Washington–Baltimore–
Northern Virginia, DC–MD–VA–WV
National Compensation Survey
April 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Keith Hall, Commissioner
January 2008
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Washington–Baltimore–Northern Virginia, DC–
MD–VA–WV, Combined Statistical Area (CSA). Data
were collected between September 2006 and October 2007;
the average reference month is April 2007. Tabulations
provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of
occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in
this bulletin are information on the program, a technical
note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with
detailed information on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications are undergoing a number of
significant changes. Please see the bulletins published between September 2006 and July 2007 for information on
earlier changes.
The areas covered by the publications are currently being updated to the December 2003 definitions of Combined
Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, as determined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This bulletin includes a new State and local government sample that
reflects the new area definition.
In appendix table 2, the total numbers of establishments
in the sampling frame are now benchmarked to the latest
available establishment counts, adjusted for establishments
that are out of scope for NCS.
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high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$23.78
3.0
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
35.34
38.21
33.96
13.06
17.19
17.63
16.96
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.1
$23.20
3.6
2.9
3.8
3.0
3.1
3.7
9.4
2.0
38.0
40.2
37.0
29.2
33.9
31.7
35.1
35.62
38.35
34.16
11.36
17.09
17.63
16.78
21.18
19.42
24.32
3.2
3.6
1.9
39.9
39.9
39.8
17.61
14.88
20.17
3.9
3.9
5.4
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
25.47
12.26
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
34.9
$27.88
2.5
36.8
3.5
4.3
3.7
4.5
4.0
9.5
2.1
38.3
40.4
37.3
28.1
33.7
31.7
34.9
34.05
37.17
33.20
21.33
18.58
–
18.62
2.5
4.4
2.2
2.9
3.5
–
3.6
36.6
39.1
35.9
36.5
37.4
–
37.5
21.05
19.22
24.49
3.3
3.7
2.0
39.9
40.0
39.8
23.13
23.70
22.61
4.7
6.4
6.3
39.6
39.5
39.7
35.6
37.0
34.4
17.51
14.87
20.24
4.0
3.9
5.9
35.5
37.0
34.2
19.24
16.49
19.52
6.6
14.3
6.7
36.6
36.4
36.6
3.3
4.1
39.3
20.3
25.00
11.91
3.9
4.4
39.4
20.3
28.50
17.99
2.3
7.2
38.8
20.2
24.74
23.62
5.5
3.5
35.2
35.1
21.94
23.33
7.6
3.9
33.8
35.0
28.85
27.03
3.6
2.4
37.6
36.1
23.72
24.86
3.0
11.2
35.0
37.4
23.09
24.86
3.7
11.2
34.7
37.4
27.88
–
2.5
–
36.8
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
20.42
24.26
28.73
7.0
3.8
2.3
34.5
36.5
35.0
20.42
24.37
28.90
7.0
3.9
3.5
34.5
36.5
33.9
19.81
21.71
28.47
4.0
6.6
2.6
39.2
37.0
36.8
All workers ..........................................................
Worker characteristics4,5
Establishment characteristics
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing
industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$23.78
3.0
$25.47
3.3
$12.26
4.1
Management occupations .................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
43.49
26.09
27.35
35.22
40.04
60.63
65.88
39.82
40.82
35.95
31.79
54.79
47.91
36.92
43.73
37.89
43.42
3.9
3.3
7.2
8.0
6.1
5.9
6.0
9.5
15.1
5.9
4.9
6.2
9.5
6.9
4.3
9.5
6.9
43.44
26.09
27.35
35.22
40.04
60.63
65.88
39.44
40.82
35.95
31.79
54.97
47.91
36.92
43.73
37.89
43.42
4.0
3.3
7.2
8.0
6.1
5.9
6.0
9.5
15.1
5.9
4.9
6.5
9.5
6.9
4.3
9.5
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.44
45.07
38.82
37.00
37.41
5.4
8.1
15.8
3.6
29.4
43.44
45.07
38.82
37.00
37.41
5.4
8.1
15.8
3.6
29.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Level 9 .............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
32.82
21.59
25.25
27.63
33.12
34.07
40.99
57.12
34.50
29.13
35.39
5.3
6.6
5.3
9.1
6.6
6.3
2.5
6.4
6.6
15.1
7.4
32.84
20.88
25.25
27.63
33.16
34.07
40.99
57.12
34.46
29.13
35.39
5.5
6.2
5.3
9.3
6.6
6.3
2.5
6.4
7.9
15.1
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.97
37.00
37.33
38.17
35.58
31.40
27.22
30.61
38.15
34.93
27.33
32.05
32.00
15.7
20.7
22.7
23.5
8.3
7.0
13.2
8.2
9.7
24.5
18.6
8.8
9.1
36.13
37.00
37.33
38.17
35.58
31.56
27.22
–
38.15
34.93
27.33
30.30
30.13
16.0
20.7
22.7
23.5
8.3
7.4
13.2
–
9.7
24.5
18.6
12.0
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer and information scientists, research ................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
40.23
26.61
25.98
24.98
31.27
38.82
47.99
54.89
44.85
49.71
42.40
41.80
48.35
48.40
40.91
2.6
12.2
13.2
3.6
2.5
5.3
8.7
3.3
3.1
1.5
6.0
3.2
7.0
4.8
2.1
40.19
27.50
25.98
24.98
31.27
38.61
47.94
54.89
44.81
–
41.78
41.80
48.35
48.40
40.91
2.5
11.4
13.2
3.6
2.5
5.2
8.9
3.3
3.2
–
5.8
3.2
7.0
4.8
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Computer and mathematical science occupations
–Continued
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
$45.41
41.40
49.54
30.56
44.12
34.77
42.39
33.57
33.75
32.73
4.4
1.4
5.9
5.1
8.3
2.0
1.3
6.1
14.8
.0
$45.41
41.40
49.54
30.56
43.98
34.77
41.60
33.57
33.75
32.73
4.4
1.4
5.9
5.1
8.3
2.0
3.3
6.1
14.8
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
39.04
34.00
51.03
53.11
43.94
48.11
53.11
39.79
38.72
23.53
4.9
4.7
7.2
4.9
5.7
4.0
4.9
3.7
2.5
1.7
39.60
34.00
51.03
53.11
44.15
48.11
53.11
39.79
38.72
23.53
5.3
4.7
7.2
4.9
6.1
4.0
4.9
3.7
2.5
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 10 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
32.20
35.01
31.21
30.00
39.33
26.40
33.48
33.48
4.9
6.5
5.8
5.6
19.4
14.4
12.2
12.2
32.20
35.01
31.21
30.00
39.33
26.40
33.48
33.48
4.9
6.5
5.8
5.6
19.4
14.4
12.2
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Level 7 .............................................................
23.89
15.70
19.61
23.94
33.51
28.55
16.17
35.62
33.77
26.53
23.94
29.05
24.94
–
17.55
8.1
3.9
4.6
11.3
4.7
9.3
8.0
6.7
8.0
5.0
11.3
4.9
10.2
–
8.9
25.58
15.62
19.61
23.94
33.59
28.55
16.17
35.62
33.77
27.25
23.94
–
27.01
16.24
17.55
6.0
3.4
4.6
11.3
4.8
9.3
8.0
6.7
8.0
6.0
11.3
–
7.9
7.7
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations
Lawyers ............................................................................
68.50
8.8
66.66
9.0
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
30.57
11.32
16.36
13.08
21.16
18.53
26.37
36.96
43.09
37.59
47.89
57.75
31.21
39.08
6.8
5.9
8.1
15.5
3.1
27.8
10.1
1.7
16.8
6.4
9.4
15.4
26.4
13.3
31.32
11.46
16.36
12.91
–
–
26.48
37.32
43.21
36.60
47.89
57.47
31.71
38.93
7.3
6.9
8.1
16.6
–
–
11.0
2.0
16.9
7.0
9.4
15.2
29.3
14.2
$21.76
–
–
–
21.06
–
24.75
27.02
–
46.63
–
–
26.93
40.95
7.6
–
–
–
3.2
–
7.1
8.4
–
5.6
–
–
26.8
7.5
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$35.32
36.11
39.48
47.89
57.75
44.32
48.85
34.82
35.37
–
5.0
10.8
6.4
9.4
15.4
20.6
8.3
23.0
28.1
–
–
–
$38.49
47.89
57.47
–
–
–
–
50.80
–
–
7.4
9.4
15.2
–
–
–
–
.4
$31.70
–
46.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.14
7.6
38.79
8.0
–
–
32.24
33.21
9.2
22.6
–
32.98
–
24.0
–
36.61
–
10.2
35.86
32.95
37.01
26.61
36.80
18.37
38.15
38.15
36.40
36.19
3.6
9.5
1.8
22.8
1.6
28.2
.6
.6
2.0
1.5
36.20
–
37.27
26.85
36.80
–
38.15
38.15
36.79
36.52
3.7
–
2.0
22.5
1.6
–
.6
.6
2.6
2.1
24.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.12
36.17
1.1
1.0
36.62
36.60
1.3
1.3
–
–
–
–
37.29
36.23
37.35
37.29
8.0
7.2
4.0
4.1
37.29
36.23
37.37
37.29
8.0
7.2
4.1
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.37
37.32
39.91
39.99
4.1
4.2
6.7
6.7
37.39
37.32
41.37
41.12
4.1
4.2
7.2
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.58
37.52
28.21
31.93
34.10
19.05
12.74
10.61
17.13
13.08
3.3
3.6
8.8
6.9
16.2
11.4
8.0
3.3
2.6
15.5
38.95
38.52
–
32.61
–
–
12.78
10.55
17.13
12.91
1.7
1.4
–
6.3
–
–
9.8
2.1
2.6
16.6
–
–
21.57
–
–
–
12.45
–
–
–
–
–
2.1
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
32.82
33.58
22.62
26.80
48.11
8.3
8.6
14.2
15.3
16.8
32.76
33.45
21.67
–
48.11
8.8
9.1
14.7
–
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
28.63
15.65
21.79
22.19
25.20
30.17
6.1
7.5
10.4
2.8
6.5
3.5
28.80
15.83
23.57
21.57
25.09
28.24
6.6
7.4
5.4
3.6
6.8
4.6
27.77
–
–
25.27
–
34.23
6.4
–
–
8.9
–
1.6
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Postsecondary teachers –Continued
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ...............................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Computer science teachers, postsecondary ............
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .....
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Level 9 .............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$32.25
33.14
44.86
25.05
32.02
26.73
32.77
31.24
35.98
29.29
31.84
19.65
24.84
15.70
28.90
28.28
3.9
11.6
11.4
10.0
2.1
6.8
1.0
3.2
7.9
11.2
14.3
5.7
7.4
2.3
5.8
7.0
$32.00
–
44.90
22.29
31.56
26.54
31.62
30.82
35.98
28.16
–
19.63
25.02
15.70
27.41
–
4.1
–
11.4
13.6
2.4
8.0
2.6
3.0
8.0
11.7
–
5.8
8.5
2.3
3.8
–
$33.47
–
–
–
34.01
–
34.29
34.51
–
32.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
2.4
–
1.5
5.4
–
25.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.20
16.31
22.83
23.46
22.85
6.7
7.6
2.7
5.6
3.0
16.60
–
22.76
23.18
–
7.5
–
2.8
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 5 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
12.78
11.02
11.69
13.01
16.55
12.09
10.95
12.38
12.44
12.25
10.95
13.02
12.46
13.48
17.07
13.93
2.6
3.8
4.9
3.5
5.0
3.0
5.0
4.6
3.1
2.7
5.0
1.8
3.0
6.3
1.7
6.9
13.11
10.79
12.30
13.04
16.58
12.18
10.68
12.94
12.44
12.17
10.68
12.94
12.41
13.94
17.07
13.91
3.4
4.1
3.7
3.9
5.0
3.1
4.8
2.4
4.3
3.1
4.8
2.4
4.3
6.8
1.7
7.2
11.09
11.96
–
–
–
11.68
–
–
–
12.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
3.3
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 3 .............................................................
21.40
11.40
14.98
19.81
22.45
24.91
30.89
34.63
3.5
7.2
7.3
19.1
5.3
6.3
6.7
6.2
22.98
12.00
15.92
13.67
22.45
24.99
30.89
34.63
2.5
6.9
7.8
9.0
5.3
6.7
6.7
6.2
11.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.16
5.4
38.16
5.4
–
–
38.86
20.74
20.26
21.30
21.30
27.53
24.58
28.24
27.53
24.58
28.24
11.40
10.64
4.0
2.5
11.4
7.1
7.1
7.1
3.3
7.5
7.1
3.3
7.5
6.0
5.8
38.86
20.74
20.26
21.30
21.30
27.57
24.58
28.24
27.57
24.58
28.24
11.26
11.06
4.0
2.5
11.4
7.1
7.1
7.1
3.3
7.5
7.1
3.3
7.5
4.7
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.6
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Protective service occupations –Continued
Security guards .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, short order ........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.40
10.64
14.45
6.0
5.8
19.3
$11.26
11.06
–
4.7
5.6
–
$11.73
–
–
21.6
–
–
8.98
7.03
7.23
8.85
12.03
14.74
11.6
10.5
8.6
9.0
3.9
7.4
10.99
8.67
8.42
9.91
12.10
15.09
4.6
10.4
13.0
5.0
4.1
7.5
6.67
6.22
6.38
7.17
11.50
–
6.4
3.1
7.1
10.0
.4
–
15.43
19.7
17.03
8.9
–
–
15.52
11.30
11.59
11.91
11.82
11.74
11.82
11.80
10.66
10.36
4.90
5.49
4.40
4.77
3.54
4.08
2.99
4.18
19.5
2.2
6.9
1.9
6.1
1.7
.7
2.8
10.3
11.5
13.3
23.9
22.9
5.9
4.9
4.8
.7
14.4
17.19
11.57
11.81
11.93
12.07
11.92
11.83
–
–
–
4.91
7.67
2.95
5.40
3.45
–
2.70
–
7.7
2.5
5.8
2.1
6.4
.4
.9
–
–
–
13.8
32.9
1.2
25.8
17.1
–
9.3
–
–
10.26
–
–
–
11.14
–
–
–
–
4.90
4.65
5.07
4.30
3.58
3.99
3.20
–
–
10.5
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
15.4
3.4
25.5
21.9
2.1
12.5
6.9
–
7.93
7.93
8.85
7.57
9.90
10.65
13.3
13.3
6.6
4.6
15.4
8.0
–
–
10.90
–
–
–
–
–
10.5
–
–
–
6.44
6.44
7.50
7.15
7.43
–
6.4
6.4
4.0
1.2
8.2
–
8.57
7.24
9.73
10.66
6.7
1.9
17.1
10.7
10.89
–
–
–
15.9
–
–
–
7.45
7.11
–
–
3.5
1.0
–
–
10.67
9.82
9.30
10.4
11.8
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.52
8.52
–
4.0
4.0
11.20
10.02
11.28
12.33
16.96
10.78
10.02
9.89
12.49
4.9
5.5
8.9
6.9
5.2
5.5
5.5
3.5
7.1
12.44
11.10
11.59
12.42
17.60
11.91
11.10
10.01
12.58
3.9
6.2
9.8
7.0
4.1
4.8
6.2
4.6
7.2
9.14
9.05
–
–
–
9.14
9.05
–
–
3.2
3.2
–
–
–
3.2
3.2
–
–
10.70
9.76
10.11
12.54
11.24
10.88
7.9
8.3
2.8
8.6
1.7
3.6
12.41
11.47
–
12.65
11.16
10.74
6.7
10.8
–
8.8
2.0
5.1
9.06
8.96
–
–
–
–
3.4
3.4
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.25
15.25
8.9
8.9
$15.31
15.31
9.1
9.1
–
–
–
–
15.87
11.16
9.32
10.82
11.63
20.04
23.73
7.0
8.6
6.0
5.2
9.6
28.7
21.4
17.00
–
9.49
11.16
11.66
19.91
24.00
9.9
–
10.8
5.8
7.7
31.5
22.5
$12.29
11.68
8.85
–
11.56
–
–
10.4
9.6
7.1
–
21.8
–
–
10.35
10.35
18.28
18.28
9.64
9.06
15.83
14.15
16.86
14.4
14.4
1.4
1.4
5.9
5.7
15.7
7.6
21.7
–
–
18.61
18.61
9.67
9.14
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
5.2
10.3
9.6
–
–
–
10.35
10.35
–
–
9.55
–
15.35
14.96
–
14.4
14.4
–
–
13.5
–
29.3
14.2
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
17.63
8.25
8.94
10.42
13.72
18.48
23.01
38.98
30.57
18.45
17.76
10.88
8.25
8.91
10.34
12.67
19.09
9.72
8.23
9.32
10.11
9.72
8.23
9.32
10.11
9.92
12.88
8.32
11.59
12.25
19.39
9.4
8.0
3.6
1.5
8.2
4.4
6.8
22.5
26.2
18.6
20.0
6.9
8.0
3.4
1.2
6.8
9.0
3.6
9.9
2.5
4.6
3.6
9.9
2.5
4.6
12.2
14.0
6.4
5.3
6.4
8.9
21.31
10.05
10.44
11.59
14.00
18.67
23.01
38.98
32.65
18.45
17.76
12.73
10.05
10.44
11.46
12.98
19.84
11.28
–
10.76
11.59
11.28
–
10.76
11.59
11.22
14.49
–
–
12.56
20.24
8.9
5.0
4.4
6.3
8.9
3.8
6.8
22.5
26.1
18.6
20.0
8.4
5.0
4.4
6.1
7.9
4.0
3.7
–
5.9
3.3
3.7
–
5.9
3.3
17.3
13.0
–
–
7.4
2.6
8.64
7.36
8.23
9.25
10.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.63
7.36
8.17
9.24
10.94
–
8.44
7.32
8.28
9.18
8.44
7.32
8.28
9.18
–
9.32
8.32
–
10.94
–
1.9
3.3
3.9
4.3
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.1
3.3
3.2
4.3
2.3
–
4.0
3.5
2.2
5.8
4.0
3.5
2.2
5.8
–
3.8
6.4
–
2.3
–
60.07
31.86
19.6
10.6
60.07
31.86
19.6
10.6
–
–
–
–
45.45
32.8
45.45
32.8
–
–
28.82
23.55
7.4
8.8
28.82
25.39
7.4
8.1
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
16.96
10.05
12.57
2.0
7.7
5.0
17.53
9.32
13.21
1.8
6.4
4.1
12.74
–
9.67
4.6
–
5.9
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations –Continued
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
Recreation workers .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.64
16.16
19.46
22.71
27.31
27.23
20.51
3.3
2.9
5.5
2.6
9.5
5.4
10.5
$13.90
16.34
19.40
22.43
27.31
27.23
21.18
3.1
2.7
5.7
2.5
9.5
5.4
10.0
$11.93
14.32
20.41
–
–
–
–
4.7
10.7
7.8
–
–
–
–
24.87
24.06
25.78
16.35
12.61
12.18
16.91
20.25
15.14
14.14
17.54
17.33
18.39
15.78
21.73
12.46
11.48
23.72
15.86
15.10
18.40
18.76
11.11
11.40
15.91
5.0
3.4
4.8
3.0
3.0
4.1
4.6
6.3
11.5
6.1
5.8
6.4
6.5
7.1
8.0
1.2
2.6
20.1
5.5
5.8
4.5
6.2
6.9
13.0
1.2
24.87
24.06
25.78
16.73
–
12.46
16.94
20.43
–
14.37
17.54
17.33
18.31
15.85
22.26
12.84
11.48
17.65
16.40
15.10
18.40
18.76
–
13.59
16.02
5.0
3.4
4.8
3.4
–
3.8
4.6
7.3
–
5.7
5.8
6.4
7.6
7.2
10.8
.6
1.5
5.4
5.6
5.8
4.5
6.2
–
5.4
1.4
–
–
–
14.25
–
11.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.86
–
–
11.34
11.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.8
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
1.4
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.90
13.42
13.49
13.18
2.9
5.6
7.9
3.0
18.90
13.90
14.10
–
2.9
5.5
7.7
–
–
10.00
9.60
–
–
13.2
16.5
–
16.69
16.79
21.22
14.20
10.22
–
–
20.74
14.11
17.26
19.41
24.30
29.12
28.90
24.18
17.58
23.67
29.12
14.42
16.05
17.39
14.74
17.70
16.76
17.78
7.4
9.3
5.6
15.3
11.5
–
–
3.0
11.8
4.5
13.9
4.9
12.9
15.6
7.0
2.3
7.0
12.9
6.9
5.2
5.3
13.0
7.1
10.5
12.5
–
16.84
21.22
14.31
10.95
–
11.02
21.02
14.50
17.24
19.42
24.21
29.12
28.90
24.54
17.58
23.67
29.12
14.93
–
17.45
14.96
17.71
16.76
18.29
–
9.5
5.6
16.5
11.0
–
1.6
2.9
13.4
5.0
13.9
4.9
12.9
15.6
7.5
2.3
7.0
12.9
6.3
–
5.6
15.1
7.2
10.5
10.8
–
–
–
–
8.23
7.99
–
15.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
1.3
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Level 5 .............................................................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.26
17.76
15.31
15.37
20.02
8.7
15.5
5.2
6.9
3.9
–
$19.48
16.22
16.33
19.53
–
15.3
4.1
5.1
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.42
11.42
11.77
12.75
16.16
18.64
21.26
26.17
3.6
2.7
7.8
5.0
5.2
6.4
.7
4.7
19.42
11.42
11.77
12.75
16.16
18.64
21.26
26.17
3.6
2.7
7.8
5.0
5.2
6.4
.7
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.65
26.46
20.88
12.32
20.25
3.7
2.2
3.2
8.4
13.1
26.86
26.46
20.88
12.32
20.25
4.3
2.2
3.2
8.4
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.08
26.56
29.63
20.38
12.89
25.75
20.2
7.3
5.6
9.4
9.0
8.3
21.08
26.56
29.63
20.38
12.89
25.75
20.2
7.3
5.6
9.4
9.0
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.32
15.69
21.07
25.95
26.96
1.9
4.0
5.9
8.1
3.4
24.25
15.69
21.07
25.67
26.96
1.8
4.0
5.9
8.8
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.13
2.7
30.13
2.7
–
–
30.12
1.6
30.12
1.6
–
–
30.12
22.03
1.6
9.9
30.12
22.03
1.6
9.9
–
–
–
–
21.30
20.17
21.17
19.93
26.71
28.23
26.38
6.1
3.3
9.6
4.3
5.1
.9
7.4
21.30
20.17
21.17
19.93
26.71
28.23
26.38
6.1
3.3
9.6
4.3
5.1
.9
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.63
12.6
18.63
12.6
–
–
14.88
8.96
13.49
12.42
15.29
18.20
15.60
23.98
3.9
8.7
8.8
5.3
5.9
3.5
6.1
8.4
15.22
9.40
13.73
12.40
15.75
18.23
16.10
23.98
3.3
7.7
8.3
5.3
6.7
3.6
4.6
8.4
$10.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.32
18.99
17.07
11.04
8.0
16.2
16.6
6.8
21.32
19.62
17.69
11.04
8.0
14.6
15.3
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Production occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.95
–
4.9
–
–
$13.83
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
20.17
9.16
12.17
16.70
18.20
21.97
19.40
23.56
26.41
5.4
2.4
4.5
9.4
6.5
7.3
5.5
10.7
15.3
21.94
10.35
12.84
16.83
18.53
21.97
19.40
23.56
26.41
6.4
3.2
7.6
9.6
6.9
7.3
5.5
10.7
15.3
$9.22
7.95
9.14
–
14.88
–
–
–
–
5.8
3.5
10.8
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
29.38
18.19
15.34
16.75
15.13
17.76
11.27
18.20
16.08
18.42
15.71
15.88
14.69
17.90
11.73
9.50
11.43
14.86
10.4
10.5
16.6
17.8
17.7
8.8
18.7
11.9
5.8
9.0
2.3
2.1
8.5
11.8
3.7
2.2
4.1
7.6
29.38
18.81
15.34
17.29
15.13
18.17
12.86
18.24
16.08
18.50
15.75
15.86
14.71
17.90
12.91
10.45
11.98
–
10.4
11.3
16.7
21.4
17.9
8.6
14.7
11.9
6.1
9.1
2.1
2.3
8.5
11.8
6.1
3.1
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.99
8.34
9.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
3.4
10.3
–
12.39
9.86
11.75
9.65
8.82
4.8
2.9
4.1
6.6
3.6
13.21
10.54
12.16
–
–
6.6
3.3
8.6
–
–
9.20
8.18
10.06
8.78
8.44
8.0
4.1
16.3
4.1
4.2
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
12
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$23.20
3.6
$25.00
3.9
$11.91
4.4
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
43.71
25.78
35.45
38.75
61.59
68.73
40.12
40.94
35.95
31.79
57.33
47.48
36.92
43.73
29.62
38.79
36.94
4.5
5.3
9.4
8.5
7.1
6.4
9.8
15.4
5.9
4.9
5.0
10.5
6.9
4.3
15.6
23.0
3.7
43.65
25.78
35.45
38.75
61.59
68.73
39.70
40.94
35.95
31.79
57.72
47.48
36.92
43.73
29.62
38.79
36.94
4.7
5.3
9.4
8.5
7.1
6.4
9.8
15.4
5.9
4.9
5.3
10.5
6.9
4.3
15.6
23.0
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Level 9 .............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
33.30
21.60
25.99
28.98
33.63
34.26
41.00
58.07
34.55
35.39
5.5
6.6
5.1
10.3
7.2
8.3
2.5
6.2
6.6
7.4
33.33
20.88
25.99
29.01
33.67
34.26
41.00
58.07
34.50
35.39
5.7
6.2
5.1
10.6
7.2
8.3
2.5
6.2
7.9
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.96
38.89
38.93
38.96
37.95
31.42
27.22
30.61
41.10
34.93
27.33
32.00
32.00
19.6
22.5
24.3
24.3
4.6
7.0
13.2
8.2
8.6
24.5
18.6
9.1
9.1
38.22
38.89
38.93
38.96
37.95
31.58
27.22
–
41.10
34.93
27.33
30.13
30.13
19.9
22.5
24.3
24.3
4.6
7.4
13.2
–
8.6
24.5
18.6
12.5
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer and information scientists, research ................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
40.70
26.25
24.94
31.27
38.92
48.20
54.89
44.85
49.71
42.40
41.80
48.35
48.40
40.91
45.41
41.40
49.54
34.57
44.22
34.86
42.39
33.17
2.3
13.9
3.9
2.5
5.4
8.8
3.3
3.1
1.5
6.0
3.2
7.0
4.8
2.1
4.4
1.4
5.9
7.6
8.3
2.1
1.3
6.0
40.67
26.25
24.94
31.27
38.69
48.15
54.89
44.81
–
41.78
41.80
48.35
48.40
40.91
45.41
41.40
49.54
34.57
44.08
34.86
41.60
33.17
2.2
13.9
3.9
2.5
5.3
9.0
3.3
3.2
–
5.8
3.2
7.0
4.8
2.1
4.4
1.4
5.9
7.6
8.3
2.1
3.3
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Computer and mathematical science occupations
–Continued
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
$33.39
32.73
16.1
.0
$33.39
32.73
16.1
.0
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
39.44
34.27
51.55
53.11
44.05
48.59
53.11
39.79
38.72
5.0
4.7
7.4
4.9
5.9
4.1
4.9
3.7
2.5
40.04
34.27
51.55
53.11
44.28
48.59
53.11
39.79
38.72
5.4
4.7
7.4
4.9
6.2
4.1
4.9
3.7
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 10 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
32.39
33.62
31.36
30.27
41.31
26.40
33.48
33.48
5.4
6.1
5.8
5.3
23.0
14.4
12.2
12.2
32.39
33.62
31.36
30.27
41.31
26.40
33.48
33.48
5.4
6.1
5.8
5.3
23.0
14.4
12.2
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
18.46
15.65
16.55
24.95
8.4
4.0
5.3
6.1
18.30
15.34
16.55
25.14
9.5
3.5
5.3
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations
Lawyers ............................................................................
74.52
6.2
72.71
6.8
–
–
22.19
10.63
9.87
27.32
39.95
58.02
29.78
36.57
42.16
58.02
–
15.3
3.5
5.7
4.0
5.7
21.3
37.5
21.4
4.9
21.3
–
22.64
10.55
–
27.59
–
57.60
29.78
36.28
–
57.60
50.80
17.2
2.1
–
2.9
–
21.2
37.5
22.3
–
21.2
.4
$17.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
44.26
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
40.81
13.5
42.29
14.5
–
–
23.27
27.05
26.33
10.23
10.63
9.87
16.4
4.7
7.4
2.5
3.5
5.7
23.46
27.24
26.49
9.99
10.55
–
16.9
3.6
7.5
1.1
2.1
–
–
–
–
11.54
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
33.82
34.72
22.61
48.11
9.2
8.8
16.7
16.8
33.73
34.56
21.46
48.11
9.6
9.5
17.5
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
28.75
15.71
21.81
23.41
25.11
30.64
32.40
6.7
7.9
10.4
1.8
6.9
3.6
4.2
28.98
15.91
23.59
22.80
24.98
28.71
32.15
7.4
7.8
5.4
2.8
7.3
4.8
4.5
27.75
–
–
25.27
–
34.23
33.50
6.4
–
–
8.9
–
1.6
10.0
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$32.64
45.78
25.98
31.92
26.48
33.08
31.53
32.39
27.85
30.88
19.65
24.84
15.70
28.90
28.28
13.5
14.8
9.0
2.0
8.5
.3
3.7
.8
11.7
15.4
5.7
7.4
2.3
5.8
7.0
–
$45.78
23.65
31.34
–
32.07
31.07
32.39
25.52
–
19.63
25.02
15.70
27.41
–
–
14.8
13.8
2.2
–
2.1
3.5
.8
8.7
–
5.8
8.5
2.3
3.8
–
–
–
–
$34.02
–
34.29
34.58
–
32.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
1.5
5.4
–
25.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.61
14.79
22.98
23.46
23.35
4.7
4.2
2.9
5.6
2.9
–
–
22.93
23.18
–
–
–
2.9
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
12.68
11.34
11.64
12.75
16.36
12.18
11.36
12.42
12.42
12.38
11.36
13.19
12.46
13.20
13.85
2.2
2.9
5.3
2.0
5.8
2.9
3.9
5.3
3.2
2.5
3.9
1.6
3.0
5.7
6.8
13.01
11.17
12.32
12.77
16.39
12.31
11.15
13.13
12.41
12.31
11.15
13.13
12.41
13.63
–
3.1
2.5
4.3
2.4
5.7
2.9
3.2
2.2
4.3
2.9
3.2
2.2
4.3
6.2
–
11.09
11.96
–
–
–
11.68
–
–
–
12.92
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
3.3
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
12.11
10.62
11.27
10.64
11.27
10.64
8.4
5.7
6.1
5.8
6.1
5.8
12.90
11.06
11.08
11.06
11.08
11.06
9.5
5.6
4.9
5.6
4.9
5.6
10.64
–
11.71
–
11.71
–
15.1
–
21.7
–
21.7
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, short order ........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
8.79
6.99
6.94
8.69
11.96
13.14
12.5
10.5
10.0
9.6
3.7
2.7
10.78
8.67
7.95
9.91
12.03
–
5.4
10.4
16.1
5.0
3.9
–
6.52
6.14
6.24
6.63
11.50
–
6.1
2.5
8.1
2.8
.4
–
15.18
22.0
16.90
10.2
–
–
15.28
11.28
11.62
11.90
12.09
11.74
11.82
11.80
10.68
4.86
21.8
2.3
7.0
1.9
6.5
1.7
.7
2.8
11.2
13.5
17.08
11.50
11.84
11.92
12.10
11.92
11.83
–
–
4.91
9.0
2.4
5.8
2.2
7.0
.4
.9
–
–
13.8
–
10.38
–
–
–
11.14
–
–
–
4.84
–
11.4
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
15.6
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Food service, tipped –Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$5.40
4.40
4.77
3.54
4.08
2.99
4.18
23.9
22.9
5.9
4.9
4.8
.7
14.4
$7.67
2.95
5.40
3.45
–
2.70
–
32.9
1.2
25.8
17.1
–
9.3
–
$4.51
5.07
4.30
3.58
3.99
3.20
–
2.5
25.5
21.9
2.1
12.5
6.9
–
7.75
7.75
8.67
7.53
9.72
10.34
14.7
14.7
7.3
4.6
16.7
7.9
–
–
10.82
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
–
6.01
6.01
7.23
7.10
7.38
–
.7
.7
2.1
1.0
8.2
–
8.45
7.24
9.73
10.23
9.82
9.30
7.0
1.9
17.1
10.6
11.8
8.6
10.89
–
–
–
–
–
15.9
–
–
–
–
–
7.22
7.11
–
–
8.52
8.52
2.0
1.0
–
–
4.0
4.0
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
10.62
9.94
11.05
11.65
10.44
9.94
9.87
11.86
6.2
5.7
10.7
13.4
6.5
5.7
3.8
13.8
11.77
10.97
11.40
11.76
11.54
10.97
–
11.99
5.9
6.7
12.5
13.6
6.6
6.7
–
14.2
9.14
9.05
–
–
9.14
9.05
–
–
3.2
3.2
–
–
3.2
3.2
–
–
10.25
9.63
10.12
11.63
11.23
10.88
9.6
8.6
3.1
16.9
1.8
3.6
11.91
11.25
–
11.77
11.14
10.74
10.7
13.0
–
17.6
2.2
5.1
9.06
8.96
–
–
–
–
3.4
3.4
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
15.92
10.60
8.85
10.93
11.68
20.13
23.69
18.28
18.28
8.81
8.47
13.60
14.57
7.7
12.9
5.4
5.5
10.1
32.7
22.7
1.4
1.4
2.8
3.2
8.1
7.3
17.02
–
8.87
11.16
11.61
20.09
–
18.61
18.61
8.87
8.37
–
–
10.7
–
9.6
5.8
7.8
32.7
–
5.2
5.2
5.8
4.1
–
–
11.97
–
8.81
–
11.88
–
–
–
–
8.52
–
–
–
12.4
–
7.7
–
26.6
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
17.63
8.25
8.94
10.42
13.61
18.55
23.01
38.98
30.57
18.45
9.5
8.0
3.6
1.5
8.3
4.4
6.8
22.5
26.2
18.6
21.34
10.05
10.44
11.59
13.89
18.75
23.01
38.98
32.65
18.45
9.0
5.0
4.4
6.3
9.1
3.9
6.8
22.5
26.1
18.6
8.64
7.36
8.23
9.24
10.94
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
3.3
3.9
4.3
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.76
10.82
8.25
8.91
10.34
12.45
19.39
9.58
8.23
9.32
10.11
9.58
8.23
9.32
10.11
9.92
12.89
8.32
11.61
12.25
19.39
20.1
7.0
8.0
3.4
1.2
6.9
8.9
3.7
9.9
2.5
4.6
3.7
9.9
2.5
4.6
12.2
14.1
6.4
5.4
6.4
8.9
$17.76
12.64
10.05
10.44
11.46
12.74
20.24
11.02
–
10.76
11.59
11.02
–
10.76
11.59
11.22
14.49
–
–
12.56
20.24
20.1
8.6
5.0
4.4
6.1
8.1
2.6
3.9
–
5.9
3.3
3.9
–
5.9
3.3
17.3
13.0
–
–
7.4
2.6
–
$8.63
7.36
8.17
9.22
10.94
–
8.44
7.32
8.28
9.18
8.44
7.32
8.28
9.18
–
9.30
8.32
–
10.94
–
–
2.1
3.3
3.2
4.3
2.3
–
4.0
3.5
2.2
5.8
4.0
3.5
2.2
5.8
–
3.8
6.4
–
2.3
–
60.07
31.86
19.6
10.6
60.07
31.86
19.6
10.6
–
–
–
–
45.45
32.8
45.45
32.8
–
–
28.82
23.55
7.4
8.8
28.82
25.39
7.4
8.1
–
–
–
–
16.78
10.19
12.64
13.56
16.00
19.38
23.24
27.39
27.25
20.15
2.1
7.4
5.1
3.6
3.2
6.5
2.9
9.7
5.4
11.9
17.40
9.68
13.27
13.86
16.19
19.36
22.89
27.39
27.25
20.85
2.0
4.3
4.1
3.4
3.1
6.7
2.8
9.7
5.4
11.2
12.56
–
9.61
11.62
14.30
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
6.3
4.3
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
24.85
16.10
12.61
12.19
16.95
19.95
14.14
17.22
17.33
18.25
15.83
21.72
12.46
11.48
15.86
15.10
11.11
11.40
15.91
13.36
13.49
13.18
5.1
3.2
3.0
4.1
4.6
7.4
6.1
5.6
6.4
7.1
7.5
8.9
1.2
2.6
5.5
5.8
6.9
13.0
1.2
5.7
7.9
3.0
24.85
16.46
–
12.47
16.95
20.08
14.37
17.22
17.33
18.10
15.83
22.33
12.84
11.48
16.40
15.10
–
13.59
16.02
13.84
14.10
–
5.1
3.7
–
3.8
4.6
9.0
5.7
5.6
6.4
8.4
7.5
12.5
.6
1.5
5.6
5.8
–
5.4
1.4
5.6
7.7
–
–
14.27
–
11.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.34
11.50
–
–
–
–
–
10.00
9.60
–
–
12.9
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.4
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
16.5
–
16.69
7.4
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.22
14.20
10.22
–
–
21.06
14.22
17.22
19.65
24.66
29.28
25.21
24.08
29.28
14.42
16.05
17.34
17.62
16.57
17.53
17.76
14.84
14.66
5.6
15.3
11.5
–
–
3.3
12.5
6.0
15.9
6.1
13.1
8.3
8.9
13.1
6.9
5.2
6.3
11.6
10.2
14.8
15.5
4.8
6.4
$21.22
14.31
10.95
–
11.02
21.40
14.66
17.19
19.65
24.56
29.28
25.73
24.08
29.28
14.93
–
17.41
17.64
16.57
18.10
19.48
15.96
15.81
5.6
16.5
11.0
–
1.6
3.3
14.3
6.9
15.9
6.0
13.1
8.9
8.9
13.1
6.3
–
6.6
11.7
10.2
13.0
15.3
3.7
4.6
–
–
$8.23
7.99
–
15.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
1.3
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.22
11.44
11.75
12.69
16.12
18.46
21.22
25.96
3.7
2.8
7.8
5.0
5.3
6.8
.7
5.0
19.22
11.44
11.75
12.69
16.12
18.46
21.22
25.96
3.7
2.8
7.8
5.0
5.3
6.8
.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.58
26.33
20.68
12.28
20.17
3.9
2.0
3.5
8.7
15.3
26.79
26.33
20.68
12.28
20.17
4.5
2.0
3.5
8.7
15.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.00
26.57
29.63
19.83
12.89
23.9
7.3
5.6
9.4
9.0
21.00
26.57
29.63
19.83
12.89
23.9
7.3
5.6
9.4
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.49
21.07
26.28
27.19
2.0
6.9
9.0
3.7
24.42
21.07
25.99
27.19
1.9
6.9
9.9
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.12
1.6
30.12
1.6
–
–
30.12
22.04
1.6
10.0
30.12
22.04
1.6
10.0
–
–
–
–
21.77
21.98
26.71
28.23
26.38
8.0
14.0
5.1
.9
7.4
21.77
21.98
26.71
28.23
26.38
8.0
14.0
5.1
.9
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.87
8.88
13.49
3.9
8.9
8.8
15.21
9.33
13.73
3.3
8.0
8.3
10.63
–
–
10.0
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Production occupations –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.42
15.25
18.13
15.60
23.98
5.3
6.1
3.5
6.1
8.4
$12.40
15.72
18.15
16.10
23.98
5.3
6.9
3.6
4.6
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.27
18.99
17.07
11.07
14.95
–
8.4
16.2
16.6
7.5
4.9
–
21.27
19.62
17.69
11.07
–
13.83
8.4
14.6
15.3
7.5
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.24
9.11
12.10
16.66
18.12
21.95
19.04
23.56
5.9
2.4
4.5
11.3
7.5
7.5
5.7
10.7
22.14
10.27
12.79
16.81
18.28
21.95
19.04
23.56
7.1
3.2
7.7
11.5
7.6
7.5
5.7
10.7
$8.69
7.94
9.02
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
3.5
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
29.25
17.80
18.23
16.07
18.51
15.66
15.85
14.71
17.89
11.70
9.50
11.43
11.3
9.2
12.1
6.2
9.5
2.3
2.3
8.5
12.1
3.7
2.2
4.1
29.25
18.22
18.26
16.06
18.60
15.69
–
14.71
17.89
12.88
10.45
11.98
11.3
8.9
12.1
6.5
9.6
2.2
–
8.5
12.1
6.2
3.1
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.99
8.34
9.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
3.4
10.3
12.39
9.86
11.75
9.65
8.82
4.8
2.9
4.1
6.6
3.6
13.21
10.54
12.16
–
–
6.7
3.3
8.6
–
–
9.20
8.18
10.06
8.78
8.44
8.0
4.1
16.3
4.1
4.2
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
19
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$27.88
2.5
$28.50
2.3
$17.99
7.2
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
42.28
41.02
42.92
49.12
48.86
5.1
14.1
4.1
2.5
3.4
42.33
41.02
42.92
49.12
48.86
5.1
14.1
4.1
2.5
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
50.89
49.45
1.5
3.4
50.89
49.45
1.5
3.4
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 9 .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
27.58
27.86
5.7
3.8
27.59
27.86
5.7
3.8
–
–
–
–
29.65
11.5
29.65
11.5
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
28.49
22.69
9.1
10.5
28.49
22.69
9.1
10.5
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
29.38
12.4
29.38
12.4
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
31.07
12.0
31.07
12.0
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Level 7 .............................................................
30.66
22.04
34.80
33.58
36.21
35.73
28.46
28.62
19.19
19.96
3.8
5.5
5.2
6.5
7.0
7.1
5.4
6.0
9.0
3.6
30.99
22.04
34.91
33.58
36.21
35.73
28.54
28.70
20.80
19.96
4.0
5.5
5.4
6.5
7.0
7.1
5.2
5.8
7.7
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
36.96
43.80
20.6
3.3
36.96
43.80
20.6
3.3
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Level 9 .............................................................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .....
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
34.92
16.36
17.09
21.25
31.66
38.55
37.12
34.85
42.31
35.76
38.90
2.3
8.1
1.2
3.1
15.3
.7
7.8
8.0
9.8
4.7
8.1
35.81
16.36
17.09
–
32.69
38.90
36.51
–
42.67
–
38.33
2.3
8.1
2.0
–
17.9
.4
8.1
–
9.5
–
8.6
24.25
–
–
–
–
28.25
–
26.93
39.61
34.51
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
26.8
11.2
6.9
–
35.22
44.70
6.0
22.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.80
38.67
36.80
36.80
38.15
38.15
38.44
38.26
.5
.7
1.6
1.6
.6
.6
1.3
.4
39.09
38.92
36.80
36.80
38.15
38.15
38.76
38.51
.1
.3
1.6
1.6
.6
.6
1.7
1.0
26.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.89
37.99
.3
.3
38.30
38.31
.9
.9
–
–
–
–
40.15
39.22
39.12
4.3
1.7
.8
40.15
39.22
39.14
4.3
1.7
.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$39.12
0.9
$39.12
0.9
–
–
39.16
39.15
40.69
40.44
.9
1.0
7.0
6.9
39.18
39.15
41.90
41.67
1.0
1.0
7.3
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.36
37.94
28.21
34.87
16.73
17.13
17.09
3.3
3.5
8.8
12.6
2.2
2.6
1.2
39.49
39.06
–
35.87
17.04
17.13
17.09
1.5
.6
–
11.6
1.0
2.6
2.0
–
–
$21.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
27.54
30.98
32.59
29.41
11.2
10.1
7.7
6.2
27.51
31.02
32.59
–
11.2
10.3
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
14.83
24.2
14.83
24.2
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
25.55
13.14
15.40
22.38
24.91
32.07
34.63
1.6
10.5
8.1
5.6
6.3
8.2
6.2
26.00
–
15.69
22.38
24.99
32.07
34.63
2.1
–
8.9
5.6
6.7
8.2
6.2
13.16
12.52
–
–
–
–
–
10.8
17.3
–
–
–
–
–
38.16
5.4
38.16
5.4
–
–
38.86
20.74
20.26
21.30
21.30
27.74
24.58
28.24
27.74
24.58
28.24
15.26
4.0
2.5
11.4
7.1
7.1
7.2
3.3
7.5
7.2
3.3
7.5
10.9
38.86
20.74
20.26
21.30
21.30
27.79
24.58
28.24
27.79
24.58
28.24
–
4.0
2.5
11.4
7.1
7.1
7.2
3.3
7.5
7.2
3.3
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.1
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 2 .............................................................
13.97
11.98
8.0
8.7
15.57
–
8.1
–
11.35
–
11.1
–
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Secondary school teachers –Continued
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Level 9 .............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
14.61
13.16
13.54
13.23
2.9
6.5
5.2
7.0
14.63
13.19
13.54
13.23
2.9
6.6
5.2
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.86
13.65
16.80
16.80
6.7
9.1
10.1
10.1
13.86
13.65
16.94
16.94
6.7
9.1
10.6
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
15.43
13.94
17.73
18.34
11.7
7.5
22.5
21.7
16.89
–
–
–
13.8
–
–
–
13.58
–
14.88
–
21.4
–
37.0
–
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 6 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
$18.62
15.42
17.35
20.00
20.75
24.55
20.93
20.12
17.65
18.71
18.66
18.38
18.89
17.39
18.04
21.92
19.94
21.60
17.67
17.83
17.48
17.71
20.92
3.6
4.7
3.3
4.4
4.6
11.5
5.8
3.9
5.3
6.3
7.6
1.4
3.5
3.9
5.2
4.5
5.9
6.2
3.4
3.8
12.7
9.4
9.1
$18.67
14.88
17.39
19.59
20.75
24.55
21.16
20.51
17.65
18.71
18.66
–
18.90
17.37
–
21.92
19.94
21.60
17.66
17.82
17.25
17.72
–
3.5
3.5
3.4
4.1
4.6
11.5
6.3
5.1
5.4
6.3
7.6
–
3.5
3.9
–
4.5
5.9
6.2
3.4
3.8
12.8
9.5
–
$17.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
23.70
29.15
29.07
6.4
1.2
6.1
23.70
29.15
29.07
6.4
1.2
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
22.61
21.06
23.35
6.3
7.0
12.6
22.61
21.06
23.35
6.3
7.0
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.04
20.04
4.3
4.3
20.04
20.04
4.3
4.3
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
16.49
14.3
16.59
15.6
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
19.52
14.60
16.92
18.57
19.05
17.11
17.85
16.94
16.75
6.7
10.0
10.8
10.3
9.2
12.9
16.0
14.1
4.9
20.14
–
16.93
20.25
19.93
17.13
18.86
16.96
–
6.5
–
10.9
11.6
9.3
13.1
18.3
14.3
–
15.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
22
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$23.78
3.0
$25.47
3.3
$12.26
4.1
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Group III ............................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
Group III ............................................................
43.49
19.47
37.90
69.61
40.82
26.17
35.95
39.73
31.79
54.79
53.55
47.91
44.25
43.73
43.73
37.89
40.15
3.9
15.1
5.6
7.0
15.1
5.7
5.9
11.4
4.9
6.2
12.5
9.5
10.4
4.3
4.3
9.5
3.9
43.44
–
–
–
40.82
26.17
35.95
–
31.79
54.97
53.55
47.91
44.25
43.73
43.73
37.89
–
4.0
–
–
–
15.1
5.7
5.9
–
4.9
6.5
12.5
9.5
10.4
4.3
4.3
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.44
42.21
38.82
37.00
37.41
28.28
5.4
4.0
15.8
3.6
29.4
11.9
43.44
42.21
38.82
37.00
37.41
28.28
5.4
4.0
15.8
3.6
29.4
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Group III ............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
32.82
24.15
38.28
29.13
35.39
5.3
4.6
4.2
15.1
7.4
32.84
–
–
29.13
35.39
5.5
–
–
15.1
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.97
23.23
37.05
37.33
38.17
35.58
20.98
39.71
31.40
27.02
33.01
38.15
41.10
34.93
29.60
50.71
27.33
32.05
32.00
15.7
8.7
16.7
22.7
23.5
8.3
4.4
.7
7.0
9.0
7.5
9.7
9.3
24.5
20.2
26.1
18.6
8.8
9.1
36.13
–
–
37.33
38.17
35.58
20.98
39.71
31.56
26.69
33.18
38.15
41.10
34.93
–
–
27.33
30.30
30.13
16.0
–
–
22.7
23.5
8.3
4.4
.7
7.4
10.1
7.9
9.7
9.3
24.5
–
–
18.6
12.0
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Computer and information scientists, research ................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
40.23
25.82
44.13
64.31
49.71
42.40
52.69
41.80
43.64
40.91
43.80
45.41
42.78
30.56
2.6
4.1
4.7
9.7
1.5
6.0
17.6
3.2
.8
2.1
1.0
4.4
1.6
5.1
40.19
–
–
–
–
41.78
–
41.80
–
40.91
43.80
45.41
42.78
30.56
2.5
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
3.2
–
2.1
1.0
4.4
1.6
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Computer and mathematical science occupations
–Continued
Computer support specialists –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Group III ............................................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Group III ............................................................
Operations research analysts ...........................................
$24.04
44.12
45.14
33.57
40.95
33.75
33.91
32.73
8.0
8.3
8.5
6.1
5.8
14.8
16.3
.0
$24.04
43.98
45.01
33.57
40.95
33.75
33.91
32.73
8.0
8.3
8.5
6.1
5.8
14.8
16.3
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Group III ............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
39.04
25.91
48.13
43.94
28.58
47.19
39.79
47.42
38.72
23.53
4.9
2.3
4.9
5.7
4.1
5.0
3.7
6.3
2.5
1.7
39.60
–
–
44.15
–
–
39.79
–
38.72
23.53
5.3
–
–
6.1
–
–
3.7
–
2.5
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
32.20
21.49
37.86
30.00
39.33
44.14
26.40
33.48
33.48
4.9
2.9
11.0
5.6
19.4
35.9
14.4
12.2
12.2
32.20
–
–
30.00
39.33
–
26.40
33.48
33.48
4.9
–
–
5.6
19.4
–
14.4
12.2
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Group III ............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
23.89
17.33
33.32
28.55
17.49
35.76
33.77
40.38
26.53
21.41
30.54
24.94
19.61
29.71
–
8.1
5.1
4.1
9.3
6.0
6.6
8.0
3.5
5.0
7.7
3.6
10.2
4.8
3.1
–
25.58
–
–
28.55
–
–
33.77
40.38
27.25
–
–
27.01
20.76
–
16.24
6.0
–
–
9.3
–
–
8.0
3.5
6.0
–
–
7.9
7.3
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations
Lawyers ............................................................................
Group III ............................................................
68.50
62.09
8.8
13.8
66.66
59.09
9.0
12.7
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ...............................
Group III ............................................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Group III ............................................................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary ............
30.57
12.87
22.98
37.45
57.91
39.08
40.47
57.91
48.85
46.88
34.82
48.68
35.37
6.8
7.9
9.3
1.9
14.8
13.3
6.1
14.8
8.3
9.2
23.0
19.2
28.1
31.32
–
–
–
–
38.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$21.76
–
–
–
–
40.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Group III ............................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .....
Group III ............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Group III ............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Group II .............................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physicians and surgeons
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
–
$50.80
0.4
–
–
$38.14
35.29
7.6
2.8
38.79
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
32.24
32.09
33.21
39.06
9.2
9.1
22.6
16.5
–
–
32.98
–
–
–
24.0
–
–
–
$36.61
–
–
–
10.2
–
35.86
20.66
37.14
26.61
36.80
18.37
38.15
38.15
36.40
36.46
3.6
29.8
1.8
22.8
1.6
28.2
.6
.6
2.0
2.0
36.20
–
–
26.85
–
–
38.15
38.15
36.79
–
3.7
–
–
22.5
–
–
.6
.6
2.6
–
24.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.12
36.17
1.1
1.0
36.62
36.60
1.3
1.3
–
–
–
–
37.29
37.37
37.35
37.29
8.0
8.1
4.0
4.1
37.29
37.37
37.37
–
8.0
8.1
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.37
37.32
39.91
39.99
4.1
4.2
6.7
6.7
37.39
37.32
41.37
–
4.1
4.2
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.58
37.52
28.21
22.32
31.93
33.57
32.58
19.05
20.61
12.74
12.70
3.3
3.6
8.8
3.6
6.9
19.7
12.5
11.4
10.3
8.0
8.0
38.95
38.52
–
–
32.61
–
33.71
–
–
12.78
12.74
1.7
1.4
–
–
6.3
–
10.5
–
–
9.8
9.9
–
–
21.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.45
12.45
–
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
4.9
32.82
20.54
49.90
22.62
26.80
48.11
8.3
8.9
20.2
14.2
15.3
16.8
32.76
–
–
21.67
–
48.11
8.8
–
–
14.7
–
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.63
15.51
25.00
36.20
6.1
6.5
5.2
5.3
28.80
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
27.77
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
50.83
32.02
31.11
32.62
29.29
33.34
26.4
2.1
2.6
3.9
11.2
12.9
–
31.56
29.64
32.42
28.16
–
–
2.4
4.6
4.1
11.7
–
–
34.01
33.97
34.55
32.27
–
–
2.4
1.9
5.3
25.8
–
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.65
15.38
20.42
24.84
22.94
15.70
15.38
28.90
27.75
28.28
5.7
.2
5.1
7.4
3.7
2.3
.2
5.8
5.8
7.0
$19.63
–
–
25.02
23.05
15.70
15.38
27.41
–
–
5.8
–
–
8.5
3.6
2.3
.2
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.20
16.31
22.83
22.84
6.7
7.6
2.7
2.7
16.60
–
22.76
22.77
7.5
–
2.8
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
12.78
12.25
17.32
12.09
12.07
12.25
12.24
13.48
12.53
17.88
13.93
2.6
2.3
5.4
3.0
3.2
2.7
3.0
6.3
4.5
5.6
6.9
13.11
–
–
12.18
–
12.17
12.15
13.94
–
–
13.91
3.4
–
–
3.1
–
3.1
3.5
6.8
–
–
7.2
$11.09
–
–
11.68
–
12.92
12.94
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
6.7
–
5.7
5.8
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
Group I ..............................................................
21.40
11.84
25.20
35.63
3.5
5.2
2.0
7.3
22.98
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
11.10
–
–
–
12.6
–
–
–
38.16
35.32
5.4
11.5
38.16
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
38.86
35.32
20.74
20.04
21.30
21.41
21.30
21.41
27.53
27.39
27.53
27.39
11.40
10.82
11.40
10.82
14.45
11.83
4.0
11.5
2.5
9.3
7.1
7.0
7.1
7.0
7.1
7.0
7.1
7.0
6.0
5.1
6.0
5.1
19.3
13.2
38.86
35.32
20.74
20.04
21.30
–
21.30
21.41
27.57
–
27.57
27.44
11.26
–
11.26
11.31
–
–
4.0
11.5
2.5
9.3
7.1
–
7.1
7.0
7.1
–
7.1
7.0
4.7
–
4.7
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.73
–
11.73
9.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.6
–
21.6
4.2
–
–
8.98
8.28
18.14
11.6
10.0
14.8
10.99
–
–
4.6
–
–
6.67
–
–
6.4
–
–
15.43
11.30
19.43
19.7
16.1
14.8
17.03
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.52
19.5
17.19
7.7
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, short order ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Group II .............................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Group II .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.30
19.86
11.30
11.13
11.82
11.46
11.74
11.71
11.80
11.80
10.66
10.36
4.90
4.90
3.54
3.54
16.1
12.1
2.2
2.7
6.1
5.9
1.7
2.1
2.8
2.8
10.3
11.3
13.3
13.3
4.9
4.9
–
$19.86
11.57
–
12.07
11.73
11.92
11.89
–
–
–
–
4.91
–
3.45
3.45
–
12.1
2.5
–
6.4
5.5
.4
.0
–
–
–
–
13.8
–
17.1
17.1
–
–
$10.26
–
–
–
11.14
11.14
–
–
–
–
4.90
–
3.58
3.58
–
–
10.5
–
–
–
7.1
7.1
–
–
–
–
15.4
–
2.1
2.1
7.93
7.93
8.85
8.85
13.3
13.3
6.6
6.6
–
–
10.90
–
–
–
10.5
–
6.44
6.44
7.50
–
6.4
6.4
4.0
–
8.57
8.57
6.7
6.7
10.89
10.89
15.9
15.9
7.45
7.45
3.5
3.5
10.67
10.67
9.82
9.82
10.4
10.4
11.8
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.52
8.52
–
–
4.0
4.0
11.20
10.79
10.78
10.52
4.9
4.3
5.5
4.4
12.44
–
11.91
–
3.9
–
4.8
–
9.14
–
9.14
–
3.2
–
3.2
–
10.70
10.35
11.24
11.24
15.25
14.00
15.25
14.00
7.9
6.4
1.7
1.7
8.9
8.9
8.9
8.9
12.41
11.86
11.16
11.16
15.31
–
15.31
14.06
6.7
6.0
2.0
2.0
9.1
–
9.1
9.1
9.06
9.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.87
10.62
22.01
7.0
3.7
3.6
17.00
–
–
9.9
–
–
12.29
–
–
10.4
–
–
10.35
10.35
10.35
10.35
18.28
19.75
18.28
19.75
9.64
9.62
15.83
11.94
20.96
14.4
14.4
14.4
14.4
1.4
6.6
1.4
6.6
5.9
5.9
15.7
11.5
16.1
–
–
–
–
18.61
–
18.61
–
9.67
9.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
5.2
–
10.3
10.7
–
–
–
10.35
–
10.35
10.35
–
–
–
–
9.55
9.55
15.35
–
–
14.4
–
14.4
14.4
–
–
–
–
13.5
13.5
29.3
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.15
16.86
7.6
21.7
–
–
–
–
$14.96
–
14.2
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Group II .............................................................
17.63
10.80
24.64
45.33
18.45
17.98
17.76
17.18
10.88
10.13
21.42
9.72
9.67
9.72
9.67
9.92
9.92
12.88
11.12
21.74
9.4
5.1
11.0
10.1
18.6
6.8
20.0
6.8
6.9
3.1
11.8
3.6
3.9
3.6
3.9
12.2
12.2
14.0
8.0
11.6
$21.31
–
–
–
18.45
–
17.76
17.18
12.73
–
–
11.28
–
11.28
11.34
11.22
–
14.49
12.35
22.48
8.9
–
–
–
18.6
–
20.0
6.8
8.4
–
–
3.7
–
3.7
4.1
17.3
–
13.0
7.4
7.0
8.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.63
–
–
8.44
–
8.44
8.44
–
–
9.32
9.16
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.1
–
–
4.0
–
4.0
4.0
–
–
3.8
5.7
–
60.07
31.86
27.08
42.71
19.6
10.6
8.3
26.2
60.07
31.86
–
–
19.6
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.45
32.8
45.45
32.8
–
–
28.82
23.55
24.61
7.4
8.8
10.2
28.82
25.39
–
7.4
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Group II .............................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Group I ..............................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
16.96
14.18
21.63
2.0
1.9
2.9
17.53
–
–
1.8
–
–
12.74
–
–
4.6
–
–
24.87
24.56
16.35
13.96
20.98
14.14
17.54
17.20
18.39
14.83
21.56
12.46
12.03
23.72
15.86
14.11
19.46
18.40
18.44
11.11
11.11
11.40
11.08
15.91
15.65
5.0
3.2
3.0
4.0
5.3
6.1
5.8
6.4
6.5
4.8
6.8
1.2
4.9
20.1
5.5
3.7
2.3
4.5
4.8
6.9
6.9
13.0
13.0
1.2
2.0
24.87
24.56
16.73
–
–
14.37
17.54
17.20
18.31
15.14
21.92
12.84
12.26
17.65
16.40
14.72
19.46
18.40
18.44
–
–
13.59
–
16.02
–
5.0
3.2
3.4
–
–
5.7
5.8
6.4
7.6
6.6
8.8
.6
5.4
5.4
5.6
3.8
2.3
4.5
4.8
–
–
5.4
–
1.4
–
–
–
14.25
–
–
–
–
–
18.86
–
–
11.34
11.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.8
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
1.4
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations –Continued
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
Recreation workers .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group II .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Group II .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Group II .............................................................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
Group II .............................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.90
13.42
13.42
2.9
5.6
5.6
$18.90
13.90
13.90
2.9
5.5
5.5
–
$10.00
10.00
–
13.2
13.2
16.69
16.79
14.58
21.22
14.20
15.60
10.22
9.88
20.74
16.03
22.79
24.18
23.77
14.42
14.42
17.39
16.26
18.54
17.78
14.26
17.76
15.31
14.37
20.63
7.4
9.3
16.3
5.6
15.3
24.3
11.5
9.2
3.0
4.1
6.7
7.0
6.4
6.9
6.9
5.3
7.4
12.5
12.5
8.7
15.5
5.2
3.1
3.2
–
16.84
–
21.22
14.31
15.60
10.95
10.52
21.02
–
–
24.54
23.77
14.93
14.93
17.45
16.47
18.34
18.29
–
19.48
16.22
15.35
20.25
–
9.5
–
5.6
16.5
24.3
11.0
8.6
2.9
–
–
7.5
6.4
6.3
6.3
5.6
8.0
12.3
10.8
–
15.3
4.1
3.4
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.23
8.23
15.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
4.8
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.42
13.57
22.68
3.6
4.6
1.3
19.42
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.65
26.13
20.88
20.70
12.32
12.32
20.25
22.09
3.7
4.2
3.2
3.5
8.4
8.4
13.1
21.0
26.86
26.13
20.88
20.70
12.32
12.32
20.25
–
4.3
4.2
3.2
3.5
8.4
8.4
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.08
26.56
29.06
20.38
22.09
12.89
12.79
25.75
24.60
20.2
7.3
2.6
9.4
5.4
9.0
9.9
8.3
6.4
21.08
26.56
29.06
20.38
–
12.89
–
25.75
24.60
20.2
7.3
2.6
9.4
–
9.0
–
8.3
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.32
15.53
25.30
1.9
7.2
3.4
24.25
–
–
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.13
29.95
2.7
5.7
30.13
29.95
2.7
5.7
–
–
–
–
30.12
30.12
1.6
1.6
30.12
–
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
30.12
1.6
30.12
1.6
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
–Continued
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Group II .............................................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$30.12
22.03
23.53
1.6
9.9
1.6
$30.12
22.03
–
1.6
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.30
20.92
21.17
20.43
26.71
27.78
26.38
28.00
6.1
3.6
9.6
6.3
5.1
2.1
7.4
3.4
21.30
–
21.17
20.43
26.71
–
26.38
28.00
6.1
–
9.6
6.3
5.1
–
7.4
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.63
12.6
18.63
12.6
–
–
14.88
13.25
19.09
3.9
6.0
5.7
15.22
–
–
3.3
–
–
$10.66
–
–
10.0
–
–
21.32
21.32
18.99
17.07
11.04
11.04
14.95
–
8.0
8.0
16.2
16.6
6.8
6.8
4.9
–
21.32
21.32
19.62
17.69
11.04
11.04
–
13.83
8.0
8.0
14.6
15.3
6.8
6.8
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.17
14.11
21.77
5.4
5.9
4.4
21.94
–
–
6.4
–
–
9.22
–
–
5.8
–
–
29.38
18.19
17.11
16.75
16.75
17.76
16.18
23.72
18.42
15.85
14.69
14.69
17.90
17.02
11.73
11.60
10.4
10.5
14.9
17.8
17.8
8.8
9.0
9.5
9.0
1.5
8.5
8.5
11.8
11.8
3.7
3.7
29.38
18.81
–
17.29
17.29
18.17
–
–
18.50
15.85
14.71
14.71
17.90
17.02
12.91
–
10.4
11.3
–
21.4
21.4
8.6
–
–
9.1
1.4
8.5
8.5
11.8
11.8
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.39
12.26
9.65
9.65
4.8
4.5
6.6
6.6
$13.21
13.06
–
–
6.6
6.1
–
–
$9.20
9.20
8.78
8.78
8.0
8.0
4.1
4.1
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
31
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.20
$12.50
$19.23
$30.21
$43.33
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
21.25
20.69
27.23
26.71
34.43
26.69
36.71
17.55
27.99
25.64
29.92
27.78
41.98
33.65
36.71
28.37
38.13
28.06
33.84
31.77
59.55
43.92
42.75
40.73
59.55
43.61
42.97
33.11
63.10
62.34
48.50
51.10
65.56
96.15
45.25
40.43
68.52
70.04
50.13
56.39
31.05
21.72
29.82
23.22
31.96
23.64
30.00
23.22
40.87
35.19
33.36
28.41
52.62
64.71
41.10
37.26
56.35
74.04
58.57
47.45
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
19.68
13.93
23.11
24.04
27.79
29.65
30.21
30.29
38.48
39.54
37.45
40.80
48.16
38.70
40.80
18.88
18.88
21.17
22.28
23.40
19.68
17.37
26.09
26.09
27.47
23.74
29.73
24.62
27.45
21.49
19.37
27.18
27.18
30.21
30.21
30.21
28.63
42.31
27.57
26.11
30.74
30.74
37.98
37.98
44.66
36.54
48.16
40.87
32.69
35.00
35.00
40.60
84.57
54.75
43.27
51.10
60.82
41.37
35.00
35.00
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer and information scientists, research ................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
23.96
33.75
18.43
25.72
25.72
32.25
18.00
31.64
21.78
24.04
18.54
29.49
41.35
25.82
36.67
31.25
38.58
21.65
33.69
23.96
24.04
19.88
41.76
50.48
36.72
42.25
42.25
44.16
27.89
44.24
33.65
26.67
24.70
47.84
58.77
48.08
45.67
42.25
54.55
36.06
56.25
38.46
42.89
46.36
56.25
66.39
80.53
56.97
53.84
60.00
48.50
56.25
46.63
49.52
53.30
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
21.54
30.98
24.19
22.32
19.24
28.95
34.53
33.03
32.11
21.64
35.84
42.15
40.45
41.30
24.03
48.42
52.00
47.02
47.02
26.43
58.80
61.15
53.42
48.81
27.63
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
19.94
17.79
22.27
14.96
24.44
24.44
22.36
22.16
25.26
22.22
27.79
27.79
27.79
28.82
30.34
26.67
27.79
27.79
38.07
38.07
46.18
33.31
43.68
43.68
47.21
40.38
79.33
35.04
45.70
45.70
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
14.50
15.96
18.60
18.50
18.50
16.00
18.60
22.07
18.58
18.50
19.81
25.69
32.24
27.61
25.28
30.32
35.68
42.16
31.19
30.32
36.36
46.70
55.98
35.00
32.58
Legal occupations
Lawyers ............................................................................
37.73
47.89
69.71
75.42
84.14
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ...............................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Computer science teachers, postsecondary ............
10.65
21.38
33.56
23.79
23.79
18.91
23.79
41.12
23.79
23.79
29.76
35.71
52.35
28.07
23.79
40.00
48.93
55.31
38.83
54.65
51.94
59.64
56.33
59.85
59.85
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$28.25
$32.46
$36.01
$43.40
$57.00
21.38
21.38
28.25
21.38
30.98
23.01
38.92
40.75
41.46
55.56
23.21
10.50
10.00
27.68
24.80
28.76
12.02
12.02
31.84
29.22
33.79
27.56
12.02
36.51
33.88
43.79
36.11
26.68
43.62
43.74
53.15
45.00
33.61
52.51
52.51
24.81
29.30
33.36
43.22
51.74
24.24
26.34
29.02
30.13
35.24
34.36
46.30
44.49
53.69
53.20
26.34
25.34
30.14
30.03
34.40
38.43
44.64
50.28
53.20
55.70
24.40
18.00
19.60
14.56
9.00
29.49
23.00
24.30
14.90
9.50
35.58
23.21
28.34
16.46
11.00
45.89
30.02
35.58
23.49
15.10
52.78
51.05
51.85
24.46
18.63
15.75
12.00
14.00
16.17
21.00
15.75
22.07
21.03
27.07
21.20
24.58
38.53
40.10
25.00
37.16
51.00
51.00
40.10
41.25
102.56
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .....
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
14.57
25.59
16.11
14.05
19.00
12.74
24.61
25.03
20.20
28.30
21.76
15.33
21.00
14.50
26.00
26.00
26.00
30.93
26.23
17.50
24.20
15.69
26.00
26.00
33.00
35.02
37.83
24.20
25.15
16.97
34.37
31.16
40.93
39.69
42.00
25.64
37.42
19.23
36.68
35.66
12.72
12.79
18.65
13.95
13.95
19.80
15.27
15.27
22.99
19.16
19.62
25.00
20.99
20.53
27.25
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
9.75
9.65
10.15
10.14
12.42
11.25
10.65
11.06
12.32
12.55
12.55
12.00
12.20
12.90
12.93
13.44
13.30
13.41
13.80
13.78
16.75
14.65
14.65
17.25
17.25
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
9.00
13.00
20.63
27.63
35.40
28.04
33.93
39.71
42.39
46.25
30.56
13.39
17.55
17.55
21.23
21.23
8.50
8.50
7.60
35.81
15.34
17.55
17.55
22.47
22.47
9.00
9.00
7.60
40.29
19.24
20.08
20.08
26.88
26.88
10.00
10.00
11.57
42.63
22.92
22.86
22.86
31.82
31.82
12.98
12.98
18.94
46.25
33.45
28.22
28.22
35.82
35.82
14.89
14.89
27.63
2.87
6.48
8.60
11.50
14.10
8.15
11.00
15.24
19.71
20.19
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.15
8.50
9.39
10.00
9.80
6.77
2.13
2.13
$9.90
10.00
10.00
10.14
11.00
8.00
2.25
2.13
$16.69
11.20
12.00
11.87
12.00
10.55
3.15
3.08
$19.71
12.65
13.00
13.00
12.50
12.50
7.82
3.23
$20.19
13.37
14.70
13.50
13.24
14.05
9.00
6.48
5.25
6.50
5.65
6.56
7.90
8.00
11.21
10.04
11.35
14.00
6.50
6.56
7.11
9.13
13.59
6.50
7.34
9.00
8.00
10.30
8.60
12.85
11.09
14.85
14.10
7.35
7.35
8.49
8.49
10.12
9.82
13.21
13.21
15.37
15.18
7.25
8.00
8.97
8.97
8.49
8.50
12.09
12.09
9.82
10.67
15.08
15.08
13.21
14.10
18.31
18.31
15.37
14.85
22.57
22.57
7.40
9.13
12.72
16.89
31.29
7.00
7.00
6.94
6.94
7.00
7.24
8.00
6.69
7.61
7.61
10.75
10.75
7.80
10.99
11.62
9.24
8.96
8.96
16.01
16.01
9.00
14.00
14.00
13.41
8.96
8.96
17.58
17.58
10.10
20.89
14.00
24.01
16.10
16.10
27.44
27.44
13.79
32.32
14.00
32.32
7.50
9.50
9.50
7.50
7.25
7.12
7.25
8.01
8.80
11.90
11.90
8.00
7.75
7.75
8.00
9.64
11.90
12.82
12.82
9.57
8.50
8.50
9.50
11.12
19.23
19.31
17.00
12.00
11.25
11.25
9.51
14.00
33.73
31.25
31.25
15.07
13.58
13.58
15.82
20.00
26.96
20.62
33.28
23.32
42.90
32.16
97.12
33.73
141.52
41.18
15.39
21.76
39.73
41.18
85.92
20.62
11.00
23.32
14.79
30.97
26.67
33.73
28.85
36.80
36.93
10.68
12.42
15.50
19.43
25.01
19.58
11.00
11.85
13.86
11.41
10.60
14.60
11.00
15.51
8.65
22.36
11.88
12.50
14.42
14.70
11.00
16.79
12.36
16.00
9.35
24.40
15.00
13.06
16.71
17.45
11.85
18.52
16.47
18.24
10.50
26.88
19.50
15.34
19.82
21.00
13.64
38.43
18.44
19.27
12.50
30.83
24.04
18.50
21.03
25.00
15.38
38.43
20.26
22.36
14.62
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Cooks, short order ........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
Recreation workers .......................................................
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.50
12.00
$8.25
15.10
$11.22
15.67
$14.00
17.11
$16.14
19.30
16.35
10.68
16.35
11.50
18.55
13.50
21.58
14.50
21.58
18.27
10.63
10.50
11.50
8.85
7.75
12.61
16.53
10.61
12.05
11.00
9.50
12.33
11.25
12.94
14.31
16.05
10.50
8.82
15.00
18.44
11.55
14.16
13.03
12.53
12.33
11.80
18.35
16.85
22.93
12.60
9.75
18.73
20.22
14.00
17.02
17.28
15.09
14.62
15.50
20.69
19.35
27.72
16.67
11.05
25.04
28.13
17.97
19.99
21.46
16.01
21.84
16.40
20.91
22.42
27.72
24.77
12.50
32.20
36.42
18.50
24.35
26.54
18.98
26.26
20.37
11.00
12.89
18.00
23.54
31.29
22.00
16.50
10.00
14.60
23.00
17.75
10.50
17.00
25.72
21.00
12.00
18.00
28.87
23.00
13.50
25.00
31.73
26.00
14.72
30.00
14.60
15.25
12.71
10.00
20.21
17.30
17.44
16.20
11.36
21.52
18.52
29.57
22.69
12.00
25.07
25.00
33.23
22.69
14.50
29.59
30.00
33.45
27.61
18.75
34.77
15.50
19.00
24.71
29.57
30.78
25.00
29.71
29.71
29.71
37.25
28.10
29.90
29.90
31.70
31.70
28.10
14.00
29.90
17.43
29.90
23.00
31.70
26.90
31.70
29.40
15.00
13.90
19.00
18.00
17.00
16.00
25.00
23.04
20.23
19.73
28.36
29.26
24.46
24.86
29.26
29.57
27.75
35.10
29.90
29.90
11.00
16.56
18.63
21.00
26.90
Occupation2
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
9.50
11.50
14.89
16.28
21.56
15.75
11.00
11.00
8.58
11.00
19.88
12.00
11.00
9.50
13.69
20.95
21.56
17.32
10.25
15.45
22.87
23.25
21.56
14.30
15.45
28.11
28.21
22.22
14.76
17.81
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
8.50
11.11
15.85
21.16
26.19
See footnotes at end of table.
35
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.85
10.53
8.84
11.00
14.31
7.50
13.80
7.27
$26.92
14.47
13.85
14.35
14.50
10.15
13.80
9.35
$27.53
16.90
15.36
16.50
17.16
15.30
17.91
10.62
$36.81
22.64
19.90
21.16
20.88
16.50
21.16
13.50
$36.81
26.93
26.14
24.10
21.16
21.16
21.36
18.51
7.50
6.25
9.90
7.00
10.92
9.25
14.06
12.00
20.00
13.50
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
36
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.95
$12.00
$18.27
$29.55
$42.31
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
21.25
20.69
27.23
26.71
39.60
25.00
36.71
10.36
21.93
29.82
26.69
25.64
29.92
27.78
52.89
32.56
36.71
20.43
22.60
30.00
37.78
28.06
33.84
31.77
60.41
43.92
42.75
31.05
35.92
33.36
62.44
45.03
42.97
33.11
63.61
63.40
48.50
40.87
64.71
41.10
67.31
96.15
45.25
40.43
72.12
70.04
50.13
40.87
64.71
58.57
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
19.68
23.11
24.52
29.65
30.21
38.48
39.89
40.80
49.92
40.80
18.88
18.88
28.05
22.28
24.67
19.68
17.37
26.09
26.09
30.21
30.21
30.21
24.62
31.84
21.49
19.37
27.18
27.18
36.39
30.21
30.21
28.63
43.07
27.57
26.11
30.74
30.74
37.98
37.98
47.21
36.54
48.16
40.87
32.69
35.00
35.00
84.57
84.57
57.69
43.27
51.10
60.82
41.37
35.00
35.00
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer and information scientists, research ................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
23.96
33.75
18.43
25.72
25.72
32.25
18.00
31.64
21.78
24.04
18.54
31.25
41.35
25.82
36.67
31.25
38.58
24.00
33.69
23.96
24.04
19.88
41.76
50.48
36.72
42.25
42.25
44.16
31.70
44.24
33.65
24.04
24.70
48.08
58.77
48.08
45.67
42.25
54.55
43.27
56.25
38.43
43.13
46.36
56.25
66.39
80.53
56.97
53.84
60.00
54.10
56.25
47.99
49.52
53.30
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
21.70
30.84
24.19
22.32
29.57
34.53
33.03
32.11
35.84
42.36
40.45
41.30
48.84
52.00
47.02
47.02
59.62
61.73
53.42
48.81
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
19.94
17.79
17.50
14.96
24.44
24.44
22.27
21.74
24.45
22.22
27.79
27.79
27.79
30.29
33.90
26.67
27.79
27.79
38.07
38.07
47.21
33.31
43.68
43.68
46.69
40.38
79.33
35.04
45.70
45.70
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
14.40
12.05
18.50
15.00
14.93
18.50
16.40
16.67
25.28
18.56
17.94
31.19
28.50
19.81
35.00
Legal occupations
Lawyers ............................................................................
43.75
61.30
75.42
80.77
120.19
9.50
21.38
10.00
23.01
21.38
23.79
29.01
49.52
37.10
67.23
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
21.38
30.98
41.27
57.00
57.00
12.02
18.99
9.00
18.00
24.30
9.23
24.57
27.58
9.62
30.03
31.00
10.84
31.89
31.00
12.49
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
16.00
12.00
16.17
21.03
14.75
21.03
31.36
21.00
38.53
42.60
26.44
51.00
51.26
40.10
102.56
See footnotes at end of table.
37
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
$14.52
25.47
16.11
14.05
19.00
12.74
24.61
25.03
$20.24
28.45
22.04
15.33
21.00
14.50
26.00
26.00
$26.00
31.00
25.99
17.50
24.20
15.69
26.00
26.00
$33.03
35.00
33.99
24.20
25.15
16.97
34.37
31.16
$39.95
38.94
42.00
25.64
37.42
19.23
36.68
35.66
12.72
12.65
18.65
13.40
13.00
19.80
15.27
15.27
22.99
16.54
15.27
25.19
18.80
17.28
27.30
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
9.75
9.75
10.25
10.14
12.42
11.25
10.65
11.09
12.00
12.55
12.55
12.00
12.30
12.59
12.93
13.38
13.42
13.50
13.39
13.62
16.02
14.65
14.78
16.92
17.25
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
8.00
8.50
8.50
9.00
9.00
9.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
13.77
12.50
12.50
18.66
14.89
14.89
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Cooks, short order ........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
2.87
6.48
8.50
11.21
14.00
8.15
8.50
14.94
19.71
20.19
8.15
8.50
9.39
10.00
9.80
6.77
2.13
2.13
8.50
10.00
10.00
10.14
11.00
8.00
2.25
2.13
14.94
11.20
12.50
11.87
12.00
11.08
3.15
3.08
19.71
13.00
13.37
13.00
12.50
12.50
7.82
3.23
20.19
13.37
14.70
13.50
13.24
14.05
9.00
6.48
5.25
6.50
5.40
6.56
7.90
8.00
8.75
9.52
11.35
13.59
6.50
7.34
6.56
8.00
7.11
8.60
9.00
11.09
12.59
14.10
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
7.35
7.30
8.37
8.25
9.75
9.75
13.21
13.21
15.08
14.76
7.00
8.00
8.17
8.50
9.67
10.41
12.10
14.10
14.04
14.85
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
7.40
6.94
6.94
6.75
10.99
7.93
9.13
10.75
10.75
7.50
11.00
14.00
12.00
16.01
16.01
8.50
14.00
14.00
16.75
17.58
17.58
9.50
14.00
14.00
33.30
27.44
27.44
11.37
14.00
14.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
7.50
9.50
9.50
7.50
7.12
7.12
7.25
8.01
8.78
11.90
11.90
8.00
7.75
7.75
8.00
9.64
11.90
12.82
12.82
9.52
8.50
8.50
9.50
11.20
19.23
19.31
17.00
12.00
11.15
11.15
9.51
14.00
33.73
31.25
31.25
15.00
12.92
12.92
15.82
20.00
26.96
20.62
33.28
23.32
42.90
32.16
97.12
33.73
141.52
41.18
15.39
21.76
39.73
41.18
85.92
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$20.62
11.00
$23.32
14.79
$30.97
26.67
$33.73
28.85
$36.80
36.93
10.61
12.16
15.50
19.23
25.01
19.58
10.92
11.85
13.96
11.41
10.60
11.00
8.65
7.50
12.00
10.68
21.41
11.88
12.50
14.42
14.70
11.00
12.36
9.35
8.25
15.10
11.50
24.32
15.00
13.06
16.71
17.00
11.85
16.47
10.50
11.22
15.67
13.50
26.88
18.99
15.34
19.50
21.00
13.64
18.44
12.50
14.00
17.11
14.50
31.06
24.04
18.50
21.03
25.00
15.38
20.26
14.62
16.14
19.30
18.27
10.63
11.50
8.85
7.75
12.61
17.46
10.61
12.00
10.75
12.33
11.45
12.94
16.05
10.50
8.82
14.50
18.60
11.55
13.67
13.03
12.33
11.50
18.35
22.93
12.60
9.75
18.73
21.43
14.00
16.89
13.93
14.62
15.50
20.69
27.72
16.67
11.05
25.38
31.73
17.97
19.23
23.48
21.84
15.50
20.91
27.72
24.77
12.50
33.72
36.42
18.50
25.38
26.54
26.26
18.49
11.00
12.89
18.00
23.00
31.25
22.00
16.25
10.00
15.00
22.50
17.60
10.50
17.00
25.00
20.50
12.00
17.30
28.25
23.00
13.39
22.00
31.73
25.00
14.72
30.00
14.60
15.25
12.50
10.00
17.30
17.44
16.20
11.36
18.00
29.97
22.69
12.00
25.00
33.23
22.69
14.50
33.75
33.45
24.69
18.75
15.50
19.21
25.00
29.60
30.69
28.10
29.90
29.90
31.70
31.70
28.10
14.00
29.90
17.43
29.90
23.00
31.70
26.90
31.70
29.40
15.10
13.20
19.00
18.00
17.00
15.50
25.00
23.04
20.23
18.45
28.36
29.26
25.12
26.53
29.26
29.57
28.50
35.10
29.90
29.90
9.50
11.50
14.88
16.28
21.56
15.75
11.00
11.00
8.57
11.00
18.51
12.00
11.00
9.20
13.69
20.95
21.56
17.32
10.09
15.45
20.95
23.25
21.56
14.30
15.45
28.11
28.21
22.22
14.76
17.81
8.49
10.62
15.50
21.16
24.10
15.85
10.15
14.31
7.50
26.92
14.35
14.50
10.15
27.53
16.50
16.55
15.30
36.81
21.16
20.88
16.50
36.81
24.10
21.16
21.16
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.80
7.27
$13.80
9.30
$17.91
10.62
$21.16
13.50
$21.36
18.34
7.50
6.25
9.90
7.00
10.92
9.25
14.56
12.00
20.01
13.50
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
40
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern
Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$13.80
$18.19
$25.63
$35.08
$46.95
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
27.03
36.56
31.50
44.72
41.66
51.31
52.62
54.60
57.47
58.10
43.19
46.01
52.12
54.67
57.52
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
19.03
22.04
27.45
31.54
37.23
20.62
26.93
27.47
37.23
37.23
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
18.72
18.38
21.95
19.06
26.52
22.37
35.37
26.02
41.60
27.81
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
18.94
19.19
26.59
39.24
42.33
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
20.04
23.48
30.34
37.85
47.52
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
19.39
20.62
22.07
21.17
20.67
11.59
23.93
24.76
24.76
24.89
25.45
16.42
29.53
31.15
34.46
29.56
30.01
19.39
34.74
40.08
43.79
32.58
32.58
21.19
44.73
52.87
55.98
34.58
34.86
26.93
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
25.03
30.00
27.30
44.24
31.17
47.89
47.89
47.89
47.89
47.89
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .....
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
16.96
29.78
26.28
34.33
33.88
38.50
44.12
48.93
53.20
56.45
28.25
29.29
35.05
33.70
35.71
40.75
36.91
51.06
40.34
65.25
27.25
27.25
27.68
27.25
30.44
29.64
31.84
30.44
36.82
35.05
36.51
36.48
46.30
42.32
43.62
45.76
53.69
50.39
52.51
53.20
26.94
30.13
35.98
45.11
53.05
28.36
27.68
31.32
30.70
38.94
37.25
47.52
46.89
54.75
53.69
27.68
26.35
30.74
30.62
37.33
39.91
46.95
50.69
53.69
55.70
25.85
18.00
19.60
12.26
29.79
23.00
23.33
14.16
36.67
23.21
33.18
16.17
46.36
30.02
47.19
18.74
53.18
51.05
55.10
22.54
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
14.94
25.73
20.20
27.36
26.22
28.84
32.54
37.95
44.99
45.04
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
5.15
11.59
12.65
21.29
23.09
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
15.68
19.24
23.71
31.46
37.74
28.04
33.93
39.71
42.39
46.25
30.56
13.39
17.55
17.55
21.23
21.23
8.64
35.81
15.34
17.55
17.55
23.08
23.08
12.37
40.29
19.24
20.08
20.08
26.90
26.90
14.69
42.63
22.92
22.86
22.86
32.33
32.33
18.71
46.25
33.45
28.22
28.22
35.82
35.82
20.92
8.76
11.36
13.22
16.53
19.16
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore-Northern
Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$10.68
10.46
$12.24
11.41
$13.67
12.95
$16.51
14.95
$19.88
18.66
10.68
12.46
12.46
11.95
12.69
12.69
13.22
15.40
15.40
15.46
20.97
20.97
19.47
24.16
24.16
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
7.61
10.00
6.47
6.37
9.98
12.12
8.48
8.15
13.46
13.92
13.41
20.70
19.37
15.99
26.84
27.65
27.05
18.57
32.32
32.32
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
12.47
14.81
14.81
13.94
14.97
15.70
13.48
14.42
12.16
10.97
15.52
19.38
17.90
15.33
16.96
16.36
15.58
16.23
14.77
13.58
18.17
21.76
19.73
16.94
18.24
17.64
18.17
18.47
17.29
17.20
21.48
22.77
22.77
19.21
19.27
20.16
20.96
22.17
20.96
20.56
25.15
25.02
23.35
23.02
24.21
21.24
25.24
27.58
22.90
25.62
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
13.19
21.86
17.71
25.41
25.34
29.12
28.85
33.03
33.42
35.12
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
16.16
18.63
22.55
26.58
30.84
14.23
14.23
16.69
16.69
19.77
19.77
22.55
22.55
24.86
24.86
Production occupations ....................................................
10.72
11.36
16.20
19.95
22.87
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
13.04
13.85
13.04
13.30
14.91
14.91
14.47
14.53
18.11
17.58
15.58
17.30
23.89
23.48
20.58
18.98
27.05
27.05
28.05
19.67
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$10.82
$14.28
$21.07
$31.70
$45.76
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
21.25
20.69
27.23
26.71
34.43
26.69
36.71
17.55
27.78
25.64
29.92
27.78
41.98
33.65
36.71
28.37
38.13
28.06
33.84
31.77
59.55
43.92
42.75
40.73
59.55
43.61
42.97
33.11
63.10
62.34
48.50
51.10
65.56
96.15
45.25
40.43
72.12
70.04
50.13
56.39
31.05
21.72
29.82
23.22
31.96
23.64
30.00
23.22
40.87
35.19
33.36
28.41
52.62
64.71
41.10
37.26
56.35
74.04
58.57
47.45
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
19.61
13.93
23.11
23.95
27.79
29.65
30.21
30.29
38.48
39.66
37.45
40.80
48.83
38.70
40.80
18.88
18.88
21.17
22.28
23.40
19.68
17.37
25.89
25.89
26.93
23.74
29.73
24.62
27.45
21.49
19.37
26.09
26.09
30.21
30.21
30.21
28.63
42.31
27.57
26.11
29.33
29.33
37.98
37.98
44.66
41.35
48.16
40.87
32.69
30.74
30.74
40.60
84.57
54.75
49.92
51.10
60.82
41.37
33.78
30.74
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
23.96
18.43
25.72
25.72
32.25
18.00
31.51
21.78
24.04
18.54
29.45
25.82
36.67
31.25
38.58
21.65
33.69
23.96
24.04
19.88
41.76
35.67
42.25
42.25
44.16
27.89
43.75
33.65
26.67
24.70
47.84
48.08
45.67
42.25
54.55
36.06
56.25
38.46
42.89
46.36
56.25
80.53
56.97
53.84
60.00
48.50
56.25
46.63
49.52
53.30
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
22.25
30.29
24.19
22.32
19.24
29.99
34.53
33.03
32.11
21.64
36.47
42.80
40.45
41.30
24.03
48.84
52.00
47.02
47.02
26.43
59.62
61.73
53.42
48.81
27.63
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
19.94
17.79
22.27
14.96
24.44
24.44
22.36
22.16
25.26
22.22
27.79
27.79
27.79
28.82
30.34
26.67
27.79
27.79
38.07
38.07
46.18
33.31
43.68
43.68
47.21
40.38
79.33
35.04
45.70
45.70
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
14.78
15.96
18.60
18.58
18.58
12.26
16.42
18.60
22.07
24.52
23.48
14.41
24.54
25.69
32.24
28.50
26.41
16.40
31.15
35.68
42.16
31.19
31.53
16.40
39.41
46.70
55.98
32.58
34.22
20.29
Legal occupations
Lawyers ............................................................................
37.73
47.89
69.71
75.42
84.14
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
10.66
21.38
40.02
20.48
23.01
43.03
30.44
35.39
51.57
40.87
49.98
52.56
52.45
59.85
67.23
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .....
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$28.25
21.38
$33.26
21.38
$36.01
23.01
$43.55
40.75
$57.00
57.34
24.24
10.50
27.68
25.70
29.14
12.02
31.84
29.45
34.14
27.93
36.51
34.32
44.12
36.51
43.62
43.90
53.20
45.31
52.51
52.51
26.09
29.60
33.82
43.62
51.99
24.24
26.34
29.02
30.14
35.24
34.40
46.30
44.50
53.69
53.20
26.34
28.14
30.16
31.32
34.40
40.64
44.68
51.75
53.20
55.70
27.93
19.60
9.00
30.19
25.00
9.50
37.02
28.71
10.84
46.40
36.73
15.42
53.36
51.85
18.94
15.75
12.00
16.17
21.00
14.75
21.03
27.07
21.00
38.53
40.45
25.00
51.00
51.00
33.20
102.56
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
15.27
25.21
16.11
14.05
18.94
12.74
24.39
20.67
28.21
23.33
15.25
22.05
14.50
26.00
26.00
30.40
25.99
17.41
24.20
15.69
26.00
31.74
34.23
31.63
24.20
25.32
16.97
29.96
41.16
39.55
44.99
25.64
37.42
19.23
34.94
13.40
18.65
14.94
19.80
15.27
22.77
19.62
25.13
20.99
27.08
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
10.25
10.00
10.00
11.25
12.42
11.75
11.02
11.00
12.55
12.55
12.55
12.00
12.00
12.93
12.93
13.47
13.32
13.30
14.83
13.38
16.92
14.70
14.63
17.25
17.25
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
10.50
15.76
22.26
29.08
36.11
28.04
33.93
39.71
42.39
46.25
30.56
13.39
17.55
17.55
21.23
21.23
8.55
8.55
35.81
15.34
17.55
17.55
22.61
22.61
9.00
9.00
40.29
19.24
20.08
20.08
26.88
26.88
11.08
11.08
42.63
22.92
22.86
22.86
31.82
31.82
13.71
13.71
46.25
33.45
28.22
28.22
35.82
35.82
14.45
14.45
3.11
8.50
10.50
13.15
17.07
11.00
13.99
17.88
19.71
20.19
11.00
9.25
9.39
10.11
2.13
2.13
13.99
10.11
10.00
10.14
2.13
2.13
17.95
11.80
12.50
11.92
3.11
2.83
19.71
13.00
13.37
13.15
7.50
3.11
20.19
14.00
14.70
13.50
11.21
7.65
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.15
$8.85
$9.75
$13.59
$14.85
8.50
8.85
9.50
14.00
15.53
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
8.17
8.17
9.00
8.75
12.33
12.10
14.76
14.10
17.76
15.37
8.17
8.00
8.97
8.97
9.98
8.50
12.46
12.46
12.78
10.32
15.08
15.08
14.04
14.10
18.31
18.31
16.68
14.85
22.57
22.57
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Child care workers ............................................................
7.42
6.94
6.94
7.00
9.36
10.75
10.75
8.00
13.41
16.01
16.01
9.13
17.58
17.58
17.58
10.50
37.97
45.43
45.43
13.58
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
9.50
9.50
9.50
8.25
7.80
7.80
8.50
9.76
11.22
11.90
11.90
9.51
8.72
8.72
9.50
10.50
14.46
12.82
12.82
11.52
11.05
11.05
9.51
11.86
24.68
19.31
17.00
14.00
12.84
12.84
15.07
15.00
37.73
31.25
31.25
18.20
16.04
16.04
15.82
24.68
26.96
20.62
33.28
23.32
42.90
32.16
97.12
33.73
141.52
41.18
15.39
21.76
39.73
41.18
85.92
20.62
12.73
23.32
17.05
30.97
28.20
33.73
36.93
36.80
36.93
11.06
13.15
16.12
19.86
25.38
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
19.58
11.03
12.16
13.86
11.41
10.60
13.94
12.02
15.51
10.93
11.00
22.36
12.37
13.00
14.42
14.70
11.06
15.33
12.90
16.00
11.67
15.11
24.40
15.38
13.32
16.71
17.00
12.04
16.94
17.21
18.24
13.50
15.67
26.88
19.38
15.72
19.82
22.30
14.35
19.21
18.44
19.27
15.11
17.11
30.83
24.04
18.50
21.03
30.69
17.20
23.02
20.78
22.36
16.52
20.50
16.35
10.82
10.50
11.50
8.85
9.13
13.35
16.18
10.89
12.05
12.00
12.26
12.82
16.35
12.00
14.31
16.05
10.75
9.26
15.52
18.60
12.59
14.50
13.03
13.71
14.96
18.55
13.50
16.85
22.93
12.60
10.64
19.04
20.63
15.00
17.31
19.58
19.65
15.50
21.58
14.50
19.35
27.72
16.67
11.99
25.36
28.13
18.40
19.99
23.48
23.33
17.38
21.58
18.42
22.42
27.72
24.77
12.60
32.31
36.42
18.50
24.35
26.54
30.00
21.22
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
11.00
12.89
18.00
23.63
31.32
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$22.00
16.50
10.00
14.60
$23.46
17.75
10.50
17.00
$25.72
21.00
12.00
18.00
$29.25
23.00
13.50
25.00
$31.73
26.00
14.72
30.00
14.60
15.25
12.71
10.00
20.21
17.30
17.44
16.20
11.36
21.52
18.52
29.57
22.69
12.00
25.07
25.00
33.23
22.69
14.50
29.59
30.00
33.45
27.61
18.75
34.77
15.50
18.74
24.50
29.57
30.78
25.00
29.71
29.71
29.71
37.25
28.10
29.90
29.90
31.70
31.70
28.10
14.00
29.90
17.43
29.90
23.00
31.70
26.90
31.70
29.40
15.00
13.90
19.00
18.00
17.00
16.00
25.00
23.04
20.23
19.73
28.36
29.26
24.46
24.86
29.26
29.57
27.75
35.10
29.90
29.90
11.00
16.56
18.63
21.00
26.90
9.95
11.50
14.90
16.36
22.22
15.75
11.00
11.00
8.58
11.50
19.88
13.20
11.00
9.50
11.50
20.95
21.56
19.10
10.25
13.00
22.87
23.25
21.56
14.30
16.01
28.11
28.21
22.22
14.76
17.13
9.90
13.50
17.48
21.16
27.05
15.85
8.88
8.60
12.94
14.31
7.50
13.80
9.80
26.92
15.01
13.04
14.35
14.50
10.15
13.80
9.90
27.53
18.34
16.20
16.50
18.00
15.30
17.91
11.36
36.81
23.79
21.66
21.16
20.88
16.50
21.16
15.60
36.81
27.05
29.45
24.10
21.16
21.16
21.36
20.06
9.90
9.90
11.36
15.85
20.72
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
46
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$6.48
$7.50
$9.50
$12.61
$22.06
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.45
21.38
22.36
12.49
35.21
32.67
20.00
42.19
35.93
23.87
46.33
46.33
42.19
54.65
52.90
18.00
17.98
8.50
18.36
20.00
10.45
21.43
23.21
12.49
26.35
23.21
14.52
37.72
24.00
15.56
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
10.10
26.36
19.00
16.00
30.70
21.76
31.00
33.75
37.83
36.68
37.08
42.00
39.70
40.93
42.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
8.25
9.25
10.31
9.25
9.75
11.70
10.25
11.36
12.69
13.02
13.16
14.65
14.48
14.65
14.65
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
7.60
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
11.23
10.00
10.00
16.50
27.00
27.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
2.77
8.00
9.25
2.13
2.13
3.20
8.75
9.75
2.87
2.25
6.77
9.75
11.00
3.20
3.08
8.45
11.87
11.87
8.00
3.23
10.75
12.00
12.00
9.00
6.48
3.08
6.25
5.25
6.50
5.65
6.90
7.90
8.00
8.01
10.00
6.30
7.00
6.50
7.34
6.85
8.60
7.11
11.03
10.00
11.09
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
8.50
8.50
9.82
9.82
11.30
11.30
7.00
7.50
8.50
9.82
11.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
7.00
8.71
10.74
12.72
21.89
7.00
7.00
6.96
6.37
7.00
7.61
7.61
7.47
7.22
7.93
8.96
8.96
8.50
8.93
10.32
8.96
8.96
9.13
30.00
25.00
16.10
16.10
16.00
32.32
30.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.00
7.00
6.83
6.83
7.00
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.78
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.78
9.50
9.43
8.75
8.65
10.62
11.00
11.00
10.50
10.50
11.85
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
7.84
10.00
8.76
10.00
6.15
7.39
10.61
10.00
11.00
15.45
10.92
7.29
7.60
12.61
11.50
11.48
21.00
11.00
10.00
7.84
18.00
13.75
21.00
21.00
11.48
11.55
8.82
18.00
20.91
21.00
25.00
12.44
14.86
9.50
18.00
Production occupations ....................................................
7.00
10.00
10.00
13.00
13.72
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
6.15
6.50
6.68
7.00
8.50
8.62
11.00
10.60
14.47
12.25
6.85
7.25
8.45
10.92
12.37
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Part-time workers
Occupation3
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.15
$7.00
$8.75
$10.00
$12.00
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
48
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$831
39.3
$51,240
$42,571
2,012
1,754
1,771
1,486
1,286
1,527
1,154
1,346
1,271
40.4
43.4
41.3
40.5
90,864
92,097
77,290
66,886
78,576
60,000
70,001
66,086
2,092
2,256
2,150
2,104
59.55
43.92
42.75
40.73
2,282
1,917
1,887
1,465
2,423
1,779
1,940
1,581
41.5
40.0
43.1
38.7
118,673
99,660
98,105
74,655
126,000
92,500
100,880
74,714
2,159
2,080
2,243
1,970
43.44
40.87
1,640
1,635
37.8
83,085
85,010
1,912
38.82
35.19
1,524
1,437
39.3
78,522
73,197
2,023
37.00
33.36
1,553
1,334
42.0
80,749
69,385
2,182
37.41
28.41
1,477
1,137
39.5
76,821
59,099
2,053
32.84
29.13
35.39
30.21
30.29
38.48
1,328
1,165
1,576
1,208
1,212
1,340
40.4
40.0
44.5
68,966
60,583
81,972
62,828
62,999
69,680
2,100
2,080
2,316
36.13
30.21
1,417
1,209
39.2
73,694
62,845
2,040
37.33
35.58
31.56
38.15
34.93
27.33
30.30
30.13
30.21
30.21
28.63
42.31
27.57
26.11
29.33
29.33
1,490
1,423
1,269
1,599
1,388
1,064
1,184
1,180
1,209
1,208
1,158
1,692
1,103
1,044
1,173
1,087
39.9
40.0
40.2
41.9
39.7
38.9
39.1
39.2
77,457
74,010
65,995
83,131
72,179
55,354
61,570
61,352
62,845
62,828
60,226
88,001
57,352
54,309
61,004
56,539
2,075
2,080
2,091
2,179
2,067
2,025
2,032
2,036
40.19
41.78
41.80
41.76
35.67
42.25
1,616
1,671
1,672
1,667
1,427
1,690
40.2
40.0
40.0
83,943
86,908
86,945
86,667
74,198
87,882
2,089
2,080
2,080
40.91
42.25
1,636
1,690
40.0
85,092
87,882
2,080
45.41
30.56
43.98
44.16
27.89
43.75
1,816
1,222
1,758
1,766
1,115
1,750
40.0
40.0
40.0
94,457
63,545
91,440
91,847
58,001
91,000
2,080
2,079
2,079
33.57
33.65
1,342
1,346
40.0
69,229
69,998
2,062
33.75
32.73
26.67
24.70
1,343
1,309
1,000
988
39.8
40.0
69,827
68,085
52,001
51,376
2,069
2,080
39.60
44.15
39.79
36.47
42.80
40.45
1,585
1,767
1,594
1,459
1,712
1,618
40.0
40.0
40.1
82,431
91,858
82,884
75,864
89,014
84,151
2,082
2,080
2,083
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$25.47
$21.07
$1,002
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Education administrators,
postsecondary ..........................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
Social and community service
managers ......................................
43.44
40.82
35.95
31.79
38.13
28.06
33.84
31.77
54.97
47.91
43.73
37.89
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Cost estimators ...................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Employment, recruitment, and
placement specialists ...............
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Budget analysts ..................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Insurance underwriters ...................
Loan counselors and officers ..............
Loan officers ...................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Operations research analysts .............
Annual earnings5
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
38.72
41.30
1,549
1,652
40.0
80,533
85,908
2,080
23.53
24.03
941
961
40.0
48,934
49,984
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..............................
32.20
30.00
39.33
27.79
28.82
30.34
1,319
1,153
1,756
1,200
1,111
1,248
41.0
38.4
44.7
68,159
59,975
91,322
62,401
57,757
64,917
2,117
1,999
2,322
See footnotes at end of table.
49
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Life, physical, and social science
occupations –Continued
Economists .........................................
Market and survey researchers ..........
Market research analysts ...............
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Social workers ....................................
Child, family, and school social
workers .....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Legal occupations
Lawyers ..............................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Social sciences teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
teachers ....................................
Kindergarten teachers, except
special education ..................
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Librarians ............................................
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Writers and editors .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$26.40
33.48
33.48
$26.67
27.79
27.79
$1,193
1,303
1,303
$1,200
1,042
1,042
45.2
38.9
38.9
$62,025
67,756
67,756
$62,401
54,183
54,183
2,350
2,024
2,024
25.58
28.55
24.54
25.69
999
1,094
951
1,003
39.0
38.3
49,655
52,151
47,980
49,502
1,941
1,827
33.77
27.25
32.24
28.50
1,297
1,080
1,241
1,140
38.4
39.6
59,016
56,013
57,368
59,280
1,748
2,056
27.01
26.41
1,067
1,032
39.5
55,309
53,643
2,048
16.24
16.40
648
656
39.9
33,712
34,112
2,076
66.66
69.71
2,634
2,788
39.5
136,988
145,001
2,055
31.32
38.93
30.44
35.39
1,180
1,565
1,125
1,456
37.7
40.2
51,005
71,766
48,474
62,000
1,628
1,843
50.80
51.57
2,032
2,063
40.0
93,602
89,834
1,843
38.79
36.01
1,572
1,470
40.5
63,668
60,000
1,641
32.98
23.01
1,319
920
40.0
66,121
47,861
2,005
36.20
34.14
1,335
1,252
36.9
54,902
52,430
1,516
26.85
27.93
1,034
1,066
38.5
44,895
44,875
1,672
38.15
36.51
1,438
1,307
37.7
57,432
51,425
1,505
36.79
34.32
1,360
1,264
37.0
55,261
51,668
1,502
36.62
33.82
1,349
1,247
36.8
54,784
51,288
1,496
37.29
37.37
35.24
34.40
1,391
1,360
1,334
1,253
37.3
36.4
56,716
56,054
53,415
55,000
1,521
1,500
37.39
41.37
34.40
40.64
1,361
1,490
1,253
1,445
36.4
36.0
56,098
60,572
55,000
59,961
1,500
1,464
38.95
32.61
12.78
37.02
28.71
10.84
1,391
1,240
481
1,334
1,131
407
35.7
38.0
37.6
57,063
56,764
22,108
55,029
53,301
20,787
1,465
1,740
1,729
32.76
21.67
48.11
27.07
21.00
38.53
1,289
860
1,766
1,083
840
1,349
39.4
39.7
36.7
66,781
44,705
91,845
56,306
43,680
70,125
2,039
2,063
1,909
28.80
31.56
28.16
26.00
30.40
25.99
1,128
1,211
1,100
1,040
1,154
1,040
39.1
38.4
39.1
58,375
62,696
54,616
54,080
60,000
54,061
2,027
1,987
1,940
19.63
17.41
785
696
40.0
40,815
36,209
2,079
See footnotes at end of table.
50
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$968
40.0
$52,008
$50,332
2,079
628
627
40.0
32,651
32,629
2,080
26.00
1,096
1,040
40.0
57,013
54,080
2,080
16.60
15.27
664
611
40.0
34,538
31,766
2,080
22.76
22.77
890
883
39.1
46,273
45,906
2,033
13.11
12.55
506
502
38.6
26,327
26,096
2,008
12.18
12.00
463
461
38.0
24,063
23,966
1,976
12.17
12.00
462
460
38.0
24,032
23,920
1,975
13.94
13.91
12.93
12.93
544
552
516
517
39.1
39.7
28,313
28,683
26,826
26,884
2,031
2,063
22.98
22.26
933
892
40.6
47,922
46,394
2,086
38.16
39.71
1,526
1,588
40.0
79,346
82,597
2,079
38.86
20.74
40.29
19.24
1,554
958
1,612
878
40.0
46.2
80,795
49,822
83,799
45,630
2,079
2,402
21.30
21.30
27.57
27.57
20.08
20.08
26.88
26.88
856
856
1,100
1,100
803
803
1,075
1,075
40.2
40.2
39.9
39.9
44,505
44,505
57,201
57,201
41,760
41,760
55,915
55,915
2,089
2,089
2,074
2,074
11.26
11.26
11.08
11.08
446
446
420
420
39.6
39.6
23,212
23,212
21,840
21,840
2,061
2,061
10.99
10.50
415
402
37.8
21,322
20,800
1,941
17.03
17.88
691
707
40.6
34,743
36,240
2,040
17.19
11.57
12.07
11.92
4.91
3.45
10.90
17.95
11.80
12.50
11.92
3.11
2.83
9.75
698
436
471
460
177
124
411
719
448
500
477
109
85
351
40.6
37.7
39.0
38.6
36.1
36.0
37.7
35,058
22,641
24,321
23,903
9,227
6,470
20,936
36,757
23,296
26,000
24,802
5,666
4,430
18,267
2,039
1,957
2,015
2,006
1,878
1,874
1,920
10.89
9.50
412
340
37.8
21,418
17,680
1,967
12.44
11.91
12.33
12.10
474
452
462
462
38.1
38.0
24,589
23,475
24,042
24,042
1,977
1,972
12.41
11.16
15.31
12.78
10.32
15.08
470
425
604
462
392
565
37.9
38.1
39.4
24,386
22,105
31,076
24,042
20,363
29,400
1,965
1,980
2,029
15.31
15.08
604
565
39.4
31,076
29,400
2,029
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$25.02
$24.20
$1,000
15.70
15.69
27.41
See footnotes at end of table.
51
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Barbers and cosmetologists ...............
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and
cosmetologists ..........................
Child care workers ..............................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products ..............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Miscellaneous sales and related
workers .........................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ...
Customer service representatives ......
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ......................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and
loan ...............................................
Order clerks ........................................
Human resources assistants, except
payroll and timekeeping ................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$504
603
34.6
36.7
$30,222
35,472
$25,646
31,356
1,777
1,906
682
380
603
356
36.7
39.3
35,472
19,367
31,356
18,720
1,906
2,003
14.46
841
577
39.5
43,289
30,001
2,031
18.45
12.82
747
577
40.5
38,840
30,001
2,105
17.76
12.73
11.28
11.28
12.82
11.52
11.05
11.05
720
499
438
438
577
420
408
408
40.5
39.2
38.8
38.8
37,445
25,955
22,766
22,766
30,001
21,840
21,210
21,210
2,109
2,039
2,018
2,018
11.22
14.49
9.51
11.86
455
569
380
464
40.5
39.3
23,667
29,610
19,770
24,128
2,109
2,044
60.07
42.90
2,403
1,716
40.0
124,951
89,230
2,080
31.86
32.16
1,300
1,286
40.8
67,603
66,887
2,122
45.45
39.73
1,818
1,589
40.0
94,541
82,628
2,080
28.82
30.97
1,181
1,246
41.0
61,421
64,817
2,131
25.39
28.20
982
1,128
38.7
43,687
37,701
1,721
17.53
16.12
692
642
39.5
35,894
33,326
2,047
24.87
16.73
14.37
24.40
15.38
13.32
992
662
575
975
615
533
39.9
39.6
40.0
51,568
34,397
29,892
50,690
31,988
27,706
2,073
2,056
2,080
17.54
16.71
694
669
39.6
36,108
34,765
2,059
18.31
12.84
17.65
16.40
17.00
12.04
16.94
17.21
714
514
706
654
680
482
677
684
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
37,144
26,707
36,719
34,029
35,360
25,039
35,229
35,565
2,029
2,080
2,080
2,075
18.40
18.24
736
730
40.0
38,267
37,939
2,080
13.59
16.02
13.50
15.67
544
641
540
627
40.0
40.0
28,275
33,314
28,080
32,583
2,080
2,080
18.90
13.90
16.84
18.55
13.50
16.85
756
547
672
742
540
674
40.0
39.3
39.9
39,305
28,448
34,928
38,586
28,080
35,048
2,080
2,046
2,074
21.22
14.31
10.95
22.93
12.60
10.64
849
568
438
917
504
426
40.0
39.7
40.0
44,132
29,532
22,767
47,694
26,208
22,140
2,080
2,064
2,080
21.02
19.04
822
749
39.1
42,545
38,948
2,024
24.54
14.93
20.63
15.00
962
569
816
557
39.2
38.1
50,014
29,582
42,436
28,960
2,038
1,981
17.45
17.31
690
673
39.5
35,454
34,751
2,032
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.00
18.61
$13.41
16.01
$588
682
18.61
9.67
16.01
9.13
21.31
See footnotes at end of table.
52
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Computer operators ............................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment
operators ..................................
Electricians .........................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Construction and building inspectors ..
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Radio and telecommunications
equipment installers and repairers
Telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers, except
line installers .............................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Telecommunications line installers
and repairers ............................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers
Printers ...............................................
Printing machine operators .............
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers .....
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and
material-moving machine and
vehicle operators ..........................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Bus drivers, school .........................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$783
40.0
$38,048
$40,726
2,080
760
637
765
620
39.0
39.3
39,517
32,803
39,790
32,240
2,029
2,022
18.00
776
720
39.9
40,216
37,440
2,071
26.86
20.88
12.32
20.25
25.72
21.00
12.00
18.00
1,074
835
493
810
1,029
840
480
720
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
55,873
43,437
25,609
40,691
53,506
43,680
24,960
36,837
2,080
2,080
2,079
2,009
21.08
26.56
18.52
29.57
843
1,058
741
1,166
40.0
39.8
43,848
55,008
38,522
60,632
2,080
2,071
20.38
12.89
25.75
22.69
12.00
25.07
811
515
1,017
907
480
980
39.8
40.0
39.5
42,130
26,806
52,861
47,187
24,960
50,960
2,067
2,080
2,053
24.25
24.50
969
978
40.0
50,399
50,877
2,078
30.13
29.71
1,199
1,188
39.8
62,335
61,801
2,069
30.12
29.90
1,205
1,196
40.0
62,643
62,196
2,080
30.12
22.03
29.90
23.00
1,205
889
1,196
920
40.0
40.4
62,643
46,230
62,196
47,840
2,080
2,098
21.30
20.23
841
809
39.5
43,730
42,078
2,053
21.17
26.71
19.73
28.36
832
1,068
774
1,134
39.3
40.0
43,278
55,548
40,244
58,989
2,044
2,080
26.38
29.26
1,055
1,170
40.0
54,861
60,865
2,080
18.63
18.63
745
745
40.0
38,753
38,750
2,080
15.22
14.90
607
596
39.9
31,546
30,992
2,072
21.32
19.62
17.69
11.04
13.83
20.95
21.56
19.10
10.25
13.00
877
762
688
432
545
838
809
716
402
520
41.1
38.8
38.9
39.1
39.4
45,598
39,607
35,765
22,481
28,365
43,576
42,042
37,245
20,910
27,040
2,138
2,019
2,022
2,036
2,051
21.94
17.48
837
712
38.1
42,794
36,013
1,950
29.38
18.81
17.29
18.17
27.53
18.34
16.20
16.50
1,251
667
578
745
1,101
648
550
660
42.6
35.5
33.4
41.0
65,063
29,043
23,430
38,347
57,267
25,790
22,643
34,320
2,214
1,544
1,355
2,110
18.50
18.00
767
660
41.5
39,204
33,800
2,119
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$18.29
$19.58
$732
19.48
16.22
19.65
15.50
19.42
See footnotes at end of table.
53
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$612
717
448
40.5
40.0
39.6
$30,950
37,194
26,574
$31,818
37,259
23,296
2,104
2,078
2,058
451
39.6
27,184
23,462
2,059
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$14.71
17.90
12.91
$15.30
17.91
11.36
$595
715
511
13.21
11.36
523
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
Annual earnings5
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
54
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$788
39.4
$51,066
$40,791
2,043
1,771
1,780
1,486
1,286
1,500
1,154
1,346
1,271
40.6
43.5
41.3
40.5
92,048
92,572
77,290
66,886
78,000
60,000
70,001
66,086
2,109
2,261
2,150
2,104
60.58
43.92
42.75
31.05
2,408
1,900
1,887
1,146
2,523
1,779
1,940
1,075
41.7
40.0
43.1
38.7
125,220
98,778
98,105
59,375
131,190
92,500
100,880
55,922
2,170
2,080
2,243
2,005
38.79
35.92
1,506
1,437
38.8
77,237
74,714
1,991
36.94
33.36
1,551
1,334
42.0
80,646
69,385
2,183
33.33
35.39
30.21
38.48
1,351
1,576
1,208
1,340
40.5
44.5
70,231
81,972
62,828
69,680
2,107
2,316
38.22
36.39
1,504
1,380
39.3
78,187
71,772
2,046
38.93
37.95
31.58
41.10
34.93
27.33
30.13
30.13
30.21
30.21
28.63
43.07
27.57
26.11
29.33
29.33
1,557
1,518
1,270
1,743
1,388
1,064
1,180
1,180
1,209
1,208
1,158
1,938
1,103
1,044
1,087
1,087
40.0
40.0
40.2
42.4
39.7
38.9
39.2
39.2
80,980
78,945
66,042
90,627
72,179
55,354
61,352
61,352
62,845
62,828
60,226
100,788
57,352
54,309
56,539
56,539
2,080
2,080
2,091
2,205
2,067
2,025
2,036
2,036
40.67
41.78
41.80
41.76
35.67
42.25
1,636
1,671
1,672
1,670
1,427
1,690
40.2
40.0
40.0
85,088
86,908
86,945
86,861
74,198
87,882
2,092
2,080
2,080
40.91
42.25
1,636
1,690
40.0
85,092
87,882
2,080
45.41
34.57
44.08
44.16
31.70
43.80
1,816
1,382
1,762
1,766
1,268
1,752
40.0
40.0
40.0
94,457
71,870
91,641
91,847
65,938
91,104
2,080
2,079
2,079
33.17
33.65
1,330
1,346
40.1
69,178
69,998
2,085
33.39
32.73
24.04
24.70
1,328
1,309
962
988
39.8
40.0
69,038
68,085
49,999
51,376
2,068
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$25.00
$20.02
$986
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
postsecondary ..........................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
43.65
40.94
35.95
31.79
37.50
28.06
33.84
31.77
57.72
47.48
43.73
29.62
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Cost estimators ...................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Employment, recruitment, and
placement specialists ...............
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Budget analysts ..................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Insurance underwriters ...................
Loan counselors and officers ..............
Loan officers ...................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Operations research analysts .............
Annual earnings5
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
40.04
44.28
39.79
36.84
43.43
40.45
1,604
1,773
1,594
1,475
1,737
1,618
40.1
40.0
40.1
83,406
92,207
82,884
76,679
90,341
84,151
2,083
2,082
2,083
38.72
41.30
1,549
1,652
40.0
80,533
85,908
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..............................
Economists .........................................
Market and survey researchers ..........
Market research analysts ...............
32.39
30.27
41.31
26.40
33.48
33.48
27.79
30.29
33.90
26.67
27.79
27.79
1,335
1,162
1,891
1,193
1,303
1,303
1,181
1,184
1,695
1,200
1,042
1,042
41.2
38.4
45.8
45.2
38.9
38.9
69,405
60,433
98,307
62,025
67,756
67,756
61,400
61,576
88,150
62,401
54,183
54,183
2,143
1,996
2,380
2,350
2,024
2,024
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
18.30
16.55
25.14
16.40
16.67
25.39
726
657
987
656
667
1,011
39.7
39.7
39.3
37,701
34,178
50,998
34,112
34,663
52,580
2,061
2,065
2,028
See footnotes at end of table.
55
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Legal occupations
Lawyers ..............................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$72.71
$75.42
$2,864
$3,017
39.4
$148,953
$156,876
2,049
22.64
36.28
21.38
23.79
878
1,461
850
952
38.8
40.3
41,864
68,599
37,822
50,313
1,850
1,891
50.80
51.57
2,032
2,063
40.0
93,602
89,834
1,843
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Social sciences teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Librarians ............................................
Teacher assistants .............................
42.29
43.40
1,735
1,598
41.0
68,926
64,141
1,630
23.46
26.49
9.99
24.80
27.58
9.62
898
1,013
381
992
1,000
380
38.3
38.2
38.2
39,283
48,183
19,836
38,084
50,006
19,760
1,674
1,819
1,985
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Writers and editors .............................
33.73
21.46
48.11
28.58
20.67
38.53
1,315
850
1,766
1,185
827
1,349
39.0
39.6
36.7
68,105
44,210
91,845
57,075
43,000
70,125
2,019
2,060
1,909
28.98
31.34
25.52
26.00
30.68
25.99
1,133
1,198
1,021
1,040
1,160
1,040
39.1
38.2
40.0
58,931
62,306
53,089
54,080
60,320
54,061
2,034
1,988
2,080
19.63
17.41
785
696
40.0
40,815
36,209
2,079
25.02
24.20
1,000
968
40.0
52,008
50,332
2,079
15.70
15.69
628
627
40.0
32,651
32,629
2,080
27.41
26.00
1,096
1,040
40.0
57,013
54,080
2,080
22.93
22.99
896
900
39.1
46,574
46,800
2,031
13.01
12.55
502
502
38.6
26,125
26,096
2,009
12.31
12.08
468
464
38.0
24,340
24,122
1,978
12.31
12.08
468
464
38.0
24,340
24,122
1,978
13.63
12.90
532
516
39.0
27,670
26,826
2,029
12.90
11.33
510
450
39.5
25,229
21,840
1,955
11.08
11.08
10.36
10.36
439
439
405
405
39.6
39.6
22,820
22,820
21,070
21,070
2,059
2,059
10.78
10.50
408
389
37.9
21,239
20,202
1,970
16.90
17.07
693
721
41.0
36,051
37,482
2,133
17.08
11.50
12.10
11.92
4.91
3.45
10.82
17.95
11.80
12.50
11.92
3.11
2.83
9.52
701
433
471
460
177
124
415
734
448
500
477
109
85
351
41.1
37.7
39.0
38.6
36.1
36.0
38.4
36,469
22,530
24,515
23,903
9,227
6,470
21,586
38,183
23,296
26,000
24,802
5,666
4,430
18,267
2,135
1,959
2,026
2,006
1,878
1,874
1,995
10.89
9.50
412
340
37.8
21,418
17,680
1,967
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
56
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Barbers and cosmetologists ...............
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and
cosmetologists ..........................
Child care workers ..............................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products ..............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Miscellaneous sales and related
workers .........................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Interviewers, except eligibility and
loan ...............................................
Order clerks ........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Medical secretaries .........................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$452
451
37.6
37.6
$23,008
22,575
$23,483
23,462
1,955
1,957
445
423
462
371
37.3
38.0
23,128
21,990
24,042
19,282
1,942
1,974
12.81
16.01
582
682
492
603
34.2
36.7
30,250
35,472
25,597
31,356
1,778
1,906
18.61
8.87
16.01
8.50
682
348
603
332
36.7
39.2
35,472
18,112
31,356
17,277
1,906
2,041
21.34
14.37
842
577
39.5
43,336
30,001
2,031
18.45
12.82
747
577
40.5
38,848
30,001
2,105
17.76
12.64
11.02
11.02
12.82
11.50
10.50
10.50
720
496
427
427
577
420
404
404
40.6
39.2
38.8
38.8
37,450
25,768
22,217
22,217
30,001
21,840
21,021
21,021
2,109
2,038
2,015
2,015
11.22
14.49
9.51
11.86
455
569
380
464
40.5
39.3
23,667
29,610
19,770
24,128
2,109
2,044
60.07
42.90
2,403
1,716
40.0
124,951
89,230
2,080
31.86
32.16
1,300
1,286
40.8
67,603
66,887
2,122
45.45
39.73
1,818
1,589
40.0
94,541
82,628
2,080
28.82
30.97
1,181
1,246
41.0
61,421
64,817
2,131
25.39
28.20
982
1,128
38.7
43,687
37,701
1,721
17.40
15.67
688
629
39.5
35,768
32,698
2,056
24.85
16.46
14.37
24.32
15.15
13.32
991
652
575
972
606
533
39.9
39.6
40.0
51,524
33,900
29,892
50,565
31,512
27,706
2,073
2,060
2,080
17.22
16.71
681
669
39.6
35,433
34,765
2,058
18.10
12.84
16.40
17.00
12.04
17.21
708
514
654
680
482
684
39.1
40.0
39.9
36,792
26,707
34,029
35,360
25,039
35,565
2,033
2,080
2,075
13.59
16.02
13.84
13.50
15.67
13.50
544
641
544
540
627
540
40.0
40.0
39.3
28,275
33,314
28,309
28,080
32,583
28,080
2,080
2,080
2,045
21.22
14.31
10.95
22.93
12.60
10.64
849
568
438
917
504
426
40.0
39.7
40.0
44,132
29,532
22,767
47,694
26,208
22,140
2,080
2,064
2,080
21.40
19.23
838
749
39.2
43,571
38,948
2,036
25.73
14.93
23.86
15.00
1,010
569
887
557
39.3
38.1
52,532
29,582
46,150
28,960
2,042
1,981
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$11.77
11.54
$11.32
11.32
$443
434
11.91
11.14
12.19
10.26
17.02
18.61
See footnotes at end of table.
57
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Computer operators ............................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment
operators ..................................
Electricians .........................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Radio and telecommunications
equipment installers and repairers
Telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers, except
line installers .............................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Telecommunications line installers
and repairers ............................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers
Printers ...............................................
Printing machine operators .............
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers .....
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and
material-moving machine and
vehicle operators ..........................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$681
672
39.6
40.0
$35,883
37,649
$35,131
34,965
2,061
2,080
760
629
765
620
39.0
39.4
39,517
32,685
39,790
32,240
2,029
2,048
18.00
768
720
40.0
39,807
37,440
2,071
26.79
20.68
12.28
20.17
25.72
20.50
12.00
17.30
1,072
827
491
807
1,029
820
480
692
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
55,725
43,023
25,533
40,279
53,506
42,640
24,960
35,992
2,080
2,080
2,079
1,997
21.00
26.57
18.00
29.97
840
1,058
720
1,166
40.0
39.8
43,672
55,036
37,440
60,632
2,080
2,071
19.83
12.89
22.69
12.00
793
515
907
480
40.0
40.0
41,208
26,806
47,187
24,960
2,078
2,080
24.42
25.00
977
1,000
40.0
50,779
52,000
2,080
30.12
29.90
1,205
1,196
40.0
62,643
62,196
2,080
30.12
22.04
29.90
23.00
1,205
890
1,196
920
40.0
40.4
62,643
46,279
62,196
47,840
2,080
2,100
21.77
20.23
857
834
39.4
44,585
43,385
2,048
21.98
26.71
18.45
28.36
857
1,068
738
1,134
39.0
40.0
44,587
55,548
38,366
58,989
2,029
2,080
26.38
29.26
1,055
1,170
40.0
54,861
60,865
2,080
15.21
14.90
606
596
39.9
31,524
30,992
2,073
21.27
19.62
17.69
11.07
13.83
20.95
21.56
19.10
10.09
13.00
876
762
688
432
545
838
809
716
402
520
41.2
38.8
38.9
39.1
39.4
45,528
39,607
35,765
22,475
28,365
43,576
42,042
37,245
20,910
27,040
2,140
2,019
2,022
2,031
2,051
22.14
16.85
846
710
38.2
43,859
36,720
1,981
29.25
18.22
27.53
16.50
1,249
748
1,101
660
42.7
41.0
64,961
38,467
57,267
34,320
2,221
2,111
18.60
18.00
773
652
41.6
39,466
33,800
2,121
14.71
15.30
595
612
40.5
30,950
31,818
2,104
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.41
18.10
$17.38
16.81
$690
724
19.48
15.96
19.65
15.50
19.22
See footnotes at end of table.
58
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$717
440
40.0
39.6
$37,191
26,508
$37,259
22,880
2,078
2,058
448
39.6
27,192
23,296
2,058
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.89
12.88
$17.91
11.36
$715
510
13.21
11.36
523
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
Annual earnings5
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
59
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
All workers ................................................
$28.50
$26.52
$1,105
$1,024
38.8
$52,246
$48,883
1,833
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
42.33
49.12
41.93
51.31
1,662
1,897
1,630
1,955
39.3
38.6
84,728
94,593
79,300
96,615
2,002
1,926
50.89
52.12
1,958
2,002
38.5
96,943
99,651
1,905
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
27.59
27.45
1,093
1,098
39.6
56,112
57,088
2,034
29.65
27.47
1,153
1,030
38.9
59,962
53,563
2,022
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer support specialists .............
28.49
22.69
26.52
22.37
1,130
908
1,061
895
39.7
40.0
57,316
47,203
54,925
46,530
2,012
2,080
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
29.38
26.59
1,158
1,104
39.4
60,217
57,404
2,049
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
31.07
30.34
1,230
1,214
39.6
61,195
63,103
1,970
30.99
33.58
29.56
31.15
1,195
1,268
1,164
1,193
38.6
37.8
57,660
58,518
57,368
57,368
1,861
1,743
35.73
28.54
34.46
29.56
1,366
1,138
1,334
1,183
38.2
39.9
61,210
59,152
58,753
61,493
1,713
2,073
28.70
30.32
1,144
1,207
39.9
59,474
62,774
2,072
20.80
20.18
824
778
39.6
42,832
40,481
2,059
36.96
43.80
31.17
47.89
1,478
1,752
1,247
1,916
40.0
40.0
76,877
91,096
64,825
99,615
2,080
2,080
35.81
42.67
34.77
38.13
1,330
1,711
1,286
1,557
37.1
40.1
54,922
75,975
52,924
67,814
1,534
1,780
39.09
37.07
1,430
1,351
36.6
58,040
54,903
1,485
36.80
35.05
1,376
1,284
37.4
54,780
50,065
1,489
38.15
36.51
1,438
1,307
37.7
57,432
51,425
1,505
38.76
36.82
1,422
1,350
36.7
58,026
54,897
1,497
38.30
36.11
1,405
1,330
36.7
56,991
53,442
1,488
40.15
39.14
38.94
37.25
1,477
1,425
1,427
1,361
36.8
36.4
61,296
57,832
59,730
55,000
1,527
1,477
39.18
41.90
37.33
41.96
1,427
1,507
1,362
1,475
36.4
36.0
57,890
60,709
55,000
60,487
1,478
1,449
39.49
35.87
17.04
38.06
34.94
16.35
1,406
1,359
627
1,350
1,373
599
35.6
37.9
36.8
57,093
61,040
24,630
54,902
59,713
23,472
1,446
1,702
1,446
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Social workers ....................................
Child, family, and school social
workers .....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
teachers ....................................
Kindergarten teachers, except
special education ..................
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Librarians ............................................
Teacher assistants .............................
See footnotes at end of table.
60
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
$27.51
32.59
$26.22
28.84
$1,085
1,274
$1,041
1,139
39.4
39.1
$54,377
64,553
$53,518
58,860
1,977
1,981
Healthcare support occupations .........
14.83
12.65
572
474
38.5
29,723
24,668
2,004
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
26.00
23.74
1,064
976
40.9
55,352
50,762
2,129
38.16
39.71
1,526
1,588
40.0
79,346
82,597
2,079
38.86
20.74
40.29
19.24
1,554
958
1,612
878
40.0
46.2
80,795
49,822
83,799
45,630
2,079
2,402
21.30
21.30
27.79
27.79
20.08
20.08
26.90
26.90
856
856
1,108
1,108
803
803
1,075
1,075
40.2
40.2
39.9
39.9
44,505
44,505
57,642
57,642
41,760
41,760
55,915
55,915
2,089
2,089
2,074
2,074
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
15.57
14.95
559
556
35.9
22,711
23,629
1,459
14.63
13.54
13.67
12.95
580
534
539
509
39.6
39.5
30,014
27,603
27,945
26,458
2,052
2,039
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
13.86
16.94
13.22
15.74
546
678
522
630
39.4
40.0
28,172
35,237
27,117
32,735
2,033
2,080
16.94
15.74
678
630
40.0
35,237
32,735
2,080
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
16.89
14.95
668
580
39.5
29,913
26,150
1,771
18.67
21.16
18.23
21.76
729
820
716
797
39.1
38.7
36,926
42,158
36,462
41,436
1,978
1,992
20.51
17.65
21.74
16.94
784
706
797
677
38.2
40.0
40,761
36,719
41,436
35,229
1,988
2,080
18.71
18.24
749
730
40.0
38,924
37,939
2,080
18.90
18.17
735
704
38.9
37,034
36,119
1,959
19.94
18.47
777
737
38.9
40,383
38,309
2,025
17.66
17.25
17.29
17.20
686
670
654
652
38.8
38.9
33,293
33,225
32,309
32,520
1,886
1,926
23.70
29.07
25.34
29.12
935
1,134
972
1,154
39.5
39.0
48,633
58,966
50,565
60,006
2,052
2,029
22.61
22.55
897
902
39.7
46,654
46,883
2,063
20.04
19.77
796
789
39.7
41,383
41,038
2,065
20.04
19.77
796
789
39.7
41,383
41,038
2,065
16.59
16.85
646
636
39.0
33,607
33,051
2,026
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ...
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ......................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Construction and building inspectors ..
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Production occupations ......................
See footnotes at end of table.
61
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Bus drivers, school .........................
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$20.14
19.93
18.86
$19.05
19.19
17.37
$752
712
633
$714
670
584
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
37.3
35.7
33.6
$34,414
30,235
24,666
$32,725
27,189
24,037
1,709
1,517
1,308
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
62
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV
CSA, April 2007
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$23.20
$20.42
$24.37
$28.90
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
35.62
38.35
34.16
11.36
17.09
17.63
16.78
21.05
19.22
24.49
17.51
14.87
20.24
32.23
34.23
31.13
10.74
15.79
15.74
15.83
20.25
17.78
24.18
13.47
13.16
13.83
38.14
41.29
35.93
11.04
18.76
19.34
18.36
21.36
–
25.42
16.95
16.59
17.35
38.93
43.05
37.36
13.36
18.88
28.72
17.23
24.69
–
25.55
32.41
13.93
41.58
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.6
7.0
3.9
3.5
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
3.5
4.3
3.7
4.5
4.0
9.5
2.1
3.3
3.7
2.0
4.0
3.9
5.9
5.4
8.9
5.1
8.0
5.7
13.4
2.9
5.2
3.8
3.9
7.3
10.0
11.3
4.7
3.6
7.1
3.8
8.2
14.8
5.0
5.7
–
8.1
6.5
5.1
11.0
3.2
4.7
4.1
3.5
8.3
24.7
2.3
8.1
–
6.1
12.9
9.0
16.6
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.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
63
Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV
CSA, April 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$716
39.5
$45,522
$37,217
2,048
1,519
1,252
895
1,154
1,122
1,045
40.3
43.4
38.2
78,993
65,111
46,526
60,000
58,356
54,323
2,096
2,259
1,989
30.21
28.63
1,214
1,290
1,208
1,288
41.1
40.7
63,146
67,079
62,828
66,999
2,137
2,116
37.88
39.30
50.72
41.76
42.25
54.55
1,532
1,572
2,029
1,670
1,690
2,182
40.4
40.0
40.0
79,648
81,746
105,506
86,861
87,882
113,454
2,103
2,080
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
34.84
31.49
1,394
1,260
40.0
72,475
65,499
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
29.60
30.29
1,242
1,212
42.0
64,598
63,003
2,182
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
Teacher assistants .................................................
16.55
11.00
634
420
38.3
30,115
24,047
1,820
23.33
9.99
24.75
9.62
894
382
992
380
38.3
38.2
38,936
19,863
37,551
19,760
1,669
1,988
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
32.82
22.97
1,297
919
39.5
67,445
47,776
2,055
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
29.14
26.00
1,144
1,040
39.3
59,482
54,080
2,041
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
12.81
13.08
12.55
12.55
494
508
502
502
38.5
38.8
25,676
26,396
26,096
26,096
2,004
2,017
10.52
10.14
394
380
37.5
20,498
19,781
1,948
16.03
17.95
666
788
41.5
34,632
41,001
2,160
16.03
11.10
11.53
4.25
3.07
10.11
17.95
11.00
11.20
3.11
2.83
9.50
666
415
446
147
107
382
788
407
448
109
108
340
41.5
37.4
38.7
34.6
34.8
37.8
34,632
21,589
23,217
7,655
5,566
19,883
41,001
21,164
23,296
5,666
5,606
17,680
2,160
1,944
2,014
1,800
1,811
1,966
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
10.09
9.55
8.50
8.49
365
344
306
298
36.2
36.1
18,965
17,900
15,925
15,470
1,880
1,875
Personal care and service occupations .................
Barbers and cosmetologists ...................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ....
Child care workers ..................................................
15.16
18.61
18.61
8.58
12.00
16.01
16.01
8.25
572
682
682
336
440
603
603
330
37.7
36.7
36.7
39.2
29,731
35,472
35,472
17,480
22,880
31,356
31,356
17,160
1,961
1,906
1,906
2,037
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
19.54
14.00
12.83
12.82
761
570
514
497
39.0
40.7
39,584
29,633
26,707
25,857
2,026
2,117
14.00
11.87
10.41
10.41
13.99
12.82
11.15
10.50
10.50
11.86
570
456
398
398
535
497
414
400
400
415
40.7
38.5
38.2
38.2
38.2
29,633
23,737
20,677
20,677
27,802
25,857
21,547
20,800
20,800
21,585
2,117
2,000
1,987
1,987
1,988
33.25
31.16
1,330
1,246
40.0
69,160
64,817
2,080
29.77
31.16
1,191
1,246
40.0
61,925
64,817
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$22.23
$18.00
$879
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Education administrators ........................................
37.69
28.82
23.40
30.00
25.64
28.37
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Accountants and auditors .......................................
29.56
31.70
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, systems software
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation
and serving workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers ..................
Cooks .....................................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...............................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
64
Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV
CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$620
574
680
482
499
540
749
39.4
39.5
38.9
40.0
40.0
39.2
38.6
$34,075
32,085
37,419
27,383
30,508
28,133
39,608
$32,240
29,848
35,360
25,039
25,960
28,080
38,948
2,049
2,056
2,023
2,080
2,080
2,039
2,010
822
769
38.2
42,728
40,000
1,989
14.50
15.50
642
628
580
620
39.5
39.8
33,391
32,641
30,160
32,240
2,052
2,069
17.78
16.57
711
660
40.0
36,822
34,061
2,071
25.67
20.95
11.45
17.20
13.59
24.20
21.00
11.00
17.30
12.00
1,027
838
458
688
544
968
840
440
692
480
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
53,387
43,568
23,822
33,900
28,276
50,344
43,680
22,880
35,992
24,960
2,080
2,080
2,080
1,971
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
Line installers and repairers ...................................
24.08
21.75
25.69
24.00
23.00
28.10
964
879
1,028
961
920
1,124
40.0
40.4
40.0
50,140
45,727
53,445
49,951
47,840
58,438
2,082
2,102
2,080
Production occupations ..........................................
13.65
11.50
547
460
40.1
28,469
23,920
2,086
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
15.15
17.39
16.94
10.96
14.60
16.26
16.25
10.00
606
700
678
433
590
651
650
397
40.0
40.2
40.0
39.6
31,197
35,711
34,203
22,540
29,759
33,800
32,240
20,670
2,059
2,053
2,019
2,057
10.90
10.00
431
397
39.5
22,393
20,670
2,054
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Tellers .................................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
$16.63
15.60
18.50
13.17
14.67
13.79
19.71
$15.50
14.42
17.00
12.04
12.48
13.50
18.73
$655
617
720
527
587
541
762
21.48
19.23
16.27
15.77
Construction and extraction occupations .............
First-line supervisors/managers of construction
trades and extraction workers ..........................
Carpenters ..............................................................
Construction laborers .............................................
Construction equipment operators .........................
Helpers, construction trades ...................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
65
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV
CSA, April 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$880
39.3
$56,915
$45,760
2,037
2,078
1,571
2,391
1,788
1,560
1,506
1,713
1,874
1,577
2,500
1,779
1,635
1,437
1,750
40.9
41.2
42.0
40.0
39.4
38.8
42.9
107,960
81,681
124,317
92,969
80,418
77,237
89,099
97,448
81,994
130,000
92,500
85,010
74,714
91,000
2,124
2,144
2,183
2,080
2,031
1,991
2,231
32.30
1,433
1,334
40.2
74,506
69,376
2,089
41.12
37.98
1,608
1,421
39.1
83,606
73,895
2,033
43.20
44.76
31.51
41.10
36.12
27.33
37.98
47.21
27.40
43.07
27.57
26.11
1,728
1,790
1,257
1,743
1,430
1,064
1,519
1,888
1,096
1,938
1,103
1,044
40.0
40.0
39.9
42.4
39.6
38.9
89,861
93,102
65,360
90,627
74,356
55,354
79,000
98,197
57,000
100,788
57,352
54,309
2,080
2,080
2,074
2,205
2,059
2,025
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, applications .......
Computer software engineers, systems software
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
Network and computer systems administrators ......
43.69
45.65
47.02
43.11
35.63
38.43
44.84
41.35
44.68
47.46
42.23
35.81
36.48
38.43
1,748
1,826
1,881
1,724
1,424
1,536
1,808
1,651
1,787
1,898
1,689
1,432
1,442
1,537
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
90,913
94,954
97,807
89,672
74,071
79,852
94,027
85,856
92,934
98,706
87,838
74,479
75,001
79,928
2,081
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,079
2,078
2,097
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Electronics engineers, except computer .........
41.45
43.49
39.79
38.72
38.18
41.59
40.45
41.30
1,661
1,742
1,594
1,549
1,527
1,664
1,618
1,652
40.1
40.1
40.1
40.0
86,394
90,576
82,884
80,533
79,416
86,507
84,151
85,908
2,084
2,083
2,083
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
Physical scientists ..................................................
Market and survey researchers ..............................
Market research analysts ...................................
33.45
44.28
33.48
33.48
27.79
35.92
27.79
27.79
1,369
2,063
1,303
1,303
1,116
1,847
1,042
1,042
40.9
46.6
38.9
38.9
71,200
107,277
67,756
67,756
58,046
96,059
54,183
54,183
2,129
2,423
2,024
2,024
Community and social services occupations ........
Counselors .............................................................
Social workers ........................................................
18.80
16.55
25.14
17.65
16.67
25.39
745
657
987
673
667
1,011
39.6
39.7
39.3
38,640
34,178
50,998
34,977
34,663
52,580
2,056
2,065
2,028
Legal occupations ....................................................
Lawyers ..................................................................
73.11
73.11
75.42
75.42
2,863
2,863
3,017
3,017
39.2
39.2
148,875
148,875
156,876
156,876
2,036
2,036
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ...........
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..............................................
33.21
36.28
50.80
23.79
23.79
51.57
1,319
1,461
2,032
952
952
2,063
39.7
40.3
40.0
63,199
68,599
93,602
49,479
50,313
89,834
1,903
1,891
1,843
42.29
43.40
1,735
1,598
41.0
68,926
64,141
1,630
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
34.42
36.46
1,329
1,357
38.6
68,582
70,549
1,993
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Therapists ...............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .....
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ........
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ...
Radiologic technologists and technicians ...........
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
28.94
31.34
28.00
19.63
25.02
15.70
28.80
27.32
24.35
26.26
30.68
25.99
17.41
24.20
15.69
29.55
26.26
24.46
1,131
1,198
1,120
785
1,000
628
1,152
1,093
939
1,040
1,160
1,040
696
968
627
1,182
1,050
946
39.1
38.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.5
58,811
62,306
58,232
40,815
52,008
32,651
59,901
56,816
48,809
54,061
60,320
54,061
36,209
50,332
32,629
61,464
54,621
49,171
2,032
1,988
2,080
2,079
2,079
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,004
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$27.94
$22.28
$1,098
Management occupations .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems managers .......
Financial managers ................................................
Education administrators ........................................
Education administrators, postsecondary ...........
Medical and health services managers ..................
50.82
38.09
56.94
44.69
39.59
38.79
39.94
46.25
40.43
60.10
43.92
40.87
35.92
41.10
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement
specialists .....................................................
Management analysts ............................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Budget analysts ......................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
Insurance underwriters .......................................
35.66
See footnotes at end of table.
66
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV
CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$493
465
465
538
38.7
38.2
38.2
40.0
$26,689
24,901
24,901
33,012
$25,626
24,180
24,180
27,955
2,014
1,987
1,987
2,080
544
457
457
466
453
453
39.6
39.5
39.5
28,264
23,782
23,782
24,253
23,566
23,566
2,058
2,054
2,054
11.35
437
440
38.7
22,726
22,880
2,013
18.98
17.07
756
707
39.8
39,297
36,757
2,070
19.93
12.77
5.68
3.83
12.06
17.07
13.00
4.00
2.13
11.03
793
494
216
–
475
707
490
85
–
475
39.8
38.7
38.0
–
39.4
41,237
25,671
11,237
–
24,698
36,757
25,480
4,430
–
24,700
2,069
2,011
1,977
–
2,048
11.64
10.04
457
351
39.3
23,775
18,267
2,043
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
12.59
12.51
12.28
13.20
13.21
12.45
483
481
487
462
462
490
38.4
38.5
39.7
25,093
25,007
25,330
24,042
24,042
25,459
1,994
2,000
2,063
Personal care and service occupations .................
23.75
14.14
606
577
25.5
31,523
30,026
1,328
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers ...............
24.01
30.37
16.52
21.22
967
1,211
658
849
40.3
39.9
48,941
62,981
33,989
44,138
2,038
2,074
30.41
13.76
12.00
12.00
15.05
23.80
19.96
11.63
10.75
10.75
12.10
17.46
1,216
555
476
476
611
939
798
461
430
430
480
698
40.0
40.3
39.7
39.7
40.6
39.5
63,246
28,843
24,750
24,750
31,765
37,831
41,517
23,962
22,360
22,360
24,960
34,362
2,080
2,096
2,062
2,062
2,111
1,590
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Tellers .................................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ..................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Medical secretaries .............................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Computer operators ................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .......
Office clerks, general ..............................................
18.19
17.00
722
678
39.7
37,515
35,256
2,063
25.14
17.34
24.04
16.25
1,001
688
962
660
39.8
39.7
52,075
35,778
49,999
34,299
2,071
2,063
18.24
17.58
12.08
17.60
13.59
12.82
10.57
23.25
18.99
18.74
11.36
17.53
13.50
12.60
9.93
20.03
716
692
483
701
544
505
423
924
760
703
454
701
540
504
397
801
39.3
39.3
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.4
40.0
39.8
37,252
35,971
25,136
36,451
28,275
26,269
21,991
48,039
39,499
36,543
23,629
36,458
28,080
26,208
20,654
41,642
2,042
2,046
2,080
2,071
2,080
2,048
2,080
2,066
28.02
15.45
26.22
15.10
1,116
602
1,049
572
39.8
38.9
58,043
31,289
54,542
29,744
2,072
2,025
19.48
18.10
19.48
16.63
19.23
16.81
19.65
15.39
779
724
760
632
769
672
765
606
40.0
40.0
39.0
38.0
40,467
37,649
39,517
32,839
40,000
34,965
39,790
31,512
2,077
2,080
2,029
1,975
21.83
28.76
20.38
33.11
871
1,143
815
1,324
39.9
39.7
45,223
59,418
41,600
68,873
2,072
2,066
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
$13.25
12.53
12.53
15.87
$12.59
12.40
12.40
13.44
$513
479
479
635
Protective service occupations ...............................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ..
Security guards ...................................................
13.73
11.58
11.58
11.70
11.33
11.33
11.29
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation
and serving workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers ..................
Cooks .....................................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ...............................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ..........................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Electricians .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
67
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV
CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..........
Line installers and repairers ...................................
$25.46
$26.80
$1,014
$1,072
39.8
$52,752
$55,744
2,072
19.87
19.13
28.38
20.23
18.45
29.60
791
765
1,135
809
738
1,184
39.8
40.0
40.0
41,119
39,795
59,036
42,078
38,366
61,568
2,069
2,080
2,080
Production occupations ..........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers .........................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
16.30
11.40
16.04
15.45
10.09
16.01
647
456
622
618
404
600
39.7
40.0
38.8
33,643
23,709
32,330
32,136
20,991
31,214
2,064
2,080
2,016
Transportation and material moving occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation
and material-moving machine and vehicle
operators ..........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
26.14
19.19
975
799
37.3
50,688
41,523
1,939
29.25
19.32
21.11
16.49
18.01
14.39
27.53
18.31
19.96
16.50
21.16
13.81
1,249
815
933
660
720
570
1,101
733
799
660
846
552
42.7
42.2
44.2
40.0
40.0
39.6
64,961
42,375
48,518
34,298
37,434
29,616
57,267
38,091
41,523
34,320
44,013
28,679
2,221
2,193
2,298
2,080
2,078
2,058
15.04
15.26
596
588
39.6
31,008
30,597
2,062
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
68
Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$24.74
$21.94
$28.85
$23.62
$23.33
$27.03
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
34.84
39.73
33.92
18.62
17.68
14.44
18.70
25.78
23.36
28.37
22.76
16.47
27.66
31.87
–
32.35
14.82
16.98
13.96
18.74
26.29
23.79
29.07
23.11
–
29.38
35.18
40.39
34.12
23.12
18.72
–
18.67
21.61
19.30
23.50
19.78
–
19.84
35.39
38.14
33.97
11.81
17.16
17.77
16.83
19.98
18.63
22.75
14.47
14.06
14.89
35.67
38.38
34.19
10.89
17.10
17.78
16.70
19.77
18.36
22.81
14.39
14.05
14.75
33.08
35.33
32.31
19.58
18.49
–
18.60
24.01
26.03
22.06
17.76
–
18.46
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
5.5
7.6
3.6
3.5
3.9
2.4
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
3.8
13.1
2.2
7.9
4.2
4.8
4.0
3.8
4.8
2.6
14.8
7.9
16.0
17.0
–
17.6
10.2
6.4
5.9
6.7
4.5
5.7
2.6
17.3
–
20.8
3.9
13.6
1.6
3.0
4.4
–
4.4
8.8
11.8
7.4
6.7
–
7.1
3.2
4.0
3.4
4.0
3.9
9.6
2.0
4.1
4.2
2.5
6.4
8.7
9.8
3.5
4.3
3.8
4.8
4.1
9.6
2.1
4.3
4.2
2.7
6.5
8.8
10.2
4.1
5.3
4.2
6.0
3.5
–
3.6
4.3
6.6
7.7
9.9
–
9.1
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
69
Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$23.72
$23.09
$24.86
$24.86
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
35.33
38.44
33.86
12.60
16.32
14.33
17.21
21.03
–
24.23
17.54
14.80
20.15
35.61
38.62
34.04
10.72
16.14
14.31
17.05
20.89
19.16
24.41
17.43
14.78
20.23
35.99
31.50
–
–
24.43
30.92
12.95
24.40
–
25.22
18.26
15.73
20.32
35.99
31.50
–
–
24.43
30.92
12.95
24.40
–
25.22
18.26
15.73
20.32
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.0
3.7
11.2
11.2
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.9
4.0
3.0
2.6
3.0
9.7
1.9
3.3
–
2.0
3.8
4.3
5.9
3.5
4.6
3.7
3.9
3.2
9.8
2.0
3.4
3.9
2.2
4.0
4.4
6.6
12.9
9.6
–
–
16.8
14.3
4.4
6.4
–
7.8
13.7
3.7
19.9
12.9
9.6
–
–
16.8
14.3
4.4
6.4
–
7.8
13.7
3.7
19.9
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, 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.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
Goods producing
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
All workers ................................................
–
–
–
$37.06
–
–
–
–
–
Management, professional, and related
Management, business, and financial
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
47.76
63.46
40.56
–
27.77
–
19.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.81
28.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
Management, professional, and related
Management, business, and financial
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.1
6.4
1.0
–
14.3
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.8
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park, and the
counties of Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier,
Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and
Warren, VA; the counties of Calvert, Charles,
Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George’s, MD; and
the county of Jefferson, WV
• Winchester, VA–WV, Metropolitan Statistical Area: the
city of Winchester and the county of Frederick, VA; and
the county of Hampshire, WV
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households,
and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope
of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a
central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing
support services to a company. For private industries in
this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment
is defined as all locations of a government agency within
the sampled area.
The statistical area covered by this survey is defined by
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of
December 2003. The Washington–Baltimore–Northern
Virginia, DC–MD–VA–WV, Combined Statistical Area
(CSA) includes:
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
• Baltimore–Towson, MD, Metropolitan Statistical Area:
the city of Baltimore and the counties of Anne Arundel,
Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Queen
Anne’s, MD
• Lexington Park, MD, Micropolitan Statistical Area: St.
Mary’s County, MD
• Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV,
Metropolitan Statistical Area: the District of Columbia;
the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church,
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
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Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
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on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteristics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced
to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts
of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in
this publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only indi-
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vidual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
3,731,300
3,243,100
488,200
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
1,315,900
388,100
927,800
750,500
931,200
343,600
587,600
337,800
216,900
120,900
395,900
186,300
209,600
1,036,100
339,800
696,300
645,300
872,700
341,500
531,100
316,800
206,900
110,000
372,300
184,400
187,800
279,900
48,400
231,500
105,200
58,600
–
56,500
21,000
10,000
11,000
23,600
1,900
21,800
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response,
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, April 2007
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
142,555
141,406
1,150
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
991
533
317
141
880
431
308
141
111
102
9
0
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
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