Memphis, TN–AR–MS
National Compensation Survey
February 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner
June 2007
Bulletin 3135–61
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Memphis, TN–AR–MS, metropolitan area. Data
were collected between December 2006 and April 2007;
the average reference month is February 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 have undergone a number of
significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ:
1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker
3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations
4. Benchmarking of estimated employment
5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels
1
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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.
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
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
2
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Memphis,
TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$18.22
5.8
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 .............
29.25
33.27
26.75
9.56
17.95
24.39
14.07
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.5
$17.76
6.5
3.7
8.1
4.8
4.2
10.8
19.5
1.7
37.7
40.6
36.1
32.9
34.8
35.5
34.4
30.09
33.56
27.16
8.24
18.17
24.52
14.13
19.00
15.49
26.76
7.8
1.7
11.3
39.9
40.0
39.8
14.14
13.95
14.24
8.8
13.4
10.4
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
19.67
9.45
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.4
$21.99
1.2
36.1
5.0
9.1
7.1
3.7
11.2
19.6
1.8
38.6
41.2
36.6
32.4
34.7
35.5
34.3
26.82
30.99
25.99
17.17
12.92
–
13.18
1.9
9.0
2.3
3.6
3.9
–
3.6
35.2
36.1
35.0
36.5
36.9
–
36.7
18.88
15.29
26.77
8.5
1.8
12.2
39.9
40.0
39.8
20.49
17.88
26.75
5.0
8.0
8.3
39.8
39.7
39.9
34.8
39.8
32.5
14.10
13.85
14.23
8.9
13.5
10.5
34.8
39.9
32.5
17.06
19.13
15.25
8.8
20.0
12.4
38.1
39.2
37.2
6.8
6.6
40.0
21.1
19.29
9.30
7.7
6.9
40.1
21.4
22.47
13.21
1.5
4.9
39.0
15.3
20.90
17.90
6.7
6.4
37.2
35.3
19.03
17.65
9.8
7.0
36.1
35.3
24.17
20.77
1.4
1.7
39.3
34.5
16.21
35.18
4.6
14.3
35.7
33.7
15.42
35.18
5.2
14.3
35.6
33.7
21.99
–
1.2
–
36.1
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
16.55
18.02
8.5
7.4
40.0
34.5
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
14.42
17.87
22.59
3.5
16.0
5.0
34.7
36.6
35.4
14.42
17.88
22.66
3.5
16.6
7.0
34.7
36.5
35.3
17.14
17.57
22.41
11.0
6.8
1.4
36.5
38.1
35.9
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, Memphis,
TN-AR-MS, February 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 ..............................................................................
$18.22
5.8
$19.67
6.8
$9.45
6.6
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
38.76
23.47
26.81
23.28
42.87
48.36
55.41
32.31
30.76
32.39
36.09
10.4
13.0
7.2
15.8
17.5
19.9
22.1
6.4
9.3
10.8
11.6
38.74
23.47
26.81
23.28
42.87
48.32
55.41
32.31
30.76
32.39
36.09
10.4
13.0
7.2
15.8
17.5
19.9
22.1
6.4
9.3
10.8
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
26.03
19.59
27.00
6.3
4.9
5.9
26.03
19.59
27.00
6.3
4.9
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.42
19.12
26.31
26.31
8.7
4.5
4.6
4.6
20.42
19.12
26.31
26.31
8.7
4.5
4.6
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
32.28
42.98
7.2
8.2
32.29
42.98
7.2
8.2
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
27.17
34.00
11.9
3.4
27.17
34.00
11.9
3.4
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
22.02
29.6
22.06
30.7
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
14.94
15.40
10.5
16.6
14.94
15.40
10.5
16.6
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
26.57
9.97
24.82
33.63
28.38
29.15
28.38
28.99
3.5
7.1
5.4
.6
11.0
5.8
11.0
6.7
27.58
9.71
25.60
33.63
–
29.14
–
28.99
3.9
9.1
6.1
.6
–
5.8
–
6.7
11.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.93
26.15
30.46
25.78
2.6
5.0
3.4
4.4
31.64
27.28
31.14
25.87
1.3
5.4
2.2
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.85
31.01
3.1
.8
31.62
31.97
1.6
1.5
–
–
–
–
31.03
10.65
10.00
1.0
8.2
7.3
32.01
10.58
9.71
1.4
10.1
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.04
18.34
18.41
23.98
24.89
29.34
28.26
25.51
–
22.56
23.45
10.0
2.5
12.4
5.3
4.5
14.5
6.3
1.6
–
.8
2.1
24.75
19.39
18.42
24.12
25.09
28.03
27.45
25.55
24.41
22.53
–
9.6
9.4
12.4
5.7
5.0
13.6
4.5
1.5
5.9
.7
–
26.96
–
–
–
–
34.35
32.98
–
–
–
–
17.7
–
–
–
–
20.9
15.4
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
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, Memphis,
TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
$16.54
1.8
$16.42
3.0
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
11.01
9.11
13.82
11.39
11.39
11.39
11.39
10.36
5.3
9.4
13.0
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.2
9.7
11.07
9.11
14.30
11.39
11.39
11.39
11.39
10.44
8.1
9.4
10.5
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.2
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards
Level 3 .............................................................
11.99
11.74
13.70
16.83
18.36
22.14
21.97
24.14
21.6
4.0
7.2
7.4
1.9
1.0
5.0
5.9
12.25
11.88
13.71
16.83
18.36
22.14
21.97
24.14
21.8
4.2
7.3
7.4
1.9
1.0
5.0
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.69
16.0
21.69
16.0
–
–
26.51
1.6
26.51
1.6
–
–
22.92
16.77
15.59
15.59
19.76
19.76
12.5
2.1
3.8
3.8
3.1
3.1
22.92
16.77
15.59
15.59
19.76
19.76
12.5
2.1
3.8
3.8
3.1
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.58
4.8
–
–
–
–
11.58
4.8
–
–
–
–
6.42
5.57
5.33
–
8.95
3.60
3.55
3.08
6.73
4.1
10.2
7.5
–
7.8
15.2
.0
21.2
2.6
9.4
11.4
–
30.6
11.6
–
–
–
–
$5.53
4.79
4.84
–
–
3.07
–
2.91
6.96
7.2
13.5
2.7
–
–
27.0
–
28.1
.5
6.73
2.6
–
–
6.96
.5
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
7.88
6.73
–
7.85
9.07
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
10.71
8.18
9.98
11.27
10.31
8.18
11.45
7.3
10.0
11.5
4.0
11.1
10.0
4.5
11.55
9.14
9.98
–
11.37
9.14
11.45
8.2
5.7
11.5
–
9.9
5.7
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.56
–
8.54
10.80
10.80
11.9
–
8.3
10.7
10.7
11.95
9.43
–
10.80
10.80
9.7
4.8
–
10.7
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 2 .............................................................
10.59
10.01
12.7
8.1
10.61
–
15.8
–
10.49
9.56
10.9
12.8
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
24.39
19.5
28.29
19.7
7.36
3.1
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Memphis,
TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
$7.11
9.06
9.40
14.58
38.66
24.48
24.40
9.80
7.11
9.13
9.40
13.95
8.27
6.92
8.83
9.73
8.27
6.92
8.83
9.73
11.92
12.04
27.72
3.4
4.1
20.0
5.3
18.2
10.4
11.5
2.4
3.4
4.8
20.0
8.3
7.7
1.3
12.9
24.1
7.7
1.3
12.9
24.1
12.2
4.6
17.1
–
$10.51
9.79
14.79
38.66
24.48
24.40
11.11
–
10.51
9.79
14.29
9.31
–
–
9.79
9.31
–
–
9.79
–
13.43
27.72
–
4.5
23.7
4.2
18.2
10.4
11.5
2.2
–
4.5
23.7
5.5
11.7
–
–
24.7
11.7
–
–
24.7
–
10.2
17.1
$6.56
8.04
–
–
–
–
–
7.35
6.56
8.08
–
–
6.80
6.63
6.96
–
6.80
6.63
6.96
–
–
8.67
–
3.2
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
3.2
8.6
–
–
.9
2.0
4.3
–
.9
2.0
4.3
–
–
.3
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
14.07
9.62
12.14
12.06
15.13
16.99
19.71
19.47
13.00
15.48
12.96
–
15.55
17.03
15.47
15.01
17.18
13.88
14.83
15.85
10.66
10.42
15.48
12.52
14.76
16.88
13.73
14.11
14.59
12.83
12.72
12.46
10.00
11.92
1.7
2.5
2.2
2.9
2.8
6.7
4.0
10.2
4.9
3.4
3.9
–
7.5
8.3
5.3
10.7
11.3
7.6
4.5
5.0
3.2
3.1
4.4
2.3
5.7
7.8
11.6
4.0
4.9
3.6
5.3
5.1
3.4
2.5
14.39
10.33
11.97
12.06
15.20
17.00
19.71
19.47
13.37
15.69
–
13.91
–
17.03
15.73
16.12
17.18
14.13
14.83
15.85
11.67
–
15.48
12.52
14.76
16.88
13.73
14.11
14.59
12.91
12.72
12.68
–
11.92
1.8
1.5
3.3
3.3
2.7
6.6
4.0
10.2
4.8
3.4
–
7.8
–
8.3
5.2
8.7
11.3
8.5
4.5
5.0
4.1
–
4.4
2.3
5.7
7.8
11.6
4.0
4.9
3.7
5.3
5.0
–
2.5
11.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
15.49
12.62
14.32
19.90
13.89
1.7
.8
4.9
4.6
1.7
15.49
12.62
14.32
19.90
13.89
1.7
.8
4.9
4.6
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Memphis,
TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
$19.03
19.46
12.60
3.3
1.7
1.5
$19.03
19.46
12.60
3.3
1.7
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
26.76
18.19
25.48
11.3
10.2
3.3
26.87
18.19
25.48
11.1
10.2
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.86
18.73
8.6
3.5
33.86
18.73
8.6
3.5
–
–
–
–
20.19
18.11
21.91
12.68
11.7
13.1
10.0
14.8
20.22
18.11
21.91
12.68
11.7
13.1
10.0
14.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
13.95
9.23
13.12
14.87
16.92
21.51
17.78
17.84
10.10
13.4
2.4
6.5
8.4
8.5
6.7
3.6
4.3
19.8
13.98
9.27
13.12
14.87
16.92
21.51
17.78
17.84
10.10
13.3
2.4
6.5
8.4
8.5
6.7
3.6
4.3
19.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
14.24
8.62
10.05
13.13
19.26
20.34
20.48
17.17
7.42
–
21.02
18.48
21.02
11.53
10.06
8.45
11.79
10.4
3.6
4.3
4.8
3.2
6.1
1.4
10.9
17.4
–
3.6
10.2
3.6
12.3
6.4
4.4
4.2
15.16
8.77
10.14
13.78
19.77
20.34
20.51
17.87
–
20.07
21.02
18.48
21.02
11.54
9.83
8.52
11.70
13.2
3.4
5.8
6.3
4.1
6.1
1.6
11.4
–
5.7
3.6
10.2
3.6
12.8
7.6
4.7
4.2
$11.31
8.39
9.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.41
8.36
–
4.0
8.1
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
8.6
–
11.06
9.02
11.49
8.35
7.93
5.9
5.7
4.8
6.4
3.1
11.41
10.04
11.33
8.42
8.00
3.1
5.1
4.4
6.3
2.0
10.82
8.66
–
–
–
10.8
8.3
–
–
–
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
7
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 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 ..............................................................................
$17.76
6.5
$19.29
7.7
$9.30
6.9
Management occupations .................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
39.58
26.77
21.81
51.06
61.53
30.76
32.39
12.1
8.0
16.8
22.0
23.3
9.3
10.8
39.58
26.77
21.81
51.06
61.53
30.76
32.39
12.1
8.0
16.8
22.0
23.3
9.3
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
26.28
20.11
26.84
19.12
26.31
26.31
6.7
6.0
6.0
4.5
4.6
4.6
26.28
20.11
26.84
19.12
26.31
26.31
6.7
6.0
6.0
4.5
4.6
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
32.64
42.98
7.3
8.2
32.64
42.98
7.3
8.2
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
27.86
33.56
13.8
4.2
27.86
33.56
13.8
4.2
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
20.52
24.89
24.03
17.7
8.8
14.6
21.02
24.91
24.03
17.9
9.6
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
25.28
23.81
24.86
28.45
25.61
22.81
11.0
6.2
4.5
6.9
1.5
1.1
24.91
23.94
25.06
27.54
25.61
22.81
10.6
6.6
5.0
5.0
1.5
1.1
–
–
–
33.61
–
–
–
–
–
16.0
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
10.98
9.11
14.14
11.39
11.39
11.39
11.39
10.32
5.6
9.4
13.9
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
10.2
11.05
9.11
–
11.39
11.39
11.39
11.39
10.39
8.5
9.4
–
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations
Level 3 .............................................................
11.58
4.9
–
–
–
–
6.20
5.55
5.33
8.55
3.60
3.55
3.08
6.70
4.2
10.2
7.5
7.1
15.2
.0
21.2
2.5
6.70
2.5
10.55
8.15
10.30
8.15
10.62
–
8.54
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
7.39
6.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.53
4.79
4.84
–
3.07
–
2.91
6.96
7.2
13.5
2.7
–
27.0
–
28.1
.5
–
–
6.96
.5
8.6
11.2
13.1
11.2
11.56
9.26
11.63
9.26
9.8
6.8
11.5
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.4
–
8.3
12.41
9.70
–
11.3
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
$10.04
15.7
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
24.52
7.11
9.06
9.36
14.58
38.66
24.48
24.40
9.80
7.11
9.13
9.36
13.95
8.23
6.92
8.83
8.23
6.92
8.83
11.92
12.04
27.72
19.6
3.4
4.1
22.5
5.3
18.2
10.4
11.5
2.4
3.4
4.8
22.5
8.3
8.0
1.3
12.9
8.0
1.3
12.9
12.2
4.6
17.1
$28.48
–
10.51
–
14.79
38.66
24.48
24.40
11.14
–
10.51
–
14.29
9.29
–
–
9.29
–
–
–
13.43
27.72
19.7
–
4.5
–
4.2
18.2
10.4
11.5
2.2
–
4.5
–
5.5
12.3
–
–
12.3
–
–
–
10.2
17.1
$7.36
6.56
8.04
–
–
–
–
–
7.35
6.56
8.08
–
–
6.80
6.63
6.96
6.80
6.63
6.96
–
8.67
–
3.1
3.2
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
3.2
8.6
–
–
.9
2.0
4.3
.9
2.0
4.3
–
.3
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 5 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
14.13
9.62
12.21
12.02
15.26
17.04
19.84
20.07
13.05
15.44
12.96
–
15.59
16.97
15.40
17.11
13.88
14.83
15.85
10.66
10.42
15.73
14.88
17.16
14.17
12.88
12.71
12.57
1.8
2.5
2.2
3.3
2.9
6.8
4.3
10.0
5.1
3.6
3.9
–
8.1
8.7
5.6
12.0
7.6
4.5
5.0
3.2
3.1
4.8
6.2
8.3
4.8
3.5
5.4
6.2
14.46
10.33
11.98
12.02
15.34
17.05
19.84
20.07
13.46
15.64
–
13.91
–
16.97
15.67
17.11
14.13
14.83
15.85
11.67
–
15.73
14.88
17.16
14.17
12.96
12.71
12.73
1.9
1.5
3.3
3.7
2.8
6.8
4.3
10.0
4.9
3.6
–
7.8
–
8.7
5.6
12.0
8.5
4.5
5.0
4.1
–
4.8
6.2
8.3
4.8
3.6
5.4
6.1
12.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
15.29
19.37
1.8
3.5
15.29
19.37
1.8
3.5
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
26.77
18.09
24.22
12.2
10.5
5.6
26.87
18.09
24.22
12.0
10.5
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.68
18.73
9.4
3.5
33.68
18.73
9.4
3.5
–
–
–
–
20.61
11.7
20.61
11.7
–
–
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,
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers –Continued
Level 5 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
$18.11
21.91
13.1
10.0
$18.11
21.91
13.1
10.0
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
13.85
9.23
13.12
15.18
16.90
21.09
17.31
17.33
10.10
13.5
2.4
6.5
8.2
8.7
6.9
1.0
1.2
19.8
13.88
9.27
13.12
15.18
16.90
21.09
17.31
17.33
10.10
13.4
2.4
6.5
8.2
8.7
6.9
1.0
1.2
19.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
14.23
8.62
10.05
13.14
19.29
20.54
20.39
17.20
–
18.58
11.43
10.06
8.45
11.79
10.5
3.6
4.4
4.9
3.3
6.1
1.6
10.9
–
10.3
12.2
6.4
4.4
4.2
15.16
8.77
10.15
13.80
19.82
20.54
20.42
17.92
20.09
18.58
11.45
9.83
8.52
11.70
13.4
3.4
5.9
6.5
4.2
6.1
1.7
11.5
5.7
10.3
12.6
7.6
4.7
4.2
$11.31
8.39
9.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.41
8.36
–
4.0
8.1
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
8.6
–
11.06
9.02
11.49
8.35
7.93
5.9
5.7
4.8
6.4
3.1
11.41
10.04
11.33
8.42
8.00
3.1
5.1
4.4
6.3
2.0
10.82
8.66
–
–
–
10.8
8.3
–
–
–
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
10
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 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 ..............................................................................
$21.99
1.2
$22.47
1.5
$13.21
4.9
Management occupations .................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
33.96
30.54
40.72
9.0
6.1
1.5
33.79
29.90
40.72
9.3
4.5
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
22.44
13.6
22.44
13.6
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
16.36
13.8
16.36
13.8
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
27.67
10.84
24.74
33.74
31.82
2.6
1.0
3.7
.5
5.6
28.76
10.89
26.59
33.74
31.80
3.2
1.4
4.6
.5
5.6
10.95
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
–
–
–
32.01
25.78
32.26
2.1
4.5
1.3
32.36
–
32.26
1.0
–
1.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.45
31.03
.7
.9
32.45
32.06
.7
1.5
–
–
–
–
31.05
11.44
10.91
1.0
4.4
1.0
32.10
11.58
10.89
1.4
5.3
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 7 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
22.83
25.05
26.43
2.9
2.1
8.1
23.21
25.26
26.63
3.7
1.7
9.0
21.07
–
–
8.0
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
19.81
16.83
18.12
22.14
21.97
24.14
3.1
7.4
1.8
1.0
5.0
5.9
19.83
16.83
18.12
22.14
21.97
24.14
3.2
7.4
1.8
1.0
5.0
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.48
1.3
26.48
1.3
–
–
26.51
1.6
26.51
1.6
–
–
22.92
16.77
15.59
15.59
20.35
20.35
12.5
2.1
3.8
3.8
1.8
1.8
22.92
16.77
15.59
15.59
20.35
20.35
12.5
2.1
3.8
3.8
1.8
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
12.80
7.6
12.80
7.6
–
–
11.51
10.32
6.8
7.5
11.54
9.92
8.7
8.7
–
–
–
–
10.32
14.55
14.55
7.5
2.2
2.2
9.92
14.55
14.55
8.7
2.2
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
12.92
14.0
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
13.18
12.37
13.56
15.59
16.72
3.6
1.4
4.2
10.6
6.2
13.43
12.37
13.56
15.59
16.72
3.4
1.4
4.2
10.6
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$16.72
13.58
12.04
6.2
1.9
2.4
$16.72
13.58
12.47
6.2
1.9
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
17.88
8.0
17.88
8.0
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
26.75
8.3
26.87
8.4
–
–
12.15
13.5
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
19.13
20.0
19.13
20.0
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
15.25
12.4
15.25
12.4
–
–
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 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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
12
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 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 ..............................................................................
$18.22
5.8
$19.67
6.8
$9.45
6.6
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
38.76
24.99
35.17
55.41
32.31
30.76
36.09
10.4
8.3
10.1
22.1
6.4
9.3
11.6
38.74
–
–
55.41
32.31
30.76
36.09
10.4
–
–
22.1
6.4
9.3
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
26.03
19.77
29.92
6.3
5.5
4.8
26.03
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.42
19.12
18.03
26.31
26.31
8.7
4.5
4.8
4.6
4.6
20.42
19.12
18.03
26.31
26.31
8.7
4.5
4.8
4.6
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
32.28
19.36
36.27
42.98
7.2
5.2
4.9
8.2
32.29
–
–
42.98
7.2
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group III ............................................................
27.17
21.54
35.11
34.00
35.11
11.9
8.6
3.8
3.4
3.8
27.17
–
–
34.00
–
11.9
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
22.02
29.6
22.06
30.7
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
14.94
14.81
15.40
10.5
7.5
16.6
14.94
–
15.40
10.5
–
16.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
26.57
10.62
27.46
32.98
29.15
26.33
28.99
3.5
8.1
4.1
1.2
5.8
14.2
6.7
27.58
–
–
–
29.14
–
28.99
3.9
–
–
–
5.8
–
6.7
11.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.93
25.65
30.46
24.78
2.6
6.8
3.4
7.9
31.64
–
31.14
–
1.3
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.85
24.15
31.01
26.96
3.1
8.2
.8
9.1
31.62
25.94
31.97
–
1.6
2.9
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.03
26.77
10.65
10.65
1.0
9.0
8.2
8.2
32.01
–
10.58
10.58
1.4
–
10.1
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.04
14.08
22.08
30.21
28.26
25.17
10.0
3.3
4.1
13.1
6.3
2.6
24.75
–
–
–
27.45
25.25
9.6
–
–
–
4.5
2.6
26.96
–
–
–
32.98
24.39
17.7
–
–
–
15.4
1.9
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Registered nurses –Continued
Group III ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
–
$22.56
23.45
16.54
–
–
0.8
2.1
1.8
–
$28.99
22.53
–
16.42
15.95
13.1
.7
–
3.0
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
11.01
9.84
14.38
11.39
11.39
11.39
11.39
10.36
9.12
13.63
5.3
8.1
6.8
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.2
9.7
17.9
7.5
11.07
–
–
11.39
–
11.39
11.39
10.44
–
–
8.1
–
–
1.0
–
1.2
1.2
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
11.99
9.29
19.00
21.6
12.7
3.2
12.25
–
–
21.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.69
16.0
21.69
16.0
–
–
26.51
1.6
26.51
1.6
–
–
22.92
16.77
17.18
15.59
15.59
19.76
21.49
19.76
21.49
12.5
2.1
2.0
3.8
3.8
3.1
3.2
3.1
3.2
22.92
16.77
17.18
15.59
15.59
19.76
–
19.76
21.49
12.5
2.1
2.0
3.8
3.8
3.1
–
3.1
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.42
6.28
8.95
8.72
3.60
3.60
3.08
3.08
6.73
6.73
4.1
5.3
7.8
9.5
15.2
15.2
21.2
21.2
2.6
2.6
7.88
–
9.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$5.53
–
–
–
3.07
–
2.91
2.91
6.96
–
7.2
–
–
–
27.0
–
28.1
28.1
.5
–
6.73
6.73
2.6
2.6
–
–
–
–
6.96
6.96
.5
.5
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
10.71
10.25
10.31
10.31
7.3
9.5
11.1
11.7
11.55
–
11.37
–
8.2
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.56
10.58
8.54
8.54
10.80
10.80
11.9
12.5
8.3
8.3
10.7
10.7
11.95
12.10
–
–
10.80
10.80
9.7
9.4
–
–
10.7
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
10.59
9.49
12.7
15.3
10.61
–
15.8
–
10.49
–
10.9
–
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,
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
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 ......
$24.39
10.12
33.00
24.48
24.40
9.80
9.37
8.27
8.10
8.27
8.10
11.92
11.92
12.04
11.70
27.72
19.5
6.2
10.3
10.4
11.5
2.4
4.4
7.7
6.6
7.7
6.6
12.2
12.2
4.6
8.6
17.1
$28.29
–
–
24.48
24.40
11.11
–
9.31
–
9.31
9.13
–
–
13.43
–
27.72
19.7
–
–
10.4
11.5
2.2
–
11.7
–
11.7
11.2
–
–
10.2
–
17.1
$7.36
–
–
–
–
7.35
–
6.80
–
6.80
6.80
–
–
8.67
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
.9
–
.9
.9
–
–
.3
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
14.07
13.20
17.93
15.48
14.64
16.99
15.47
14.35
17.09
13.88
13.85
14.83
14.26
10.66
10.79
15.48
14.11
18.30
16.88
13.73
14.11
13.96
12.83
13.23
12.72
12.46
12.54
1.7
1.7
4.5
3.4
4.5
6.8
5.3
5.7
8.9
7.6
7.4
4.5
7.9
3.2
3.1
4.4
4.7
7.5
7.8
11.6
4.0
4.2
3.6
3.6
5.3
5.1
6.0
14.39
–
–
15.69
–
–
15.73
14.81
17.09
14.13
14.04
14.83
14.26
11.67
11.67
15.48
–
–
16.88
13.73
14.11
13.96
12.91
–
12.72
12.68
12.80
1.8
–
–
3.4
–
–
5.2
4.7
8.9
8.5
8.8
4.5
7.9
4.1
4.1
4.4
–
–
7.8
11.6
4.0
4.2
3.7
–
5.3
5.0
5.8
11.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
15.49
12.69
18.36
13.89
14.02
19.03
19.46
12.60
1.7
2.3
4.5
1.7
1.2
3.3
1.7
1.5
15.49
–
–
13.89
–
19.03
19.46
12.60
1.7
–
–
1.7
–
3.3
1.7
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
26.76
11.91
28.34
11.3
6.1
11.0
26.87
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.86
18.73
19.13
8.6
3.5
3.6
33.86
18.73
19.13
8.6
3.5
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.19
20.62
21.91
11.7
11.5
10.0
20.22
–
21.91
11.7
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
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,
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.91
12.68
10.0
14.8
$21.91
12.68
10.0
14.8
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Miscellaneous production workers
Group I ..............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
13.95
12.20
19.62
17.78
17.84
13.4
4.9
6.0
3.6
4.3
13.98
–
–
17.78
17.84
13.3
–
–
3.6
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.72
10.10
10.10
17.9
19.8
19.8
–
10.10
10.10
–
19.8
19.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
14.24
12.44
22.51
17.17
16.55
22.22
18.48
17.05
22.22
11.53
11.41
10.06
9.97
10.4
9.7
4.9
10.9
15.4
.8
10.2
16.8
.8
12.3
12.0
6.4
6.8
15.16
–
–
17.87
–
–
18.48
17.05
22.22
11.54
11.42
9.83
–
13.2
–
–
11.4
–
–
10.2
16.8
.8
12.8
12.4
7.6
–
$11.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.41
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
11.06
10.93
8.35
8.35
5.9
6.9
6.4
6.4
11.41
11.10
8.42
8.42
3.1
3.1
6.3
6.3
10.82
10.82
–
–
10.8
10.8
–
–
Industrial machinery mechanics –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
16
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.50
$10.08
$14.37
$21.21
$32.95
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
17.63
27.04
26.67
20.24
19.57
24.04
27.36
29.39
24.04
28.38
34.13
58.42
31.11
24.42
42.96
46.56
81.52
36.06
39.88
42.96
58.42
135.53
39.92
47.15
42.96
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
17.31
19.47
23.81
29.14
40.39
17.31
15.34
21.64
21.64
17.31
16.37
21.83
21.83
19.69
19.47
24.26
24.26
19.71
19.47
28.85
28.85
25.95
23.81
31.99
31.99
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
17.29
33.08
21.97
35.22
33.08
37.45
38.26
47.58
44.32
58.13
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
17.81
30.51
18.13
30.51
25.88
31.75
31.75
34.71
38.92
45.63
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
12.06
15.38
18.41
31.73
39.32
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
11.00
10.86
11.29
11.02
11.96
11.54
16.35
15.14
18.66
38.02
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous 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 ...........................................................
10.96
17.22
17.22
17.22
21.85
20.63
30.94
27.74
26.00
33.61
33.32
34.33
35.86
42.71
44.13
24.34
23.18
30.49
27.38
32.41
33.61
33.61
33.68
33.68
33.68
23.28
27.23
27.91
32.41
33.61
32.41
33.68
32.41
33.68
32.45
27.23
6.15
32.41
10.59
32.41
11.19
32.41
11.19
32.45
12.53
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
14.25
20.70
15.65
17.24
14.74
18.69
23.00
20.39
20.64
15.60
24.50
26.10
23.35
25.00
16.50
27.50
29.00
26.08
26.62
18.00
33.34
34.06
26.62
27.81
18.21
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
7.50
9.87
9.68
7.50
7.50
10.56
10.83
7.50
10.42
11.62
11.62
10.00
13.00
11.80
11.80
11.82
16.56
13.27
13.05
15.53
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
7.56
7.56
9.25
15.75
22.82
9.90
12.19
26.02
26.33
26.38
26.02
26.02
26.02
26.33
27.13
19.67
12.03
12.43
12.43
13.61
13.61
20.94
16.76
15.95
15.95
14.05
14.05
20.94
17.35
16.09
16.09
22.82
22.82
26.88
18.91
16.15
16.15
23.60
23.60
26.88
18.91
17.45
17.45
23.60
23.60
2.13
6.34
2.13
2.13
5.40
4.50
6.60
2.13
2.13
6.00
6.54
8.00
2.62
2.62
6.65
7.84
10.50
4.50
4.25
7.25
10.09
12.19
5.82
4.25
8.81
5.40
6.00
6.65
7.25
8.81
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.00
6.00
$7.87
7.63
$10.34
10.00
$12.41
12.17
$15.75
15.75
6.00
7.63
7.00
7.00
7.87
7.63
8.00
8.00
10.34
7.63
11.25
11.25
12.33
9.32
11.50
11.50
15.75
10.73
14.50
14.50
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.50
8.50
9.43
12.20
17.16
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
7.00
12.28
8.66
14.10
13.26
17.44
28.38
39.37
66.56
39.37
12.28
6.51
6.25
6.25
9.10
7.50
17.50
14.00
7.00
6.65
6.65
9.37
10.00
19.29
17.44
9.10
7.00
7.00
10.64
12.00
24.77
39.37
11.66
9.32
9.32
12.50
12.00
40.29
39.37
15.80
11.66
11.66
19.65
17.61
40.29
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.56
12.00
11.32
9.00
10.00
8.50
11.40
11.02
12.16
8.50
8.50
9.56
11.48
12.75
12.75
10.90
12.69
9.20
13.25
14.09
13.25
11.32
11.32
10.00
13.68
15.75
15.11
13.30
16.22
10.45
14.88
16.79
13.50
13.94
12.85
12.15
16.36
17.56
18.38
14.25
16.95
12.16
17.46
18.18
15.10
14.15
14.15
14.37
18.38
19.38
19.71
22.44
17.19
13.19
18.21
24.82
16.83
14.57
14.57
14.37
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
10.50
12.40
13.40
13.00
10.47
13.00
12.88
15.63
14.86
11.00
14.70
14.21
20.00
20.00
13.00
18.00
14.68
20.46
21.55
14.15
20.23
15.39
25.00
25.43
14.43
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
13.50
17.00
26.93
37.98
41.89
21.64
15.00
31.27
16.37
37.98
19.01
39.26
20.29
39.26
21.98
10.33
15.00
10.33
16.15
19.95
10.33
20.70
22.75
10.33
24.61
27.33
16.15
27.34
27.34
20.37
10.00
15.70
16.40
10.50
17.35
17.35
12.04
17.68
17.68
17.32
17.68
17.70
20.63
19.00
19.00
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 ..................
Production occupations ....................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Helpers--production workers ........................................
$6.25
$6.25
$9.34
$13.42
$14.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
7.00
6.00
12.00
8.65
6.25
9.06
13.81
15.00
9.50
7.58
11.60
19.05
19.05
10.00
9.47
18.15
21.16
20.62
12.98
11.50
21.73
21.59
27.00
14.43
15.45
6.25
7.58
7.50
7.58
11.14
7.58
12.80
9.47
17.12
11.50
Occupation2
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
19
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.25
$9.75
$13.70
$20.12
$30.91
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
17.63
27.36
20.24
20.24
27.36
24.04
34.50
58.42
24.42
46.56
81.52
39.88
58.42
135.53
47.15
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
17.31
15.34
21.64
21.64
19.69
16.37
21.83
21.83
23.81
19.47
24.26
24.26
29.85
19.47
28.85
28.85
41.40
23.81
31.99
31.99
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
17.07
33.08
23.91
35.22
33.21
37.45
38.31
47.58
44.65
58.13
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
17.81
30.51
18.13
30.51
30.51
31.75
31.75
34.71
34.71
45.63
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
6.15
17.22
7.25
20.63
21.98
25.03
27.64
28.75
30.88
30.74
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
14.04
20.86
15.65
18.69
23.17
21.13
24.54
26.10
23.54
27.50
29.00
26.20
33.48
34.06
26.62
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
7.50
9.68
9.68
7.50
7.50
10.83
10.83
7.50
10.38
11.62
11.62
10.00
13.00
11.80
11.80
11.00
17.06
13.05
13.05
16.04
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
2.13
6.34
2.13
2.13
5.40
4.25
6.60
2.13
2.13
6.00
6.50
8.00
2.62
2.62
6.65
7.61
10.00
4.50
4.25
7.25
9.03
11.85
5.82
4.25
7.75
5.40
6.00
6.65
7.25
7.75
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
6.00
6.00
7.63
7.63
10.00
10.00
11.98
12.43
15.75
15.75
5.65
7.63
7.25
7.63
10.00
7.63
13.11
9.32
15.75
10.73
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.75
8.50
9.09
11.13
17.16
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
6.90
12.28
8.66
14.10
13.51
17.44
28.38
39.37
66.56
39.37
12.28
6.51
6.25
6.25
9.10
7.50
17.50
14.00
7.00
6.55
6.55
9.37
10.00
19.29
17.44
8.97
7.00
7.00
10.64
12.00
24.77
39.37
11.75
8.97
8.97
12.50
12.00
40.29
39.37
15.80
11.66
11.66
19.65
17.61
40.29
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.56
12.00
11.32
9.00
10.00
8.50
11.40
11.02
13.05
8.50
8.50
9.56
11.44
12.75
12.36
10.90
12.69
9.20
13.25
14.88
13.25
11.32
11.32
10.00
13.73
15.75
15.00
13.30
16.22
10.45
15.87
16.83
13.50
13.94
12.85
13.50
16.53
17.06
18.38
14.25
16.95
12.16
17.46
18.18
14.11
14.15
14.15
14.37
18.38
19.30
19.71
22.44
17.19
13.19
18.27
24.82
16.83
14.57
14.57
14.69
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
$10.50
$12.90
$14.46
$18.00
$20.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
13.97
16.91
26.54
39.26
41.91
18.27
15.00
29.82
16.37
37.98
19.01
39.26
20.29
39.26
21.98
15.00
15.00
16.74
19.95
20.70
22.75
24.61
27.33
27.34
27.34
Production occupations ....................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
10.00
15.70
15.70
6.25
10.50
17.35
17.35
6.25
12.03
17.68
17.68
9.34
17.25
17.68
17.68
13.42
20.18
19.00
19.00
14.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
7.00
6.00
12.00
7.89
6.25
9.06
13.81
15.00
9.50
7.58
11.50
19.05
19.05
10.00
9.47
18.15
21.16
20.62
12.98
11.50
21.73
21.59
27.00
14.43
15.45
6.25
7.58
7.50
7.58
11.14
7.58
12.80
9.47
17.12
11.50
Occupation2
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
21
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February
2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$11.02
$13.28
$19.65
$29.80
$34.58
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
27.04
30.40
28.74
39.69
30.40
42.96
42.96
42.96
42.96
42.96
Business and financial operations occupations .............
14.14
18.35
20.32
26.53
33.33
Community and social services occupations ..................
10.99
11.26
14.18
17.13
38.02
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 ...........................................................
11.19
20.19
21.46
24.90
32.41
29.57
33.68
36.88
37.48
47.57
27.28
26.60
32.41
33.61
33.61
33.61
33.68
33.68
34.58
33.68
26.75
28.08
33.61
32.41
33.61
32.41
33.68
32.41
33.68
32.41
28.08
10.59
32.41
10.96
32.41
11.19
32.41
12.53
32.41
12.53
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
14.86
18.81
17.77
22.46
22.98
25.67
25.68
29.08
30.95
36.91
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
13.61
16.09
18.91
23.60
26.38
26.02
26.02
26.33
26.38
26.38
26.02
26.02
26.02
26.33
27.13
19.67
12.03
12.43
12.43
14.05
14.05
20.94
16.76
15.95
15.95
14.41
14.41
20.94
17.35
16.09
16.09
23.33
23.33
26.88
18.91
16.15
16.15
23.60
23.60
26.88
18.91
17.45
17.45
23.60
23.60
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
9.82
12.19
12.19
15.02
17.06
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
7.91
7.71
8.93
8.57
11.37
11.37
14.50
11.93
14.50
12.17
7.71
14.50
14.50
8.57
14.50
14.50
11.37
14.50
14.50
11.93
14.50
14.50
12.17
15.13
15.13
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.50
8.33
10.89
17.00
17.69
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.98
13.39
13.39
10.41
8.33
11.71
14.19
14.19
12.40
11.71
12.93
15.72
15.72
13.63
12.15
14.46
19.42
19.42
14.88
13.40
16.56
19.42
19.42
16.42
13.83
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
12.93
15.07
15.63
21.93
24.02
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
10.45
27.70
28.87
31.67
35.84
9.00
9.09
10.33
12.21
23.29
Production occupations ....................................................
7.90
7.90
23.18
26.02
27.27
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February
2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.90
$11.66
$16.05
$20.04
$21.26
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
23
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.25
$11.00
$15.61
$22.97
$34.58
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
17.63
27.04
26.67
20.24
19.57
24.04
27.36
29.39
24.04
28.38
34.13
58.42
31.11
24.42
42.96
46.56
81.52
36.06
39.88
42.96
58.42
135.53
39.92
47.15
42.96
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
17.31
19.47
23.81
29.14
40.39
17.31
15.34
21.64
21.64
17.31
16.37
21.83
21.83
19.69
19.47
24.26
24.26
19.71
19.47
28.85
28.85
25.95
23.81
31.99
31.99
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
17.29
33.08
21.97
35.22
33.08
37.45
38.26
47.58
44.32
58.13
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
17.81
30.51
18.13
30.51
25.88
31.75
31.75
34.71
38.92
45.63
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
12.06
15.38
18.41
31.73
39.32
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
11.00
10.86
11.29
11.02
11.96
11.54
16.35
15.14
18.66
38.02
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous 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 ...........................................................
11.19
17.22
17.22
22.03
21.85
20.63
32.41
27.71
26.00
33.68
33.32
34.33
36.85
42.64
44.13
26.08
23.70
32.09
27.91
32.45
33.61
33.68
33.68
34.58
33.68
24.60
29.80
31.24
32.41
33.61
32.41
33.68
32.41
33.68
32.45
30.88
6.15
32.41
9.78
32.41
11.19
32.41
12.53
32.45
12.53
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
13.97
20.50
15.44
14.04
18.69
22.96
20.00
15.50
24.38
26.00
23.35
16.59
27.26
29.33
26.18
18.18
32.67
34.06
26.62
18.21
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
7.50
9.87
9.68
7.50
7.50
10.56
10.83
7.50
10.52
11.62
11.62
10.00
13.00
11.80
11.80
12.24
16.52
13.27
13.05
15.97
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
7.56
7.56
9.25
16.09
23.60
9.90
12.19
26.02
26.33
26.38
26.02
26.02
26.02
26.33
27.13
19.67
12.03
12.43
12.43
13.61
13.61
20.94
16.76
15.95
15.95
14.05
14.05
20.94
17.35
16.09
16.09
22.82
22.82
26.88
18.91
16.15
16.15
23.60
23.60
26.88
18.91
17.45
17.45
23.60
23.60
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
4.50
6.34
5.40
6.60
7.25
8.50
9.72
11.85
12.19
12.19
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
7.63
8.48
10.57
14.50
15.75
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
$7.63
$8.48
$10.35
$13.11
$15.75
7.91
7.00
7.00
10.00
8.00
8.00
10.95
11.25
11.25
15.75
11.50
11.50
15.75
14.50
14.50
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.75
8.62
9.54
12.20
17.16
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
8.25
12.28
11.43
14.10
17.61
17.44
30.10
39.37
66.56
39.37
12.28
7.00
7.00
7.00
10.00
17.50
14.00
8.25
7.50
7.50
10.92
19.29
17.44
10.17
8.45
8.45
12.00
24.77
39.37
12.00
10.80
10.80
17.61
40.29
39.37
17.61
12.25
12.25
17.61
40.29
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.96
12.01
12.00
9.00
10.00
9.75
11.40
11.02
12.16
9.00
8.50
9.56
11.79
13.33
12.75
10.90
12.69
10.45
13.25
14.09
13.25
12.00
11.32
11.00
13.94
15.75
15.30
13.62
16.22
11.30
14.88
16.79
13.50
13.94
12.85
13.24
16.61
17.79
18.38
17.45
16.95
13.08
17.46
18.18
15.10
14.15
14.15
14.37
18.75
19.38
19.71
23.60
17.19
14.06
18.21
24.82
16.83
14.57
14.57
14.37
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
10.50
12.40
13.40
13.00
10.47
13.00
12.88
15.63
14.86
11.00
14.70
14.21
20.00
20.00
13.00
18.00
14.68
20.46
21.55
14.15
20.23
15.39
25.00
25.43
14.43
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
13.97
17.59
26.93
37.98
41.89
21.64
15.00
31.27
16.37
37.98
19.01
39.26
20.29
39.26
21.98
10.33
15.00
10.33
16.15
19.95
10.33
20.70
22.75
10.33
24.61
27.33
16.15
27.34
27.34
20.37
10.00
15.70
16.40
10.50
17.35
17.35
12.04
17.68
17.68
17.32
17.68
17.70
20.63
19.00
19.00
Production occupations ....................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Helpers--production workers ........................................
$6.25
$6.25
$9.34
$13.42
$14.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
7.58
12.00
12.00
7.89
7.58
9.47
15.00
15.00
9.50
7.58
12.50
20.25
19.05
10.00
9.47
20.25
21.19
20.62
13.00
11.20
22.36
21.73
27.00
15.47
12.92
8.70
7.58
10.00
7.58
11.14
7.58
12.63
9.47
14.05
11.50
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$4.25
$6.25
$7.50
$11.34
$16.00
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
6.88
10.96
10.96
10.96
12.00
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
16.08
23.00
18.00
25.00
25.00
27.50
28.50
28.50
35.00
83.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
2.13
2.13
2.13
6.00
2.62
2.13
2.13
6.54
6.00
2.62
2.62
6.65
7.25
4.25
4.25
7.25
9.00
4.50
4.25
9.03
6.00
6.54
6.65
7.25
9.03
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.50
7.50
8.73
15.41
17.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
5.50
6.51
6.51
6.50
6.50
6.75
7.00
7.00
6.51
6.51
8.17
7.50
7.50
7.00
7.00
10.55
10.00
10.00
7.15
7.15
12.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
8.33
7.75
10.00
8.50
12.00
8.60
14.74
10.17
15.21
10.25
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
6.00
6.00
6.50
6.25
10.17
9.00
15.35
12.81
18.73
17.69
6.00
6.50
11.21
14.40
18.00
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$614
40.0
$40,214
$32,210
2,044
1,629
2,185
1,310
1,221
1,433
1,370
2,337
1,175
1,028
1,719
42.0
39.4
40.5
39.7
39.7
84,095
113,605
68,133
63,477
70,151
71,265
121,520
61,125
53,450
82,489
2,171
2,050
2,108
2,064
1,944
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$19.67
$15.61
$787
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Financial managers ............................
Education administrators ....................
38.74
55.41
32.31
30.76
36.09
34.13
58.42
31.11
24.42
42.96
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
26.03
23.81
1,031
941
39.6
53,604
48,916
2,059
20.42
19.12
26.31
26.31
19.69
19.47
24.26
24.26
794
762
1,044
1,044
788
779
970
970
38.9
39.9
39.7
39.7
41,311
39,640
54,290
54,290
40,955
40,502
50,450
50,450
2,023
2,073
2,063
2,063
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
32.29
42.98
33.08
37.45
1,294
1,762
1,354
1,550
40.1
41.0
67,297
91,610
70,393
80,581
2,084
2,131
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
27.17
34.00
25.88
31.75
1,118
1,453
1,035
1,391
41.2
42.7
58,156
75,531
53,835
72,327
2,141
2,222
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
22.06
18.41
855
664
38.8
44,485
34,507
2,017
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
14.94
15.40
11.96
11.54
576
587
478
441
38.6
38.1
29,429
29,588
25,000
23,566
1,970
1,922
27.58
29.14
32.41
27.71
1,033
1,114
1,216
1,061
37.4
38.2
41,474
44,678
48,621
41,890
1,504
1,533
28.99
26.00
1,101
1,001
38.0
44,147
40,045
1,523
31.64
32.45
1,191
1,217
37.6
46,987
48,621
1,485
31.14
33.61
1,178
1,260
37.8
46,306
50,408
1,487
31.62
31.97
33.61
32.41
1,195
1,196
1,260
1,216
37.8
37.4
47,108
47,397
50,408
48,621
1,490
1,483
32.01
10.58
32.41
11.19
1,199
382
1,216
392
37.5
36.1
47,508
15,857
48,621
15,663
1,484
1,499
24.75
27.45
24.38
26.00
965
1,054
923
1,007
39.0
38.4
50,103
54,815
47,986
52,360
2,024
1,997
22.53
23.35
877
896
38.9
45,610
46,587
2,024
16.42
16.59
651
645
39.7
33,872
33,530
2,063
11.07
10.52
437
415
39.5
22,746
21,580
2,054
11.39
11.62
449
443
39.4
23,352
23,016
2,051
11.39
11.62
452
443
39.7
23,489
23,016
2,062
10.44
10.00
412
360
39.5
21,431
18,720
2,053
12.25
9.25
503
370
41.1
26,154
19,240
2,136
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Miscellaneous 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 .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire
fighting and prevention workers ....
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$21.69
$26.02
$869
$1,041
40.0
$45,172
$54,126
2,083
26.51
26.02
1,063
1,041
40.1
55,278
54,126
2,085
22.92
16.77
20.94
17.35
1,210
887
1,110
920
52.8
52.9
62,902
46,109
57,716
47,822
2,744
2,749
15.59
15.59
19.76
19.76
16.09
16.09
22.82
22.82
618
618
787
787
644
644
933
933
39.6
39.6
39.8
39.8
32,125
32,125
40,948
40,948
33,465
33,465
48,526
48,526
2,061
2,061
2,072
2,072
7.88
9.07
7.25
8.50
314
355
294
340
39.9
39.2
15,933
17,511
15,288
17,059
2,023
1,932
11.55
11.37
10.57
10.35
462
451
420
414
40.0
39.6
23,908
23,295
21,840
21,524
2,069
2,049
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
11.95
10.80
10.95
11.25
473
432
438
450
39.6
40.0
24,409
22,473
21,840
23,400
2,043
2,080
10.80
11.25
432
450
40.0
22,473
23,400
2,080
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
10.61
9.54
420
381
39.6
21,466
19,074
2,022
28.29
17.61
1,146
710
40.5
59,477
36,920
2,102
24.48
17.44
1,057
785
43.2
54,983
40,819
2,246
24.40
11.11
9.31
9.31
13.43
17.44
10.17
8.45
8.45
12.00
1,060
444
365
365
561
785
404
330
330
480
43.5
39.9
39.2
39.2
41.8
55,138
22,983
18,832
18,832
29,167
40,819
21,008
17,160
17,160
24,960
2,260
2,069
2,022
2,022
2,172
27.72
24.77
1,109
991
40.0
57,660
51,530
2,080
14.39
15.69
13.94
15.75
570
626
550
630
39.6
39.9
29,598
32,532
28,600
32,760
2,057
2,074
15.73
14.13
15.30
13.62
627
556
612
545
39.9
39.3
32,578
28,886
31,799
28,332
2,071
2,045
14.83
11.67
16.22
11.30
593
459
649
440
40.0
39.3
30,855
23,861
33,738
22,880
2,080
2,045
15.48
14.88
613
589
39.6
31,872
30,632
2,059
16.88
16.79
673
672
39.9
34,981
34,927
2,073
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Data entry keyers ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
14.11
13.50
553
540
39.2
28,735
28,080
2,036
12.91
12.72
12.68
13.94
12.85
13.24
516
509
501
558
514
484
40.0
40.0
39.5
26,844
26,457
25,891
28,993
26,728
24,993
2,080
2,080
2,043
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Construction equipment operators .....
15.49
13.89
14.70
14.21
619
555
588
568
40.0
40.0
32,195
28,885
30,568
29,557
2,079
2,080
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...............................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Production occupations ......................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Helpers--production workers ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Packers and packagers, hand ........
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$800
40.0
$39,586
$41,600
2,080
778
504
800
520
40.0
40.0
40,478
26,218
41,600
27,040
2,080
2,080
26.93
1,076
1,077
40.1
55,963
56,014
2,083
33.86
37.98
1,364
1,519
40.3
70,942
79,000
2,095
18.73
19.01
752
756
40.2
39,118
39,333
2,089
20.22
21.91
20.70
22.75
809
877
828
910
40.0
40.0
42,049
45,579
43,056
47,320
2,080
2,080
12.68
10.33
507
413
40.0
26,368
21,491
2,080
13.98
12.04
561
482
40.1
29,188
25,043
2,088
17.78
17.68
711
707
40.0
36,990
36,766
2,080
17.84
10.10
17.68
9.34
714
404
707
374
40.0
40.0
37,106
21,002
36,766
19,427
2,080
2,080
15.16
12.50
611
500
40.3
31,204
26,000
2,058
17.87
20.25
733
810
41.0
38,109
42,118
2,132
18.48
11.54
9.83
19.05
10.00
9.47
782
462
390
762
400
379
42.3
40.0
39.7
40,680
24,006
20,265
39,624
20,800
19,704
2,202
2,080
2,062
11.41
8.42
11.14
7.58
453
333
444
303
39.7
39.5
23,574
17,313
23,067
15,762
2,066
2,055
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$19.03
$20.00
$761
19.46
12.60
20.00
13.00
26.87
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$591
40.1
$40,116
$30,732
2,079
1,685
2,446
1,221
1,404
2,337
1,028
42.6
39.8
39.7
87,618
127,218
63,477
73,018
121,520
53,450
2,214
2,068
2,064
23.81
19.47
24.26
24.26
1,045
762
1,044
1,044
952
779
970
970
39.7
39.9
39.7
39.7
54,315
39,649
54,290
54,290
49,514
40,502
50,450
50,450
2,066
2,073
2,063
2,063
32.64
42.98
33.21
37.45
1,312
1,762
1,397
1,550
40.2
41.0
68,226
91,610
72,667
80,581
2,090
2,131
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
27.86
33.56
30.51
31.75
1,163
1,441
1,220
1,391
41.7
43.0
60,495
74,949
63,465
72,327
2,171
2,234
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
21.02
24.03
22.30
25.03
830
961
882
1,001
39.5
40.0
34,932
40,664
35,811
40,045
1,662
1,692
24.91
27.54
24.52
26.00
971
1,056
928
1,007
39.0
38.3
50,494
54,909
48,277
52,341
2,027
1,994
22.81
23.54
887
902
38.9
46,109
46,883
2,021
11.05
10.52
438
415
39.6
22,771
21,580
2,060
11.39
11.62
452
443
39.7
23,489
23,016
2,062
11.39
11.62
452
443
39.7
23,489
23,016
2,062
10.39
10.00
411
360
39.6
21,385
18,720
2,058
7.39
6.66
298
267
40.2
15,471
13,861
2,093
11.56
11.63
10.50
10.35
464
463
420
414
40.1
39.8
24,107
24,071
21,840
21,524
2,086
2,070
12.41
11.98
493
449
39.7
25,647
23,361
2,067
28.48
17.61
1,154
724
40.5
60,000
37,653
2,107
24.48
17.44
1,057
785
43.2
54,983
40,819
2,246
24.40
11.14
9.29
9.29
13.43
17.44
10.30
8.25
8.25
12.00
1,060
445
364
364
561
785
404
330
330
480
43.5
40.0
39.2
39.2
41.8
55,138
23,160
18,935
18,935
29,167
40,819
21,008
17,160
17,160
24,960
2,260
2,079
2,037
2,037
2,172
27.72
24.77
1,109
991
40.0
57,660
51,530
2,080
14.46
15.64
14.15
15.75
574
625
564
630
39.7
39.9
29,848
32,496
29,351
32,760
2,065
2,077
15.67
15.29
625
612
39.9
32,525
31,799
2,076
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$19.29
$14.88
$774
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Financial managers ............................
39.58
61.53
30.76
34.50
58.42
24.42
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
26.28
19.12
26.31
26.31
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Customer service representatives ......
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Data entry keyers ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Production occupations ......................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Helpers--production workers ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Packers and packagers, hand ........
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$545
39.3
$28,886
$28,332
2,045
593
459
649
440
40.0
39.3
30,855
23,861
33,738
22,880
2,080
2,045
15.87
626
635
39.8
32,547
33,010
2,069
17.16
16.83
686
673
40.0
35,695
35,006
2,080
14.17
13.50
559
540
39.4
29,049
28,080
2,051
12.96
12.71
12.73
13.94
12.85
13.79
518
508
509
558
514
552
40.0
40.0
40.0
26,956
26,431
26,472
28,993
26,728
28,683
2,080
2,080
2,080
15.29
14.46
612
578
40.0
31,813
30,077
2,080
26.87
26.54
1,076
1,062
40.1
55,968
55,199
2,083
33.68
37.98
1,358
1,519
40.3
70,609
79,000
2,096
18.73
19.01
752
756
40.2
39,118
39,333
2,089
20.61
21.91
20.70
22.75
824
877
828
910
40.0
40.0
42,859
45,579
43,056
47,320
2,080
2,080
13.88
12.04
558
482
40.2
28,999
25,043
2,089
17.31
17.68
692
707
40.0
35,995
36,766
2,080
17.33
10.10
17.68
9.34
693
404
707
374
40.0
40.0
36,055
21,002
36,766
19,427
2,080
2,080
15.16
12.50
611
500
40.3
31,290
25,917
2,064
17.92
20.60
735
824
41.0
38,237
42,848
2,133
18.58
11.45
9.83
19.05
9.60
9.47
788
458
390
762
384
379
42.4
40.0
39.7
40,958
23,807
20,265
39,624
19,966
19,704
2,205
2,080
2,062
11.41
8.42
11.14
7.58
453
333
444
303
39.7
39.5
23,574
17,313
23,067
15,762
2,066
2,055
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$14.13
$13.62
$556
14.83
11.67
16.22
11.30
15.73
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$885
39.0
$40,850
$41,667
1,818
1,325
1,614
1,153
1,719
39.2
39.6
65,778
77,712
59,284
82,489
1,947
1,909
20.32
849
762
37.8
44,130
39,624
1,966
16.36
14.18
616
532
37.7
31,073
28,655
1,899
28.76
31.80
32.41
29.53
1,067
1,189
1,216
1,107
37.1
37.4
42,520
46,484
48,621
43,188
1,478
1,462
32.36
33.61
1,213
1,260
37.5
48,125
50,408
1,487
32.26
33.61
1,213
1,260
37.6
48,070
50,408
1,490
32.45
32.06
33.61
32.41
1,221
1,200
1,260
1,216
37.6
37.4
48,392
47,632
50,408
48,621
1,491
1,486
32.10
11.58
32.41
11.19
1,203
409
1,216
392
37.5
35.3
47,756
16,239
48,621
15,663
1,488
1,402
23.21
26.63
22.98
25.80
904
1,038
906
1,014
38.9
39.0
46,374
53,966
46,043
52,728
1,998
2,027
19.83
18.91
866
920
43.7
45,054
47,822
2,273
26.48
26.33
1,061
1,053
40.1
55,172
54,766
2,084
26.51
26.02
1,063
1,041
40.1
55,278
54,126
2,085
22.92
16.77
20.94
17.35
1,210
887
1,110
920
52.8
52.9
62,902
46,109
57,716
47,822
2,744
2,749
15.59
15.59
20.35
20.35
16.09
16.09
23.33
23.33
618
618
811
811
644
644
944
944
39.6
39.6
39.8
39.8
32,125
32,125
42,155
42,155
33,465
33,465
49,084
49,084
2,061
2,061
2,071
2,071
12.80
12.19
468
426
36.6
19,332
17,059
1,510
11.54
9.92
12.17
9.18
452
384
487
357
39.2
38.8
22,952
19,275
25,314
17,137
1,989
1,943
9.92
14.55
9.18
14.50
384
582
357
580
38.8
40.0
19,275
30,255
17,137
30,164
1,943
2,080
14.55
14.50
582
580
40.0
30,255
30,164
2,080
13.43
16.72
13.20
15.72
515
650
492
629
38.4
38.9
26,317
33,414
25,350
32,691
1,960
1,998
16.72
15.72
650
629
38.9
33,414
32,691
1,998
13.58
12.47
13.63
12.15
519
472
515
473
38.2
37.9
26,987
23,794
26,790
23,693
1,988
1,908
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$22.47
$20.94
$876
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
33.79
40.72
30.40
42.96
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
22.44
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
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 .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire
fighting and prevention workers ....
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$625
39.7
$36,942
$32,500
2,066
1,075
1,155
40.0
55,891
60,050
2,080
23.18
749
927
39.2
38,955
48,214
2,036
16.05
567
642
37.2
26,557
28,644
1,741
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
$17.88
$15.63
$710
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
26.87
28.87
Production occupations ......................
19.13
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
15.25
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$17.76
$14.42
$17.88
$22.66
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 .......................
30.09
33.56
27.16
8.24
18.17
24.52
14.13
18.88
15.29
26.77
14.10
13.85
14.23
27.30
27.87
26.46
7.47
15.15
16.43
14.10
15.60
15.09
24.77
10.98
11.78
10.20
32.43
38.06
26.78
8.66
20.32
–
13.15
18.76
–
19.29
15.11
15.38
14.92
30.83
36.46
27.50
9.55
21.39
40.85
15.17
33.32
–
33.32
16.18
16.21
16.18
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
6.5
3.5
16.6
7.0
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
5.0
9.1
7.1
3.7
11.2
19.6
1.8
8.5
1.8
12.2
8.9
13.5
10.5
9.2
10.7
17.0
6.6
5.9
11.4
4.0
3.3
2.2
24.4
5.0
10.9
7.1
10.5
13.4
12.5
7.8
33.2
–
3.0
11.4
–
14.3
9.3
11.3
10.6
5.6
14.8
5.0
11.0
4.1
3.8
2.8
11.6
–
11.6
20.0
6.6
22.5
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.
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 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$560
40.2
$34,020
$29,120
2,091
1,406
1,058
47.2
73,103
54,999
2,454
19.69
999
788
40.0
51,968
40,955
2,080
9.77
9.77
8.30
8.30
386
386
332
332
39.5
39.5
20,082
20,082
17,264
17,264
2,055
2,055
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
7.17
5.65
289
226
40.4
15,047
11,756
2,100
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
12.30
11.25
494
449
40.2
25,706
23,361
2,090
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
19.43
9.56
7.61
7.61
15.61
8.45
7.50
7.50
772
375
298
298
624
330
300
300
39.7
39.2
39.1
39.1
40,166
19,493
15,489
15,489
32,460
17,160
15,600
15,600
2,067
2,039
2,034
2,034
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Office clerks, general ..............................................
14.45
16.23
16.60
12.72
14.37
16.53
17.79
14.37
572
649
664
509
575
661
712
575
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
29,760
33,748
34,532
26,450
29,890
34,384
36,999
29,890
2,059
2,080
2,080
2,080
Construction and extraction occupations .............
15.09
14.43
604
577
40.0
31,383
30,014
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
24.77
23.00
999
920
40.3
51,946
47,834
2,097
Production occupations ..........................................
11.82
10.50
473
420
40.0
24,588
21,840
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
11.73
11.27
12.46
11.36
462
440
498
454
39.4
39.0
24,047
22,855
25,917
23,629
2,050
2,027
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$16.27
$14.15
$654
Management occupations .......................................
29.79
19.71
Business and financial operations occupations ...
24.98
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$654
40.1
$44,247
$33,966
2,071
1,849
2,446
1,551
2,337
39.9
39.8
96,143
127,218
80,648
121,520
2,072
2,068
24.26
17.77
24.26
24.26
1,066
801
1,044
1,044
970
711
970
970
39.6
39.7
39.7
39.7
55,458
41,642
54,290
54,290
50,450
36,962
50,450
50,450
2,060
2,065
2,063
2,063
31.41
30.01
1,254
1,202
39.9
65,193
62,510
2,076
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
27.80
30.40
30.51
30.51
1,140
1,258
1,220
1,220
41.0
41.4
59,274
65,440
63,465
63,465
2,132
2,153
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
25.36
24.03
25.03
25.03
997
961
1,001
1,001
39.3
40.0
39,752
40,664
38,946
40,045
1,568
1,692
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
25.22
26.01
22.81
25.25
26.00
23.54
978
991
887
965
1,007
902
38.8
38.1
38.9
50,871
51,548
46,109
50,194
52,341
46,883
2,017
1,982
2,021
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
13.28
11.39
11.39
11.99
11.62
11.62
529
452
452
480
443
443
39.8
39.7
39.7
27,489
23,489
23,489
24,939
23,016
23,016
2,069
2,062
2,062
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
7.80
7.75
312
310
40.0
16,228
16,124
2,080
10.49
10.49
9.96
9.96
420
420
398
398
40.0
40.0
21,818
21,818
20,713
20,713
2,080
2,080
11.53
10.34
461
414
40.0
23,986
21,505
2,080
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
37.51
26.00
12.99
11.62
11.62
17.61
25.51
11.66
11.16
11.16
1,550
1,114
531
456
456
726
1,020
465
446
446
41.3
42.8
40.9
39.3
39.3
80,583
57,903
27,638
23,716
23,716
37,729
53,065
24,205
23,213
23,213
2,148
2,227
2,127
2,041
2,041
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
14.46
14.77
14.28
13.75
14.77
11.93
15.64
13.62
15.29
14.86
13.62
16.23
11.71
14.73
575
589
568
545
591
477
622
545
612
594
545
649
468
589
39.8
39.9
39.8
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.7
29,915
30,619
29,546
28,320
30,720
24,824
32,323
28,332
31,799
30,909
28,332
33,748
24,357
30,632
2,069
2,073
2,069
2,060
2,080
2,080
2,066
17.16
16.83
686
673
40.0
35,695
35,006
2,080
13.64
12.76
13.50
11.47
534
510
540
459
39.1
40.0
27,753
26,545
28,080
23,847
2,034
2,080
Construction and extraction occupations .............
17.59
17.50
704
700
40.0
36,593
36,400
2,080
27.13
26.93
1,086
1,077
40.0
56,472
56,014
2,081
17.88
16.91
719
677
40.2
37,385
35,181
2,091
21.76
21.94
22.75
22.75
870
878
910
910
40.0
40.0
45,252
45,633
47,320
47,320
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$21.36
$16.36
$856
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
46.39
61.53
38.77
58.42
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
Financial analysts ...............................................
26.92
20.16
26.31
26.31
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .........................
See footnotes at end of table.
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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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ............................
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$616
432
40.3
40.0
$32,524
23,085
$32,011
22,483
2,096
2,080
660
881
963
434
375
517
845
824
384
324
40.6
41.6
44.2
40.0
39.9
33,585
45,793
50,096
22,553
19,517
26,562
43,959
42,848
19,966
16,848
2,068
2,161
2,300
2,080
2,072
481
316
446
303
40.4
39.5
25,007
16,422
23,175
15,762
2,103
2,052
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.52
11.10
$15.15
10.81
$625
444
16.24
21.19
21.78
10.84
9.42
12.92
21.09
20.60
9.60
8.10
11.89
8.00
11.14
7.58
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
Annual earnings5
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Memphis,
TN-AR-MS, February 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 ....................................................................
$20.90
$19.03
$24.17
$17.90
$17.65
$20.77
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 .......................
28.63
–
30.70
17.75
15.59
–
16.16
22.47
18.56
23.88
21.09
20.08
21.50
–
–
–
–
15.65
–
16.16
23.09
–
23.24
21.02
19.58
21.57
32.79
–
32.79
18.07
14.68
–
–
20.94
17.98
–
–
–
–
29.31
33.86
26.22
8.79
18.16
24.81
13.82
18.26
15.26
28.78
12.83
13.05
12.71
30.53
34.23
27.46
8.23
18.38
24.89
13.88
18.23
15.21
29.08
12.84
13.07
12.71
24.69
30.99
22.85
16.05
12.68
–
12.85
19.42
17.60
22.34
11.58
–
12.12
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
6.7
9.8
1.4
6.4
7.0
1.7
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 .......................
8.1
–
6.3
1.6
6.6
–
5.2
3.9
7.9
4.2
17.6
2.0
24.7
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
5.4
5.2
–
5.0
18.5
3.7
25.5
1.9
–
1.9
1.1
23.1
–
–
2.9
10.2
–
–
–
–
4.3
8.0
6.1
3.9
11.5
19.5
2.4
9.9
1.9
17.4
6.7
9.3
8.1
5.3
9.0
8.0
3.7
11.8
19.5
2.5
10.2
1.9
17.8
6.8
9.4
8.2
2.6
9.0
3.4
6.9
2.7
–
2.4
13.5
10.6
25.9
13.5
–
4.2
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.
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 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$16.21
$15.42
$35.18
$35.18
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 .......................
27.43
30.16
25.72
9.53
13.64
12.74
14.03
17.34
–
22.67
13.59
13.95
13.34
27.66
30.04
25.56
8.20
13.68
12.78
14.09
17.04
15.00
22.27
13.53
13.85
13.31
49.99
69.14
–
–
40.51
47.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
49.99
69.14
–
–
40.51
47.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
4.6
5.2
14.3
14.3
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 .......................
3.5
4.6
5.3
4.2
3.0
10.2
1.9
2.0
–
5.4
8.8
13.4
10.6
4.8
5.1
8.4
3.6
3.2
10.3
2.0
2.1
.7
5.7
8.9
13.5
10.7
10.8
16.1
–
–
22.7
23.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.8
16.1
–
–
22.7
23.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
40
Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Memphis,
TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Goods producing
Occupational group3
All workers ................................................
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 ...
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
–
$16.94
$17.16
–
–
–
$18.85
–
–
–
29.20
35.20
–
–
–
25.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.50
–
19.19
23.25
15.20
48.85
24.68
10.74
14.36
14.90
13.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.47
24.18
10.88
14.10
–
14.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.34
24.35
28.55
28.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.35
13.64
11.98
17.21
15.78
17.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
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 ...
–
14.6
3.9
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
5.1
9.5
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
–
12.8
18.2
14.0
15.1
9.2
18.4
5.2
9.5
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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9.5
7.1
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5.6
2.4
18.9
19.5
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16.0
16.5
16.2
7.5
11.3
8.2
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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.
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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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
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.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
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 employing 50 or more workers. 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 Memphis, TN–AR–MS, Metropolitan Statistical
Area includes Fayette, Shelby, and Tipton Counties, TN;
Crittenden County, AR; and De Soto County, MS.
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 or part-time,
union or nonunion, and time or 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
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.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
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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 assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
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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,
postratification, 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, Memphis,
TN-AR-MS, February 2007
Civilian
workers
Occupational group2
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
557,000
491,900
65,100
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 .......................
120,900
40,800
80,100
116,400
168,800
62,200
106,600
47,400
32,600
14,800
103,400
31,800
71,700
83,600
35,600
48,000
100,300
162,100
61,700
100,400
43,900
30,200
13,800
102,000
31,200
70,900
37,400
5,300
32,100
16,100
6,800
–
6,200
3,400
2,400
1,000
1,400
600
800
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
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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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Memphis, TN-AR-MS,
February 2007
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
21,762
21,717
46
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
365
214
90
61
325
178
87
60
40
36
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1
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.
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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