Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC
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 3140–02
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
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Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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24
25
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37
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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 Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC, Metropolitan
Statistical Area. 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,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$14.13
2.1
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 .............
23.15
28.05
21.22
9.01
12.07
10.19
13.18
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.6
$13.36
2.2
4.4
6.4
3.9
6.2
3.7
5.3
4.0
37.8
40.6
36.8
31.1
35.3
32.4
37.3
24.95
30.83
21.10
8.21
11.95
10.19
13.10
14.77
12.72
16.36
7.5
12.0
3.8
39.9
40.0
39.8
13.03
13.13
12.81
3.4
3.8
7.1
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
14.76
8.10
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.4
$18.53
4.1
37.6
6.1
7.3
7.7
6.6
3.8
5.3
4.2
37.5
40.8
35.6
30.1
35.2
32.4
37.3
21.53
22.58
21.29
13.16
13.94
–
13.94
4.8
10.5
5.2
4.8
10.9
–
10.9
38.0
40.3
37.6
37.3
37.2
–
37.2
14.65
12.48
16.58
8.8
12.7
4.3
39.9
40.0
39.8
15.38
–
15.61
5.2
–
6.8
40.0
–
40.0
38.6
39.2
37.3
13.04
13.12
12.86
3.5
3.8
7.4
38.8
39.2
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
5.4
39.8
20.5
14.01
7.55
2.3
5.3
39.8
20.7
18.80
13.93
4.5
9.6
40.1
18.4
–
14.06
–
2.1
–
36.6
–
13.27
–
2.2
–
36.4
–
18.53
–
4.1
–
37.6
13.96
15.94
2.3
3.6
36.2
41.0
13.07
15.94
2.6
3.6
35.9
41.0
18.53
–
4.1
–
37.6
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
14.06
12.77
3.5
3.6
38.9
34.5
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
12.16
14.25
17.70
4.4
3.2
2.5
35.2
37.8
37.9
11.90
14.10
16.65
4.7
3.1
2.5
35.1
37.9
37.9
–
–
18.87
–
–
4.9
–
–
38.0
All workers ..........................................................
Worker characteristics4,5
Establishment characteristics
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing
industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, 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 ..............................................................................
$14.13
2.1
$14.76
2.2
$8.10
5.4
Management occupations .................................................
32.60
7.8
32.60
7.8
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
23.67
6.6
23.67
6.6
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
22.79
9.4
22.79
9.4
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
22.85
11.7
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
22.40
8.6
22.40
8.6
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
21.60
11.43
24.45
2.2
2.5
.6
21.89
11.15
24.45
2.4
1.7
.6
16.29
–
–
1.2
–
–
24.32
24.32
24.52
24.52
.3
.3
.7
.7
24.32
24.32
24.52
24.52
.3
.3
.7
.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.52
24.52
11.43
11.43
.7
.7
2.5
2.5
24.52
24.52
11.15
11.15
.7
.7
1.7
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
21.53
12.45
15.65
22.00
23.12
24.05
32.16
27.41
23.13
24.06
28.94
28.45
16.86
14.64
14.73
14.64
24.92
25.22
18.02
8.6
6.1
9.4
6.0
5.3
.4
13.4
10.3
1.0
.5
10.1
6.6
14.9
9.6
9.7
9.6
8.4
11.1
8.4
21.80
12.40
15.54
–
22.87
24.11
32.16
27.62
22.70
24.04
28.94
–
17.03
–
–
–
24.91
25.22
18.05
9.4
6.1
9.9
–
6.0
.2
13.4
11.1
.8
.5
10.1
–
17.7
–
–
–
9.0
12.1
8.6
18.03
–
–
–
–
23.29
–
25.14
–
24.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.4
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
.8
–
.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
10.06
10.43
8.80
12.23
9.20
8.27
9.60
8.11
12.17
12.23
11.65
12.23
4.7
4.5
9.6
1.7
9.3
10.0
16.9
10.2
5.1
1.7
3.9
1.7
9.72
10.43
8.80
–
9.20
8.27
9.60
8.11
11.38
–
11.41
–
5.9
4.5
9.6
–
9.3
10.0
16.9
10.2
3.0
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
11.83
7.3
12.13
5.9
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
7.59
6.60
6.88
9.48
7.43
11.1
3.2
24.0
2.4
4.8
8.74
6.76
9.61
–
7.45
9.6
2.4
4.6
–
6.9
6.09
6.43
4.99
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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13.1
4.4
33.1
–
–
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, 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)
$8.75
4.42
3.22
7.53
6.51
16.4
37.2
30.9
6.7
4.1
$10.68
–
–
8.04
–
14.8
–
–
8.9
–
–
$3.25
–
6.76
–
–
35.2
–
5.7
–
7.72
8.0
8.51
9.9
–
–
9.96
7.47
8.22
7.47
13.3
3.5
5.5
3.5
10.80
–
8.52
–
18.2
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.01
7.53
6.0
4.7
8.15
–
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
8.12
8.08
2.6
1.2
–
–
–
–
7.83
–
6.7
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
10.19
8.02
8.35
10.37
16.04
9.14
8.02
8.35
10.19
8.18
8.07
8.08
8.18
8.07
8.08
8.40
11.24
5.3
17.9
14.2
5.6
5.0
9.8
17.9
14.2
5.9
12.8
18.1
3.7
12.8
18.1
3.7
16.4
3.7
11.42
–
9.75
10.72
16.04
10.22
–
9.75
–
8.70
–
–
8.70
–
–
–
12.62
3.3
–
21.0
2.6
5.0
8.5
–
21.0
–
14.7
–
–
14.7
–
–
–
4.7
6.97
–
6.94
–
–
6.97
–
6.94
–
7.16
–
–
7.16
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
4.3
–
–
3.4
–
4.3
–
2.7
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
13.18
10.05
11.55
13.33
15.03
18.07
4.0
3.4
3.0
2.7
7.3
9.3
13.48
10.73
11.60
13.31
15.03
18.07
3.7
1.5
3.1
2.8
7.3
9.3
9.08
8.45
–
–
–
–
6.5
8.1
–
–
–
–
19.06
12.12
13.32
13.41
13.27
12.03
13.08
12.84
11.32
12.76
13.21
11.22
13.28
11.80
12.9
9.2
6.6
9.8
9.0
7.4
3.3
2.7
3.3
8.9
6.2
6.1
2.6
5.8
19.06
12.65
13.22
13.41
13.27
12.03
13.43
12.84
11.32
12.76
13.21
–
13.28
11.80
12.9
7.4
6.9
9.8
9.0
7.4
1.9
2.7
3.3
8.9
6.2
–
2.6
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
12.72
12.0
12.72
12.0
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
16.36
12.62
16.02
15.96
3.8
5.3
5.0
4.2
16.36
12.62
16.02
15.96
3.8
5.3
5.0
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
–Continued
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Maintenance workers, machinery .................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters,
operators, and tenders
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Upholsterers .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ...
Level 4 .............................................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and
tenders, except sawing ...........................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and
tenders ....................................................................
Cutting workers .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ..........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.44
15.20
4.0
7.3
$19.44
15.20
4.0
7.3
–
–
–
–
18.15
20.57
18.37
19.51
13.73
1.5
1.0
3.0
3.9
5.6
18.15
20.57
18.37
19.51
13.73
1.5
1.0
3.0
3.9
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.13
9.11
10.20
13.38
15.74
16.40
19.40
20.92
3.8
4.9
1.3
2.7
2.3
3.6
5.1
3.0
13.13
9.11
10.20
13.38
15.74
16.40
19.40
20.92
3.8
4.9
1.3
2.7
2.3
3.6
5.1
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.77
10.3
17.77
10.3
–
–
11.11
11.93
9.72
12.25
12.82
12.91
9.25
15.48
14.98
11.37
12.58
12.56
11.80
13.7
5.2
3.4
8.7
.6
6.3
13.9
.8
5.8
7.0
3.4
1.2
1.4
11.11
11.93
9.72
12.25
12.82
12.95
9.20
15.48
14.98
11.37
12.58
12.56
11.80
13.7
5.2
3.4
8.7
.6
6.5
14.2
.8
5.8
7.0
3.4
1.2
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.06
17.57
10.45
19.12
19.89
21.11
20.40
20.27
19.89
21.11
13.73
13.90
12.66
1.7
6.0
7.8
3.6
3.3
4.6
1.3
4.7
3.3
4.6
2.6
.9
6.0
13.06
17.57
10.45
19.12
19.89
21.11
20.40
20.27
19.89
21.11
13.73
13.90
12.66
1.7
6.0
7.8
3.6
3.3
4.6
1.3
4.7
3.3
4.6
2.6
.9
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.18
2.6
14.18
2.6
–
–
12.96
7.5
12.96
7.5
–
–
13.61
14.75
14.31
15.38
14.25
11.13
11.79
15.97
14.02
12.81
11.1
5.4
9.4
.7
8.7
10.9
2.3
1.8
.7
7.1
13.61
14.75
14.31
15.38
14.25
11.13
11.79
15.97
14.02
12.81
11.1
5.4
9.4
.7
8.7
10.9
2.3
1.8
.7
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.23
11.96
8.60
11.53
14.02
17.45
11.09
2.7
8.0
11.4
5.6
3.9
5.5
6.9
$13.23
11.96
8.60
11.53
14.02
17.45
11.09
2.7
8.0
11.4
5.6
3.9
5.5
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.81
9.40
11.20
16.57
17.91
17.07
18.51
17.37
18.51
12.15
11.89
13.63
10.22
9.65
10.86
7.1
6.1
5.6
15.5
4.2
9.9
2.3
4.9
2.3
6.3
7.2
6.2
5.1
5.7
7.0
13.32
9.86
11.06
17.06
17.91
17.59
18.51
17.37
18.51
12.04
11.73
13.63
10.56
10.11
10.57
6.8
5.8
6.1
15.4
4.2
9.1
2.3
4.9
2.3
7.1
8.8
6.2
4.0
5.1
7.4
$9.10
7.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.55
8.01
–
12.6
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.2
11.5
–
10.47
10.08
11.05
9.89
8.61
3.7
4.5
9.3
9.2
9.1
10.60
10.34
10.60
10.85
9.65
4.3
5.2
9.3
6.8
7.0
9.84
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
7
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, 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 ..............................................................................
$13.36
2.2
$14.01
2.3
$7.55
5.3
Management occupations .................................................
32.97
8.7
32.97
8.7
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
27.02
7.3
27.02
7.3
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
22.79
9.4
22.79
9.4
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
21.93
–
16.65
22.00
24.05
28.32
24.06
16.86
14.64
14.73
14.64
24.14
18.02
9.9
–
12.9
6.0
.4
11.6
.5
14.9
9.6
9.7
9.6
10.2
8.4
22.64
14.30
16.54
–
24.11
28.42
24.04
17.03
–
–
–
24.07
18.05
10.5
7.1
13.9
–
.2
11.9
.5
17.7
–
–
–
11.0
8.6
15.29
–
–
–
23.29
25.12
24.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.7
–
–
–
4.8
3.2
.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
9.72
10.43
8.80
9.20
8.27
9.60
8.11
11.39
11.41
5.9
4.5
9.6
9.3
10.0
16.9
10.2
3.0
4.1
9.72
10.43
8.80
9.20
8.27
9.60
8.11
11.38
11.41
5.9
4.5
9.6
9.3
10.0
16.9
10.2
3.0
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
7.48
6.60
6.19
9.48
7.43
8.75
3.24
3.22
7.42
6.51
11.7
3.2
29.8
2.4
4.8
16.4
29.2
30.9
7.2
4.1
8.66
6.76
–
–
7.45
10.68
–
–
8.04
–
10.2
2.4
–
–
6.9
14.8
–
–
8.9
–
5.97
6.43
4.52
–
–
–
3.25
–
–
–
7.58
9.1
8.51
9.9
–
–
9.12
7.47
8.13
7.47
11.5
3.5
5.5
3.5
9.75
–
8.42
–
16.9
–
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.89
7.53
6.1
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
8.12
8.08
2.6
1.2
–
–
–
–
7.83
–
6.7
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
10.19
8.02
8.35
10.37
16.04
9.14
8.02
8.35
10.19
5.3
17.9
14.2
5.6
5.0
9.8
17.9
14.2
5.9
11.42
–
9.75
10.72
16.04
10.22
–
9.75
–
3.3
–
21.0
2.6
5.0
8.5
–
21.0
–
6.97
–
6.94
–
–
6.97
–
6.94
–
3.4
–
4.3
–
–
3.4
–
4.3
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
13.3
4.4
32.7
–
–
–
35.2
–
–
–
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, 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)
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
$8.18
8.07
8.08
8.18
8.07
8.08
8.40
11.24
12.8
18.1
3.7
12.8
18.1
3.7
16.4
3.7
$8.70
–
–
8.70
–
–
–
12.62
14.7
–
–
14.7
–
–
–
4.7
$7.16
–
–
7.16
–
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
13.10
10.20
11.55
13.39
15.75
18.90
11.99
13.14
13.41
13.27
12.03
13.08
12.84
11.32
12.76
13.21
11.22
13.51
4.2
3.8
3.0
2.9
7.9
11.1
9.2
6.7
9.8
9.0
7.4
3.3
2.7
3.3
8.9
6.2
6.1
2.9
13.37
10.73
11.60
13.37
15.75
18.90
12.52
13.02
13.41
13.27
12.03
13.43
12.84
11.32
12.76
13.21
–
13.51
3.9
1.5
3.1
2.9
7.9
11.1
7.4
6.9
9.8
9.0
7.4
1.9
2.7
3.3
8.9
6.2
–
2.9
9.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
12.48
12.7
12.48
12.7
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Maintenance workers, machinery .................................
16.58
12.62
19.44
15.20
4.3
5.3
4.0
7.3
16.58
12.62
19.44
15.20
4.3
5.3
4.0
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.15
20.57
18.37
20.71
13.73
1.4
1.0
3.0
5.5
5.6
18.15
20.57
18.37
20.71
13.73
1.4
1.0
3.0
5.5
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.12
9.11
10.20
13.38
15.74
16.52
19.40
20.92
3.8
4.9
1.3
2.7
2.3
3.9
5.1
3.0
13.12
9.11
10.20
13.38
15.74
16.52
19.40
20.92
3.8
4.9
1.3
2.7
2.3
3.9
5.1
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.77
10.3
17.77
10.3
–
–
11.11
11.93
9.72
12.25
12.82
12.91
9.25
15.48
14.98
11.37
12.58
12.56
11.80
13.7
5.2
3.4
8.7
.6
6.3
13.9
.8
5.8
7.0
3.4
1.2
1.4
11.11
11.93
9.72
12.25
12.82
12.95
9.20
15.48
14.98
11.37
12.58
12.56
11.80
13.7
5.2
3.4
8.7
.6
6.5
14.2
.8
5.8
7.0
3.4
1.2
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters,
operators, and tenders
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Upholsterers .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ...
Level 4 .............................................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and
tenders, except sawing ...........................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and
tenders ....................................................................
Cutting workers .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ..........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.06
17.57
10.45
19.12
19.89
21.11
20.40
20.27
19.89
21.11
13.73
13.90
12.66
1.7
6.0
7.8
3.6
3.3
4.6
1.3
4.7
3.3
4.6
2.6
.9
6.0
$13.06
17.57
10.45
19.12
19.89
21.11
20.40
20.27
19.89
21.11
13.73
13.90
12.66
1.7
6.0
7.8
3.6
3.3
4.6
1.3
4.7
3.3
4.6
2.6
.9
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.18
2.6
14.18
2.6
–
–
12.96
7.5
12.96
7.5
–
–
13.61
14.75
14.31
15.38
14.25
11.13
11.79
15.97
14.02
12.81
11.1
5.4
9.4
.7
8.7
10.9
2.3
1.8
.7
7.1
13.61
14.75
14.31
15.38
14.25
11.13
11.79
15.97
14.02
12.81
11.1
5.4
9.4
.7
8.7
10.9
2.3
1.8
.7
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.23
11.96
2.7
8.0
13.23
11.96
2.7
8.0
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Miscellaneous production workers –Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.60
11.53
14.02
17.45
11.09
11.4
5.6
3.9
5.5
6.9
$8.60
11.53
14.02
17.45
11.09
11.4
5.6
3.9
5.5
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.86
9.40
11.23
17.25
17.91
17.07
18.51
17.37
18.51
12.15
11.89
13.63
10.22
9.65
10.86
7.4
6.1
5.9
15.7
4.2
9.9
2.3
4.9
2.3
6.3
7.2
6.2
5.1
5.7
7.0
13.36
9.86
11.08
17.25
17.91
17.59
18.51
17.37
18.51
12.04
11.73
13.63
10.56
10.11
10.57
6.9
5.8
6.4
15.7
4.2
9.1
2.3
4.9
2.3
7.1
8.8
6.2
4.0
5.1
7.4
$8.84
7.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.55
8.01
–
13.2
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.2
11.5
–
10.47
10.08
11.05
9.89
8.61
3.7
4.5
9.3
9.2
9.1
10.60
10.34
10.60
10.85
9.65
4.3
5.2
9.3
6.8
7.0
9.84
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
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 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, 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 ..............................................................................
$18.53
4.1
$18.80
4.5
$13.93
9.6
Community and social services occupations ..................
23.23
8.8
23.23
8.8
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
21.11
11.43
24.32
2.3
2.5
.3
21.32
11.15
24.32
2.8
1.7
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.32
24.32
24.52
24.52
.3
.3
.7
.7
24.32
24.32
24.52
24.52
.3
.3
.7
.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.52
24.52
11.43
11.43
.7
.7
2.5
2.5
24.52
24.52
11.15
11.15
.7
.7
1.7
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
21.06
17.2
20.87
17.8
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
13.00
2.4
13.17
3.0
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
13.94
10.9
14.50
10.6
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
15.61
6.8
15.61
6.8
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
12
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, 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 ..............................................................................
$14.13
2.1
$14.76
2.2
$8.10
5.4
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
32.60
18.80
42.88
7.8
7.2
11.2
32.60
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
23.67
18.95
30.31
6.6
3.7
7.9
23.67
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
22.79
9.4
22.79
9.4
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
22.85
11.7
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
22.40
8.6
22.40
8.6
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
21.60
11.43
25.37
2.2
2.5
.6
21.89
–
–
2.4
–
–
16.29
–
–
1.2
–
–
24.32
24.32
24.52
24.52
.3
.3
.7
.7
24.32
–
24.52
–
.3
–
.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.52
24.52
11.43
11.43
.7
.7
2.5
2.5
24.52
24.52
11.15
11.15
.7
.7
1.7
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Group I ..............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Group II .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
21.53
12.12
20.40
35.62
27.41
23.71
35.38
28.45
16.86
14.64
14.73
14.64
24.92
24.92
25.22
25.22
18.02
19.37
8.6
4.8
6.0
6.6
10.3
.7
9.9
6.6
14.9
9.6
9.7
9.6
8.4
8.4
11.1
11.1
8.4
9.3
21.80
–
–
–
27.62
23.51
35.38
–
17.03
–
–
–
24.91
–
25.22
25.22
18.05
19.47
9.4
–
–
–
11.1
.8
9.9
–
17.7
–
–
–
9.0
–
12.1
12.1
8.6
9.7
18.03
–
–
–
25.14
25.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.4
–
–
–
.8
.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
10.06
9.82
9.20
9.20
9.60
9.60
12.17
11.57
11.65
11.65
4.7
5.4
9.3
9.3
16.9
16.9
5.1
3.1
3.9
3.9
9.72
–
9.20
–
9.60
9.60
11.38
–
11.41
11.41
5.9
–
9.3
–
16.9
16.9
3.0
–
4.1
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group II .............................................................
11.83
13.17
7.3
3.0
12.13
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
7.59
7.06
7.43
11.1
7.6
4.8
8.74
–
7.45
9.6
–
6.9
6.09
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
13.1
–
–
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Cooks –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.43
8.75
8.10
4.42
4.42
3.22
3.22
7.53
7.52
4.8
16.4
9.8
37.2
37.2
30.9
30.9
6.7
6.8
–
$10.68
–
–
–
–
–
8.04
–
–
14.8
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
$3.25
–
–
–
6.76
–
–
–
–
35.2
–
–
–
5.7
–
7.72
7.71
8.0
8.1
8.51
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
9.96
8.16
8.22
8.15
13.3
5.0
5.5
5.0
10.80
–
8.52
–
18.2
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.01
8.01
6.0
6.0
8.15
8.15
10.8
10.8
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
8.12
8.12
8.08
8.08
2.6
2.6
1.2
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.83
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
10.19
8.79
16.12
9.14
8.59
8.18
8.14
8.18
8.14
8.40
11.24
10.44
5.3
14.5
4.4
9.8
14.7
12.8
13.1
12.8
13.1
16.4
3.7
22.1
11.42
–
–
10.22
–
8.70
–
8.70
8.68
–
12.62
–
3.3
–
–
8.5
–
14.7
–
14.7
16.1
–
4.7
–
6.97
–
–
6.97
–
7.16
–
7.16
7.16
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
3.4
–
2.7
–
2.7
2.7
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Group I ..............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
13.18
12.14
17.26
4.0
3.0
8.4
13.48
–
–
3.7
–
–
9.08
–
–
6.5
–
–
19.06
12.12
11.66
13.41
14.22
13.27
12.03
13.08
12.29
11.32
11.32
12.76
11.71
13.21
13.81
11.22
11.22
13.28
13.08
11.80
11.29
12.9
9.2
9.1
9.8
10.3
9.0
7.4
3.3
4.8
3.3
3.3
8.9
5.9
6.2
4.5
6.1
6.1
2.6
1.5
5.8
8.1
19.06
12.65
–
13.41
14.22
13.27
12.03
13.43
12.84
11.32
11.32
12.76
11.71
13.21
13.81
–
–
13.28
–
11.80
11.29
12.9
7.4
–
9.8
10.3
9.0
7.4
1.9
2.7
3.3
3.3
8.9
5.9
6.2
4.5
–
–
2.6
–
5.8
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, 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)
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group II .............................................................
$12.72
15.68
12.0
7.2
$12.72
–
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance workers, machinery .................................
Group I ..............................................................
16.36
12.18
17.40
15.20
3.8
3.8
3.8
7.3
16.36
–
–
15.20
3.8
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.15
13.52
18.98
18.37
18.37
19.51
19.51
13.73
13.52
1.5
4.9
1.8
3.0
3.0
3.9
3.9
5.6
4.9
18.15
–
–
18.37
18.37
19.51
19.51
13.73
13.52
1.5
–
–
3.0
3.0
3.9
3.9
5.6
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.13
12.20
17.46
3.8
3.9
3.9
13.13
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.77
19.87
10.3
.8
17.77
19.87
10.3
.8
–
–
–
–
11.11
10.98
11.93
11.93
12.91
12.91
11.37
11.31
11.80
11.80
17.57
15.46
20.48
20.40
20.26
20.45
13.73
12.77
15.41
12.66
11.96
13.7
13.6
5.2
5.2
6.3
6.3
7.0
6.3
1.4
1.4
6.0
9.4
.2
1.3
4.8
.1
2.6
3.0
2.6
6.0
8.4
11.11
–
11.93
–
12.95
12.95
11.37
–
11.80
11.80
17.57
–
–
20.40
20.26
20.45
13.73
–
–
12.66
11.96
13.7
–
5.2
–
6.5
6.5
7.0
–
1.4
1.4
6.0
–
–
1.3
4.8
.1
2.6
–
–
6.0
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.18
13.16
2.6
3.3
14.18
13.16
2.6
3.3
–
–
–
–
12.96
12.96
7.5
7.5
12.96
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
13.61
13.61
14.75
14.58
15.38
15.16
11.13
14.02
12.81
12.81
11.1
11.1
5.4
4.2
.7
1.1
10.9
.7
7.1
7.1
13.61
13.61
14.75
–
15.38
15.16
11.13
14.02
12.81
–
11.1
11.1
5.4
–
.7
1.1
10.9
.7
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.23
2.7
13.23
2.7
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Upholsterers .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ...
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
Group I ..............................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and
tenders, except sawing ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and
tenders ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cutting workers .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group II .............................................................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
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,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.23
11.96
11.57
11.09
11.09
2.7
8.0
7.2
6.9
6.9
$13.23
11.96
–
11.09
11.09
2.7
8.0
–
6.9
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.81
12.43
17.07
17.07
17.37
17.37
12.15
12.15
10.22
10.20
7.1
5.9
9.9
9.9
4.9
4.9
6.3
6.3
5.1
5.2
13.32
–
17.59
–
17.37
17.37
12.04
12.04
10.56
–
6.8
–
9.1
–
4.9
4.9
7.1
7.1
4.0
–
$9.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.55
–
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.2
–
10.47
10.47
9.89
9.82
3.7
3.7
9.2
9.6
10.60
10.60
10.85
10.78
4.3
4.3
6.8
7.5
9.84
9.84
–
–
9.9
9.9
–
–
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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.25
$9.50
$12.28
$16.54
$23.05
Management occupations .................................................
16.21
19.05
34.62
42.43
42.85
Business and financial operations occupations .............
14.79
17.11
21.81
27.17
34.23
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
13.08
13.08
25.51
28.22
28.22
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
15.89
19.37
22.43
26.37
26.37
Community and social services occupations ..................
17.28
17.87
20.77
25.36
28.80
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.84
15.60
22.41
26.31
30.90
17.57
17.76
20.36
20.62
23.94
24.00
28.03
28.21
31.14
31.42
17.76
10.34
20.62
10.45
24.00
11.00
28.21
11.68
31.42
13.06
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
11.00
19.15
21.43
11.00
10.25
19.41
18.58
13.75
13.50
22.24
24.91
11.18
13.77
24.30
22.95
16.88
21.43
25.53
27.10
14.18
15.80
24.30
25.21
17.00
26.27
28.86
32.17
24.34
17.08
27.66
28.35
21.00
33.62
41.81
38.45
24.34
17.08
31.20
31.20
23.15
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
7.00
6.50
6.50
11.00
11.00
8.07
8.07
7.00
11.00
11.00
9.44
8.97
9.44
11.33
11.00
11.33
9.50
11.72
13.00
12.35
13.64
11.86
13.64
14.77
13.00
Protective service occupations .........................................
8.50
9.98
12.24
13.04
15.16
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
3.13
6.29
6.25
2.13
2.13
5.80
6.06
6.92
6.75
2.13
2.13
5.94
7.00
6.92
8.17
3.13
2.13
7.00
9.00
8.00
10.00
6.00
3.13
8.75
11.02
8.80
12.74
9.93
6.00
10.00
5.80
5.80
7.10
9.78
11.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.25
7.00
10.83
8.67
18.22
11.03
7.00
7.00
7.00
8.67
10.83
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
6.50
6.50
7.25
7.00
8.00
8.00
8.42
8.50
10.00
10.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.25
6.25
6.50
6.50
6.25
6.25
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
6.25
7.47
8.55
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.14
10.43
12.25
10.30
8.57
8.57
9.50
13.10
15.00
14.50
10.50
10.50
11.54
15.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
9.69
11.20
12.09
14.47
17.00
12.83
8.00
10.00
11.19
11.37
12.83
9.76
12.25
11.19
11.87
22.31
11.54
13.08
12.95
13.02
22.63
14.33
15.18
15.70
14.42
23.73
16.75
16.75
17.00
16.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$10.50
10.30
9.25
8.22
11.67
8.50
$11.00
11.00
10.20
11.24
12.29
10.92
$11.00
12.37
13.06
11.24
13.39
11.42
$12.00
14.47
16.00
11.24
13.39
13.29
$12.00
14.62
16.15
12.60
15.14
14.06
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
11.00
11.00
11.00
15.00
17.05
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Maintenance workers, machinery .................................
11.30
12.45
13.33
13.33
16.21
13.33
19.16
17.90
20.30
19.28
14.00
14.60
16.20
11.30
15.59
15.75
17.54
11.30
17.54
16.50
18.13
14.00
20.22
21.73
20.22
15.25
22.35
21.73
25.45
15.25
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and
tenders ....................................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Upholsterers .................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ...
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders,
wood .......................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and
tenders, except sawing ...........................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and
tenders ....................................................................
Cutting workers .................................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ..........................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
8.50
10.00
12.38
15.60
18.54
11.25
13.00
17.63
22.52
23.13
6.75
8.67
8.00
8.50
8.50
10.30
9.00
9.25
11.07
11.50
12.21
10.98
12.88
13.50
15.96
12.34
16.05
16.00
18.70
14.99
10.00
10.07
14.85
10.25
11.99
13.46
18.00
12.90
12.02
18.00
19.69
13.60
12.02
21.04
22.24
14.60
13.06
25.84
27.08
16.67
10.25
10.25
14.03
14.30
14.30
12.24
13.19
13.55
15.60
17.10
10.75
11.50
12.44
13.31
16.34
10.25
10.86
11.74
8.00
10.78
11.50
12.90
13.00
9.00
11.49
13.05
13.95
15.00
10.00
12.58
14.90
17.10
17.53
13.20
14.10
17.84
19.52
20.00
15.85
15.05
11.48
6.10
9.75
12.23
9.25
10.00
13.14
11.27
10.23
14.28
15.43
11.16
15.05
17.57
15.32
7.75
6.50
11.68
9.36
7.25
9.00
13.68
13.86
10.15
8.75
11.28
17.86
18.08
11.14
9.75
15.05
20.45
18.82
14.50
12.00
20.30
27.00
21.92
15.90
13.37
7.75
6.25
9.00
7.15
10.00
9.89
12.05
11.86
13.37
14.32
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.00
$9.00
$11.86
$15.60
$20.63
Management occupations .................................................
14.94
20.15
34.62
42.43
50.97
Business and financial operations occupations .............
14.14
19.75
27.17
32.20
34.23
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
13.08
13.08
25.51
28.22
28.22
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
12.00
19.71
11.00
10.25
18.58
13.75
16.88
21.94
11.18
13.77
22.95
16.88
21.94
25.84
14.18
15.80
24.30
17.00
25.13
40.42
24.34
17.08
24.59
21.00
33.41
41.81
24.34
17.08
31.20
23.15
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
6.75
6.50
6.50
11.00
11.00
8.07
8.07
7.00
11.00
11.00
9.44
8.97
9.44
11.14
11.00
11.33
9.50
11.72
11.33
11.14
11.86
11.86
13.64
12.02
13.66
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
3.13
6.29
6.25
2.13
2.13
5.80
6.00
6.92
6.75
2.13
2.13
5.89
7.00
6.92
8.17
2.13
2.13
7.00
8.75
8.00
10.00
3.15
3.13
8.25
11.02
8.80
12.74
6.00
6.00
10.00
5.75
5.80
6.82
9.00
11.02
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
9.25
8.28
15.86
11.03
7.00
7.00
7.00
8.00
10.83
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
6.50
6.50
7.25
7.00
8.00
8.00
8.42
8.50
10.00
10.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.25
6.25
6.50
6.50
6.25
6.25
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
6.25
7.47
8.55
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.14
10.43
12.25
10.30
8.57
8.57
9.50
13.10
15.00
14.50
10.50
10.50
11.54
15.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
9.63
8.00
10.00
11.19
11.37
10.50
10.30
9.25
8.22
12.00
11.19
9.63
12.25
11.19
11.87
11.00
11.00
10.20
11.24
12.57
12.05
11.20
13.08
12.95
13.02
11.00
12.37
13.06
11.24
13.39
14.42
14.33
15.18
15.70
14.42
12.00
14.47
16.00
11.24
13.39
16.95
16.75
16.75
17.00
16.00
12.00
14.62
16.15
12.60
15.48
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
11.00
11.00
11.00
12.50
17.05
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Maintenance workers, machinery .................................
11.25
12.45
13.33
13.33
17.36
13.33
19.16
17.90
21.73
19.28
14.00
14.60
17.54
11.30
14.90
15.75
17.54
11.30
17.54
16.50
20.22
14.00
20.99
21.73
24.37
15.25
24.82
21.73
25.61
15.25
Production occupations ....................................................
8.50
10.00
12.37
15.60
18.54
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
— Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$11.25
$13.00
$17.63
$22.52
$23.13
6.75
8.67
8.00
8.50
8.50
10.30
9.00
9.25
11.07
11.50
12.21
10.98
12.88
13.50
15.96
12.34
16.05
16.00
18.70
14.99
10.00
10.07
14.85
10.25
11.99
13.46
18.00
12.90
12.02
18.00
19.69
13.60
12.02
21.04
22.24
14.60
13.06
25.84
27.08
16.67
10.25
10.25
14.03
14.30
14.30
12.24
13.19
13.55
15.60
17.10
10.75
11.50
12.44
13.31
16.34
10.25
10.86
11.74
8.00
10.78
11.50
12.90
13.00
9.00
11.49
13.05
13.95
15.00
10.00
12.58
14.90
17.10
17.53
13.20
14.10
17.84
19.52
20.00
15.85
15.05
11.48
6.10
9.75
12.23
9.25
10.00
13.14
11.27
10.23
14.28
15.43
11.16
15.05
17.57
15.32
7.75
6.50
11.68
9.36
7.25
9.00
13.68
13.86
10.15
8.75
11.50
17.86
18.08
11.14
9.75
15.18
20.45
18.82
14.50
12.00
20.45
27.00
21.92
15.90
13.37
7.75
6.25
9.00
7.15
10.00
9.89
12.05
11.86
13.37
14.32
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and
tenders ....................................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Upholsterers .................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ...
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders,
wood .......................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and
tenders, except sawing ...........................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and
tenders ....................................................................
Cutting workers .................................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ..........................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC,
January 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$10.98
$12.54
$16.44
$23.12
$28.43
Community and social services occupations ..................
17.28
20.20
21.45
27.27
29.64
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.71
15.60
21.85
26.03
30.02
17.57
17.76
20.36
20.62
23.94
24.00
28.03
28.21
31.14
31.42
17.76
10.34
20.62
10.45
24.00
11.00
28.21
11.68
31.42
13.06
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
10.98
12.33
17.94
26.85
35.42
Protective service occupations .........................................
11.16
12.24
12.24
13.45
15.94
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
10.89
11.42
12.70
15.92
23.73
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
12.93
12.93
16.00
16.80
18.13
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 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.25
$10.30
$12.91
$17.11
$23.72
Management occupations .................................................
16.21
19.05
34.62
42.43
42.85
Business and financial operations occupations .............
14.79
17.11
21.81
27.17
34.23
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
13.08
13.08
25.51
28.22
28.22
Community and social services occupations ..................
17.28
17.87
20.77
25.36
28.80
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.84
16.20
23.26
26.68
30.93
17.57
17.76
20.36
20.62
23.94
24.00
28.03
28.21
31.14
31.42
17.76
10.34
20.62
10.45
24.00
10.84
28.21
11.45
31.42
11.98
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 ...........
11.15
18.82
11.00
19.41
18.50
13.75
13.62
21.94
11.00
24.30
22.95
15.18
21.43
25.53
15.80
24.30
25.21
17.00
26.56
29.89
24.34
27.66
28.35
21.00
38.45
41.81
24.34
31.20
31.20
23.16
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
6.75
6.50
6.50
11.00
11.00
8.07
8.07
7.00
11.00
11.00
9.44
8.97
9.44
11.14
11.00
11.33
9.50
11.72
11.33
11.14
11.86
11.86
13.64
12.02
13.66
Protective service occupations .........................................
8.53
11.00
12.24
13.14
15.30
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
6.00
6.30
8.00
5.80
6.92
6.92
8.50
7.00
8.00
6.92
9.37
7.00
10.00
8.48
15.32
10.00
13.50
8.80
15.32
11.02
5.80
6.25
8.75
10.00
11.02
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
8.00
7.00
12.81
9.06
18.22
12.81
7.00
7.00
7.00
8.67
10.83
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.47
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
8.96
10.50
8.87
7.50
7.50
12.25
14.42
12.00
9.60
9.60
15.00
16.58
15.00
11.56
11.56
16.91
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.20
11.24
12.25
14.62
17.24
12.83
9.45
10.00
11.19
11.50
10.50
10.30
9.25
11.67
8.50
12.83
10.66
12.25
11.19
12.25
11.00
11.00
10.20
12.29
10.92
22.31
11.97
13.08
12.95
13.02
11.00
12.37
13.06
13.39
11.42
22.63
14.95
15.18
15.70
14.49
12.00
14.47
16.00
13.39
13.29
23.73
17.00
16.75
17.00
16.00
12.00
14.62
16.15
15.14
14.06
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
11.00
11.00
11.00
15.00
17.05
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
— Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Maintenance workers, machinery .................................
$11.30
12.45
$13.33
13.33
$16.21
13.33
$19.16
17.90
$20.30
19.28
14.00
14.60
16.20
11.30
15.59
15.75
17.54
11.30
17.54
16.50
18.13
14.00
20.22
21.73
20.22
15.25
22.35
21.73
25.45
15.25
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and
tenders ....................................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Upholsterers .................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ...
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders,
wood .......................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and
tenders, except sawing ...........................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and
tenders ....................................................................
Cutting workers .................................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ..........................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
8.50
10.00
12.38
15.60
18.54
11.25
13.00
17.63
22.52
23.13
6.75
8.67
8.00
8.50
8.50
10.30
9.00
9.25
11.07
11.50
12.21
10.98
12.88
13.50
15.97
12.34
16.05
16.00
18.72
14.99
10.00
10.07
14.85
10.25
11.99
13.46
18.00
12.90
12.02
18.00
19.69
13.60
12.02
21.04
22.24
14.60
13.06
25.84
27.08
16.67
10.25
10.25
14.03
14.30
14.30
12.24
13.19
13.55
15.60
17.10
10.75
11.50
12.44
13.31
16.34
10.25
10.86
11.74
8.00
10.78
11.50
12.90
13.00
9.00
11.49
13.05
13.95
15.00
10.00
12.58
14.90
17.10
17.53
13.20
14.10
17.84
19.52
20.00
15.85
15.05
11.48
6.10
9.75
12.23
9.25
10.00
13.14
11.27
10.23
14.28
15.43
11.16
15.05
17.57
15.32
8.48
10.00
11.68
9.27
7.80
9.50
13.86
13.86
10.00
8.94
11.70
18.02
18.08
11.14
10.29
15.56
20.45
18.82
14.25
12.05
20.45
27.00
21.92
15.90
13.60
7.75
8.24
9.00
8.78
10.40
11.22
12.05
12.20
13.37
14.32
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January
2007
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$5.40
$6.25
$7.25
$8.61
$12.05
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
13.00
15.00
16.00
17.18
25.00
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
9.00
23.94
9.00
23.94
18.03
25.50
25.13
26.55
26.55
26.55
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
2.13
2.13
5.50
3.13
2.13
5.85
6.29
2.13
6.15
7.82
3.13
7.10
9.00
6.00
9.72
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.00
7.25
7.75
8.42
8.42
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
6.15
6.15
6.15
6.15
6.25
6.25
6.50
6.50
6.75
6.75
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
7.61
7.61
8.20
8.20
8.50
8.50
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
7.50
8.00
8.00
9.25
12.18
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
6.15
6.15
6.45
6.32
9.00
9.00
10.85
9.55
13.00
10.35
6.15
9.00
9.33
10.00
13.00
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
24
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$515
39.8
$30,298
$26,790
2,053
1,342
1,385
41.2
69,762
71,999
2,140
21.81
951
872
40.2
49,445
45,356
2,089
22.79
25.51
911
1,020
40.0
47,395
53,061
2,080
22.40
20.77
885
831
39.5
43,811
42,387
1,956
21.89
23.26
869
894
39.7
38,596
38,521
1,763
24.32
23.94
951
933
39.1
41,333
40,600
1,699
24.52
24.00
954
944
38.9
41,459
41,123
1,691
24.52
11.15
24.00
10.84
954
437
944
420
38.9
39.2
41,459
18,916
41,123
18,150
1,691
1,697
21.80
27.62
21.43
25.53
844
1,063
743
942
38.7
38.5
43,460
55,276
39,104
49,005
1,994
2,002
17.03
15.80
654
506
38.4
34,000
26,291
1,996
24.91
24.30
996
972
40.0
51,804
50,534
2,080
25.22
25.21
1,009
1,008
40.0
52,462
52,437
2,080
18.05
17.00
644
612
35.7
33,477
31,824
1,854
9.72
9.44
371
359
38.2
19,276
18,660
1,984
9.20
8.97
353
323
38.3
18,344
16,788
1,993
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$14.76
$12.91
$588
Management occupations ...................
32.60
34.62
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
23.67
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Teacher assistants .............................
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 ..........................
Annual earnings5
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
9.60
9.44
361
320
37.6
18,775
16,640
1,956
11.38
11.41
11.14
11.00
427
418
418
396
37.6
36.7
22,230
21,748
21,723
20,592
1,953
1,907
Protective service occupations ...........
12.13
12.24
501
525
41.3
26,056
27,281
2,148
8.74
7.45
10.68
8.04
8.00
6.92
9.37
7.00
354
296
427
322
306
277
375
280
40.5
39.7
40.0
40.0
18,169
15,389
22,211
16,731
15,912
14,383
19,490
14,560
2,080
2,067
2,080
2,080
8.51
8.75
340
350
40.0
17,696
18,200
2,080
10.80
8.52
8.00
7.00
437
341
320
280
40.4
40.0
22,721
17,724
16,640
14,556
2,103
2,080
8.15
7.00
326
280
40.0
16,960
14,556
2,080
11.42
10.22
8.70
10.50
8.87
7.50
447
392
327
406
315
280
39.2
38.4
37.6
23,243
20,406
17,028
21,133
16,370
14,560
2,036
1,996
1,957
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food preparation workers ...................
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 ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Maintenance workers, machinery ...
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Sewing machine operators .................
Textile machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...................................
Textile cutting machine setters,
operators, and tenders .............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .......................
Upholsterers ...................................
Woodworking machine setters,
operators, and tenders .................
Sawing machine setters, operators,
and tenders, wood ....................
Woodworking machine setters,
operators, and tenders, except
sawing ......................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing,
and blending workers ...................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$280
490
37.6
40.5
$17,028
26,609
$14,560
25,480
1,957
2,108
543
513
40.3
28,220
26,695
2,094
22.31
11.97
746
506
803
479
39.1
40.0
38,778
26,313
41,759
24,898
2,035
2,080
13.41
13.08
536
523
40.0
27,886
27,206
2,080
13.27
13.43
11.32
12.95
13.02
11.00
531
529
453
518
521
440
40.0
39.4
40.0
27,596
27,511
23,552
26,936
27,075
22,880
2,080
2,049
2,080
12.76
12.37
511
495
40.0
26,551
25,730
2,080
13.21
13.06
525
519
39.7
27,279
26,998
2,065
13.28
11.80
13.39
11.42
531
470
535
457
40.0
39.8
27,613
24,445
27,841
23,762
2,080
2,072
12.72
11.00
509
440
40.0
26,449
22,880
2,080
16.36
16.21
652
649
39.8
33,906
33,723
2,072
15.20
13.33
592
500
38.9
30,770
25,999
2,024
18.15
18.37
17.54
16.50
726
735
702
660
40.0
40.0
37,758
38,220
36,481
34,320
2,080
2,080
19.51
13.73
18.13
14.00
780
549
725
560
40.0
40.0
40,583
28,558
37,710
29,120
2,080
2,080
13.13
12.38
516
489
39.3
26,819
25,438
2,042
17.77
17.63
711
705
40.0
36,970
36,660
2,080
11.11
11.07
406
436
36.6
21,135
22,684
1,903
11.93
12.95
11.50
12.21
460
518
440
488
38.6
40.0
23,941
26,931
22,880
25,393
2,007
2,080
11.37
10.98
455
439
40.0
23,658
22,838
2,080
11.80
12.02
472
481
40.0
24,538
25,002
2,080
17.57
20.40
18.00
19.69
699
812
728
788
39.8
39.8
36,328
42,207
37,877
40,976
2,068
2,069
13.73
13.60
547
544
39.9
28,467
28,288
2,073
12.66
14.03
504
561
39.8
26,188
29,182
2,069
14.18
13.55
566
542
39.9
29,428
28,184
2,075
12.96
12.44
507
480
39.1
26,366
24,939
2,034
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$8.70
12.62
$7.50
12.25
$327
512
13.48
12.25
19.06
12.65
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mixing and blending machine
setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................
Cutting workers ...................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Painting workers .................................
Coating, painting, and spraying
machine setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Helpers--production workers ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Packers and packagers, hand ........
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$494
558
600
38.5
40.0
40.0
$27,222
30,689
31,989
$25,665
29,016
31,200
2,001
2,080
2,080
442
513
400
503
39.7
40.0
22,958
26,654
20,800
26,166
2,063
2,080
13.14
11.27
10.23
529
464
414
526
446
409
40.0
38.8
37.3
27,521
24,125
21,531
27,331
23,207
21,276
2,080
2,017
1,942
13.32
11.70
545
482
40.9
28,355
25,064
2,128
17.59
18.02
744
728
42.3
38,688
37,856
2,199
17.37
12.04
10.56
18.08
11.14
10.29
755
495
420
728
495
408
43.4
41.2
39.8
39,242
25,766
21,847
37,856
25,740
21,216
2,259
2,140
2,068
10.60
10.85
10.40
11.22
421
432
412
449
39.7
39.8
21,892
22,472
21,424
23,329
2,065
2,072
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.61
14.75
15.38
$13.05
13.95
15.00
$523
590
615
11.13
12.81
10.00
12.58
13.23
11.96
11.09
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$490
39.8
$28,967
$25,559
2,067
1,363
1,385
41.3
70,876
71,999
2,150
27.17
1,077
1,087
39.9
56,017
56,518
2,073
22.79
25.51
911
1,020
40.0
47,395
53,061
2,080
22.64
28.42
21.94
26.00
858
1,091
766
1,019
37.9
38.4
44,602
56,734
39,830
53,002
1,970
1,996
17.03
15.80
654
506
38.4
34,000
26,291
1,996
24.07
24.30
963
972
40.0
50,070
50,534
2,080
18.05
17.00
644
612
35.7
33,477
31,824
1,854
9.72
9.44
371
359
38.2
19,276
18,660
1,984
9.20
8.97
353
323
38.3
18,344
16,788
1,993
9.60
9.44
361
320
37.6
18,775
16,640
1,956
11.38
11.41
11.14
11.00
427
418
418
396
37.6
36.7
22,230
21,748
21,723
20,592
1,953
1,907
8.66
7.45
10.68
8.04
7.35
6.92
9.37
7.00
352
296
427
322
280
277
375
280
40.6
39.7
40.0
40.0
18,291
15,389
22,211
16,731
14,560
14,383
19,490
14,560
2,111
2,067
2,080
2,080
8.51
8.75
340
350
40.0
17,696
18,200
2,080
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
9.75
8.42
7.25
7.00
395
337
290
280
40.5
40.0
20,545
17,509
15,080
14,556
2,107
2,080
Sales and related occupations ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
11.42
10.22
8.70
8.70
12.62
10.50
8.87
7.50
7.50
12.25
447
392
327
327
512
406
315
280
280
490
39.2
38.4
37.6
37.6
40.5
23,243
20,406
17,028
17,028
26,609
21,133
16,370
14,560
14,560
25,480
2,036
1,996
1,957
1,957
2,108
13.37
12.52
12.20
11.95
539
501
513
478
40.3
40.0
28,019
26,045
26,695
24,856
2,095
2,080
13.41
13.08
536
523
40.0
27,886
27,206
2,080
13.27
13.43
11.32
12.95
13.02
11.00
531
529
453
518
521
440
40.0
39.4
40.0
27,596
27,511
23,552
26,936
27,075
22,880
2,080
2,049
2,080
12.76
12.37
511
495
40.0
26,551
25,730
2,080
13.21
13.06
525
519
39.7
27,279
26,998
2,065
13.51
13.39
540
535
40.0
28,103
27,841
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$14.01
$12.26
$558
Management occupations ...................
32.97
34.62
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
27.02
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food preparation workers ...................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Maintenance workers, machinery ...
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Sewing machine operators .................
Textile machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...................................
Textile cutting machine setters,
operators, and tenders .............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .......................
Upholsterers ...................................
Woodworking machine setters,
operators, and tenders .................
Sawing machine setters, operators,
and tenders, wood ....................
Woodworking machine setters,
operators, and tenders, except
sawing ......................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing,
and blending workers ...................
Mixing and blending machine
setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................
Cutting workers ...................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Painting workers .................................
Coating, painting, and spraying
machine setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Helpers--production workers ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$440
40.0
$25,949
$22,880
2,080
660
694
39.8
34,324
36,100
2,070
13.33
592
500
38.9
30,770
25,999
2,024
18.15
18.37
17.54
16.50
726
735
702
660
40.0
40.0
37,753
38,220
36,481
34,320
2,080
2,080
20.71
13.73
20.22
14.00
828
549
809
560
40.0
40.0
43,080
28,558
42,058
29,120
2,080
2,080
13.12
12.38
515
486
39.3
26,783
25,251
2,042
17.77
17.63
711
705
40.0
36,970
36,660
2,080
11.11
11.07
406
436
36.6
21,135
22,684
1,903
11.93
12.95
11.50
12.21
460
518
440
488
38.6
40.0
23,941
26,931
22,880
25,393
2,007
2,080
11.37
10.98
455
439
40.0
23,658
22,838
2,080
11.80
12.02
472
481
40.0
24,538
25,002
2,080
17.57
20.40
18.00
19.69
699
812
728
788
39.8
39.8
36,328
42,207
37,877
40,976
2,068
2,069
13.73
13.60
547
544
39.9
28,467
28,288
2,073
12.66
14.03
504
561
39.8
26,188
29,182
2,069
14.18
13.55
566
542
39.9
29,428
28,184
2,075
12.96
12.44
507
480
39.1
26,366
24,939
2,034
13.61
14.75
15.38
13.05
13.95
15.00
523
590
615
494
558
600
38.5
40.0
40.0
27,222
30,689
31,989
25,665
29,016
31,200
2,001
2,080
2,080
11.13
12.81
10.00
12.58
442
513
400
503
39.7
40.0
22,958
26,654
20,800
26,166
2,063
2,080
13.23
11.96
11.09
13.14
11.27
10.23
529
464
414
526
446
409
40.0
38.8
37.3
27,521
24,125
21,531
27,331
23,207
21,276
2,080
2,017
1,942
13.36
11.86
547
482
41.0
28,458
25,064
2,130
17.59
18.02
744
728
42.3
38,688
37,856
2,199
17.37
12.04
10.56
18.08
11.14
10.29
755
495
420
728
495
408
43.4
41.2
39.8
39,242
25,766
21,847
37,856
25,740
21,216
2,259
2,140
2,068
10.60
10.40
421
412
39.7
21,892
21,424
2,065
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$12.48
$11.00
$499
16.58
17.36
15.20
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Packers and packagers, hand ........
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$10.85
$11.22
$432
$449
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
39.8
$22,472
$23,329
2,072
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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$674
40.1
$37,221
$34,087
1,980
915
858
39.4
44,988
43,200
1,937
22.35
836
871
39.2
36,890
37,439
1,730
24.32
23.94
951
933
39.1
41,333
40,600
1,699
24.52
24.00
954
944
38.9
41,459
41,123
1,691
24.52
11.15
24.00
10.84
954
437
944
420
38.9
39.2
41,459
18,916
41,123
18,150
1,691
1,697
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
20.87
17.11
828
682
39.7
42,174
36,589
2,020
Protective service occupations ...........
13.17
12.42
566
533
43.0
29,429
27,691
2,234
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
14.50
13.16
580
527
40.0
30,170
27,381
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
15.61
16.00
624
640
40.0
32,471
33,286
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$18.80
$16.78
$753
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
23.23
21.45
21.32
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Teacher assistants .............................
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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$13.36
$11.90
$14.10
$16.65
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
24.95
30.83
21.10
8.21
11.95
10.19
13.10
14.65
12.48
16.58
13.04
13.12
12.86
22.22
29.66
15.72
7.84
11.60
9.99
12.94
13.95
12.32
16.76
11.22
11.37
10.97
27.31
30.66
24.56
8.93
12.35
10.74
12.99
16.82
–
16.68
13.49
13.32
13.96
27.90
36.26
25.72
10.64
14.39
–
14.67
15.21
–
15.98
14.81
14.86
14.66
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.2
4.7
3.1
2.5
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
6.1
7.3
7.7
6.6
3.8
5.3
4.2
8.8
12.7
4.3
3.5
3.8
7.4
14.3
12.4
6.8
8.5
6.4
8.3
6.2
11.8
12.3
6.8
4.0
5.4
6.6
4.1
7.8
4.4
6.0
4.8
10.4
4.8
9.9
–
10.3
4.8
3.9
12.5
2.9
13.0
9.8
5.7
5.0
–
4.9
8.7
–
8.0
1.0
2.5
4.3
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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$450
40.1
$26,582
$23,400
2,084
1,191
1,000
40.9
61,945
52,001
2,125
17.00
583
569
35.8
30,330
29,601
1,863
8.87
11.41
11.41
8.25
11.00
11.00
336
418
418
323
396
396
37.9
36.6
36.6
17,494
21,737
21,737
16,788
20,592
20,592
1,973
1,906
1,906
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
8.62
7.00
351
280
40.7
18,233
14,560
2,115
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
11.02
9.83
8.68
8.68
10.30
8.57
7.50
7.50
428
373
325
325
380
300
270
270
38.8
37.9
37.4
37.4
22,230
19,383
16,893
16,893
19,760
15,600
14,040
14,040
2,017
1,971
1,947
1,947
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
13.33
13.15
11.96
13.39
542
526
513
535
40.6
40.0
28,173
27,354
26,695
27,841
2,113
2,080
Construction and extraction occupations .............
12.32
11.00
493
440
40.0
25,618
22,880
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
16.76
17.36
663
694
39.6
34,498
36,100
2,058
11.37
10.00
453
400
39.8
23,568
20,800
2,072
15.39
12.93
13.00
11.72
616
517
520
469
40.0
40.0
32,007
26,904
27,040
24,378
2,080
2,080
16.11
14.76
15.17
7.87
16.00
14.00
13.63
8.06
645
590
607
315
640
560
545
322
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
33,518
30,695
31,560
16,369
33,280
29,120
28,350
16,763
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
11.27
13.14
15.16
9.59
11.00
13.86
13.86
9.00
465
555
659
381
460
578
693
360
41.2
42.2
43.4
39.8
24,165
28,864
34,260
19,824
23,920
30,056
36,026
18,720
2,145
2,197
2,259
2,068
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$12.76
$11.24
$511
Management occupations .......................................
29.14
22.18
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
16.28
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
Medical assistants ..............................................
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Sewing machine operators .....................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings
workers .............................................................
Cutting workers .......................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
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.
33
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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$520
39.5
$31,208
$27,040
2,052
1,909
1,714
42.8
99,251
89,120
2,227
27.17
998
1,087
39.8
51,891
56,518
2,071
25.65
29.44
24.07
24.30
27.13
24.30
998
1,175
963
972
1,071
972
38.9
39.9
40.0
51,919
61,105
50,070
50,534
55,702
50,534
2,024
2,075
2,080
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
11.43
11.42
11.58
11.33
11.72
11.72
441
437
443
446
446
446
38.6
38.2
38.3
22,927
22,708
23,044
23,167
23,167
23,167
2,007
1,989
1,990
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
9.03
8.75
361
350
40.0
18,784
18,200
2,080
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
8.91
8.61
7.00
7.00
356
344
280
280
40.0
40.0
18,537
17,913
14,556
14,556
2,080
2,080
Sales and related occupations ................................
13.33
11.73
546
480
41.0
28,410
24,960
2,131
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ......................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
13.43
12.73
12.95
12.25
534
509
516
490
39.8
40.0
27,790
26,482
26,832
25,480
2,069
2,080
14.22
13.50
12.23
13.18
15.29
15.18
12.86
11.90
13.06
15.48
569
523
489
522
612
607
514
476
522
619
40.0
38.7
40.0
39.6
40.0
29,586
27,174
25,449
27,130
31,799
31,574
26,749
24,752
27,165
32,200
2,080
2,013
2,080
2,058
2,080
16.43
15.25
657
610
40.0
34,167
31,720
2,080
18.25
18.71
20.71
13.73
17.54
19.85
20.22
14.00
730
748
828
549
702
794
809
560
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37,968
38,912
43,080
28,558
36,481
41,288
42,058
29,120
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
13.82
13.14
539
507
39.0
28,053
26,354
2,030
19.87
19.13
795
765
40.0
41,340
39,780
2,080
10.98
11.97
12.95
12.51
11.07
11.50
12.63
12.02
400
461
518
500
436
436
505
481
36.5
38.5
40.0
40.0
20,820
23,970
26,944
26,020
22,684
22,672
26,268
25,002
1,896
2,003
2,080
2,080
11.80
12.02
472
481
40.0
24,538
25,002
2,080
12.78
12.34
511
494
40.0
26,592
25,667
2,080
17.85
20.60
18.38
19.32
709
819
735
774
39.7
39.8
36,872
42,609
38,220
40,227
2,065
2,068
13.83
14.23
550
561
39.8
28,613
29,182
2,069
13.99
14.23
555
569
39.7
28,846
29,590
2,062
13.76
13.60
548
544
39.8
28,500
28,288
2,072
12.74
14.75
12.21
13.95
498
590
477
558
39.1
40.0
25,877
30,684
24,794
29,016
2,031
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$15.21
$13.50
$601
Management occupations .......................................
44.56
42.85
Business and financial operations occupations ...
25.06
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ...
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .........................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..........
Maintenance workers, machinery .......................
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Sewing machine operators .....................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ....
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and
tenders ..........................................................
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters,
operators, and tenders .................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings
workers .............................................................
Upholsterers .......................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and
tenders ..............................................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and
tenders, wood ...............................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and
tenders, except sawing .................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .............................................................
Cutting workers .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
34
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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Cutters and trimmers, hand ................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Painting workers .....................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Helpers--production workers ..............................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$610
40.0
$32,483
$31,720
2,080
542
513
522
503
39.3
40.0
28,201
26,654
27,144
26,166
2,042
2,080
13.14
12.35
10.72
529
514
421
526
488
429
40.0
38.4
36.9
27,521
26,734
21,905
27,331
25,355
22,306
2,080
1,995
1,916
14.91
12.08
11.31
13.25
11.14
11.20
608
477
450
510
446
438
40.7
39.5
39.8
31,596
24,807
23,389
26,512
23,171
22,776
2,119
2,054
2,069
11.43
11.43
10.95
11.70
454
455
424
468
39.7
39.8
23,613
23,665
22,069
24,336
2,065
2,071
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.62
$15.25
$625
13.81
12.81
13.89
12.58
13.23
13.40
11.43
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.
35
Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, 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 ....................................................................
–
–
–
$14.06
$13.27
$18.53
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 .......................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.15
28.05
21.22
9.01
12.07
10.19
13.18
14.74
12.59
16.36
12.85
13.10
12.24
24.95
30.83
21.10
8.21
11.95
10.19
13.10
14.60
12.33
16.58
12.85
13.09
12.27
21.53
22.58
21.29
13.16
13.94
–
13.94
15.38
–
15.61
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
–
–
–
2.1
2.2
4.1
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 .......................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
6.4
3.9
6.2
3.7
5.3
4.0
7.5
11.7
3.8
3.0
4.0
3.7
6.1
7.3
7.7
6.6
3.8
5.3
4.2
8.8
12.3
4.3
3.0
4.1
3.8
4.8
10.5
5.2
4.8
10.9
–
10.9
5.2
–
6.8
–
–
–
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$13.96
$13.07
$15.94
$15.94
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 .......................
23.15
28.05
21.22
9.01
11.86
9.30
13.29
14.61
–
16.31
12.42
12.35
12.59
24.95
30.83
21.10
8.21
11.72
9.30
13.22
14.43
12.48
16.56
12.42
12.32
12.63
–
–
–
–
14.60
17.27
–
–
–
–
16.16
16.80
14.25
–
–
–
–
14.60
17.27
–
–
–
–
16.16
16.80
14.25
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.3
2.6
3.6
3.6
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
4.4
6.4
3.9
6.2
5.4
11.0
4.2
7.9
–
4.3
3.8
2.4
10.9
6.1
7.3
7.7
6.6
5.7
11.0
4.4
9.5
12.7
5.1
3.9
2.4
11.3
–
–
–
–
13.4
3.9
–
–
–
–
3.7
6.4
11.5
–
–
–
–
13.4
3.9
–
–
–
–
3.7
6.4
11.5
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
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,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, 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
$13.00
$14.16
$12.97
–
–
$10.53
$15.50
$8.79
$8.38
–
30.17
24.53
–
–
–
23.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.73
22.53
–
14.26
–
14.26
–
–
8.21
11.17
10.46
13.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.77
12.90
–
12.63
29.41
23.00
8.89
12.54
–
12.54
–
–
7.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.33
–
17.60
17.95
16.73
16.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.28
13.61
11.53
14.67
14.51
14.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.68
8.72
8.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...
15.9
3.5
4.2
–
–
2.0
5.8
18.5
18.3
–
2.0
16.5
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
14.0
–
8.5
–
8.9
–
–
13.9
6.6
6.4
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
4.8
–
5.0
14.6
7.9
6.6
4.4
–
4.4
–
–
18.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.7
–
2.6
1.2
3.1
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
5.0
2.2
13.0
4.0
14.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
6.4
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments. 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 Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC,
Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Alexander, Burke,
Caldwell, and Catawba Counties, NC.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
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identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
A-2
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteris-
tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced
to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts
of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in
this publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
A-4
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,
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2007
Civilian
workers
Occupational group2
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
156,900
132,500
24,500
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
27,400
6,800
20,600
28,500
30,300
12,200
18,100
12,700
5,200
7,300
58,100
39,700
18,400
12,400
4,500
8,000
24,400
28,500
12,200
16,300
10,500
4,700
5,700
56,600
39,400
17,300
14,900
2,300
12,600
4,100
1,800
–
1,800
2,200
–
1,700
–
–
–
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton,
NC, January 2007
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
5,549
5,323
226
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
278
203
34
41
260
186
33
41
18
17
1
0
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
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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