.03
2.5
2.4
13.9
13.2
13.2
6.8
1.9
2.4
1.7
5.5
7.4
6.8
5.8
4.2
4.9
22.1
4.6
27.9
9.6
8.3
17.3
1.7
14.0
10.7
10.9
29.3
26.1
9.4
12.9
16.0
8.7
7.3
5.1
12.4
9.3
6.2
14.9
8.2
4.9
16.5
3.8
4.0
7.8
20.5
20.9
7.5
5.4
18.5
13.1
14.1
10.00
10.25
15.00
14.42
14.42
16.61
19.38
50.29
19.38
20.00
16.73
14.83
22.27
25.00
22.59
15.37
17.04
17.00
21.88
37.95
20.63
34.00
17.00
18.75
14.44
8.96
11.38
17.66
22.01
23.92
19.50
16.23
8.13
6.83
10.71
18.00
15.56
8.95
6.25
11.25
12.60
12.60
12.33
10.00
10.00
6.10
9.50
5.63
15.27
15.27
14.50
17.33
21.15
14.42
14.42
16.61
22.71
60.00
22.50
30.00
19.04
15.67
24.75
28.68
27.15
19.12
22.00
17.00
21.88
51.87
24.38
34.00
20.00
24.34
20.00
10.00
13.23
20.63
26.04
23.92
23.50
19.65
10.75
10.00
18.52
24.07
18.00
12.00
8.75
14.88
15.90
15.25
17.06
10.00
10.00
11.00
13.29
5.63
26.04
25.00
21.63
24.07
28.15
20.00
20.00
22.81
26.46
66.00
25.74
38.00
21.42
20.00
25.30
34.00
28.00
22.27
31.93
21.00
24.34
51.95
24.43
34.00
26.50
37.50
25.00
12.50
23.38
34.20
31.93
30.00
29.85
27.53
14.29
11.27
26.81
33.36
20.00
15.41
11.00
22.74
18.56
18.47
19.23
18.68
18.75
16.83
18.21
8.00
39.13
39.26
28.57
30.91
50.00
32.68
32.68
25.83
32.65
73.33
30.02
41.70
23.29
22.57
32.00
35.00
33.00
34.39
37.10
52.76
30.00
78.49
26.25
34.00
38.16
44.99
34.20
30.00
44.75
36.00
48.75
30.00
31.40
36.06
23.67
13.27
32.52
40.67
32.50
25.00
15.67
30.89
22.22
22.22
22.74
28.60
28.75
22.95
23.06
15.30
63.33
63.33
37.53
40.00
56.25
39.42
39.42
31.35
40.00
95.52
37.48
44.50
28.12
26.75
35.11
39.00
39.72
63.56
50.54
71.01
34.38
78.49
41.96
34.00
38.16
55.97
39.78
44.99
46.15
44.99
59.46
40.00
44.25
51.36
35.39
21.35
38.45
43.42
40.93
41.01
21.15
49.08
23.41
23.96
22.74
35.00
35.00
24.56
25.00
18.01
63.60
63.60
13.54
8.98
24.80
14.71
16.18
6.88
14.60
9.1
7.7
43.0
39.4
28.9
39.0
18.8
6.25
7.00
8.65
5.15
7.61
2.13
6.25
7.50
7.50
10.00
6.75
8.00
2.13
7.50
10.00
9.00
10.00
10.52
11.00
5.15
14.50
14.00
10.00
58.75
28.13
15.00
5.15
19.29
28.13
12.00
58.75
28.13
33.37
15.00
23.82
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 2003–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 .....................................................
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 ..............................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Drafters ..........................................................................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Legal assistants .............................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
$16.29
14.41
11.38
11.92
29.37
18.19
18.18
28.00
11.94
23.02
16.99
13.41
20.62
26.67
16.98
12.08
8.84
30.32
16.02
25.44
26.4
6.4
23.3
11.5
5.4
4.5
5.7
6.0
16.9
7.4
2.1
6.1
16.8
26.0
21.2
9.5
7.2
18.1
15.3
44.6
$8.00
13.30
5.50
7.00
21.90
9.50
11.92
20.50
6.00
15.68
13.00
9.00
11.00
15.77
8.00
9.80
7.00
14.65
11.00
7.50
$8.00
13.30
7.00
8.00
26.00
12.96
13.50
21.00
7.50
17.48
14.50
10.00
12.51
15.77
9.25
10.82
7.00
16.92
11.00
9.25
$13.43
13.82
10.00
10.00
28.50
15.82
16.50
26.00
11.00
20.37
16.00
12.09
19.23
34.00
19.00
10.82
9.50
25.00
13.41
12.18
$27.25
13.88
11.00
15.00
34.48
20.82
21.79
32.50
14.00
26.72
18.90
14.94
29.57
34.00
21.70
12.98
10.00
40.00
16.00
19.65
$31.13
22.22
14.00
19.61
34.48
27.20
27.14
42.50
20.09
35.46
23.00
20.09
34.01
34.00
21.70
16.99
10.00
50.96
19.66
90.00
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. ........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .............................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Management analysts ....................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
21.78
21.39
16.95
25.24
25.76
31.13
15.99
33.57
22.01
24.30
17.67
27.57
19.13
17.98
6.1
11.8
22.9
14.0
15.7
18.3
10.8
21.4
4.9
8.5
19.1
4.6
12.3
9.4
9.80
7.00
4.79
22.19
11.00
21.79
9.50
20.00
13.16
15.15
10.82
20.00
13.21
9.23
14.42
9.80
4.79
22.19
15.50
23.94
13.75
20.00
15.15
16.00
10.82
21.65
13.21
13.39
20.11
20.00
12.00
22.19
26.00
25.37
15.81
31.22
20.86
23.75
16.50
28.08
16.63
16.20
26.92
26.00
26.92
22.19
26.00
44.70
17.00
51.75
27.30
29.00
20.31
28.08
25.57
22.39
35.58
42.24
27.89
29.08
42.24
44.70
17.79
51.75
33.00
35.76
34.00
42.31
27.69
28.85
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Sales, other business services ......................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale .....................................................................
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 .........................................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..........................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..............
Sales support, n.e.c. ......................................................
7.83
8.82
8.20
.9
11.6
3.3
5.75
6.69
6.00
6.50
7.75
7.00
7.25
8.15
8.00
8.50
10.20
8.53
10.05
10.65
10.46
11.93
7.55
7.37
8.46
8.55
9.94
8.52
7.81
7.22
7.55
12.42
10.34
8.67
10.0
2.0
5.4
4.1
4.0
2.8
5.5
1.6
4.8
1.0
30.6
21.7
4.4
9.00
6.00
5.20
7.00
7.00
7.50
6.90
6.00
5.50
5.65
7.00
7.40
6.00
9.17
6.50
5.75
7.20
7.73
8.56
7.00
6.50
6.00
6.20
7.00
7.50
7.00
12.00
7.12
6.90
8.00
8.44
9.65
8.30
7.25
7.00
7.00
8.05
8.00
7.73
15.26
8.00
8.26
9.00
9.50
11.00
9.25
8.40
7.75
8.05
12.00
11.25
10.00
15.26
9.98
10.30
10.00
9.50
12.58
10.32
10.00
9.00
9.65
18.00
16.25
12.50
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Computer operators .......................................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
10.94
11.01
12.76
1.4
10.2
4.0
7.00
8.50
7.78
8.45
10.00
9.70
10.00
10.34
12.00
12.50
13.30
15.00
15.36
14.99
19.47
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 2003–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$19.20
11.12
9.69
8.22
15.66
8.96
10.15
9.94
14.26
10.29
8.69
11.65
11.18
12.38
11.82
9.12
9.74
8.95
9.37
8.49
10.89
9.43
12.79
10.53
15.6
5.6
6.9
4.5
4.3
3.0
5.8
5.6
11.8
3.4
8.4
6.1
3.9
7.8
4.2
2.5
6.3
6.5
6.0
5.6
10.9
4.6
9.6
8.7
$13.42
8.00
7.50
6.25
8.61
7.00
6.84
6.60
8.30
6.75
5.15
8.20
8.25
8.00
9.50
8.00
8.00
6.25
6.50
5.33
6.50
6.25
9.80
7.47
$15.00
10.00
8.00
7.50
11.72
7.25
9.25
7.75
11.20
7.97
7.49
9.28
10.00
10.50
10.75
8.32
8.00
7.44
8.30
6.85
7.26
7.75
10.00
7.87
$16.00
11.03
8.75
8.00
14.69
8.65
10.05
9.97
16.50
9.52
9.00
10.70
10.00
11.55
12.09
9.01
10.00
9.00
8.51
8.00
9.00
8.50
14.76
11.30
$17.50
12.79
10.64
8.75
20.65
10.00
11.00
11.24
17.63
12.50
9.20
13.64
13.00
14.56
13.03
9.75
10.00
10.00
11.11
10.35
12.49
10.50
15.21
12.10
$21.69
14.87
13.25
10.00
21.35
12.02
12.18
13.09
18.00
14.47
11.96
16.96
15.00
18.00
13.93
10.85
12.00
11.26
12.00
11.00
19.68
14.48
15.21
12.10
8.93
15.60
12.37
11.49
10.60
9.61
10.63
10.44
13.29
11.07
3.8
7.4
6.1
6.0
3.5
1.7
22.4
4.2
3.0
5.8
7.00
11.19
7.55
8.33
7.00
7.48
7.00
7.50
8.15
7.00
8.00
12.15
8.74
8.85
8.00
8.20
7.00
9.00
9.74
8.00
8.65
14.76
12.03
11.78
10.00
9.11
7.00
10.00
12.05
10.00
9.45
19.00
14.78
13.55
12.00
11.00
14.50
12.50
16.38
13.89
10.00
20.00
18.43
14.42
15.25
12.19
14.50
13.00
20.32
16.39
Blue collar ....................................................................................
9.71
3.6
5.95
7.00
8.50
11.25
15.26
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Butchers and meat cutters .............................................
Bakers ............................................................................
12.77
10.08
6.7
3.7
6.50
9.52
9.00
9.52
10.73
10.00
14.67
10.00
22.00
12.50
16.29
12.76
18.02
20.86
9.83
10.44
9.65
26.2
10.8
26.4
9.0
4.1
16.3
2.7
9.00
7.75
10.00
14.35
7.25
6.50
6.50
9.00
9.33
10.00
21.50
8.00
6.50
6.50
14.10
11.37
22.00
21.50
9.75
7.60
9.90
23.64
16.83
25.00
21.50
10.73
13.75
12.50
23.64
17.35
30.14
30.14
12.25
18.00
12.50
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Printing press operators .................................................
Typesetters and compositors .........................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Packaging and filling machine operators .......................
Motion picture projectionists ..........................................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Assemblers ....................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ...........
8.80
14.25
10.50
7.48
8.26
19.21
7.73
10.27
8.67
9.65
2.3
12.7
8.0
5.9
5.1
28.5
3.0
5.7
5.2
7.3
6.50
7.00
7.50
5.78
7.00
6.00
6.35
8.00
7.00
7.50
7.01
9.60
10.00
6.04
7.00
8.00
7.15
8.50
7.35
8.00
8.00
14.46
11.00
6.75
8.00
20.00
8.00
9.73
7.75
9.00
9.85
15.35
12.00
8.75
8.50
30.14
8.00
12.00
9.50
11.00
11.90
25.14
12.00
9.86
10.25
30.14
8.00
14.00
10.50
12.40
Mean
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
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 ....................................................................
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 ....................................................................
Proofreaders ..................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
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 2003–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 .....................................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
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. ............................................................................
$10.81
12.64
7.90
12.95
8.69
6.38
7.02
10.15
5.2
10.2
8.6
2.5
6.6
8.9
5.8
7.1
$5.65
7.00
5.20
9.25
6.75
5.25
5.25
7.50
$7.24
8.70
5.75
10.30
7.00
5.25
5.50
8.00
$10.00
13.43
6.75
12.30
7.93
5.50
6.50
9.00
$13.65
16.72
8.00
14.41
10.00
7.25
7.60
11.05
$16.91
18.00
12.50
17.26
12.00
8.97
8.98
14.34
12.33
6.5
8.50
10.90
11.72
13.35
15.05
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. .............................
9.01
7.48
8.21
7.86
12.74
10.17
18.57
8.00
7.60
9.13
11.73
8.22
6.63
8.05
8.45
4.6
2.5
4.8
10.3
19.1
3.9
11.5
5.2
1.8
10.4
5.7
8.5
3.1
3.1
3.3
5.75
6.90
6.00
6.25
6.00
7.50
9.50
6.75
5.50
6.75
7.25
6.50
5.15
6.00
6.00
6.75
7.25
7.25
6.75
8.50
10.00
12.00
7.00
6.10
7.50
10.00
6.90
5.40
6.95
7.00
8.00
7.50
7.25
7.33
16.00
10.00
24.63
7.80
7.01
8.30
10.83
7.00
6.25
7.70
8.00
10.56
7.75
8.67
8.24
16.00
11.00
25.00
8.50
8.30
10.35
14.65
9.25
7.25
9.00
9.02
14.59
8.25
10.75
10.87
16.00
12.00
28.00
10.00
9.75
11.55
16.01
10.00
8.50
10.40
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 ............................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ......
Maids and housemen ....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
7.30
10.48
8.34
15.94
15.69
9.58
10.68
8.86
6.28
4.70
6.60
4.20
5.49
7.12
8.96
7.55
7.23
7.05
9.52
14.49
9.54
9.31
7.95
10.49
8.10
7.86
.9
5.9
8.9
15.3
12.0
4.1
8.2
8.4
.9
2.8
5.2
3.0
2.5
.7
5.5
2.5
2.9
1.1
2.8
7.5
7.1
2.4
3.0
7.5
3.8
3.4
3.50
6.25
6.95
9.00
6.25
7.00
6.50
6.00
2.63
2.13
3.35
2.13
2.83
5.35
7.00
5.35
5.25
5.45
6.15
9.25
5.15
6.25
5.50
7.00
6.00
5.30
5.75
7.50
6.95
10.00
14.50
8.00
7.75
6.50
5.15
2.58
5.15
2.26
4.50
6.00
7.25
6.10
6.00
6.00
7.35
11.80
7.50
7.25
6.50
8.00
7.00
6.50
7.00
8.80
7.40
12.81
15.00
9.02
8.75
8.00
6.50
4.50
6.50
3.10
5.50
6.75
8.50
7.00
7.00
6.75
9.00
15.00
8.57
8.93
7.50
10.45
7.50
7.50
8.35
11.77
8.00
22.00
17.44
10.99
11.36
10.63
7.31
6.75
7.50
5.64
6.75
7.85
9.00
8.50
8.00
7.70
11.00
16.50
11.25
10.74
8.56
13.15
8.50
8.56
10.52
17.00
11.43
29.00
17.44
12.46
19.64
13.50
8.79
7.25
10.00
7.01
7.50
9.00
12.16
10.00
9.80
9.00
13.50
19.70
14.26
13.18
10.50
14.17
10.08
10.50
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 2003–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 ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$8.65
10.12
11.24
6.88
9.00
7.55
14.95
8.51
7.43
8.22
8.58
9.82
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 2002
and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
2.4
10.6
11.1
4.7
6.7
5.9
33.1
9.5
6.4
3.3
3.0
8.4
$5.65
6.75
5.91
5.25
7.00
5.75
8.50
5.25
5.68
5.75
6.00
6.00
$6.40
6.75
7.00
5.50
7.50
6.38
8.50
7.01
6.13
6.50
6.89
7.00
$7.50
10.64
9.36
6.50
8.50
6.75
8.50
7.71
6.92
7.86
8.04
8.41
$9.45
12.24
14.00
7.65
9.50
8.00
10.00
8.68
8.00
9.11
10.30
10.00
$12.22
14.00
20.00
9.00
11.25
10.00
42.51
11.73
10.35
11.16
11.22
15.00
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 2003
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$16.98
17.21
1.0
1.1
$7.00
7.13
$9.25
9.51
$13.39
13.75
$20.60
21.00
$30.28
30.54
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
21.12
22.81
.9
1.0
8.22
9.94
11.12
12.67
16.64
18.46
26.00
27.86
38.44
40.14
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 .......................................
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 ..............
27.73
30.32
34.65
31.38
39.63
31.51
46.77
40.77
37.05
30.32
37.17
30.49
31.78
36.49
29.40
33.64
33.66
33.38
36.27
30.75
30.69
43.15
27.84
35.76
33.83
28.08
32.94
26.16
29.60
58.26
39.05
52.56
34.08
26.10
39.55
21.76
21.19
25.22
27.46
24.99
18.97
35.73
43.08
51.66
52.91
55.19
39.54
43.77
34.71
33.40
39.17
39.24
58.21
39.64
29.61
56.80
50.57
47.46
1.1
1.1
1.2
4.7
7.3
6.7
6.8
4.0
3.0
4.2
2.5
1.8
2.2
2.3
11.3
1.8
1.8
5.5
7.3
11.8
4.3
8.8
4.3
13.2
7.2
13.9
7.2
8.0
2.5
5.3
5.1
12.2
2.9
1.3
1.0
5.1
2.3
3.2
1.9
3.1
15.2
6.5
3.4
16.5
7.6
10.5
6.1
20.0
10.2
8.8
17.4
8.7
7.8
11.9
15.2
6.2
9.1
10.9
13.12
15.00
22.22
19.71
23.27
23.93
35.14
28.25
28.93
20.00
24.68
21.77
22.05
23.53
17.27
19.96
19.80
20.74
22.92
18.00
17.09
26.56
16.21
23.50
21.20
14.70
16.67
15.38
18.15
19.48
33.70
25.00
25.00
18.33
34.00
16.58
16.52
16.83
21.63
19.57
12.25
27.89
21.04
23.48
35.90
39.74
26.22
24.52
23.83
22.69
26.44
26.81
31.57
25.82
19.20
30.77
22.31
19.42
17.75
20.80
26.97
22.89
30.22
27.05
37.74
32.44
32.94
23.08
28.92
24.93
25.30
28.23
24.04
25.14
25.25
24.04
25.48
26.81
21.65
36.85
20.30
23.50
27.43
21.53
22.28
17.66
21.48
26.91
33.93
42.50
25.00
21.13
37.26
18.04
18.43
22.02
24.00
21.50
13.59
33.99
26.82
30.18
41.35
45.79
31.22
25.43
25.74
25.64
28.17
29.30
45.00
25.82
21.64
42.00
25.97
28.07
24.58
27.58
33.17
30.00
39.70
29.25
43.51
39.48
36.62
28.55
35.25
29.81
30.98
35.34
27.01
32.69
33.00
31.64
38.46
29.17
28.45
45.89
27.24
32.91
32.39
28.37
28.46
22.36
25.82
60.10
40.50
56.25
35.47
24.95
40.45
20.91
20.48
25.02
26.44
25.00
15.83
37.50
36.62
43.17
52.77
48.85
39.70
30.34
27.63
36.76
33.06
36.27
57.69
36.79
24.76
53.61
38.16
50.59
33.65
36.86
40.82
36.35
48.10
35.70
56.97
48.65
40.13
36.06
43.35
34.66
36.97
43.71
38.40
40.63
40.87
39.09
42.50
37.72
37.65
49.85
31.75
43.32
38.42
30.58
40.63
32.00
33.00
71.57
40.87
61.67
42.69
29.70
42.63
24.61
24.83
27.81
30.49
27.80
20.27
37.50
52.97
57.60
61.28
65.78
45.43
56.07
41.76
36.76
36.28
51.04
74.17
48.34
35.24
67.31
61.26
56.55
44.42
47.76
49.23
45.67
55.29
43.31
62.50
54.24
45.79
45.00
52.93
40.87
42.30
51.70
38.40
48.63
48.82
47.71
50.41
46.12
47.53
52.85
41.94
55.68
49.24
51.27
57.58
42.51
43.00
90.82
50.00
75.00
42.69
35.38
45.00
29.00
25.24
33.00
35.00
30.42
31.17
45.67
71.45
106.54
80.08
70.63
55.70
69.84
50.55
38.46
63.03
51.04
80.39
63.17
48.67
87.05
95.37
81.02
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$36.37
29.15
38.23
35.95
40.13
63.62
30.15
41.44
20.35
43.29
18.86
11.71
22.46
28.71
22.60
20.42
8.84
16.22
26.98
26.78
28.02
27.66
31.61
22.68
27.54
16.66
16.67
14.68
17.11
18.18
49.70
49.70
6.2
9.8
18.0
5.1
7.3
13.6
27.0
13.1
5.3
10.3
4.1
4.7
4.3
3.3
13.8
5.1
8.0
5.2
8.1
9.2
5.6
7.9
7.8
9.7
8.5
3.3
3.8
12.1
8.7
9.7
5.5
5.5
$21.12
12.50
21.09
23.62
23.20
30.00
17.24
23.50
15.00
20.00
9.25
7.44
13.65
16.89
13.70
10.45
6.50
10.82
17.54
16.89
20.27
14.14
18.00
12.12
19.00
10.29
10.82
5.63
10.00
10.60
22.95
22.95
$29.68
20.35
27.52
29.40
31.65
41.48
17.24
27.51
18.50
25.38
12.00
9.00
16.58
21.51
14.57
14.08
6.50
12.50
19.45
19.45
23.43
18.25
22.73
15.50
22.87
12.61
12.76
8.00
12.46
14.42
32.21
32.21
$33.21
26.45
30.83
30.98
41.16
60.71
23.69
35.76
20.00
35.58
16.58
10.96
20.98
26.84
21.59
18.00
8.13
14.42
24.17
23.97
29.09
24.60
28.83
18.25
25.85
15.63
15.45
15.63
17.71
19.23
46.09
46.09
$43.22
43.69
48.24
41.46
44.94
83.93
27.74
47.35
21.54
50.58
24.64
13.27
27.24
33.26
28.10
27.41
10.25
18.13
30.80
30.58
30.80
32.94
35.90
25.00
34.10
19.23
19.16
20.54
19.48
19.23
62.12
62.12
$57.13
46.19
68.09
51.05
52.03
100.52
58.44
71.30
24.75
74.97
31.10
17.00
31.75
43.90
33.33
30.74
11.00
23.81
43.14
45.21
36.62
43.34
48.42
36.60
40.14
24.36
24.56
21.29
22.95
20.23
80.00
80.00
23.74
27.90
21.45
34.89
27.39
20.55
17.17
8.44
13.41
24.94
25.31
29.94
18.46
30.82
21.27
17.09
30.12
16.23
22.73
16.54
16.20
21.15
22.08
23.14
23.42
4.4
6.0
6.1
17.6
11.7
12.1
12.2
37.4
6.9
12.5
5.2
33.2
10.6
7.5
1.8
2.4
4.3
7.9
2.5
1.1
4.5
5.8
3.6
4.9
4.7
10.00
13.46
10.00
12.00
8.63
9.98
8.00
2.13
7.50
10.99
15.59
7.53
8.00
13.78
11.55
10.28
21.00
9.24
15.50
12.52
9.98
12.00
16.32
15.28
13.50
14.38
19.50
14.00
28.44
16.62
14.20
11.14
2.13
11.88
15.75
19.95
9.13
10.30
20.40
14.41
12.62
25.50
11.30
18.59
14.15
12.00
15.06
20.30
17.55
17.41
20.88
26.68
19.42
30.76
25.63
19.46
14.41
5.15
13.13
19.57
23.35
15.00
16.35
28.73
18.25
16.00
30.00
15.00
22.80
16.18
14.61
20.70
20.47
23.81
22.28
28.83
34.66
26.68
36.79
36.72
22.35
22.83
13.33
15.72
29.79
29.81
26.44
22.66
40.58
23.99
20.60
34.60
20.00
26.43
18.38
18.75
25.18
24.43
26.42
28.54
40.87
44.48
35.08
58.75
48.08
33.33
30.00
17.31
17.50
43.47
36.83
116.83
29.71
48.32
30.70
25.00
40.00
25.65
30.18
20.85
23.26
30.19
30.10
31.79
34.43
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$19.78
15.66
17.15
20.59
23.43
98.47
14.87
29.53
19.21
19.89
21.55
2.8
9.0
6.0
7.0
15.1
7.0
16.1
3.2
4.8
3.9
6.9
$11.73
10.25
11.00
14.24
13.04
19.00
7.00
16.50
15.22
11.54
10.50
$15.00
12.00
13.20
16.50
15.30
35.75
7.87
21.29
17.54
15.63
15.00
$18.38
14.00
16.99
19.59
18.56
95.45
12.78
27.45
18.00
20.33
19.23
$24.00
17.50
20.32
23.18
27.86
149.35
16.92
34.37
21.00
23.61
24.93
$29.21
21.84
23.78
27.25
30.05
188.71
31.46
44.23
24.27
27.47
33.17
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. ...........................
Business and promotional agents ..................................
Construction inspectors .................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
32.60
36.09
38.95
42.02
32.14
29.50
43.69
26.23
35.02
19.51
19.74
21.30
28.93
37.22
26.59
24.71
27.68
33.36
29.43
23.40
29.55
2.7
3.2
16.2
15.5
8.8
5.9
9.0
6.0
4.1
5.9
5.2
17.5
10.1
3.1
2.0
2.2
6.4
7.3
4.3
3.0
18.4
15.80
15.99
21.00
18.80
17.31
17.73
22.19
11.50
20.25
11.54
8.65
15.00
14.10
16.48
15.58
15.58
16.66
15.16
18.37
15.39
15.84
20.43
22.27
22.19
23.13
21.62
19.82
28.77
16.19
25.00
13.63
11.88
15.63
16.66
23.60
18.82
18.80
19.18
19.74
21.70
18.00
17.58
27.40
30.51
33.00
29.52
26.44
28.78
38.62
23.44
32.22
17.63
18.17
18.10
24.79
32.40
23.65
23.37
23.70
24.88
26.73
21.82
30.80
37.91
43.64
50.96
43.27
40.85
37.88
57.12
32.08
41.03
21.25
26.02
30.19
31.25
46.15
30.09
28.85
31.50
34.69
33.47
27.12
32.69
53.63
57.69
74.52
61.90
55.49
42.50
72.42
44.30
54.98
30.29
32.14
30.19
46.95
58.29
38.23
34.71
43.27
51.69
43.45
33.65
56.59
25.11
25.76
22.06
22.48
3.8
5.7
7.0
10.5
16.54
16.12
16.15
13.33
19.00
19.62
17.80
17.52
22.66
25.24
22.84
21.00
28.99
30.60
25.44
27.39
37.63
33.65
27.02
34.77
24.60
25.06
6.7
2.4
17.65
15.00
18.72
18.27
22.71
23.00
28.85
28.85
33.65
36.85
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 ......................................................
15.05
19.35
22.79
23.23
47.25
22.02
21.10
34.75
1.8
3.2
8.0
9.4
7.9
11.7
8.0
5.3
6.50
9.36
10.16
10.00
13.46
8.75
7.50
21.44
7.50
11.54
12.63
11.85
16.98
12.02
10.65
29.00
10.50
16.03
17.54
17.79
27.13
17.26
17.50
34.62
17.12
22.44
26.46
27.23
44.45
26.59
26.44
39.06
27.74
35.03
37.28
42.13
86.54
45.50
37.18
44.88
26.72
19.12
8.74
8.67
11.17
17.67
13.44
13.85
3.7
4.1
3.3
7.6
6.4
29.5
4.6
5.0
12.50
6.44
6.15
5.50
7.00
7.57
8.50
8.00
16.55
9.90
7.00
6.00
7.75
8.50
9.60
9.26
23.03
16.18
7.98
7.52
9.90
11.24
11.42
12.53
32.71
24.69
9.50
10.00
12.28
16.35
15.00
16.54
45.49
34.56
12.00
12.75
16.88
34.86
19.00
22.04
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. ..........................................
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$11.37
9.47
8.34
19.16
12.41
14.84
3.7
7.0
1.6
19.9
8.2
7.6
$6.25
6.00
6.00
7.00
7.50
7.00
$7.00
6.90
6.60
9.12
8.50
10.00
$8.65
8.00
7.54
16.64
12.09
12.75
$12.00
10.50
9.25
32.77
14.40
19.56
$19.00
15.00
11.75
35.58
18.71
24.76
13.69
18.65
20.03
20.31
.7
3.1
12.1
2.8
8.50
11.94
14.00
13.48
10.05
14.50
14.60
15.98
12.75
17.50
17.92
19.75
16.05
21.26
24.28
23.00
20.13
26.01
28.79
27.47
20.65
15.93
12.49
15.53
16.66
14.65
11.50
8.99
13.90
10.98
12.86
13.76
13.85
15.19
12.25
10.21
13.36
14.01
15.24
12.77
12.08
11.87
12.40
11.53
10.47
12.96
10.21
11.64
9.25
15.54
17.69
12.90
12.31
16.68
14.40
15.20
5.4
2.2
9.0
1.2
7.0
4.6
4.1
2.8
6.0
1.6
2.7
3.4
2.4
3.0
7.0
3.3
1.9
1.8
3.6
3.0
14.8
3.5
5.6
5.5
4.6
8.5
13.7
4.3
5.2
6.7
3.6
2.3
2.2
5.0
8.7
6.2
12.02
11.70
8.00
9.80
11.00
9.00
8.16
7.00
7.50
8.00
9.23
10.25
8.65
10.40
8.20
7.50
9.00
9.50
10.50
9.45
6.36
8.32
8.00
8.50
7.36
7.50
6.00
8.30
6.88
8.25
11.94
9.00
7.94
10.75
9.74
10.70
14.56
13.16
9.00
12.00
12.95
10.85
9.11
7.50
8.84
9.00
10.27
11.45
10.50
12.47
9.52
8.63
10.39
11.03
12.15
10.50
6.36
9.30
10.00
9.34
9.06
9.00
6.75
9.34
7.13
10.00
13.50
10.75
9.50
11.59
10.34
12.50
20.00
16.04
11.00
15.00
15.21
13.00
11.00
8.25
12.75
10.50
12.18
13.01
13.00
15.00
12.48
10.00
12.90
13.56
14.56
12.33
12.18
10.39
11.50
11.42
10.50
11.38
9.60
10.66
8.79
14.29
16.58
12.10
11.50
14.96
12.71
14.70
24.04
18.40
15.57
18.46
18.87
16.27
13.42
10.00
19.86
12.54
14.42
15.19
16.25
18.08
14.50
11.42
15.39
16.00
17.24
14.66
15.25
13.78
13.50
13.53
11.40
18.31
11.40
13.68
11.00
18.03
21.00
14.46
14.35
21.31
15.25
18.26
32.51
20.25
19.35
21.91
25.00
21.46
15.07
11.50
21.15
14.42
17.68
18.48
20.19
20.75
15.99
13.86
19.23
19.23
21.05
16.48
18.00
16.06
18.39
15.48
12.86
20.25
15.98
15.63
12.50
22.19
25.12
18.05
17.53
24.40
25.75
20.93
11.80
17.70
14.93
12.85
14.01
12.70
10.35
12.67
11.62
14.05
9.71
4.3
4.0
2.1
3.4
3.6
1.1
1.3
9.8
3.2
4.0
3.9
7.30
11.50
9.50
10.00
9.35
8.50
8.00
7.00
8.25
9.00
6.82
8.40
13.22
11.30
10.82
10.50
10.00
8.80
9.50
9.50
11.00
7.78
10.25
16.38
14.25
12.91
13.05
11.84
9.93
14.28
11.00
13.34
9.25
13.45
20.77
17.69
14.75
16.32
14.84
11.64
15.30
13.00
15.85
10.35
20.48
26.45
22.01
16.83
19.84
18.10
13.35
17.74
15.56
19.81
13.31
Mean
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, other commodities .................................
Sales counter clerks ......................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..........................
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 .....................
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 .............................................................
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 2003–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. ........................................
$13.97
2.0
$8.80
$10.55
$13.27
$16.39
$19.69
Blue collar ....................................................................................
14.91
1.0
7.75
10.00
13.35
18.50
24.87
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .................................
Bus, truck, and stationary 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 ..
Locksmiths and safe repairers .......................................
Office machine repairers ................................................
Mechanical controls and valve 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 ........................
Plasterers .......................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .....................................
Glaziers ..........................................................................
Insulation workers ..........................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheet metal duct installers .............................................
Structural metal workers ................................................
Drillers, earth .................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Supervisors, extractive ..................................................
Mining machine operators .............................................
Mining, n.e.c. .................................................................
Supervisors, production .................................................
18.84
23.05
17.63
12.18
17.08
14.66
15.90
25.68
18.43
13.77
19.78
15.83
1.2
3.1
3.9
10.8
2.5
5.6
3.4
6.8
4.5
3.6
1.8
4.6
10.20
13.85
10.00
8.50
11.25
10.00
10.46
13.28
12.70
10.00
13.94
10.33
13.25
16.88
12.75
9.27
13.50
11.00
12.00
20.00
14.10
11.50
16.39
11.75
17.75
22.00
18.00
11.00
16.92
13.99
15.00
26.57
17.65
13.25
18.76
14.69
23.63
28.29
21.00
12.80
20.15
17.00
17.60
33.38
21.00
15.50
23.33
19.79
29.07
33.27
23.41
15.25
22.48
21.00
21.56
34.68
27.00
18.00
26.92
22.64
21.65
17.14
15.48
24.49
22.90
17.88
13.95
15.38
22.42
21.56
15.91
24.65
5.0
12.3
5.4
3.7
2.2
4.0
9.7
7.5
4.9
5.1
2.9
3.9
12.75
7.79
10.00
15.50
17.49
11.75
10.00
11.00
16.04
15.00
10.00
17.78
16.00
12.50
12.00
23.80
20.41
14.37
12.77
11.30
18.61
17.25
12.00
21.00
23.00
16.06
15.00
25.13
23.69
17.50
13.00
15.25
22.73
20.83
15.50
25.00
26.18
22.09
18.04
27.14
25.71
20.80
17.02
17.60
25.51
25.68
19.23
29.00
30.57
27.48
22.94
28.02
27.68
24.70
18.42
20.63
30.32
29.07
22.73
30.80
30.08
21.12
26.34
21.29
24.71
19.03
17.99
18.73
13.56
20.69
24.25
14.94
24.77
13.80
13.97
22.58
13.35
18.10
16.30
16.49
15.22
16.25
22.47
19.38
16.51
17.25
27.56
19.50
16.60
20.20
4.9
5.5
4.9
5.1
8.0
12.1
15.9
4.4
6.8
7.7
3.0
3.9
4.1
5.5
12.2
2.8
3.2
11.4
8.9
9.4
16.4
7.5
14.1
6.5
5.4
6.6
13.2
11.1
11.6
2.2
22.00
15.00
19.50
15.00
17.50
14.00
9.38
10.50
9.78
13.25
14.00
10.17
15.50
8.50
10.00
14.00
9.25
9.70
11.64
10.00
9.50
9.00
11.00
14.10
12.75
9.50
13.00
15.55
8.00
12.70
22.66
18.00
21.50
16.63
19.00
14.50
11.00
13.50
11.00
16.00
17.60
11.50
21.00
10.00
10.00
17.50
11.00
13.00
14.25
11.64
10.75
11.00
15.59
15.00
15.12
11.00
19.38
16.70
9.30
15.25
29.29
21.00
27.94
19.82
25.00
18.00
16.00
18.00
11.62
18.00
22.86
14.00
24.40
12.00
14.50
23.49
12.50
15.00
16.00
15.00
11.75
15.50
21.00
18.00
16.32
16.00
32.05
18.57
12.00
19.64
37.74
23.46
31.54
25.00
28.10
21.70
25.33
23.00
15.00
26.41
29.67
17.01
29.26
16.50
17.41
27.43
14.08
25.85
17.77
20.94
18.25
20.00
32.85
22.40
18.20
21.68
33.19
21.42
25.45
24.04
40.10
27.25
31.77
30.27
40.00
32.91
30.40
29.75
22.03
28.94
37.20
22.18
32.35
21.20
20.00
30.01
18.00
28.05
25.00
28.00
26.12
24.32
33.85
30.75
20.00
25.40
37.31
29.90
25.45
28.75
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$22.16
17.66
19.62
19.16
13.27
17.73
15.01
21.21
16.52
13.45
16.62
16.88
13.81
17.37
12.29
12.68
12.60
15.15
15.45
16.51
12.65
14.54
13.96
12.62
14.10
11.94
10.95
12.50
17.83
2.3
5.8
5.0
2.5
10.0
5.5
10.9
10.7
15.5
14.9
16.9
5.9
13.7
14.6
6.6
7.4
7.6
15.8
12.8
10.9
6.7
2.3
8.6
4.0
12.3
4.1
7.3
5.4
3.4
$15.40
11.99
12.00
13.00
10.00
14.96
7.61
12.82
8.25
7.28
8.00
10.00
8.58
11.50
8.50
8.50
8.61
7.75
12.00
10.94
8.75
9.51
9.00
8.32
9.44
7.35
6.50
8.15
10.53
$18.21
13.86
16.36
15.75
10.19
15.50
8.50
16.47
10.69
9.10
13.50
12.50
9.60
13.00
10.00
10.50
10.07
9.50
12.00
10.94
10.00
12.50
10.00
9.79
10.30
8.55
8.25
10.00
12.97
$21.00
16.46
20.14
19.29
12.25
16.15
15.21
18.91
15.75
13.00
17.40
15.38
11.14
15.09
12.21
12.70
11.95
15.50
13.67
16.15
12.26
14.05
12.63
11.74
11.50
10.75
10.50
12.00
16.47
$26.36
21.25
22.75
23.00
12.85
19.92
18.83
30.33
19.56
16.25
23.13
20.68
16.13
23.00
14.00
12.95
15.25
18.50
17.79
18.00
15.00
16.00
17.50
15.07
15.00
14.38
12.60
14.72
22.40
$29.75
24.00
27.10
25.51
19.84
24.52
23.34
30.83
30.00
22.00
23.42
26.69
19.27
23.00
16.00
20.12
17.50
23.60
20.50
24.97
17.26
18.50
20.16
17.85
21.75
18.40
15.60
16.53
25.96
20.74
17.54
16.98
26.46
22.24
22.07
10.7
11.4
12.9
3.7
5.8
4.3
13.52
9.92
8.86
21.76
15.63
13.76
15.35
12.86
13.05
24.33
17.16
19.21
22.68
17.79
16.19
25.00
21.15
23.21
25.18
24.74
21.81
28.37
28.29
25.69
25.18
26.29
26.29
31.77
31.27
27.40
13.29
16.33
15.80
13.41
12.80
14.67
12.42
1.3
5.2
5.8
5.9
8.5
10.1
9.8
7.50
12.57
9.50
8.91
7.50
9.50
6.75
9.50
14.35
11.52
10.50
8.83
9.87
9.45
12.15
14.35
14.84
13.34
11.44
13.20
10.34
15.99
18.32
18.75
15.45
15.00
16.63
15.45
20.95
22.03
23.63
17.29
21.49
23.73
18.04
13.51
13.60
15.11
14.88
12.57
13.14
15.65
12.53
11.31
12.60
11.31
16.00
16.68
14.16
13.00
3.6
7.5
3.9
4.0
3.0
5.5
6.4
2.3
4.2
3.5
6.4
2.4
4.2
7.5
7.7
8.75
9.32
10.25
9.10
8.11
7.50
11.25
10.65
7.75
10.92
7.34
10.00
11.45
9.01
9.00
10.75
10.76
11.75
10.50
9.98
10.25
12.40
11.45
9.25
11.81
10.06
12.00
13.50
10.65
9.89
12.90
12.13
14.75
13.98
11.69
12.63
15.16
12.40
11.00
13.00
11.56
15.60
17.63
13.13
12.33
15.16
16.00
17.25
17.63
14.61
16.08
18.16
13.50
13.09
13.50
12.00
19.31
19.50
17.00
16.50
18.65
19.04
20.48
25.35
17.68
17.85
21.65
13.50
14.75
14.50
13.94
22.50
22.00
19.55
16.50
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Tool and die makers ......................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ....................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..........................................
Machinists ......................................................................
Machinist apprentices ....................................................
Boilermakers ..................................................................
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 ....................................
Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood .......................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..........................
Furniture and wood finishers .........................................
Tailors ............................................................................
Upholsterers ..................................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ..................
Optical goods workers ...................................................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians ....
Bookbinders ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................
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 joining machine operators ........................
Nailing and tacking machine operators ..........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .................................
Typesetters and compositors .........................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .......................
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$11.28
10.86
8.64
8.58
8.95
11.31
12.52
13.45
15.16
18.92
11.70
14.11
12.44
13.86
13.51
14.60
14.09
13.27
12.41
10.42
13.85
15.81
11.22
13.80
9.68
10.44
9.35
13.86
11.31
13.78
12.58
12.07
10.17
10.74
4.9
4.0
6.1
4.0
4.7
8.2
4.2
4.9
5.2
5.5
3.9
3.5
10.1
12.0
6.6
6.5
6.2
4.2
31.2
4.2
2.4
2.2
8.4
4.0
11.4
12.7
12.4
20.0
5.4
4.3
5.8
10.9
6.6
7.6
$7.50
7.00
6.50
6.35
6.75
8.25
7.50
9.00
10.00
12.08
9.00
8.75
8.00
9.00
10.24
10.25
9.58
9.08
7.75
7.10
8.35
10.60
7.83
7.37
6.95
6.50
7.20
8.00
6.75
8.25
8.25
9.03
6.45
7.00
$9.50
9.80
6.75
7.15
7.50
8.25
8.71
10.29
11.37
15.30
10.23
10.89
10.43
10.55
11.15
11.25
11.20
10.64
7.75
8.00
10.19
12.74
8.65
9.14
8.00
7.00
7.20
8.00
7.85
10.00
10.00
10.36
7.34
8.78
$11.49
10.75
7.64
8.65
8.38
10.75
11.02
13.80
14.20
19.12
11.07
13.00
11.58
13.39
12.47
12.80
13.75
13.24
8.00
9.18
13.00
15.25
11.45
11.84
8.00
9.25
7.20
11.23
9.50
12.20
11.00
11.07
9.30
10.45
$13.16
11.25
9.84
9.50
10.00
13.75
15.55
15.89
17.15
22.85
12.50
16.00
14.39
18.68
15.81
16.35
16.97
16.40
11.61
12.50
16.73
18.00
12.77
16.75
10.75
12.52
10.50
13.95
13.65
16.21
14.00
12.10
13.80
11.49
$14.55
14.50
12.00
10.29
12.30
14.35
19.85
16.94
22.31
25.15
14.19
21.10
17.51
20.23
19.48
23.95
17.96
17.00
30.14
15.52
20.48
21.75
14.93
25.64
14.82
15.64
13.47
27.77
17.56
22.26
18.83
17.20
15.18
15.50
14.66
18.18
14.79
12.71
11.97
9.60
8.06
9.19
24.78
28.08
20.81
16.06
10.68
19.20
20.84
22.51
17.33
16.31
16.92
13.66
1.7
4.6
2.2
6.5
4.0
3.8
12.1
5.8
14.5
14.9
6.5
5.6
7.5
16.1
3.6
9.4
6.0
5.3
6.4
2.4
8.50
12.00
9.45
5.75
8.00
7.00
5.25
5.50
13.13
16.80
12.50
11.25
8.25
13.75
15.86
12.50
11.90
10.00
10.70
9.00
10.35
14.00
10.57
8.00
9.46
7.50
5.55
6.60
15.86
16.81
18.93
12.92
8.75
13.75
18.55
17.70
13.39
12.40
12.50
10.51
13.47
17.27
13.67
12.00
11.40
9.50
7.58
8.06
22.49
27.72
20.78
15.75
9.58
17.42
20.19
25.24
16.57
15.00
15.00
12.95
17.94
22.31
18.00
15.44
13.77
11.00
11.03
10.50
32.64
36.05
23.30
20.00
11.83
22.50
23.56
25.78
20.23
18.00
20.49
16.22
22.50
25.97
22.50
22.16
16.26
12.00
11.40
14.25
41.30
42.92
26.40
20.33
13.58
32.91
26.02
31.50
23.00
23.60
25.77
19.91
15.88
4.7
9.61
11.80
14.40
19.77
25.62
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
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 .......................................................
Solderers and brazers ...................................................
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 ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
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 ..................................................
Marine engineers ...........................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Crane and tower operators ............................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper 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 2003–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 .........................................................
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. .............................
$11.09
9.82
20.78
10.41
9.89
9.70
1.4
7.9
15.2
3.9
7.2
13.4
$6.65
7.25
9.70
7.25
6.75
6.80
$8.00
7.75
14.00
8.00
7.50
7.00
$10.00
10.00
17.50
9.55
9.74
8.80
$12.98
10.50
24.39
12.50
11.50
11.30
$17.40
12.00
27.74
15.50
13.44
13.50
19.62
11.46
11.51
9.77
13.86
10.37
13.17
9.72
10.64
12.12
8.86
9.56
9.47
10.55
5.8
5.2
3.6
14.8
3.3
6.0
8.6
2.1
3.4
2.5
3.6
3.8
3.3
2.7
11.25
7.50
8.00
7.00
8.00
6.20
8.90
6.00
7.50
7.20
6.75
6.00
6.00
6.50
14.67
8.80
9.00
7.75
9.50
7.50
11.00
7.00
8.25
9.00
7.25
7.00
7.25
7.94
18.42
11.00
10.60
8.50
12.00
10.00
13.75
8.65
10.00
11.00
8.00
8.75
8.75
9.50
22.40
14.50
13.00
12.00
17.98
12.30
15.63
11.50
12.45
14.63
9.75
10.45
11.00
12.00
31.15
16.00
15.50
15.00
22.96
15.25
17.50
15.13
14.85
19.25
12.00
14.00
13.27
16.60
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Supervisors, guards .......................................................
Firefighting .....................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers .....
Correctional institution officers .......................................
Guards and police, except public service ......................
Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................
Food service ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...............................
Bartenders .....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .....................................
Other food service ...........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ....................
Cooks .............................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .................................................
Health service ....................................................................
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 ...........
8.90
10.50
15.95
16.04
17.24
12.15
10.25
10.17
8.94
7.31
4.97
6.98
4.32
5.92
8.37
12.55
9.15
7.86
7.38
10.42
14.75
11.04
9.68
9.92
15.44
8.22
9.94
13.67
9.93
14.90
12.81
6.86
1.1
3.5
7.0
17.8
10.4
5.4
6.4
3.7
4.4
.8
2.6
3.9
3.1
3.3
.8
2.5
1.5
2.0
1.0
1.7
5.8
4.0
1.1
1.7
4.4
3.0
2.9
8.3
5.0
8.2
6.8
2.9
5.16
7.00
9.85
9.00
13.77
9.28
8.58
7.00
6.05
3.06
2.13
4.25
2.13
3.25
5.69
7.75
6.00
5.45
5.50
7.05
10.00
7.45
7.00
6.50
8.50
6.25
6.50
10.00
5.55
8.48
6.90
5.15
6.50
8.00
11.00
9.73
13.77
10.34
8.93
8.00
7.00
5.50
2.65
5.50
2.38
4.75
6.50
9.23
7.00
6.25
6.25
8.47
12.00
8.64
8.20
7.25
12.00
7.00
7.45
11.00
6.48
11.10
8.00
5.50
8.00
9.33
14.52
13.55
15.11
12.47
10.00
9.19
8.19
7.00
5.05
7.00
3.35
6.00
7.50
11.25
8.75
7.28
7.01
9.82
13.75
10.25
9.38
8.57
15.87
7.50
9.00
13.00
8.00
14.71
10.50
6.25
10.25
11.54
18.99
24.21
19.63
12.58
11.78
11.00
10.50
8.65
6.75
8.00
5.65
7.00
9.50
15.08
10.50
9.00
8.00
11.70
16.85
12.41
10.83
11.42
18.46
8.75
11.50
15.75
10.72
18.69
15.62
7.05
13.53
15.20
22.86
24.52
25.00
15.00
12.00
14.10
12.42
11.00
8.00
10.00
7.01
8.00
12.00
19.06
12.50
10.75
9.50
14.32
19.00
15.04
12.75
15.87
20.19
10.77
15.45
18.00
15.98
20.63
21.00
9.74
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 2003–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 ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$12.55
7.80
31.09
7.45
9.06
7.97
8.48
10.54
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 includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working
either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
12.1
6.4
5.8
4.0
5.4
4.0
3.0
4.5
$7.50
5.75
8.75
4.65
6.13
5.75
6.00
6.75
$9.00
6.38
21.62
6.00
6.92
6.25
7.00
8.00
$12.02
6.75
32.22
7.01
8.40
7.75
7.93
9.50
$16.83
8.60
38.65
8.24
10.55
9.00
9.70
11.70
$16.83
10.50
49.85
9.75
12.86
10.65
11.33
16.96
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002
and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 2003
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$18.07
18.12
1.1
1.2
$7.85
8.00
$10.00
10.18
$14.45
14.61
$21.82
22.00
$31.57
31.50
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
22.32
23.37
1.0
1.1
9.34
10.00
12.10
13.08
17.79
18.98
27.24
28.45
39.77
40.91
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 .......................................
Geologists and geodesists .............................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Agricultural and food scientists ......................................
Biological and life 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 .......................................
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 .....................................
28.13
30.73
34.65
31.39
39.40
31.51
46.77
40.77
37.05
30.27
37.23
30.51
31.76
36.45
30.26
33.76
33.79
33.38
36.27
30.75
30.74
43.15
27.85
35.76
33.83
28.11
33.21
26.15
29.80
57.65
38.54
53.76
25.89
40.34
21.71
21.27
24.39
26.70
23.84
17.82
35.93
43.97
51.69
52.97
55.20
39.85
43.89
34.87
33.63
39.19
39.02
57.88
39.73
29.56
57.21
52.07
47.96
37.92
1.1
1.2
1.2
4.7
7.5
6.7
6.8
4.0
3.0
4.2
2.5
1.8
2.2
2.3
10.6
1.8
1.8
5.5
7.3
11.8
4.4
8.8
4.3
13.2
7.2
15.3
7.1
8.2
2.9
5.7
6.5
13.5
1.6
1.1
5.6
2.3
4.0
1.8
2.6
15.2
5.4
3.6
16.5
7.6
10.5
6.3
20.0
10.3
8.5
17.4
8.9
9.8
12.0
15.2
5.9
9.1
11.0
7.9
13.50
15.35
22.29
19.71
23.15
23.93
35.14
28.25
28.93
20.00
24.83
21.77
22.07
23.60
23.65
20.19
20.01
20.74
22.92
18.00
17.31
26.56
16.21
23.50
21.20
14.70
17.09
15.26
17.92
19.37
33.70
25.00
18.00
35.32
16.48
16.90
15.50
21.63
19.36
12.06
28.85
21.65
25.79
35.90
39.74
26.22
24.52
24.42
22.69
26.44
26.92
30.92
25.82
19.20
30.05
22.31
19.42
22.70
18.00
21.00
26.99
22.89
30.08
27.05
37.74
32.44
32.94
23.08
28.96
25.00
25.30
28.23
27.01
25.41
25.48
24.04
25.48
26.81
21.76
36.85
20.30
23.50
27.43
20.16
22.53
17.66
21.21
26.64
33.93
40.87
20.96
38.00
17.69
18.50
21.42
23.52
20.83
13.49
34.11
27.63
30.18
41.35
45.79
31.22
25.43
25.74
28.88
28.17
29.30
34.66
25.82
21.64
42.00
26.22
28.47
31.18
24.92
27.93
33.17
30.00
39.42
29.25
43.51
39.48
36.62
28.55
35.30
29.81
30.98
35.33
27.01
32.86
33.17
31.64
38.46
29.17
28.60
45.89
27.25
32.91
32.39
28.37
28.85
22.50
25.66
57.69
38.47
61.67
24.64
40.75
20.91
20.48
24.95
26.18
24.84
15.25
37.50
37.05
43.17
52.77
48.85
39.70
30.34
27.63
36.76
33.06
36.06
60.20
36.79
24.76
53.76
41.03
54.54
33.21
34.18
37.34
40.76
36.35
47.50
35.70
56.97
48.65
40.13
36.06
43.43
34.67
36.97
43.56
38.40
40.77
40.88
39.09
42.50
37.72
37.74
49.85
31.75
43.32
38.42
30.58
40.88
32.00
33.33
70.60
40.87
61.67
29.56
42.63
24.72
24.83
27.40
30.00
26.00
17.84
37.50
54.54
57.60
61.28
65.78
45.43
56.07
41.76
36.76
37.64
51.04
73.08
48.34
34.73
67.32
65.93
57.47
44.75
45.00
48.08
49.13
45.67
54.99
43.31
62.50
54.24
45.79
44.94
53.12
40.87
42.30
51.44
38.40
48.69
48.89
47.71
50.41
46.12
47.75
52.85
41.94
55.68
49.24
51.27
58.24
42.51
43.59
89.00
50.00
80.00
35.19
45.00
29.00
25.15
32.00
32.58
27.95
29.40
45.67
72.11
106.54
80.08
70.63
55.70
69.84
50.55
38.46
63.03
51.04
80.77
63.17
48.67
87.84
96.15
81.02
61.17
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$32.40
38.46
36.36
42.02
66.33
41.64
45.54
19.23
11.85
22.54
28.51
22.58
21.42
16.32
27.19
26.99
28.25
28.07
31.61
23.12
27.54
16.68
16.62
16.87
16.32
18.31
49.67
49.67
8.9
18.0
5.5
7.4
13.2
13.1
10.1
4.3
5.0
4.5
3.1
14.3
6.5
5.2
8.3
9.5
5.5
8.1
7.8
10.8
8.5
3.5
3.9
8.6
8.9
10.0
5.5
5.5
$20.35
22.61
23.62
29.31
32.69
23.75
21.35
9.45
7.71
13.88
17.02
13.70
11.06
10.95
17.64
17.27
20.27
14.91
18.00
12.50
19.00
10.60
10.82
8.00
10.00
10.60
22.95
22.95
$23.43
27.92
29.40
33.93
44.11
28.78
26.71
12.50
9.00
16.67
21.51
14.57
15.78
12.50
19.45
19.45
23.43
18.25
22.73
15.74
22.87
12.76
12.80
14.70
12.46
14.42
32.20
32.20
$26.45
30.83
30.98
41.19
66.98
35.76
37.16
17.07
10.91
20.98
26.80
22.12
20.02
14.42
24.28
24.17
30.14
25.47
28.83
18.25
25.85
15.59
15.45
17.35
15.13
19.23
45.95
45.95
$44.44
50.40
41.46
45.15
85.71
47.35
53.57
25.33
13.27
27.14
32.50
28.37
27.69
18.13
30.80
31.89
30.80
33.00
35.90
24.57
34.10
19.23
18.97
20.54
17.78
19.23
62.12
62.12
$46.19
68.09
53.17
52.03
102.85
71.30
76.38
30.98
17.24
31.72
43.28
33.33
30.74
24.04
43.75
45.21
36.62
44.53
48.42
36.60
40.14
24.33
24.36
23.06
24.15
20.51
80.02
80.02
24.52
27.97
22.09
28.18
21.34
17.27
14.44
25.01
25.37
37.75
21.33
30.86
21.57
17.02
31.38
17.01
22.91
16.46
16.67
21.15
22.08
23.17
23.59
19.85
15.66
17.15
20.59
25.61
103.49
4.7
5.9
6.0
12.3
11.7
11.9
6.4
12.6
5.2
38.6
6.7
7.6
1.8
2.5
4.3
7.6
2.6
1.2
4.8
5.9
3.6
4.9
4.7
2.9
9.0
6.0
7.0
14.2
5.3
11.54
13.93
11.00
8.63
13.03
8.25
11.25
11.00
15.59
8.39
10.30
13.78
11.75
10.26
25.00
10.39
15.50
12.50
10.33
12.08
16.32
15.28
13.50
12.00
10.25
11.00
14.24
15.00
22.00
15.00
19.87
14.69
17.79
14.42
11.50
12.50
15.87
19.95
10.04
14.56
20.40
14.50
12.50
27.60
11.85
19.06
14.14
12.45
15.15
20.30
17.67
17.78
15.00
12.00
13.20
16.50
17.13
42.98
21.64
26.68
20.50
25.74
19.46
14.42
13.75
19.57
23.35
19.23
21.32
28.73
18.50
15.95
31.00
15.54
23.00
16.22
15.06
20.75
20.47
23.81
22.43
18.46
14.00
17.00
19.59
19.63
101.12
29.23
33.65
26.93
38.61
22.35
22.83
16.20
29.83
29.81
34.36
22.95
40.70
24.16
20.38
37.00
21.95
26.57
18.29
19.28
25.18
24.43
26.48
28.61
24.04
17.50
20.32
23.18
27.86
149.91
41.35
44.48
36.06
48.08
35.39
30.00
17.96
43.47
36.83
116.83
29.71
48.48
30.88
24.70
39.50
26.05
30.33
20.66
23.80
29.99
30.10
31.79
34.43
29.21
21.84
23.78
27.25
30.77
188.71
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Physical education teachers ..........................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Law teachers .................................................................
Theology 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 .......................................................................
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. ............................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.60
29.49
19.21
20.05
21.14
17.9
3.4
4.8
3.9
6.6
$7.00
16.83
15.22
11.75
10.63
$8.00
21.46
17.54
15.90
15.00
$13.27
27.50
18.00
20.33
19.23
$18.39
34.37
21.00
23.94
24.93
$31.46
43.00
24.27
27.47
33.17
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. ...........................
Business and promotional agents ..................................
Construction inspectors .................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
32.75
36.20
41.90
42.09
32.14
29.50
43.71
26.46
35.07
19.72
20.49
21.30
29.06
37.22
26.70
24.73
27.68
33.57
29.42
23.51
30.82
2.7
3.2
15.9
15.5
8.8
5.9
9.0
6.2
4.2
5.8
4.5
17.5
10.2
3.1
2.1
2.1
6.4
7.3
4.3
3.1
18.2
15.96
15.99
21.00
18.80
17.31
17.73
22.21
11.50
20.25
11.81
10.17
15.00
14.10
16.48
15.63
15.87
16.66
15.35
18.33
15.39
15.84
20.51
22.28
24.52
23.13
21.62
19.82
28.77
16.24
25.00
14.27
13.80
15.63
16.83
23.61
18.99
18.82
19.18
20.09
21.70
18.23
22.73
27.50
30.59
33.00
29.57
26.44
28.78
38.62
23.08
32.22
17.72
18.87
18.10
24.79
32.38
23.70
23.30
23.70
25.09
26.73
21.82
30.80
38.14
43.71
50.96
43.27
40.85
37.88
57.12
32.15
41.00
21.37
26.09
30.19
31.25
46.15
30.22
28.85
31.50
34.87
33.48
27.12
32.69
53.83
57.69
74.52
61.90
55.49
42.50
72.42
45.18
55.20
30.29
31.25
30.19
46.95
58.44
38.46
34.71
43.27
51.69
43.46
33.84
56.59
25.11
25.77
22.06
22.71
3.8
5.7
7.0
10.3
16.54
16.12
16.15
13.33
19.00
19.62
17.80
18.00
22.66
25.24
22.84
21.00
28.99
30.60
25.44
27.39
37.63
33.65
27.02
34.77
24.62
25.15
6.8
2.4
17.65
15.00
18.72
18.47
22.71
23.08
28.93
28.85
33.68
36.85
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 .................................
Sales counter clerks ......................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..........................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..............
Sales support, n.e.c. ......................................................
17.58
19.42
22.88
23.67
47.95
22.04
22.35
34.75
1.8
3.2
8.1
9.2
7.7
11.7
6.4
5.3
7.19
9.50
10.16
10.39
13.46
8.75
8.90
21.44
9.00
11.54
12.67
12.50
17.09
12.02
12.52
29.00
12.81
16.11
17.55
17.79
27.44
17.26
18.23
34.62
20.10
22.60
26.46
27.74
46.06
26.59
27.35
39.06
32.10
35.03
37.28
41.55
87.35
45.50
38.87
44.88
26.80
19.19
10.12
10.82
13.64
21.01
14.31
14.29
13.35
10.80
9.06
23.28
13.98
15.88
3.6
4.1
5.7
9.5
6.9
25.4
5.0
5.0
4.6
7.1
2.3
17.2
5.9
8.3
12.50
6.44
7.00
7.45
8.00
8.00
8.76
8.30
6.83
6.50
6.50
14.42
9.10
8.44
16.65
9.91
7.75
7.45
10.00
9.69
10.00
10.00
8.00
7.70
7.00
14.65
12.00
10.90
23.08
16.21
9.00
10.00
11.60
16.35
12.10
13.00
10.30
9.25
8.25
20.67
13.49
13.85
32.72
24.72
11.00
12.50
15.38
34.86
15.87
16.91
14.46
12.22
10.50
35.58
14.76
20.88
45.64
34.74
13.94
15.77
21.18
52.89
21.64
23.14
24.71
18.25
12.55
35.58
18.71
25.91
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ............................
Legal assistants .............................................................
Technical and 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 2003–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 ............................
Supervisors, general office ............................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .................
Supervisors, financial records processing .....................
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. ........................................
$14.02
18.76
20.03
20.31
0.7
3.1
12.1
2.8
$8.96
12.30
14.00
13.48
$10.50
14.50
14.60
15.98
$13.01
17.52
17.92
19.75
$16.45
21.26
24.28
23.00
$20.41
26.20
28.79
27.47
20.89
15.99
12.71
15.71
15.93
14.91
11.90
9.08
13.67
11.35
13.25
13.83
14.19
15.20
13.16
10.73
13.48
14.24
15.41
12.80
12.08
12.94
12.56
11.72
10.49
13.88
11.26
11.91
9.67
15.74
17.71
13.16
12.65
16.86
14.46
15.61
5.4
2.2
9.4
1.4
7.1
5.0
3.6
3.1
6.5
1.6
2.6
3.4
2.5
3.0
5.5
2.3
2.0
1.8
3.5
3.1
14.8
5.4
5.8
5.6
4.6
7.6
14.8
4.6
9.4
6.7
3.5
2.4
2.6
5.3
8.8
6.3
12.02
11.70
8.00
10.00
10.10
9.00
8.78
7.00
7.50
8.50
9.50
10.25
8.86
10.40
8.96
8.00
9.00
9.62
10.78
9.45
6.36
9.22
9.00
8.93
7.44
8.00
6.75
8.75
6.88
8.50
11.94
8.76
8.00
10.75
9.74
11.50
14.72
13.22
9.50
12.05
12.50
10.99
9.72
7.50
8.50
9.50
10.68
11.45
10.65
12.50
10.45
9.09
10.50
11.47
12.33
10.50
6.36
10.33
10.02
9.34
9.24
9.59
8.43
9.64
7.19
10.91
13.50
10.19
9.79
11.60
10.34
12.50
20.43
16.06
11.13
15.11
14.68
13.51
11.97
8.50
12.37
11.00
12.74
13.00
13.39
15.00
13.06
10.01
13.00
13.89
14.81
12.32
12.18
11.30
12.00
11.42
10.50
12.99
10.20
10.82
9.00
14.45
16.63
12.50
11.95
14.96
12.71
15.25
24.67
18.40
16.83
18.57
19.38
16.55
13.81
10.00
19.86
13.00
15.00
15.20
16.67
18.08
14.52
12.02
15.48
16.12
17.26
14.75
15.25
14.65
13.50
13.96
11.40
18.81
13.79
13.87
11.33
18.17
20.89
15.11
14.49
21.31
15.38
18.26
32.51
20.34
19.35
22.08
25.00
22.19
15.07
11.64
21.08
14.85
17.95
18.72
20.77
20.75
16.72
14.13
19.50
19.23
21.05
16.50
18.00
17.50
18.39
16.05
12.86
20.63
18.10
15.96
13.35
22.50
25.14
19.46
18.27
24.40
25.75
20.93
11.91
17.76
15.10
12.90
14.19
13.01
10.54
14.18
11.86
14.04
9.58
14.39
4.4
4.1
2.1
3.4
3.8
1.3
1.4
8.4
3.8
4.5
4.4
1.8
7.35
11.50
9.85
10.00
9.35
8.72
8.17
9.50
8.50
9.00
6.82
9.17
8.43
13.25
11.46
11.00
10.50
10.00
9.00
11.54
9.83
11.00
7.75
11.18
10.28
16.48
14.42
12.95
13.16
12.00
10.00
14.28
11.00
13.33
8.93
13.55
13.75
20.93
17.77
14.75
16.58
15.00
11.83
16.32
13.40
15.95
10.35
16.75
20.99
26.45
22.15
16.83
20.15
18.51
13.50
17.76
16.23
20.00
13.31
20.00
Blue collar ....................................................................................
15.26
1.0
8.00
10.10
13.75
18.94
25.09
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .................................
18.92
23.04
17.79
12.34
1.2
3.1
4.0
11.1
10.41
13.85
10.00
8.50
13.39
16.88
13.30
9.27
17.85
22.00
18.14
11.00
23.70
28.14
21.00
15.25
29.13
33.27
23.50
15.25
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$17.18
14.84
16.00
25.69
18.44
13.80
19.78
15.82
2.4
5.4
3.4
6.8
4.5
3.6
1.8
4.6
$11.25
11.00
10.50
13.28
12.70
10.00
13.96
10.33
$13.50
12.00
12.50
20.00
14.30
11.75
16.39
11.75
$17.00
14.37
15.00
26.57
17.65
13.25
18.76
14.69
$20.26
17.00
17.60
33.38
21.00
15.50
23.33
19.79
$22.48
21.00
21.56
34.68
27.00
18.00
26.92
22.64
21.73
17.14
15.49
24.49
22.90
17.88
13.95
15.38
22.42
21.54
15.97
24.65
5.1
12.3
5.5
3.7
2.2
4.0
9.7
7.5
4.9
5.2
3.0
3.9
13.00
7.79
10.00
15.50
17.49
11.75
10.00
11.00
16.04
15.00
10.00
17.78
16.14
12.50
11.91
23.80
20.41
14.37
12.77
11.30
18.61
17.25
12.00
21.00
23.00
16.06
15.00
25.13
23.69
17.50
13.00
15.25
22.73
20.83
15.56
25.00
26.18
22.09
18.20
27.14
25.71
20.80
17.02
17.60
25.51
25.68
19.27
29.00
30.57
27.48
23.08
28.02
27.68
24.70
18.42
20.63
30.32
29.07
22.84
30.80
30.08
21.22
26.34
21.29
24.71
19.03
18.09
18.74
13.53
20.69
24.25
14.94
24.76
13.81
13.87
22.59
13.35
18.09
16.02
16.49
15.22
16.23
22.47
19.38
16.51
17.15
27.56
19.50
16.60
20.23
22.16
17.66
19.62
19.17
13.92
17.73
15.01
21.21
4.9
5.5
4.9
5.1
8.4
12.1
16.9
4.4
7.2
7.7
3.1
3.9
4.1
5.5
12.4
2.8
3.2
11.5
8.8
9.4
16.4
7.5
14.1
6.5
5.4
6.8
13.2
11.1
11.6
2.2
2.3
5.8
5.0
2.5
10.7
5.5
10.9
10.7
22.00
15.00
19.50
15.00
18.00
14.00
9.38
10.78
9.50
13.25
14.00
10.17
15.50
8.50
10.00
14.00
9.25
9.70
11.15
10.00
9.50
9.00
11.00
14.10
12.75
9.50
13.00
15.55
8.00
12.75
15.40
11.99
12.00
13.00
10.19
14.96
7.61
12.82
22.66
18.00
21.50
16.63
19.50
14.50
11.00
14.00
11.00
16.00
17.64
11.50
21.00
10.00
10.00
17.50
11.00
13.00
14.25
11.64
10.75
11.00
15.59
15.00
15.12
11.00
19.38
16.70
9.30
15.25
18.21
13.86
16.36
15.75
12.25
15.50
8.50
16.47
29.29
21.79
27.94
19.82
25.00
18.00
16.93
18.00
11.62
18.00
22.85
14.00
24.40
12.00
14.50
23.50
12.50
15.00
15.00
15.00
11.75
15.50
21.00
18.00
16.32
16.00
32.05
18.57
12.00
19.64
21.00
16.46
20.14
19.29
12.25
16.15
15.21
18.91
37.74
23.46
31.54
25.00
27.00
21.70
25.33
23.00
14.56
26.41
29.65
17.01
29.26
16.50
17.41
27.43
14.08
25.85
17.34
20.94
18.25
20.00
32.85
22.40
18.20
22.00
33.19
21.42
25.45
24.04
26.36
21.25
22.75
23.00
16.07
19.92
18.83
30.33
40.10
27.25
31.77
30.27
40.00
32.91
30.40
29.75
22.03
28.94
37.20
22.18
32.35
21.20
20.00
30.01
18.00
28.05
19.50
28.00
26.12
24.00
33.85
30.75
20.00
25.40
37.31
29.90
25.45
28.75
29.75
24.00
27.10
25.51
19.84
24.52
23.34
30.83
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Bus, truck, and stationary 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 ..
Locksmiths and safe repairers .......................................
Office machine repairers ................................................
Mechanical controls and valve 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 ........................
Plasterers .......................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .....................................
Glaziers ..........................................................................
Insulation workers ..........................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheet metal duct installers .............................................
Structural metal workers ................................................
Drillers, earth .................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Supervisors, extractive ..................................................
Mining machine operators .............................................
Mining, n.e.c. .................................................................
Supervisors, production .................................................
Tool and die makers ......................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ....................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..........................................
Machinists ......................................................................
Machinist apprentices ....................................................
Boilermakers ..................................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...............
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .......................
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$16.52
13.45
16.62
16.88
13.81
17.37
12.46
12.86
13.19
15.15
15.45
16.72
12.65
14.54
14.19
12.68
14.12
12.03
11.45
12.60
17.97
15.5
14.9
16.9
5.9
13.7
14.6
5.9
7.4
7.5
15.8
12.8
11.2
6.7
2.3
8.4
4.1
12.3
4.4
8.0
5.8
3.2
$8.25
7.28
8.00
10.00
8.58
11.50
8.35
8.50
9.85
7.75
12.00
10.94
8.75
9.51
8.75
8.44
9.44
7.50
6.00
8.50
10.80
$10.69
9.10
13.50
12.50
9.60
13.00
10.50
10.50
10.07
9.50
12.00
12.00
10.00
12.50
10.00
9.85
10.30
8.60
9.00
9.90
13.02
$15.75
13.00
17.40
15.38
11.14
15.09
12.36
12.70
12.85
15.50
13.67
18.00
12.26
14.05
12.63
11.86
11.50
10.75
10.75
12.75
16.60
$19.56
16.25
23.13
20.68
16.13
23.00
14.50
13.08
15.25
18.50
17.79
18.00
15.00
16.00
18.00
15.19
15.00
14.50
14.73
14.97
22.48
$30.00
22.00
23.42
26.69
19.27
23.00
16.00
20.12
16.65
23.60
20.50
24.97
17.26
18.50
20.25
17.88
21.75
18.45
16.92
16.53
26.02
21.19
17.54
16.98
26.46
22.24
22.13
9.8
11.4
12.9
3.7
5.8
4.3
14.75
9.92
8.86
21.76
15.63
13.89
16.13
12.86
13.05
24.33
17.16
19.35
22.68
17.79
16.19
25.00
21.15
23.21
25.18
24.74
21.81
28.37
28.29
25.69
25.18
26.29
26.29
31.77
31.27
27.40
13.41
16.33
15.89
13.41
13.10
14.67
12.42
1.4
5.2
5.7
5.9
7.4
10.1
9.8
7.72
12.57
10.00
8.91
7.50
9.50
6.75
9.58
14.35
11.75
10.50
9.05
9.87
9.45
12.30
14.35
15.00
13.34
12.00
13.20
10.34
16.06
18.32
18.75
15.45
15.00
16.63
15.45
21.10
22.03
23.63
17.29
22.19
23.73
18.04
13.57
13.60
15.11
15.12
12.59
13.29
15.65
12.53
11.31
12.60
11.31
16.02
17.01
14.75
13.01
3.5
7.5
3.9
3.5
3.0
5.4
6.4
2.3
4.2
3.5
6.4
2.4
4.5
7.9
7.7
8.70
9.32
10.25
9.10
8.10
8.45
11.25
10.65
7.75
10.92
7.34
10.00
11.25
9.45
9.00
10.90
10.76
11.75
11.00
10.00
10.50
12.40
11.45
9.25
11.81
10.06
12.00
14.46
11.25
9.73
13.00
12.13
14.75
14.24
11.70
12.72
15.16
12.40
11.00
13.00
11.56
15.60
18.13
14.00
12.35
15.16
16.00
17.25
17.92
14.61
16.08
18.16
13.50
13.09
13.50
12.00
19.31
19.50
17.55
16.50
18.65
19.04
20.48
25.55
17.68
18.00
21.65
13.50
14.94
14.50
13.94
22.46
22.03
21.00
16.50
11.28
10.86
8.61
8.65
9.09
11.31
12.70
4.9
4.0
6.2
4.3
5.0
8.2
3.9
7.50
7.00
6.50
6.35
6.95
8.25
7.50
9.50
9.80
6.75
7.25
7.75
8.25
9.14
11.49
10.75
7.50
8.65
8.50
10.75
11.44
13.16
11.25
9.79
10.00
10.00
13.75
15.65
14.55
14.50
12.00
10.68
12.60
14.35
20.55
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Layout workers ..............................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .............................
Engravers, metal ............................................................
Sheet metal workers ......................................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ....................................
Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood .......................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..........................
Furniture and wood finishers .........................................
Tailors ............................................................................
Upholsterers ..................................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ..................
Optical goods workers ...................................................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians ....
Bookbinders ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................
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 joining 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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.45
15.19
18.92
11.70
14.11
12.39
13.86
13.51
14.66
14.09
13.44
11.73
13.92
15.81
11.22
13.99
9.71
11.34
9.52
13.86
11.41
13.84
12.58
12.07
10.23
10.83
4.9
5.2
5.5
3.9
3.5
10.5
12.0
6.6
6.6
6.2
4.1
4.6
2.4
2.2
8.4
4.0
11.5
12.1
14.2
20.0
5.4
4.4
5.8
10.9
6.8
8.0
$9.00
10.03
12.08
9.00
8.75
8.00
9.00
10.24
10.25
9.58
9.50
8.00
8.41
10.60
7.83
7.50
6.95
7.00
7.20
8.00
7.00
8.25
8.25
9.03
6.45
7.00
$10.29
11.37
15.30
10.23
10.89
10.43
10.55
11.15
11.25
11.20
10.92
9.00
10.25
12.74
8.65
9.48
8.00
7.69
7.20
8.00
8.00
10.00
10.00
10.36
7.34
8.75
$13.80
14.20
19.12
11.07
13.00
11.58
13.39
12.47
12.80
13.75
13.27
11.23
13.16
15.25
11.45
12.00
8.00
11.93
7.20
11.23
9.58
12.32
11.00
11.07
9.40
10.49
$15.89
17.15
22.85
12.50
15.96
15.00
18.68
15.81
16.35
16.97
16.50
14.11
16.75
18.00
12.77
17.10
10.75
12.52
10.50
13.95
13.75
16.25
14.00
12.10
13.80
11.49
$16.94
22.43
25.15
14.19
21.10
17.51
20.23
19.48
23.95
17.96
17.00
17.00
20.68
21.75
14.93
25.65
14.82
17.69
13.65
27.77
17.74
22.26
18.18
17.20
15.18
15.50
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
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 ..................................................
Marine engineers ...........................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Crane and tower operators ............................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
15.07
18.23
14.90
14.53
12.17
10.01
8.91
10.53
24.78
28.08
20.81
16.21
10.30
19.20
20.84
22.51
17.33
16.33
16.93
13.76
1.8
4.7
2.3
5.5
6.5
4.4
11.9
5.4
14.5
14.9
6.5
6.1
5.1
16.1
3.6
9.4
6.0
5.3
6.4
2.4
9.23
12.50
9.53
8.00
7.47
7.25
5.50
6.60
13.13
16.80
12.50
11.25
8.33
13.75
15.86
12.50
11.90
10.00
10.70
9.00
10.82
14.00
10.80
10.50
8.50
8.25
6.97
8.00
15.86
16.81
18.93
12.92
8.75
13.75
18.55
17.70
13.39
12.28
12.50
10.62
13.75
17.27
13.72
13.10
11.25
10.00
8.91
9.50
22.49
27.72
20.78
15.75
9.58
17.42
20.19
25.24
16.57
15.00
15.00
13.00
18.25
22.35
18.05
17.56
14.75
11.00
11.40
11.50
32.64
36.05
23.30
20.00
11.83
22.50
23.56
25.78
20.23
18.00
20.49
16.25
23.23
25.97
22.50
23.88
19.08
12.09
11.55
14.50
41.30
42.92
26.40
20.33
13.50
32.91
26.02
31.50
23.00
23.60
25.77
19.92
16.14
4.7
9.86
12.00
14.94
20.25
25.62
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 .................................
11.49
10.60
20.78
10.87
10.29
9.98
1.5
6.8
15.2
4.1
7.3
13.8
7.00
8.00
9.70
7.50
6.85
7.00
8.25
9.50
14.00
8.25
8.26
7.35
10.20
10.06
17.50
10.00
10.00
8.90
13.40
12.00
24.39
13.00
12.35
12.67
18.00
14.00
27.74
15.61
13.88
13.50
19.73
11.19
5.9
3.2
11.25
7.50
14.76
8.80
18.65
10.97
22.50
12.50
31.15
15.52
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 .......................................................
Solderers and brazers ...................................................
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 2003–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
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
Helpers, extractive .........................................................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers .........................................................
Garbage collectors .........................................................
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. .............................
$11.56
9.77
13.67
10.48
13.17
11.14
10.69
12.24
8.95
10.03
9.60
10.88
3.7
14.8
3.4
6.1
8.7
2.5
3.4
2.7
3.8
4.0
3.7
2.9
$8.00
7.00
8.00
6.20
8.52
6.75
7.50
7.07
7.00
6.75
6.15
6.75
$9.00
7.75
9.50
8.00
11.00
8.50
8.25
9.00
7.43
7.50
7.25
8.00
$10.75
8.50
12.00
10.00
13.75
10.46
10.00
11.24
8.00
9.30
8.95
9.83
$13.00
12.00
17.50
12.36
15.63
13.02
12.49
14.56
9.75
10.55
11.23
12.60
$15.50
15.00
22.30
15.25
17.50
16.20
14.97
19.85
12.25
15.15
13.40
16.86
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Supervisors, guards .......................................................
Firefighting .....................................................................
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 ....................................................
9.66
10.57
15.99
16.83
10.09
10.14
8.17
5.24
7.28
4.45
6.26
9.28
12.99
9.63
8.56
7.99
10.65
14.77
11.41
9.79
10.35
15.49
8.25
10.53
13.57
10.45
15.01
13.68
6.91
13.93
33.07
7.35
10.53
1.7
3.4
7.0
16.3
3.6
6.1
1.4
3.3
5.1
4.2
5.5
1.4
2.6
1.3
2.4
1.3
1.7
6.0
3.7
1.1
1.6
4.4
3.4
2.7
8.4
7.5
8.1
7.3
3.2
10.7
2.9
4.4
4.4
5.75
7.25
10.00
9.50
7.00
7.00
3.75
2.13
5.00
2.13
3.30
6.00
8.25
6.50
6.00
6.00
7.50
10.00
7.88
7.23
6.75
8.50
6.35
6.83
10.00
5.57
8.48
7.25
5.16
9.79
17.88
4.50
7.61
7.00
8.25
11.15
10.16
8.00
8.00
6.00
3.00
5.99
2.50
5.00
7.00
9.75
7.54
6.75
6.94
8.69
12.00
9.01
8.43
7.50
12.02
7.00
7.93
11.00
6.50
11.54
9.25
5.55
11.02
26.66
5.75
8.40
8.90
9.50
14.52
18.00
9.25
9.95
7.61
5.15
7.00
4.00
6.25
8.50
12.00
9.27
8.00
7.51
10.00
13.75
10.36
9.50
9.09
15.87
7.50
9.64
13.00
8.50
15.00
11.50
6.25
14.27
32.22
6.90
10.00
11.02
11.70
18.99
24.21
11.00
11.25
9.86
6.90
8.55
5.75
7.01
10.50
15.63
11.00
9.82
8.80
11.90
17.00
12.52
10.90
12.08
18.46
8.80
12.44
15.75
11.36
18.75
16.76
7.06
16.83
40.16
8.24
12.02
14.69
15.04
22.86
24.52
13.78
13.50
12.50
8.35
10.00
7.01
9.00
13.34
19.23
13.00
11.83
10.17
14.50
19.00
15.39
12.66
16.50
20.36
10.90
16.10
18.00
16.97
21.00
22.52
10.26
18.25
50.28
9.65
13.87
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$8.10
8.74
10.86
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 2002
and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
4.7
3.7
5.6
$5.75
6.20
7.25
$6.43
7.25
8.75
$8.00
8.02
10.19
$9.20
9.99
12.28
$10.99
11.70
16.96
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 2003
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$9.56
10.05
1.2
1.3
$5.35
5.15
$6.50
6.50
$7.75
8.00
$10.15
11.00
$15.50
17.00
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
11.79
15.69
1.2
1.8
6.00
7.50
7.00
9.08
8.79
12.00
12.85
19.88
22.43
28.17
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 ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Other post-secondary teachers .....................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .................................
Elementary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers ...........................................
Teachers, special education ..........................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Substitute teachers ........................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .........................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ....................................
Librarians .......................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .................................
Psychologists .................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...........................
Social workers ...............................................................
Recreation workers ........................................................
Lawyers and judges ...........................................................
Lawyers .........................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. ................................................................................
Designers .......................................................................
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 ...........................................................
22.91
25.20
34.44
24.46
24.46
24.01
28.60
71.70
26.96
34.84
22.16
20.23
27.53
32.15
30.77
30.87
28.17
26.31
18.77
31.48
27.94
31.78
25.65
25.75
25.23
27.25
23.48
16.10
10.89
20.35
32.94
22.84
17.63
8.84
11.81
19.69
19.67
19.40
19.38
16.36
17.63
9.67
52.09
52.09
2.9
3.1
14.2
14.1
14.1
10.1
2.1
2.8
1.8
5.6
8.0
6.7
6.1
4.9
5.2
29.3
8.2
12.3
16.8
18.4
15.8
11.8
12.0
30.7
14.5
12.1
10.7
8.4
10.4
17.3
17.2
17.5
8.5
8.0
6.1
7.3
8.3
24.5
24.6
8.8
6.4
25.7
14.6
14.6
10.00
10.31
15.00
14.42
14.42
16.61
19.39
51.25
19.38
20.00
16.73
15.35
21.86
24.00
25.99
17.26
14.13
21.88
12.80
15.00
17.00
15.00
14.44
11.38
11.64
22.00
13.00
8.00
6.76
10.63
14.50
15.56
8.95
6.50
9.50
12.60
12.18
10.00
10.00
6.10
9.22
5.63
25.00
25.00
14.58
18.02
21.15
14.42
14.42
16.61
22.67
62.50
22.45
30.00
19.40
15.96
24.75
27.08
28.00
19.12
18.00
21.88
12.80
20.00
20.91
21.88
20.00
12.17
17.50
22.14
17.00
10.71
9.19
10.71
22.86
18.00
12.00
6.50
10.10
15.97
15.97
10.00
10.00
10.00
12.00
5.63
34.36
34.36
21.37
24.21
28.15
20.00
20.00
22.81
26.20
66.00
25.60
38.00
20.70
20.00
25.30
33.75
28.00
22.27
25.00
21.88
19.44
30.00
26.52
36.67
25.00
23.38
24.70
26.04
20.37
13.27
11.27
21.52
30.13
20.00
15.00
8.13
11.25
22.22
22.22
16.83
16.83
16.69
16.92
6.10
63.33
63.33
28.00
30.00
50.00
32.68
32.68
25.30
32.00
76.80
30.00
41.70
22.74
22.72
32.00
35.00
33.00
43.50
34.74
30.00
25.93
40.63
35.00
37.50
31.84
41.21
35.63
26.04
28.00
18.50
13.27
32.03
37.46
25.56
22.00
10.25
13.47
22.74
22.84
26.00
26.00
22.95
22.95
15.30
63.33
63.33
37.00
39.75
56.25
39.42
39.42
33.65
40.18
98.00
37.00
44.50
27.71
25.63
35.11
39.00
35.00
63.56
47.00
30.00
25.93
51.11
38.16
40.00
36.27
46.15
36.00
28.00
35.71
32.03
13.27
32.03
58.82
40.93
35.00
11.00
14.88
24.98
24.98
35.00
35.00
24.93
25.77
18.01
63.33
63.33
12.83
8.97
24.96
14.71
16.18
6.88
9.50
16.25
11.38
11.59
18.05
18.01
28.00
10.0
7.7
44.9
39.4
28.9
39.0
17.6
26.8
23.3
9.6
4.9
6.3
6.0
6.00
7.00
8.65
5.15
7.61
2.13
6.25
8.00
5.50
7.00
9.50
10.94
20.50
7.50
7.50
10.00
6.75
8.00
2.13
6.25
8.00
7.00
8.00
12.83
13.50
21.00
9.50
9.00
10.00
10.52
11.00
5.15
7.50
13.43
10.00
9.50
15.79
16.48
26.00
12.25
10.00
58.75
28.13
15.00
5.15
14.29
27.25
11.00
14.42
20.60
21.54
32.50
26.00
12.00
58.75
28.13
33.37
15.00
14.50
31.13
14.00
20.00
27.00
27.20
42.50
See footnotes at end of table.
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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 2003–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
Health record technologists and technicians .................
Radiological technicians ................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..............................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ..................
Electrical and electronic technicians ..............................
Drafters ..........................................................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Legal assistants .............................................................
$10.90
21.65
16.97
13.22
20.90
15.15
8.79
30.32
16.50
13.4
7.7
2.3
7.0
16.8
26.7
7.7
18.1
17.7
$6.00
15.50
13.00
9.00
11.00
7.50
7.00
14.65
9.46
$7.50
16.70
14.30
9.68
12.80
8.50
7.00
16.92
11.00
$10.40
19.69
16.05
11.55
19.23
10.00
8.50
25.00
16.00
$13.00
25.12
18.90
14.89
29.57
19.00
10.00
40.00
17.00
$16.50
29.00
23.09
20.33
34.01
19.00
10.00
50.96
25.00
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Administrators, education and related fields ..................
Managers, medicine and health .....................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .............................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
21.62
20.66
21.90
31.13
16.18
34.54
22.12
24.43
17.05
19.02
18.50
7.2
14.3
20.0
18.3
11.2
22.5
5.6
8.7
19.6
12.7
10.4
9.80
7.00
11.00
21.79
9.50
20.00
13.16
15.15
10.82
13.21
9.23
14.58
9.80
12.00
23.94
13.75
20.00
15.15
16.00
10.82
13.21
15.80
20.00
18.75
26.00
25.37
15.81
38.00
20.31
23.75
16.15
16.63
16.83
26.88
26.00
26.00
44.70
17.00
51.75
27.69
30.00
19.13
26.92
22.13
35.76
40.31
26.00
44.70
17.79
51.75
33.00
35.76
22.93
27.69
31.25
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Sales, other business services ......................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale .....................................................................
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 .........................................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..........................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..............
Sales support, n.e.c. ......................................................
7.82
8.78
8.20
.8
11.7
3.3
5.75
6.69
6.00
6.48
7.75
7.00
7.25
8.15
8.00
8.50
10.00
8.53
10.00
10.65
10.46
11.93
7.55
7.37
8.46
8.55
9.94
8.52
7.81
7.22
7.53
12.42
10.34
8.67
10.0
2.0
5.4
4.1
4.0
2.8
5.5
1.6
4.8
1.0
30.6
21.7
4.4
9.00
6.00
5.20
7.00
7.00
7.50
6.90
6.00
5.50
5.65
7.00
7.40
6.00
9.17
6.50
5.75
7.20
7.73
8.56
7.00
6.50
6.00
6.20
7.00
7.50
7.00
12.00
7.12
6.90
8.00
8.44
9.65
8.30
7.25
7.00
7.00
8.05
8.00
7.73
15.26
8.00
8.26
9.00
9.50
11.00
9.25
8.40
7.75
8.05
12.00
11.25
10.00
15.26
9.98
10.30
10.00
9.50
12.58
10.32
10.00
9.00
9.55
18.00
17.61
12.50
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 .......
10.72
11.59
12.87
19.03
11.06
9.67
8.22
15.66
8.93
9.97
9.94
14.26
9.77
8.67
11.46
11.13
12.38
11.97
9.12
1.5
13.0
4.3
16.7
6.3
6.9
4.5
4.3
2.9
3.0
5.6
11.8
9.3
8.5
6.7
3.9
7.8
4.7
2.5
7.00
7.75
7.73
13.00
6.78
7.50
6.25
8.63
6.98
6.84
6.60
8.30
6.00
5.15
8.20
8.00
8.00
9.50
8.00
8.25
8.50
9.70
15.00
10.00
8.00
7.50
11.72
7.25
9.18
7.75
11.20
8.20
7.16
9.06
10.00
10.50
10.57
8.32
10.00
11.61
12.00
16.00
11.03
8.75
8.00
14.69
8.60
10.00
9.97
16.50
9.51
9.00
10.50
10.00
11.55
12.50
9.01
12.15
13.75
15.00
17.50
12.40
10.58
8.75
20.65
10.00
11.00
11.24
17.63
12.50
9.20
13.46
12.69
14.56
13.46
9.75
15.00
15.04
20.00
20.00
14.00
13.25
10.00
21.35
12.04
11.94
13.09
18.00
12.50
11.49
16.10
15.00
18.00
13.93
10.85
See footnotes at end of table.
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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 2003–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.74
8.93
9.34
8.51
8.99
9.28
10.53
6.3
6.6
6.1
5.7
4.4
4.6
8.7
$8.00
6.25
6.50
5.33
6.50
6.25
7.47
$8.00
7.44
8.30
7.00
6.50
7.60
7.87
$10.00
9.00
8.51
8.00
9.00
8.50
11.30
$10.00
10.00
11.11
10.35
9.00
10.25
12.10
$12.00
11.26
12.00
11.04
11.07
13.00
12.10
8.93
15.60
12.37
11.49
10.65
9.61
10.63
10.43
10.11
10.88
3.8
7.4
6.1
6.0
3.3
1.7
22.4
4.3
6.8
6.3
7.00
11.19
7.55
8.33
7.00
7.48
7.00
7.50
7.00
7.00
8.00
12.15
8.74
8.85
8.25
8.20
7.00
9.00
8.50
8.00
8.65
14.76
12.03
11.78
10.00
9.11
7.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
9.45
19.00
14.78
13.55
12.00
11.00
14.50
12.50
10.66
13.16
10.00
20.00
18.43
14.42
15.00
12.19
14.50
13.00
14.80
16.39
Blue collar ....................................................................................
9.53
4.0
5.85
6.90
8.35
11.00
15.00
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Butchers and meat cutters .............................................
Bakers ............................................................................
12.77
10.08
6.7
3.7
6.50
9.52
9.00
9.52
10.73
10.00
14.67
10.00
22.00
12.50
16.32
12.76
18.06
9.83
10.44
9.65
26.8
10.8
26.6
4.1
16.3
2.7
9.00
7.75
10.00
7.25
6.50
6.50
9.00
9.33
10.00
8.00
6.50
6.50
16.00
11.37
22.00
9.75
7.60
9.90
23.64
16.83
25.00
10.73
13.75
12.50
23.64
17.35
30.14
12.25
18.00
12.50
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Printing press operators .................................................
Typesetters and compositors .........................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Packaging and filling machine operators .......................
Motion picture projectionists ..........................................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Assemblers ....................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ...........
8.79
14.23
10.50
7.34
8.26
19.21
7.73
10.25
8.67
9.65
2.3
14.8
8.0
6.1
5.1
28.5
3.0
5.7
5.2
7.3
6.50
7.00
7.50
5.78
7.00
6.00
6.35
8.00
7.00
7.50
7.00
7.50
10.00
6.04
7.00
8.00
7.15
8.50
7.35
8.00
8.00
14.65
11.00
6.50
8.00
20.00
8.00
9.73
7.75
9.00
9.80
19.44
12.00
8.75
8.50
30.14
8.00
12.00
9.50
11.00
11.79
25.14
12.00
9.75
10.25
30.14
8.00
14.00
10.50
12.40
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
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. ............................................................................
10.22
12.67
7.90
11.82
8.66
6.37
7.02
10.15
7.1
10.3
8.6
4.5
6.8
8.9
5.8
7.1
5.50
7.00
5.20
9.00
6.75
5.25
5.25
7.50
7.00
8.65
5.75
10.00
7.00
5.25
5.50
8.00
9.20
13.45
6.75
11.49
7.93
5.50
6.50
9.00
12.62
16.72
8.00
12.69
9.61
7.23
7.60
11.05
16.58
18.00
12.50
14.40
12.00
8.97
8.98
14.34
12.32
6.7
8.50
10.90
11.73
13.35
15.05
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 .....................................................
9.01
7.48
7.87
7.86
12.75
10.17
19.48
4.7
2.5
4.0
10.3
19.1
3.9
12.4
5.75
6.90
6.00
6.25
6.00
7.50
10.50
6.70
7.25
7.25
6.75
8.50
10.00
12.50
8.00
7.50
7.25
7.33
16.00
10.00
24.63
10.56
7.75
8.25
8.24
16.00
11.00
25.00
14.60
8.25
10.00
10.87
16.00
12.00
28.00
Mean
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Duplicating machine operators ......................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ..................................
Messengers ...................................................................
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
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 ....................................................................
Proofreaders ..................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
44
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued
Part-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
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. .............................
$7.60
9.13
11.73
8.22
6.63
8.05
8.44
1.8
10.4
5.7
8.5
3.1
3.1
3.5
$5.50
6.75
7.25
6.50
5.15
6.00
6.00
$6.10
7.50
10.00
6.90
5.40
6.95
7.00
$7.01
8.30
10.83
7.00
6.25
7.70
8.00
$8.30
10.35
14.65
9.25
7.25
9.00
9.00
$9.75
11.55
16.01
10.00
8.50
10.40
11.25
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 ............................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ......
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 ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
7.12
10.15
10.60
7.37
6.18
4.70
6.60
4.20
5.48
7.00
8.82
7.40
7.14
6.88
9.41
14.49
9.36
9.21
7.83
10.49
8.02
7.71
8.45
10.16
11.24
6.61
9.07
7.55
15.49
8.51
7.37
7.47
7.63
9.87
1.0
8.0
8.5
3.5
.9
2.8
5.2
3.0
2.5
.8
5.4
2.4
2.6
1.1
2.9
7.5
7.5
2.5
3.2
7.5
3.9
3.6
2.9
13.7
11.1
5.4
7.6
6.0
39.7
9.5
6.4
5.2
2.6
8.8
3.30
6.18
6.50
5.60
2.63
2.13
3.35
2.13
2.83
5.30
7.00
5.35
5.25
5.40
6.15
9.25
5.15
6.15
5.44
7.00
6.00
5.25
5.50
6.75
5.91
5.15
7.00
5.75
8.50
5.25
5.68
5.75
6.00
6.00
5.62
7.50
7.65
6.10
5.15
2.58
5.15
2.26
4.50
6.00
7.25
6.00
6.00
6.00
7.25
11.80
7.50
7.10
6.50
8.00
7.00
6.25
6.18
6.75
7.00
5.49
7.50
6.38
8.50
7.01
6.13
6.00
6.50
7.00
6.80
8.50
8.75
7.00
6.50
4.50
6.50
3.10
5.45
6.75
8.50
7.00
7.00
6.75
8.86
15.00
8.50
8.80
7.50
10.45
7.50
7.50
7.25
8.75
9.36
6.25
8.75
6.75
8.50
7.71
6.78
7.17
7.15
8.50
8.00
10.25
11.00
8.16
7.25
6.75
7.50
5.64
6.75
7.60
9.00
8.15
8.00
7.50
10.87
16.50
10.78
10.55
8.50
13.15
8.25
8.50
9.00
12.30
14.00
7.00
9.50
7.93
10.00
8.68
8.00
8.50
8.50
10.00
10.00
17.00
19.00
9.73
8.50
7.25
10.00
7.01
7.50
9.00
10.85
10.00
9.50
8.50
13.50
19.70
14.00
13.00
10.39
14.17
10.00
10.40
12.00
15.00
20.00
8.50
11.25
10.00
42.81
11.73
10.01
9.40
10.00
15.00
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 2002
and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 2003
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$22.22
22.24
0.8
.8
$10.12
10.15
$13.34
13.37
$19.32
19.36
$28.07
28.11
$38.09
38.12
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
25.09
25.15
.9
.9
11.18
11.23
15.13
15.20
22.36
22.40
31.53
31.57
42.63
42.70
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 ...........................................
29.80
31.08
29.54
29.79
29.99
31.46
25.55
28.29
28.66
26.90
27.04
22.67
27.73
26.30
22.55
24.30
20.07
21.28
23.77
27.08
34.68
25.24
35.47
19.39
20.91
28.06
32.53
34.08
22.74
41.02
45.34
42.85
33.18
44.41
37.10
42.65
35.52
44.93
41.84
54.49
39.85
40.38
47.14
40.60
39.36
41.00
35.87
45.31
41.61
45.28
27.83
39.91
35.35
39.61
32.32
29.39
32.68
32.11
.7
.8
2.1
6.2
3.1
6.5
9.4
7.4
4.2
4.3
4.4
6.2
6.5
20.5
8.5
7.9
6.4
10.7
5.8
2.6
12.7
1.8
7.8
3.1
4.7
5.1
5.2
5.5
8.4
3.0
16.1
12.4
6.1
4.5
7.6
10.6
12.9
19.4
6.6
14.3
8.3
13.0
10.6
11.3
16.6
24.9
11.3
13.6
4.5
10.9
29.5
6.0
5.7
3.4
.8
3.4
1.0
1.5
15.86
17.73
21.44
24.94
21.58
26.43
17.45
24.46
20.72
17.20
17.11
14.95
19.59
16.88
15.02
15.04
14.99
14.86
14.80
16.08
11.96
17.87
24.44
15.40
14.83
20.28
23.67
24.40
14.48
23.53
20.20
28.85
27.04
37.67
23.66
27.31
24.15
24.57
32.03
37.48
23.85
25.88
21.25
24.72
26.79
19.03
23.25
28.54
29.37
25.29
14.36
29.81
23.57
21.54
20.48
19.33
21.31
21.47
21.02
22.48
25.91
25.91
25.86
26.94
23.10
25.08
23.29
21.60
21.91
17.38
24.87
17.42
16.50
17.63
17.01
16.18
18.68
19.93
14.24
20.40
26.60
17.14
17.92
24.29
28.63
28.84
15.62
29.07
33.01
34.23
28.08
38.93
27.24
30.36
28.11
28.72
34.83
41.12
31.31
34.00
27.91
26.36
30.26
22.74
24.83
37.89
40.28
32.02
14.36
29.81
28.47
28.04
24.41
22.73
24.73
25.06
27.52
28.79
28.44
28.86
28.76
29.42
23.10
26.08
27.19
26.38
26.65
21.30
28.90
19.99
22.39
21.07
18.64
21.55
22.20
24.46
19.09
24.28
35.32
18.29
20.35
27.71
34.00
30.72
21.96
36.86
45.39
37.06
30.30
41.31
35.70
37.75
28.86
43.74
39.31
43.50
41.96
34.20
41.70
34.63
36.77
29.14
30.77
40.88
41.71
42.51
16.92
33.85
33.43
35.93
30.45
27.81
30.41
30.62
35.68
36.92
33.86
30.35
33.86
35.14
31.79
26.81
32.79
32.28
32.28
26.66
30.53
31.88
27.01
34.63
22.17
25.83
27.70
30.80
58.36
28.80
41.45
21.46
22.80
30.00
34.00
40.40
27.86
48.87
56.75
44.06
37.55
49.12
43.37
50.25
43.38
59.63
46.96
69.23
48.56
51.29
60.10
43.57
41.15
57.09
44.78
48.75
46.51
60.76
28.87
48.08
40.49
48.34
38.53
33.33
38.70
37.27
46.69
47.69
38.51
40.65
37.58
38.96
31.79
38.96
35.25
36.45
36.45
31.67
31.81
48.21
28.85
37.36
26.96
31.65
32.32
39.87
67.32
34.44
51.37
24.43
26.19
34.40
39.15
45.64
34.60
63.63
71.80
63.31
40.91
59.94
55.18
62.63
52.65
67.93
59.59
86.91
54.50
56.09
85.10
60.10
60.65
73.43
53.14
64.75
48.28
60.76
52.14
48.08
49.04
62.18
47.81
42.15
47.60
45.67
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$35.04
33.11
12.66
31.80
25.24
25.55
21.36
30.04
33.55
16.15
26.04
19.71
19.82
17.76
38.64
36.00
56.65
2.6
3.0
4.3
4.9
3.8
4.1
10.4
7.8
7.4
17.5
4.8
2.4
2.5
7.0
7.1
7.3
12.8
$21.32
18.37
6.88
17.38
14.59
14.59
12.54
17.22
20.54
11.06
17.97
12.45
12.49
9.00
20.37
20.18
35.08
$25.55
23.73
9.55
22.65
18.71
18.82
18.24
21.31
26.41
11.89
20.96
14.75
14.77
13.13
26.90
25.96
46.06
$32.57
30.83
10.71
30.68
24.78
25.30
22.73
28.74
30.72
13.36
25.42
18.27
18.20
19.50
35.53
34.44
53.38
$42.94
40.30
15.87
39.12
30.93
31.27
25.78
33.49
37.99
18.42
30.91
23.14
23.37
21.68
46.41
42.62
75.39
$52.32
51.01
21.15
49.25
37.29
37.70
26.57
48.76
54.43
28.70
34.24
28.65
29.11
22.68
64.47
59.41
82.12
26.05
20.93
19.19
20.39
24.31
35.84
27.10
18.11
17.61
17.94
23.09
15.59
16.21
18.36
20.74
21.16
18.86
15.41
23.07
17.70
23.94
23.82
18.30
18.82
13.4
10.1
6.6
9.1
9.6
25.3
6.4
2.4
10.0
11.5
7.7
2.2
3.3
14.2
7.4
4.4
7.4
7.9
8.2
5.6
11.9
6.4
7.6
6.8
13.34
13.59
14.00
9.88
13.34
10.24
15.44
11.54
10.97
9.01
16.48
11.14
10.26
12.59
13.57
12.81
13.08
10.82
19.35
12.72
14.04
15.65
12.16
11.78
17.56
16.76
17.45
17.65
17.47
17.56
19.23
14.04
13.11
14.20
18.36
13.30
12.72
14.51
15.50
19.20
15.07
11.62
19.54
14.67
18.70
18.85
14.47
13.62
22.59
20.82
18.97
21.10
22.36
35.76
27.79
17.16
16.83
17.33
20.40
15.44
15.72
17.28
19.29
21.71
18.65
15.51
21.97
16.53
22.58
23.36
16.79
18.22
30.48
23.97
22.60
23.31
24.59
45.67
32.84
21.13
20.75
24.34
24.98
17.85
19.21
21.03
24.78
24.50
23.54
17.98
28.12
21.20
31.69
28.57
21.07
23.52
40.80
32.23
24.11
26.36
34.46
66.32
38.31
26.18
26.00
24.34
36.99
19.89
22.48
26.20
33.88
27.43
25.94
21.07
28.12
23.32
32.87
31.53
28.21
27.37
30.06
34.95
15.77
2.8
2.7
18.6
16.52
19.37
3.46
20.43
25.23
4.79
27.47
32.91
9.33
36.64
42.58
27.38
47.33
52.66
31.22
42.15
30.55
42.39
41.59
35.99
34.61
39.89
35.78
22.63
28.35
26.84
6.3
3.4
17.1
6.1
20.6
16.6
4.3
15.2
10.7
8.3
6.5
30.22
18.73
24.04
24.67
19.33
22.29
23.23
17.35
14.94
19.57
16.89
40.42
23.22
30.36
38.12
24.71
24.63
31.24
23.41
17.79
23.46
19.68
43.19
28.83
37.90
41.23
39.76
31.11
39.44
31.27
18.78
31.93
25.29
46.77
34.48
62.16
51.86
49.50
49.22
46.95
45.38
27.07
33.44
32.32
52.32
43.82
62.71
53.43
49.50
49.22
55.77
68.16
34.33
33.44
40.42
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 .......................................................................
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.
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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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$32.31
22.67
22.39
26.86
22.47
22.78
17.33
24.07
7.0
2.0
3.3
6.9
7.7
4.2
8.7
3.8
$18.54
15.06
15.67
18.83
16.52
13.31
11.19
15.68
$22.12
17.31
16.85
21.32
18.06
18.10
13.46
18.89
$30.64
21.52
21.24
29.47
20.20
22.44
16.76
25.45
$40.78
27.41
26.21
30.13
25.79
26.67
20.00
27.85
$48.05
31.02
30.69
31.98
32.28
31.75
23.82
31.47
20.59
24.26
2.7
3.0
15.01
14.42
17.19
18.54
19.88
24.03
23.42
28.83
28.83
33.94
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Real estate sales ...........................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
13.58
16.99
21.31
12.40
5.2
8.2
9.3
5.8
8.24
11.97
12.82
8.18
9.53
13.36
15.62
9.00
11.76
15.08
23.51
10.84
17.21
18.71
25.34
15.00
22.20
25.26
27.31
20.80
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 ................................................................
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. ........................................
14.17
18.15
20.43
20.28
1.3
3.3
6.6
5.1
9.01
13.27
15.30
17.34
10.79
14.90
16.71
17.99
13.55
17.58
18.69
19.50
16.77
20.16
21.68
20.26
20.10
24.55
29.10
24.08
20.11
14.85
15.01
20.00
14.01
12.13
10.81
14.91
15.94
15.31
11.89
11.26
13.47
14.95
16.72
13.23
11.37
13.08
13.93
9.94
13.08
16.35
17.33
15.28
13.73
16.20
15.54
18.10
16.25
16.20
13.38
13.11
12.20
11.51
14.54
9.3
8.7
2.9
8.0
2.6
13.2
4.0
5.1
14.8
5.3
3.4
6.4
3.7
2.2
4.6
8.9
14.9
8.7
11.1
14.2
15.9
6.7
17.3
7.3
4.7
7.4
8.3
5.5
2.5
5.4
1.4
2.9
9.4
1.7
2.4
11.97
11.56
10.11
11.07
9.84
8.33
8.20
10.40
8.99
10.69
7.87
7.75
9.62
10.30
11.95
8.11
8.29
7.16
9.82
7.65
7.38
9.80
11.47
10.20
9.47
9.95
11.22
12.38
11.60
13.00
9.01
9.81
8.10
8.00
10.00
16.33
11.99
11.78
14.27
12.05
8.68
8.76
12.05
10.91
12.34
8.99
9.42
10.61
12.30
14.89
10.05
9.09
9.54
9.82
7.65
9.60
11.66
13.10
13.00
10.54
12.98
12.45
14.28
14.05
13.21
10.66
11.41
10.19
8.98
11.57
19.66
13.04
14.30
18.77
13.97
10.78
10.71
14.36
15.03
15.18
11.18
10.67
13.21
14.85
16.38
12.39
9.42
12.53
13.92
8.58
11.99
14.94
14.58
16.81
13.66
15.27
14.17
18.69
16.21
15.85
13.02
13.29
11.12
10.52
14.18
25.77
17.04
17.70
22.90
16.12
16.28
12.09
17.79
21.48
18.13
13.86
12.98
15.43
17.17
19.06
16.64
12.58
16.41
16.35
11.55
16.44
19.62
23.38
16.95
15.64
18.32
20.84
20.47
17.41
18.34
15.46
14.90
12.71
13.06
16.68
27.87
21.33
20.64
29.77
17.66
17.84
13.75
19.61
26.22
20.46
17.05
16.33
18.17
19.46
21.03
17.30
19.28
18.74
19.33
14.46
19.28
25.66
28.44
17.10
19.96
22.60
21.59
23.91
20.23
20.02
18.36
16.04
16.92
16.43
20.19
Blue collar ....................................................................................
17.11
1.4
9.99
12.45
16.26
20.73
25.30
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. ...........................................
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 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(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 ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
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. .........
$19.52
23.71
20.49
18.67
19.42
21.83
15.84
2.1
4.7
11.1
4.1
6.2
9.8
13.4
$12.11
15.55
12.90
11.85
12.37
13.28
11.46
$14.78
18.57
15.57
15.93
15.79
15.77
11.46
$18.58
22.86
19.84
19.10
20.74
21.44
14.35
$23.26
28.45
26.45
21.73
23.22
26.23
20.47
$28.85
32.01
28.86
23.47
24.09
29.54
24.11
21.60
17.13
20.17
16.92
6.5
6.3
6.6
3.5
14.86
10.70
12.46
10.98
16.32
13.80
15.79
12.89
21.09
17.82
20.31
15.99
25.65
18.77
24.33
19.49
27.63
22.72
26.20
23.00
25.89
28.43
21.01
20.37
20.79
25.27
18.76
18.89
17.95
13.84
15.71
21.22
21.25
18.69
26.01
23.00
17.30
13.8
13.1
5.9
6.9
5.8
6.2
8.3
8.3
9.8
3.1
4.0
13.2
8.0
3.0
8.9
9.1
5.8
16.54
16.75
14.65
12.37
14.61
17.74
11.51
12.10
13.71
12.11
10.75
13.35
15.24
11.93
17.53
13.30
12.66
16.54
19.18
16.29
15.57
16.97
21.81
14.22
14.30
14.71
12.11
11.93
14.53
19.45
15.13
21.45
18.66
15.91
26.25
33.73
18.88
18.80
18.72
26.41
18.53
18.03
17.19
14.01
14.93
15.50
20.15
18.54
23.69
21.95
18.29
33.36
33.73
24.40
24.79
23.58
28.35
23.73
23.60
21.73
15.41
18.77
26.83
25.43
22.29
31.85
28.85
19.06
35.33
33.73
30.77
29.63
30.31
30.00
25.77
27.73
22.82
15.62
22.41
35.79
25.43
25.89
36.47
32.62
19.52
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 .......................................................
16.52
14.87
10.46
17.46
19.27
20.97
10.0
4.8
9.5
2.9
17.4
8.2
9.29
11.55
6.27
15.73
9.86
12.93
11.53
14.01
9.09
16.52
10.71
18.86
16.52
14.58
10.10
17.50
20.49
23.75
20.49
17.49
11.61
18.29
26.94
23.75
23.75
17.66
14.67
19.79
32.15
24.12
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
15.96
17.42
15.94
15.71
10.18
17.13
23.13
20.04
15.72
16.06
14.89
13.50
1.8
12.5
5.4
1.8
7.7
9.5
4.1
6.6
8.7
10.5
9.4
3.2
10.16
13.71
9.52
10.16
7.00
11.47
20.38
13.27
10.55
10.37
9.41
9.56
12.00
13.71
11.50
12.25
8.47
12.78
21.49
17.50
11.05
11.78
11.50
11.88
15.11
13.71
14.88
15.32
9.80
16.67
24.36
21.40
13.59
15.00
13.15
13.83
19.45
22.03
19.84
18.97
11.65
17.81
24.36
22.34
17.82
19.01
16.01
14.88
23.00
26.68
25.64
21.91
13.50
25.90
26.28
24.38
23.62
24.63
26.23
16.13
15.67
4.7
10.49
11.76
15.01
19.37
22.99
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 ..........................................
14.22
20.41
13.38
15.27
2.6
6.7
4.1
20.2
8.03
13.30
8.21
7.52
10.02
17.37
9.54
11.83
13.30
20.42
12.75
17.85
17.74
23.64
16.40
18.77
21.85
26.60
19.85
18.81
19.39
15.25
13.73
6.4
7.9
6.4
11.49
9.20
9.84
15.52
11.57
11.52
20.52
14.87
12.78
22.03
19.39
16.09
27.55
22.56
19.00
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 2003–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
–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. .............................
$12.64
11.44
17.03
12.48
13.30
12.99
13.77
13.64
5.1
11.3
12.6
7.9
14.0
12.7
7.7
4.9
$7.80
8.56
9.28
9.75
5.82
10.36
10.05
7.40
$10.30
8.82
12.34
9.75
9.71
11.42
10.94
9.03
$11.67
9.82
17.09
12.75
17.01
12.43
14.70
13.00
$15.60
12.19
23.56
13.30
17.39
13.52
16.06
17.35
$17.72
17.06
23.56
16.74
17.46
17.41
16.75
21.38
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 ...........
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
16.70
20.78
26.12
29.73
25.53
21.00
18.50
23.60
18.86
16.83
9.95
13.22
15.49
10.53
12.95
12.33
10.51
13.24
10.95
9.19
9.97
12.59
13.09
13.48
12.28
12.65
18.28
8.67
12.24
11.62
17.62
8.73
15.28
12.23
10.65
1.3
2.1
5.1
3.3
8.5
10.0
2.9
1.1
2.0
5.4
5.4
6.4
6.7
1.8
12.4
12.6
1.7
5.5
3.1
4.7
2.7
2.0
10.3
3.4
2.2
2.7
9.4
8.2
1.9
3.8
9.0
5.6
13.7
7.3
3.0
8.52
11.75
16.98
17.48
15.45
13.93
11.35
15.35
12.12
11.35
7.00
6.74
9.00
7.38
5.52
6.99
7.40
9.61
7.91
6.68
7.15
8.32
9.50
8.99
8.15
7.82
10.94
6.00
7.82
7.00
11.75
6.00
8.52
7.99
7.51
11.00
14.38
20.19
23.74
15.87
13.93
13.93
18.78
14.37
12.13
8.25
10.08
11.63
8.39
10.65
10.02
8.36
10.75
9.00
7.66
8.16
9.82
11.06
10.77
9.69
9.22
13.71
6.92
9.15
8.56
13.51
6.75
10.41
8.80
8.97
14.59
20.02
24.30
29.24
26.74
20.55
17.74
23.43
18.28
14.90
9.06
12.94
13.76
10.02
14.32
14.32
9.99
12.34
10.75
8.46
9.54
12.09
13.02
13.21
11.71
11.90
17.53
8.00
11.66
10.89
15.29
8.04
14.95
10.87
10.03
21.39
25.93
31.29
36.36
33.28
25.92
22.98
27.18
22.72
21.54
11.89
15.58
18.33
12.04
15.02
14.32
12.00
15.40
12.56
10.39
11.36
14.90
16.46
15.87
14.05
14.80
22.76
9.46
14.62
13.51
21.08
10.00
21.25
14.87
11.87
27.45
30.24
37.75
40.69
34.79
28.76
26.45
31.65
28.17
25.43
13.12
19.64
23.36
14.33
16.69
14.32
14.20
18.50
14.54
12.63
13.06
17.17
16.46
17.57
17.14
18.62
27.21
13.09
17.42
17.00
26.93
11.66
21.25
18.60
14.46
See footnotes at end of table.
50
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$12.18
12.25
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 includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working
either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
11.8
4.7
$7.00
7.10
$8.33
9.41
$11.22
11.92
$14.16
15.04
$17.53
16.43
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002
and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 2003
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$22.62
22.64
0.8
.8
$10.50
10.51
$13.74
13.76
$19.80
19.83
$28.41
28.43
$38.49
38.53
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
25.39
25.44
.9
.9
11.48
11.53
15.50
15.54
22.65
22.73
31.79
31.85
43.01
43.09
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 ..........................................
30.03
31.29
29.56
29.79
29.99
31.46
25.55
28.66
26.93
27.07
22.68
27.73
26.30
22.55
24.30
20.11
21.28
23.74
26.81
33.93
24.93
35.48
19.25
21.45
28.16
31.69
34.19
22.16
41.37
45.36
43.40
33.20
44.41
37.16
41.67
35.45
44.95
41.79
54.62
40.47
43.63
47.18
40.71
39.29
41.00
35.92
45.57
41.61
45.63
25.32
39.93
35.66
40.05
32.65
29.71
32.70
32.11
35.05
.8
.8
2.1
6.3
3.1
6.5
9.4
4.2
4.4
4.5
6.3
6.5
20.5
8.5
7.9
6.6
10.7
5.9
3.0
13.5
1.6
8.1
3.2
3.9
5.9
9.0
5.8
9.1
3.0
16.7
12.9
6.1
4.5
7.7
12.7
13.0
19.5
6.6
14.6
8.2
14.0
10.6
11.3
16.8
24.9
11.7
15.0
4.5
11.1
32.6
6.0
5.9
3.6
.8
3.5
1.0
1.5
2.6
16.33
18.10
21.41
25.91
21.58
26.43
17.45
20.72
17.31
17.28
14.95
19.59
16.88
15.02
15.04
15.05
14.86
14.80
15.92
11.96
17.81
24.44
15.40
17.47
19.99
21.91
24.40
14.17
23.80
20.20
31.43
27.04
37.67
23.66
27.31
24.15
24.57
32.03
37.48
23.85
24.27
21.24
24.72
26.79
19.03
23.25
28.54
29.37
25.98
14.36
29.81
24.31
22.44
20.92
20.15
21.32
21.47
21.32
21.24
22.66
25.91
25.91
25.86
26.94
23.10
23.29
21.70
21.91
17.36
24.87
17.42
16.50
17.63
17.03
16.18
18.58
19.64
13.89
20.16
24.44
17.14
18.66
24.29
25.63
29.45
15.62
29.24
32.11
34.80
28.08
38.93
27.24
30.36
28.11
28.72
34.83
41.12
31.83
30.43
27.91
26.36
30.26
22.74
24.83
37.89
40.28
32.02
14.36
29.81
28.95
28.53
24.72
23.17
24.73
25.06
25.55
27.75
28.90
28.44
28.86
28.76
29.42
23.10
27.19
26.38
26.65
21.30
28.90
19.99
22.39
21.07
18.64
21.55
22.14
24.14
19.02
23.83
35.28
18.29
20.95
28.51
29.18
30.96
21.03
37.45
45.39
37.06
30.30
41.31
36.20
37.09
28.86
44.30
39.31
43.50
42.13
49.31
41.70
34.63
36.77
29.14
30.77
40.88
41.71
42.58
16.92
33.85
33.61
36.40
30.64
28.13
30.42
30.61
32.56
35.88
37.12
33.86
30.35
33.86
35.14
31.79
32.79
32.28
32.30
26.66
30.53
31.88
27.01
34.63
22.18
25.83
27.70
30.06
57.31
28.45
41.46
21.46
22.80
30.00
34.79
40.40
24.95
49.31
57.29
43.59
37.55
49.12
43.37
48.65
43.38
59.63
46.96
69.57
48.72
54.65
60.14
43.57
41.15
57.09
45.02
52.95
46.51
60.76
21.15
48.08
40.93
48.88
38.65
33.70
38.74
37.25
43.00
46.91
47.97
38.51
40.65
37.58
38.96
31.79
35.25
36.45
36.45
31.74
31.81
48.21
28.85
37.36
26.96
31.65
32.32
40.13
67.30
33.45
51.37
23.89
26.03
40.01
45.18
45.68
34.60
64.10
73.10
61.81
40.91
59.94
55.18
59.93
52.65
67.93
59.59
86.91
54.50
56.20
85.10
60.26
60.65
73.43
53.14
64.75
48.38
60.76
41.19
48.08
49.04
62.45
47.98
42.15
47.61
45.72
52.39
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$33.71
12.00
31.91
25.43
25.76
21.40
30.06
33.61
16.15
26.12
19.76
19.82
18.59
38.80
36.02
57.81
3.3
10.7
5.2
3.9
4.2
10.4
7.9
7.5
17.5
4.8
2.4
2.5
7.4
7.3
7.5
12.7
$19.55
8.13
17.59
14.59
14.59
12.54
17.23
20.54
11.06
17.97
12.45
12.47
9.45
20.67
20.19
35.08
$24.26
10.27
22.70
18.82
18.97
18.24
21.31
26.33
11.89
20.96
14.76
14.76
15.06
27.30
25.96
47.46
$31.02
10.27
30.73
25.30
25.69
22.73
28.70
30.93
13.36
25.56
18.28
18.17
20.07
35.53
34.44
55.84
$40.44
16.67
39.09
31.03
31.27
25.78
33.53
38.00
18.42
30.91
23.20
23.42
22.17
46.88
42.62
79.42
$51.39
18.24
50.06
37.29
37.81
26.57
48.79
54.43
28.70
34.25
28.77
29.12
22.68
64.47
59.41
82.12
26.75
21.35
17.61
20.39
24.69
40.93
26.75
18.02
17.47
16.58
21.17
15.46
16.36
18.41
19.40
21.11
18.86
16.48
23.07
17.79
24.12
23.82
18.60
19.29
14.2
9.7
6.5
9.1
9.9
19.6
7.1
2.1
10.2
12.6
4.5
2.3
3.4
14.3
4.1
4.9
7.4
6.1
8.2
5.7
11.3
6.4
6.8
7.0
13.59
13.64
13.00
9.88
14.34
14.01
15.15
11.71
10.97
8.96
16.48
10.89
10.26
12.59
13.52
12.81
13.08
11.54
19.35
12.98
14.04
15.65
12.16
12.05
17.64
16.76
15.40
17.65
17.64
21.21
18.85
14.04
13.11
13.60
18.29
13.20
12.72
14.51
15.05
17.79
15.07
14.13
19.54
14.67
19.09
18.85
15.11
14.04
23.01
22.58
17.48
21.10
22.36
40.19
26.53
17.27
16.34
15.94
20.00
15.19
16.08
17.28
18.67
22.22
18.65
17.17
21.97
16.77
23.56
23.36
16.79
19.15
31.29
23.97
18.97
23.31
24.59
53.90
32.26
21.07
20.75
19.25
22.47
17.76
19.77
21.03
22.70
24.50
23.54
17.98
28.12
21.24
31.69
28.57
21.09
23.64
41.79
32.23
22.86
26.36
34.46
78.46
38.31
25.84
26.00
23.24
27.40
19.89
22.53
26.20
26.50
27.43
25.94
21.07
28.12
23.32
32.87
31.53
28.21
27.50
30.13
35.04
14.82
2.8
2.7
28.9
16.57
19.44
3.46
20.49
25.34
3.46
27.64
33.01
9.33
36.75
42.63
27.97
47.33
52.66
35.07
42.96
30.54
42.39
41.59
35.99
34.61
39.88
35.78
22.57
28.35
26.95
32.34
5.8
3.4
17.1
6.1
20.6
16.6
4.3
15.2
10.9
8.3
6.5
7.0
30.22
18.73
24.04
24.67
19.33
22.29
23.24
17.35
14.94
19.57
16.89
18.54
40.42
23.22
30.36
38.12
24.71
24.63
31.28
23.41
17.79
23.46
19.88
22.12
43.19
28.83
37.90
41.23
39.76
31.11
39.44
31.27
18.78
31.93
25.29
30.64
48.40
34.48
62.16
51.86
49.50
49.22
46.83
45.38
26.54
33.44
32.32
40.78
52.32
43.75
62.71
53.43
49.50
49.22
55.58
68.16
34.33
33.44
40.42
48.05
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 .......................................................................
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. ........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .............................
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 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$22.69
22.40
26.85
22.37
22.79
17.33
24.02
2.1
3.4
7.0
7.9
4.3
8.7
3.9
$15.09
15.63
18.83
16.52
13.31
11.19
15.64
$17.31
16.78
21.32
18.06
18.10
13.46
18.86
$21.52
21.40
29.47
20.10
22.44
16.76
25.37
$27.46
26.41
30.10
25.65
26.67
20.00
27.85
$31.03
30.76
31.26
32.28
31.75
23.82
31.47
20.62
24.39
2.7
3.1
15.09
14.72
17.19
18.60
19.88
24.10
23.45
28.83
28.83
34.07
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Real estate sales ...........................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
14.14
17.04
21.31
12.86
5.8
8.4
9.3
6.7
8.40
11.97
12.82
8.40
9.75
13.36
15.62
9.49
12.40
15.08
23.51
11.07
17.81
18.71
25.34
15.98
22.63
25.26
27.31
20.80
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 ................................................................
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. ........................................
14.28
18.16
20.43
20.28
1.3
3.3
6.6
5.1
9.16
13.27
15.30
17.34
10.90
14.90
16.71
17.99
13.68
17.59
18.69
19.50
16.86
20.20
21.68
20.26
20.10
24.55
29.10
24.08
20.11
14.97
15.07
19.96
14.05
12.13
10.89
14.83
15.97
15.31
12.51
11.36
13.52
14.97
16.72
13.48
11.37
13.19
9.92
13.33
16.46
17.33
15.28
13.70
16.26
15.54
18.10
16.30
16.20
13.54
13.13
12.21
10.86
14.65
9.3
8.8
2.9
8.3
2.6
13.5
4.5
5.5
14.9
5.3
4.6
6.7
3.9
2.2
4.6
9.5
14.9
9.0
14.4
15.4
6.9
17.3
7.3
4.8
7.4
8.3
5.5
2.5
5.4
1.6
2.9
9.4
1.7
2.5
11.97
11.56
10.17
10.94
9.95
8.33
8.20
10.42
8.99
10.69
8.70
7.76
9.62
10.30
11.95
8.11
8.29
7.16
7.65
8.20
10.00
11.47
10.20
9.47
9.97
11.22
12.38
11.69
13.00
9.01
9.77
8.10
7.96
10.11
16.33
12.01
11.85
14.09
12.12
8.68
8.88
11.88
10.91
12.34
10.28
9.58
10.71
12.30
14.89
10.05
9.09
9.38
7.65
9.84
11.83
13.10
13.00
10.54
12.98
12.45
14.28
14.16
13.21
10.79
11.48
10.30
8.81
11.57
19.66
13.41
14.35
18.45
13.97
10.78
10.79
14.06
15.03
15.18
12.04
10.67
13.26
14.85
16.38
13.17
9.42
12.53
8.44
12.89
15.02
14.58
16.81
13.41
15.27
14.17
18.69
16.23
15.85
13.18
13.38
11.12
10.17
14.37
25.77
17.29
17.77
23.60
16.12
16.31
12.29
17.79
21.48
18.13
14.43
12.98
15.30
17.21
19.06
16.64
12.58
16.51
11.49
16.44
19.74
23.38
16.95
15.64
18.32
20.84
20.47
17.51
18.34
15.58
14.90
12.71
12.25
16.78
27.87
21.33
20.78
29.77
17.66
17.84
14.11
19.61
26.22
20.46
17.39
16.33
18.17
19.57
21.03
17.30
19.28
18.74
14.46
19.28
26.02
28.44
17.10
19.96
22.60
21.59
23.91
20.23
20.02
18.47
16.04
16.92
14.55
20.23
Blue collar ....................................................................................
17.36
1.5
10.16
12.70
16.54
21.12
25.64
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
19.53
23.71
2.1
4.7
12.11
15.55
14.78
18.57
18.59
22.86
23.31
28.45
28.85
32.01
Mean
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
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 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$20.49
18.67
19.42
21.83
15.84
11.1
4.1
6.2
9.8
13.4
$12.90
11.85
12.37
13.28
11.46
$15.57
15.93
15.79
15.77
11.46
$19.84
19.10
20.74
21.44
14.35
$26.45
21.73
23.22
26.23
20.47
$28.86
23.47
24.09
29.54
24.11
21.65
17.13
20.68
16.92
6.5
6.3
6.4
3.5
14.86
10.70
13.08
10.98
16.59
13.80
15.79
12.89
21.44
17.82
21.34
15.99
25.65
18.77
25.53
19.49
27.63
22.72
26.20
23.00
25.89
28.43
21.01
20.38
20.79
25.27
18.76
18.89
17.95
13.84
15.71
21.22
21.27
18.71
26.01
23.00
17.30
13.8
13.1
5.9
6.9
5.8
6.2
8.3
8.3
9.8
3.1
4.0
13.2
8.0
3.0
8.9
9.1
5.8
16.54
16.75
14.65
12.37
14.61
17.74
11.51
12.10
13.71
12.11
10.75
13.35
15.24
11.93
17.53
13.30
12.66
16.54
19.18
16.29
15.57
16.97
21.81
14.22
14.30
14.71
12.11
11.93
14.53
19.45
15.17
21.45
18.66
15.91
26.25
33.73
18.88
18.80
18.72
26.41
18.53
18.03
17.19
14.01
14.91
15.50
20.15
18.54
23.69
21.95
18.29
33.36
33.73
24.40
24.85
23.58
28.35
23.73
23.60
21.73
15.41
18.77
26.83
25.43
22.29
31.85
28.85
19.06
35.33
33.73
30.77
29.63
30.31
30.00
25.77
27.73
22.82
15.62
22.41
35.79
25.43
25.89
36.47
32.62
19.52
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 .......................................................
16.57
14.90
10.34
17.46
19.31
20.97
10.1
5.1
10.0
2.9
17.5
8.2
9.29
11.55
6.27
15.73
9.64
12.93
11.53
14.01
9.09
16.52
10.71
18.86
16.56
14.58
9.32
17.50
20.49
23.75
20.49
17.49
11.54
18.29
26.94
23.75
23.75
17.66
14.67
19.79
32.15
24.12
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
16.32
17.42
16.05
16.57
10.46
17.13
23.17
20.04
15.72
16.06
14.89
13.50
2.0
12.5
5.4
2.2
9.3
9.5
4.0
6.6
8.7
10.5
9.4
3.2
10.28
13.71
9.67
10.54
8.36
11.47
20.38
13.27
10.55
10.37
9.41
9.56
12.06
13.71
11.68
13.17
8.61
12.78
21.49
17.50
11.05
11.78
11.50
11.88
15.43
13.71
14.89
16.57
9.80
16.67
24.36
21.40
13.59
15.00
13.15
13.83
20.01
22.03
19.84
20.01
11.71
17.81
24.36
22.34
17.82
19.01
16.01
14.88
23.62
26.68
25.64
22.89
13.65
25.90
26.28
24.38
23.62
24.63
26.23
16.13
15.70
4.8
10.49
11.87
15.01
19.55
22.99
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 ..........................................
Construction laborers .....................................................
14.43
20.46
13.66
15.27
2.6
6.7
4.3
20.2
8.21
13.30
8.27
7.52
10.34
17.37
9.82
11.83
13.63
20.42
13.27
17.85
17.85
23.64
16.75
18.77
21.85
26.60
20.29
18.81
19.39
15.28
13.73
12.75
6.4
7.9
6.4
5.3
11.49
9.20
9.84
7.80
15.52
11.57
11.52
10.34
20.52
14.87
12.78
11.82
22.03
19.39
16.09
15.60
27.55
22.56
19.00
17.72
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
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 ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
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. .........
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 2003–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
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. .............................
$17.09
12.66
13.30
12.99
14.18
13.89
12.5
8.1
14.0
12.7
7.1
4.9
$9.32
9.75
5.82
10.36
10.40
7.48
$12.48
9.75
9.71
11.42
12.19
9.29
$17.09
13.09
17.01
12.43
14.72
13.27
$23.56
13.30
17.39
13.52
16.06
17.61
$23.56
16.74
17.46
17.41
16.75
21.59
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 .....................................................
Personal service ................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ........................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ...........
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
17.24
21.01
26.12
29.73
25.53
21.00
18.71
23.66
18.96
16.85
13.16
16.85
10.90
10.86
13.23
11.13
9.33
10.21
12.68
13.09
13.51
12.38
12.74
18.28
8.23
12.32
12.45
18.42
9.01
16.02
12.40
10.81
13.68
13.33
1.3
2.2
5.1
3.3
8.5
10.0
2.5
1.2
2.0
5.4
7.0
6.6
2.1
2.1
5.8
3.4
4.5
3.6
2.1
10.3
3.6
2.4
2.7
9.4
5.4
2.0
5.3
9.1
11.4
14.2
7.9
3.3
21.5
4.3
8.94
11.92
16.98
17.48
15.45
13.93
11.55
15.41
12.23
11.35
6.74
10.69
7.52
7.52
9.61
7.98
7.05
7.25
8.38
9.50
8.98
8.25
7.86
10.94
6.00
7.86
7.11
12.56
5.95
8.30
7.99
8.04
7.00
9.03
11.44
14.66
20.19
23.74
15.87
13.93
14.13
18.82
14.37
12.13
10.35
12.84
8.46
8.45
10.74
9.09
7.66
8.23
9.82
11.06
10.63
9.78
9.29
13.71
6.81
9.22
9.06
14.04
6.67
11.71
8.80
9.16
7.00
11.46
15.24
20.35
24.30
29.24
26.74
20.55
17.88
23.48
18.47
14.91
13.08
15.70
10.28
10.25
12.09
10.78
8.45
9.54
12.18
13.02
13.21
11.85
11.95
17.53
8.00
11.81
11.49
15.70
8.79
15.24
11.12
10.39
12.92
13.41
22.04
25.99
31.29
36.36
33.28
25.92
23.03
27.23
22.75
21.61
15.43
20.90
12.72
12.61
15.47
12.82
10.10
11.89
15.05
16.46
15.88
14.23
14.97
22.76
9.10
14.69
15.23
21.08
11.66
21.25
15.42
11.88
16.89
15.36
27.99
30.35
37.75
40.69
34.79
28.76
26.59
31.65
28.21
25.49
18.28
26.04
15.07
15.07
19.17
14.81
13.85
13.67
17.25
16.46
18.02
17.14
18.80
27.21
10.46
17.73
18.41
27.72
11.66
21.25
19.60
14.44
21.13
18.13
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 2002
and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 2003
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$15.12
15.17
3.2
3.2
$7.50
7.50
$9.22
9.25
$12.00
12.05
$17.28
17.38
$27.40
27.63
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
18.67
18.81
4.0
4.0
8.31
8.40
10.59
10.70
15.00
15.20
23.67
23.92
34.00
34.00
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
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. ..................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
24.23
25.36
29.50
59.73
27.93
33.57
34.55
35.17
28.08
34.28
29.97
45.83
34.44
34.56
47.00
29.45
33.63
20.83
24.06
29.27
32.07
33.20
24.02
12.81
29.28
18.02
18.10
28.19
29.41
17.42
20.05
12.25
34.84
35.61
4.5
3.5
5.1
7.2
6.2
2.6
4.3
28.1
18.5
2.0
21.9
8.9
10.3
8.1
7.4
15.1
6.2
4.9
10.0
7.2
4.7
11.7
13.8
5.1
15.0
4.2
4.2
7.8
6.5
8.6
8.2
10.0
18.3
21.4
10.53
10.15
18.69
34.28
19.05
33.18
19.50
17.00
20.63
34.00
19.50
30.00
21.73
20.63
31.50
19.50
18.27
8.25
16.87
15.97
21.38
18.50
9.00
6.25
14.98
12.65
12.65
15.00
23.38
8.00
13.91
7.00
15.27
15.27
14.34
15.41
23.40
51.49
23.06
34.00
24.43
17.00
24.38
34.00
20.00
44.25
23.00
31.40
38.31
19.50
21.13
11.25
17.21
22.77
24.92
28.00
13.57
9.29
21.56
14.28
14.45
27.92
27.92
13.79
15.72
8.00
24.04
18.60
22.66
23.67
28.63
61.09
26.76
34.00
34.00
21.00
24.43
34.00
20.00
44.99
34.20
34.38
43.67
23.50
30.08
17.17
21.35
29.88
33.36
36.32
19.74
11.25
23.92
17.81
17.81
29.39
29.39
17.49
21.42
11.04
28.85
39.13
33.93
34.00
34.00
70.00
33.79
34.00
39.54
52.76
30.23
34.00
42.75
46.11
44.25
38.31
52.38
37.98
41.11
26.05
26.13
35.12
40.67
36.32
34.88
15.67
47.48
20.76
20.80
29.39
29.39
23.06
23.06
15.91
39.26
39.26
39.26
40.67
39.81
77.74
39.34
34.00
51.64
71.01
41.96
34.00
49.83
63.31
48.75
45.55
67.58
44.25
56.75
40.67
40.24
39.71
40.67
46.43
45.06
22.20
49.08
23.41
23.41
31.69
31.69
23.06
23.92
16.86
72.31
86.50
19.88
21.15
13.75
19.23
19.98
32.68
17.24
14.74
11.44
12.67
9.5
6.6
16.7
13.8
2.2
18.6
3.9
6.6
5.6
6.6
10.24
18.00
9.00
11.19
17.28
19.96
15.11
10.25
8.50
11.38
13.88
18.39
10.24
13.41
17.77
26.22
15.45
12.31
10.82
11.38
18.39
21.99
10.24
16.00
20.00
35.46
16.00
14.30
10.82
12.18
24.43
23.82
18.00
22.98
21.86
39.09
18.71
16.00
11.19
13.49
32.40
24.43
18.00
34.00
24.94
39.09
22.57
19.98
14.18
16.49
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. ...........................................
22.96
24.83
16.95
37.58
42.17
20.99
15.83
6.4
11.3
22.9
20.4
16.2
8.0
16.9
6.15
4.79
4.79
29.08
16.81
10.59
6.12
12.24
10.00
4.79
29.08
25.46
18.00
10.59
21.00
23.08
12.00
29.08
42.16
21.00
13.85
27.19
27.63
26.92
52.74
60.47
25.57
22.39
34.00
58.24
27.89
52.74
70.55
28.84
25.78
Sales .........................................................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
10.52
10.56
5.8
5.8
6.78
6.78
7.83
7.83
10.04
10.08
11.39
11.39
14.62
14.62
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
12.55
3.1
7.60
9.26
11.60
15.00
19.37
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 2003–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
Secretaries .....................................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Receptionists .................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Library clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Dispatchers ....................................................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$11.63
11.45
10.14
15.70
10.43
12.51
13.26
12.98
10.24
13.75
12.99
3.8
11.6
7.6
12.5
4.3
14.1
7.2
18.7
11.5
3.2
7.8
$7.92
8.14
8.24
9.98
6.80
9.57
10.38
7.00
5.15
8.45
8.36
$9.12
8.92
8.75
12.53
7.87
9.71
10.38
7.26
7.33
9.81
9.18
$11.44
10.90
10.39
17.20
9.52
11.44
13.56
12.09
10.11
12.37
12.60
$13.62
13.22
11.60
19.13
12.02
16.22
15.00
14.68
12.71
17.38
15.00
$15.00
16.25
11.90
19.13
15.60
16.96
16.79
22.81
15.90
20.91
20.19
Blue collar ....................................................................................
13.12
2.4
8.77
10.27
12.86
15.33
17.87
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
12.86
10.0
9.69
9.95
12.43
14.35
17.49
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
13.91
10.96
14.03
2.5
10.5
2.5
9.62
8.69
9.70
11.45
8.83
11.67
13.50
9.11
13.60
15.82
14.51
15.86
18.47
16.32
18.67
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .............................
9.29
9.93
8.72
6.0
8.8
9.3
5.90
6.00
5.65
7.50
8.00
7.00
9.16
10.00
8.50
10.35
11.33
9.74
13.00
15.30
13.00
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 ...........
10.25
11.65
8.41
15.21
15.69
9.60
13.77
11.35
9.59
6.85
9.61
10.17
8.88
9.63
11.44
12.95
11.04
10.20
14.03
9.99
9.84
8.55
1.8
3.9
10.5
16.0
12.6
4.2
12.1
8.5
2.0
20.1
2.0
4.8
8.0
3.1
5.9
5.6
6.2
4.9
13.1
4.6
2.3
4.3
6.92
6.95
6.95
9.00
6.25
6.90
7.00
7.35
6.75
3.30
6.80
7.54
6.25
6.83
7.61
9.05
7.61
7.00
9.50
7.00
6.75
6.00
8.06
8.25
6.95
10.00
14.50
8.00
9.15
8.95
7.95
3.60
7.96
8.55
7.71
8.00
9.03
11.57
8.50
8.20
12.33
8.20
7.96
6.75
9.74
10.66
7.40
12.51
15.00
9.02
12.18
12.60
9.33
6.50
9.35
9.67
8.46
9.50
11.19
13.28
10.60
9.96
14.87
9.88
9.25
8.00
11.76
13.50
8.50
18.94
17.44
11.00
19.64
13.50
11.22
10.02
11.22
11.69
10.60
11.22
13.25
14.78
12.16
11.87
15.61
11.57
11.22
9.00
13.79
16.70
11.43
29.00
17.44
12.46
23.00
13.79
12.40
10.65
12.42
13.33
11.73
12.20
15.80
16.43
15.80
14.50
17.21
13.98
12.58
11.54
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 2003–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$10.19
10.15
10.33
9.19
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 2002
and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
7.5
6.8
3.5
5.1
$6.75
7.00
6.90
6.40
$8.26
7.97
8.64
7.10
$10.35
9.25
10.95
8.30
$11.99
11.86
11.22
10.64
$14.13
14.62
12.45
11.97
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 4.1. 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 2003
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 .............................
$743
746
1.0
1.1
39.6
39.5
$718
719
1.1
1.2
39.7
39.7
$877
878
0.8
.8
38.8
38.8
White collar ...........................................
White collar, excluding sales ..........
905
939
.8
.8
39.5
39.4
889
929
1.0
1.1
39.8
39.7
971
973
.8
.9
38.2
38.2
1,118
1,204
.8
.8
38.9
38.9
1,111
1,222
1.1
1.3
39.5
39.8
1,134
1,176
.8
.8
37.8
37.6
1,387
1,256
1,579
1.2
3.9
7.5
40.5
40.3
40.1
1,408
1,270
1,579
1.3
4.4
7.5
40.6
40.5
40.1
1,163
1,174
–
2.2
5.6
–
39.3
39.4
–
1,245
1,871
1,630
1,473
1,213
5.6
6.8
4.0
3.4
3.1
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
1,275
1,871
1,631
1,482
1,229
6.2
6.8
4.0
3.0
4.1
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.6
–
–
–
–
1,178
–
–
–
–
3.0
–
–
–
–
39.3
1,522
1,247
1,289
3.0
1.8
2.3
41.1
40.9
40.7
1,530
1,248
1,298
3.0
1.8
2.3
41.1
40.9
40.9
1,262
1,022
–
6.6
9.4
–
40.1
40.0
–
1,190
1,444
11.5
2.2
40.0
40.2
–
1,466
–
2.4
–
40.2
–
1,137
–
4.2
–
39.7
1,249
9.4
41.6
1,265
9.3
41.8
–
–
–
1,337
1.8
40.1
1,354
1.8
40.1
1,067
4.5
39.6
1,338
1.8
40.1
1,356
1.9
40.1
1,073
4.6
39.6
1,326
1,474
1,129
1,118
1,507
1,107
1,394
1,229
1,023
1,063
5.6
4.7
10.8
5.0
9.7
3.9
10.5
8.5
7.0
14.2
39.8
40.6
39.5
39.8
39.8
39.8
40.9
40.0
40.0
39.3
1,328
1,474
1,217
1,224
1,715
1,107
1,470
1,355
1,124
1,298
5.5
4.7
11.9
4.4
9.2
4.3
12.5
7.2
15.3
7.1
39.8
40.6
39.6
39.8
39.7
39.8
41.1
40.1
40.0
39.1
–
–
–
903
–
1,109
1,052
901
972
795
–
–
–
6.2
–
6.5
20.5
8.5
7.9
5.6
–
–
–
39.8
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
850
997
1,155
2,263
1,569
2,062
1,001
1,592
829
830
976
1,069
1,145
741
1,418
1,650
8.8
5.3
2.5
6.1
9.7
16.4
1.2
1.4
4.2
2.3
3.7
1.6
4.0
12.1
6.2
2.3
40.2
39.6
39.4
43.3
41.1
38.4
38.9
39.8
39.8
39.0
39.3
39.4
38.5
39.4
40.0
39.1
–
1,033
1,172
2,429
1,538
2,062
1,007
1,604
867
830
963
1,056
949
703
1,438
1,696
–
8.3
3.0
6.1
6.5
16.4
1.5
1.2
5.8
2.4
4.1
1.7
2.6
14.4
5.4
3.2
–
39.5
39.3
42.1
39.9
38.4
38.9
39.8
39.9
39.0
39.5
39.6
39.8
39.4
40.0
38.6
847
946
1,070
1,629
–
–
972
1,411
760
827
1,069
1,207
1,285
868
–
1,628
10.6
5.8
2.9
9.6
–
–
1.6
8.3
3.0
2.8
4.1
6.4
4.4
9.3
–
3.0
39.8
39.8
39.9
48.0
–
–
39.0
39.8
39.5
38.6
38.0
38.1
37.6
39.1
–
39.4
1,733
1,843
1,563
15.2
11.5
10.5
38.5
39.5
41.0
–
2,077
2,026
–
18.8
4.7
–
40.2
38.2
1,746
1,692
1,396
15.0
13.5
8.4
38.5
39.0
42.0
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 .............
Marine engineers and naval
architects ..........................
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
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 2003 — 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)
$2,026
9.1
38.5
$2,143
9.0
38.8
–
–
–
1,732
1,509
2,689
1,553
1,367
1,671
1,595
2,314
3.6
5.1
11.6
8.1
8.1
16.1
5.1
5.6
39.2
39.4
42.8
40.7
39.3
39.5
39.2
41.5
–
1,568
1,557
1,415
1,348
1,558
1,495
2,257
–
6.1
19.6
6.8
8.4
13.4
10.0
10.0
–
39.3
35.5
40.6
40.1
39.8
38.3
39.0
$1,732
1,466
–
1,705
1,379
1,763
1,660
2,347
3.8
7.6
–
10.8
12.4
20.4
6.6
8.1
39.0
39.4
–
40.9
38.9
39.2
39.7
43.0
1,565
1,506
2,246
1,679
7.0
14.6
4.8
8.4
38.9
38.2
43.4
38.0
1,562
1,135
2,267
2,025
11.8
14.0
5.8
8.9
39.3
38.4
39.6
38.9
1,566
1,660
2,226
1,534
7.1
13.2
7.9
11.0
38.7
38.0
47.2
37.7
1,635
12.8
38.7
1,785
11.9
37.2
1,553
15.8
39.5
1,515
18.2
36.8
–
–
–
1,513
19.5
36.9
1,417
1,421
1,532
1,621
1,281
2,161
1,622
1,150
9.0
8.8
7.4
7.8
16.0
12.6
6.3
8.8
38.6
38.7
38.2
38.0
40.5
36.3
39.9
38.9
1,485
1,274
1,455
1,399
1,572
2,412
1,613
–
7.2
8.4
15.7
5.3
7.0
12.8
12.1
–
39.2
39.3
37.8
38.5
37.4
36.4
38.7
–
1,372
1,712
1,606
1,725
1,079
–
1,629
1,342
13.6
15.4
3.5
9.9
22.4
–
7.8
5.4
38.2
37.6
38.6
37.8
42.6
–
40.8
37.6
1,582
3.5
38.5
1,703
9.8
37.4
1,552
3.6
38.7
1,123
1.0
36.7
738
4.3
38.4
1,189
.8
36.4
712
1,159
1,179
1,188
1,132
404
6.9
1.1
1.1
3.1
2.9
15.4
38.1
36.5
37.0
35.9
36.2
33.7
459
848
1,093
848
828
–
4.7
5.0
2.9
12.0
6.8
–
38.7
37.6
38.4
37.6
38.7
–
1,102
1,189
1,185
1,248
1,202
404
3.1
.9
1.2
2.7
2.8
15.4
37.1
36.4
36.9
35.6
35.7
33.7
1,007
4.7
37.7
639
4.9
39.1
1,183
4.1
37.1
995
1,001
947
4.3
4.8
5.7
38.1
38.2
37.4
1,018
1,017
1,020
8.2
9.6
4.0
37.4
37.7
36.1
979
991
839
3.6
3.9
12.0
38.5
38.5
39.2
1,132
1,295
1,109
928
1,030
5.1
7.6
6.2
11.2
4.5
39.1
41.3
38.0
37.8
39.4
1,121
1,307
897
1,023
–
7.8
7.8
9.7
8.2
–
39.9
41.3
38.8
37.1
–
1,145
–
1,259
640
1,030
6.2
–
5.4
16.7
4.5
38.1
–
37.4
39.6
39.4
710
712
700
676
2.2
2.4
5.6
11.0
39.1
39.0
39.5
41.4
652
647
666
676
3.4
3.9
9.1
11.0
39.1
38.9
39.5
41.4
772
773
734
–
2.5
2.6
7.2
–
39.0
39.0
39.5
–
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 2003 — 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)
$714
1,933
1,919
2,289
11.6
5.1
5.2
12.9
39.0
41.5
41.6
39.6
$714
2,125
2,125
–
11.6
5.8
5.8
–
39.0
42.8
42.8
–
–
$1,497
1,385
2,289
–
7.8
7.8
12.9
–
38.6
38.5
39.6
972
1,122
877
1,146
3.8
5.9
5.9
12.7
39.4
40.1
39.7
40.7
966
1,122
877
1,146
4.5
5.9
5.9
12.7
39.4
40.1
39.7
40.7
1,056
–
850
–
14.5
–
9.9
–
39.5
–
39.8
–
830
684
10.4
10.9
39.0
39.5
833
682
10.8
11.6
39.0
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
595
970
1,003
1,403
1,033
1,193
821
6.3
11.4
4.4
41.0
21.0
6.0
1.5
39.5
39.0
39.8
37.2
39.5
39.7
38.9
577
975
1,012
1,403
838
1,226
837
6.4
11.6
5.1
41.0
6.6
7.6
1.7
40.0
39.0
39.9
37.2
39.3
39.7
38.8
660
800
974
–
1,637
1,057
713
4.7
8.9
9.8
–
19.6
7.4
2.1
37.5
39.2
39.4
–
40.0
39.5
39.5
663
1,036
3.4
4.6
38.8
33.9
659
1,052
3.7
4.4
38.7
33.5
692
–
9.8
–
39.6
–
672
894
636
7.2
2.4
1.3
39.6
39.4
39.1
673
900
642
7.6
2.6
1.4
39.5
39.3
39.0
660
844
611
12.7
4.5
2.2
39.8
39.9
39.5
656
3.6
39.5
657
4.8
39.4
654
3.4
40.0
844
6.3
40.2
850
6.0
40.2
732
14.2
39.8
887
3.9
40.2
887
3.9
40.2
–
–
–
924
897
798
4.9
3.6
2.8
40.4
39.8
40.0
937
943
795
4.8
4.7
2.9
40.4
40.0
40.0
–
763
841
–
4.0
5.0
–
39.3
39.9
653
675
825
991
2,323
6.6
5.0
6.6
13.0
4.5
39.8
39.7
39.9
40.3
22.4
626
680
822
1,035
2,323
9.0
5.8
7.0
13.9
4.5
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.4
22.4
740
654
923
701
–
8.0
6.3
8.2
6.3
–
39.2
39.7
40.0
39.4
–
676
1,153
16.4
3.2
39.4
40.0
617
1,180
17.6
3.4
39.5
40.0
936
943
10.4
6.5
38.8
39.6
768
764
822
4.8
4.1
5.7
40.0
38.4
39.6
768
768
842
4.8
4.5
6.7
40.0
38.3
39.8
–
736
751
–
6.6
7.1
–
39.6
38.9
1,309
2.3
40.5
1,334
2.7
40.7
1,185
2.8
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 ...............................
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. .....
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 2003 — 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)
$1,471
564
2.7
27.5
40.8
38.1
$1,488
–
3.2
–
41.1
–
$1,383
564
2.7
27.5
39.5
38.1
1,866
15.1
43.3
–
–
–
1,704
4.5
39.7
1,226
1,718
3.4
14.8
39.6
40.8
1,658
1,723
16.0
15.8
39.6
40.9
1,209
1,657
3.3
18.2
39.6
39.1
1,330
1,209
8.5
6.3
40.5
40.4
1,303
1,193
9.0
6.0
40.6
40.5
1,639
1,428
6.1
20.8
39.4
39.7
1,792
8.1
41.0
1,793
8.2
41.0
1,413
20.2
40.8
1,402
3.9
39.4
1,046
6.1
39.5
1,570
4.2
39.4
1,402
4.4
39.8
1,404
3.9
40.0
1,394
14.9
39.0
866
5.3
43.3
863
5.5
43.8
890
10.2
39.4
821
941
4.5
13.3
39.5
44.2
811
941
4.6
13.3
39.6
44.2
1,087
–
7.4
–
38.4
–
1,189
9.7
41.1
1,198
10.2
41.2
1,058
6.2
39.3
1,525
1,039
972
1,073
1,327
1,137
3.0
1.8
2.0
6.2
7.4
4.5
41.2
39.9
39.9
38.8
40.0
40.2
1,535
1,071
991
1,073
1,349
1,186
3.0
2.1
2.2
6.2
7.6
4.2
41.2
40.1
40.0
38.8
40.2
40.3
1,293
888
880
–
1,025
883
7.2
1.9
3.3
–
6.0
7.2
40.0
39.1
39.3
–
38.2
39.5
943
2.8
40.3
953
3.1
40.5
887
4.3
38.9
1,139
18.2
39.5
1,214
18.4
39.4
–
–
–
1,001
3.9
39.9
1,002
4.0
39.9
–
–
–
983
6.7
40.0
1,033
5.6
40.1
690
8.4
39.8
890
941
8.7
4.2
40.6
39.8
896
918
9.0
9.8
40.6
40.4
–
950
–
4.1
–
39.5
893
996
2.6
1.7
39.7
39.8
1,006
1,005
5.1
2.2
40.9
39.9
801
953
2.8
3.1
38.8
39.1
705
804
907
928
1.9
3.3
8.5
8.6
40.1
41.4
39.6
39.4
706
804
907
934
1.9
3.4
8.5
9.1
40.1
41.4
39.6
39.5
541
676
–
816
7.5
8.3
–
7.4
38.2
39.7
–
38.3
1,933
854
904
1,459
7.5
11.1
6.4
5.1
40.3
38.8
40.5
42.0
1,933
854
905
1,459
7.5
11.2
6.4
5.1
40.3
38.8
40.5
42.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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. ....................
Business and promotional
agents ...............................
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 2003 — 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)
$1,083
3.5
40.4
$1,083
3.5
40.4
–
–
–
852
378
425
4.3
6.6
8.9
44.4
37.4
39.3
852
378
425
4.3
6.6
8.9
44.4
37.4
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
565
7.7
41.4
565
7.7
41.4
–
–
–
836
25.9
39.8
836
25.9
39.8
–
–
–
581
579
5.0
5.1
40.6
40.5
581
579
5.0
5.1
40.6
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
524
422
359
4.7
7.6
2.2
39.2
39.1
39.2
524
422
356
4.7
7.7
2.3
39.2
39.1
39.3
–
–
9.0
–
–
37.8
932
17.2
40.0
932
17.2
40.0
–
–
–
556
636
5.9
8.3
39.8
40.0
556
636
5.9
8.4
39.8
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
553
738
.7
2.6
39.3
39.6
553
743
.7
3.0
39.4
39.6
552
716
1.4
3.1
38.6
39.5
820
8.9
39.8
800
12.3
40.0
–
–
–
798
2.8
39.3
800
3.0
39.4
771
8.3
37.8
802
5.3
40.0
–
–
–
811
5.1
40.0
839
623
4.3
3.0
40.5
39.7
850
637
4.9
2.2
40.7
39.8
794
592
8.7
8.1
39.5
39.5
516
606
682
559
473
359
7.9
.9
4.9
2.4
3.4
3.2
39.2
38.9
38.8
38.6
39.6
39.5
504
612
633
580
472
359
9.6
1.3
7.8
4.8
3.4
3.2
39.7
38.9
39.7
38.9
39.6
39.5
–
587
748
538
483
–
–
3.1
8.2
3.2
13.5
–
–
39.0
37.5
38.3
39.8
–
544
446
528
549
565
6.4
1.5
2.7
3.1
2.5
39.2
39.3
39.6
40.0
39.8
536
446
525
553
564
6.6
1.6
2.7
3.4
2.5
39.2
39.3
39.7
40.0
39.8
–
428
577
–
639
–
4.3
5.6
–
14.9
–
39.3
38.9
–
40.0
606
480
423
532
2.7
3.5
2.3
2.0
39.8
37.9
39.3
39.4
606
501
421
532
3.0
5.7
2.5
2.1
39.9
38.1
39.3
39.5
605
474
445
530
5.3
4.5
6.9
3.7
39.5
37.9
39.2
39.2
563
616
509
482
1.6
3.2
2.8
14.7
39.3
39.5
39.7
39.9
560
610
508
482
1.8
3.7
3.0
14.7
39.4
39.6
39.7
39.9
587
652
539
–
2.2
4.2
9.5
–
39.2
39.0
40.0
–
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 .................................
Street and door-to-door sales
workers .............................
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. ........
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 ................
See footnotes at end of table.
64
–
–
$487
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 2003 — 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
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
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.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Automobile mechanic
apprentices .......................
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
Small engine repairers ............
Automobile body and related
repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics, except
engine ...............................
Heavy equipment mechanics
$510
477
5.0
7.4
39.5
39.5
$511
492
5.1
5.7
39.5
39.2
465
5.4
39.7
465
5.4
39.7
419
537
4.4
7.0
39.6
38.8
415
539
4.7
7.2
461
12.2
39.3
441
456
399
649
709
4.1
10.2
5.9
3.5
38.9
39.7
40.4
40.0
526
507
669
2.4
2.4
4.0
580
612
–
14.8
–
39.9
–
–
–
39.6
38.8
–
519
–
9.2
–
39.4
13.1
39.2
–
–
–
462
387
642
709
4.1
9.3
6.4
3.5
38.8
40.0
40.8
40.0
394
496
657
680
13.8
14.1
6.9
18.0
39.7
37.2
39.9
39.3
39.9
39.8
40.0
525
504
674
2.4
2.6
5.3
39.9
39.8
40.0
590
535
650
6.0
4.6
7.4
38.6
39.1
40.0
8.8
4.8
40.0
39.0
578
609
8.8
4.9
40.0
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
476
4.3
39.8
474
4.4
39.8
–
–
–
690
4.0
38.9
691
4.1
38.9
622
8.3
40.0
602
583
564
516
416
706
478
540
386
567
2.1
2.6
3.8
1.0
1.5
15.6
3.2
4.0
1.8
1.5
39.7
39.0
39.5
39.2
39.5
39.7
39.6
39.4
36.0
39.3
600
509
560
511
416
562
470
552
353
568
2.1
3.5
4.0
1.2
1.5
8.0
3.7
4.1
3.1
1.8
39.7
39.4
39.5
39.2
39.5
39.6
39.6
39.3
36.9
39.4
724
632
640
529
–
–
517
487
390
566
5.5
2.5
5.4
1.7
–
–
3.1
9.4
1.9
2.5
40.0
38.8
39.5
39.1
–
–
39.3
39.9
35.9
38.6
615
1.0
40.0
611
1.1
40.1
685
1.5
39.5
758
1.2
40.0
757
1.2
40.0
778
2.1
39.8
946
727
2.7
4.0
40.9
40.3
946
718
2.9
4.0
41.1
40.4
945
816
4.8
11.4
39.8
39.8
514
10.3
41.1
507
10.8
41.1
–
–
–
696
594
2.1
5.3
40.1
40.0
690
593
2.4
5.4
40.1
40.0
747
–
4.1
–
40.0
–
642
3.6
40.1
641
3.5
40.1
–
–
–
1,028
743
6.8
3.7
40.0
39.9
1,028
736
6.8
4.5
40.0
39.9
–
776
–
6.2
–
40.0
See footnotes at end of table.
65
–
$454
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 2003 — 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
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 ....
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 .....
$571
789
629
4.8
1.8
4.5
41.4
39.8
39.8
$572
788
630
4.9
1.8
4.6
41.5
39.8
39.8
–
$873
602
–
9.8
14.7
–
40.0
38.0
868
4.8
40.0
868
5.1
40.0
866
6.5
40.0
681
10.9
39.7
680
11.8
39.7
–
–
–
620
5.3
40.1
620
5.3
40.1
–
–
–
971
3.7
39.9
976
3.7
39.9
–
–
–
918
2.1
40.0
916
2.2
40.0
–
–
–
712
600
615
3.5
8.8
7.5
40.0
41.0
39.9
715
575
614
4.0
8.3
7.5
40.0
41.2
39.9
685
–
–
6.4
–
–
40.0
–
–
881
3.9
40.0
897
4.9
40.0
827
6.4
40.0
1,501
861
12.9
5.2
40.0
40.0
–
862
–
5.2
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
636
3.1
39.5
630
3.5
39.5
673
3.5
39.8
852
16.1
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,001
3.6
40.6
1,001
3.6
40.6
–
–
–
1,188
4.6
40.0
1,202
4.6
40.0
1,034
13.8
39.9
862
5.8
40.5
859
5.9
40.5
–
–
–
1,073
3.6
40.0
1,054
4.9
40.0
1,138
13.1
40.0
856
4.2
40.4
862
5.4
40.5
839
5.9
39.9
986
761
724
753
541
827
950
598
8.5
12.1
16.9
4.0
7.2
7.7
2.7
3.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
988
761
724
749
541
827
964
596
8.5
12.1
16.9
4.4
7.2
7.7
3.0
3.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
–
–
–
805
–
–
829
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
–
39.9
–
993
3.5
40.0
990
4.1
40.0
1,011
6.2
40.0
561
574
5.2
12.8
39.6
39.5
547
548
5.5
13.5
39.6
39.5
743
–
7.9
–
39.6
–
892
2.6
39.9
902
2.8
39.9
746
7.6
39.5
541
3.1
40.0
534
3.2
40.0
718
9.8
40.0
See footnotes at end of table.
66
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 2003 — 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
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
13.1
–
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 ...................................
Sheet metal duct installers .....
Structural metal workers .........
Drillers, earth ..........................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Supervisors, extractive ...........
Mining machine operators ......
Mining, n.e.c. ..........................
Supervisors, production ..........
Tool and die makers ...............
Tool and die maker
apprentices .......................
Precision assemblers, metal ...
Machinists ...............................
Machinist apprentices .............
Boilermakers ...........................
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 .......................
Patternmakers and
modelmakers, wood .........
Cabinet makers and bench
carpenters .........................
Furniture and wood finishers ..
Tailors .....................................
Upholsterers ...........................
Hand molders and shapers,
except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout
workers, and cutters .........
Optical goods workers ............
Dental laboratory and medical
appliance technicians .......
Bookbinders ............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Miscellaneous precision
workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters ......
Bakers ....................................
Food batchmakers ..................
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
$713
711
655
11.9
6.6
8.8
39.4
40.0
39.7
$713
641
655
12.0
8.8
8.9
39.4
40.0
39.7
619
637
899
786
661
667
1,165
780
664
818
887
16.7
8.4
14.1
6.4
5.4
5.2
14.9
11.1
11.6
2.2
2.3
41.2
39.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
42.3
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.1
630
637
899
775
661
684
1,165
780
664
817
888
19.0
8.4
14.1
6.5
5.4
6.8
14.9
11.1
11.6
2.2
2.3
41.4
39.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
42.3
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.1
702
785
768
557
704
6.1
5.0
2.5
10.7
5.2
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.9
702
785
766
557
709
6.1
5.0
2.5
10.7
5.5
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
604
10.9
40.2
604
10.9
40.2
–
–
–
848
661
10.7
15.5
40.0
40.0
848
661
10.7
15.5
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
535
665
659
14.9
16.9
6.6
39.8
40.0
39.1
535
665
659
14.9
16.9
6.6
39.8
40.0
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
545
14.3
39.5
545
14.3
39.5
–
–
–
695
14.6
40.0
695
14.6
40.0
–
–
–
502
514
519
605
5.8
7.4
6.7
15.7
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.9
498
514
519
605
5.9
7.4
6.7
15.7
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
618
12.8
40.0
618
12.8
40.0
–
–
–
668
505
11.2
6.7
40.0
39.9
669
505
11.2
6.7
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
582
565
1.9
8.3
39.7
39.8
577
565
1.9
8.3
39.7
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
506
4.1
39.9
506
4.1
39.9
–
–
–
563
478
455
506
12.2
4.4
8.3
5.8
39.9
39.8
39.6
40.2
563
478
453
506
12.2
4.4
9.0
5.8
39.9
39.8
39.6
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
729
3.0
40.2
723
3.1
40.2
851
8.0
40.0
See footnotes at end of table.
67
$553
–
–
–
–
626
–
–
–
849
–
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 2003 — 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
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 joining 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 ...
$847
673
9.8
12.3
40.0
38.3
$847
673
9.8
12.3
40.0
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
738
1,056
893
2.7
3.4
4.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
679
1,058
880
12.9
3.7
5.6
40.0
40.0
39.6
$748
1,033
912
3.0
8.0
9.0
40.0
39.7
39.6
889
4.1
40.4
895
4.2
40.4
692
5.8
40.0
534
1.4
39.8
534
1.4
39.8
657
10.1
39.6
652
5.3
39.9
652
5.3
39.9
–
–
–
635
5.7
40.0
635
5.7
40.0
–
–
–
537
5.9
40.0
537
5.9
40.0
–
–
–
524
587
7.4
10.1
40.0
40.0
524
587
7.4
10.1
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
497
9.8
40.0
497
9.8
40.0
–
–
–
542
541
3.5
7.7
39.9
39.8
542
541
3.5
7.7
39.9
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
604
3.9
40.0
604
3.9
40.0
–
–
–
604
3.5
39.9
604
3.5
39.9
–
–
–
501
3.0
39.8
501
3.0
39.8
–
–
–
530
5.4
39.9
530
5.4
39.9
–
–
–
626
6.4
40.0
626
6.4
40.0
–
–
–
501
451
2.3
4.2
40.0
39.9
501
451
2.3
4.2
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
504
3.5
40.0
504
3.5
40.0
–
–
–
430
632
4.2
2.3
38.1
39.5
430
632
4.2
2.3
38.1
39.5
–
580
–
5.8
–
39.0
672
570
4.6
8.7
39.5
38.7
672
571
4.6
8.8
39.5
38.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
518
7.7
39.8
518
7.7
39.8
–
–
–
449
4.9
39.8
449
4.9
39.8
–
–
–
420
4.2
38.7
420
4.2
38.7
–
–
–
339
344
5.7
4.4
39.4
39.7
339
344
5.7
4.4
39.4
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 2003 — 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
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 ................
Solderers and brazers ............
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 ..........................
Truckdrivers ............................
Driver-sales workers ...............
Busdrivers ...............................
$362
4.8
39.5
$359
5.1
39.5
452
8.2
40.0
452
8.2
40.0
507
3.9
39.9
507
3.9
530
4.6
39.4
530
605
5.2
39.8
754
5.4
467
9.6
39.7
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
4.6
39.4
–
–
–
605
5.2
39.8
–
–
–
39.9
754
5.5
39.9
–
–
–
3.8
39.9
467
3.8
39.9
–
–
–
565
3.5
40.1
565
3.5
40.1
–
–
–
495
10.5
40.0
495
10.5
40.0
–
–
–
554
540
12.0
6.6
40.0
40.0
554
540
12.0
6.6
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
588
6.4
39.9
585
6.6
39.9
684
1.6
39.2
563
6.2
40.0
563
6.2
40.0
–
–
–
536
4.1
39.9
536
4.1
39.9
–
–
–
468
4.5
39.9
468
4.5
39.9
–
–
–
553
639
449
559
388
2.5
2.2
8.4
4.0
11.4
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
553
632
449
559
388
2.5
2.2
8.4
4.0
11.4
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
757
839
–
–
–
16.8
8.2
–
–
–
39.2
40.0
–
–
–
454
12.1
40.0
454
12.1
40.0
–
–
–
379
540
13.9
17.9
39.8
39.0
379
540
13.9
17.9
39.8
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
454
5.4
39.8
454
5.4
39.8
–
–
–
550
502
4.4
5.7
39.8
39.9
550
502
4.4
5.7
39.8
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
483
10.9
40.0
483
10.9
40.0
–
–
–
403
432
6.8
7.9
39.4
39.9
403
432
6.8
7.9
39.4
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
621
1.7
40.9
620
1.8
41.1
631
2.1
38.7
763
624
591
574
5.0
2.0
5.5
2.7
42.3
41.8
40.6
37.3
784
623
590
479
4.3
2.1
5.5
6.9
43.0
41.8
40.6
39.3
694
641
–
606
12.4
5.4
–
2.9
39.9
39.9
–
36.6
See footnotes at end of table.
69
$411
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 2003 — 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
Transportation and material
moving –Continued
Taxicab drivers and
chauffeurs .........................
Parking lot attendants .............
Motor transportation, n.e.c. .....
Railroad conductors and
yardmasters ......................
Locomotive operating .............
Railroad brake, signal, and
switch operators ...............
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ..
Ship captains and mates,
except fishing boats ..........
Sailors and deckhands ...........
Marine engineers ....................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse
tenders ..............................
Supervisors, material moving
equipment .........................
Operating engineers ...............
Crane and tower operators .....
Excavating and loading
machine operators ............
Grader, dozer, and scraper
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 .................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Machine feeders and
offbearers .........................
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Garage and service station
related ...............................
$389
358
458
5.1
11.3
5.3
38.9
40.0
39.4
$389
356
416
5.3
11.9
5.4
38.8
40.0
39.5
$418
–
669
9.3
–
9.1
40.0
–
39.1
996
1,083
14.3
12.7
40.0
40.0
991
1,122
14.5
14.9
40.0
40.0
–
927
–
4.0
–
40.0
1,010
859
5.1
4.3
40.0
40.0
–
833
–
6.5
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
789
554
802
9.0
3.1
17.7
47.6
49.9
41.4
778
530
795
9.0
4.9
18.3
48.0
51.5
41.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
532
12.7
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
857
783
697
3.6
7.0
5.9
41.2
39.7
40.0
860
890
693
3.6
9.3
6.0
41.3
39.6
40.0
773
628
–
6.6
8.6
–
38.6
39.9
–
650
5.0
39.9
652
5.4
39.9
639
10.6
39.8
638
5.2
39.9
676
6.4
40.0
595
9.4
39.9
549
2.3
39.9
549
2.4
39.9
540
3.2
40.0
641
4.1
39.9
644
4.8
39.9
619
4.8
39.4
464
420
1.5
6.8
39.7
39.9
456
423
1.5
6.8
39.7
39.9
574
–
2.6
–
39.8
–
842
11.3
40.7
849
15.2
40.9
819
6.7
40.0
465
3.2
39.7
430
4.3
39.6
543
4.4
39.8
436
7.9
39.2
405
7.4
39.4
588
18.4
38.5
399
13.8
40.0
399
13.8
40.0
–
–
–
777
6.0
39.5
777
7.2
39.4
776
6.4
40.0
468
464
391
539
417
590
442
3.9
3.5
14.8
3.1
6.1
7.5
2.4
39.6
39.9
40.0
39.6
39.8
40.8
39.6
445
461
391
542
417
542
441
3.2
3.7
14.8
3.4
6.1
5.4
2.4
39.7
39.9
40.0
39.6
39.8
41.2
39.6
599
549
–
504
–
683
505
7.9
6.4
–
5.4
–
12.5
8.1
39.2
40.0
–
39.5
–
39.9
39.9
424
3.4
39.7
425
3.4
39.7
–
–
–
486
2.7
39.7
486
2.7
39.7
532
14.0
40.0
362
3.9
39.8
356
4.0
39.8
520
12.7
40.0
See footnotes at end of table.
70
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 2003 — 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
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Vehicle washers and
equipment cleaners ..........
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, firefighters and
fire prevention ...................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Supervisors, guards ................
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 ....................................
$402
381
4.1
3.8
39.9
39.6
$401
381
4.2
3.8
39.9
39.6
$562
–
6.8
–
39.6
–
443
2.6
39.6
430
2.7
39.5
555
4.9
40.0
446
718
2.1
3.1
38.8
40.6
372
417
1.5
3.3
38.5
39.4
691
866
1.4
2.4
40.1
41.2
1,268
5.3
48.9
–
–
–
1,276
5.4
48.9
1,192
764
3.5
7.0
40.2
39.5
–
630
–
7.1
–
39.4
1,195
1,013
3.5
8.3
40.2
39.7
765
896
14.3
2.6
41.7
48.0
–
805
–
11.4
–
47.8
884
899
11.7
2.6
42.1
48.0
945
1.2
40.0
–
–
–
946
1.2
40.0
746
667
2.1
5.3
39.8
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
755
671
2.0
5.4
39.8
39.8
401
547
317
3.5
8.8
1.3
39.3
38.9
38.2
397
397
313
3.5
5.5
1.4
39.3
39.1
38.3
507
653
397
8.2
6.3
3.0
38.5
38.8
36.4
195
273
165
3.6
5.5
4.9
37.1
37.5
36.8
194
273
164
3.6
5.5
4.8
37.1
37.5
36.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
239
362
5.1
1.6
37.9
38.5
237
359
5.7
1.8
37.9
38.7
–
396
–
3.0
–
36.4
536
375
2.4
1.5
41.2
38.6
541
374
2.6
1.6
41.6
38.8
501
395
5.7
5.0
37.8
35.5
335
310
422
538
460
2.3
1.5
1.4
4.2
3.0
38.8
37.8
38.7
36.5
39.2
333
303
411
538
447
2.5
1.5
1.6
4.2
3.7
38.9
38.0
38.6
36.4
39.2
352
365
499
524
531
4.8
5.5
2.1
10.3
3.5
37.8
35.8
39.3
40.0
39.3
394
430
1.0
1.9
38.8
39.3
379
406
1.1
1.7
38.7
39.2
487
505
2.3
2.7
39.3
39.6
646
318
439
544
398
619
4.7
3.2
1.8
7.9
5.8
7.5
39.8
38.6
39.5
39.9
37.4
40.5
616
318
415
542
390
611
4.6
3.3
2.8
8.4
5.7
8.9
39.8
38.5
39.4
39.9
37.3
40.7
728
329
488
–
467
711
9.5
5.4
2.0
–
5.2
8.9
39.8
39.9
39.6
–
37.5
38.6
514
7.9
37.5
514
7.9
37.5
–
–
–
277
554
3.2
10.8
39.8
39.8
275
554
2.6
10.8
39.8
39.8
361
–
11.4
–
40.0
–
See footnotes at end of table.
71
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 2003 — 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 ..........................
Childcare 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
$620
285
420
2.7
4.8
3.7
19.7
38.7
38.6
$622
285
406
2.3
4.8
3.9
18.8
38.7
38.5
$593
–
484
18.4
–
8.4
37.1
–
39.0
335
373
434
4.1
4.9
5.2
38.2
39.0
39.2
312
346
427
5.9
3.7
5.9
38.5
39.6
39.3
401
494
507
3.1
20.8
4.5
37.1
36.1
38.1
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 2002 and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
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 www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 2003
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 ..............................
$37,784
37,882
1.0
1.1
2,011
2,006
$37,097
37,142
1.1
1.2
2,053
2,050
$41,040
41,080
0.8
.8
1,815
1,814
White Collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
45,491
46,942
.8
.8
1,985
1,969
45,962
47,997
1.0
1.1
2,059
2,054
43,858
43,928
.8
.9
1,728
1,727
53,635
56,512
.8
.8
1,866
1,826
56,927
62,274
1.1
1.3
2,024
2,026
48,069
48,984
.8
.8
1,601
1,565
72,111
65,334
82,113
1.2
3.9
7.5
2,106
2,096
2,084
73,164
66,034
82,113
1.3
4.4
7.5
2,111
2,103
2,084
60,435
61,038
–
2.2
5.6
–
2,045
2,049
–
64,716
97,280
84,759
76,577
63,060
5.6
6.8
4.0
3.4
3.1
2,097
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,089
66,294
97,280
84,796
77,070
63,931
6.2
6.8
4.0
3.0
4.1
2,104
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,112
–
–
–
–
61,231
–
–
–
–
3.0
–
–
–
–
2,041
79,151
64,833
67,021
3.0
1.8
2.3
2,136
2,127
2,117
79,558
64,914
67,475
3.0
1.8
2.3
2,137
2,127
2,124
65,614
53,140
–
6.6
9.4
–
2,086
2,080
–
61,904
74,992
11.5
2.2
2,080
2,087
–
76,158
–
2.4
–
2,089
–
58,934
–
4.2
–
2,056
64,935
9.4
2,164
65,773
9.3
2,173
–
–
–
69,433
1.8
2,081
70,301
1.8
2,083
55,262
4.5
2,052
69,480
1.8
2,082
70,424
1.9
2,084
55,568
4.6
2,053
68,961
76,625
58,706
57,965
78,375
57,589
72,235
63,918
51,923
55,136
5.6
4.7
10.8
5.0
9.7
3.9
10.5
8.5
7.0
14.2
2,069
2,113
2,055
2,064
2,070
2,069
2,120
2,082
2,031
2,038
69,077
76,625
63,261
63,580
89,160
57,579
76,439
70,457
57,379
67,218
5.5
4.7
11.9
4.4
9.2
4.3
12.5
7.2
15.3
7.1
2,069
2,113
2,057
2,068
2,066
2,067
2,138
2,083
2,041
2,024
–
–
–
46,624
–
57,677
53,770
46,849
49,233
41,326
–
–
–
6.2
–
6.5
20.5
8.5
7.9
5.6
–
–
–
2,056
–
2,080
2,044
2,078
2,026
2,055
44,207
51,490
59,373
117,664
81,568
107,232
51,513
82,522
43,112
43,134
49,694
55,110
49,912
38,530
73,744
66,945
8.8
5.3
2.5
6.1
9.7
16.4
1.2
1.4
4.2
2.3
3.7
1.6
4.0
12.1
6.2
2.3
2,093
2,046
2,028
2,254
2,136
1,995
2,003
2,061
2,068
2,027
2,002
2,033
1,678
2,046
2,081
1,587
–
53,709
60,702
126,280
79,984
107,232
52,077
83,127
45,087
43,141
49,817
54,920
48,820
36,525
74,779
70,249
–
8.3
3.0
6.1
6.5
16.4
1.5
1.2
5.8
2.4
4.1
1.7
2.6
14.4
5.4
3.2
–
2,053
2,037
2,190
2,075
1,995
2,011
2,061
2,077
2,029
2,042
2,057
2,048
2,050
2,082
1,598
44,063
48,333
53,171
84,694
–
–
48,895
73,424
39,516
43,025
48,875
56,995
50,506
45,117
–
65,478
10.6
5.8
2.9
9.6
–
–
1.6
8.3
3.0
2.8
4.1
6.4
4.4
9.3
–
3.0
2,071
2,036
1,983
2,496
–
–
1,961
2,069
2,053
2,006
1,735
1,799
1,477
2,036
–
1,583
69,306
74,749
59,020
15.2
11.5
10.5
1,540
1,600
1,550
–
82,198
79,068
–
18.8
4.7
–
1,590
1,493
69,951
69,753
52,106
15.0
13.5
8.4
1,542
1,607
1,569
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 .............
Marine engineers and naval
architects ..........................
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
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 2003 — 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 ..................................
$78,061
9.1
1,483
$92,241
9.0
1,671
63,013
60,203
97,136
60,433
56,177
68,331
65,133
92,050
3.6
5.1
11.6
8.1
8.1
16.1
5.1
5.6
1,427
1,572
1,546
1,585
1,616
1,613
1,599
1,651
–
60,835
59,001
55,145
63,274
61,915
59,955
90,043
–
6.1
19.6
6.8
8.4
13.4
10.0
10.0
–
1,527
1,344
1,581
1,881
1,580
1,537
1,556
$63,175
59,719
–
66,211
52,761
73,789
68,568
93,205
3.8
7.6
–
10.8
12.4
20.4
6.6
8.1
1,423
1,607
–
1,589
1,488
1,642
1,641
1,706
62,211
62,764
111,002
73,123
7.0
14.6
4.8
8.4
1,547
1,590
2,146
1,656
58,581
53,248
108,444
89,160
11.8
14.0
5.8
8.9
1,474
1,801
1,896
1,712
64,132
66,134
113,695
66,488
7.1
13.2
7.9
11.0
1,585
1,516
2,410
1,633
65,205
12.8
1,544
75,059
11.9
1,565
60,245
15.8
1,533
63,646
53,971
57,692
60,236
65,898
50,207
85,481
58,443
50,356
18.2
9.0
8.8
7.4
7.8
16.0
12.6
6.3
8.8
1,545
1,470
1,572
1,503
1,545
1,587
1,435
1,438
1,703
–
56,186
53,807
58,780
56,373
62,528
94,210
62,591
–
–
7.2
8.4
15.7
5.3
7.0
12.8
12.1
–
–
1,482
1,661
1,528
1,550
1,488
1,420
1,503
–
63,879
52,504
64,551
61,560
70,397
41,868
–
55,735
54,063
19.5
13.6
15.4
3.5
9.9
22.4
–
7.8
5.4
1,558
1,462
1,416
1,479
1,543
1,654
–
1,396
1,516
44,091
1.0
1,441
32,925
4.3
1,712
45,740
.8
1,401
31,589
44,172
45,254
46,648
46,072
14,686
6.9
1.1
1.1
3.1
2.9
15.4
1,690
1,389
1,420
1,410
1,474
1,224
22,370
33,281
42,432
36,161
40,736
–
4.7
5.0
2.9
12.0
6.8
–
1,888
1,476
1,488
1,602
1,902
–
42,959
45,172
45,443
48,335
47,044
14,686
3.1
.9
1.2
2.7
2.8
15.4
1,446
1,381
1,415
1,379
1,396
1,224
44,976
4.7
1,687
32,753
4.9
2,007
49,794
4.1
1,561
47,708
47,532
49,247
4.3
4.8
5.7
1,826
1,813
1,943
52,028
51,834
53,029
8.2
9.6
4.0
1,913
1,920
1,877
45,085
45,187
43,653
3.6
3.9
12.0
1,773
1,754
2,040
55,401
67,351
51,469
48,246
53,565
5.1
7.6
6.2
11.2
4.5
1,914
2,147
1,763
1,963
2,051
58,048
67,966
46,088
53,181
–
7.8
7.8
9.7
8.2
–
2,068
2,150
1,994
1,931
–
52,531
–
54,667
33,268
53,565
6.2
–
5.4
16.7
4.5
1,747
–
1,626
2,060
2,051
36,481
36,655
33,819
35,099
37,001
100,526
99,798
2.2
2.4
5.6
11.0
11.6
5.1
5.2
2,007
2,007
1,907
2,150
2,021
2,158
2,162
33,549
33,474
29,987
35,099
37,001
110,477
110,477
3.4
3.9
9.1
11.0
11.6
5.8
5.8
2,011
2,015
1,778
2,150
2,021
2,224
2,224
39,581
39,649
38,174
–
–
77,854
72,016
2.5
2.6
7.2
–
–
7.8
7.8
2,003
2,001
2,053
–
–
2,007
1,999
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 2003 — 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 ...............................
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 ......
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. .....
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 ..............................
$119,004
12.9
2,059
$119,004
12.9
2,059
49,934
58,335
45,580
59,400
3.8
5.9
5.9
12.7
2,024
2,085
2,064
2,108
$49,738
58,323
45,596
59,400
4.5
5.9
5.9
12.7
2,028
2,085
2,064
2,108
52,657
–
43,974
–
14.5
–
9.9
–
1,968
–
2,060
–
43,115
35,569
10.4
10.9
2,027
2,055
43,258
35,459
10.8
11.6
2,027
2,053
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,150
50,414
52,016
72,947
52,238
60,896
42,607
6.3
11.4
4.4
41.0
21.0
6.0
1.5
1,933
2,026
2,063
1,932
1,995
2,025
2,020
30,028
50,654
52,604
72,947
42,385
63,417
43,515
6.4
11.6
5.1
41.0
6.6
7.6
1.7
2,080
2,025
2,073
1,932
1,987
2,055
2,017
26,629
41,616
50,012
–
82,635
51,151
36,768
4.7
8.9
9.8
–
19.6
7.4
2.1
1,512
2,041
2,026
–
2,019
1,912
2,040
34,419
53,888
3.4
4.6
2,016
1,762
34,226
54,727
3.7
4.4
2,011
1,744
35,989
–
9.8
–
2,060
–
34,943
46,501
33,007
7.2
2.4
1.3
2,057
2,046
2,028
34,972
46,802
33,354
7.6
2.6
1.4
2,056
2,043
2,027
34,338
43,905
31,394
12.7
4.5
2.2
2,072
2,074
2,031
34,081
3.6
2,052
34,106
4.8
2,046
33,972
3.4
2,076
43,856
6.3
2,086
44,190
6.0
2,089
37,382
14.2
2,030
46,150
3.9
2,090
46,150
3.9
2,090
–
–
–
48,061
46,532
41,496
4.9
3.6
2.8
2,101
2,067
2,081
48,701
48,917
41,325
4.8
4.7
2.9
2,102
2,074
2,082
–
39,674
43,756
–
4.0
5.0
–
2,045
2,072
33,974
35,115
42,886
51,558
120,589
6.6
5.0
6.6
13.0
4.5
2,070
2,064
2,075
2,095
1,165
32,564
35,382
42,733
53,831
120,589
9.0
5.8
7.0
13.9
4.5
2,080
2,063
2,076
2,102
1,165
38,463
34,034
47,277
36,469
–
8.0
6.3
8.2
6.3
–
2,040
2,065
2,049
2,050
–
35,156
59,940
16.4
3.2
2,049
2,078
32,080
61,359
17.6
3.4
2,056
2,080
48,685
49,025
10.4
6.5
2,018
2,058
39,955
39,711
42,361
4.8
4.1
5.7
2,080
1,999
2,043
39,955
39,915
43,697
4.8
4.5
6.7
2,080
1,991
2,067
–
38,261
37,807
–
6.6
7.1
–
2,057
1,959
67,717
2.3
2,095
69,289
2.7
2,116
59,944
2.8
1,989
75,849
19,236
2.7
27.5
2,106
1,298
77,228
–
3.2
–
2,133
–
68,797
19,236
2.7
27.5
1,964
1,298
See footnotes at end of table.
75
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 2003 — 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)
–
–
–
$88,601
4.5
2,062
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. ....................
Business and promotional
agents ...............................
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 ......................
$97,058
15.1
2,250
63,443
89,231
3.4
14.8
2,049
2,119
$86,220
89,574
16.0
15.8
2,058
2,128
62,552
85,065
3.3
18.2
2,048
2,007
69,001
62,875
8.5
6.3
2,099
2,101
67,765
62,051
9.0
6.0
2,109
2,104
82,819
74,244
6.1
20.8
1,991
2,063
93,171
8.1
2,133
93,237
8.2
2,133
73,467
20.2
2,123
68,132
3.9
1,915
53,357
6.1
2,016
74,615
4.2
1,871
72,852
4.4
2,069
72,988
3.9
2,081
72,309
14.9
2,021
43,800
5.3
2,192
44,554
5.5
2,259
38,080
10.2
1,687
42,690
48,926
4.5
13.3
2,056
2,297
42,173
48,926
4.6
13.3
2,058
2,297
56,544
–
7.4
–
1,995
–
61,120
9.7
2,113
61,637
10.2
2,121
53,933
6.2
2,001
79,239
54,009
50,526
55,774
69,003
59,116
3.0
1.8
2.0
6.2
7.4
4.5
2,141
2,076
2,075
2,015
2,083
2,089
79,819
55,705
51,491
55,774
70,154
61,662
3.0
2.1
2.2
6.2
7.6
4.2
2,144
2,086
2,082
2,015
2,090
2,096
66,570
46,062
45,747
–
53,323
45,904
7.2
1.9
3.3
–
6.0
7.2
2,058
2,030
2,042
–
1,986
2,052
48,950
2.8
2,092
49,575
3.1
2,108
45,745
4.3
2,008
59,231
18.2
2,053
63,137
18.4
2,049
–
–
–
52,045
3.9
2,076
52,123
4.0
2,076
–
–
–
51,130
6.7
2,082
53,715
5.6
2,085
35,818
8.4
2,066
46,266
48,913
8.7
4.2
2,109
2,069
46,569
47,748
9.0
9.8
2,111
2,102
–
49,374
–
4.1
–
2,056
46,433
51,737
2.6
1.7
2,067
2,067
52,305
52,239
5.1
2.2
2,124
2,077
41,651
49,282
2.8
3.1
2,020
2,020
36,579
41,780
47,151
48,269
1.9
3.3
8.5
8.6
2,083
2,152
2,060
2,048
36,645
41,806
47,144
48,567
1.9
3.4
8.5
9.1
2,084
2,152
2,060
2,051
26,630
35,149
–
42,407
7.5
8.3
–
7.4
1,883
2,063
–
1,990
100,496
44,412
47,033
75,844
7.5
11.1
6.4
5.1
2,096
2,015
2,104
2,182
100,496
44,408
47,038
75,844
7.5
11.2
6.4
5.1
2,096
2,015
2,104
2,182
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
76
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 2003 — 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 representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, apparel ...........
Sales workers, shoes .............
Sales workers, furniture &
home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi,
& appliances .....................
Sales workers, hardware and
building supplies ...............
Sales workers, parts ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ...............
Cashiers .................................
Street and door to door sales
workers .............................
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. ........
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 ................
$56,319
3.5
2,102
$56,319
3.5
2,102
–
–
–
44,222
19,673
22,121
4.3
6.6
8.9
2,304
1,944
2,044
44,222
19,673
22,121
4.3
6.6
8.9
2,304
1,944
2,044
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,381
7.7
2,155
29,381
7.7
2,155
–
–
–
43,469
25.9
2,069
43,469
25.9
2,069
–
–
–
30,236
30,114
5.0
5.1
2,114
2,107
30,236
30,114
5.0
5.1
2,114
2,107
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,175
21,850
18,604
4.7
7.6
2.2
2,036
2,023
2,033
27,183
21,843
18,476
4.7
7.7
2.3
2,036
2,023
2,039
–
–
9.0
–
–
1,829
48,454
17.2
2,081
48,454
17.2
2,081
–
–
–
28,915
32,556
5.9
8.3
2,068
2,050
28,915
32,549
5.9
8.4
2,068
2,050
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,350
38,383
.7
2.6
2,015
2,058
28,692
38,629
.7
3.0
2,046
2,060
26,837
37,230
1.4
3.1
1,879
2,051
42,356
8.9
2,054
41,214
12.3
2,058
–
–
–
41,480
2.8
2,042
41,579
3.0
2,048
40,101
8.3
1,963
41,705
5.3
2,080
–
–
–
42,172
5.1
2,080
43,537
32,359
4.3
3.0
2,100
2,063
44,207
33,107
4.9
2.2
2,116
2,071
40,965
30,577
8.7
8.1
2,038
2,043
26,841
31,035
35,303
28,702
24,575
18,523
7.9
.9
4.9
2.4
3.4
3.2
2,039
1,996
2,007
1,982
2,061
2,039
26,214
31,667
32,777
30,174
24,522
18,519
9.6
1.3
7.8
4.8
3.4
3.2
2,063
2,016
2,058
2,023
2,060
2,038
–
29,185
38,708
27,315
25,113
–
–
3.1
8.2
3.2
13.5
–
–
1,936
1,939
1,944
2,070
–
28,294
23,125
27,433
28,531
29,324
6.4
1.5
2.7
3.1
2.5
2,040
2,040
2,061
2,080
2,064
27,868
23,166
27,323
28,762
29,289
6.6
1.6
2.7
3.4
2.5
2,039
2,041
2,062
2,080
2,064
–
21,863
29,985
–
33,210
–
4.3
5.6
–
14.9
–
2,008
2,022
–
2,080
31,404
22,366
22,006
27,293
2.7
3.5
2.3
2.0
2,064
1,766
2,041
2,023
31,515
25,777
21,915
27,552
3.0
5.7
2.5
2.1
2,073
1,959
2,042
2,044
30,797
21,433
23,073
26,345
5.3
4.5
6.9
3.7
2,011
1,713
2,032
1,949
29,259
31,999
26,474
25,048
1.6
3.2
2.8
14.7
2,043
2,055
2,064
2,074
29,136
31,739
26,406
25,048
1.8
3.7
3.0
14.7
2,046
2,060
2,064
2,074
30,209
33,776
28,038
–
2.2
4.2
9.5
–
2,018
2,020
2,080
–
See footnotes at end of table.
77
–
–
$23,527
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 2003 — 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
–
$23,356
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
White Collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
Billing, posting, & calculating
machine operators ............
Duplicating machine operators
Mail preparing & 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, & 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 .............
Small engine repairs ...............
Automobile body and related
repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics except
engine ...............................
Heavy equipment mechanics
Farm equipment mechanics ...
Industrial machinery repairers
$26,513
24,453
5.0
7.4
2,052
2,025
$26,548
25,197
5.1
5.7
2,052
2,006
–
14.8
–
2,055
24,198
5.4
2,065
24,198
5.4
2,065
–
–
–
21,766
27,933
4.4
7.0
2,060
2,020
21,598
28,003
4.7
7.2
2,059
2,018
–
27,002
–
9.2
–
2,047
23,986
12.2
2,041
22,944
13.1
2,038
–
–
–
23,702
20,773
33,698
36,862
4.1
10.2
5.9
3.5
2,021
2,062
2,098
2,082
24,012
20,103
33,355
36,873
4.1
9.3
6.4
3.5
2,017
2,079
2,120
2,082
20,468
25,775
34,113
35,386
13.8
14.1
6.9
18.0
2,064
1,933
2,072
2,042
27,327
26,360
34,786
2.4
2.4
4.0
2,072
2,066
2,080
27,284
26,200
35,063
2.4
2.6
5.3
2,073
2,071
2,080
30,664
27,757
33,821
6.0
4.6
7.4
2,007
2,027
2,080
30,039
31,812
8.8
4.8
2,071
2,028
29,934
31,677
8.8
4.9
2,071
2,029
–
–
–
–
–
–
24,746
4.3
2,068
24,640
4.4
2,069
–
–
–
35,866
4.0
2,023
35,907
4.1
2,022
32,320
8.3
2,080
31,315
30,250
29,321
26,718
21,636
36,713
24,713
28,031
14,963
29,394
2.1
2.6
3.8
1.0
1.5
15.6
3.2
4.0
1.8
1.5
2,066
2,025
2,052
2,031
2,052
2,067
2,046
2,048
1,396
2,036
31,193
26,295
29,118
26,526
21,636
29,198
24,377
28,715
16,364
29,482
2.1
3.5
4.0
1.2
1.5
8.0
3.7
4.1
3.1
1.8
2,066
2,038
2,052
2,039
2,052
2,059
2,056
2,045
1,709
2,049
37,649
32,855
33,283
27,212
–
–
26,281
25,185
14,827
28,972
5.5
2.5
5.4
1.7
–
–
3.1
9.4
1.9
2.5
2,080
2,015
2,054
2,010
–
–
2,001
2,062
1,365
1,978
31,752
1.0
2,065
31,566
1.1
2,068
34,889
1.5
2,010
39,213
1.2
2,068
39,128
1.2
2,068
40,358
2.1
2,066
49,178
37,815
2.7
4.0
2,128
2,097
49,199
37,351
2.9
4.0
2,135
2,100
48,989
42,416
4.8
11.4
2,066
2,070
26,733
10.3
2,135
26,372
10.8
2,137
–
–
–
36,193
30,611
2.1
5.3
2,085
2,060
35,854
30,557
2.4
5.4
2,087
2,060
38,744
–
4.1
–
2,076
–
33,369
3.6
2,083
33,323
3.5
2,083
–
–
–
53,438
38,503
29,707
41,043
6.8
3.7
4.8
1.8
2,080
2,070
2,155
2,071
53,438
38,136
29,757
40,975
6.8
4.5
4.9
1.8
2,080
2,069
2,156
2,071
–
40,354
–
45,413
–
6.2
–
9.8
–
2,078
–
2,080
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 2003 — 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
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 ....
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 ............................
$32,639
4.5
2,063
$32,676
4.6
2,065
$31,324
14.7
1,977
45,137
4.8
2,078
45,142
5.1
2,078
45,025
6.5
2,079
34,401
10.9
2,007
34,410
11.8
2,007
–
–
–
32,260
5.3
2,083
32,260
5.3
2,083
–
–
–
50,270
3.7
2,064
50,529
3.7
2,064
–
–
–
47,721
2.1
2,080
47,630
2.2
2,080
–
–
–
36,984
31,218
31,962
3.5
8.8
7.5
2,077
2,134
2,077
37,176
29,883
31,951
4.0
8.3
7.5
2,079
2,142
2,077
35,145
–
–
6.4
–
–
2,051
–
–
45,790
3.9
2,080
46,636
4.9
2,080
43,017
6.4
2,080
78,043
44,774
12.9
5.2
2,080
2,079
–
44,779
–
5.2
–
2,079
–
–
–
–
–
–
33,029
3.1
2,051
32,734
3.5
2,049
34,859
3.5
2,061
44,306
16.1
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
51,994
3.6
2,110
51,994
3.6
2,110
–
–
–
61,772
4.6
2,079
62,527
4.6
2,079
53,780
13.8
2,077
44,808
5.8
2,105
44,672
5.9
2,105
–
–
–
54,415
3.6
2,028
53,009
4.9
2,012
59,152
13.1
2,081
44,086
4.2
2,077
44,219
5.4
2,077
43,636
5.9
2,077
49,674
39,524
37,629
38,775
28,146
42,749
49,414
31,082
8.5
12.1
16.9
4.0
7.2
7.7
2.7
3.8
2,013
2,077
2,080
2,058
2,080
2,066
2,067
2,074
49,724
39,524
37,629
38,572
28,146
42,749
50,112
30,985
8.5
12.1
16.9
4.4
7.2
7.7
3.0
3.8
2,013
2,077
2,080
2,058
2,080
2,066
2,066
2,074
–
–
–
41,861
–
–
43,050
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
2,054
–
–
2,071
–
51,622
3.5
2,080
51,504
4.1
2,080
52,552
6.2
2,080
28,250
29,791
5.2
12.8
1,994
2,049
27,480
28,402
5.5
13.5
1,990
2,047
38,622
–
7.9
–
2,058
–
46,047
2.6
2,060
46,567
2.8
2,061
38,757
7.6
2,052
28,098
3.1
2,078
27,749
3.2
2,078
37,331
9.8
2,080
36,010
11.9
1,990
35,980
12.0
1,989
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
79
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 2003 — 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
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
13.1
–
2,080
–
–
–
–
2,071
–
–
–
2,079
–
Blue Collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Glaziers ..................................
Insulation workers ...................
Paving, surfacing, and
tamping equipment
operators ..........................
Roofers ...................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ......
Structural metal workers .........
Drillers, earth ..........................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Supervisors, extractive ...........
Mining machine operators ......
Mining, n.e.c. ..........................
Supervisors, production ..........
Tool and die makers ...............
Tool and die maker
apprentices .......................
Precision assemblers, metal ...
Machinists ...............................
Machinist apprentices .............
Boilermakers ...........................
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 .......................
Patternmakers and
modelmakers, wood .........
Cabinet makers and bench
carpenters .........................
Furniture and wood finishers ..
Tailors .....................................
Upholsterers ...........................
Hand molders and shapers
except jewelers .................
Patternmakers, layout
workers, and cutters .........
Optical goods workers ............
Dental laboratory and medical
appliance technicians .......
Bookbinders ............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Miscellaneous precision
workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters ......
Bakers ....................................
Food batchmakers ..................
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Precision inspectors, testers,
and related workers, n.e.c.
Adjusters and calibrators ........
$36,954
33,865
6.6
8.8
2,080
2,053
$33,328
33,856
8.8
8.9
2,080
2,053
27,079
31,810
46,741
40,732
34,346
32,762
60,602
40,566
34,251
42,511
46,141
16.7
8.4
14.1
6.4
5.4
5.2
14.9
11.1
11.6
2.2
2.3
1,803
1,960
2,080
2,072
2,080
1,960
2,199
2,080
2,063
2,100
2,083
26,839
31,810
46,741
40,140
34,346
32,853
60,602
40,566
34,251
42,476
46,166
19.0
8.4
14.1
6.5
5.4
6.8
14.9
11.1
11.6
2.2
2.3
1,764
1,960
2,080
2,072
2,080
1,916
2,199
2,080
2,063
2,100
2,083
36,504
40,806
39,945
28,952
36,602
6.1
5.0
2.5
10.7
5.2
2,067
2,080
2,077
2,080
2,077
36,504
40,806
39,824
28,952
36,878
6.1
5.0
2.5
10.7
5.5
2,067
2,080
2,077
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31,405
10.9
2,092
31,405
10.9
2,092
–
–
–
44,072
34,353
10.7
15.5
2,078
2,080
44,072
34,353
10.7
15.5
2,078
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,818
34,563
34,252
14.9
16.9
6.6
2,068
2,080
2,029
27,818
34,563
34,252
14.9
16.9
6.6
2,068
2,080
2,029
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,354
14.3
2,053
28,354
14.3
2,053
–
–
–
36,126
14.6
2,080
36,126
14.6
2,080
–
–
–
26,081
26,740
26,987
31,448
5.8
7.4
6.7
15.7
2,079
2,080
2,046
2,075
25,902
26,740
26,987
31,448
5.9
7.4
6.7
15.7
2,079
2,080
2,046
2,075
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32,128
12.8
2,080
32,128
12.8
2,080
–
–
–
34,749
26,267
11.2
6.7
2,080
2,076
34,783
26,267
11.2
6.7
2,080
2,076
–
–
–
–
–
–
30,284
29,373
1.9
8.3
2,065
2,070
30,011
29,373
1.9
8.3
2,064
2,070
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,331
4.1
2,077
26,331
4.1
2,077
–
–
–
29,270
24,863
23,367
26,321
12.2
4.4
8.3
5.8
2,072
2,067
2,034
2,089
29,259
24,863
23,528
26,321
12.2
4.4
9.0
5.8
2,072
2,067
2,055
2,089
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37,914
3.0
2,091
37,584
3.1
2,092
44,239
8.0
2,080
44,065
34,972
9.8
12.3
2,080
1,994
44,065
34,972
9.8
12.3
2,080
1,994
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
80
$28,780
–
–
–
–
32,532
–
–
–
44,124
–
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 2003 — 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
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, & 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 ............
$38,392
54,898
46,452
2.7
3.4
4.7
2,079
2,079
2,059
$35,314
55,029
45,783
12.9
3.7
5.6
2,080
2,080
2,058
$38,890
53,741
47,408
3.0
8.0
9.0
2,079
2,066
2,061
45,770
4.1
2,080
46,039
4.2
2,080
35,978
5.8
2,080
27,732
1.4
2,066
27,708
1.4
2,066
33,257
10.1
2,007
33,911
5.3
2,077
33,911
5.3
2,077
–
–
–
33,035
5.7
2,079
33,035
5.7
2,079
–
–
–
27,900
5.9
2,080
27,900
5.9
2,080
–
–
–
27,234
30,522
7.4
10.1
2,080
2,080
27,234
30,522
7.4
10.1
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
25,821
9.8
2,079
25,821
9.8
2,079
–
–
–
28,184
28,134
3.5
7.7
2,077
2,069
28,184
28,134
3.5
7.7
2,077
2,069
–
–
–
–
–
–
31,399
3.9
2,078
31,399
3.9
2,078
–
–
–
31,388
3.5
2,076
31,388
3.5
2,076
–
–
–
25,990
3.0
2,064
25,990
3.0
2,064
–
–
–
27,547
5.4
2,073
27,547
5.4
2,073
–
–
–
32,525
6.4
2,078
32,525
6.4
2,078
–
–
–
26,063
23,390
2.3
4.2
2,080
2,068
26,063
23,390
2.3
4.2
2,080
2,068
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,198
3.5
2,079
26,198
3.5
2,079
–
–
–
22,385
32,814
4.2
2.3
1,979
2,051
22,385
32,888
4.2
2.3
1,979
2,053
–
28,390
–
5.8
–
1,905
34,943
29,540
4.6
8.7
2,054
2,005
34,943
29,582
4.6
8.8
2,054
2,006
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,910
7.7
2,068
26,910
7.7
2,068
–
–
–
23,364
4.9
2,070
23,364
4.9
2,070
–
–
–
21,652
4.2
1,994
21,652
4.2
1,994
–
–
–
17,643
17,880
5.7
4.4
2,048
2,066
17,640
17,880
5.7
4.4
2,048
2,066
–
–
–
–
–
–
18,726
4.8
2,046
18,657
5.1
2,052
19,985
9.6
1,932
23,521
8.2
2,080
23,521
8.2
2,080
–
–
–
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 2003 — 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
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. .....
$26,300
3.9
2,070
$26,300
3.9
2,070
–
–
–
27,559
4.6
2,050
27,559
4.6
2,050
–
–
–
31,161
5.2
2,051
31,161
5.2
2,051
–
–
–
39,208
5.4
2,074
39,224
5.5
2,074
–
–
–
24,298
3.8
2,076
24,298
3.8
2,076
–
–
–
29,404
3.5
2,083
29,390
3.5
2,083
–
–
–
25,761
10.5
2,080
25,761
10.5
2,080
–
–
–
28,833
28,094
12.0
6.6
2,080
2,080
28,833
28,094
12.0
6.6
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
30,583
6.4
2,073
30,404
6.6
2,074
1.6
2,037
25,489
6.2
1,809
25,489
6.2
1,809
–
–
–
27,884
4.1
2,074
27,884
4.1
2,074
–
–
–
23,717
4.5
2,023
23,732
4.5
2,023
–
–
–
28,743
33,194
23,326
29,036
20,132
2.5
2.2
8.4
4.0
11.4
2,062
2,076
2,079
2,075
2,074
28,700
32,825
23,326
29,036
20,132
2.5
2.2
8.4
4.0
11.4
2,062
2,076
2,079
2,075
2,074
39,383
43,613
–
–
–
16.8
8.2
–
–
–
2,040
2,080
–
–
–
23,586
12.1
2,080
23,586
12.1
2,080
–
–
–
19,673
28,093
13.9
17.9
2,067
2,026
19,683
28,093
13.9
17.9
2,067
2,026
–
–
–
–
–
–
23,484
5.4
2,058
23,484
5.4
2,058
–
–
–
28,563
26,074
4.4
5.7
2,064
2,072
28,561
26,074
4.4
5.7
2,064
2,072
–
–
–
–
–
–
25,099
10.9
2,080
25,099
10.9
2,080
–
–
–
20,943
22,490
6.8
7.9
2,048
2,077
20,943
22,490
6.8
7.9
2,048
2,077
–
–
–
–
–
–
31,809
1.7
2,095
31,910
1.8
2,117
30,890
2.1
1,892
39,690
32,134
30,729
26,155
5.0
2.0
5.5
2.7
2,198
2,151
2,114
1,700
40,765
32,102
30,703
23,579
4.3
2.1
5.5
6.9
2,236
2,154
2,114
1,937
36,102
33,027
–
26,954
12.4
5.4
–
2.9
2,072
2,058
–
1,627
20,253
18,621
23,838
5.1
11.3
5.3
2,021
2,080
2,049
20,206
18,536
21,628
5.3
11.9
5.4
2,019
2,080
2,053
21,760
–
34,778
9.3
–
9.1
2,080
–
2,031
See footnotes at end of table.
82
$35,572
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 2003 — 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
–
$48,190
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
Blue Collar –Continued
Transportation and material
moving –Continued
Railroad conductors and
yardmasters ......................
Locomotive operating .............
Railroad brake, signal and
switch operators ...............
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ..
Ship captains and mates
except fishing boats ..........
Sailors and deckhands ...........
Marine engineers ....................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse
tenders ..............................
Supervisors, material moving
equipment .........................
Operating engineers ...............
Crane and tower operators .....
Excavating and loading
machine operators ............
Grader, dozer, and scrapper
operators ..........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Miscellaneous material
moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ................
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
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 .................
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
$51,782
55,323
14.3
12.7
2,080
2,042
$51,546
57,081
14.5
14.9
2,080
2,033
–
4.0
–
2,080
52,499
44,649
5.1
4.3
2,080
2,080
–
43,294
–
6.5
–
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
40,444
28,550
41,686
9.0
3.1
17.7
2,441
2,572
2,152
39,860
27,269
41,360
9.0
4.9
18.3
2,459
2,648
2,154
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,664
12.7
2,074
–
–
–
–
–
–
44,565
37,624
36,172
3.6
7.0
5.9
2,141
1,907
2,077
44,702
40,633
35,995
3.6
9.3
6.0
2,145
1,805
2,077
40,218
32,631
–
6.6
8.6
–
2,007
2,076
–
33,112
5.0
2,032
33,095
5.4
2,026
33,217
10.6
2,068
32,623
5.2
2,044
34,104
6.4
2,015
30,925
9.4
2,077
28,465
2.3
2,070
28,486
2.4
2,071
27,114
3.2
2,009
33,310
4.1
2,071
33,494
4.8
2,075
32,198
4.8
2,051
23,785
20,069
1.5
6.8
2,035
1,909
23,386
20,166
1.5
6.8
2,034
1,903
29,580
–
2.6
–
2,049
–
43,772
11.3
2,114
44,161
15.2
2,125
42,563
6.7
2,080
22,721
21,576
3.2
7.9
1,939
1,941
20,746
19,866
4.3
7.4
1,909
1,930
27,461
30,551
4.4
18.4
2,011
2,001
20,643
13.8
2,068
20,643
13.8
2,068
–
–
–
40,218
6.0
2,043
40,199
7.2
2,038
40,334
6.4
2,080
24,311
23,397
18,292
26,728
21,673
30,661
22,968
3.9
3.5
14.8
3.1
6.1
7.5
2.4
2,058
2,011
1,872
1,967
2,068
2,119
2,058
23,077
23,216
18,292
26,798
21,684
28,195
22,944
3.2
3.7
14.8
3.4
6.1
5.4
2.4
2,061
2,008
1,872
1,960
2,070
2,141
2,059
31,141
28,565
–
25,986
–
35,490
25,656
7.9
6.4
–
5.4
–
12.5
8.1
2,038
2,080
–
2,038
–
2,077
2,027
22,039
3.4
2,064
22,065
3.4
2,064
–
–
–
25,202
2.7
2,058
25,181
2.7
2,058
27,667
14.0
2,080
18,600
3.9
2,045
18,287
4.0
2,044
27,023
12.7
2,080
20,913
19,648
4.1
3.8
2,077
2,046
20,824
19,648
4.2
3.8
2,077
2,046
29,199
–
6.8
–
2,060
–
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 2003 — 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
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers
–Continued
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
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 ....................................
$22,882
2.6
2,044
$22,190
2.7
2,040
$28,860
4.9
2,078
22,894
37,228
2.1
3.1
1,996
2,105
19,239
21,615
1.5
3.3
1,991
2,045
34,642
44,845
1.4
2.4
2,010
2,134
65,948
5.3
2,544
–
–
–
66,347
5.4
2,540
61,883
39,714
3.5
7.0
2,086
2,053
–
32,752
–
7.1
–
2,048
62,034
52,669
3.5
8.3
2,086
2,063
39,773
46,588
14.3
2.6
2,166
2,497
–
41,869
–
11.4
–
2,487
45,955
46,717
11.7
2.6
2,189
2,497
49,032
1.2
2,075
–
–
–
49,093
1.2
2,075
38,789
34,678
2.1
5.3
2,070
2,071
–
–
–
–
–
–
39,276
34,899
2.0
5.4
2,071
2,071
20,804
26,746
16,208
3.5
8.8
1.3
2,038
1,901
1,949
20,622
19,586
16,171
3.5
5.5
1.4
2,044
1,931
1,981
24,960
31,700
16,691
8.2
6.3
3.0
1,897
1,881
1,531
14,209
8,492
5.5
4.9
1,952
1,901
14,209
8,457
5.5
4.8
1,952
1,901
–
–
–
–
–
–
12,398
5.1
1,966
12,335
5.7
1,972
–
–
–
26,994
19,107
2.4
1.5
2,074
1,965
27,806
19,339
2.6
1.6
2,140
2,009
21,148
16,540
5.7
5.0
1,598
1,485
16,896
15,681
21,903
27,956
23,780
2.3
1.5
1.4
4.2
3.0
1,955
1,909
2,006
1,896
2,026
17,244
15,710
21,351
27,966
23,230
2.5
1.5
1.6
4.2
3.7
2,014
1,967
2,005
1,894
2,035
14,647
15,484
25,465
27,236
26,735
4.8
5.5
2.1
10.3
3.5
1,570
1,517
2,007
2,080
1,979
20,464
22,218
1.0
1.9
2,014
2,032
19,715
21,043
1.1
1.7
2,013
2,032
24,975
25,857
2.3
2.7
2,017
2,029
33,443
16,422
22,691
28,294
20,053
31,998
4.7
3.2
1.8
7.9
5.8
7.5
2,059
1,990
2,041
2,076
1,881
2,092
32,028
16,406
21,569
28,185
20,031
31,526
4.6
3.3
2.8
8.4
5.7
8.9
2,068
1,987
2,048
2,076
1,917
2,100
37,221
17,086
24,982
–
20,205
36,984
9.5
5.4
2.0
–
5.2
8.9
2,036
2,076
2,027
–
1,622
2,008
26,704
7.9
1,952
26,704
7.9
1,952
–
–
–
13,978
28,809
3.2
10.8
2,010
2,069
13,877
28,809
2.6
10.8
2,008
2,069
18,567
–
11.4
–
2,060
–
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 2003 — 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
$31,954
14,796
21,593
2.7
4.8
3.7
1,015
2,012
1,988
$32,324
14,796
21,075
2.3
4.8
3.9
977
2,012
2,001
$25,977
–
23,906
18.4
–
8.4
1,622
–
1,928
15,959
18,436
22,346
4.1
4.9
5.2
1,822
1,927
2,014
15,961
17,894
22,077
5.9
3.7
5.9
1,970
2,047
2,033
15,952
20,397
24,713
3.1
20.8
4.5
1,475
1,491
1,854
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 2002 and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003.
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 www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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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