Houston–Baytown–Huntsville, TX
National Compensation Survey
January 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner
September 2007
Bulletin 3140–06
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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18
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35
37
41
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51
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56
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60
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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 Houston–Baytown–Huntsville, TX, Combined Statistical Area (CSA). Data were collected between June
2006 and July 2007; the average reference month is January 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,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$20.23
3.1
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 .............
33.50
39.40
30.43
9.37
16.19
18.92
14.71
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
37.5
$19.92
3.6
4.3
5.1
5.3
2.2
3.6
8.5
2.3
39.1
40.4
38.5
33.6
36.8
35.0
38.0
35.09
40.17
31.59
7.76
16.28
18.94
14.70
17.40
15.84
19.45
5.6
4.4
5.6
39.9
40.0
39.8
14.77
15.16
14.39
2.8
4.0
4.7
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
21.04
9.17
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
37.3
$22.31
2.2
38.5
5.4
5.4
7.8
2.0
3.9
8.5
2.5
39.3
40.4
38.6
32.5
36.7
34.9
37.8
28.30
31.39
27.85
15.75
14.77
–
14.80
2.4
6.7
2.2
2.5
3.4
–
3.4
38.4
40.0
38.1
38.9
39.8
–
39.8
17.45
15.86
19.79
6.0
4.4
6.2
40.1
40.0
40.3
16.51
–
16.77
8.6
–
9.0
36.9
–
36.7
38.4
39.6
37.3
14.82
15.16
14.47
2.8
4.0
5.1
38.5
39.6
37.4
13.41
–
13.40
4.4
–
4.6
36.5
–
36.3
3.2
3.9
39.7
21.4
20.81
8.97
3.8
4.1
39.7
21.6
22.49
13.90
2.2
8.5
39.6
17.2
24.47
20.06
8.8
3.2
34.0
37.6
24.95
19.72
10.0
3.7
33.0
37.5
–
22.34
–
2.4
–
38.4
19.89
26.50
3.1
12.3
37.4
40.1
19.51
26.50
3.7
12.3
37.2
40.1
22.31
–
2.2
–
38.5
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
17.21
19.18
25.20
6.3
4.1
5.2
37.2
37.4
38.0
17.22
19.13
26.69
6.4
4.2
7.7
37.1
37.4
37.8
16.75
21.49
22.72
7.0
10.5
2.5
41.9
37.1
38.4
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,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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 ..............................................................................
$20.23
3.1
$21.04
3.2
$9.17
3.9
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Level 9 .............................................................
44.82
18.32
18.44
32.29
38.22
42.68
58.95
59.33
88.23
53.35
59.12
75.13
73.34
86.56
56.25
42.69
37.54
27.04
37.53
6.4
15.3
13.7
4.4
4.7
9.7
7.4
9.1
21.2
5.8
15.5
24.7
27.1
31.4
10.3
9.1
6.8
17.6
.3
44.82
18.32
18.44
32.29
38.22
42.68
58.95
59.33
88.23
53.35
59.12
75.13
73.34
86.56
56.25
42.69
37.54
27.04
37.53
6.4
15.3
13.7
4.4
4.7
9.7
7.4
9.1
21.2
5.8
15.5
24.7
27.1
31.4
10.3
9.1
6.8
17.6
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.68
37.80
42.96
51.38
31.97
30.94
1.5
.4
9.2
9.2
13.5
9.5
37.68
37.80
42.96
51.38
31.97
30.94
1.5
.4
9.2
9.2
13.5
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
31.53
20.27
21.01
30.19
29.99
36.88
40.65
43.46
32.75
27.14
23.84
6.2
3.1
6.9
12.6
6.6
8.8
10.9
7.8
16.1
21.1
16.3
31.55
20.27
20.92
30.19
29.99
36.88
40.65
43.46
32.75
27.14
23.84
6.3
3.1
6.9
12.6
6.6
8.8
10.9
7.8
16.1
21.1
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.00
36.99
31.85
24.05
35.57
34.76
34.76
6.1
18.9
6.9
4.4
5.0
24.1
24.1
26.00
36.99
31.90
–
35.57
34.76
34.76
6.1
18.9
7.0
–
5.0
24.1
24.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 12 ............................................................
37.72
28.95
27.26
37.07
51.32
49.66
72.07
46.37
27.86
39.05
43.78
3.9
16.4
20.1
5.2
14.3
12.7
16.3
7.3
14.7
5.6
6.6
37.82
28.95
27.26
37.07
51.32
49.66
72.07
46.37
28.42
39.05
43.78
3.9
16.4
20.1
5.2
14.3
12.7
16.3
7.3
15.1
5.6
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
38.58
23.31
24.46
33.76
44.20
4.8
2.2
3.9
7.0
6.0
38.59
23.31
24.46
33.76
44.20
4.8
2.2
3.9
7.0
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Level 7 .............................................................
$48.22
39.84
44.08
23.02
32.96
44.27
48.39
53.92
51.80
29.10
26.52
26.21
5.8
7.7
5.3
9.9
8.1
5.1
6.0
7.8
15.5
11.0
4.1
2.7
$48.22
39.84
44.08
23.02
32.96
44.27
48.39
53.92
51.80
29.10
26.58
26.21
5.8
7.7
5.3
9.9
8.1
5.1
6.0
7.8
15.5
11.0
4.2
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
35.45
26.11
42.15
41.95
45.95
52.68
11.4
9.6
2.7
5.5
9.6
1.5
35.45
26.11
42.15
41.95
45.95
52.68
11.4
9.6
2.7
5.5
9.6
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
20.40
17.53
26.60
28.41
19.08
7.9
4.1
9.6
11.2
9.4
20.25
17.53
26.40
28.41
19.08
8.5
4.1
10.4
11.2
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
31.22
35.2
34.16
33.8
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary .................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary .............
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Level 11 ............................................................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
29.62
10.63
9.79
13.02
25.50
31.53
32.44
41.10
63.03
11.23
57.92
41.10
63.03
57.11
95.58
45.62
97.05
32.24
37.04
25.06
7.8
.8
12.5
8.2
5.4
1.3
.5
1.0
10.2
7.8
24.4
1.0
10.2
23.0
34.7
3.7
34.5
5.0
8.9
3.5
30.61
11.10
10.33
–
25.64
31.52
32.49
41.41
63.03
10.71
58.81
41.41
63.03
59.20
95.61
45.63
–
32.45
37.04
25.27
7.3
2.2
11.4
–
5.6
1.3
.4
1.3
10.2
12.4
24.6
1.3
10.2
21.8
34.7
3.6
–
5.2
8.9
2.7
$13.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.48
31.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.49
27.20
31.54
32.41
24.83
30.44
26.92
31.23
32.34
2.6
5.2
.9
.3
19.7
2.0
5.1
1.2
2.4
30.60
27.38
31.54
32.41
24.83
30.66
27.18
31.23
32.34
2.5
5.0
.9
.3
19.7
1.3
4.9
1.2
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.72
27.42
31.42
32.35
1.3
6.1
.9
3.4
31.02
27.83
31.42
32.35
.4
6.6
.9
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers
and instructors ........................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$29.58
30.71
31.90
32.32
32.26
6.0
.0
1.3
.3
.3
$29.58
30.71
31.90
32.32
32.26
6.0
.0
1.3
.3
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.57
31.94
32.67
32.67
22.14
13.73
1.4
.2
1.6
1.6
12.0
15.5
31.57
31.94
32.67
32.67
28.91
–
1.4
.2
1.6
1.6
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
$14.16
13.73
–
–
–
–
10.5
15.5
22.39
31.24
10.80
10.70
–
11.32
20.3
5.2
5.9
.1
–
1.3
25.91
–
11.09
11.10
10.08
11.31
23.9
–
4.8
2.2
11.7
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.95
25.55
17.77
22.56
11.7
7.0
8.6
3.8
22.12
–
17.77
–
12.0
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
23.55
15.36
18.70
17.89
25.14
29.15
30.20
41.06
30.27
47.38
30.48
28.55
29.13
28.62
37.53
35.37
18.35
20.68
21.65
21.91
14.0
6.0
5.3
10.5
3.8
1.6
8.1
6.0
11.8
.2
3.9
9.6
1.6
8.6
1.1
14.0
13.5
22.8
7.1
5.4
23.41
15.36
18.58
–
25.17
28.82
30.31
41.06
29.23
–
30.63
–
28.88
28.77
37.53
35.85
18.23
20.55
21.65
21.91
14.2
6.1
5.1
–
4.0
1.7
8.0
6.0
11.6
–
4.1
–
2.1
9.1
1.1
15.0
13.4
24.0
7.1
5.4
28.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.15
19.84
20.52
16.1
2.8
4.1
–
19.84
20.52
–
2.8
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Home health aides ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
10.48
9.20
12.22
12.87
9.52
8.94
7.58
7.58
10.27
9.58
12.10
13.76
12.14
3.0
1.9
14.2
8.3
2.0
2.8
11.0
11.0
3.4
4.6
7.1
7.6
8.4
11.01
9.83
12.27
12.87
10.21
9.69
–
–
10.27
9.58
12.10
13.76
12.14
3.1
2.4
14.9
8.3
2.1
2.8
–
–
3.5
4.6
7.1
7.6
8.4
6.70
6.57
–
–
6.70
6.57
6.57
6.57
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
5.3
–
–
4.9
5.3
5.3
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
$18.03
14.82
17.88
21.36
22.59
16.10
14.34
14.34
22.63
22.63
9.83
9.83
4.6
1.6
13.0
1.6
17.3
4.8
4.8
4.8
2.5
2.5
7.9
7.9
$18.87
–
17.91
21.36
–
–
14.34
14.34
22.77
22.77
–
–
3.3
–
13.2
1.6
–
–
4.8
4.8
2.9
2.9
–
–
$10.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
6.04
5.71
5.64
7.64
7.26
7.86
7.54
9.81
8.87
–
3.68
4.73
2.74
3.88
2.43
2.71
2.34
3.0
3.3
3.9
18.2
37.4
6.8
11.3
9.8
3.5
–
8.3
12.0
7.7
12.9
2.2
21.1
5.8
6.33
6.08
5.89
8.46
7.26
8.02
7.54
9.81
9.47
–
3.90
5.37
2.60
–
2.40
–
2.41
3.6
6.2
3.9
9.4
37.4
9.1
11.3
9.8
7.4
–
13.6
22.8
1.0
–
6.8
–
8.3
4.98
4.68
4.14
6.76
–
–
–
–
7.98
7.80
3.14
3.20
–
–
2.50
–
–
6.1
12.5
8.6
26.1
–
–
–
–
5.3
6.0
9.4
35.9
–
–
19.9
–
–
5.72
5.69
7.57
6.70
8.12
16.4
17.8
6.2
8.8
4.8
5.87
5.85
7.57
–
7.97
17.3
18.8
7.1
–
7.4
–
–
7.55
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
7.75
6.70
9.06
10.35
9.0
8.8
10.8
13.0
7.79
–
8.89
10.98
10.4
–
14.0
9.5
7.56
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
8.34
7.47
9.56
9.50
7.99
7.47
8.91
10.36
5.0
4.2
9.3
9.0
4.0
4.2
9.1
11.1
8.52
7.55
9.56
9.50
8.13
7.55
8.91
10.36
6.3
6.2
9.3
9.0
5.3
6.2
9.1
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.15
7.22
8.91
7.73
7.71
6.5
7.3
9.1
6.1
6.5
8.45
7.31
8.91
7.72
7.71
8.4
11.6
9.1
6.1
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
12.93
8.17
8.50
7.81
15.5
16.0
7.1
13.1
13.33
–
–
8.23
11.1
–
–
14.1
11.13
8.57
–
–
46.6
36.4
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
18.92
6.72
8.5
12.1
20.97
–
9.6
–
7.75
7.25
3.3
7.1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
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,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Level 4 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Office and administrative support 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 office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.95
11.09
18.92
18.17
28.77
29.29
38.96
42.38
16.56
24.48
19.66
16.07
19.66
2.5
2.7
25.1
4.1
22.2
11.3
20.3
8.7
10.6
11.3
3.9
11.0
3.9
$9.24
11.31
19.98
18.17
28.77
29.29
38.96
42.38
17.18
24.48
19.66
16.07
19.66
3.9
6.4
27.7
4.1
22.2
11.3
20.3
8.7
10.9
11.3
3.9
11.0
3.9
$7.18
9.62
10.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.8
19.5
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.71
10.18
6.51
7.95
10.94
14.56
21.99
7.10
–
7.56
11.02
7.10
–
7.56
11.02
12.30
15.76
13.02
11.24
11.94
8.40
8.57
11.10
13.81
22.15
8.8
5.9
14.6
2.5
3.6
10.7
13.7
8.0
–
.4
15.0
8.0
–
.4
15.0
17.7
45.9
21.0
12.5
4.0
.3
7.5
5.3
5.5
13.9
39.71
11.23
–
9.24
11.20
15.42
21.99
6.98
–
–
–
6.98
–
–
–
13.61
15.76
15.12
11.73
12.97
–
10.00
11.30
15.11
22.15
8.8
8.4
–
3.9
7.8
15.3
13.7
11.4
–
–
–
11.4
–
–
–
21.5
45.9
25.6
12.5
2.3
–
2.3
10.0
7.4
13.9
–
7.72
7.28
7.17
9.46
10.37
–
7.26
7.20
7.17
–
7.26
7.20
7.17
–
–
–
–
–
8.58
8.16
7.42
–
10.37
–
–
3.1
7.0
1.8
19.6
10.9
–
3.6
8.3
.3
–
3.6
8.3
.3
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
4.6
.5
–
10.9
–
26.22
32.67
39.3
13.1
26.22
32.67
39.3
13.1
–
–
–
–
37.90
8.3
37.90
8.3
–
–
31.23
14.9
31.23
14.9
–
–
14.71
9.00
10.57
12.27
14.75
16.59
19.10
23.55
16.09
2.3
4.9
3.8
1.3
1.8
2.7
3.6
7.2
3.9
14.99
10.52
10.66
12.33
14.88
16.44
19.10
23.55
16.31
2.3
7.9
4.6
1.4
1.9
2.7
3.6
7.2
4.0
11.23
7.37
10.21
11.09
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
5.6
8.6
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
23.96
17.60
14.69
10.64
13.21
16.19
16.13
8.1
5.6
3.9
5.9
5.0
4.4
8.4
23.96
17.60
15.08
11.79
13.29
16.19
15.20
8.1
5.6
3.4
4.9
5.3
4.4
7.9
–
–
12.27
8.69
–
–
–
–
–
15.0
4.8
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$15.21
15.28
16.38
15.66
11.76
17.29
14.83
21.53
10.89
11.57
12.28
10.97
14.63
14.29
–
13.82
11.46
8.88
11.12
17.34
15.21
17.50
19.55
17.97
18.99
17.98
19.70
17.35
16.65
17.43
11.44
11.65
12.90
10.38
11.44
14.01
14.77
14.0
4.1
5.8
10.2
.8
7.9
8.1
10.4
5.0
4.0
7.1
4.7
12.9
17.7
–
8.9
5.2
4.9
4.3
2.2
8.1
2.8
2.5
5.4
2.5
3.6
3.3
4.7
7.2
3.2
3.7
3.6
4.6
7.4
4.0
4.6
7.3
$15.33
15.49
16.38
15.66
12.73
17.33
14.83
21.53
11.27
11.66
12.28
11.16
14.91
14.61
11.26
13.82
11.93
–
11.12
17.39
15.21
17.67
19.55
17.97
19.22
18.34
19.70
17.35
16.65
17.43
11.47
–
13.30
10.77
11.44
14.22
14.77
13.5
3.9
5.8
10.2
.2
8.2
8.1
10.4
2.6
4.4
7.1
6.6
14.0
19.8
16.1
8.9
6.0
–
4.3
2.2
8.1
3.2
2.5
5.4
2.7
4.7
3.3
4.7
7.2
3.2
4.3
–
5.0
11.8
4.0
4.7
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$6.81
6.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
15.84
11.43
12.77
13.77
18.00
21.40
23.75
13.31
4.4
6.6
1.2
3.4
.7
1.4
4.4
5.7
15.84
11.43
12.77
13.77
18.00
21.40
23.75
13.31
4.4
6.6
1.2
3.4
.7
1.4
4.4
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.00
11.76
9.69
16.38
23.93
12.32
12.3
3.4
11.5
6.6
6.6
3.4
21.00
11.76
9.69
16.38
23.93
12.32
12.3
3.4
11.5
6.6
6.6
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Level 5 .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
19.45
12.37
18.63
21.69
23.93
17.35
5.6
22.7
5.5
5.0
4.1
5.6
19.52
12.37
18.60
21.69
23.93
17.35
5.6
22.7
5.6
5.0
4.1
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.79
18.87
17.64
18.63
19.29
16.4
6.2
6.8
7.1
6.1
28.79
18.87
17.64
18.63
19.29
16.4
6.2
6.8
7.1
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians
and mechanics ...........................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..
Rail car repairers ..........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
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 .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.68
17.99
17.10
6.6
7.1
5.2
$17.68
17.99
17.10
6.6
7.1
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.71
18.31
19.50
11.90
24.90
19.5
2.8
13.5
22.3
3.5
15.94
–
19.50
11.84
24.90
21.1
–
13.5
24.5
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.72
10.47
7.9
4.6
12.72
10.47
7.9
4.6
–
–
–
–
15.16
8.87
10.18
13.70
14.67
17.60
23.30
24.80
15.65
4.0
2.2
3.5
8.3
6.2
4.6
5.2
11.7
12.2
15.19
8.81
10.17
13.67
14.67
17.60
23.30
24.80
15.58
3.8
3.0
3.5
8.1
6.2
4.6
5.2
11.7
12.2
$11.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.23
11.04
16.66
15.77
15.77
24.37
17.05
12.86
9.21
11.09
11.2
3.2
7.7
11.1
11.1
16.6
9.2
17.4
8.0
6.6
25.23
11.04
16.66
15.77
15.77
24.37
17.03
12.97
–
11.09
11.2
3.2
7.7
11.1
11.1
16.6
9.2
17.0
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.39
7.83
12.04
12.64
15.70
19.45
18.33
15.15
12.68
14.88
15.94
8.16
13.72
12.71
16.42
20.33
18.99
17.45
13.87
9.50
12.53
15.91
12.24
9.27
7.44
10.42
11.71
9.90
8.18
4.7
7.4
7.9
4.5
9.8
11.3
15.9
6.6
1.9
12.0
6.7
11.6
23.2
3.0
14.4
14.7
10.2
10.4
16.1
8.8
2.3
25.3
6.2
6.5
7.1
9.5
5.5
11.8
10.0
14.91
8.20
12.20
12.63
15.67
19.45
18.03
14.98
12.81
13.38
16.21
–
13.72
12.71
16.42
20.33
18.99
17.45
13.87
9.50
12.53
15.91
12.24
9.82
7.31
10.63
11.71
10.79
8.86
5.8
8.2
8.7
4.5
9.9
11.3
17.2
3.4
1.8
3.8
7.0
–
23.2
3.0
14.4
14.7
10.2
10.4
16.1
8.8
2.3
25.3
6.2
8.4
10.1
10.7
5.5
11.7
8.6
8.82
7.24
9.97
–
–
–
–
15.54
–
16.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.73
7.60
–
–
–
–
7.7
5.9
7.4
–
–
–
–
16.0
–
16.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
7.3
–
–
–
–
10.09
4.4
10.28
5.8
9.62
3.3
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand –Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.05
11.62
10.78
6.33
5.73
5.4
8.9
7.3
7.0
5.3
–
$11.66
10.78
–
–
–
9.6
7.3
–
–
$9.43
–
–
5.45
5.45
5.1
–
–
.4
.4
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
11
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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 ..............................................................................
$19.92
3.6
$20.81
3.8
$8.97
4.1
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
46.14
18.08
18.44
33.26
38.39
45.11
62.29
59.33
88.23
53.76
59.12
75.13
73.34
86.56
56.82
37.54
20.68
51.38
33.65
6.8
17.4
13.7
4.5
4.8
13.0
7.4
9.1
21.2
5.7
15.5
24.7
27.1
31.4
10.1
6.8
36.5
9.2
15.1
46.14
18.08
18.44
33.26
38.39
45.11
62.29
59.33
88.23
53.76
59.12
75.13
73.34
86.56
56.82
37.54
20.68
51.38
33.65
6.8
17.4
13.7
4.5
4.8
13.0
7.4
9.1
21.2
5.7
15.5
24.7
27.1
31.4
10.1
6.8
36.5
9.2
15.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
32.04
20.27
20.78
30.72
31.49
36.88
40.99
43.46
32.75
27.14
23.84
6.4
3.1
7.8
12.9
5.8
8.8
10.9
7.8
16.1
21.1
16.3
32.05
20.27
20.66
30.72
31.49
36.88
40.99
43.46
32.75
27.14
23.84
6.4
3.1
7.9
12.9
5.8
8.8
10.9
7.8
16.1
21.1
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.71
36.99
32.85
34.76
34.76
7.0
18.9
6.3
24.1
24.1
26.71
36.99
32.93
34.76
34.76
7.0
18.9
6.3
24.1
24.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
38.55
30.09
26.86
38.17
53.82
51.31
72.07
46.37
39.59
4.0
16.6
21.3
7.7
15.5
12.6
16.3
7.3
6.6
38.55
30.09
26.86
38.17
53.82
51.31
72.07
46.37
39.59
4.0
16.6
21.3
7.7
15.5
12.6
16.3
7.3
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
39.01
23.31
24.62
33.76
44.20
48.22
39.84
44.08
23.02
32.96
44.27
48.39
53.92
51.80
29.10
26.58
4.8
2.2
4.0
7.0
6.0
5.8
7.7
5.3
9.9
8.1
5.1
6.0
7.8
15.5
11.0
4.9
39.02
23.31
24.62
33.76
44.20
48.22
39.84
44.08
23.02
32.96
44.27
48.39
53.92
51.80
29.10
26.65
4.8
2.2
4.0
7.0
6.0
5.8
7.7
5.3
9.9
8.1
5.1
6.0
7.8
15.5
11.0
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
$39.48
43.86
49.01
52.68
9.3
2.4
7.1
1.5
$39.48
43.86
49.01
52.68
9.3
2.4
7.1
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
–
–
14.81
8.1
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
31.22
35.2
34.16
33.8
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
–
25.06
117.59
–
6.7
34.3
–
25.45
118.99
–
6.7
33.6
$12.07
–
–
9.5
–
–
18.83
25.29
24.32
25.49
24.6
8.4
9.1
8.5
19.13
25.71
–
–
26.9
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
19.55
25.55
17.15
7.8
7.0
7.9
19.65
–
17.15
8.4
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
23.60
16.37
19.74
26.68
29.15
30.46
44.27
47.38
30.25
29.13
35.49
19.80
23.86
20.98
22.26
20.09
20.52
17.2
6.0
4.4
5.1
1.6
10.7
4.3
.2
4.6
1.6
14.4
15.9
14.4
11.6
6.7
2.8
4.1
23.42
16.40
19.64
27.19
28.82
30.63
44.27
–
30.46
28.88
35.99
19.68
–
20.98
22.26
20.09
20.52
17.7
6.1
4.2
5.4
1.7
10.7
4.3
–
4.9
2.1
15.5
16.1
–
11.6
6.7
2.8
4.1
28.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Home health aides ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
10.18
9.04
12.24
12.64
9.34
8.70
7.58
7.58
10.17
9.29
11.76
11.85
3.0
1.9
14.3
11.9
1.9
2.8
11.0
11.0
4.4
6.1
8.6
8.8
10.79
9.75
12.28
12.64
10.13
9.54
–
–
10.16
9.29
11.76
11.85
3.4
2.8
15.0
11.9
2.5
3.4
–
–
4.5
6.1
8.6
8.8
6.70
6.57
–
–
6.70
6.57
6.57
6.57
–
–
–
–
4.9
5.3
–
–
4.9
5.3
5.3
5.3
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.68
9.70
9.70
6.8
7.6
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.00
–
–
11.7
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
5.73
5.70
5.35
7.59
5.74
7.72
3.68
3.0
3.4
4.4
18.6
44.3
7.3
8.3
3.4
6.2
3.6
9.8
44.3
9.8
13.6
4.82
4.64
3.66
6.76
–
–
3.14
6.0
12.5
10.6
26.1
–
–
9.4
See footnotes at end of table.
13
5.99
6.08
5.63
8.39
5.74
7.87
3.90
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food service, tipped –Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$4.73
2.74
3.88
2.43
2.71
2.34
12.0
7.7
12.9
2.2
21.1
5.8
$5.37
2.60
–
2.40
–
2.41
22.8
1.0
–
6.8
–
8.3
$3.20
–
–
2.50
–
–
35.9
–
–
19.9
–
–
5.72
5.69
7.12
6.70
16.4
17.8
10.8
8.8
5.87
5.85
7.16
–
17.3
18.8
11.2
–
–
–
6.82
–
–
–
7.4
–
7.19
6.70
8.81
14.3
8.8
16.2
7.27
–
–
15.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
7.82
7.45
8.61
7.82
7.45
8.61
4.1
4.2
12.2
4.2
4.2
12.2
7.94
7.53
8.61
7.94
7.53
8.61
5.6
6.2
12.2
5.7
6.2
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.88
7.18
8.61
7.73
7.71
7.4
7.4
12.2
6.1
6.5
8.17
7.25
8.61
7.72
7.71
10.3
11.7
12.2
6.1
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
12.91
8.15
8.50
7.36
16.7
16.0
7.1
12.3
13.33
–
–
–
12.1
–
–
–
11.18
–
–
–
47.8
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
18.94
6.72
7.95
11.08
18.92
18.17
28.77
29.29
38.96
42.38
16.56
24.48
19.66
16.07
19.66
8.5
12.1
2.5
2.7
25.1
4.1
22.2
11.3
20.3
8.7
10.6
11.3
3.9
11.0
3.9
20.99
–
9.24
11.30
19.98
18.17
28.77
29.29
38.96
42.38
17.18
24.48
19.66
16.07
19.66
9.6
–
3.9
6.5
27.7
4.1
22.2
11.3
20.3
8.7
10.9
11.3
3.9
11.0
3.9
7.75
7.25
7.18
9.62
10.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
7.1
1.8
19.5
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.71
10.17
6.51
7.95
10.93
14.56
21.99
7.10
–
7.56
11.02
7.10
–
7.56
8.8
5.9
14.6
2.5
3.6
10.7
13.7
8.0
–
.4
15.0
8.0
–
.4
39.71
11.23
–
9.24
11.20
15.42
21.99
6.98
–
–
–
6.98
–
–
8.8
8.4
–
3.9
7.9
15.3
13.7
11.4
–
–
–
11.4
–
–
–
7.72
7.28
7.17
9.46
10.37
–
7.26
7.20
7.17
–
7.26
7.20
7.17
–
3.1
7.0
1.8
19.6
10.9
–
3.6
8.3
.3
–
3.6
8.3
.3
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Cashiers –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Level 4 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Office and administrative support 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 office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.02
12.30
15.76
13.02
11.24
11.94
8.40
8.57
11.10
13.81
22.15
15.0
17.7
45.9
21.0
12.5
4.0
.3
7.5
5.4
5.5
13.9
–
$13.61
15.76
15.12
11.73
12.98
–
10.00
11.29
15.11
22.15
–
21.5
45.9
25.6
12.5
2.3
–
2.3
10.3
7.4
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
$8.58
8.16
7.42
–
10.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
4.6
.5
–
10.9
–
26.22
32.67
39.3
13.1
26.22
32.67
39.3
13.1
–
–
–
–
37.90
8.3
37.90
8.3
–
–
31.23
14.9
31.23
14.9
–
–
14.70
9.00
10.62
12.30
14.89
16.53
19.45
23.46
16.13
2.5
4.9
3.9
1.4
2.0
3.2
3.9
7.5
4.0
15.01
10.52
10.73
12.37
15.05
16.35
19.45
23.46
16.36
2.5
7.9
4.8
1.5
2.1
3.3
3.9
7.5
4.1
11.24
7.37
10.22
11.09
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
5.6
8.6
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
23.96
17.60
14.77
10.64
13.55
16.28
16.21
15.31
15.46
16.41
15.67
11.76
17.28
14.83
22.73
10.88
11.53
12.28
10.97
14.39
14.39
13.73
11.46
8.88
11.12
17.46
15.32
17.35
21.11
18.44
19.36
17.71
21.04
17.75
17.09
11.65
8.1
5.6
4.1
5.9
4.4
4.5
9.2
14.8
4.2
6.0
11.6
.8
8.8
8.1
10.6
5.6
4.1
7.1
4.7
18.3
18.3
9.2
5.2
4.9
4.3
2.8
8.8
3.3
1.6
5.5
3.2
3.7
2.3
5.7
7.6
3.6
23.96
17.60
15.21
11.79
13.68
16.28
15.18
15.51
15.70
16.41
15.67
12.73
17.33
14.83
22.73
11.30
11.62
12.28
11.16
14.75
14.75
13.73
11.93
–
11.12
17.53
15.32
17.59
21.11
18.44
19.68
18.20
21.04
17.75
17.09
–
8.1
5.6
3.5
4.9
4.7
4.5
8.9
14.4
3.9
6.0
11.6
.2
9.2
8.1
10.6
3.0
4.5
7.1
6.6
20.6
20.6
9.2
6.0
–
4.3
2.9
8.8
4.0
1.6
5.5
3.5
5.6
2.3
5.7
7.6
–
–
–
12.27
8.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.81
6.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.0
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$11.65
13.02
10.59
11.50
14.82
14.77
3.6
5.2
8.0
4.3
6.2
7.3
–
$13.59
11.24
11.50
15.35
14.77
–
5.7
13.9
4.3
5.3
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
15.86
11.43
12.77
13.79
18.00
21.40
23.75
13.31
4.4
6.6
1.2
3.7
.7
1.4
4.4
5.7
15.86
11.43
12.77
13.79
18.00
21.40
23.75
13.31
4.4
6.6
1.2
3.7
.7
1.4
4.4
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.00
11.76
9.69
23.93
12.32
12.3
3.4
11.5
6.6
3.4
21.00
11.76
9.69
23.93
12.32
12.3
3.4
11.5
6.6
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians
and mechanics ...........................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..
Rail car repairers ..........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
19.79
12.37
18.56
21.92
23.95
6.2
22.7
6.9
5.3
4.1
19.79
12.37
18.56
21.92
23.95
6.2
22.7
6.9
5.3
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.52
19.02
18.76
20.17
18.6
7.8
8.9
7.0
29.52
19.02
18.76
20.17
18.6
7.8
8.9
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.68
17.99
17.10
6.6
7.1
5.2
17.68
17.99
17.10
6.6
7.1
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.44
24.90
25.3
3.5
15.44
24.90
25.3
3.5
–
–
–
–
13.18
8.5
13.18
8.5
–
–
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 .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
15.16
8.87
10.18
13.70
14.69
17.60
23.30
24.80
15.65
4.0
2.2
3.5
8.3
6.4
4.6
5.2
11.7
12.2
15.20
8.81
10.17
13.67
14.69
17.60
23.30
24.80
15.58
3.8
3.0
3.5
8.1
6.4
4.6
5.2
11.7
12.2
$11.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.23
11.04
16.66
15.77
15.77
24.37
17.05
12.86
9.21
11.09
11.2
3.2
7.7
11.1
11.1
16.6
9.2
17.4
8.0
6.6
25.23
11.04
16.66
15.77
15.77
24.37
17.03
12.97
–
11.09
11.2
3.2
7.7
11.1
11.1
16.6
9.2
17.0
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
14.47
7.83
12.03
5.1
7.4
9.2
15.05
8.20
12.21
6.2
8.2
10.0
8.15
7.24
–
6.3
5.9
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.66
15.66
19.54
18.30
16.05
8.16
13.72
12.76
16.42
20.33
19.27
17.45
13.89
9.50
15.91
12.24
9.24
7.44
10.40
11.71
9.80
8.18
5.4
10.5
11.6
16.1
7.0
11.6
23.2
3.9
14.4
14.7
10.6
10.4
16.6
8.8
25.3
6.2
6.6
7.1
10.0
5.5
12.4
10.0
$12.66
15.66
19.54
18.03
16.33
–
13.72
12.76
16.42
20.33
19.27
17.45
13.89
9.50
15.91
12.24
9.80
7.31
10.62
11.71
10.71
8.86
5.4
10.5
11.6
17.2
7.3
–
23.2
3.9
14.4
14.7
10.6
10.4
16.6
8.8
25.3
6.2
8.6
10.1
11.5
5.5
12.3
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.73
7.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
7.3
–
–
–
–
10.12
8.05
11.77
10.78
6.33
5.73
4.4
5.4
9.0
7.3
7.0
5.3
10.33
–
11.82
10.78
–
–
5.8
–
9.8
7.3
–
–
9.62
9.43
–
–
5.45
5.45
3.3
5.1
–
–
.4
.4
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
17
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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 ..............................................................................
$22.31
2.2
$22.49
2.2
$13.90
8.5
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
34.30
25.83
37.03
36.92
37.52
6.8
7.9
1.5
1.7
.3
34.30
25.83
37.03
36.92
37.52
6.8
7.9
1.5
1.7
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.68
37.80
1.5
.4
37.68
37.80
1.5
.4
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
22.58
6.5
22.58
6.5
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 11 ............................................................
32.41
35.06
5.3
5.5
32.98
35.06
5.0
5.5
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
26.20
15.1
26.20
15.1
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
23.50
28.41
28.41
5.6
11.2
11.2
23.50
28.41
28.41
5.6
11.2
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary .................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Level 11 ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers
and instructors ........................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
29.60
10.63
12.00
25.67
31.53
32.44
41.38
12.44
43.50
41.38
58.32
32.78
37.47
2.4
.8
9.3
7.5
1.3
.5
.7
6.8
7.6
.7
23.1
5.1
9.3
29.91
11.10
12.00
25.72
31.53
32.49
41.71
12.30
43.93
41.71
–
32.91
37.47
2.4
2.2
9.3
7.7
1.3
.4
1.0
7.5
7.8
1.0
–
5.5
9.3
16.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.57
–
–
–
–
31.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.5
–
–
–
–
31.58
28.11
31.54
32.41
31.07
31.00
27.63
31.23
32.34
.6
5.2
.9
.3
2.3
.1
5.6
1.2
2.4
31.58
28.11
31.54
32.41
31.07
31.00
27.63
31.23
32.34
.6
5.2
.9
.3
2.3
.1
5.6
1.2
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.97
27.48
31.42
32.35
.5
6.4
.9
3.4
30.97
27.48
31.42
32.35
.5
6.4
.9
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.13
30.71
32.27
32.32
32.26
1.2
.0
.2
.3
.3
31.13
30.71
32.27
32.32
32.26
1.2
.0
.2
.3
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.99
31.94
32.67
32.67
26.27
.1
.2
1.6
1.6
10.5
31.99
31.94
32.67
32.67
31.03
.1
.2
1.6
1.6
4.3
–
–
–
–
14.41
–
–
–
–
23.0
30.19
11.50
10.70
14.3
3.4
.1
–
11.59
11.10
–
2.6
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Teacher assistants –Continued
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$11.31
1.6
$11.31
1.6
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 7 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
23.36
23.57
30.99
10.1
4.2
7.3
23.36
23.57
30.99
10.1
4.2
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
11.83
13.14
6.5
8.0
11.83
13.14
6.5
8.0
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
19.46
17.88
21.36
16.10
14.34
14.34
22.63
22.63
2.7
13.0
1.6
4.8
4.8
4.8
2.5
2.5
19.51
17.91
21.36
–
14.34
14.34
22.77
22.77
2.8
13.2
1.6
–
4.8
4.8
2.9
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 2 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
10.85
9.79
9.89
9.85
4.6
1.5
.8
.1
10.92
9.65
9.75
9.68
5.3
1.2
2.2
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.89
9.85
.8
.1
9.75
9.68
2.2
4.6
–
–
–
–
10.98
10.70
9.21
9.45
9.8
11.6
6.8
13.1
11.08
10.70
9.28
9.45
9.8
11.6
7.0
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.21
9.45
6.8
13.1
9.28
9.45
7.0
13.1
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
$13.14
7.1
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
14.80
11.75
13.89
16.83
17.40
13.33
15.25
16.89
17.83
17.17
17.83
15.88
12.48
12.93
3.4
3.8
1.9
4.2
4.9
7.8
3.1
2.5
5.8
2.1
4.3
1.8
9.3
2.9
$14.81
11.75
13.89
16.83
17.40
13.33
15.25
16.89
17.83
17.17
17.83
15.88
12.48
12.93
3.4
3.8
1.9
4.2
4.9
7.8
3.1
2.5
5.8
2.1
4.3
1.8
9.3
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
16.77
9.0
17.20
9.5
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
13.40
12.11
12.56
15.41
12.63
14.88
4.6
2.7
2.8
7.1
2.5
12.0
13.15
12.10
–
15.33
–
13.38
4.6
3.0
–
3.3
–
3.8
$15.54
–
–
15.54
–
16.74
16.0
–
–
16.0
–
16.6
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
20
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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 ..............................................................................
$20.23
3.1
$21.04
3.2
$9.17
3.9
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Group III ............................................................
44.82
18.30
42.41
70.23
59.12
49.15
73.34
86.56
56.25
54.44
37.54
40.07
27.04
38.28
6.4
8.0
5.6
13.0
15.5
15.0
27.1
31.4
10.3
17.7
6.8
8.0
17.6
2.5
44.82
–
–
–
59.12
49.15
73.34
86.56
56.25
54.44
37.54
40.07
27.04
–
6.4
–
–
–
15.5
15.0
27.1
31.4
10.3
17.7
6.8
8.0
17.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.68
37.20
42.96
44.04
51.38
49.99
31.97
34.19
1.5
.3
9.2
9.3
9.2
9.6
13.5
13.4
37.68
37.20
42.96
44.04
51.38
49.99
31.97
34.19
1.5
.3
9.2
9.3
9.2
9.6
13.5
13.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
31.53
23.76
37.39
27.14
23.84
6.2
10.1
6.0
21.1
16.3
31.55
–
–
27.14
23.84
6.3
–
–
21.1
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.00
36.99
31.85
29.89
33.24
34.76
34.76
6.1
18.9
6.9
11.6
13.2
24.1
24.1
26.00
36.99
31.90
29.96
33.24
34.76
34.76
6.1
18.9
7.0
11.7
13.2
24.1
24.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
37.72
27.38
39.52
49.66
49.30
46.37
42.21
27.86
39.05
36.23
39.31
3.9
14.1
2.7
12.7
17.6
7.3
3.8
14.7
5.6
13.3
4.2
37.82
–
–
49.66
–
46.37
42.21
28.42
39.05
36.23
39.31
3.9
–
–
12.7
–
7.3
3.8
15.1
5.6
13.3
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
38.58
26.81
43.54
44.08
28.13
44.14
51.80
29.10
26.72
26.52
25.33
4.8
5.4
3.7
5.3
6.9
2.8
15.5
11.0
9.5
4.1
3.4
38.59
–
–
44.08
–
–
51.80
29.10
–
26.58
–
4.8
–
–
5.3
–
–
15.5
11.0
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
35.45
22.32
11.4
7.4
35.45
–
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Life, physical, and social science occupations
–Continued
Group III ............................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Group III ............................................................
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
$40.15
41.95
41.96
45.95
43.33
52.68
6.5
5.5
7.5
9.6
6.0
1.5
–
$41.95
–
45.95
–
52.68
–
5.5
–
9.6
–
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Group III ............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
20.40
16.78
35.98
26.60
18.02
35.98
28.41
35.98
19.08
16.61
7.9
2.6
6.4
9.6
7.9
6.4
11.2
6.4
9.4
4.8
20.25
–
–
26.40
–
–
28.41
35.98
19.08
–
8.5
–
–
10.4
–
–
11.2
6.4
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
31.22
35.2
34.16
33.8
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary .................
Group III ............................................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Group III ............................................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary .............
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........
Group II .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
29.62
10.08
27.11
34.77
57.92
24.71
44.84
57.11
58.32
95.58
45.67
97.05
32.24
24.16
35.50
25.06
24.77
7.8
8.1
4.0
2.7
24.4
6.5
8.9
23.0
23.1
34.7
3.7
34.5
5.0
6.2
7.6
3.5
6.2
30.61
–
–
–
58.81
–
–
59.20
–
95.61
–
–
32.45
–
–
25.27
–
7.3
–
–
–
24.6
–
–
21.8
–
34.7
–
–
5.2
–
–
2.7
–
$13.39
–
–
–
31.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.3
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.49
29.98
32.41
24.83
29.37
30.44
29.71
32.34
2.6
2.8
.3
19.7
4.0
2.0
2.6
2.4
30.60
–
–
24.83
–
30.66
–
–
2.5
–
–
19.7
–
1.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.72
30.08
32.35
1.3
1.9
3.4
31.02
30.26
32.35
.4
1.9
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.58
28.79
31.90
31.12
32.26
6.0
6.2
1.3
3.8
.3
29.58
28.79
31.90
–
–
6.0
6.2
1.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.57
30.80
31.94
32.67
32.67
22.14
1.4
4.1
.2
1.6
1.6
12.0
31.57
30.80
31.94
32.67
–
28.91
1.4
4.1
.2
1.6
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
14.16
–
–
–
–
–
10.5
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Other teachers and instructors –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers
and instructors ........................................................
Group II .............................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.27
16.0
–
–
–
–
22.39
19.74
31.24
10.80
9.96
20.3
21.5
5.2
5.9
8.0
$25.91
–
–
11.09
10.40
23.9
–
–
4.8
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.95
19.34
17.77
17.10
22.56
11.7
6.9
8.6
7.1
3.8
22.12
–
17.77
–
–
12.0
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Group II .............................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Group II .............................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
23.55
11.01
22.71
37.89
47.38
30.48
28.24
33.85
35.37
27.20
37.72
18.35
19.07
20.68
17.89
21.65
22.49
21.91
22.49
14.0
17.6
6.4
5.6
.2
3.9
5.1
5.8
14.0
3.1
16.1
13.5
15.3
22.8
21.9
7.1
4.7
5.4
4.7
23.41
–
–
–
–
30.63
28.27
34.08
35.85
–
–
18.23
–
20.55
–
21.65
–
21.91
22.49
14.2
–
–
–
–
4.1
5.8
5.7
15.0
–
–
13.4
–
24.0
–
7.1
–
5.4
4.7
$28.01
–
–
–
–
27.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.15
19.84
20.39
16.1
2.8
3.4
–
19.84
20.39
–
2.8
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Home health aides ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
10.48
10.30
9.52
9.32
7.58
7.58
10.27
10.01
12.10
12.04
12.14
12.20
3.0
3.0
2.0
2.5
11.0
11.0
3.4
4.2
7.1
7.9
8.4
8.8
11.01
–
10.21
–
–
–
10.27
10.00
12.10
–
12.14
12.20
3.1
–
2.1
–
–
–
3.5
4.3
7.1
–
8.4
8.8
6.70
–
6.70
–
6.57
6.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
4.9
–
5.3
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
18.03
10.95
19.01
16.10
16.10
14.34
14.34
22.63
21.52
22.63
21.52
9.83
9.49
4.6
7.8
3.5
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
2.5
3.6
2.5
3.6
7.9
6.4
18.87
–
–
–
–
14.34
14.34
22.77
–
22.77
21.66
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
4.8
4.8
2.9
–
2.9
3.9
–
–
10.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
$9.83
9.49
7.9
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
6.04
5.97
7.86
7.76
9.81
9.17
8.87
8.83
3.68
3.68
3.88
3.88
2.43
2.43
3.0
3.0
6.8
7.0
9.8
1.3
3.5
3.2
8.3
8.3
12.9
12.9
2.2
2.2
$6.33
–
8.02
–
9.81
9.17
9.47
9.47
3.90
–
–
–
2.40
2.40
3.6
–
9.1
–
9.8
1.3
7.4
7.4
13.6
–
–
–
6.8
6.8
$4.98
–
–
–
–
–
7.98
7.80
3.14
–
–
–
2.50
2.50
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
6.0
9.4
–
–
–
19.9
19.9
5.72
5.72
7.57
7.55
16.4
16.4
6.2
6.5
5.87
5.87
7.57
–
17.3
17.3
7.1
–
–
–
7.55
–
–
–
7.5
–
7.75
7.73
10.35
10.35
9.0
9.3
13.0
13.0
7.79
7.77
10.98
10.98
10.4
10.8
9.5
9.5
7.56
7.56
–
–
7.5
7.5
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
8.34
8.10
7.99
7.87
5.0
4.4
4.0
3.4
8.52
–
8.13
–
6.3
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.15
7.97
7.73
7.73
6.5
5.8
6.1
6.1
8.45
8.25
7.72
7.72
8.4
7.9
6.1
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
12.93
12.99
12.23
7.81
7.81
15.5
15.7
17.3
13.1
13.1
13.33
–
–
8.23
8.23
11.1
–
–
14.1
14.1
11.13
–
–
–
–
46.6
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
18.92
10.90
24.78
47.72
24.48
18.07
16.07
17.08
8.5
11.5
9.7
7.1
11.3
10.5
11.0
11.6
20.97
–
–
–
24.48
–
16.07
17.08
9.6
–
–
–
11.3
–
11.0
11.6
7.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.71
10.18
9.40
21.22
7.10
6.89
7.10
6.89
12.30
12.11
13.02
13.02
8.8
5.9
9.5
12.9
8.0
9.4
8.0
9.4
17.7
16.4
21.0
21.0
39.71
11.23
–
–
6.98
–
6.98
–
13.61
–
15.12
15.12
8.8
8.4
–
–
11.4
–
11.4
–
21.5
–
25.6
25.6
–
7.72
–
–
7.26
–
7.26
7.21
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
3.6
–
3.6
4.0
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Group II .............................................................
$11.24
10.68
11.94
10.79
21.30
12.5
.0
4.0
1.3
13.2
$11.73
–
12.97
11.78
21.30
12.5
–
2.3
4.8
13.2
–
–
$8.58
8.60
–
–
–
4.9
4.8
–
26.22
32.67
30.80
46.10
39.3
13.1
9.5
11.5
26.22
32.67
–
–
39.3
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.90
8.3
37.90
8.3
–
–
31.23
29.52
14.9
11.2
31.23
29.52
14.9
11.2
–
–
–
–
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 ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group II .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
14.71
12.76
18.28
2.3
1.7
3.2
14.99
–
–
2.3
–
–
11.23
–
–
8.6
–
–
23.96
19.94
14.69
14.29
16.27
15.21
15.33
15.28
14.80
16.05
11.76
11.74
17.29
14.20
20.05
10.89
10.49
11.57
11.69
14.63
12.04
19.25
14.29
11.46
–
13.82
13.62
11.46
11.12
17.34
14.77
18.45
18.99
18.80
17.35
15.82
18.51
11.44
11.44
11.65
11.65
12.90
12.09
17.20
8.1
9.7
3.9
3.9
5.9
14.0
13.5
4.1
5.1
6.9
.8
.7
7.9
5.8
10.3
5.0
7.6
4.0
4.2
12.9
10.4
14.1
17.7
9.7
–
8.9
5.0
5.2
6.9
2.2
6.7
2.3
2.5
2.9
4.7
7.0
3.4
3.7
3.7
3.6
3.6
4.6
4.6
3.4
23.96
19.94
15.08
–
–
15.33
15.33
15.49
15.13
16.05
12.73
12.86
17.33
13.93
20.05
11.27
11.16
11.66
11.80
14.91
–
–
14.61
11.29
11.26
13.82
13.62
11.93
11.61
17.39
–
–
19.22
19.05
17.35
15.82
18.51
11.47
–
–
–
13.30
12.47
17.20
8.1
9.7
3.4
–
–
13.5
13.5
3.9
4.8
6.9
.2
1.1
8.2
6.4
10.3
2.6
3.7
4.4
4.6
14.0
–
–
19.8
11.7
16.1
8.9
5.0
6.0
6.9
2.2
–
–
2.7
3.2
4.7
7.0
3.4
4.3
–
–
–
5.0
5.3
3.4
–
–
12.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.81
6.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
15.84
4.4
15.84
4.4
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Group II .............................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Group II .............................................................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Group II .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Group II .............................................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians
and mechanics ...........................................................
Group II .............................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..
Rail car repairers ..........................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Group I ..............................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.69
21.33
1.3
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.00
20.55
11.76
11.65
16.38
23.93
24.78
12.3
12.9
3.4
3.5
6.6
6.6
4.8
$21.00
20.55
11.76
11.65
16.38
23.93
24.78
12.3
12.9
3.4
3.5
6.6
6.6
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.46
2.9
–
–
–
–
21.46
12.32
12.46
2.9
3.4
3.0
21.46
12.32
–
2.9
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.45
10.39
21.62
5.6
12.0
3.5
19.52
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.79
23.48
18.87
18.79
18.63
18.53
19.29
20.21
16.4
7.0
6.2
6.6
7.1
7.7
6.1
6.4
28.79
23.48
18.87
–
18.63
18.53
19.29
20.21
16.4
7.0
6.2
–
7.1
7.7
6.1
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.68
17.21
17.99
17.10
17.10
6.6
9.9
7.1
5.2
5.2
17.68
–
17.99
17.10
17.10
6.6
–
7.1
5.2
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.71
21.56
19.50
11.90
24.90
25.53
19.5
4.9
13.5
22.3
3.5
3.1
15.94
–
19.50
11.84
24.90
–
21.1
–
13.5
24.5
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.72
10.09
10.47
10.47
7.9
6.7
4.6
4.6
12.72
–
10.47
10.47
7.9
–
4.6
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.16
11.74
20.96
4.0
3.1
3.1
15.19
–
–
3.8
–
–
$11.41
–
–
21.3
–
–
25.23
23.03
11.04
10.90
16.66
17.95
15.77
12.27
19.63
15.77
12.27
19.63
11.2
12.6
3.2
4.0
7.7
14.6
11.1
16.7
4.5
11.1
16.7
4.5
25.23
23.03
11.04
–
16.66
17.95
15.77
–
–
15.77
12.27
19.63
11.2
12.6
3.2
–
7.7
14.6
11.1
–
–
11.1
16.7
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ......................
Group II .............................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
$24.37
27.69
17.05
14.09
12.86
12.48
16.6
6.6
9.2
7.6
17.4
18.2
$24.37
–
17.03
14.09
12.97
–
16.6
–
9.2
7.6
17.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
14.39
12.54
20.22
15.15
15.01
14.88
14.58
15.94
14.57
20.33
18.99
17.72
13.87
13.61
12.24
12.21
9.27
9.18
9.90
9.90
4.7
3.3
10.3
6.6
5.7
12.0
10.4
6.7
7.9
14.7
10.2
10.5
16.1
15.3
6.2
7.0
6.5
6.6
11.8
11.8
14.91
–
–
14.98
–
13.38
13.38
16.21
–
–
18.99
17.72
13.87
13.61
12.24
12.21
9.82
–
10.79
10.79
5.8
–
–
3.4
–
3.8
3.8
7.0
–
–
10.2
10.5
16.1
15.3
6.2
7.0
8.4
–
11.7
11.7
$8.82
–
–
15.54
–
16.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.73
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
16.0
–
16.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
10.09
10.09
6.33
6.33
4.4
4.4
7.0
7.0
10.28
10.28
–
–
5.8
5.8
–
–
9.62
9.62
5.45
5.45
3.3
3.3
.4
.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.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.36
$10.25
$15.15
$25.27
$39.51
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
19.23
27.23
30.44
30.44
31.72
25.15
11.00
30.00
32.76
36.06
34.62
43.27
27.61
11.08
42.25
55.96
48.01
81.04
52.89
36.25
19.19
53.56
74.04
96.15
145.67
65.31
46.99
38.57
78.87
110.33
145.67
145.67
91.91
54.82
48.08
31.36
37.13
40.87
22.37
34.94
37.13
43.05
22.90
37.54
39.78
51.03
26.54
40.65
48.56
60.40
42.31
44.08
55.53
61.03
53.24
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
16.00
14.50
13.14
21.59
14.72
13.14
26.44
19.26
20.96
38.73
39.43
32.33
50.95
42.07
34.49
20.50
21.07
20.00
17.66
17.66
24.52
21.59
22.64
24.76
24.76
24.62
27.45
26.55
30.67
30.67
27.00
50.95
40.00
48.10
48.10
28.16
54.11
50.00
55.49
55.49
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
17.85
29.57
30.29
17.85
27.76
27.91
33.80
34.95
19.50
32.15
36.43
43.00
43.88
26.16
40.15
44.52
60.10
57.16
37.50
45.22
52.22
83.41
60.10
37.50
49.18
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
21.25
24.14
32.62
15.00
20.80
27.00
34.74
41.00
21.25
22.00
35.59
42.88
47.52
32.83
24.50
49.92
53.85
67.31
32.83
29.83
58.80
62.10
70.67
34.50
35.18
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and
geographers .......................................................
15.77
21.96
21.96
20.42
26.81
36.31
33.72
40.22
40.22
40.22
49.82
52.24
52.24
56.19
58.07
40.22
40.22
49.82
52.24
62.30
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
12.02
14.42
14.10
14.42
14.42
16.93
17.44
14.48
17.40
29.59
31.49
16.90
23.56
35.41
36.15
19.26
35.11
39.40
40.39
29.50
Legal occupations ..............................................................
10.96
14.13
23.07
32.11
90.00
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary .................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary .............
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten 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 ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
10.67
25.53
34.00
29.56
29.56
22.99
19.00
22.23
31.29
35.48
40.12
40.93
25.53
25.53
29.31
43.62
47.31
54.71
55.58
28.50
25.53
34.12
56.99
67.62
120.19
120.19
39.49
25.89
40.12
120.19
104.23
192.31
192.31
44.89
25.89
25.67
7.00
25.74
27.86
9.00
27.69
30.10
28.71
29.81
33.87
31.49
33.37
38.29
36.15
38.01
26.74
28.01
30.10
33.72
38.30
24.73
26.88
26.39
28.36
28.65
30.89
31.94
35.13
37.78
39.05
26.57
28.09
28.16
29.86
30.52
31.46
34.62
34.59
38.24
39.69
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$10.67
$12.50
$18.00
$30.52
$35.91
12.50
23.44
7.94
13.70
30.15
8.50
18.00
31.68
10.56
34.46
33.65
12.36
35.89
36.96
13.55
15.00
11.46
17.07
15.00
15.00
20.35
20.67
15.00
23.45
25.36
21.41
25.36
28.23
25.78
26.44
Occupation2
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers
and instructors ........................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
8.25
45.00
22.22
24.36
11.81
7.21
13.70
14.96
15.05
47.60
26.00
28.29
13.13
16.25
17.00
19.00
22.04
47.60
30.57
31.68
16.25
22.63
22.12
22.12
30.23
47.60
35.59
47.25
22.89
26.35
26.12
25.45
39.66
49.88
38.91
47.25
27.96
31.12
29.07
28.78
10.96
16.43
12.00
18.00
15.32
19.16
21.87
22.29
21.87
25.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Home health aides ........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
7.00
6.00
5.90
7.77
9.00
9.00
8.53
7.77
6.00
8.44
10.00
10.00
10.30
9.69
6.19
10.00
11.70
11.50
12.00
11.00
9.72
11.82
14.59
14.85
14.54
12.51
10.51
13.08
15.31
16.85
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.34
12.96
11.34
11.34
14.50
14.50
8.00
8.00
13.22
13.75
13.10
13.10
18.52
18.52
8.33
8.33
16.30
15.88
14.44
14.44
24.06
24.06
8.65
8.65
22.97
20.17
16.05
16.05
26.56
26.56
10.00
10.00
28.37
20.52
16.63
16.63
29.21
29.21
12.52
12.52
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
2.13
6.00
7.50
6.15
2.13
2.38
2.13
3.00
6.00
9.00
6.75
2.13
3.00
2.13
6.00
7.80
9.50
8.75
2.38
3.00
2.15
8.00
8.58
10.25
11.27
4.25
4.00
2.35
9.54
10.25
11.59
11.35
7.00
6.60
3.00
3.35
5.75
3.75
6.00
6.00
7.03
7.00
8.95
8.00
10.12
5.75
6.36
6.00
7.00
7.15
11.61
9.24
13.01
10.62
14.49
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
5.75
5.75
6.25
6.08
8.00
7.85
9.35
9.16
10.67
10.41
5.75
6.07
6.00
6.51
8.02
7.75
9.77
8.65
10.66
9.60
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
6.00
6.00
6.75
6.25
9.00
7.00
11.20
9.00
33.33
11.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
6.00
10.32
8.41
15.20
13.15
18.85
22.12
33.65
38.29
48.09
9.67
11.05
15.86
18.85
21.92
24.53
33.65
33.65
48.09
48.09
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
$5.50
5.50
5.50
6.00
6.00
6.26
7.01
$6.69
5.50
5.50
6.26
8.50
6.26
8.00
$8.50
6.53
6.53
10.73
10.73
11.30
9.89
$11.00
8.05
8.05
13.12
10.73
14.50
12.50
$15.67
9.55
9.55
21.96
21.96
19.24
19.06
12.38
14.28
15.38
21.64
16.26
27.89
37.13
43.27
48.08
58.78
21.67
25.00
41.92
43.27
51.28
12.93
20.78
23.25
41.56
58.78
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.25
11.20
13.58
16.73
21.41
14.42
10.00
9.00
11.37
9.00
11.50
7.50
9.00
8.00
8.00
9.45
6.99
13.00
15.39
13.22
9.00
9.00
8.25
17.50
11.98
11.50
13.00
10.46
13.00
11.00
10.00
10.00
9.10
12.00
10.00
14.89
16.50
14.66
10.00
10.31
10.00
22.12
13.97
12.83
14.71
11.54
16.28
11.00
10.54
14.29
13.05
13.00
11.33
16.83
18.36
17.03
11.13
11.50
12.05
28.77
16.73
21.25
17.25
13.37
19.36
11.50
13.25
16.59
16.48
13.64
14.00
19.93
21.13
19.67
13.15
14.00
14.57
28.77
21.25
22.25
19.91
14.44
27.30
12.64
15.87
23.40
23.40
18.72
15.60
22.11
22.72
21.55
14.00
14.00
18.28
10.00
12.00
13.50
19.71
23.75
12.16
8.11
9.69
19.85
10.00
19.10
9.50
13.63
21.25
11.00
20.19
13.00
16.39
22.05
12.00
24.98
13.25
20.01
29.54
13.50
28.08
15.00
21.30
29.85
15.00
9.01
14.29
19.10
24.70
27.82
17.85
9.76
9.00
12.24
21.59
14.69
14.34
16.00
23.89
17.34
17.30
20.69
28.37
20.09
20.05
22.17
45.73
27.60
27.60
23.98
12.87
12.87
14.14
14.35
14.00
15.00
17.50
17.83
17.12
21.87
21.87
18.51
22.55
22.60
21.91
7.00
13.53
7.00
20.05
7.00
16.20
7.00
23.98
16.20
18.98
9.01
25.06
21.20
23.82
17.54
27.40
24.75
25.41
18.95
28.28
8.00
10.00
12.24
14.95
15.33
9.00
9.65
10.00
12.00
12.50
8.25
9.50
13.00
19.01
24.90
18.60
8.45
11.50
19.13
8.75
13.50
22.44
10.37
15.00
28.97
12.10
20.65
34.66
15.00
25.60
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians
and mechanics ...........................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..
Rail car repairers ..........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair
workers ...................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
$10.50
10.50
8.63
10.00
8.00
$11.50
11.50
21.99
11.60
8.37
$15.00
15.00
26.07
14.75
11.50
$20.37
20.37
29.78
20.00
13.20
$24.00
24.00
31.61
25.96
24.90
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
7.28
11.62
11.50
9.00
12.50
9.00
8.50
5.40
6.00
9.76
12.22
12.14
11.08
14.52
10.42
9.36
6.25
7.00
12.50
14.62
13.55
13.70
16.69
12.00
12.28
8.55
8.50
16.00
18.49
17.52
19.89
22.65
15.44
15.00
11.52
13.00
24.09
18.49
20.34
26.17
27.00
26.17
17.00
14.50
14.40
5.15
5.25
8.00
5.46
10.00
5.50
11.71
7.00
15.14
7.70
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January
2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.00
$10.00
$14.78
$24.50
$40.53
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
19.23
27.23
30.44
30.44
31.72
25.15
11.00
40.87
22.90
30.44
32.76
36.06
34.62
43.27
27.61
11.08
43.05
22.90
43.76
55.96
48.01
81.04
52.89
36.25
11.08
51.03
27.79
54.78
74.04
96.15
145.67
66.43
46.99
13.25
60.40
42.31
80.77
110.33
145.67
145.67
91.91
54.82
57.69
61.03
53.24
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
16.41
14.50
13.14
21.64
14.72
13.14
27.32
19.26
20.96
39.80
39.43
32.33
51.98
42.07
34.49
21.78
21.07
19.17
17.66
17.66
24.62
21.59
22.85
24.76
24.76
24.62
27.45
27.89
30.67
30.67
27.00
50.95
41.97
48.10
48.10
28.16
54.11
50.00
55.49
55.49
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
15.86
30.72
30.29
27.67
27.76
35.58
34.95
32.15
37.50
43.88
43.88
40.44
45.54
60.10
57.16
45.75
54.84
96.39
60.10
49.48
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
21.79
24.14
32.62
15.00
20.80
27.57
34.74
41.00
21.25
22.00
35.59
42.88
47.52
32.83
23.89
49.92
53.85
67.31
32.83
30.29
58.88
62.10
70.67
34.50
35.77
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and
geographers .......................................................
16.07
19.63
21.96
21.96
28.49
40.22
40.22
40.22
40.22
49.82
50.48
52.24
58.07
57.69
61.69
40.22
40.22
49.82
52.24
62.30
Legal occupations ..............................................................
10.96
14.13
23.07
32.11
90.00
23.58
32.73
120.19
162.62
206.51
7.00
18.72
8.00
21.18
21.18
25.00
25.36
26.39
27.71
27.71
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
13.00
11.46
15.00
15.00
18.27
15.00
23.60
18.53
28.23
25.78
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
8.25
45.00
22.73
24.21
12.50
16.25
15.53
17.00
17.00
15.24
47.60
25.67
26.92
14.69
16.25
17.00
19.00
18.00
21.67
47.60
30.00
31.68
16.25
24.72
20.54
21.65
19.40
30.00
47.60
35.30
47.25
25.33
31.12
24.85
26.00
22.29
45.46
49.88
39.53
47.25
31.12
31.12
28.28
28.50
25.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Home health aides ........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
6.19
6.00
5.90
7.77
9.00
9.00
8.40
7.77
6.00
8.00
9.50
9.50
10.00
9.36
6.19
9.82
11.13
11.50
11.75
11.00
9.72
12.01
13.99
13.08
13.89
12.42
10.51
13.19
15.00
15.75
Protective service occupations .........................................
8.00
8.33
8.50
10.00
12.00
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January
2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
$8.00
8.00
$8.33
8.33
$8.50
8.50
$10.00
10.00
$12.00
12.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
2.13
6.00
2.13
2.38
2.13
3.00
6.00
2.13
3.00
2.13
6.00
7.79
2.38
3.00
2.15
7.79
8.58
4.25
4.00
2.35
9.00
10.25
7.00
6.60
3.00
3.35
5.75
3.75
6.00
6.00
6.90
7.00
7.76
8.00
9.25
5.75
2.13
6.00
6.75
7.00
7.71
8.50
11.61
9.50
11.61
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
5.75
5.75
6.07
6.07
7.50
7.50
9.00
9.00
10.25
10.30
5.75
6.07
5.75
6.51
7.00
7.75
9.50
8.65
10.41
9.60
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
6.00
6.00
6.50
6.25
8.00
6.75
11.00
8.00
34.32
11.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
6.00
10.32
8.41
15.20
13.31
18.85
22.12
33.65
38.29
48.09
9.67
11.05
15.86
18.85
21.92
24.53
5.50
5.50
5.50
6.00
6.00
6.26
7.01
33.65
6.69
5.50
5.50
6.26
8.50
6.26
8.00
33.65
8.50
6.53
6.53
10.73
10.73
11.30
9.89
48.09
11.00
8.05
8.05
13.12
10.73
14.50
12.50
48.09
15.67
9.55
9.55
21.96
21.96
19.24
19.06
12.38
14.28
15.38
21.64
16.26
27.89
37.13
43.27
48.08
58.78
21.67
25.00
41.92
43.27
51.28
12.93
20.78
23.25
41.56
58.78
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.00
11.19
13.41
16.75
21.48
14.42
10.00
9.00
11.89
9.00
10.85
7.50
9.00
8.00
8.00
9.45
6.99
13.00
15.99
13.22
9.00
9.00
8.93
17.50
12.00
11.50
13.00
10.46
12.87
11.00
10.00
9.00
9.00
12.00
10.00
14.66
16.72
14.94
10.31
10.31
10.00
22.12
13.99
12.83
15.38
11.54
16.28
11.00
10.54
13.05
13.05
13.00
11.33
17.25
19.59
17.55
11.50
11.50
12.00
28.77
16.73
21.25
17.63
13.37
19.80
11.50
12.85
19.09
19.09
13.50
14.00
20.50
21.50
20.37
14.00
14.00
15.22
28.77
21.25
22.25
19.91
14.44
27.30
12.64
15.87
23.40
23.40
18.72
15.60
22.40
23.08
22.51
14.00
14.00
18.39
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
10.00
12.00
13.50
19.75
23.75
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January
2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.16
8.11
19.85
10.00
$19.10
9.50
21.25
11.00
$20.19
13.00
22.05
12.00
$24.98
13.25
29.54
13.50
$28.08
15.00
29.85
15.00
9.00
14.45
19.95
25.00
28.28
17.85
9.00
9.00
15.00
21.59
14.29
14.17
17.00
22.61
17.46
17.20
22.02
42.55
20.32
20.09
23.98
45.96
27.84
27.84
23.98
12.87
12.87
14.14
14.35
14.00
15.00
17.50
17.83
17.12
21.87
21.87
18.51
22.55
22.60
21.91
7.00
20.05
7.00
23.98
16.00
25.06
21.58
27.40
24.75
28.28
8.00
10.00
12.86
15.10
16.96
8.20
9.50
13.00
19.04
24.90
18.60
8.45
11.50
10.50
10.50
8.63
10.00
8.00
19.13
8.75
13.50
11.50
11.50
21.99
11.60
8.37
22.44
10.37
15.00
15.00
15.00
26.07
14.75
11.50
28.97
12.10
20.65
20.37
20.37
29.78
20.00
13.20
34.66
15.00
25.60
24.00
24.00
31.61
25.96
24.90
7.00
9.00
12.50
9.00
8.50
5.40
6.00
9.50
11.00
14.63
10.42
9.36
6.25
7.00
12.50
14.00
19.36
11.95
12.28
8.50
8.25
16.00
19.89
24.00
15.44
15.00
11.51
13.00
24.09
26.17
27.00
26.17
17.00
14.59
13.00
5.15
5.25
8.00
5.46
10.00
5.50
11.71
7.00
15.14
7.70
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians
and mechanics ...........................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..
Rail car repairers ..........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ......................
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 ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX
CSA, January 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$10.58
$13.55
$19.66
$29.98
$36.72
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
19.19
30.45
26.71
34.09
37.13
37.13
40.31
40.31
45.25
44.90
31.36
34.94
37.54
40.65
44.08
Business and financial operations occupations .............
15.66
21.00
22.64
25.24
26.55
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
20.45
29.46
33.56
36.13
41.24
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
14.13
15.77
26.52
35.56
39.56
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
14.48
14.10
14.10
15.49
17.44
17.44
19.29
31.49
31.49
31.84
36.15
36.15
37.78
40.39
40.39
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary .................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten 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 ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers
and instructors ........................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.59
25.53
34.00
22.99
27.09
30.92
35.53
25.53
29.90
41.10
49.60
28.39
34.57
49.60
67.62
40.47
40.08
64.39
104.23
44.89
27.24
27.51
26.79
28.36
28.40
28.07
30.63
29.95
30.10
34.43
33.50
33.74
38.76
37.97
38.16
27.02
28.09
30.15
33.72
38.23
26.44
27.47
27.73
28.62
29.95
31.16
33.98
35.32
38.05
39.10
27.27
28.09
10.67
28.39
29.86
17.19
30.87
31.46
29.15
34.86
34.59
34.46
38.42
39.69
37.97
19.50
9.02
22.00
9.74
34.46
11.51
35.89
12.70
35.91
14.39
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
11.28
22.04
14.87
27.50
22.12
31.47
30.94
35.78
35.91
37.82
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.16
10.15
9.93
11.34
11.29
13.33
13.55
14.64
14.97
15.57
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
12.40
12.96
11.34
11.34
14.50
14.50
14.50
13.75
13.10
13.10
18.52
18.52
16.99
15.88
14.44
14.44
24.06
24.06
24.06
20.17
16.05
16.05
26.56
26.56
29.04
20.52
16.63
16.63
29.21
29.21
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
7.93
8.00
9.23
9.23
10.05
9.24
12.56
10.44
14.79
12.22
8.00
9.23
9.24
10.44
12.22
7.50
7.30
8.28
7.93
9.38
8.89
12.07
9.98
17.35
11.94
7.30
7.93
8.89
9.98
11.94
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
8.65
11.77
12.26
14.56
19.67
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
10.85
10.51
11.82
13.55
14.86
12.43
11.37
14.23
15.09
15.71
14.59
12.99
15.00
16.39
17.15
16.44
14.17
16.53
18.25
19.30
18.85
15.80
18.08
20.24
22.06
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
35
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX
CSA, January 2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$12.71
8.02
$13.91
10.98
$16.32
12.28
$18.25
14.14
$19.49
15.78
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
9.65
11.38
17.54
20.69
23.13
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
11.05
11.71
11.50
11.85
12.22
12.14
12.50
15.45
13.55
14.40
18.49
17.52
17.63
18.65
20.34
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
36
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA,
January 2007
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.00
$11.00
$15.80
$26.39
$40.46
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
19.23
27.23
30.44
30.44
31.72
25.15
11.00
30.00
32.76
36.06
34.62
43.27
27.61
11.08
42.25
55.96
48.01
81.04
52.89
36.25
19.19
53.56
74.04
96.15
145.67
65.31
46.99
38.57
78.87
110.33
145.67
145.67
91.91
54.82
48.08
31.36
37.13
40.87
22.37
34.94
37.13
43.05
22.90
37.54
39.78
51.03
26.54
40.65
48.56
60.40
42.31
44.08
55.53
61.03
53.24
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
16.00
14.50
13.14
21.52
14.72
13.14
26.44
19.26
20.96
38.78
39.43
32.33
50.95
42.07
34.49
20.50
21.07
20.00
17.66
17.66
24.52
21.59
22.64
24.76
24.76
24.62
27.45
26.55
30.67
30.67
27.00
50.95
40.00
48.10
48.10
28.16
54.11
50.00
55.49
55.49
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
17.85
29.57
30.29
17.85
27.76
28.11
33.80
34.95
23.34
32.15
36.54
43.00
43.88
27.32
40.15
44.67
60.10
57.16
37.50
45.22
52.22
83.41
60.10
37.50
49.18
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
21.25
24.14
32.62
15.00
20.80
27.00
34.74
41.00
21.25
22.00
35.59
42.88
47.52
32.83
24.50
49.92
53.85
67.31
32.83
29.87
58.80
62.10
70.67
34.50
35.18
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and
geographers .......................................................
15.77
21.96
21.96
20.42
26.81
36.31
33.72
40.22
40.22
40.22
49.82
52.24
52.24
56.19
58.07
40.22
40.22
49.82
52.24
62.30
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
12.02
14.42
14.10
14.42
14.42
16.44
17.44
14.48
17.38
25.27
31.49
16.90
22.61
35.73
36.15
19.26
35.34
39.82
40.39
29.50
Legal occupations ..............................................................
11.00
18.00
23.07
32.11
91.97
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary .................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten 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 ...........................................
11.50
25.53
34.12
29.56
22.99
22.58
25.89
31.29
35.53
40.12
25.53
25.53
29.61
43.90
49.60
54.71
28.51
25.53
34.46
57.76
76.79
120.19
39.73
25.89
40.52
120.19
104.23
192.31
44.89
25.89
25.82
7.00
26.39
27.96
9.00
27.71
30.15
28.71
29.90
33.99
31.49
33.50
38.30
36.15
38.05
27.06
28.09
30.16
33.77
38.42
24.73
26.88
26.39
28.36
28.65
30.89
31.94
35.13
37.78
39.05
26.57
28.16
30.52
34.62
38.24
See footnotes at end of table.
37
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA,
January 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$28.09
12.74
$29.86
27.63
$31.46
29.94
$34.59
35.47
$39.69
38.61
12.98
8.50
13.70
9.15
31.43
10.90
35.02
12.60
35.91
13.95
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
15.00
11.46
15.00
15.00
20.67
15.00
25.36
21.41
28.85
25.78
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
8.25
22.22
24.70
11.70
7.21
13.70
14.96
16.43
14.79
26.00
27.99
13.00
16.25
17.00
19.00
18.00
21.85
30.68
31.92
16.25
22.06
22.12
22.12
19.16
30.06
35.68
47.25
23.12
27.34
26.12
25.45
22.29
39.80
39.16
47.25
27.99
31.12
29.07
28.78
25.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
8.08
7.77
7.77
9.00
9.00
9.24
8.50
8.44
10.00
10.00
10.78
10.23
10.00
11.70
11.50
12.11
11.27
11.82
14.59
14.85
14.78
12.73
13.09
15.31
16.85
Protective service occupations .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
11.34
11.34
11.34
14.50
14.50
13.99
13.10
13.10
19.00
19.00
16.70
14.44
14.44
24.06
24.06
24.06
16.05
16.05
26.56
26.56
28.87
16.63
16.63
29.21
29.21
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
2.21
6.00
7.50
6.50
2.13
2.13
3.75
6.00
9.00
7.50
2.21
2.13
6.50
8.20
9.50
10.00
3.35
2.21
8.20
8.58
10.25
11.27
5.50
2.38
10.00
10.25
11.59
11.35
7.00
3.00
3.42
5.75
3.75
6.00
6.00
7.00
7.00
9.23
8.00
10.14
5.75
6.75
6.00
7.24
7.40
11.61
9.25
13.47
10.62
14.54
5.75
5.75
6.50
6.40
8.25
8.10
9.45
9.23
10.76
10.37
5.75
6.07
6.00
6.51
8.45
7.75
10.00
8.65
11.21
9.60
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
6.25
6.25
7.25
6.50
9.29
7.25
11.50
11.00
37.42
11.77
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.00
10.32
9.89
15.20
16.10
18.85
24.69
33.65
43.27
48.09
9.67
11.05
15.86
18.85
21.92
24.53
5.50
5.50
5.50
6.26
10.59
6.26
8.00
33.65
7.25
5.50
5.50
10.59
10.73
6.26
9.00
33.65
9.50
5.50
5.50
10.73
10.73
11.30
10.62
48.09
12.25
7.37
7.37
13.94
11.40
14.50
13.94
48.09
19.06
10.76
10.76
21.96
21.96
19.24
19.99
Special education teachers ..........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers
and instructors ........................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA,
January 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians
and mechanics ...........................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..
Rail car repairers ..........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair
workers ...................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.38
14.28
$15.38
21.64
$16.26
27.89
$37.13
43.27
$48.08
58.78
21.67
25.00
41.92
43.27
51.28
12.93
20.78
23.25
41.56
58.78
10.00
11.50
13.94
17.04
21.41
14.42
11.20
9.00
11.75
11.25
11.42
10.70
9.00
8.00
8.00
8.86
9.45
9.00
13.00
15.91
13.22
9.31
8.26
17.50
12.81
11.00
13.00
11.25
12.98
11.00
10.15
10.00
9.00
8.86
12.00
10.25
14.90
16.52
14.66
10.31
11.38
22.12
14.42
14.42
14.93
12.50
15.63
11.00
10.54
14.80
13.05
8.86
13.00
12.00
17.00
19.19
17.03
11.00
12.74
28.77
16.73
21.25
17.60
13.67
19.80
11.50
13.67
18.08
21.61
14.25
13.64
14.00
20.00
21.42
19.67
13.00
15.41
28.77
19.91
21.25
19.91
14.44
27.30
12.64
15.87
23.40
24.17
16.50
18.72
15.60
22.19
22.93
21.55
14.00
18.39
10.00
12.00
13.50
19.71
23.75
12.16
8.11
9.69
19.85
10.00
19.10
9.50
13.63
21.25
11.00
20.19
13.00
16.39
22.05
12.00
24.98
13.25
20.01
29.54
13.50
28.08
15.00
21.30
29.85
15.00
9.62
14.35
19.25
24.75
27.82
17.85
9.76
9.00
12.24
21.59
14.69
14.34
16.00
23.89
17.34
17.30
20.69
28.37
20.09
20.05
22.17
45.73
27.60
27.60
23.98
12.87
12.87
14.14
14.35
14.00
15.00
17.50
17.83
17.12
21.87
21.87
18.51
22.55
22.60
21.91
7.00
13.53
7.00
20.05
7.00
16.20
7.00
23.98
16.20
18.98
12.18
25.06
21.48
23.82
17.00
27.40
24.75
25.41
18.27
28.28
8.00
10.00
12.24
14.95
15.33
9.00
9.65
10.00
12.00
12.50
8.25
9.50
13.00
19.13
24.90
18.60
8.45
11.50
10.50
10.50
8.63
10.00
8.00
19.13
8.75
13.50
11.50
11.50
21.99
11.60
8.43
22.44
10.37
15.00
15.00
15.00
26.07
14.75
11.50
28.97
12.10
20.65
20.37
20.37
29.78
20.00
13.20
34.66
15.00
25.60
24.00
24.00
31.61
25.96
24.90
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA,
January 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.00
11.70
11.50
9.25
12.50
9.00
8.50
5.46
7.00
$10.75
12.59
12.11
11.54
14.52
10.42
9.36
7.00
7.75
$12.98
14.80
12.64
14.00
16.69
12.00
12.28
9.25
11.00
$16.64
18.49
14.02
19.89
22.65
15.44
15.00
12.41
13.00
$24.09
18.49
16.21
26.17
27.00
26.17
17.00
14.66
14.50
5.15
7.99
10.68
11.85
15.14
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
40
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA,
January 2007
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$4.25
$6.00
$7.58
$10.41
$15.70
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
7.53
25.00
10.67
8.13
30.00
11.00
12.00
34.00
12.50
15.00
34.00
16.00
20.20
34.00
19.50
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
21.87
12.00
21.87
24.53
27.00
27.00
32.00
32.00
38.23
36.40
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Home health aides ........................................................
5.90
5.90
5.90
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
7.00
7.00
6.80
10.00
10.00
7.00
Protective service occupations .........................................
8.00
8.08
9.00
10.50
18.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
2.13
6.08
2.13
2.13
5.50
2.13
6.15
2.13
2.13
6.50
5.31
8.75
2.13
2.13
7.15
6.90
8.75
3.00
2.13
7.76
8.75
8.84
6.55
3.00
9.16
5.50
6.50
7.15
7.76
9.16
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
5.75
6.00
6.50
9.97
33.33
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.69
6.53
6.53
6.00
6.00
7.01
7.49
7.49
7.15
7.15
7.95
8.30
8.30
8.30
8.30
9.00
9.90
9.70
8.75
8.75
12.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
7.50
9.00
6.00
8.41
9.00
6.00
10.00
11.50
6.15
12.14
11.95
8.00
16.62
22.25
8.75
Production occupations ....................................................
7.27
7.68
11.10
12.35
15.82
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
5.25
11.20
10.56
5.25
5.65
12.22
12.78
5.50
7.00
14.46
17.05
6.25
10.85
18.38
19.64
9.50
12.75
21.48
22.86
11.31
5.65
5.25
9.00
5.25
9.50
5.49
11.00
5.50
11.50
5.65
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
41
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$628
39.7
$42,516
$32,739
2,021
1,818
2,510
2,933
3,462
2,250
1,502
1,113
1,692
2,518
1,921
3,242
2,115
1,450
1,214
40.6
42.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.2
93,765
130,527
152,541
180,036
117,006
78,085
53,402
85,176
130,946
99,867
168,569
110,001
75,400
50,502
2,092
2,208
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
1,975
37.54
1,507
1,502
40.0
63,955
64,361
1,697
42.96
51.38
39.78
51.03
1,494
2,092
1,485
2,058
34.8
40.7
71,414
108,775
77,235
107,026
1,662
2,117
31.97
26.54
1,279
1,062
40.0
66,500
55,212
2,080
31.55
27.14
23.84
26.44
19.26
20.96
1,267
1,086
953
1,058
770
839
40.2
40.0
40.0
65,879
56,455
49,578
54,999
40,061
43,603
2,088
2,080
2,080
26.00
36.99
31.90
34.76
34.76
24.62
27.45
26.55
30.67
30.67
1,040
1,494
1,276
1,390
1,390
985
1,098
1,062
1,227
1,227
40.0
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
54,072
77,709
66,293
72,297
72,297
51,199
57,096
55,228
63,802
63,802
2,080
2,101
2,078
2,080
2,080
37.82
49.66
36.54
43.00
1,513
1,986
1,462
1,720
40.0
40.0
78,497
103,294
75,999
89,432
2,075
2,080
46.37
28.42
39.05
43.88
27.32
40.15
1,855
1,137
1,563
1,755
1,093
1,606
40.0
40.0
40.0
96,452
58,877
81,273
91,260
54,402
83,520
2,080
2,072
2,081
38.59
44.08
51.80
29.10
35.59
42.88
47.52
32.83
1,555
1,781
2,145
1,164
1,424
1,775
1,901
1,313
40.3
40.4
41.4
40.0
80,826
92,623
111,518
60,355
74,025
92,300
98,842
68,284
2,094
2,101
2,153
2,074
26.58
24.50
1,070
1,010
40.3
55,652
52,499
2,094
35.45
41.95
33.72
40.22
1,434
1,712
1,331
1,609
40.5
40.8
72,424
89,046
62,340
83,666
2,043
2,123
45.95
40.22
1,884
1,609
41.0
97,964
83,666
2,132
52.68
49.82
2,181
1,994
41.4
113,394
103,692
2,152
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$21.04
$15.80
$834
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Education administrators,
postsecondary ..........................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
44.82
59.12
73.34
86.56
56.25
37.54
27.04
42.25
55.96
48.01
81.04
52.89
36.25
19.19
37.68
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Cost estimators ...................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Loan counselors and officers ..............
Loan officers ...................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
Drafters ...............................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Physical scientists ..............................
Environmental scientists and
geoscientists .............................
Geoscientists, except
hydrologists and
geographers .........................
Annual earnings5
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Social workers ....................................
20.25
26.40
17.38
25.27
804
1,036
695
1,113
39.7
39.3
39,177
46,112
36,984
47,023
1,935
1,747
28.41
19.08
31.49
16.90
1,111
760
1,208
678
39.1
39.8
48,011
38,396
48,118
35,485
1,690
2,012
Legal occupations ................................
34.16
23.07
1,367
923
40.0
71,063
47,986
2,080
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
30.61
29.61
1,192
1,144
39.0
46,763
43,333
1,528
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Physical sciences teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Health teachers, postsecondary .....
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Vocational education teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
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 ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Other teachers and instructors ...........
Adult literacy, remedial education,
and GED teachers and
instructors .................................
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
Protective service occupations ...........
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$58.81
$43.90
$2,343
$1,756
39.8
$107,215
$72,927
1,823
59.20
95.61
49.60
54.71
2,314
3,814
1,892
2,165
39.1
39.9
95,540
195,785
83,671
111,921
1,614
2,048
32.45
28.51
1,311
1,152
40.4
61,359
53,851
1,891
25.27
25.53
1,005
1,021
39.8
51,869
53,096
2,052
30.60
30.15
1,188
1,163
38.8
44,994
43,698
1,471
24.83
28.71
975
1,124
39.3
41,110
43,038
1,656
30.66
29.90
1,193
1,156
38.9
44,558
43,250
1,453
31.02
30.16
1,199
1,160
38.7
44,873
43,494
1,447
29.58
31.90
28.65
30.89
1,174
1,235
1,120
1,183
39.7
38.7
43,604
46,339
41,810
44,463
1,474
1,453
31.57
32.67
28.91
30.52
31.46
29.94
1,224
1,247
1,107
1,180
1,193
1,138
38.8
38.2
38.3
45,763
46,689
43,420
44,125
44,600
42,700
1,449
1,429
1,502
25.91
11.09
31.43
10.90
1,012
430
1,226
421
39.1
38.8
44,779
17,003
51,036
16,992
1,728
1,533
22.12
17.77
20.67
15.00
885
711
827
600
40.0
40.0
46,012
36,963
42,994
31,198
2,080
2,080
23.41
30.63
35.85
21.85
30.68
31.92
933
1,208
1,433
840
1,202
1,277
39.8
39.5
40.0
48,131
61,163
73,686
43,389
60,486
65,894
2,056
1,997
2,056
18.23
16.25
729
650
40.0
37,913
33,800
2,080
20.55
22.06
822
882
40.0
42,750
45,885
2,080
21.65
22.12
866
885
40.0
45,028
46,010
2,080
21.91
22.12
876
885
40.0
45,570
46,010
2,080
19.84
19.16
783
766
39.5
40,740
39,853
2,053
11.01
10.78
426
425
38.7
22,154
22,092
2,013
10.21
10.23
390
389
38.2
20,281
20,238
1,987
10.27
10.00
409
399
39.8
21,243
20,738
2,069
12.10
12.14
11.70
11.50
477
482
460
440
39.4
39.7
24,787
25,074
23,920
22,880
2,048
2,065
18.87
16.70
785
729
41.6
39,987
36,795
2,119
14.34
14.34
22.77
22.77
14.44
14.44
24.06
24.06
577
577
910
910
580
580
962
962
40.3
40.3
40.0
40.0
30,016
30,016
46,151
46,151
30,183
30,183
50,039
50,039
2,093
2,093
2,027
2,027
See footnotes at end of table.
43
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
Food preparation workers ...................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Dining room and cafeteria
attendants and bartender
helpers ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ..............
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Child care workers ..............................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Counter and rental clerks ...........
Parts salespersons .....................
Retail salespersons ........................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products ..............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$240
312
360
350
121
86
37.5
37.1
37.4
38.5
37.1
37.5
$12,033
15,280
17,275
17,415
7,529
4,683
$12,480
16,207
18,720
17,160
6,271
4,455
1,902
1,905
1,761
1,838
1,931
1,952
226
280
216
270
38.6
37.0
11,767
13,553
11,232
12,740
2,005
1,790
7.40
11.61
282
439
283
464
36.2
40.0
13,339
22,829
12,480
24,149
1,712
2,080
8.52
8.13
8.25
8.10
318
304
314
310
37.3
37.4
16,445
15,724
16,120
15,746
1,930
1,933
8.45
8.45
332
336
39.3
17,105
17,160
2,025
7.72
7.75
271
288
35.1
14,077
14,999
1,823
13.33
8.23
9.29
7.25
436
301
365
280
32.7
36.6
22,575
15,629
18,968
14,560
1,693
1,898
20.97
16.10
851
640
40.6
44,243
33,288
2,110
24.48
18.85
1,008
800
41.2
52,394
41,600
2,140
16.07
15.86
651
611
40.5
33,844
31,762
2,106
39.71
11.23
6.98
6.98
33.65
9.50
5.50
5.50
1,683
450
279
279
1,346
371
220
220
42.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
87,530
23,393
14,525
14,525
70,000
19,282
11,440
11,440
2,204
2,083
2,080
2,080
13.61
15.12
11.73
12.97
10.73
10.73
11.30
10.62
547
609
470
519
429
429
452
396
40.2
40.3
40.1
40.0
28,447
31,658
24,456
26,999
22,314
22,314
23,504
20,592
2,090
2,094
2,085
2,082
26.22
16.26
1,049
651
40.0
54,540
33,829
2,080
32.67
27.89
1,356
1,108
41.5
70,522
57,601
2,159
37.90
41.92
1,565
1,731
41.3
81,366
90,002
2,147
31.23
23.25
1,298
1,106
41.6
67,521
57,499
2,162
14.99
13.94
595
553
39.7
30,675
28,434
2,047
23.96
15.08
15.33
22.12
14.42
14.42
959
601
613
885
573
577
40.0
39.8
40.0
49,846
31,211
31,878
45,999
29,779
29,994
2,080
2,069
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$6.33
8.02
9.81
9.47
3.90
2.40
$6.50
8.20
9.50
10.00
3.35
2.21
$237
298
367
365
145
90
5.87
7.57
6.00
7.00
7.79
10.98
See footnotes at end of table.
44
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
File clerks ...........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ................................
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Electricians .........................................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment
service technicians and
mechanics ....................................
Mobile heavy equipment
mechanics, except engines ......
Rail car repairers ............................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance,
and repair workers ....................
Production occupations ......................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$597
500
625
440
413
603
39.9
40.0
39.5
39.6
39.0
40.6
$32,101
26,485
35,531
23,222
23,668
31,457
$30,961
26,000
32,500
22,880
21,461
31,366
2,072
2,080
2,050
2,060
2,030
2,111
584
522
40.0
30,394
27,144
2,080
8.86
450
354
40.0
23,420
18,420
2,080
13.82
11.93
13.00
12.00
547
477
520
480
39.6
40.0
28,458
24,811
27,040
24,956
2,059
2,080
17.39
17.00
695
680
40.0
35,762
34,784
2,056
19.22
19.19
769
768
40.0
39,973
39,915
2,080
17.35
17.03
693
681
39.9
35,101
33,925
2,023
11.47
13.30
11.00
12.74
453
526
415
505
39.5
39.5
23,573
25,912
21,570
24,960
2,055
1,948
15.84
13.50
634
540
40.0
32,956
28,080
2,080
21.00
11.76
16.38
23.93
12.32
20.19
13.00
16.39
22.05
12.00
840
470
655
957
493
808
520
656
882
480
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
43,679
24,466
34,069
49,767
25,626
41,995
27,040
34,091
45,864
24,960
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
19.52
19.25
785
780
40.2
40,711
40,560
2,085
28.79
23.89
1,152
956
40.0
59,884
49,691
2,080
18.87
17.34
786
738
41.7
40,876
38,399
2,167
18.63
17.30
776
717
41.6
40,327
37,287
2,165
19.29
20.69
772
828
40.0
40,121
43,035
2,080
17.68
17.50
707
700
40.0
36,783
36,400
2,080
17.99
17.10
17.83
17.12
719
684
713
685
40.0
40.0
37,414
35,563
37,080
35,616
2,080
2,080
15.94
19.50
16.20
18.98
640
780
648
759
40.2
40.0
32,700
37,583
33,696
36,483
2,052
1,927
11.84
24.90
12.18
25.06
474
996
487
1,002
40.0
40.0
24,572
51,794
25,332
52,125
2,075
2,080
12.72
12.24
509
490
40.0
26,390
25,463
2,074
10.47
10.00
419
400
40.0
21,657
20,800
2,069
15.19
13.00
607
520
40.0
31,571
27,040
2,078
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.49
12.73
17.33
11.27
11.66
14.91
$14.93
12.50
15.63
11.00
10.54
14.80
$618
509
685
447
455
605
14.61
13.05
11.26
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machinists ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Miscellaneous plant and system
operators ......................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Bus drivers, school .........................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Cleaners of vehicles and
equipment .................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$898
40.0
$52,481
$46,671
2,080
442
667
415
600
40.0
40.0
22,970
34,659
21,572
31,200
2,080
2,080
15.00
631
600
40.0
32,811
31,200
2,080
15.77
15.00
631
600
40.0
32,811
31,200
2,080
24.37
26.07
975
1,043
40.0
50,687
54,226
2,080
17.03
12.97
14.75
11.50
681
513
590
460
40.0
39.5
35,417
26,681
30,680
23,920
2,080
2,056
14.91
14.98
13.38
12.98
14.80
12.64
595
524
397
518
504
383
39.9
35.0
29.7
30,797
22,412
14,367
26,790
16,222
13,702
2,066
1,496
1,074
16.21
14.00
657
560
40.5
34,155
29,120
2,107
18.99
16.69
782
720
41.2
40,661
37,440
2,141
13.87
12.24
9.82
12.00
12.28
9.25
555
490
392
480
491
370
40.0
40.0
39.9
28,851
25,462
20,363
24,960
25,542
19,240
2,080
2,080
2,074
10.79
11.00
432
440
40.0
22,439
22,880
2,080
10.28
10.68
408
396
39.7
21,232
20,592
2,066
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$25.23
$22.44
$1,009
11.04
16.66
10.37
15.00
15.77
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
46
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$611
39.7
$42,861
$31,776
2,060
1,875
2,510
2,933
3,462
2,273
1,502
867
2,092
1,750
2,518
1,921
3,242
2,115
1,450
530
2,058
40.6
42.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.9
40.7
97,407
130,527
152,541
180,036
118,193
78,085
44,469
108,775
91,021
130,946
99,867
168,569
110,001
75,400
28,800
107,026
2,111
2,208
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,150
2,117
27.79
1,346
1,112
40.0
69,996
57,803
2,080
32.05
27.14
23.84
27.32
19.26
20.96
1,288
1,086
953
1,093
770
839
40.2
40.0
40.0
66,970
56,455
49,578
56,826
40,061
43,603
2,089
2,080
2,080
26.71
36.99
32.93
34.76
34.76
24.62
27.45
28.85
30.67
30.67
1,068
1,494
1,317
1,390
1,390
985
1,098
1,154
1,227
1,227
40.0
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
55,551
77,709
68,494
72,297
72,297
51,199
57,096
60,000
63,802
63,802
2,080
2,101
2,080
2,080
2,080
38.55
51.31
37.50
43.88
1,542
2,053
1,500
1,755
40.0
40.0
80,173
106,732
78,000
91,260
2,080
2,080
46.37
39.59
43.88
40.44
1,855
1,585
1,755
1,618
40.0
40.0
96,452
82,424
91,260
84,124
2,080
2,082
39.02
44.08
51.80
29.10
35.59
42.88
47.52
32.83
1,573
1,781
2,145
1,164
1,424
1,775
1,901
1,313
40.3
40.4
41.4
40.0
81,742
92,623
111,518
60,355
74,025
92,300
98,842
68,284
2,095
2,101
2,153
2,074
26.65
24.04
1,074
980
40.3
55,854
50,960
2,096
39.48
43.86
40.22
40.22
1,604
1,796
1,609
1,609
40.6
40.9
83,411
93,370
83,666
83,666
2,113
2,129
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$20.81
$15.38
$825
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
46.14
59.12
73.34
86.56
56.82
37.54
20.68
51.38
43.76
55.96
48.01
81.04
52.89
36.25
11.08
51.03
33.65
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Cost estimators ...................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Loan counselors and officers ..............
Loan officers ...................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer systems analysts ...............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
Drafters ...............................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Annual earnings5
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Physical scientists ..............................
Environmental scientists and
geoscientists .............................
Geoscientists, except
hydrologists and
geographers .........................
49.01
40.22
2,018
1,609
41.2
104,938
83,666
2,141
52.68
49.82
2,181
1,994
41.4
113,394
103,692
2,152
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
14.81
14.42
592
577
40.0
30,800
30,000
2,080
Legal occupations ................................
34.16
23.07
1,367
923
40.0
71,063
47,986
2,080
Education, training, and library
occupations
Postsecondary teachers ...............
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
118.99
120.19
4,967
4,808
41.7
238,582
249,995
2,005
19.13
21.18
783
908
41.0
32,347
35,501
1,691
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
19.65
17.15
18.27
15.00
786
686
731
600
40.0
40.0
40,879
35,665
38,000
31,198
2,080
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
23.42
20.57
932
807
39.8
48,464
41,954
2,069
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
$30.46
35.99
$30.00
31.92
$1,199
1,440
$1,186
1,277
39.4
40.0
$62,346
74,866
$61,672
66,394
2,047
2,080
19.68
16.25
787
650
40.0
40,943
33,800
2,080
20.98
20.54
839
822
40.0
43,645
42,723
2,080
22.26
21.65
890
866
40.0
46,306
45,032
2,080
20.09
19.40
792
775
39.4
41,208
40,310
2,051
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
10.79
10.75
414
400
38.4
21,528
20,800
1,995
10.13
10.30
383
375
37.8
19,923
19,490
1,967
10.16
9.82
404
391
39.7
20,992
20,322
2,066
11.76
11.85
11.13
11.50
461
470
432
432
39.2
39.7
23,949
24,446
22,464
22,464
2,037
2,063
5.99
7.87
3.90
2.40
6.00
8.00
3.35
2.21
226
293
145
90
240
312
121
86
37.7
37.3
37.1
37.5
11,729
15,239
7,529
4,683
12,480
16,207
6,271
4,455
1,957
1,937
1,931
1,952
5.87
7.16
6.00
6.75
226
271
216
270
38.6
37.9
11,767
14,115
11,232
14,040
2,005
1,970
7.27
7.00
270
245
37.1
14,025
12,740
1,928
7.94
7.94
7.68
7.85
292
294
288
288
36.7
37.0
15,159
15,266
14,999
14,999
1,909
1,922
8.17
8.25
319
300
39.1
16,596
15,600
2,032
7.72
7.75
271
288
35.1
14,077
14,999
1,823
13.33
9.15
430
365
32.3
22,342
18,968
1,677
20.99
16.10
852
644
40.6
44,285
33,480
2,110
24.48
18.85
1,008
800
41.2
52,394
41,600
2,140
16.07
15.86
651
611
40.5
33,844
31,762
2,106
39.71
11.23
6.98
6.98
33.65
9.50
5.50
5.50
1,683
450
279
279
1,346
371
220
220
42.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
87,530
23,392
14,525
14,525
70,000
19,277
11,440
11,440
2,204
2,083
2,080
2,080
13.61
15.12
11.73
12.98
10.73
10.73
11.30
10.62
547
609
470
520
429
429
452
396
40.2
40.3
40.1
40.0
28,447
31,658
24,456
27,028
22,314
22,314
23,504
20,592
2,090
2,094
2,085
2,082
26.22
16.26
1,049
651
40.0
54,540
33,829
2,080
32.67
27.89
1,356
1,108
41.5
70,522
57,601
2,159
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Dining room and cafeteria
attendants and bartender
helpers ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Counter and rental clerks ...........
Parts salespersons .....................
Retail salespersons ........................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
48
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products ..............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
File clerks ...........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Electricians .........................................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment
service technicians and
mechanics ....................................
Mobile heavy equipment
mechanics, except engines ......
Rail car repairers ............................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$37.90
$41.92
$1,565
$1,731
41.3
$81,366
$90,002
2,147
31.23
23.25
1,298
1,106
41.6
67,521
57,499
2,162
15.01
13.71
595
547
39.7
30,947
28,434
2,062
23.96
15.21
15.51
22.12
14.44
15.63
959
605
620
885
578
625
40.0
39.8
40.0
49,846
31,482
32,265
45,999
30,037
32,510
2,080
2,070
2,080
15.70
12.73
17.33
11.30
11.62
14.75
15.50
12.50
16.28
11.00
10.54
13.05
626
509
684
447
453
590
620
500
651
440
410
522
39.9
40.0
39.5
39.6
39.0
40.0
32,560
26,485
35,464
23,257
23,581
30,679
32,240
26,000
32,864
22,880
21,320
27,144
2,074
2,080
2,046
2,058
2,029
2,080
14.75
13.05
590
522
40.0
30,679
27,144
2,080
13.73
11.93
13.00
12.00
544
477
520
480
39.6
40.0
28,267
24,811
27,040
24,956
2,058
2,080
17.53
17.50
701
700
40.0
36,467
36,400
2,080
19.68
19.66
787
786
40.0
40,935
40,893
2,080
17.75
13.59
17.55
13.31
710
538
702
532
40.0
39.6
36,916
27,957
36,500
27,685
2,080
2,057
15.86
13.50
634
540
40.0
32,992
28,080
2,080
21.00
11.76
23.93
12.32
20.19
13.00
22.05
12.00
840
470
957
493
808
520
882
480
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
43,679
24,466
49,767
25,626
41,995
27,040
45,864
24,960
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
19.79
19.95
797
801
40.3
41,315
41,652
2,087
29.52
22.61
1,181
904
40.0
61,404
47,029
2,080
19.02
17.46
798
757
41.9
41,493
39,379
2,181
18.76
17.20
787
735
42.0
40,929
38,194
2,182
20.17
22.02
807
881
40.0
41,949
45,795
2,080
17.68
17.50
707
700
40.0
36,783
36,400
2,080
17.99
17.10
17.83
17.12
719
684
713
685
40.0
40.0
37,414
35,563
37,080
35,616
2,080
2,080
15.44
24.90
16.00
25.06
621
996
640
1,002
40.2
40.0
31,642
51,794
32,011
52,125
2,050
2,080
See footnotes at end of table.
49
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machinists ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Miscellaneous plant and system
operators ......................................
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 ..
Cleaners of vehicles and
equipment .................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$514
40.0
$27,418
$26,749
2,080
607
520
40.0
31,582
27,040
2,078
22.44
1,009
898
40.0
52,481
46,671
2,080
11.04
16.66
10.37
15.00
442
667
415
600
40.0
40.0
22,970
34,659
21,572
31,200
2,080
2,080
15.77
15.00
631
600
40.0
32,811
31,200
2,080
15.77
15.00
631
600
40.0
32,811
31,200
2,080
24.37
26.07
975
1,043
40.0
50,687
54,226
2,080
17.03
12.97
14.75
11.50
681
513
590
460
40.0
39.5
35,417
26,681
30,680
23,920
2,080
2,056
15.05
13.00
602
520
40.0
31,308
27,040
2,080
16.33
14.50
662
580
40.5
34,434
30,160
2,108
19.27
19.36
794
802
41.2
41,309
41,708
2,143
13.89
12.24
9.80
11.95
12.28
9.25
555
490
391
478
491
370
40.0
40.0
39.9
28,886
25,462
20,313
24,856
25,542
19,240
2,080
2,080
2,074
10.71
11.00
428
440
40.0
22,276
22,880
2,080
10.33
10.90
410
420
39.7
21,332
21,861
2,066
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.18
$12.86
$527
15.20
13.00
25.23
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$810
39.6
$40,608
$40,481
1,805
1,372
1,477
1,485
1,485
40.0
40.0
66,925
64,702
65,470
64,361
1,951
1,752
37.54
1,507
1,502
40.0
63,955
64,361
1,697
22.58
22.64
903
906
40.0
46,741
46,548
2,070
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
32.98
33.83
1,319
1,353
40.0
67,578
68,199
2,049
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
26.20
26.52
1,050
1,061
40.1
49,784
54,675
1,900
23.50
28.41
19.29
31.49
928
1,111
774
1,208
39.5
39.1
43,653
48,011
42,376
48,118
1,857
1,690
28.41
31.49
1,111
1,208
39.1
48,011
48,118
1,690
29.91
43.93
29.95
42.89
1,159
1,730
1,158
1,667
38.7
39.4
44,803
78,317
43,659
71,637
1,498
1,783
32.91
28.48
1,314
1,139
39.9
62,372
53,928
1,895
31.58
30.63
1,221
1,178
38.6
45,931
44,116
1,454
31.07
29.95
1,213
1,179
39.0
47,927
44,600
1,542
31.00
30.10
1,199
1,160
38.7
44,856
43,398
1,447
30.97
30.15
1,197
1,160
38.7
44,780
43,375
1,446
31.13
32.27
29.95
31.16
1,207
1,247
1,163
1,190
38.8
38.6
45,157
46,812
43,500
44,771
1,451
1,450
31.99
32.67
31.03
11.59
30.87
31.46
31.22
11.57
1,237
1,247
1,181
447
1,189
1,193
1,171
445
38.7
38.2
38.1
38.6
46,273
46,689
44,872
16,911
44,463
44,600
43,787
16,606
1,447
1,429
1,446
1,459
23.36
30.99
22.12
31.47
937
1,228
902
1,249
40.1
39.6
46,773
58,833
45,843
58,240
2,002
1,899
11.83
11.29
473
452
40.0
24,606
23,483
2,080
13.14
13.33
526
533
40.0
27,334
27,726
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$22.49
$20.03
$891
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
34.30
36.92
37.13
37.13
37.68
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
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 ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Other teachers and instructors ...........
Teacher assistants .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
19.51
17.15
817
760
41.9
41,564
38,551
2,131
14.34
14.34
22.77
22.77
14.44
14.44
24.06
24.06
577
577
910
910
580
580
962
962
40.3
40.3
40.0
40.0
30,016
30,016
46,151
46,151
30,183
30,183
50,039
50,039
2,093
2,093
2,027
2,027
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
10.92
9.75
10.14
9.24
383
322
333
323
35.1
33.0
14,952
11,723
11,966
11,966
1,370
1,202
See footnotes at end of table.
51
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$323
33.0
$11,723
$11,966
1,202
443
371
378
358
40.0
40.0
22,473
18,626
19,469
18,054
2,028
2,007
8.95
371
358
40.0
18,626
18,054
2,007
14.81
13.33
15.25
14.62
12.99
15.00
591
533
640
587
520
652
39.9
40.0
41.9
28,482
27,359
33,257
28,881
27,034
33,910
1,923
2,052
2,181
16.89
16.39
674
656
39.9
33,339
32,634
1,973
17.83
17.15
713
686
40.0
37,093
35,676
2,080
15.88
12.48
16.32
12.28
631
492
653
489
39.8
39.4
29,126
21,049
30,148
20,618
1,834
1,687
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
17.20
17.68
688
707
40.0
35,593
36,483
2,069
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Bus drivers, school .........................
13.15
15.33
13.38
12.50
15.97
12.64
508
525
397
485
482
383
38.6
34.2
29.7
24,905
21,923
14,367
25,128
15,347
13,702
1,894
1,430
1,074
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 ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Dispatchers .........................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$9.75
$9.24
$322
11.08
9.28
9.46
8.95
9.28
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$19.92
$17.22
$19.13
$26.69
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
35.09
40.17
31.59
7.76
16.28
18.94
14.70
17.45
15.86
19.79
14.82
15.16
14.47
30.12
37.90
24.50
7.51
15.56
17.22
14.23
16.20
15.72
16.78
13.37
14.54
12.44
35.95
39.67
32.79
6.43
16.71
20.54
14.18
18.19
–
21.67
15.78
15.27
16.57
39.82
43.44
37.79
12.37
17.68
26.88
15.99
18.46
–
24.16
16.91
16.79
17.00
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.6
6.4
4.2
7.7
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
5.4
5.4
7.8
2.0
3.9
8.5
2.5
6.0
4.4
6.2
2.8
4.0
5.1
12.8
8.5
18.6
4.1
5.2
9.6
4.5
4.4
6.8
10.7
5.1
6.6
5.1
6.2
11.9
8.3
3.3
10.0
19.6
3.6
5.5
–
4.1
4.5
4.8
4.3
5.9
6.8
6.8
7.3
9.3
24.3
4.1
20.9
–
8.3
10.4
11.3
19.3
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$540
39.7
$36,934
$28,080
2,061
1,701
2,101
2,199
1,450
2,011
2,115
41.0
42.2
40.0
88,433
109,243
114,322
75,400
104,547
110,001
2,132
2,194
2,080
27.89
27.89
1,296
1,375
1,115
1,115
40.3
40.0
67,368
71,485
58,001
58,001
2,098
2,080
35.90
24.04
1,436
962
40.0
74,667
49,999
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
33.16
39.98
24.06
50.15
1,327
1,600
962
2,006
40.0
40.0
68,809
83,216
50,045
104,310
2,075
2,081
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
15.10
8.50
615
340
40.7
27,063
26,650
1,793
17.66
21.18
724
839
41.0
30,042
34,499
1,701
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
20.12
15.32
799
613
39.7
41,555
31,861
2,065
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
Medical assistants ..............................................
10.88
11.98
11.75
10.30
11.50
11.00
404
467
466
400
432
432
37.2
38.9
39.6
21,025
24,260
24,226
20,800
22,464
22,464
1,933
2,025
2,061
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
6.33
7.40
3.20
6.50
7.20
2.38
232
270
110
240
270
86
36.6
36.5
34.2
12,059
14,053
5,701
12,480
14,040
4,455
1,905
1,898
1,780
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
7.81
7.82
7.50
7.38
293
299
230
270
37.6
38.3
15,262
15,552
11,960
14,040
1,955
1,989
Personal care and service occupations .................
7.73
7.36
288
290
37.3
14,965
15,080
1,937
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
19.21
26.16
16.64
21.92
786
1,069
654
877
40.9
40.9
40,875
55,600
33,993
45,600
2,127
2,125
15.50
9.20
15.20
8.00
620
371
608
320
40.0
40.3
32,241
19,290
31,616
16,640
2,080
2,096
11.25
11.93
10.73
10.25
452
487
429
380
40.2
40.8
23,504
25,311
22,314
19,760
2,089
2,122
28.20
22.15
1,195
1,024
42.4
62,157
53,248
2,204
25.08
22.15
1,065
886
42.4
55,362
46,076
2,207
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 ......................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
14.55
13.50
574
540
39.4
29,829
28,080
2,050
20.40
14.48
15.45
13.09
18.70
11.53
11.52
16.86
19.23
13.67
13.00
13.37
18.39
10.50
11.00
15.99
816
577
613
523
735
449
461
674
769
547
520
535
733
406
440
639
40.0
39.9
39.7
40.0
39.3
39.0
40.0
40.0
42,430
30,025
31,864
27,220
37,981
23,366
23,964
35,070
40,000
28,434
27,040
27,812
37,744
21,118
22,880
33,251
2,080
2,073
2,063
2,080
2,031
2,027
2,080
2,080
19.39
12.91
19.47
12.00
776
508
779
480
40.0
39.3
40,338
26,404
40,500
24,960
2,080
2,045
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$17.92
$13.67
$712
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Financial managers ................................................
41.47
49.78
54.96
36.25
50.26
52.89
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Accountants and auditors .......................................
32.11
34.37
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
54
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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations .............
First-line supervisors/managers of construction
trades and extraction workers ..........................
Construction laborers .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$560
40.0
$32,693
$29,120
2,080
765
446
800
440
40.0
40.0
39,780
23,198
41,600
22,880
2,080
2,080
15.94
17.31
678
750
648
757
40.4
42.6
35,025
38,978
33,696
39,379
2,088
2,217
10.77
7.00
431
280
40.0
21,754
14,560
2,019
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.72
$14.00
$629
19.12
11.15
20.00
11.00
16.78
17.58
Production occupations ..........................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
14.58
13.00
583
520
40.0
30,329
27,040
2,080
18.04
17.75
722
710
40.0
37,522
36,920
2,080
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 ......................
12.83
13.20
16.24
11.46
10.29
10.90
12.25
12.25
15.00
11.38
9.36
11.00
519
539
688
458
412
436
490
490
600
455
374
440
40.5
40.8
42.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
27,007
28,036
35,789
23,829
21,410
22,669
25,480
25,480
31,200
23,670
19,458
22,880
2,105
2,123
2,203
2,080
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.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$699
39.6
$47,978
$36,400
2,059
2,002
2,703
2,408
2,317
2,223
1,385
1,858
2,713
1,921
2,212
2,151
1,404
40.4
42.6
40.0
40.0
40.9
40.0
103,944
140,580
125,206
120,463
115,591
71,998
96,595
141,080
99,867
115,001
111,842
73,008
2,095
2,214
2,080
2,080
2,128
2,080
26.44
19.26
24.89
1,284
1,086
1,196
1,058
770
995
40.1
40.0
40.0
66,749
56,455
62,174
54,999
40,061
51,761
2,085
2,080
2,080
26.69
40.89
31.97
34.76
34.76
24.62
36.87
30.10
30.67
30.67
1,068
1,657
1,279
1,390
1,390
985
1,622
1,204
1,227
1,227
40.0
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
55,514
86,182
66,497
72,297
72,297
51,199
84,359
62,612
63,802
63,802
2,080
2,108
2,080
2,080
2,080
39.53
42.61
40.15
39.71
1,581
1,704
1,606
1,588
40.0
40.0
82,203
88,632
83,520
82,601
2,079
2,080
43.50
39.59
39.49
40.44
1,740
1,585
1,580
1,618
40.0
40.0
90,478
82,424
82,139
84,124
2,080
2,082
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Civil engineers ....................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
40.56
44.84
51.95
27.48
36.61
42.30
47.52
25.24
1,638
1,816
2,148
1,110
1,468
1,755
1,901
1,010
40.4
40.5
41.3
40.4
85,180
94,407
111,677
57,714
76,321
91,243
98,842
52,499
2,100
2,105
2,150
2,100
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
Physical scientists ..................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ........
38.51
43.06
56.45
28.90
28.45
50.48
1,540
1,722
2,258
1,156
1,138
2,019
40.0
40.0
40.0
80,095
89,559
117,423
60,118
59,176
105,000
2,080
2,080
2,080
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
118.99
120.19
4,967
4,808
41.7
238,582
249,995
2,005
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
Designers ...............................................................
19.83
17.57
18.53
15.00
793
703
741
600
40.0
40.0
41,246
36,548
38,547
31,198
2,080
2,080
26.77
30.82
20.33
21.28
22.86
25.70
30.28
19.06
21.65
22.97
1,067
1,229
813
851
914
1,028
1,200
762
866
919
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
55,501
63,902
42,282
44,266
47,551
53,460
62,400
39,645
45,032
47,778
2,073
2,073
2,080
2,080
2,080
18.40
18.45
727
723
39.5
37,818
37,581
2,056
10.69
10.58
10.66
10.94
10.61
11.00
425
420
423
437
424
437
39.8
39.7
39.7
22,117
21,853
21,988
22,714
22,048
22,714
2,069
2,066
2,063
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$23.30
$17.79
$923
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Financial managers ................................................
Engineering managers ...........................................
Medical and health services managers ..................
49.60
63.49
60.20
57.92
54.33
34.61
46.44
62.03
48.01
55.29
52.91
35.10
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Buyers and purchasing agents ...............................
Cost estimators .......................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Management analysts ............................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Loan counselors and officers ..................................
Loan officers .......................................................
32.02
27.14
29.89
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, systems
software ........................................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ...
Radiologic technologists and technicians ...........
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses ...............................................................
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and
bartender helpers .........................................
5.58
4.23
2.45
5.15
3.75
2.15
217
164
96
193
130
86
38.9
38.7
39.1
11,305
8,512
4,970
10,043
6,760
4,472
2,024
2,012
2,032
6.20
7.00
246
280
39.7
12,776
14,560
2,060
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
8.05
8.15
290
303
36.0
15,076
15,746
1,872
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$302
36.0
$15,053
$15,725
1,871
359
247
342
238
39.7
33.7
18,643
12,864
17,805
12,350
2,064
1,754
16.35
617
658
25.6
32,097
34,194
1,332
24.02
21.05
15.86
18.55
961
879
618
716
40.0
41.8
49,986
45,703
32,157
37,253
2,081
2,171
16.86
13.66
10.33
10.33
13.53
16.40
10.80
9.89
9.89
10.79
695
543
413
413
536
649
400
396
396
396
41.2
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.7
36,155
28,227
21,484
21,484
27,895
33,738
20,800
20,571
20,571
20,592
2,144
2,067
2,080
2,080
2,062
40.88
39.26
1,635
1,570
40.0
85,030
81,665
2,080
42.94
54.16
1,717
2,166
40.0
89,308
112,655
2,080
15.44
13.83
615
553
39.9
32,000
28,735
2,073
28.85
15.90
15.81
15.70
11.55
11.98
13.38
28.77
15.50
15.50
14.42
11.75
12.00
13.05
1,154
632
633
623
453
469
535
1,151
620
620
564
460
446
522
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.7
39.2
39.1
40.0
60,006
32,876
32,890
32,416
23,555
24,377
27,834
59,833
32,240
32,240
29,307
23,920
23,213
27,144
2,080
2,068
2,080
2,065
2,040
2,036
2,080
13.38
11.57
12.32
18.21
13.05
12.00
12.00
18.27
535
463
493
728
522
480
480
731
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
27,834
24,066
25,626
37,872
27,144
24,960
24,956
38,002
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
20.08
20.19
803
808
40.0
41,766
41,999
2,080
17.94
14.57
17.82
13.70
717
582
713
548
40.0
39.9
37,306
30,239
37,066
28,496
2,080
2,076
15.94
13.25
638
530
40.0
33,157
27,560
2,080
24.52
12.36
23.93
11.86
27.44
13.25
22.05
12.00
981
494
957
474
1,098
530
882
480
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
50,993
25,710
49,767
24,659
57,077
27,560
45,864
24,960
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
22.54
22.02
905
881
40.1
47,045
45,795
2,087
32.18
22.61
1,287
904
40.0
66,927
47,029
2,080
18.72
17.93
749
717
40.0
38,943
37,294
2,080
24.54
23.75
997
950
40.6
51,830
49,400
2,112
15.62
13.00
624
520
39.9
32,429
27,040
2,076
26.94
11.49
17.75
17.17
17.17
25.00
10.37
16.50
17.33
17.33
1,078
460
710
687
687
1,000
415
660
693
693
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
56,037
23,904
36,910
35,707
35,707
52,000
21,572
34,320
36,046
36,046
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
$8.05
$8.15
$289
9.03
7.34
8.50
7.21
Personal care and service occupations .................
24.09
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
File clerks ...............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Dispatchers .............................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ....................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
First-line supervisors/managers of construction
trades and extraction workers ..........................
Construction laborers .............................................
Electricians .............................................................
Helpers, construction trades ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics,
installers, and repairers ....................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service
technicians and mechanics ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Machinists ...............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ............
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
57
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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
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 ................................................
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$578
396
40.0
39.4
$32,453
26,706
$30,033
20,602
2,080
2,047
694
867
897
542
366
605
890
847
568
320
39.5
40.1
40.1
40.0
39.8
36,092
45,090
46,657
28,164
19,030
31,470
46,280
44,063
29,557
16,640
2,054
2,083
2,085
2,080
2,070
385
420
39.6
20,018
21,861
2,061
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.60
13.05
$14.44
9.91
$624
514
17.57
21.65
22.38
13.54
9.19
15.13
22.25
21.18
14.21
8.00
9.71
10.90
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
Annual earnings5
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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 ....................................................................
$24.47
$24.95
–
$20.06
$19.72
$22.34
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 .......................
–
–
–
24.26
25.19
–
16.30
25.89
25.76
25.95
23.09
24.13
22.56
–
–
–
25.56
25.41
–
16.28
25.99
25.76
26.10
23.68
24.13
23.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.50
39.40
30.43
8.55
15.94
18.27
14.66
16.48
15.30
18.18
13.99
14.60
13.37
35.10
40.17
31.60
7.24
16.02
18.29
14.65
16.49
15.31
18.41
14.03
14.60
13.40
28.30
31.39
27.85
14.47
14.74
–
14.78
16.35
–
16.61
13.06
–
13.03
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
8.8
10.0
–
3.2
3.7
2.4
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
–
–
–
3.1
41.8
–
14.6
3.8
5.1
3.7
11.7
.5
18.5
–
–
–
5.3
42.3
–
15.2
3.9
5.1
3.9
11.4
.5
18.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
5.1
5.3
2.0
3.0
7.2
2.3
4.3
4.0
5.7
2.5
2.6
4.7
5.4
5.4
7.8
1.9
3.2
7.2
2.5
4.6
4.1
6.5
2.6
2.6
5.0
2.4
6.7
2.2
2.9
3.5
–
3.5
8.6
–
9.1
4.0
–
4.1
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$19.89
$19.51
$26.50
$26.50
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 .......................
33.22
38.77
30.40
9.38
14.79
14.94
14.72
17.25
–
19.39
14.54
15.07
14.01
34.75
39.50
31.56
7.75
14.79
14.95
14.71
17.29
15.77
19.77
14.59
15.08
14.07
53.90
60.46
–
–
26.69
29.92
14.35
20.45
–
19.94
19.96
–
–
53.90
60.46
–
–
26.69
29.92
14.35
20.45
–
19.94
19.96
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.1
3.7
12.3
12.3
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
4.4
5.6
5.3
2.2
3.2
9.8
2.4
5.6
–
6.0
3.9
4.2
7.4
5.6
6.0
7.8
2.1
3.5
9.9
2.6
6.0
3.8
6.7
4.1
4.2
8.0
35.5
38.9
–
–
12.5
14.1
4.4
7.1
–
6.1
6.9
–
–
35.5
38.9
–
–
12.5
14.1
4.4
7.1
–
6.1
6.9
–
–
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
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 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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
–
–
–
$27.98
–
–
$18.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.93
–
17.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.76
26.33
9.42
14.18
–
14.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.14
25.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.67
19.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...
–
–
–
32.0
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.4
–
27.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.4
10.7
4.9
1.1
–
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.2
.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.8
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
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.
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 Houston–Baytown–Huntsville, TX,
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.
• Bay City, TX, Micropolitan Statistical Area: Matagorda
County, TX
• Houston–Baytown–Sugar Land, TX, Metropolitan
Statistical Area: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort
Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San
Jacinto, and Waller Counties, TX
• Huntsville, TX, Micropolitan Statistical Area: Walker
County, TX
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
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2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
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 be-
A-2
ing in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations.
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
The broad
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
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:
•
•
•
•
•
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:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
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
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Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
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.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
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 nonre-
spondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and
nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteristics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced
to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts
of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in
this publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
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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
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,
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
2,338,100
2,003,400
334,700
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 .......................
693,500
218,900
474,700
395,900
659,000
242,800
416,200
230,200
133,700
95,000
359,600
171,200
188,400
502,000
198,600
303,400
323,300
617,500
242,400
375,100
217,500
132,800
83,200
343,100
170,500
172,600
191,500
20,300
171,300
72,600
41,500
–
41,100
12,600
–
11,800
16,500
–
15,900
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville,
TX CSA, January 2007
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
87,743
86,443
1,299
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
752
445
188
119
672
369
184
119
80
76
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1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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