Huntsville–Decatur, AL
National Compensation Survey
May 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Keith Hall, Commissioner
March 2008
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
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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4
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25
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41
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Huntsville–Decatur, AL, Combined Statistical Area
(CSA). Data were collected between December 2006 and
January 2008; the average reference month is May 2007.
Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in
a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also
contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a
technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications are undergoing a number of
significant changes. Please see the bulletins published between September 2006 and July 2007 for information on
earlier changes.
The areas covered by the publications are currently being updated to the December 2003 definitions of Combined
Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, as determined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This bulletin includes a new State and local government sample that
reflects the new area definition.
In appendix table 2, the total numbers of establishments
in the sampling frame are now benchmarked to the latest
available establishment counts, adjusted for establishments
that are out of scope for NCS.
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high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$20.48
2.0
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 .............
32.48
35.40
31.70
11.06
15.09
17.10
13.65
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.7
$20.03
2.3
1.7
2.9
1.7
5.4
3.5
4.3
2.9
38.1
40.0
37.6
32.5
37.1
35.7
38.2
33.92
35.86
33.31
9.15
15.33
17.14
13.77
16.25
15.52
16.83
6.0
6.6
7.0
39.4
39.2
39.6
14.67
16.17
12.26
5.7
6.8
9.4
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
21.82
10.83
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.4
$22.56
3.6
38.1
2.0
2.6
2.3
4.5
3.9
4.3
3.4
38.2
40.0
37.7
30.7
36.9
35.7
38.0
28.40
33.16
27.65
16.36
13.03
–
13.13
3.5
11.7
2.8
8.4
3.7
–
3.9
37.6
39.7
37.3
39.1
39.1
–
39.3
15.27
14.91
15.56
3.8
5.0
6.0
39.3
39.1
39.5
22.30
–
24.33
12.1
–
6.5
40.0
–
40.0
37.0
38.5
34.9
14.65
16.20
12.03
5.8
6.8
10.2
37.3
38.5
35.4
15.60
–
16.44
12.4
–
12.3
28.6
–
27.9
2.2
14.3
39.7
23.6
21.58
10.72
2.6
15.0
40.0
23.6
22.78
13.82
3.6
13.9
38.6
25.1
24.18
20.26
1.8
2.2
39.1
36.5
24.18
19.72
1.8
2.6
39.1
36.2
–
22.56
–
3.6
–
38.1
20.53
19.57
1.9
13.1
36.5
39.8
20.06
19.57
2.1
13.1
36.2
39.8
22.56
–
3.6
–
38.1
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
21.22
19.57
3.8
2.7
39.5
35.3
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
17.34
18.43
26.60
8.4
8.8
2.8
34.6
37.4
38.8
17.34
18.31
29.35
8.4
10.0
3.6
34.6
37.3
39.6
–
19.32
23.42
–
8.3
4.5
–
38.8
37.9
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,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$20.48
2.0
$21.82
2.2
$10.83
14.3
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
37.91
31.07
43.39
37.96
47.78
38.88
23.89
32.10
4.9
4.2
8.2
11.6
19.6
17.1
7.3
4.9
37.91
31.07
43.39
37.96
47.78
38.88
23.89
32.10
4.9
4.2
8.2
11.6
19.6
17.1
7.3
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
32.77
24.24
27.05
37.28
46.47
5.1
3.9
12.1
5.8
7.6
32.81
24.33
27.05
37.28
46.47
5.1
4.0
12.1
5.8
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.21
29.74
39.97
32.33
15.6
7.3
7.6
13.3
20.21
29.74
39.97
32.33
15.6
7.3
7.6
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
36.86
25.11
29.50
33.00
34.02
45.06
49.23
35.68
27.62
28.23
41.39
34.04
42.87
51.32
35.52
38.07
44.01
37.94
34.46
30.68
4.5
6.5
11.5
2.8
6.3
4.9
9.6
13.3
3.8
1.7
3.3
1.5
8.3
7.5
13.9
8.7
11.3
19.2
1.9
5.0
36.86
25.11
30.30
32.84
34.02
44.60
49.23
35.68
26.30
28.23
42.18
34.04
42.87
51.32
35.52
39.62
44.01
37.01
34.25
30.68
3.8
6.5
9.9
2.5
6.3
6.5
9.6
13.3
2.9
1.7
5.2
1.5
8.3
7.5
13.9
6.5
11.3
20.7
1.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
36.47
19.67
29.87
36.17
33.34
37.69
45.56
38.32
40.60
34.25
37.69
45.56
41.26
45.25
38.32
38.32
36.63
38.07
24.76
23.09
2.6
8.3
2.2
9.4
1.8
2.0
3.9
10.5
1.0
.5
2.0
3.9
3.9
2.4
3.3
3.3
8.9
7.3
8.5
16.3
36.11
19.67
29.87
36.17
33.34
37.69
45.56
38.32
39.88
34.25
37.69
45.56
41.26
42.91
38.32
38.32
36.63
38.07
24.76
23.09
1.4
8.3
2.2
9.4
1.8
2.0
3.9
10.5
1.7
.5
2.0
3.9
3.9
5.7
3.3
3.3
8.9
7.3
8.5
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
31.91
32.55
11.6
13.2
31.91
32.55
11.6
13.2
–
–
–
–
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,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
$19.91
20.55
12.0
10.6
$23.03
–
15.9
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
27.05
32.51
30.34
2.5
1.1
5.0
27.06
32.57
30.34
2.5
1.0
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.66
32.85
29.98
26.59
3.0
2.1
9.1
8.9
28.67
32.85
29.98
26.59
3.0
2.1
9.1
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.69
8.5
22.69
8.5
–
–
30.50
30.85
1.2
15.2
30.50
–
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
30.85
15.2
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
22.52
24.65
29.07
14.2
11.7
15.1
22.96
24.65
–
14.4
11.7
–
$11.87
–
–
8.6
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
26.10
25.07
25.62
25.02
15.48
5.8
3.0
5.5
3.0
4.0
26.77
25.00
25.63
24.94
–
5.9
2.8
5.8
2.9
–
20.27
–
–
–
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
10.99
10.49
10.43
10.42
10.33
10.90
5.8
3.2
7.9
4.0
4.4
10.4
11.15
–
–
10.43
10.34
–
5.9
–
–
4.1
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
17.12
12.23
17.01
23.22
20.20
20.20
10.85
10.85
12.0
4.8
2.5
11.1
8.1
8.1
6.1
6.1
17.57
–
17.01
23.22
20.20
20.20
11.07
11.07
11.6
–
2.5
11.1
8.1
8.1
6.1
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
8.03
6.17
7.18
6.84
1.6
9.0
3.9
3.2
10.63
7.01
–
–
6.0
12.7
–
–
6.30
5.80
–
6.72
13.61
7.1
13.61
7.1
14.17
7.73
4.70
4.52
4.42
4.32
6.90
7.02
6.83
13.2
8.2
21.3
30.9
27.2
33.9
.9
2.2
.7
14.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.85
–
4.75
–
6.79
6.83
–
–
–
17.0
–
21.6
–
.7
1.5
–
6.88
7.05
1.5
1.9
–
–
–
–
6.80
–
.6
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
–
2.6
14.5
–
.0
–
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.42
8.27
9.54
8.25
10.5
5.8
4.8
5.9
$11.11
8.84
10.16
8.83
7.0
4.7
3.1
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.61
7.62
6.2
5.8
10.26
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
14.05
24.0
–
–
$14.48
40.4
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
17.10
7.79
9.74
10.42
13.06
29.02
17.59
22.39
11.62
9.38
9.85
12.65
9.30
9.30
10.74
12.14
10.19
12.09
36.43
4.3
12.4
7.6
6.8
2.5
17.2
14.6
17.6
3.8
10.4
6.6
1.7
5.7
5.7
12.3
6.1
4.7
11.1
10.9
19.38
–
–
–
13.33
29.02
17.59
22.39
12.85
–
–
12.97
10.15
10.15
–
13.59
–
–
36.43
7.1
–
–
–
2.5
17.2
14.6
17.6
9.0
–
–
3.5
.9
.9
–
10.5
–
–
10.9
9.06
8.10
–
8.83
–
–
–
–
8.59
–
8.78
–
8.16
8.16
–
8.72
8.92
–
–
2.6
11.6
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
.9
–
2.1
–
4.4
4.4
–
1.3
3.5
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
13.65
9.35
10.62
12.03
13.34
17.89
17.55
25.99
2.9
7.4
3.7
6.4
1.6
6.9
5.3
16.9
13.81
–
10.71
12.21
13.23
18.88
17.54
25.99
3.1
–
3.7
6.4
1.8
2.5
5.4
16.9
11.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.13
12.26
11.80
12.39
12.85
12.55
11.59
11.60
14.36
10.69
17.96
15.26
9.28
13.87
18.31
12.24
13.21
15.22
12.90
11.44
24.2
2.8
2.4
3.8
8.0
5.9
.3
3.2
8.1
6.0
9.8
5.0
1.7
3.0
3.6
6.8
6.1
11.2
5.1
9.8
24.13
12.28
11.81
12.35
12.80
12.45
11.59
–
14.36
11.03
17.96
15.39
–
13.87
18.31
12.40
13.21
15.22
12.90
11.59
24.2
3.4
2.5
4.1
8.7
6.8
.3
–
8.1
5.3
9.8
4.7
–
3.0
3.6
6.7
6.1
11.2
5.1
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.52
30.12
6.6
4.2
15.71
30.12
6.0
4.2
–
–
–
–
19.72
21.25
29.0
8.8
19.72
21.25
29.0
8.8
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Electricians .......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
$16.83
12.46
15.16
21.53
20.04
14.41
7.0
3.4
4.9
8.3
13.0
7.5
$16.86
12.46
15.16
21.53
20.04
14.41
7.1
3.4
4.9
8.3
13.0
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.25
17.32
21.15
20.58
15.05
5.6
12.2
3.2
3.2
10.7
18.25
17.32
21.15
20.58
15.05
5.6
12.2
3.2
3.2
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Machinists .........................................................................
Tool and die makers .........................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
16.17
8.42
9.38
20.22
15.41
17.25
18.96
25.30
16.36
6.8
.8
4.9
5.4
6.4
5.2
1.3
1.4
1.6
16.59
8.28
9.49
20.62
15.43
17.25
18.96
25.30
16.53
7.0
1.4
5.1
4.2
6.5
5.2
1.3
1.4
2.5
$8.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.10
8.5
20.10
8.5
–
–
10.07
10.07
22.21
3.6
3.7
4.5
10.35
10.35
22.21
3.4
3.5
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.67
6.0
19.67
6.0
–
–
14.59
18.59
27.11
16.74
15.81
19.07
13.64
5.3
2.9
.8
26.0
2.6
8.5
3.3
14.59
18.59
27.11
16.74
16.19
18.97
13.80
5.3
2.9
.8
26.0
3.6
8.6
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.26
7.87
10.76
14.65
16.23
17.42
13.68
14.95
19.01
14.24
19.10
17.96
10.43
9.23
8.43
9.4
6.0
3.1
16.9
16.1
17.0
15.6
22.7
20.0
9.4
21.3
23.4
5.5
4.9
2.3
13.12
8.12
11.04
14.65
16.23
17.42
14.49
14.95
19.01
14.22
19.10
17.96
10.79
9.54
8.51
9.4
4.8
2.4
16.9
16.1
17.0
12.5
22.7
20.0
9.5
21.3
23.4
4.4
4.6
1.1
8.03
7.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.28
8.28
7.7
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
6.5
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.63
8.65
5.0
3.2
$9.60
8.24
5.6
1.6
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
8
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$20.03
2.3
$21.58
2.6
$10.72
15.0
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
38.99
30.88
46.37
42.71
47.78
38.88
5.1
5.0
7.4
13.7
19.6
17.1
38.99
30.88
46.37
42.71
47.78
38.88
5.1
5.0
7.4
13.7
19.6
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
33.24
25.27
27.05
37.28
46.47
4.9
1.4
12.1
5.8
7.6
33.29
25.40
27.05
37.28
46.47
4.9
1.4
12.1
5.8
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.21
29.74
39.97
36.26
15.6
7.3
7.6
14.1
20.21
29.74
39.97
36.26
15.6
7.3
7.6
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
37.52
25.11
29.50
33.33
34.02
45.06
49.23
45.90
27.62
28.23
42.34
34.04
42.87
51.32
43.46
39.94
44.01
37.94
34.46
4.6
6.5
11.5
2.7
6.3
4.9
9.6
5.6
3.8
1.7
2.7
1.5
8.3
7.5
1.5
8.7
11.3
19.2
1.9
37.56
25.11
30.30
33.18
34.02
44.60
49.23
45.90
26.30
28.23
43.22
34.04
42.87
51.32
43.46
41.94
44.01
37.01
34.25
3.8
6.5
9.9
2.4
6.3
6.5
9.6
5.6
2.9
1.7
5.1
1.5
8.3
7.5
1.5
4.5
11.3
20.7
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
36.39
19.67
29.87
36.17
33.34
37.69
45.56
37.86
40.60
34.25
37.69
45.56
41.35
45.72
38.32
38.32
36.63
38.07
24.76
23.09
2.6
8.3
2.2
9.4
1.8
2.0
3.9
12.1
1.0
.5
2.0
3.9
4.7
3.1
3.3
3.3
8.9
7.3
8.5
16.3
36.03
19.67
29.87
36.17
33.34
37.69
45.56
37.86
39.86
34.25
37.69
45.56
41.35
43.19
38.32
38.32
36.63
38.07
24.76
23.09
1.5
8.3
2.2
9.4
1.8
2.0
3.9
12.1
1.7
.5
2.0
3.9
4.7
6.9
3.3
3.3
8.9
7.3
8.5
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
30.40
32.55
15.7
13.2
30.40
32.55
15.7
13.2
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
23.85
12.8
24.11
13.6
–
–
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,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$21.38
24.65
28.30
19.4
11.7
27.1
$21.86
24.65
–
20.0
11.7
–
$12.20
–
–
9.6
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
24.36
27.00
25.27
27.00
15.48
11.5
4.3
8.5
4.3
4.0
25.27
–
24.97
–
–
13.3
–
9.6
–
–
20.16
–
–
–
–
14.5
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
10.66
6.4
10.85
6.7
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
10.85
10.85
10.85
6.4
6.4
6.4
11.08
11.08
11.08
6.5
6.5
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
7.94
6.14
6.88
6.72
1.2
9.3
.9
.0
10.67
6.94
–
–
6.7
13.2
–
–
13.58
7.2
13.58
7.2
14.14
7.00
4.70
4.52
4.42
4.32
6.90
7.02
6.83
13.3
7.7
21.3
30.9
27.2
33.9
.9
2.2
.7
14.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.85
–
4.75
–
6.79
6.83
–
–
–
17.0
–
21.6
–
.7
1.5
–
6.88
7.05
1.5
1.9
–
–
–
–
6.80
–
.6
–
9.60
8.20
8.37
8.18
15.6
6.3
5.2
6.5
10.36
8.77
8.88
8.75
11.8
5.3
3.8
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.90
7.43
5.1
5.6
8.28
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
14.11
31.3
–
–
14.48
40.4
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
17.14
7.84
9.74
10.42
13.06
29.02
17.59
22.39
11.65
9.38
9.85
12.65
9.43
9.43
10.74
12.14
10.19
12.09
4.3
13.4
7.6
6.8
2.5
17.2
14.6
17.6
3.8
10.4
6.6
1.7
5.7
5.7
12.3
6.1
4.7
11.1
19.38
–
–
–
13.33
29.02
17.59
22.39
12.85
–
–
12.97
10.15
10.15
–
13.59
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
2.5
17.2
14.6
17.6
9.0
–
–
3.5
.9
.9
–
10.5
–
–
9.10
–
–
8.83
–
–
–
–
8.63
–
8.78
–
–
–
–
8.72
8.92
–
2.7
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
.9
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
1.3
3.5
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
10
6.30
5.80
–
6.72
–
2.6
14.5
–
.0
–
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$36.43
10.9
$36.43
10.9
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
13.77
9.35
10.66
12.62
13.18
17.77
17.99
25.99
3.4
7.4
4.0
7.2
1.7
7.5
5.4
16.9
13.95
–
10.70
12.72
13.15
18.80
17.99
25.99
3.6
–
4.1
7.4
1.9
2.8
5.5
16.9
$10.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.50
12.26
11.80
12.42
12.85
12.55
11.59
11.60
14.36
10.69
17.96
16.23
13.84
19.72
12.84
13.21
15.22
12.90
11.44
26.4
3.0
2.4
4.2
8.0
5.9
.3
3.2
8.1
6.0
9.8
6.0
3.3
4.8
8.8
6.1
11.2
5.1
10.4
24.50
12.29
11.81
12.36
12.80
12.45
11.59
–
14.36
11.03
17.96
16.23
13.84
19.72
12.84
13.21
15.22
12.90
11.60
26.4
3.5
2.5
4.5
8.7
6.8
.3
–
8.1
5.3
9.8
6.0
3.3
4.8
8.8
6.1
11.2
5.1
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
14.91
31.46
21.25
5.0
3.4
8.8
15.11
31.46
21.25
4.1
3.4
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
15.56
12.69
15.16
20.15
18.16
14.41
6.0
4.7
4.9
6.5
9.6
7.5
15.60
12.69
15.16
20.15
18.16
14.41
6.1
4.7
4.9
6.5
9.6
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.25
17.32
21.15
20.58
15.05
5.6
12.2
3.2
3.2
10.7
18.25
17.32
21.15
20.58
15.05
5.6
12.2
3.2
3.2
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.20
8.45
9.38
20.22
15.41
17.25
18.96
25.30
16.36
6.8
.8
4.9
5.4
6.4
5.2
1.3
1.4
1.6
16.63
8.31
9.49
20.62
15.43
17.25
18.96
25.30
16.53
7.0
1.3
5.1
4.2
6.5
5.2
1.3
1.4
2.5
8.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.10
8.5
20.10
8.5
–
–
10.07
10.07
22.21
3.6
3.7
4.5
10.35
10.35
22.21
3.4
3.5
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.67
6.0
19.67
6.0
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Production occupations –Continued
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Machinists .........................................................................
Tool and die makers .........................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.59
18.59
27.11
16.74
15.81
19.07
13.64
5.3
2.9
.8
26.0
2.6
8.5
3.3
$14.59
18.59
27.11
16.74
16.19
18.97
13.80
5.3
2.9
.8
26.0
3.6
8.6
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.03
7.87
10.54
14.64
15.80
17.42
13.64
14.95
19.54
14.26
10.43
9.23
8.43
10.2
6.0
3.1
17.5
19.3
17.0
16.2
22.7
20.6
9.7
5.5
4.9
2.3
12.89
8.12
10.78
14.64
15.80
17.42
14.47
14.95
19.54
14.23
10.79
9.54
8.51
10.2
4.8
2.3
17.5
19.3
17.0
13.0
22.7
20.6
9.8
4.4
4.6
1.1
$8.00
7.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.28
8.28
7.8
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
6.5
9.63
8.65
5.0
3.2
9.60
8.24
5.6
1.6
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
12
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$22.56
3.6
$22.78
3.6
$13.82
13.9
Management occupations .................................................
34.85
13.1
34.85
13.1
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
27.15
30.34
2.5
5.0
27.15
30.34
2.5
5.0
–
–
–
–
28.68
29.98
26.58
3.0
9.1
9.0
28.68
29.98
26.58
3.0
9.1
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
28.12
24.07
25.81
2.7
1.6
7.0
28.23
–
25.92
2.5
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
11.87
5.5
11.87
5.5
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
20.07
17.16
23.22
20.20
20.20
8.3
2.7
11.1
8.1
8.1
20.18
17.16
23.22
20.20
20.20
7.7
2.7
11.1
8.1
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.40
12.15
4.9
3.6
12.58
12.33
4.8
3.5
–
–
–
–
12.15
3.6
12.33
3.5
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
13.13
10.35
10.38
13.90
12.96
15.17
3.9
7.3
7.6
2.9
6.5
3.0
13.14
–
–
13.54
13.23
15.17
4.1
–
–
3.8
5.7
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
24.33
6.5
24.33
6.5
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
16.44
12.3
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
13
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$20.48
2.0
$21.82
2.2
$10.83
14.3
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
37.91
20.31
39.80
47.78
38.88
23.89
32.10
4.9
6.1
8.1
19.6
17.1
7.3
4.9
37.91
–
–
47.78
38.88
23.89
32.10
4.9
–
–
19.6
17.1
7.3
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents
Group II .............................................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
32.77
22.20
31.24
5.1
4.4
3.2
32.81
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.36
8.6
–
–
–
–
20.21
29.74
39.97
32.33
15.6
7.3
7.6
13.3
20.21
29.74
39.97
32.33
15.6
7.3
7.6
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
36.86
26.91
40.86
27.62
26.50
41.39
45.77
38.07
40.89
44.01
48.74
37.94
40.17
30.68
4.5
8.8
2.2
3.8
3.6
3.3
4.0
8.7
6.5
11.3
7.5
19.2
8.2
5.0
36.86
–
–
26.30
26.50
42.18
–
39.62
40.89
44.01
48.74
37.01
38.67
30.68
3.8
–
–
2.9
3.6
5.2
–
6.5
6.5
11.3
7.5
20.7
8.3
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Group III ............................................................
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
Group II .............................................................
36.47
26.90
38.74
40.60
34.37
39.16
45.25
37.30
38.32
38.32
36.63
39.80
38.07
39.80
24.76
25.32
23.09
24.03
2.6
4.9
3.1
1.0
17.6
1.8
2.4
1.5
3.3
3.3
8.9
4.7
7.3
4.7
8.5
8.9
16.3
17.4
36.11
–
–
39.88
–
–
42.91
37.30
38.32
38.32
36.63
–
38.07
39.80
24.76
–
23.09
24.03
1.4
–
–
1.7
–
–
5.7
1.5
3.3
3.3
8.9
–
7.3
4.7
8.5
–
16.3
17.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
31.91
32.55
11.6
13.2
31.91
32.55
11.6
13.2
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
19.91
20.55
12.0
10.6
23.03
–
15.9
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
27.05
31.45
30.64
2.5
.8
4.3
27.06
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.66
31.73
3.0
.4
28.67
–
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
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,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$29.98
26.59
31.33
9.1
8.9
1.1
–
$26.59
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.69
8.5
22.69
8.5
–
–
30.50
31.01
30.85
1.2
.4
15.2
30.50
31.01
–
1.2
.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.85
15.2
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
22.52
21.12
14.2
4.0
22.96
–
14.4
–
$11.87
–
8.6
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
26.10
12.11
18.66
32.34
25.62
26.21
15.48
5.8
5.1
5.7
10.3
5.5
5.0
4.0
26.77
–
–
–
25.63
26.27
–
5.9
–
–
–
5.8
5.4
–
20.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
10.99
10.64
10.42
10.42
10.33
10.33
10.90
10.90
5.8
5.2
4.0
4.0
4.4
4.4
10.4
10.4
11.15
–
10.43
–
10.34
10.34
–
–
5.9
–
4.1
–
4.5
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
17.12
11.14
20.86
20.20
20.20
20.20
20.20
10.85
10.72
10.85
10.72
12.0
7.7
10.2
8.1
8.1
8.1
8.1
6.1
7.3
6.1
7.3
17.57
–
–
20.20
–
20.20
20.20
11.07
–
11.07
10.93
11.6
–
–
8.1
–
8.1
8.1
6.1
–
6.1
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Group II .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
8.03
6.87
15.06
1.6
4.1
.8
10.63
–
–
6.0
–
–
6.30
–
–
2.6
–
–
13.61
15.06
7.1
.8
13.61
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
14.17
16.27
7.73
7.73
4.70
4.70
4.42
4.42
6.90
6.90
13.2
9.0
8.2
8.2
21.3
21.3
27.2
27.2
.9
.9
14.17
16.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers –Continued
Group III ............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
15
–
–
–
–
4.85
–
4.75
4.75
6.79
–
–
–
–
–
17.0
–
21.6
21.6
.7
–
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$6.88
6.88
1.5
1.5
–
–
–
–
$6.80
6.80
0.6
.6
10.42
9.80
9.54
9.55
10.5
6.1
4.8
4.9
$11.11
–
10.16
–
7.0
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.61
9.63
6.2
6.5
10.26
10.33
3.8
3.9
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
14.05
10.25
24.0
19.3
–
–
–
–
14.48
–
40.4
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
17.10
11.09
27.34
22.39
11.62
10.45
9.30
9.33
9.30
9.33
10.74
12.14
10.47
36.43
4.3
2.6
10.8
17.6
3.8
1.8
5.7
11.8
5.7
11.8
12.3
6.1
3.2
10.9
19.38
–
–
22.39
12.85
–
10.15
–
10.15
–
–
13.59
11.60
36.43
7.1
–
–
17.6
9.0
–
.9
–
.9
–
–
10.5
6.4
10.9
9.06
–
–
–
8.59
–
8.16
–
8.16
–
–
8.72
8.73
–
2.6
–
–
–
.9
–
4.4
–
4.4
–
–
1.3
1.2
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group II .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
13.65
12.19
19.64
2.9
1.5
6.1
13.81
–
–
3.1
–
–
11.27
–
–
9.0
–
–
24.13
23.75
12.26
12.27
12.85
12.85
11.59
11.59
14.36
13.69
10.69
10.69
17.96
15.26
12.32
19.78
18.31
20.60
12.24
10.99
15.22
14.11
12.90
12.90
11.44
10.35
24.2
24.9
2.8
3.2
8.0
8.0
.3
.3
8.1
4.9
6.0
6.0
9.8
5.0
5.7
2.4
3.6
3.1
6.8
8.8
11.2
9.9
5.1
5.1
9.8
4.2
24.13
23.75
12.28
–
12.80
12.80
11.59
11.59
14.36
13.69
11.03
11.03
17.96
15.39
–
–
18.31
20.60
12.40
11.11
15.22
–
12.90
12.90
11.59
10.48
24.2
24.9
3.4
–
8.7
8.7
.3
.3
8.1
4.9
5.3
5.3
9.8
4.7
–
–
3.6
3.1
6.7
9.2
11.2
–
5.1
5.1
10.0
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
15.52
11.47
6.6
3.9
15.71
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
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 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Machinists .........................................................................
Tool and die makers .........................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.61
6.5
–
–
–
–
19.72
21.25
21.25
29.0
8.8
8.8
$19.72
21.25
21.25
29.0
8.8
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.83
11.00
18.33
14.41
15.12
7.0
3.8
9.7
7.5
4.4
16.86
–
–
14.41
–
7.1
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.25
20.62
20.58
22.66
15.05
5.6
3.5
3.2
5.4
10.7
18.25
–
20.58
22.66
15.05
5.6
–
3.2
5.4
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.17
15.05
20.28
6.8
7.6
7.0
16.59
–
–
7.0
–
–
$8.83
–
–
6.1
–
–
20.10
18.70
8.5
10.7
20.10
18.70
8.5
10.7
–
–
–
–
10.07
9.49
10.07
9.47
22.21
22.06
3.6
4.6
3.7
4.5
4.5
4.7
10.35
–
10.35
–
22.21
–
3.4
–
3.5
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.67
20.00
6.0
7.5
19.67
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
14.59
18.59
27.11
16.74
15.81
14.05
18.52
13.64
5.3
2.9
.8
26.0
2.6
11.3
8.2
3.3
14.59
18.59
27.11
16.74
16.19
14.48
18.52
13.80
5.3
2.9
.8
26.0
3.6
9.6
8.2
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Production occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous production workers –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.68
8.0
–
–
–
–
12.26
11.60
19.68
13.68
13.47
14.24
13.92
17.96
10.43
10.43
9.23
9.24
9.4
10.5
12.6
15.6
17.8
9.4
10.3
23.4
5.5
5.5
4.9
4.9
$13.12
–
–
14.49
–
14.22
13.90
17.96
10.79
10.79
9.54
–
9.4
–
–
12.5
–
9.5
10.5
23.4
4.4
4.4
4.6
–
$8.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.28
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
9.63
9.65
5.0
4.9
9.60
9.63
5.6
5.4
–
–
–
–
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
18
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.75
$10.30
$15.75
$28.06
$39.80
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
19.77
11.11
27.64
16.68
26.24
27.64
36.52
27.64
19.06
29.63
33.08
44.71
31.80
24.04
31.32
45.87
75.95
52.64
29.43
35.46
61.54
75.95
62.73
30.56
36.38
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
18.64
23.21
31.35
38.12
47.79
14.32
25.20
32.32
19.73
14.79
25.68
33.35
22.50
18.26
32.50
43.21
31.35
26.36
32.50
46.80
31.35
29.33
32.50
47.11
61.05
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
23.00
18.28
23.69
23.00
27.16
23.41
24.35
26.82
24.73
30.51
26.67
35.50
27.26
27.91
34.37
28.87
46.00
45.75
46.73
37.11
32.74
46.26
31.04
49.80
46.41
49.80
46.89
33.35
51.87
36.72
55.42
47.69
59.22
56.40
33.35
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
20.46
31.52
35.10
27.18
27.18
27.45
27.45
15.89
14.23
30.24
34.18
36.80
33.40
33.40
35.00
35.00
18.06
16.81
35.87
39.17
44.06
33.70
33.70
37.85
38.65
25.46
21.60
43.92
45.86
51.60
42.64
42.64
41.25
44.26
30.24
26.80
49.64
51.74
57.31
57.12
57.12
45.58
45.58
34.48
34.48
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
16.76
16.76
17.31
16.90
30.31
30.10
44.16
44.16
50.88
54.38
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
15.84
17.41
15.84
18.03
18.03
19.23
19.23
19.70
23.93
21.89
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
7.10
22.75
29.93
34.20
37.96
7.10
7.10
24.66
22.90
30.63
29.72
34.60
33.16
38.22
36.72
7.10
7.10
25.66
32.44
38.04
23.51
21.82
27.41
25.38
31.33
30.39
33.46
36.55
35.46
39.96
21.82
25.38
30.39
36.55
39.96
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
9.55
13.00
21.36
30.78
39.50
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
12.50
18.77
12.62
17.13
20.64
13.31
22.62
25.59
16.00
31.16
28.59
17.00
45.14
33.42
17.80
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.00
9.10
9.00
7.80
9.50
9.36
9.36
9.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
11.34
10.94
10.92
11.22
13.14
12.92
12.50
16.50
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
8.50
15.83
15.83
7.65
7.65
12.51
17.21
17.21
8.25
8.25
16.82
21.92
21.92
11.85
11.85
21.92
21.92
21.92
12.55
12.55
26.03
22.07
22.07
12.57
12.57
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
5.15
6.00
7.00
9.10
13.07
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.62
$10.25
$12.80
$15.75
$20.00
9.23
5.75
2.38
2.38
6.00
10.77
6.00
3.00
3.00
6.50
13.75
6.50
5.15
5.15
7.00
17.98
9.25
5.85
5.85
7.15
20.00
10.41
6.00
5.85
7.75
6.00
6.50
6.95
7.00
7.85
6.74
6.50
7.55
7.00
10.08
9.44
12.31
11.15
13.95
12.91
6.50
6.74
8.85
12.16
13.55
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.53
8.50
13.87
20.00
23.90
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
7.98
15.19
7.50
6.90
6.90
8.00
7.52
18.41
9.05
16.21
8.38
8.00
8.00
8.38
8.50
31.19
11.41
19.40
10.00
8.84
8.84
9.00
10.04
41.67
20.94
29.25
11.41
11.00
11.00
10.49
11.41
44.04
41.67
29.25
20.26
11.50
11.50
16.35
21.23
44.04
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
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 ........................................................
8.99
10.37
12.59
16.40
19.34
13.00
10.08
7.25
10.08
10.79
7.14
12.00
9.00
13.39
8.99
11.59
11.59
8.00
17.65
10.97
11.50
10.30
13.00
10.08
12.70
11.80
15.25
8.99
12.60
11.59
10.00
19.72
12.00
13.48
11.26
13.46
11.00
17.60
14.38
17.87
11.25
13.42
12.60
10.37
40.56
13.60
13.62
13.15
17.22
11.00
20.51
18.94
21.62
14.38
20.29
14.14
12.00
40.56
14.30
16.44
13.93
18.00
12.54
28.29
21.62
23.11
16.43
20.29
14.14
16.35
9.65
10.75
12.90
15.25
32.70
12.15
12.90
12.15
13.25
17.60
15.25
27.59
33.27
32.89
33.52
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
10.75
8.00
11.70
13.30
14.00
14.00
21.85
15.50
27.74
20.00
11.00
12.15
10.77
12.15
16.23
11.00
18.20
20.17
12.00
21.20
23.66
18.42
24.98
31.92
24.83
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Machinists .........................................................................
8.00
10.00
14.57
22.48
27.50
15.50
15.50
16.11
22.63
33.51
7.33
7.33
10.35
8.41
8.41
14.00
9.51
9.51
27.50
11.59
11.59
27.50
13.00
13.00
27.50
10.50
14.50
24.22
24.22
24.65
10.75
15.00
12.39
17.00
14.50
19.00
18.35
20.72
19.39
21.00
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Electricians .......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$17.60
10.55
8.08
8.66
$22.00
10.94
9.78
9.03
$32.70
15.00
15.29
13.61
$33.57
17.64
23.21
15.65
$33.57
33.32
25.03
19.40
7.00
6.00
10.10
11.00
9.03
7.00
8.50
10.10
10.75
12.00
9.25
7.78
10.50
11.00
11.00
12.85
9.75
8.75
13.50
15.91
15.25
28.19
10.96
10.00
20.49
28.19
28.29
28.19
13.32
12.06
7.00
7.92
9.78
10.50
12.24
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Tool and die makers .........................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.50
$10.00
$14.48
$27.50
$41.67
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
19.82
11.11
27.64
27.64
36.52
27.64
35.01
44.71
31.80
51.92
75.95
52.64
61.58
75.95
62.73
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
19.37
23.21
32.50
42.96
48.22
14.32
25.20
32.32
21.89
14.79
25.68
33.35
25.97
18.26
32.50
43.21
31.29
26.36
32.50
46.80
38.46
29.33
32.50
47.11
61.05
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
23.08
18.28
26.20
23.00
27.16
23.41
27.81
24.73
32.52
31.82
35.50
27.26
36.76
28.87
46.00
46.00
46.73
37.11
46.41
31.04
49.80
46.41
49.80
46.89
52.46
36.72
55.42
47.69
59.22
56.40
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
20.46
31.25
34.86
27.18
27.18
27.45
27.45
15.89
14.23
30.24
34.18
35.87
33.40
33.40
35.00
35.00
18.06
16.81
35.87
38.65
44.06
33.70
33.70
37.85
38.65
25.46
21.60
44.06
46.43
51.60
42.64
42.64
41.25
44.26
30.24
26.80
50.12
51.92
60.58
57.12
57.12
45.58
45.58
34.48
34.48
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
16.76
16.76
16.90
16.90
27.69
30.10
44.16
44.16
54.38
54.38
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
19.70
19.70
24.23
24.23
32.47
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
9.00
11.11
20.20
25.88
39.50
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
12.50
20.00
12.62
15.00
22.50
13.31
20.00
25.59
16.00
27.25
27.25
17.00
45.14
31.92
17.80
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
8.75
9.45
9.94
10.77
13.08
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
7.50
7.50
7.50
8.21
8.21
8.21
11.64
11.64
11.64
12.55
12.55
12.55
12.55
12.55
12.55
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
5.15
6.00
7.00
9.00
13.08
9.62
10.25
12.31
15.75
20.00
9.23
5.75
2.38
2.38
6.00
10.77
5.85
3.00
3.00
6.50
13.75
6.40
5.15
5.15
7.00
18.75
8.75
5.85
5.85
7.15
20.00
9.25
6.00
5.85
7.75
6.00
6.50
6.95
7.00
7.85
6.25
6.00
6.74
6.74
8.75
8.30
10.26
10.07
13.15
10.26
6.00
6.74
7.00
8.79
10.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
5.90
7.64
15.87
20.00
23.90
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
8.00
15.19
9.14
16.21
11.41
19.40
20.94
29.25
41.67
29.25
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.52
7.20
7.20
8.00
7.52
18.41
$8.38
8.15
8.15
8.38
8.50
31.19
$10.00
9.15
9.15
9.00
10.04
41.67
$11.41
11.00
11.00
10.49
11.41
44.04
$20.26
11.50
11.50
16.35
21.23
44.04
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
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 ........................................................
8.99
10.37
12.60
16.43
20.29
13.00
10.00
7.25
10.08
10.79
7.14
12.00
8.99
13.50
8.99
11.59
11.59
8.00
17.65
10.97
11.50
10.30
13.00
10.08
12.70
12.24
17.51
8.99
12.60
11.59
10.00
17.65
12.00
13.48
11.26
13.46
11.00
17.60
16.43
19.70
12.40
13.42
12.60
10.37
40.56
13.60
13.62
13.15
17.22
11.00
20.51
19.78
21.62
16.43
20.29
14.14
11.07
40.56
14.30
16.44
13.93
18.00
12.54
28.29
21.85
23.11
16.43
20.29
14.14
17.69
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
9.65
12.90
10.75
13.25
12.75
15.25
15.25
33.27
32.70
33.52
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
10.75
8.00
11.70
13.30
14.00
14.00
18.13
15.50
23.66
20.00
11.00
12.15
10.77
12.15
16.23
11.00
18.20
20.17
12.00
21.20
23.66
18.42
24.98
31.92
24.83
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Machinists .........................................................................
Tool and die makers .........................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.00
10.07
14.70
22.63
27.50
15.50
15.50
16.11
22.63
33.51
7.33
7.33
10.35
8.41
8.41
14.00
9.51
9.51
27.50
11.59
11.59
27.50
13.00
13.00
27.50
10.50
14.50
24.22
24.22
24.65
10.75
15.00
17.60
10.55
8.08
8.66
12.39
17.00
22.00
10.94
9.78
9.03
14.50
19.00
32.70
15.00
15.29
13.61
18.35
20.72
33.57
17.64
23.21
15.65
19.39
21.00
33.57
33.32
25.03
19.40
7.00
6.00
10.10
9.03
7.00
8.29
10.10
10.75
9.25
7.78
10.10
11.00
11.00
9.75
8.75
12.85
15.75
15.25
10.96
10.00
21.16
28.19
28.29
13.32
12.06
7.00
7.92
9.78
10.50
12.24
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 ........................................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
23
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May
2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$10.00
$13.37
$20.83
$29.88
$35.46
Management occupations .................................................
19.44
27.38
31.30
35.88
42.54
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
7.10
22.90
30.08
34.42
37.98
7.10
7.10
24.88
22.85
30.63
29.72
34.77
33.29
38.23
36.76
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
15.22
18.25
19.30
20.00
26.11
26.14
32.49
30.14
51.57
33.58
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
9.36
10.00
11.34
13.00
13.18
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
12.36
15.83
15.83
16.78
17.21
17.21
20.42
21.92
21.92
22.53
21.92
21.92
26.06
22.07
22.07
8.48
8.48
11.15
11.15
12.75
12.50
13.57
12.91
14.77
13.95
8.48
11.15
12.50
12.91
13.95
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
9.04
9.04
12.06
10.78
9.58
13.98
12.47
13.37
15.25
15.21
15.25
16.83
17.41
16.83
16.83
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
11.61
21.79
27.74
28.98
31.84
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
11.73
14.15
16.09
20.49
20.49
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
24
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.03
$11.39
$17.41
$29.64
$41.02
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
19.77
11.11
27.64
16.68
26.24
27.64
36.52
27.64
19.06
29.63
33.08
44.71
31.80
24.04
31.32
45.87
75.95
52.64
29.43
35.46
61.54
75.95
62.73
30.56
36.38
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
18.64
23.21
31.35
38.12
47.79
14.32
25.20
32.32
19.73
14.79
25.68
33.35
22.50
18.26
32.50
43.21
31.35
26.36
32.50
46.80
31.35
29.33
32.50
47.11
61.05
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
23.41
18.28
26.20
23.69
27.16
23.41
24.35
27.17
21.60
31.82
31.82
35.50
26.37
27.91
34.29
27.41
46.00
46.00
46.73
36.51
32.74
46.26
30.52
49.80
46.41
49.80
43.56
33.35
51.87
32.26
55.42
47.69
59.22
52.74
33.35
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
21.60
31.13
34.62
27.18
27.18
27.45
27.45
15.89
14.23
30.24
34.18
35.87
33.40
33.40
35.00
35.00
18.06
16.81
35.87
38.55
42.68
33.70
33.70
37.85
38.65
25.46
21.60
42.68
44.66
47.02
42.64
42.64
41.25
44.26
30.24
26.80
48.42
50.23
53.61
57.12
57.12
45.58
45.58
34.48
34.48
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
16.76
16.76
17.31
16.90
30.31
30.10
44.16
44.16
50.88
54.38
Community and social services occupations ..................
17.41
18.03
19.23
21.89
39.69
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
7.10
22.75
29.93
34.20
37.96
7.10
7.10
24.66
22.90
30.63
29.72
34.60
33.16
38.22
36.72
7.10
7.10
25.66
32.44
38.04
23.51
27.41
31.33
33.46
35.46
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
9.55
14.50
21.36
30.78
39.50
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
12.50
18.73
17.41
20.15
23.29
25.59
31.92
29.11
50.00
33.58
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
9.20
9.10
9.00
9.50
9.36
9.36
10.00
10.00
10.00
11.61
11.00
10.92
13.18
12.92
12.50
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.85
15.83
15.83
7.50
7.50
12.55
17.21
17.21
8.62
8.62
16.82
21.92
21.92
12.16
12.16
21.92
21.92
21.92
12.55
12.55
26.03
22.07
22.07
12.57
12.57
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
7.00
7.68
9.62
13.07
18.75
9.62
10.25
12.80
15.75
20.00
9.23
10.77
13.75
17.98
20.00
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.00
6.50
$8.46
8.30
$10.26
10.26
$12.75
12.16
$13.95
13.55
6.00
8.30
9.67
12.75
13.95
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
8.38
15.19
8.30
7.90
7.90
8.31
18.41
10.35
16.21
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.51
31.19
12.47
19.40
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.41
41.67
25.78
29.25
13.11
11.00
11.00
15.77
44.04
41.67
29.25
21.23
11.50
11.50
21.90
44.04
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
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 ........................................................
8.99
10.50
12.90
16.43
19.70
13.00
10.00
7.25
10.08
10.79
9.91
12.00
9.00
13.39
8.99
11.59
11.59
8.00
17.65
11.00
11.50
10.30
13.00
11.00
12.70
12.24
15.25
8.99
12.60
11.59
10.37
19.72
12.00
13.62
11.26
13.46
11.00
17.60
14.77
17.87
12.20
13.42
12.60
10.37
40.56
13.62
13.62
13.15
17.22
11.00
20.51
19.00
21.62
14.79
20.29
14.14
12.13
40.56
14.30
16.44
13.93
18.00
13.44
28.29
21.62
23.11
16.43
20.29
14.14
16.35
9.65
11.25
12.90
15.25
32.70
12.15
12.90
12.15
13.25
17.60
15.25
27.59
33.27
32.89
33.52
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
10.75
8.00
12.00
13.30
14.00
14.00
21.85
15.50
27.74
20.00
11.00
12.15
10.77
12.15
16.23
11.00
18.20
20.17
12.00
21.20
23.66
18.42
24.98
31.92
24.83
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Machinists .........................................................................
Tool and die makers .........................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.24
10.50
15.29
23.13
27.50
15.50
15.50
16.11
22.63
33.51
7.53
7.53
10.35
8.92
8.75
14.00
10.25
10.35
27.50
11.59
11.59
27.50
13.00
13.00
27.50
10.50
14.50
24.22
24.22
24.65
10.75
15.00
17.60
10.55
8.25
8.66
12.39
17.00
22.00
10.94
9.87
11.85
14.50
19.00
32.70
15.00
15.29
14.99
18.35
20.72
33.57
17.64
23.21
15.65
19.39
21.00
33.57
33.32
25.03
19.40
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Electricians .......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.00
10.00
10.10
11.00
9.03
7.75
$9.75
10.50
10.75
12.00
9.75
8.00
$11.00
11.00
11.00
12.85
9.75
9.00
$15.00
17.73
15.00
28.19
10.96
10.90
$22.36
28.19
28.29
28.19
13.32
12.24
7.00
7.78
9.78
11.50
12.24
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
27
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$5.85
$6.50
$7.64
$10.00
$19.23
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
8.00
8.00
13.43
13.43
15.26
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
11.50
15.00
17.20
27.25
27.25
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 ...................................................
5.15
3.00
3.00
6.00
5.85
3.00
3.00
6.35
6.50
5.15
5.15
6.75
7.00
5.85
5.85
7.00
7.50
5.85
5.85
7.50
6.00
6.50
6.75
7.00
7.50
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
5.90
6.73
9.52
23.90
23.90
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.76
6.76
6.75
6.75
6.76
7.98
7.76
7.00
7.00
7.76
8.84
8.50
8.20
8.20
8.70
9.89
9.50
8.84
8.84
9.54
11.59
10.08
10.08
10.08
10.08
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
7.00
9.00
10.97
13.48
17.73
Production occupations ....................................................
6.70
7.00
8.18
9.50
12.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
6.00
6.25
6.25
7.00
8.00
8.00
9.25
9.00
9.75
10.00
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
28
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$685
39.7
$44,158
$35,000
2,024
1,516
1,934
1,555
956
1,240
1,273
1,788
1,272
962
1,239
40.0
40.5
40.0
40.0
38.6
77,261
99,487
80,873
49,701
58,656
66,186
92,111
66,152
50,003
60,344
2,038
2,082
2,080
2,080
1,827
31.35
1,313
1,254
40.0
68,277
65,208
2,081
20.21
29.74
39.97
32.33
18.26
32.50
43.21
31.35
808
1,190
1,599
1,293
730
1,300
1,728
1,254
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
42,034
61,869
83,133
67,249
37,981
67,600
89,877
65,208
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
36.86
26.30
42.18
34.29
27.41
46.00
1,515
1,059
1,739
1,444
1,113
1,840
41.1
40.2
41.2
78,787
55,046
90,418
75,109
57,868
95,680
2,137
2,093
2,144
39.62
46.00
1,585
1,840
40.0
82,412
95,680
2,080
44.01
37.01
46.73
36.51
1,855
1,487
1,869
1,484
42.2
40.2
96,463
77,318
97,198
77,189
2,192
2,089
30.68
32.74
1,246
1,310
40.6
64,767
68,099
2,111
36.11
39.88
42.91
38.32
38.32
35.87
38.55
42.68
33.70
33.70
1,447
1,599
1,716
1,548
1,548
1,435
1,544
1,707
1,348
1,348
40.1
40.1
40.0
40.4
40.4
75,268
83,174
89,247
80,501
80,501
74,601
80,309
88,766
70,096
70,096
2,084
2,086
2,080
2,101
2,101
36.63
38.07
37.85
38.65
1,475
1,523
1,546
1,546
40.3
40.0
76,684
79,184
80,396
80,396
2,093
2,080
24.76
25.46
991
1,018
40.0
51,510
52,957
2,080
23.09
21.60
924
864
40.0
48,032
44,928
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Physical scientists ..............................
31.91
32.55
30.31
30.10
1,310
1,363
1,212
1,204
41.1
41.9
68,126
70,888
63,047
62,608
2,135
2,178
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
23.03
19.23
901
769
39.1
44,975
40,000
1,953
27.06
29.93
1,000
1,089
36.9
38,174
41,656
1,411
28.67
30.63
1,071
1,133
37.3
40,490
42,998
1,412
26.59
29.72
1,014
1,114
38.1
38,629
41,924
1,453
22.69
25.66
865
944
38.1
32,755
35,316
1,444
30.50
31.33
1,164
1,215
38.1
44,587
46,422
1,462
22.96
21.36
918
854
40.0
47,642
44,429
2,075
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$21.82
$17.41
$867
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Financial managers ............................
Education administrators ....................
37.91
47.78
38.88
23.89
32.10
33.08
44.71
31.80
24.04
31.32
32.81
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Purchasing agents, except
wholesale, retail, and farm
products ....................................
Cost estimators ...................................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Aerospace engineers ......................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electrical engineers ....................
Industrial engineers, including
health and safety ......................
Industrial engineers ....................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
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 .........................................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
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 ..........................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$868
989
39.4
38.2
$54,321
50,049
$44,304
50,586
2,029
1,953
436
400
39.1
22,666
20,800
2,032
10.00
409
400
39.2
21,271
20,800
2,040
10.34
10.00
407
400
39.4
21,174
20,800
2,048
17.57
20.20
20.20
16.82
21.92
21.92
709
808
808
685
877
877
40.4
40.0
40.0
36,472
42,023
42,023
35,610
45,583
45,583
2,076
2,080
2,080
11.07
11.07
12.16
12.16
443
443
486
486
40.0
40.0
23,033
23,033
25,293
25,293
2,080
2,080
10.63
9.62
427
360
40.2
21,199
16,640
1,995
13.61
12.80
608
577
44.6
31,410
29,999
2,307
14.17
13.75
645
625
45.5
33,296
32,500
2,350
11.11
10.16
10.26
10.26
394
350
410
380
35.5
34.5
19,913
17,617
20,176
18,721
1,793
1,734
10.26
9.67
339
354
33.0
16,897
17,856
1,646
19.38
12.47
780
490
40.3
40,574
25,480
2,094
22.39
12.85
10.15
10.15
13.59
19.40
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.41
900
519
405
405
546
776
440
440
440
456
40.2
40.4
39.8
39.8
40.1
46,794
26,968
21,036
21,036
28,372
40,352
22,880
22,880
22,880
23,733
2,090
2,099
2,072
2,072
2,087
36.43
41.67
1,462
1,667
40.1
76,047
86,680
2,088
13.81
12.90
552
500
39.9
28,664
26,000
2,076
24.13
12.28
19.72
12.00
965
486
789
480
40.0
39.6
50,183
25,288
41,018
24,960
2,080
2,059
12.80
11.59
14.36
11.03
13.62
11.26
13.46
11.00
496
463
574
472
490
450
538
495
38.7
40.0
40.0
42.8
25,783
24,100
29,866
24,561
25,493
23,425
27,997
25,740
2,014
2,080
2,080
2,228
17.96
17.60
718
704
40.0
37,355
36,608
2,080
15.39
14.77
611
575
39.7
31,702
29,900
2,060
18.31
17.87
733
715
40.0
37,924
37,170
2,071
12.40
12.20
486
481
39.2
25,281
25,012
2,039
15.22
12.90
11.59
13.42
12.60
10.37
609
516
464
537
504
415
40.0
40.0
40.0
31,660
26,828
24,114
27,903
26,208
21,565
2,080
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$26.77
25.63
$23.29
25.59
$1,055
979
11.15
10.00
10.43
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Electricians .........................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...............................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Machinists ...........................................
Tool and die makers ...........................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and
plastic workers ..............................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$516
40.1
$32,750
$26,834
2,085
806
850
770
610
40.9
40.0
41,924
44,206
40,040
31,720
2,126
2,080
14.00
14.00
684
603
620
600
40.6
41.8
35,569
31,334
32,240
31,200
2,109
2,175
18.25
20.58
18.20
20.17
726
814
728
807
39.8
39.6
37,773
42,348
37,856
41,954
2,069
2,058
15.05
12.00
602
480
40.0
31,310
24,960
2,080
16.59
15.29
659
600
39.7
34,275
31,179
2,066
20.10
16.11
826
718
41.1
42,943
37,357
2,136
10.35
10.25
414
410
40.0
21,521
21,320
2,080
10.35
10.35
414
414
40.0
21,527
21,528
2,080
22.21
27.50
888
1,100
40.0
46,187
57,196
2,080
19.67
24.22
786
969
39.9
40,852
50,380
2,077
14.59
18.59
27.11
14.50
19.00
32.70
584
743
1,084
580
760
1,308
40.0
40.0
40.0
30,352
38,658
56,381
30,160
39,520
68,016
2,080
2,080
2,080
16.74
15.00
657
540
39.3
34,183
28,080
2,042
16.19
13.80
15.29
14.99
644
547
612
600
39.8
39.6
33,509
28,422
31,805
31,179
2,069
2,059
13.12
14.49
11.00
11.00
520
584
440
455
39.6
40.3
26,727
30,353
22,880
23,635
2,037
2,094
14.22
11.00
572
440
40.2
29,718
22,880
2,089
17.96
10.79
9.54
12.85
9.75
9.00
718
432
382
514
390
360
40.0
40.0
40.0
37,192
22,445
19,839
26,728
20,280
18,720
2,071
2,080
2,080
9.60
9.78
384
391
40.0
19,973
20,342
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.71
$12.90
$630
19.72
21.25
17.60
15.25
16.86
14.41
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$652
40.0
$44,888
$33,806
2,080
1,564
1,934
1,555
1,346
1,788
1,272
40.1
40.5
40.0
81,210
99,487
80,873
70,000
92,111
66,152
2,083
2,082
2,080
32.50
1,332
1,300
40.0
69,270
67,600
2,081
20.21
29.74
39.97
36.26
18.26
32.50
43.21
31.29
808
1,190
1,599
1,450
730
1,300
1,728
1,252
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
42,034
61,869
83,133
75,411
37,981
67,600
89,877
65,083
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
37.56
26.30
43.22
36.72
27.41
46.00
1,545
1,059
1,785
1,518
1,113
1,840
41.1
40.2
41.3
80,316
55,046
92,814
78,953
57,868
95,680
2,138
2,093
2,148
41.94
46.00
1,678
1,840
40.0
87,241
95,680
2,080
44.01
37.01
46.73
36.51
1,855
1,487
1,869
1,484
42.2
40.2
96,463
77,318
97,198
77,189
2,192
2,089
36.03
39.86
43.19
38.32
38.32
35.34
38.12
44.06
33.70
33.70
1,444
1,599
1,727
1,548
1,548
1,416
1,525
1,762
1,348
1,348
40.1
40.1
40.0
40.4
40.4
75,088
83,129
89,825
80,501
80,501
73,609
79,290
91,639
70,096
70,096
2,084
2,086
2,080
2,101
2,101
36.63
38.07
37.85
38.65
1,475
1,523
1,546
1,546
40.3
40.0
76,684
79,184
80,396
80,396
2,093
2,080
24.76
25.46
991
1,018
40.0
51,510
52,957
2,080
23.09
21.60
924
864
40.0
48,032
44,928
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Physical scientists ..............................
30.40
32.55
27.69
30.10
1,261
1,363
1,107
1,204
41.5
41.9
65,574
70,888
57,589
62,608
2,157
2,178
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
24.11
24.23
947
921
39.3
41,587
40,000
1,725
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
21.86
20.52
875
821
40.0
45,321
42,682
2,073
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
25.27
24.97
20.00
25.00
1,038
989
800
1,000
41.1
39.6
53,979
51,425
41,600
52,000
2,136
2,059
Healthcare support occupations .........
10.85
9.94
422
388
38.9
21,937
20,160
2,023
Protective service occupations ...........
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
11.08
12.20
443
488
40.0
23,049
25,376
2,080
11.08
11.08
12.20
12.20
443
443
488
488
40.0
40.0
23,049
23,049
25,376
25,376
2,080
2,080
10.67
9.62
441
410
41.3
22,925
21,320
2,148
13.58
12.31
609
577
44.8
31,679
29,999
2,332
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$21.58
$16.40
$864
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
38.99
47.78
38.88
35.01
44.71
31.80
33.29
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Purchasing agents, except
wholesale, retail, and farm
products ....................................
Cost estimators ...................................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer systems analysts ...............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Aerospace engineers ......................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electrical engineers ....................
Industrial engineers, including
health and safety ......................
Industrial engineers ....................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related
occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
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 .........................................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$625
45.8
$33,663
$32,500
2,380
352
288
352
332
34.0
32.4
18,327
14,983
18,283
17,254
1,769
1,687
8.30
240
175
29.0
12,494
9,100
1,508
19.38
12.47
780
490
40.3
40,574
25,480
2,094
22.39
12.85
10.15
10.15
13.59
19.40
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.41
900
519
405
405
546
776
440
440
440
456
40.2
40.4
39.8
39.8
40.1
46,794
26,968
21,036
21,036
28,372
40,352
22,880
22,880
22,880
23,733
2,090
2,099
2,072
2,072
2,087
36.43
41.67
1,462
1,667
40.1
76,047
86,680
2,088
13.95
12.91
557
504
39.9
28,963
26,208
2,077
24.50
12.29
17.65
12.00
980
486
706
480
40.0
39.6
50,962
25,283
36,712
24,960
2,080
2,058
12.80
11.59
14.36
11.03
13.62
11.26
13.46
11.00
496
463
574
472
490
450
538
495
38.7
40.0
40.0
42.8
25,783
24,100
29,866
24,561
25,493
23,425
27,997
25,740
2,014
2,080
2,080
2,228
17.96
17.60
718
704
40.0
37,355
36,608
2,080
16.23
16.43
643
657
39.6
33,413
34,174
2,058
19.72
19.70
789
788
40.0
41,012
40,980
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$14.14
$13.75
$647
10.36
8.88
9.70
9.00
8.28
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
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 ..........................
12.84
12.40
500
496
39.0
26,016
25,798
2,026
15.22
12.90
11.60
13.42
12.60
10.37
609
516
464
537
504
415
40.0
40.0
40.0
31,660
26,828
24,129
27,903
26,208
21,565
2,080
2,080
2,080
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Electricians .........................................
15.11
21.25
12.90
15.25
606
850
516
610
40.1
40.0
31,523
44,206
26,834
31,720
2,086
2,080
15.60
14.41
14.00
14.00
634
603
560
600
40.7
41.8
32,977
31,334
29,120
31,200
2,114
2,175
18.25
20.58
18.20
20.17
726
814
728
807
39.8
39.6
37,773
42,348
37,856
41,954
2,069
2,058
15.05
12.00
602
480
40.0
31,310
24,960
2,080
16.63
15.29
660
600
39.7
34,341
31,179
2,065
20.10
16.11
826
718
41.1
42,943
37,357
2,136
10.35
10.25
414
410
40.0
21,521
21,320
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...............................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Machinists ...........................................
Tool and die makers ...........................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and
plastic workers ..............................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
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 ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$414
40.0
$21,527
$21,528
2,080
888
1,100
40.0
46,187
57,196
2,080
24.22
786
969
39.9
40,852
50,380
2,077
14.59
18.59
27.11
14.50
19.00
32.70
584
743
1,084
580
760
1,308
40.0
40.0
40.0
30,352
38,658
56,381
30,160
39,520
68,016
2,080
2,080
2,080
16.74
15.00
657
540
39.3
34,183
28,080
2,042
16.19
13.80
15.29
14.99
644
547
612
600
39.8
39.6
33,509
28,422
31,805
31,179
2,069
2,059
12.89
14.47
11.00
11.00
518
583
440
440
40.2
40.3
26,930
30,341
22,880
22,880
2,089
2,097
14.23
10.79
9.54
11.00
9.75
9.00
572
432
382
440
390
360
40.2
40.0
40.0
29,746
22,445
19,839
22,880
20,280
18,720
2,090
2,080
2,080
9.60
9.78
384
391
40.0
19,973
20,342
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$10.35
$10.35
$414
22.21
27.50
19.67
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
34
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$823
38.6
$41,536
$39,562
1,823
1,381
1,239
39.6
66,957
64,069
1,921
30.08
1,001
1,095
36.9
38,096
42,193
1,403
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$22.78
$21.36
$879
Management occupations ...................
34.85
31.30
27.15
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
28.68
30.63
1,070
1,133
37.3
40,488
42,998
1,412
26.58
29.72
1,013
1,114
38.1
38,603
42,049
1,452
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
28.23
25.92
26.51
26.65
1,070
975
973
980
37.9
37.6
54,623
49,485
49,870
50,207
1,935
1,910
Healthcare support occupations .........
11.87
11.34
469
446
39.5
24,404
23,171
2,055
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
20.18
20.20
20.20
20.42
21.92
21.92
818
808
808
817
877
877
40.5
40.0
40.0
41,874
42,023
42,023
42,474
45,583
45,583
2,075
2,080
2,080
12.58
12.33
12.75
12.75
487
476
510
487
38.7
38.6
23,162
22,450
22,921
22,921
1,841
1,820
12.33
12.75
476
487
38.6
22,450
22,921
1,820
13.14
12.47
526
499
40.0
27,251
25,697
2,074
13.23
13.39
529
535
40.0
27,295
26,596
2,064
15.17
15.25
607
610
40.0
31,115
31,720
2,051
24.33
27.74
973
1,110
40.0
50,602
57,699
2,080
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Installation, maintenance, and repair
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.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
35
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$20.03
$17.34
$18.31
$29.35
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 .......................
33.92
35.86
33.31
9.15
15.33
17.14
13.77
15.27
14.91
15.56
14.65
16.20
12.03
32.08
27.53
33.09
9.36
16.82
20.81
12.20
12.50
12.22
12.77
11.67
13.48
10.69
32.52
35.42
31.62
8.73
12.45
10.83
13.93
18.96
–
20.45
14.33
13.82
15.49
37.07
41.48
35.21
–
19.56
–
17.10
26.77
–
20.21
19.86
20.03
–
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.3
8.4
10.0
3.6
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.0
2.6
2.3
4.5
3.9
4.3
3.4
3.8
5.0
6.0
5.8
6.8
10.2
8.4
8.4
7.9
6.5
4.4
6.7
4.9
3.0
.4
5.4
4.6
5.3
7.2
8.0
11.2
6.8
3.7
1.3
1.6
2.1
7.0
–
7.1
9.0
8.8
17.8
4.0
3.4
2.8
–
26.0
–
16.8
1.7
–
13.8
7.9
7.1
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
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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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$530
40.2
$39,802
$27,560
2,090
1,169
1,106
40.3
60,368
57,493
2,080
22.92
1,060
917
40.0
55,113
47,674
2,080
43.16
46.00
1,727
1,840
40.0
89,782
95,680
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
37.85
39.91
38.10
38.10
1,514
1,597
1,524
1,524
40.0
40.0
78,732
83,022
79,248
79,248
2,080
2,080
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
22.02
17.38
881
695
40.0
45,794
36,150
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
25.52
20.00
1,081
800
42.3
56,190
41,600
2,202
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
10.54
9.00
410
315
38.9
21,324
16,380
2,024
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
12.58
10.26
511
410
40.6
26,588
21,343
2,113
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
22.89
23.76
14.96
17.20
18.41
29.25
11.00
19.33
930
956
618
716
818
1,170
440
849
40.6
40.2
41.3
41.6
48,347
49,705
32,160
37,247
42,518
60,840
22,880
44,156
2,112
2,092
2,150
2,165
36.36
41.67
1,454
1,667
40.0
75,630
86,680
2,080
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
12.42
12.42
12.70
11.17
12.24
12.00
13.62
11.00
495
489
491
431
490
480
490
360
39.8
39.3
38.6
38.6
25,729
25,412
25,513
22,387
25,493
24,960
25,493
18,703
2,072
2,046
2,009
2,005
Construction and extraction occupations .............
12.39
12.15
496
486
40.0
25,769
25,276
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
12.80
13.30
526
560
41.1
27,367
29,120
2,138
14.46
13.45
578
538
40.0
30,070
27,976
2,080
13.90
13.00
546
520
39.3
28,394
27,040
2,042
17.68
16.00
707
640
40.0
36,768
33,280
2,080
11.51
11.47
12.02
9.51
10.50
11.00
11.00
9.78
462
461
484
381
420
440
440
391
40.1
40.2
40.3
40.0
24,000
23,973
25,169
19,789
21,840
22,880
22,880
20,342
2,084
2,090
2,094
2,080
9.69
9.82
388
393
40.0
20,153
20,434
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$19.05
$13.40
$766
Management occupations .......................................
29.02
27.64
Business and financial operations occupations ...
26.50
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Production occupations ..........................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
37
Table 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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$793
39.9
$48,774
$41,177
2,072
1,699
2,257
1,566
2,202
40.1
40.4
88,363
117,362
81,411
114,504
2,084
2,101
33.35
44.42
1,439
1,605
1,334
1,777
40.0
40.0
74,828
83,481
69,368
92,402
2,081
2,080
35.63
27.36
41.01
36.56
42.67
33.76
33.35
28.87
41.67
32.52
43.43
30.83
1,480
1,105
1,722
1,462
1,826
1,358
1,334
1,155
1,655
1,301
1,737
1,248
41.5
40.4
42.0
40.0
42.8
40.2
76,944
57,474
89,543
76,043
94,962
70,604
69,360
60,050
86,039
67,637
90,343
64,875
2,159
2,100
2,184
2,080
2,225
2,092
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Aerospace engineers ..........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Electrical engineers ........................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety
Industrial engineers ........................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
35.26
39.82
43.19
38.00
38.00
36.63
38.07
25.70
24.69
34.93
39.46
44.06
35.13
35.13
37.85
38.65
26.72
22.63
1,415
1,600
1,727
1,544
1,544
1,475
1,523
1,028
988
1,400
1,578
1,762
1,408
1,408
1,546
1,546
1,069
905
40.1
40.2
40.0
40.6
40.6
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
73,556
83,191
89,825
80,286
80,286
76,684
79,184
53,446
51,353
72,800
82,073
91,639
73,216
73,216
80,396
80,396
55,578
47,070
2,086
2,089
2,080
2,113
2,113
2,093
2,080
2,080
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
Physical scientists ..................................................
31.42
32.55
27.69
30.10
1,307
1,363
1,107
1,204
41.6
41.9
67,943
70,888
57,589
62,608
2,162
2,178
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
21.75
23.30
870
932
40.0
44,966
47,120
2,067
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
24.81
20.48
966
730
38.9
50,209
37,964
2,023
Healthcare support occupations .............................
10.66
9.94
419
396
39.3
21,768
20,592
2,042
8.27
8.19
8.30
8.30
244
241
185
180
29.5
29.4
12,679
12,528
9,620
9,360
1,534
1,530
8.07
8.30
226
157
27.9
11,731
8,174
1,453
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
13.70
10.98
11.30
11.41
11.16
11.41
544
434
443
456
423
456
39.7
39.6
39.2
28,303
22,584
23,052
23,733
21,996
23,733
2,066
2,057
2,040
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
15.00
12.04
14.22
18.20
13.46
11.26
13.46
17.87
600
481
569
728
538
450
538
715
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
31,201
25,036
29,588
37,855
27,997
23,425
27,997
37,170
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
19.96
21.62
798
865
40.0
41,520
44,965
2,080
15.05
15.00
602
600
40.0
31,301
31,200
2,080
Construction and extraction occupations .............
23.54
27.59
953
1,242
40.5
49,559
64,563
2,105
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .........................
20.40
20.72
814
829
39.9
42,314
43,098
2,074
20.21
21.09
20.17
20.62
802
833
807
825
39.7
39.5
41,699
43,332
41,954
42,892
2,064
2,055
17.41
15.65
694
612
39.9
36,068
31,845
2,072
25.43
25.07
1,050
993
41.3
54,613
51,611
2,148
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$23.54
$20.08
$939
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
42.41
55.87
38.36
55.05
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Management analysts ............................................
35.95
40.14
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer programmers .........................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, applications .......
Computer software engineers, systems software
Computer systems analysts ...................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
38
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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$9.92
9.92
22.79
$9.51
9.51
27.50
$397
397
912
$380
380
1,100
40.0
40.0
40.0
$20,632
20,632
47,399
$19,777
19,777
57,196
2,080
2,080
2,080
20.81
24.22
831
969
39.9
43,225
50,380
2,077
15.39
14.91
11.92
15.43
611
596
474
617
39.7
40.0
31,751
31,012
24,648
32,096
2,064
2,080
15.69
20.85
19.51
9.61
13.32
21.32
18.40
8.25
633
846
780
384
533
891
736
330
40.4
40.6
40.0
40.0
32,928
44,016
40,580
19,988
27,706
46,331
38,272
17,160
2,099
2,112
2,080
2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$24.18
$24.18
–
$20.26
$19.72
$22.56
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 .......................
31.07
–
31.27
–
–
–
–
27.25
30.42
24.58
22.89
23.77
19.83
31.07
–
31.27
–
–
–
–
27.25
30.42
24.58
22.89
23.77
19.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.50
35.42
31.70
11.06
15.08
17.10
13.62
14.82
13.50
15.86
12.17
13.00
11.08
33.97
35.89
33.36
9.15
15.32
17.14
13.73
13.43
12.44
14.21
12.07
13.03
10.74
28.40
33.16
27.65
16.36
13.03
–
13.13
22.30
–
24.33
15.60
–
16.44
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
1.8
1.8
–
2.2
2.6
3.6
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 .......................
5.6
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
5.4
4.1
2.5
3.0
1.1
14.1
5.6
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
5.4
4.1
2.5
3.0
1.1
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.7
2.9
1.7
5.4
3.6
4.3
2.9
7.7
7.9
7.7
4.0
4.3
6.3
2.0
2.6
2.3
4.5
3.9
4.3
3.5
3.3
2.3
4.2
4.1
4.3
6.5
3.5
11.7
2.8
8.4
3.7
–
3.9
12.1
–
6.5
12.4
–
12.3
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$20.53
$20.06
$19.57
$19.57
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 .......................
32.39
35.05
31.70
11.08
13.93
14.48
13.65
16.61
–
17.76
14.68
16.17
12.12
33.81
35.45
33.31
9.11
14.05
14.52
13.76
15.52
14.91
16.21
14.66
16.20
11.87
–
–
–
–
22.78
23.27
–
–
–
–
14.15
–
14.15
–
–
–
–
22.78
23.27
–
–
–
–
14.15
–
14.15
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
1.9
2.1
13.1
13.1
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
1.5
2.5
1.7
5.6
4.9
12.1
2.9
6.6
–
7.8
5.8
6.8
10.3
1.9
1.8
2.3
4.6
5.6
12.2
3.5
4.4
5.0
7.7
5.9
6.8
11.2
–
–
–
–
15.0
15.5
–
–
–
–
10.5
–
10.5
–
–
–
–
15.0
15.5
–
–
–
–
10.5
–
10.5
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Huntsville-Decatur,
AL CSA, May 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
$13.88
$22.67
$13.94
–
$13.99
$29.50
–
$8.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.93
41.36
31.45
–
20.93
33.40
18.01
–
–
–
9.13
15.15
16.36
10.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.13
22.13
–
–
13.24
–
13.07
37.70
36.71
37.94
10.28
15.65
16.68
15.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.16
10.51
–
11.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.42
–
22.61
19.93
13.52
13.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.61
16.91
12.88
12.42
–
12.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.85
–
13.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...
9.4
4.1
4.6
–
2.9
0.8
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
1.1
2.6
–
25.6
33.6
18.0
–
–
–
.7
3.7
3.4
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
10.1
–
–
3.6
–
2.8
.6
.7
.6
15.5
6.3
33.2
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
12.1
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
–
6.0
4.5
17.9
17.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
7.4
12.7
12.6
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.1
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households,
and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope
of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a
central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing
support services to a company. For private industries in
this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment
is defined as all locations of a government agency within
the sampled area.
The statistical area covered by this survey is defined by
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of
December 2003. The Huntsville–Decatur, AL, Combined
Statistical Area (CSA) includes:
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:
• Decatur, AL, Metropolitan Statistical Area: Lawrence
and Morgan Counties, AL
• Huntsville, AL, Metropolitan Statistical Area: Limestone and Madison Counties, AL
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
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For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with as-
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signed point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
• Knowledge
• Job controls and complexity
• Contacts (nature and purpose)
• Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteris-
tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced
to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts
of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in
this publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey,
Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007
Civilian
workers
Occupational group2
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
190,000
155,000
35,000
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 .......................
65,700
12,800
52,900
38,300
38,200
16,500
21,700
14,700
6,500
8,200
33,100
19,500
13,600
46,500
10,500
36,000
29,500
34,300
16,400
17,800
12,700
5,700
7,000
32,000
19,400
12,500
19,200
2,300
16,900
8,800
3,900
–
3,800
2,000
–
1,200
1,100
–
1,100
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA,
May 2007
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
7,532
7,046
486
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
362
235
72
55
333
208
70
55
29
27
2
0
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
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