St. Louis, MO–IL
National Compensation Survey
July 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Keith Hall, Commissioner
March 2008
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
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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 St. Louis, MO–IL, Metropolitan Statistical Area
(MSA). Data were collected between December 2006 and
January 2008; the average reference month is July 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, St. Louis,
MO-IL, July 2007
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$20.28
3.3
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 .............
29.98
31.94
29.11
11.88
15.10
14.17
15.59
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.4
$20.04
3.7
5.7
7.8
5.6
6.7
2.5
4.9
3.3
36.5
39.9
35.1
32.0
35.5
32.0
37.6
30.51
32.29
29.57
10.61
15.10
14.17
15.63
27.46
29.43
24.59
2.6
1.2
4.1
39.4
39.7
38.9
18.66
19.10
18.15
4.1
3.7
7.9
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
21.46
11.34
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.2
$22.37
2.3
37.0
6.8
8.3
7.1
7.6
2.6
4.9
3.5
36.5
39.8
34.9
30.9
35.5
32.0
37.9
27.32
25.73
27.50
18.38
15.13
–
15.13
5.4
6.8
6.2
7.0
3.4
–
3.4
36.5
41.7
36.0
38.6
35.1
–
35.1
27.63
29.86
24.63
2.5
.5
4.2
39.5
40.0
38.9
24.45
24.71
–
6.0
8.1
–
37.2
37.0
–
36.0
39.3
32.8
18.58
19.10
17.96
4.2
3.7
8.1
36.0
39.3
32.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
8.7
39.6
19.7
21.27
11.28
3.9
9.1
39.6
19.7
22.99
12.42
2.4
15.8
39.6
18.3
24.39
19.02
5.3
4.0
38.4
34.5
24.26
18.86
6.4
4.3
38.1
34.5
25.05
20.79
4.6
5.2
40.4
35.3
20.39
18.63
3.3
8.4
35.6
33.1
20.15
18.63
3.8
8.4
35.4
33.1
22.37
–
2.3
–
37.0
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
25.36
18.51
3.1
4.5
39.8
34.1
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
18.66
20.30
23.28
6.4
7.4
6.9
34.4
35.8
36.8
18.47
19.85
23.65
6.9
8.6
8.3
34.1
35.8
36.8
22.23
23.41
21.46
5.6
3.7
5.2
40.1
35.4
37.0
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, St. Louis, MO-IL,
July 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 ..............................................................................
$20.28
3.3
$21.46
3.4
$11.34
8.7
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
36.29
30.75
44.45
52.65
41.78
46.66
42.86
23.11
56.73
41.38
14.8
7.2
11.3
7.0
6.5
5.5
13.6
19.9
3.6
13.1
36.79
30.75
44.45
52.65
41.78
46.66
42.86
23.11
56.73
41.38
15.2
7.2
11.3
7.0
6.5
5.5
13.6
19.9
3.6
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
27.55
19.67
22.89
26.10
30.33
6.4
12.9
4.9
5.4
1.9
27.68
19.67
22.89
26.10
30.33
6.4
12.9
4.9
5.4
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.13
6.8
25.13
6.8
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
37.31
33.36
33.01
49.04
47.18
34.92
7.1
8.7
7.1
7.3
6.6
10.8
37.31
33.36
33.01
49.04
47.18
34.92
7.1
8.7
7.1
7.3
6.6
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
32.72
29.27
32.33
34.87
32.69
27.48
6.4
3.3
3.0
8.4
2.8
7.1
32.28
29.27
32.33
34.38
32.69
27.48
6.8
3.3
3.0
8.8
2.8
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
16.04
5.5
16.04
5.5
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
28.25
33.62
32.21
34.55
44.14
10.2
6.0
8.3
7.7
10.5
29.37
–
32.21
34.63
45.42
8.4
–
8.3
7.8
10.8
14.39
–
–
–
–
32.7
–
–
–
–
31.74
34.96
30.79
33.98
2.2
8.5
5.3
8.1
32.45
34.96
31.44
33.98
.8
8.5
8.4
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.07
35.44
36.55
3.6
6.2
7.6
36.97
35.44
36.55
1.7
6.2
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.44
36.55
10.50
6.2
7.6
9.5
35.44
36.55
10.85
6.2
7.6
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
25.92
21.7
26.32
21.3
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
25.50
16.65
18.85
25.21
26.05
27.67
45.43
45.38
4.7
5.2
3.4
2.1
5.2
10.4
5.6
14.9
25.21
17.69
19.42
25.24
26.03
28.43
48.11
30.20
4.5
2.7
3.0
2.5
5.4
12.0
2.2
7.6
27.29
–
–
25.01
–
–
–
–
22.8
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
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, St. Louis, MO-IL,
July 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$66.66
24.47
25.55
25.81
26.53
30.13
29.11
23.97
26.43
25.37
25.34
17.41
17.25
6.8
6.0
1.2
.7
11.5
8.4
7.2
6.6
2.2
7.0
7.1
2.9
3.7
$49.72
25.07
25.63
25.77
–
30.13
29.54
–
–
25.41
25.41
17.40
17.24
17.2
4.5
1.3
.7
–
8.4
7.5
–
–
8.1
8.1
2.9
3.7
–
$21.72
25.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.3
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations
Level 3 .............................................................
14.38
10.09
10.38
11.88
10.50
10.08
9.77
9.98
10.00
9.80
18.1
2.0
7.0
10.9
4.3
2.1
7.7
1.3
1.4
10.5
14.64
–
10.63
11.88
10.50
–
10.04
9.90
–
10.01
18.1
–
7.6
10.9
5.1
–
8.4
.6
–
11.2
10.55
–
9.47
–
10.45
–
–
10.79
–
–
8.8
–
7.7
–
12.9
–
–
12.9
–
–
11.91
2.2
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
14.85
22.72
23.66
23.66
19.6
2.3
2.6
2.6
15.20
22.72
23.66
23.66
21.4
2.3
2.6
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
8.57
6.54
6.70
9.19
10.80
6.6
10.8
11.1
2.9
10.8
10.13
6.94
7.64
–
10.77
4.9
19.2
26.1
–
13.8
6.59
6.27
6.27
–
–
4.0
6.1
4.4
–
–
13.43
15.0
13.43
15.0
–
–
13.43
10.36
11.26
10.07
11.43
10.04
5.55
4.70
4.93
5.23
4.66
15.0
8.3
11.6
8.8
.1
5.3
29.5
23.5
29.0
36.6
35.1
13.43
10.23
–
9.64
–
10.60
–
–
–
–
–
15.0
10.3
–
10.3
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.60
–
–
–
–
5.01
5.39
4.43
4.54
4.27
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
22.8
18.5
23.6
28.9
25.8
7.43
7.40
10.8
2.4
–
–
–
–
6.93
7.28
6.2
3.1
10.57
9.34
9.74
11.23
10.06
9.34
10.39
10.88
5.7
6.7
10.3
4.3
5.7
6.7
11.4
4.0
10.94
9.46
10.57
11.27
10.37
9.46
11.77
10.87
5.6
6.8
9.3
5.0
5.9
6.8
8.2
4.7
8.29
–
–
–
8.14
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Occupational therapists ................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, St. Louis, MO-IL,
July 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations –Continued
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
$10.96
10.07
12.02
10.88
8.11
8.34
10.63
10.63
6.1
9.5
9.5
4.2
2.7
2.0
16.8
16.8
$11.05
10.19
12.09
–
8.44
8.42
–
–
6.5
10.0
9.7
–
1.5
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 2 .............................................................
15.18
7.54
19.0
1.4
11.78
–
14.4
–
$17.93
–
17.0
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
14.17
7.90
12.35
17.47
17.92
18.92
12.88
10.56
7.88
10.09
8.56
8.10
8.56
8.10
14.81
9.97
7.75
10.04
19.39
4.9
3.1
7.4
7.8
9.7
6.7
27.7
10.7
3.6
11.0
3.9
3.3
3.9
3.3
2.3
12.7
3.5
5.3
7.5
16.90
–
12.62
17.47
17.92
18.92
–
14.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.16
14.32
–
–
19.39
5.3
–
8.3
7.8
9.7
6.7
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.6
19.4
–
–
7.5
8.04
7.74
–
–
–
–
–
8.06
7.75
–
8.14
8.10
8.14
8.10
–
7.78
–
–
–
3.4
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
3.7
–
2.3
3.3
2.3
3.3
–
1.5
–
–
–
19.39
7.5
19.39
7.5
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
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 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
15.59
10.64
12.62
15.81
18.26
19.45
22.79
14.95
3.3
4.6
9.6
4.1
5.2
4.0
6.7
7.2
15.79
10.75
12.97
15.78
18.26
19.60
22.57
14.95
3.4
5.3
10.8
4.3
5.2
4.1
6.8
7.2
12.12
9.98
10.46
16.96
–
–
–
–
4.8
4.0
1.1
6.4
–
–
–
–
18.72
13.86
9.99
10.89
14.12
15.89
16.89
15.07
14.77
15.89
11.03
9.99
11.91
14.49
10.41
15.67
14.34
12.50
18.67
17.95
6.2
2.9
1.6
7.6
4.8
5.3
9.2
3.6
4.4
5.3
1.7
1.6
6.3
12.0
16.1
4.7
8.5
6.1
16.3
6.1
18.72
14.20
–
–
14.10
15.89
16.89
15.07
14.77
15.89
11.11
–
11.71
14.80
10.41
15.67
14.34
12.50
18.67
18.11
6.2
3.1
–
–
4.8
5.3
9.2
3.6
4.4
5.3
2.4
–
4.8
12.1
19.6
4.7
8.5
6.1
16.3
6.2
–
10.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, St. Louis, MO-IL,
July 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
–Continued
Secretaries and administrative assistants –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Word processors and typists ........................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
$12.22
15.06
18.27
20.72
20.64
14.03
13.08
15.96
14.83
17.68
13.20
13.41
14.77
13.97
16.05
3.1
4.8
5.7
4.8
7.2
3.5
4.8
5.9
8.5
9.0
4.2
3.9
9.6
6.6
7.1
$12.54
15.10
18.27
20.72
20.98
14.01
–
15.96
14.83
17.68
12.83
–
14.88
–
–
1.1
4.9
5.7
4.8
6.5
3.7
–
5.9
8.5
9.0
6.1
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
29.43
31.69
24.28
19.37
30.25
30.81
1.2
3.4
20.2
20.3
5.7
4.8
29.57
31.69
24.28
20.08
30.25
30.81
.8
3.4
20.2
21.7
5.7
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
24.59
20.99
24.76
26.20
4.1
20.1
4.4
5.2
24.59
20.99
24.76
26.20
4.2
20.1
4.4
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.75
20.24
4.4
3.6
34.75
20.24
4.4
3.6
–
–
–
–
29.02
6.4
29.02
6.4
–
–
21.05
13.1
21.05
13.1
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, St. Louis, MO-IL,
July 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
$19.10
19.21
19.88
17.54
25.61
18.79
19.49
23.88
22.52
19.79
3.7
1.2
8.5
5.0
6.4
30.4
15.1
12.5
26.5
21.7
$19.28
19.33
19.88
17.54
25.61
18.79
19.45
23.92
22.52
19.79
3.9
1.1
8.5
5.0
6.4
30.4
15.1
12.7
26.5
21.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
18.15
9.06
15.61
20.80
18.13
15.14
17.94
–
13.07
14.92
9.69
17.82
19.14
11.84
7.9
8.7
15.7
6.5
4.9
14.1
5.9
–
19.0
12.4
7.5
17.0
7.7
5.9
19.29
10.34
15.75
21.39
17.67
15.57
17.29
18.17
13.07
16.42
–
17.82
–
–
7.7
7.4
15.4
5.9
4.2
11.3
5.3
2.4
19.0
11.2
–
17.0
–
–
$10.10
6.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.63
–
–
–
–
23.8
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
17.56
19.14
12.6
7.7
18.06
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
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 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
8
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, St.
Louis, MO-IL, July 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 ..............................................................................
$20.04
3.7
$21.27
3.9
$11.28
9.1
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
36.69
30.64
46.73
52.65
41.78
46.66
42.86
56.73
41.38
15.7
8.9
10.6
7.0
6.5
5.5
13.6
3.6
13.1
37.22
30.64
46.73
52.65
41.78
46.66
42.86
56.73
41.38
16.1
8.9
10.6
7.0
6.5
5.5
13.6
3.6
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
27.82
19.18
22.97
26.10
30.37
6.7
16.7
5.1
5.4
2.1
27.97
19.18
22.97
26.10
30.37
6.7
16.7
5.1
5.4
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.13
6.8
25.13
6.8
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
37.82
33.36
49.04
47.18
36.69
7.2
8.7
7.3
6.6
12.3
37.82
33.36
49.04
47.18
36.69
7.2
8.7
7.3
6.6
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
32.72
29.27
32.33
34.87
32.69
27.48
6.4
3.3
3.0
8.4
2.8
7.1
32.28
29.27
32.33
34.38
32.69
27.48
6.8
3.3
3.0
8.8
2.8
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
25.33
29.64
43.43
28.1
1.9
14.2
27.37
29.59
45.12
26.2
2.2
15.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.81
13.3
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
26.09
22.0
26.51
21.5
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Occupational therapists ................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
25.82
17.99
18.89
25.57
25.53
28.13
48.86
45.38
66.76
24.37
25.56
25.81
26.91
30.13
26.47
23.97
26.43
25.37
25.34
17.56
17.51
5.5
3.8
3.8
1.6
.2
11.4
2.3
14.9
9.4
6.3
1.3
.7
13.3
8.4
4.1
6.6
2.2
7.0
7.1
3.0
3.9
25.26
17.98
19.51
25.67
25.48
28.43
48.86
30.20
37.70
25.05
25.65
25.77
–
30.13
26.71
–
–
25.41
25.41
17.56
17.50
4.8
3.8
3.4
1.8
.3
12.0
2.3
7.6
4.8
4.6
1.4
.7
–
8.4
3.2
–
–
8.1
8.1
3.0
3.9
29.49
–
–
25.01
–
–
–
–
–
20.78
25.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.2
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
11.3
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
14.48
10.09
10.06
19.6
2.0
8.4
14.78
–
10.31
19.5
–
10.3
10.55
–
9.47
8.8
–
7.7
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, St.
Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Healthcare support occupations –Continued
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations
Level 3 .............................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.01
10.08
9.69
9.98
10.00
9.80
1.6
2.1
9.5
1.3
1.4
10.5
$9.96
–
10.01
9.90
–
10.01
1.3
–
11.2
.6
–
11.2
$10.45
–
–
10.79
–
–
12.9
–
–
12.9
–
–
11.59
2.4
–
–
–
–
8.50
6.54
6.64
9.22
10.80
6.8
10.9
11.2
3.1
10.8
10.10
6.94
7.64
–
10.77
5.0
19.2
26.1
–
13.8
6.45
6.27
6.16
–
–
3.9
6.2
4.9
–
–
13.43
15.0
13.43
15.0
–
–
13.43
10.25
11.26
11.43
10.04
5.55
4.70
4.93
5.23
4.66
15.0
9.4
11.6
.1
5.3
29.5
23.5
29.0
36.6
35.1
13.43
10.16
–
–
10.60
–
–
–
–
–
15.0
11.4
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.01
5.39
4.43
4.54
4.27
–
–
–
–
–
22.8
18.5
23.6
28.9
25.8
7.43
7.32
10.8
2.6
–
–
–
–
6.93
–
6.2
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
9.71
9.34
9.01
9.45
9.34
9.32
4.8
6.7
10.1
4.8
6.7
13.6
10.01
9.46
9.70
9.72
9.46
–
4.9
6.8
10.2
5.2
6.8
–
8.23
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
10.29
10.07
8.11
8.34
6.5
9.5
2.7
2.0
10.35
10.19
8.44
8.42
7.1
10.0
1.5
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
15.37
18.9
11.78
14.4
18.41
15.2
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
14.17
7.90
12.35
17.47
17.92
18.92
12.88
10.56
7.88
10.09
8.56
8.10
8.56
8.10
14.81
9.97
7.75
10.04
19.39
4.9
3.1
7.4
7.8
9.7
6.7
27.7
10.7
3.6
11.0
3.9
3.3
3.9
3.3
2.3
12.7
3.5
5.3
7.5
16.90
–
12.62
17.47
17.92
18.92
–
14.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.16
14.32
–
–
19.39
5.3
–
8.3
7.8
9.7
6.7
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.6
19.4
–
–
7.5
8.04
7.74
–
–
–
–
–
8.06
7.75
–
8.14
8.10
8.14
8.10
–
7.78
–
–
–
3.4
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
3.7
–
2.3
3.3
2.3
3.3
–
1.5
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, St.
Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.39
7.5
$19.39
7.5
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
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 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
15.63
10.68
12.42
15.90
18.73
19.89
22.66
15.30
3.5
4.7
10.6
4.2
5.6
4.5
6.9
10.2
15.84
10.75
12.74
15.88
18.73
19.89
22.66
15.30
3.6
5.3
11.9
4.3
5.6
4.5
6.9
10.2
$11.87
10.23
10.55
16.96
–
–
–
–
3.5
3.9
1.1
6.4
–
–
–
–
19.20
13.79
9.99
10.89
14.03
16.03
16.89
15.04
14.57
16.03
11.03
9.99
11.91
14.49
10.41
15.67
14.49
12.50
18.67
18.45
12.21
15.83
18.08
21.10
20.81
14.03
13.08
16.35
13.30
14.77
13.97
16.05
7.0
3.0
1.6
7.6
5.0
5.5
9.2
3.9
4.7
5.5
1.7
1.6
6.3
12.0
16.1
4.7
9.1
6.1
16.3
6.5
3.8
2.3
6.1
4.8
7.1
3.5
4.8
4.5
5.1
9.6
6.6
7.1
19.20
14.14
–
–
14.00
16.03
16.89
15.04
14.57
16.03
11.11
–
11.71
14.80
10.41
15.67
14.50
12.50
18.67
18.65
12.62
15.93
18.08
21.10
21.17
14.01
–
16.35
12.88
14.88
–
–
7.0
3.2
–
–
5.0
5.5
9.2
3.9
4.7
5.5
2.4
–
4.8
12.1
19.6
4.7
9.1
6.1
16.3
6.7
1.3
2.1
6.1
4.8
6.4
3.7
–
4.5
7.7
9.9
–
–
–
10.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
29.86
31.98
24.28
31.06
30.81
.5
3.3
20.2
4.6
4.8
29.86
31.98
24.28
31.06
30.81
.5
3.3
20.2
4.6
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
24.63
20.99
24.84
26.20
4.2
20.1
4.6
5.2
24.62
20.99
24.84
26.20
4.2
20.1
4.6
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.75
20.24
4.4
3.6
34.75
20.24
4.4
3.6
–
–
–
–
29.71
5.9
29.71
5.9
–
–
21.05
13.1
21.05
13.1
–
–
19.10
19.21
3.7
1.2
19.28
19.33
3.9
1.1
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, St.
Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Production occupations –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.88
17.54
25.61
18.79
19.49
23.88
22.52
19.79
8.5
5.0
6.4
30.4
15.1
12.5
26.5
21.7
$19.88
17.54
25.61
18.79
19.45
23.92
22.52
19.79
8.5
5.0
6.4
30.4
15.1
12.7
26.5
21.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.96
9.06
15.61
20.33
18.20
15.14
17.94
–
13.07
14.92
9.69
17.82
19.14
11.84
8.1
8.7
15.7
6.2
4.8
14.1
5.9
–
19.0
12.4
7.5
17.0
7.7
5.9
19.11
10.34
15.75
20.91
17.73
15.57
17.29
18.17
13.07
16.42
–
17.82
–
–
8.0
7.4
15.4
5.5
4.2
11.3
5.3
2.4
19.0
11.2
–
17.0
–
–
$10.10
6.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.63
–
–
–
–
23.8
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
17.56
19.14
12.6
7.7
18.06
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
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 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 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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 ..............................................................................
$22.37
2.3
$22.99
2.4
$12.42
15.8
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
29.65
35.41
5.8
8.2
30.19
35.41
4.9
8.2
–
–
–
–
32.39
35.30
30.79
33.98
.9
8.8
5.3
8.1
32.83
35.30
31.44
33.98
.9
8.8
8.4
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.07
36.82
37.72
3.6
5.2
7.3
36.97
36.82
37.72
1.7
5.2
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.82
37.72
12.35
5.2
7.3
.6
36.82
37.72
12.35
5.2
7.3
.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
23.47
10.5
24.81
13.4
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
13.39
13.1
13.39
13.1
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
21.74
22.72
23.66
23.66
1.6
2.3
2.6
2.6
22.00
22.72
23.66
23.66
2.6
2.3
2.6
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
10.72
6.4
–
–
–
–
14.14
12.78
5.1
3.1
14.24
12.87
5.2
2.7
–
–
–
–
12.78
3.1
12.87
2.7
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
15.13
14.52
15.74
15.32
15.32
3.4
14.0
9.7
13.0
14.3
15.22
–
15.74
15.32
15.32
2.7
–
9.7
13.0
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
24.71
8.1
26.10
5.6
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
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
13
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, St.
Louis, MO-IL, July 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 ..............................................................................
$20.28
3.3
$21.46
3.4
$11.34
8.7
Management occupations .................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
36.29
41.60
54.07
46.66
42.86
23.11
56.73
41.38
14.8
7.7
4.3
5.5
13.6
19.9
3.6
13.1
36.79
–
–
46.66
42.86
23.11
56.73
41.38
15.2
–
–
5.5
13.6
19.9
3.6
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
27.55
23.11
35.81
6.4
6.0
12.8
27.68
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.13
6.8
25.13
6.8
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
37.31
25.32
41.30
47.18
47.18
34.92
7.1
6.8
5.2
6.6
6.6
10.8
37.31
–
–
47.18
–
34.92
7.1
–
–
6.6
–
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
32.72
27.20
36.52
34.87
36.99
27.48
26.68
6.4
4.4
5.7
8.4
5.8
7.1
8.2
32.28
–
–
34.38
–
27.48
–
6.8
–
–
8.8
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
16.04
15.93
5.5
5.6
16.04
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
28.25
10.41
30.06
37.90
44.14
45.11
10.2
8.8
5.4
5.3
10.5
4.8
29.37
–
–
–
45.42
–
8.4
–
–
–
10.8
–
14.39
–
–
–
–
–
32.7
–
–
–
–
–
31.74
31.77
34.96
30.79
33.98
2.2
5.6
8.5
5.3
8.1
32.45
–
–
31.44
–
.8
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.07
35.44
36.55
3.6
6.2
7.6
36.97
35.44
–
1.7
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.44
36.55
10.50
10.50
6.2
7.6
9.5
9.5
35.44
36.55
10.85
10.85
6.2
7.6
8.3
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
25.92
17.97
32.08
21.7
15.1
14.7
26.32
–
–
21.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
25.50
22.55
39.12
66.66
58.84
4.7
3.3
5.4
6.8
8.9
25.21
–
–
49.72
–
4.5
–
–
17.2
–
27.29
–
–
–
–
22.8
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, St.
Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.47
23.83
27.25
29.11
28.12
26.43
25.37
22.91
25.34
22.85
17.41
17.41
6.0
6.1
7.9
7.2
9.7
2.2
7.0
4.7
7.1
4.6
2.9
2.9
$25.07
24.48
–
29.54
–
–
25.41
–
25.41
22.31
17.40
17.40
4.5
4.4
–
7.5
–
–
8.1
–
8.1
3.8
2.9
2.9
$21.72
20.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.3
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations
Group I ..............................................................
14.38
10.39
10.50
10.24
9.98
9.98
18.1
1.9
4.3
2.1
1.3
1.3
14.64
–
10.50
–
9.90
9.90
18.1
–
5.1
–
.6
.6
10.55
–
10.45
–
10.79
10.79
8.8
–
12.9
–
12.9
12.9
10.92
5.8
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
14.85
21.83
23.66
23.57
23.66
23.57
19.6
2.6
2.6
2.7
2.6
2.7
15.20
–
23.66
–
23.66
23.57
21.4
–
2.6
–
2.6
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
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 ..............................................................
8.57
7.61
13.42
6.6
6.7
6.7
10.13
–
–
4.9
–
–
6.59
–
–
4.0
–
–
13.43
15.0
13.43
15.0
–
–
13.43
10.36
9.87
10.07
8.46
11.43
10.04
10.04
5.55
5.55
5.23
5.23
15.0
8.3
7.0
8.8
5.6
.1
5.3
5.3
29.5
29.5
36.6
36.6
13.43
10.23
–
9.64
–
–
10.60
10.60
–
–
–
–
15.0
10.3
–
10.3
–
–
2.7
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
11.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.01
–
4.54
4.54
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.8
–
28.9
28.9
7.43
7.43
7.40
7.40
10.8
10.8
2.4
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.93
6.93
7.28
–
6.2
6.2
3.1
–
10.57
9.80
10.06
9.88
5.7
4.8
5.7
5.0
10.94
–
10.37
–
5.6
–
5.9
–
8.29
–
8.14
–
7.4
–
9.0
–
10.96
10.76
8.11
8.11
10.63
6.1
5.7
2.7
2.7
16.8
11.05
10.84
8.44
8.44
–
6.5
6.2
1.5
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Occupational therapists ................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Group II .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
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 .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, St.
Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations –Continued
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
$10.63
16.8
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
15.18
15.01
15.72
19.0
32.5
28.3
$11.78
–
–
14.4
–
–
$17.93
–
–
17.0
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
14.17
12.01
18.51
4.9
8.7
5.1
16.90
–
–
5.3
–
–
8.04
–
–
3.4
–
–
18.64
10.56
9.77
8.56
8.18
8.56
8.18
14.81
15.09
9.97
8.17
19.39
4.7
10.7
3.6
3.9
2.9
3.9
2.9
2.3
1.9
12.7
3.4
7.5
–
14.31
–
–
–
–
–
15.16
–
14.32
–
19.39
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
19.4
–
7.5
–
8.06
–
8.14
–
8.14
8.18
–
–
7.78
7.72
–
–
3.3
–
2.3
–
2.3
2.9
–
–
1.5
.9
–
19.39
7.5
19.39
7.5
–
–
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 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
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 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Word processors and typists ........................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
15.59
13.90
19.74
3.3
4.5
3.7
15.79
–
–
3.4
–
–
12.12
–
–
4.8
–
–
18.72
18.72
13.86
12.90
16.77
16.89
16.89
15.07
14.03
16.13
11.03
11.03
14.49
12.74
14.34
14.44
12.50
18.67
17.95
14.13
20.83
20.64
21.93
14.03
13.97
15.96
14.37
17.97
13.20
13.41
14.77
14.07
6.2
6.2
2.9
3.6
4.8
9.2
9.2
3.6
5.7
4.2
1.7
1.7
12.0
12.3
8.5
9.2
6.1
16.3
6.1
4.1
6.1
7.2
5.6
3.5
3.3
5.9
7.9
7.4
4.2
3.9
9.6
11.0
18.72
18.72
14.20
–
–
16.89
16.89
15.07
14.03
16.13
11.11
11.11
14.80
12.96
14.34
14.45
12.50
18.67
18.11
–
–
20.98
21.93
14.01
13.99
15.96
14.37
17.97
12.83
–
14.88
14.15
6.2
6.2
3.1
–
–
9.2
9.2
3.6
5.7
4.2
2.4
2.4
12.1
13.1
8.5
9.2
6.1
16.3
6.2
–
–
6.5
5.6
3.7
3.6
5.9
7.9
7.4
6.1
–
9.9
11.6
–
–
10.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.77
10.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.5
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
29.43
21.56
1.2
22.6
29.57
–
.8
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
–
–
–
–
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, St.
Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.28
19.37
19.21
30.25
30.25
20.2
20.3
20.0
5.7
5.7
$24.28
20.08
–
30.25
30.25
20.2
21.7
–
5.7
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
24.59
18.80
24.66
4.1
8.2
4.2
24.59
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.75
20.24
4.4
3.6
34.75
20.24
4.4
3.6
–
–
–
–
29.02
6.4
29.02
6.4
–
–
21.05
13.1
21.05
13.1
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
19.10
17.80
20.60
19.49
19.20
22.52
19.79
3.7
8.5
5.6
15.1
14.0
26.5
21.7
19.28
–
–
19.45
–
22.52
19.79
3.9
–
–
15.1
–
26.5
21.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
18.15
15.22
24.01
15.14
15.05
–
–
13.07
13.07
14.92
14.78
11.84
11.84
7.9
7.4
10.6
14.1
14.6
–
–
19.0
19.0
12.4
12.8
5.9
5.9
19.29
–
–
15.57
–
18.17
18.10
13.07
13.07
16.42
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
11.3
–
2.4
2.1
19.0
19.0
11.2
–
–
–
$10.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.63
–
–
–
23.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
17.56
17.56
12.6
12.6
18.06
18.06
11.6
11.6
–
–
–
–
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
17
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.00
$11.01
$18.00
$27.04
$33.86
Management occupations .................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
19.23
38.72
23.85
15.38
51.92
28.23
19.23
38.72
29.37
15.38
52.46
31.58
35.63
47.70
38.94
25.14
58.17
47.49
50.10
54.70
52.59
31.18
60.36
48.06
60.36
54.74
68.04
31.25
62.25
48.06
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
17.31
21.30
25.19
29.88
38.08
21.63
22.69
23.17
24.52
37.27
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
22.60
35.51
22.60
28.06
35.51
24.88
35.51
48.39
32.21
48.09
52.61
44.60
52.61
64.59
52.64
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
25.00
26.44
20.00
26.92
30.90
24.16
32.16
32.69
26.46
36.30
37.87
33.86
42.80
48.28
33.86
Community and social services occupations ..................
12.38
12.91
15.60
16.78
22.44
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
9.00
22.28
13.41
28.29
26.61
44.53
38.85
52.90
49.05
67.41
21.76
21.63
24.64
23.45
30.42
28.13
37.98
37.75
43.59
42.73
21.38
24.56
24.74
29.95
36.34
33.39
42.73
38.85
49.75
48.06
24.56
8.14
29.95
8.43
33.39
9.34
38.85
11.75
48.06
13.64
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
12.22
16.35
26.00
32.99
40.33
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Occupational therapists ................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
16.04
20.44
17.68
18.63
17.35
20.34
20.34
15.29
18.20
22.93
19.02
23.08
18.63
21.26
21.26
16.04
23.22
66.95
25.00
28.08
23.88
24.97
24.97
16.86
28.78
89.03
28.55
33.78
32.09
32.03
32.03
19.03
36.23
89.03
32.94
40.62
42.31
32.25
32.25
19.79
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
9.00
8.85
8.85
9.50
9.00
9.00
12.22
9.74
9.50
21.00
11.53
10.60
21.00
12.51
12.15
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
8.20
18.98
18.98
9.50
21.19
21.19
11.90
23.96
23.96
20.25
26.37
26.37
24.49
28.39
28.39
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 preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
3.25
6.75
8.25
10.50
13.05
8.25
11.67
11.67
16.59
20.67
8.25
8.50
7.04
9.02
7.25
2.22
2.22
11.67
9.00
7.83
9.02
9.75
2.36
2.36
11.67
9.45
10.43
12.74
10.18
3.35
3.25
16.59
12.74
12.37
12.74
10.50
7.25
7.25
20.67
13.05
13.20
13.05
11.85
12.75
12.75
6.00
6.50
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.00
8.46
7.50
9.50
8.25
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.09
7.20
$7.90
7.84
$10.07
9.81
$11.90
11.15
$14.81
13.87
7.75
7.00
7.00
7.00
8.70
7.20
8.00
8.00
10.25
7.84
9.00
9.00
12.29
7.95
10.34
10.34
15.66
10.34
14.19
14.19
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.00
7.50
10.00
30.00
30.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
7.00
6.83
6.83
6.83
7.75
6.75
16.22
8.55
7.30
7.25
7.25
9.63
7.00
16.22
12.86
9.00
8.01
8.01
16.85
8.55
18.49
17.53
11.93
9.42
9.42
18.00
10.25
22.50
23.08
17.60
10.65
10.65
21.23
16.44
22.50
16.22
16.22
18.49
22.50
22.50
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 ....................................
Receptionists and information 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 ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Word processors and typists ........................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.92
11.88
15.23
18.60
21.94
12.31
9.90
11.62
10.50
9.47
7.50
11.51
9.30
10.89
11.97
15.14
10.75
11.32
11.76
12.00
8.00
17.27
10.50
13.38
12.59
9.90
10.50
12.32
11.75
15.42
14.96
17.88
12.74
14.32
12.00
12.00
11.00
19.14
12.87
15.45
15.87
10.39
14.19
13.54
12.07
16.75
16.91
21.94
13.82
15.39
12.00
12.22
14.50
20.01
16.60
21.31
17.00
11.65
17.15
18.47
14.83
28.07
22.93
25.00
15.26
17.26
15.80
15.80
18.27
23.27
18.46
21.31
18.65
12.87
24.15
18.47
15.51
28.07
25.00
25.00
17.40
21.83
15.80
15.80
21.00
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
16.50
16.05
10.50
23.84
30.52
16.50
10.50
25.83
31.75
30.52
16.29
32.10
33.50
30.52
28.23
32.95
34.00
31.27
29.98
33.77
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
15.50
21.71
25.00
28.55
31.19
28.75
11.66
29.45
13.49
36.63
22.48
36.63
24.30
39.28
24.60
20.86
29.41
30.60
31.15
33.24
11.87
13.35
22.34
22.39
31.19
Production occupations ....................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
10.00
9.00
13.44
11.67
13.43
10.20
18.60
13.96
18.07
18.40
18.75
15.51
27.05
29.11
29.45
29.95
29.25
29.11
29.45
31.05
Occupation2
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 ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.45
7.41
8.13
7.25
7.70
$10.93
9.71
9.71
10.93
11.79
$16.37
14.91
9.71
13.22
11.79
$21.15
18.75
16.48
20.84
13.22
$28.50
22.48
22.48
21.66
13.22
10.93
11.01
20.84
21.15
21.66
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
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
20
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.95
$10.80
$17.48
$27.08
$33.64
Management occupations .................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
18.38
38.72
23.85
51.92
28.23
19.23
38.72
29.37
52.46
31.58
35.63
47.70
38.94
58.17
47.49
50.10
54.70
52.59
60.36
48.06
60.36
54.74
68.04
62.25
48.06
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
17.21
21.30
25.24
30.53
39.66
21.63
22.69
23.17
24.52
37.27
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
24.31
35.51
22.60
28.70
35.51
28.70
35.96
48.39
35.69
48.37
52.61
46.88
52.61
64.59
52.64
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
25.00
26.44
20.00
26.92
30.90
24.16
32.16
32.69
26.46
36.30
37.87
33.86
42.80
48.28
33.86
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
8.14
20.13
9.00
24.41
19.49
46.46
34.28
67.41
67.41
67.41
7.66
8.42
24.19
32.53
36.82
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
12.22
15.00
26.00
32.99
40.33
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Occupational therapists ................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
16.24
20.40
17.68
18.17
17.35
20.34
20.34
15.29
18.54
21.31
18.86
21.60
18.63
21.26
21.26
16.04
23.82
89.03
24.58
24.87
23.88
24.97
24.97
17.24
29.24
89.03
28.58
30.47
32.09
32.03
32.03
19.32
36.23
89.03
32.94
36.31
42.31
32.25
32.25
19.84
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
9.00
8.85
8.85
9.50
9.00
9.00
12.25
9.50
9.50
21.00
10.60
10.60
21.00
12.25
12.15
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 preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
3.25
6.75
8.25
10.50
13.05
8.25
11.67
11.67
16.59
20.67
8.25
8.50
9.02
7.25
2.22
2.22
11.67
8.69
9.02
9.75
2.36
2.36
11.67
9.45
12.74
10.18
3.35
3.25
16.59
12.74
12.74
10.50
7.25
7.25
20.67
13.05
13.05
11.85
12.75
12.75
6.00
6.50
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.00
8.46
7.50
9.50
7.75
7.00
7.09
7.84
7.75
9.00
8.50
10.85
10.25
11.90
12.26
7.50
7.00
8.34
7.20
10.07
7.84
10.89
7.95
14.55
10.34
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.00
7.50
10.00
30.00
30.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
7.00
6.83
6.83
6.83
7.75
6.75
16.22
8.55
7.30
7.25
7.25
9.63
7.00
16.22
12.86
9.00
8.01
8.01
16.85
8.55
18.49
17.53
11.93
9.42
9.42
18.00
10.25
22.50
23.08
17.60
10.65
10.65
21.23
16.44
22.50
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$16.22
$16.22
$18.49
$22.50
$22.50
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
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 ....................................
Receptionists and information 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 ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.86
11.76
15.31
18.65
21.94
12.31
9.90
11.62
10.50
9.47
7.50
11.91
9.30
10.89
12.75
15.14
10.75
14.68
11.76
8.00
17.35
10.39
13.38
12.59
9.90
10.50
12.32
11.75
15.42
14.99
17.88
12.74
14.99
12.00
11.00
20.01
12.75
15.45
15.87
10.39
14.19
13.54
12.07
16.75
17.67
22.93
13.82
15.45
12.00
14.50
21.64
16.60
21.31
17.00
11.65
17.15
18.47
14.83
28.07
22.93
25.00
15.26
16.33
15.80
18.27
23.27
18.22
21.31
18.65
12.87
24.15
18.47
15.51
28.07
25.00
25.00
17.40
21.09
15.80
21.00
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
16.50
16.05
24.91
30.52
16.50
32.10
31.75
30.52
32.10
33.50
30.52
32.95
34.00
31.27
33.77
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
15.50
21.71
25.00
28.55
31.19
28.75
11.66
29.45
13.49
36.63
22.48
36.63
24.30
39.28
24.60
19.25
29.41
30.60
31.15
33.24
11.87
13.35
22.34
22.39
31.19
Production occupations ....................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
10.00
9.00
13.44
11.67
13.43
10.20
18.60
13.96
18.07
18.40
18.75
15.51
27.05
29.11
29.45
29.95
29.25
29.11
29.45
31.05
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
7.41
7.41
8.13
7.25
7.70
10.93
9.71
9.71
10.93
11.79
16.00
14.91
9.71
13.22
11.79
20.95
18.75
16.48
20.84
13.22
27.00
22.48
22.48
21.66
13.22
10.93
11.01
20.84
21.15
21.66
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
22
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$11.28
$14.01
$20.99
$26.74
$36.34
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
11.58
21.88
28.19
38.92
45.60
22.27
21.63
25.03
23.45
30.82
28.13
38.46
37.75
44.47
42.73
21.38
26.82
24.74
32.12
36.34
35.78
42.73
41.19
49.75
52.82
26.82
8.52
32.12
10.80
35.78
11.75
41.19
13.05
52.82
16.78
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
9.70
16.46
20.15
25.52
36.70
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
9.68
11.28
12.22
14.94
19.39
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
16.00
18.98
18.98
20.15
21.19
21.19
21.97
23.96
23.96
24.32
26.37
26.37
26.37
28.39
28.39
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
8.75
9.05
10.43
12.46
13.20
10.63
10.55
11.75
11.24
13.52
12.35
14.81
13.73
21.15
15.66
10.55
11.24
12.35
13.73
15.66
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
10.77
10.77
10.77
12.22
11.32
11.32
14.01
13.92
13.92
17.27
18.40
19.23
20.90
22.67
22.67
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
16.29
21.70
27.21
29.98
29.98
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
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
23
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.55
$12.74
$19.14
$28.23
$34.00
Management occupations .................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
19.23
38.72
23.85
15.38
51.92
28.23
19.23
38.72
29.37
15.38
52.46
31.58
35.63
47.70
38.94
25.14
58.17
47.49
50.10
54.70
52.59
31.18
60.36
48.06
60.36
54.74
68.04
31.25
62.25
48.06
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
18.60
21.30
25.19
29.88
38.22
21.63
22.69
23.17
24.52
37.27
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
22.60
35.51
22.60
28.06
35.51
24.88
35.51
48.39
32.21
48.09
52.61
44.60
52.61
64.59
52.64
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
24.73
26.44
20.00
26.78
30.41
24.16
32.04
32.21
26.46
35.16
36.78
33.86
42.65
45.33
33.86
Community and social services occupations ..................
12.38
12.91
15.60
16.78
22.44
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
9.10
22.28
18.14
29.35
27.38
46.46
40.24
54.95
51.22
67.41
22.37
22.27
25.03
24.62
31.03
28.19
38.46
37.88
43.71
42.73
22.37
24.56
26.65
29.95
40.50
33.39
42.73
38.85
51.59
48.06
24.56
8.24
29.95
9.00
33.39
9.50
38.85
11.80
48.06
13.93
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
12.22
18.75
26.00
32.99
40.33
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
16.64
20.40
18.00
18.82
20.10
20.10
15.29
18.37
20.44
19.80
23.09
21.26
21.26
16.04
23.08
64.42
25.00
28.63
24.50
24.50
16.86
29.13
66.95
29.14
34.10
32.25
32.25
19.03
35.45
87.33
32.94
41.22
32.25
32.25
19.72
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
9.00
8.85
8.85
9.68
9.00
9.00
12.29
9.68
9.50
21.00
11.28
10.50
21.00
12.51
12.25
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
8.50
18.98
18.98
9.85
21.19
21.19
12.13
23.96
23.96
20.76
26.37
26.37
24.68
28.39
28.39
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 ....................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
4.18
8.50
9.50
12.74
15.24
8.25
11.67
11.67
16.59
20.67
8.25
8.50
7.04
10.18
11.67
8.75
7.37
10.18
11.67
9.45
9.08
10.30
16.59
12.74
11.27
10.50
20.67
13.05
12.82
11.85
7.50
7.50
8.00
7.90
10.25
10.07
11.90
11.70
15.66
14.21
7.75
7.09
8.75
7.84
10.25
7.90
12.75
8.74
16.02
10.90
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
$7.00
$7.20
$7.87
$11.80
$19.26
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
10.02
9.30
9.43
10.00
16.22
12.00
10.00
9.63
10.25
16.22
16.85
16.20
16.85
15.60
18.49
20.46
16.85
18.00
16.44
22.50
24.27
20.86
21.23
20.86
22.50
16.22
16.22
18.49
22.50
22.50
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 ....................................
Receptionists and information 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 ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.94
12.07
15.39
18.88
22.47
12.31
10.10
11.62
10.50
9.50
7.50
11.51
9.30
10.89
12.13
15.14
10.72
11.32
11.76
8.00
17.27
11.30
13.38
12.59
9.99
10.80
12.32
11.75
15.42
14.99
18.00
12.74
14.32
12.00
11.00
19.14
13.63
15.45
15.87
10.93
14.43
13.54
12.07
16.75
17.26
22.93
13.69
15.39
12.00
14.50
20.01
16.60
21.31
17.00
11.65
17.15
18.47
14.83
28.07
22.93
25.00
15.27
17.26
12.22
18.27
23.27
18.65
21.31
18.65
12.87
24.15
18.47
15.51
28.07
25.00
25.00
17.41
21.83
16.49
21.00
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
16.50
16.05
10.50
23.84
30.52
16.50
13.00
25.83
31.75
30.52
19.82
32.10
33.50
30.52
29.98
32.95
34.00
31.27
29.98
33.77
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
15.50
21.71
25.00
28.55
31.25
28.75
11.66
29.45
13.49
36.63
22.48
36.63
24.30
39.28
24.60
20.86
29.41
30.60
31.15
33.24
11.87
13.35
22.34
22.39
31.19
Production occupations ....................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
10.27
9.00
13.44
11.67
13.59
10.20
18.60
13.96
18.07
18.40
18.75
15.51
27.08
29.11
29.45
29.95
29.25
29.11
29.45
31.05
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
9.71
9.71
13.12
8.13
10.93
11.79
9.71
16.25
9.71
11.79
17.25
15.50
17.50
9.71
14.85
21.45
18.75
19.15
16.48
20.95
28.50
22.48
25.00
22.48
21.66
10.93
11.01
20.84
21.15
21.66
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
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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$6.50
$7.00
$8.00
$10.67
$25.00
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
7.50
8.14
8.14
20.00
40.00
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
11.00
15.05
16.00
16.00
23.91
22.10
28.63
27.96
46.15
28.63
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
8.52
8.20
8.52
8.52
8.52
8.52
10.50
12.05
12.05
12.05
12.05
12.05
12.05
12.05
12.05
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
3.25
8.69
2.36
2.36
5.58
9.50
3.25
2.36
7.00
11.85
3.35
3.25
7.50
13.20
7.25
7.25
9.43
13.50
10.00
10.00
6.00
6.50
6.50
7.00
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.50
8.46
7.75
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
9.00
8.77
10.85
10.96
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.05
8.40
11.36
30.00
30.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.70
6.70
6.70
6.70
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.20
7.20
7.00
7.50
7.50
7.80
7.80
7.50
8.80
8.99
8.82
8.82
8.55
9.60
9.60
9.50
9.50
9.60
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
9.26
9.26
9.26
10.00
9.57
9.57
10.50
10.10
10.10
13.05
10.56
10.56
16.45
15.23
15.23
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
5.15
6.65
5.50
7.00
7.25
7.50
10.00
7.70
20.84
11.57
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
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$760
39.6
$43,468
$39,000
2,025
1,496
1,492
40.7
77,817
77,605
2,115
47.70
38.94
25.14
58.17
1,930
1,692
1,008
2,269
1,894
1,558
1,247
2,327
41.4
39.5
43.6
40.0
100,386
87,976
52,427
117,995
98,482
80,999
64,859
120,994
2,151
2,053
2,268
2,080
41.38
47.49
1,640
1,805
39.6
85,275
93,840
2,061
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$21.46
$19.14
$849
Management occupations ...................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Education administrators ....................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
36.79
35.63
46.66
42.86
23.11
56.73
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
27.68
25.19
1,114
1,008
40.2
57,862
52,399
2,090
25.13
23.17
997
927
39.7
50,946
48,200
2,028
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer systems analysts ...............
37.31
47.18
34.92
35.51
48.39
32.21
1,498
1,932
1,385
1,516
1,936
1,293
40.2
40.9
39.6
77,888
100,446
72,005
78,832
100,647
67,232
2,088
2,129
2,062
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
32.28
34.38
32.04
32.21
1,324
1,423
1,238
1,335
41.0
41.4
68,844
74,021
64,382
69,410
2,132
2,153
27.48
26.46
1,099
1,058
40.0
57,151
55,028
2,080
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
16.04
15.60
621
624
38.7
31,511
31,897
1,964
29.37
45.42
27.38
46.46
1,100
1,684
1,028
1,748
37.4
37.1
44,951
73,885
42,330
69,465
1,530
1,627
32.45
31.03
1,224
1,164
37.7
47,096
45,012
1,451
31.44
28.19
1,196
1,112
38.1
44,794
42,250
1,425
36.97
35.44
40.50
33.39
1,368
1,312
1,476
1,262
37.0
37.0
50,936
49,333
56,071
47,950
1,378
1,392
35.44
10.85
33.39
9.50
1,312
404
1,262
356
37.0
37.2
49,333
17,997
47,950
17,550
1,392
1,659
26.32
26.00
910
750
34.6
47,318
39,000
1,798
25.21
49.72
25.07
29.54
23.08
64.42
25.00
28.63
984
1,989
958
1,134
893
2,577
938
1,123
39.0
40.0
38.2
38.4
50,275
103,426
49,026
52,882
46,070
133,994
48,750
50,918
1,994
2,080
1,956
1,790
25.41
24.50
1,006
931
39.6
52,322
48,410
2,059
25.41
24.50
1,006
931
39.6
52,322
48,410
2,059
17.40
16.86
681
658
39.1
35,389
34,237
2,033
14.64
12.29
575
490
39.3
29,884
25,480
2,041
10.50
9.68
405
366
38.5
21,042
19,052
2,004
9.90
9.50
381
360
38.5
19,792
18,720
2,000
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Physicians and surgeons ....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
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 ......
Food preparation workers ...................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$480
950
950
41.3
39.9
39.9
$32,634
49,133
49,133
$24,960
49,388
49,388
2,147
2,077
2,077
390
358
38.6
19,997
17,680
1,975
11.67
613
642
45.6
31,862
33,388
2,373
13.43
10.23
9.64
10.60
11.67
9.45
9.08
10.30
613
389
333
386
642
378
313
410
45.6
38.1
34.6
36.5
31,862
19,435
14,269
20,097
33,388
17,680
14,100
21,320
2,373
1,901
1,479
1,897
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.20
23.66
23.66
$12.13
23.96
23.96
$628
945
945
10.13
9.50
13.43
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
10.94
10.37
10.25
10.07
433
409
406
403
39.6
39.5
22,529
21,275
21,112
20,946
2,059
2,052
11.05
8.44
10.25
7.90
439
327
410
316
39.7
38.8
22,825
17,008
21,320
16,432
2,065
2,015
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
11.78
7.87
395
360
33.5
20,526
18,720
1,743
16.90
14.31
16.85
16.20
681
586
692
648
40.3
41.0
35,434
30,485
36,001
33,696
2,096
2,130
15.16
14.32
16.85
15.60
610
599
674
501
40.3
41.9
31,743
31,157
35,040
26,042
2,093
2,176
19.39
18.49
803
813
41.4
41,746
42,301
2,153
19.39
18.49
803
813
41.4
41,746
42,301
2,153
15.79
15.39
625
614
39.6
32,413
31,903
2,053
18.72
14.20
19.14
13.63
749
560
766
524
40.0
39.4
38,943
29,104
39,811
27,265
2,080
2,050
16.89
15.45
676
618
40.0
35,131
32,136
2,080
15.07
11.11
14.80
14.34
12.50
18.67
15.87
10.93
14.43
13.54
12.07
16.75
592
436
590
572
500
747
615
416
577
542
483
670
39.3
39.2
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
30,801
22,676
30,705
29,754
25,994
38,831
31,980
21,611
30,023
28,161
25,108
34,840
2,044
2,041
2,075
2,074
2,080
2,080
18.11
17.26
717
678
39.6
36,616
35,004
2,022
20.98
14.01
22.93
13.69
839
557
917
540
40.0
39.7
43,619
28,957
47,692
28,080
2,080
2,066
Sales and related occupations ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
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 ......
Receptionists and information 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 ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
15.96
15.39
622
612
39.0
30,930
31,177
1,939
12.83
14.88
12.00
14.50
512
576
480
580
39.9
38.7
26,631
29,952
24,960
30,160
2,076
2,013
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
29.57
31.75
1,180
1,270
39.9
60,976
66,040
2,062
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Construction and extraction
occupations –Continued
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Electricians .........................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ......................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Painting workers .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$24.28
20.08
30.25
$30.52
19.82
32.10
$971
788
1,206
$1,221
825
1,284
40.0
39.2
39.9
$50,496
39,389
62,687
$63,482
33,887
66,768
2,080
1,961
2,072
24.59
25.00
983
1,000
40.0
51,096
52,000
2,078
34.75
20.24
36.63
22.48
1,390
810
1,465
899
40.0
40.0
72,278
42,103
76,199
46,758
2,080
2,080
29.02
30.60
1,153
1,224
39.7
59,931
63,654
2,065
21.05
22.34
842
894
40.0
43,789
46,463
2,080
19.28
18.07
769
723
39.9
40,004
37,586
2,075
19.45
22.52
19.79
18.40
18.75
15.51
778
901
792
736
750
620
40.0
40.0
40.0
40,450
46,834
41,168
38,272
39,000
32,261
2,080
2,080
2,080
19.29
15.57
17.25
15.50
769
665
735
596
39.8
42.7
39,591
34,026
37,163
31,013
2,052
2,186
18.17
17.50
839
787
46.2
42,024
39,000
2,313
13.07
16.42
9.71
14.85
523
646
388
594
40.0
39.3
27,187
33,599
20,193
30,888
2,080
2,046
18.06
20.84
706
834
39.1
36,736
43,347
2,034
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
29
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$746
39.6
$43,652
$38,688
2,052
1,508
1,549
40.5
78,423
80,538
2,107
47.70
38.94
58.17
1,930
1,692
2,269
1,894
1,558
2,327
41.4
39.5
40.0
100,386
87,976
117,995
98,482
80,999
120,994
2,151
2,053
2,080
41.38
47.49
1,640
1,805
39.6
85,275
93,840
2,061
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$21.27
$18.74
$842
Management occupations ...................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
37.22
37.31
46.66
42.86
56.73
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
27.97
25.34
1,126
1,010
40.3
58,477
52,499
2,091
25.13
23.17
997
927
39.7
50,946
48,200
2,028
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer systems analysts ...............
37.82
47.18
36.69
35.96
48.39
35.69
1,519
1,932
1,453
1,520
1,936
1,434
40.2
40.9
39.6
78,976
100,446
75,576
79,036
100,647
74,568
2,088
2,129
2,060
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
32.28
34.38
32.04
32.21
1,324
1,423
1,238
1,335
41.0
41.4
68,844
74,021
64,382
69,410
2,132
2,153
27.48
26.46
1,099
1,058
40.0
57,151
55,028
2,080
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
27.37
45.12
20.67
46.46
1,011
1,626
811
1,734
36.9
36.0
47,577
74,672
40,310
69,787
1,738
1,655
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
26.51
30.00
913
750
34.4
47,461
39,000
1,790
25.26
37.70
25.05
26.71
23.80
21.00
25.00
25.50
982
1,508
961
1,037
908
840
938
987
38.9
40.0
38.4
38.8
50,902
78,409
49,974
51,262
47,216
43,680
48,750
50,941
2,015
2,080
1,995
1,919
25.41
24.50
1,006
931
39.6
52,322
48,410
2,059
25.41
24.50
1,006
931
39.6
52,322
48,410
2,059
17.56
17.24
685
675
39.0
35,637
35,077
2,030
14.78
12.51
580
490
39.3
30,165
25,480
2,042
9.96
9.50
384
360
38.5
19,948
18,720
2,002
9.90
9.50
381
360
38.5
19,792
18,720
2,000
10.10
9.50
393
363
38.9
20,436
18,886
2,023
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Physicians and surgeons ....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
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 preparation workers ...................
13.43
11.67
613
642
45.6
31,862
33,388
2,373
13.43
10.16
10.60
11.67
9.45
10.30
613
396
386
642
378
410
45.6
39.0
36.5
31,862
20,611
20,097
33,388
19,656
21,320
2,373
2,028
1,897
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
10.01
9.72
9.74
9.20
396
382
379
359
39.6
39.3
20,604
19,875
19,711
18,658
2,058
2,045
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$403
316
39.6
38.8
$21,315
17,008
$20,946
16,432
2,059
2,015
395
360
33.5
20,526
18,720
1,743
16.85
16.20
681
586
692
648
40.3
41.0
35,434
30,485
36,001
33,696
2,096
2,130
15.16
14.32
16.85
15.60
610
599
674
501
40.3
41.9
31,743
31,157
35,040
26,042
2,093
2,176
19.39
18.49
803
813
41.4
41,746
42,301
2,153
19.39
18.49
803
813
41.4
41,746
42,301
2,153
15.84
15.42
627
615
39.6
32,588
32,001
2,058
19.20
14.14
20.01
13.00
768
558
800
520
40.0
39.4
39,927
29,004
41,617
27,040
2,080
2,051
16.89
15.45
676
618
40.0
35,131
32,136
2,080
15.04
11.11
14.80
14.50
12.50
18.67
15.87
10.93
14.43
13.54
12.07
16.75
592
436
590
580
500
747
615
416
577
542
483
670
39.3
39.2
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
30,769
22,676
30,705
30,166
25,994
38,831
31,980
21,611
30,023
28,161
25,108
34,840
2,046
2,041
2,075
2,080
2,080
2,080
18.65
17.88
742
715
39.8
38,591
37,190
2,069
21.17
14.01
22.93
13.69
847
557
917
540
40.0
39.7
44,022
28,957
47,692
28,080
2,080
2,066
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations
–Continued
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
$10.35
8.44
$10.07
7.90
$410
327
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
11.78
7.87
16.90
14.31
Sales and related occupations ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Annual earnings5
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 ......
Receptionists and information 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 ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
16.35
15.45
644
615
39.4
33,504
32,001
2,049
12.88
14.88
12.00
14.50
514
576
480
580
39.9
38.7
26,723
29,952
24,960
30,160
2,075
2,013
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Electricians .........................................
29.86
24.28
31.06
31.75
30.52
32.10
1,194
971
1,243
1,270
1,221
1,284
40.0
40.0
40.0
61,668
50,496
64,612
66,040
63,482
66,768
2,065
2,080
2,080
24.62
25.00
984
1,000
40.0
51,164
52,000
2,078
34.75
20.24
36.63
22.48
1,390
810
1,465
899
40.0
40.0
72,278
42,103
76,199
46,758
2,080
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
29.71
30.60
1,179
1,224
39.7
61,331
63,654
2,064
21.05
22.34
842
894
40.0
43,789
46,463
2,080
Production occupations ......................
19.28
18.07
769
723
39.9
40,004
37,586
2,075
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Painting workers .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$736
750
620
40.0
40.0
40.0
$40,450
46,834
41,168
$38,272
39,000
32,261
2,080
2,080
2,080
765
665
715
596
40.0
42.7
39,505
34,026
37,163
31,013
2,067
2,186
17.50
839
787
46.2
42,024
39,000
2,313
13.07
16.42
9.71
14.85
523
646
388
594
40.0
39.3
27,187
33,599
20,193
30,888
2,080
2,046
18.06
20.84
706
834
39.1
36,736
43,347
2,034
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$19.45
22.52
19.79
$18.40
18.75
15.51
$778
901
792
19.11
15.57
17.00
15.50
18.17
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
32
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$881
39.6
$42,116
$41,392
1,832
1,137
1,112
37.7
44,057
42,850
1,459
31.09
1,237
1,179
37.7
47,561
45,849
1,449
31.44
28.19
1,196
1,112
38.1
44,794
42,250
1,425
36.97
36.82
40.50
35.78
1,368
1,355
1,476
1,282
37.0
36.8
50,936
50,991
56,071
48,377
1,378
1,385
36.82
12.35
35.78
11.75
1,355
457
1,282
441
36.8
37.0
50,991
18,286
48,377
16,489
1,385
1,481
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
24.81
20.15
997
887
40.2
46,227
36,275
1,863
Healthcare support occupations .........
13.39
12.22
524
489
39.2
27,271
25,418
2,037
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
22.00
23.66
23.66
22.13
23.96
23.96
951
945
945
950
950
950
43.2
39.9
39.9
49,452
49,133
49,133
49,388
49,388
49,388
2,248
2,077
2,077
14.24
12.87
13.70
12.35
564
515
518
494
39.6
40.0
29,353
26,763
26,954
25,688
2,062
2,080
12.87
12.35
515
494
40.0
26,763
25,688
2,080
15.22
14.32
599
561
39.4
30,278
28,991
1,990
15.32
13.92
591
543
38.6
27,727
27,505
1,810
15.32
13.92
588
539
38.4
27,341
26,707
1,784
26.10
27.21
1,015
1,088
38.9
52,789
56,601
2,022
All workers ................................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$22.99
$21.60
$909
30.19
28.59
32.83
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
33
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$20.04
$18.47
$19.85
$23.65
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 .......................
30.51
32.29
29.57
10.61
15.10
14.17
15.63
27.63
29.86
24.63
18.58
19.10
17.96
28.07
30.70
26.34
10.80
14.30
13.97
14.63
27.31
–
21.57
14.10
13.46
14.45
31.54
32.85
30.86
9.97
16.27
14.40
16.81
27.99
–
27.17
16.79
16.98
16.49
32.07
33.80
31.31
11.02
16.02
–
15.81
29.70
–
29.61
28.67
26.70
33.62
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.7
6.9
8.6
8.3
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 .......................
6.8
8.3
7.1
7.6
2.6
4.9
3.5
2.5
.5
4.2
4.2
3.7
8.1
13.3
18.3
11.7
16.5
3.5
5.3
5.0
5.4
–
4.6
8.6
4.6
12.3
7.5
8.1
11.3
3.2
5.8
10.4
7.4
5.0
–
5.4
7.2
3.0
16.9
3.3
6.4
4.2
6.2
3.3
–
2.8
4.3
–
5.9
3.3
1.3
14.4
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.
34
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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$720
39.7
$41,588
$37,440
2,057
1,236
769
40.7
64,255
40,000
2,119
25.92
1,299
1,122
40.8
67,569
58,327
2,124
44.73
48.39
1,776
1,936
39.7
92,341
100,647
2,065
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
29.04
28.75
1,238
1,117
42.6
64,362
58,088
2,216
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
8.99
9.02
347
340
38.6
18,034
17,680
2,007
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
9.72
9.24
9.50
9.81
372
356
379
392
38.3
38.5
19,363
18,510
19,711
20,403
1,991
2,002
16.85
15.63
16.85
16.44
681
649
699
674
40.4
41.5
35,412
33,724
36,363
35,040
2,101
2,158
16.14
16.85
650
674
40.3
33,825
35,040
2,095
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$20.22
$18.00
$803
Management occupations .......................................
30.33
19.23
Business and financial operations occupations ...
31.81
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
19.73
18.49
820
813
41.5
42,629
42,301
2,160
19.73
18.49
820
813
41.5
42,629
42,301
2,160
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Tellers .................................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Office clerks, general ..............................................
14.82
13.22
14.55
11.20
12.81
14.85
22.33
14.90
14.50
12.62
15.17
11.17
11.00
13.54
22.93
14.50
583
523
582
437
510
594
884
571
580
505
607
425
440
542
917
580
39.3
39.5
40.0
39.1
39.8
40.0
39.6
38.3
30,298
27,182
30,263
22,749
26,510
30,897
45,989
29,703
30,160
26,250
31,549
22,080
22,880
28,161
47,692
30,160
2,044
2,056
2,080
2,031
2,069
2,080
2,059
1,994
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
21.45
22.14
858
885
40.0
44,621
46,045
2,080
Production occupations ..........................................
13.54
11.50
542
460
40.0
28,158
23,920
2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
15.22
16.89
17.94
12.30
14.91
16.75
17.50
11.79
638
752
832
475
564
750
787
472
42.0
44.6
46.4
38.6
32,707
38,052
41,640
24,693
28,265
36,400
39,000
24,525
2,149
2,253
2,321
2,008
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
35
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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$788
39.5
$45,327
$41,001
2,048
1,756
2,027
1,416
1,640
1,805
2,129
1,300
1,805
40.3
41.7
40.0
39.6
91,323
105,423
73,608
85,275
93,840
110,704
67,600
93,840
2,097
2,169
2,080
2,061
25.10
1,045
1,004
40.0
54,260
52,200
2,076
25.13
23.17
997
927
39.7
50,946
48,200
2,028
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer systems analysts ...................................
34.40
33.76
33.51
29.81
1,389
1,350
1,333
1,192
40.4
40.0
72,235
70,223
69,339
62,005
2,100
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
34.45
37.18
29.99
32.16
35.63
29.79
1,378
1,487
1,200
1,286
1,425
1,191
40.0
40.0
40.0
71,646
77,334
62,381
66,891
74,110
61,953
2,080
2,080
2,080
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
44.07
52.36
46.46
51.90
1,588
1,832
1,553
1,858
36.0
35.0
71,158
81,647
62,934
74,334
1,615
1,559
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Physicians and surgeons ........................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Therapists ...............................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ...
Radiologic technologists and technicians ...........
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
25.98
37.70
25.91
25.17
25.41
25.41
17.80
24.66
21.00
25.04
24.66
24.50
24.50
17.92
1,008
1,508
990
990
1,006
1,006
692
938
840
956
980
931
931
701
38.8
40.0
38.2
39.3
39.6
39.6
38.9
52,428
78,409
51,455
51,469
52,322
52,322
35,995
48,750
43,680
49,713
50,941
48,410
48,410
36,462
2,018
2,080
1,986
2,045
2,059
2,059
2,022
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
10.17
10.08
10.01
10.60
9.74
9.50
9.50
10.00
392
386
383
418
366
360
360
400
38.5
38.4
38.3
39.5
20,371
20,098
19,931
21,755
19,052
18,720
18,720
20,800
2,004
1,994
1,992
2,052
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
11.47
11.67
451
420
39.3
23,448
21,840
2,044
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$22.13
$19.97
$874
Management occupations .......................................
Computer and information systems managers .......
Financial managers ................................................
Medical and health services managers ..................
43.56
48.59
35.39
41.38
46.43
50.10
32.50
47.49
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
26.14
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
10.16
9.89
9.76
8.74
409
392
385
346
40.3
39.6
21,263
20,381
20,035
17,979
2,093
2,060
10.58
8.63
10.07
7.90
422
338
403
316
39.9
39.2
21,936
17,570
20,946
16,432
2,073
2,037
Personal care and service occupations .................
13.06
9.00
417
367
31.9
21,679
19,094
1,660
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
17.11
20.19
16.04
18.95
683
824
623
836
39.9
40.8
35,517
42,840
32,406
43,446
2,076
2,122
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 ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Medical secretaries .............................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
16.64
16.00
662
640
39.8
34,428
33,280
2,069
20.34
15.47
20.01
16.40
814
608
800
615
40.0
39.3
42,318
31,595
41,617
31,980
2,080
2,043
16.89
15.46
16.30
17.03
15.45
16.71
15.39
16.00
676
600
652
679
618
667
615
640
40.0
38.8
40.0
39.9
35,131
31,189
33,911
35,298
32,136
34,694
32,003
33,280
2,080
2,017
2,080
2,073
19.12
14.01
18.30
13.69
764
557
732
540
40.0
39.7
39,751
28,957
38,064
28,080
2,079
2,066
16.71
14.82
15.45
11.00
665
590
618
440
39.8
39.8
34,596
30,663
32,136
22,880
2,071
2,069
See footnotes at end of table.
36
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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Electricians .............................................................
$30.26
31.06
$32.10
32.10
$1,210
1,243
$1,284
1,284
40.0
40.0
$62,935
64,612
$66,768
66,768
2,080
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics,
installers, and repairers ....................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ...................................................
27.69
28.55
1,106
1,142
39.9
57,487
59,376
2,076
35.14
36.63
1,406
1,465
40.0
73,093
76,199
2,080
29.71
30.60
1,179
1,224
39.7
61,331
63,654
2,064
23.96
22.34
958
894
40.0
49,827
46,463
2,080
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
20.95
23.27
20.49
18.57
28.75
15.51
835
931
819
743
1,150
620
39.9
40.0
40.0
43,436
48,396
42,613
38,626
59,800
32,261
2,073
2,080
2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
22.51
13.33
19.52
20.84
9.71
20.84
866
533
779
834
388
834
38.5
40.0
39.9
45,025
27,731
40,520
43,347
20,193
43,347
2,000
2,080
2,076
19.72
20.84
789
834
40.0
41,013
43,347
2,080
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
37
Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, St. Louis, MO-IL,
July 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 ....................................................................
$24.39
$24.26
$25.05
$19.02
$18.86
$20.79
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 .......................
28.83
–
28.51
16.03
19.14
14.18
20.45
29.13
–
25.14
22.72
23.08
22.32
30.38
–
30.27
11.66
19.04
14.18
20.48
29.21
–
25.14
22.68
23.08
22.21
28.16
–
28.16
21.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.10
32.01
29.19
11.23
14.59
14.17
14.83
22.87
21.40
23.79
14.44
15.10
13.63
30.52
32.39
29.55
10.51
14.62
14.17
14.90
23.09
21.67
23.85
14.32
15.10
13.33
26.80
25.73
27.00
16.64
14.02
–
14.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
5.3
6.4
4.6
4.0
4.3
5.2
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 .......................
2.4
–
2.6
10.8
4.8
6.4
5.8
5.6
–
5.3
3.8
2.1
6.5
3.2
–
5.9
13.0
5.2
6.4
6.6
5.8
–
5.3
3.8
2.1
6.8
2.5
–
2.5
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
8.2
6.3
7.3
2.0
5.0
2.8
14.7
34.3
9.3
9.0
7.9
17.0
7.1
8.7
7.3
8.3
2.1
5.0
3.0
16.2
41.0
9.7
9.4
7.9
18.3
9.4
6.8
11.8
11.5
2.8
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
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.
38
Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$20.39
$20.15
$18.63
$18.63
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 .......................
29.91
31.90
29.11
11.52
14.96
12.86
15.98
27.58
–
24.62
18.82
19.15
18.36
30.45
32.28
29.57
10.07
14.95
12.86
16.05
27.76
–
24.66
18.73
19.15
18.15
–
–
–
–
16.17
20.85
11.70
23.71
–
–
16.55
–
16.78
–
–
–
–
16.17
20.85
11.70
23.71
–
–
16.55
–
16.78
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.3
3.8
8.4
8.4
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 .......................
5.8
8.3
5.6
6.5
2.9
5.7
3.6
2.6
–
4.5
4.4
3.7
9.3
7.0
8.8
7.1
6.4
3.0
5.7
3.9
2.5
–
4.5
4.5
3.7
9.6
–
–
–
–
8.9
7.1
1.7
2.2
–
–
7.7
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
8.9
7.1
1.7
2.2
–
–
7.7
–
7.3
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, St. Louis, MO-IL,
July 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 ................................................
–
$23.46
$17.96
$23.03
$18.37
–
$19.85
–
$23.13
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 ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.18
–
34.86
–
17.21
–
16.79
42.34
49.03
39.36
13.48
13.27
12.61
14.93
22.64
–
–
–
20.61
–
–
38.03
37.25
–
–
14.04
–
13.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.76
24.41
24.86
12.40
15.43
–
14.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.51
–
–
18.51
–
–
–
–
–
30.79
33.38
22.84
22.80
29.34
29.34
–
–
–
–
24.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.35
19.10
23.61
20.07
–
20.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
–
2.0
9.0
6.4
22.7
–
7.4
–
18.0
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 ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.2
–
4.8
–
1.6
–
2.2
9.5
16.2
6.0
16.3
4.5
6.9
6.2
16.3
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
15.0
16.0
–
–
6.9
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
16.3
10.9
18.8
4.3
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
5.8
6.7
6.9
1.5
1.5
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
3.8
16.8
7.8
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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
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.
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.
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.
Planning for the survey
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 St. Louis, MO–IL, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the city of St. Louis, the portion of the city of Sullivan in Crawford County, Franklin,
Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, Warren, and
Washington Counties, MO; and Bond, Calhoun, Clinton,
Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair Counties, IL.
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.
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
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
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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
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 as-
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signed 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
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
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.
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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
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
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 characteris-
tics 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 individual-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
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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, St. Louis,
MO-IL, July 2007
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
1,266,900
1,128,100
138,800
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 .......................
336,200
90,000
246,200
302,000
343,300
130,800
212,500
129,400
76,200
53,300
156,100
76,500
79,600
269,400
85,300
184,000
257,800
325,500
130,800
194,700
122,100
69,400
52,700
153,400
76,500
76,800
66,800
4,600
62,200
44,200
17,700
–
17,700
7,300
6,700
–
–
–
–
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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2007
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
49,259
47,024
2,234
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
377
241
99
37
342
210
95
37
35
31
4
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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