Washington–Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV
National Compensation Survey
April 2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner
January 2007
Bulletin 3135–35
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups ......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational ag-
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Washington–Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV, metropolitan area. Data were collected between September
2005 and October 2006; the average reference month is
April 2006. Tabulations provide information on earnings
of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work
levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on
the program, a technical note describing survey procedures,
and an appendix with detailed information on occupational
classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications have undergone a number of
significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ:
1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker
3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations
4. Benchmarking of estimated employment
5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels
1
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.
gregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
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,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$22.68
3.0
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
33.76
35.82
32.76
12.65
16.48
16.74
16.32
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.0
$22.21
3.5
2.9
3.7
3.0
2.6
3.6
8.8
1.7
37.8
40.3
36.7
29.4
33.7
31.7
34.9
34.13
36.18
33.00
10.84
16.41
16.70
16.23
20.66
18.97
23.95
2.9
3.3
1.8
39.9
40.0
39.8
16.30
14.38
18.11
3.8
4.4
5.1
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
24.32
11.78
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
34.8
$26.11
3.0
36.5
3.3
4.0
3.6
3.4
3.9
8.9
1.9
38.4
40.4
37.3
28.0
33.5
31.7
34.7
31.94
32.52
31.81
20.55
17.40
21.80
17.19
3.2
7.1
2.9
3.8
2.4
11.1
1.4
35.4
39.2
34.7
37.7
36.6
32.4
36.8
20.54
18.87
23.95
3.1
3.4
1.9
39.9
40.0
39.8
22.76
21.59
23.90
6.8
12.6
5.5
39.9
39.8
39.9
35.4
37.0
34.1
16.12
14.33
17.97
3.9
4.5
5.6
35.3
37.0
33.7
19.28
–
19.39
5.3
–
6.3
38.1
–
38.4
3.3
3.9
39.4
20.1
23.96
11.53
3.9
4.2
39.5
20.3
26.71
16.18
2.7
5.6
39.0
17.6
23.27
22.59
5.5
3.5
35.1
35.0
20.94
22.34
7.7
3.8
34.0
34.9
26.64
25.65
3.3
3.2
36.9
36.1
22.58
24.51
3.0
8.9
34.9
37.4
22.05
24.51
3.6
8.9
34.7
37.4
26.11
–
3.0
–
36.5
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
20.04
22.74
26.93
8.0
4.2
2.1
34.6
36.0
35.1
20.05
22.76
27.35
8.0
4.3
2.9
34.6
36.0
34.2
–
22.15
26.30
–
8.8
2.9
–
35.7
36.5
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,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$22.68
3.0
$24.32
3.3
$11.78
3.9
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Level 11 ............................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
40.46
14.04
26.31
32.66
38.62
58.40
57.48
37.65
41.39
34.96
34.38
29.22
40.23
52.66
58.73
44.66
41.21
42.44
40.21
30.28
37.94
51.15
4.7
15.7
6.2
10.5
7.8
9.1
6.8
11.2
15.9
7.0
4.0
8.1
5.8
6.6
8.0
8.9
17.5
6.8
6.1
11.2
6.6
25.0
40.42
14.04
26.27
32.66
38.62
58.40
57.48
37.25
41.39
34.96
34.38
29.22
40.23
52.76
58.73
45.04
41.21
42.44
40.21
30.28
37.94
51.15
4.9
15.7
6.2
10.5
7.8
9.1
6.8
11.4
15.9
7.0
4.0
8.1
5.8
6.2
8.0
8.8
17.5
6.8
6.1
11.2
6.6
25.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.47
36.91
51.15
36.80
33.30
9.7
27.8
25.0
4.9
39.1
33.47
36.91
51.15
36.80
33.30
9.7
27.8
25.0
4.9
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Level 9 .............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
31.37
22.10
24.14
28.19
32.20
32.80
36.94
55.68
32.88
34.00
5.5
13.6
5.2
8.1
6.8
3.2
7.1
5.4
8.1
7.2
31.36
19.61
24.14
28.21
32.24
32.80
36.94
55.68
32.90
34.00
5.7
7.3
5.2
8.3
6.8
3.2
7.1
5.4
8.1
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.53
37.40
37.51
37.54
36.14
30.99
27.33
31.95
37.75
33.01
25.36
29.26
29.26
17.7
20.0
21.3
21.3
5.7
4.6
11.1
6.4
9.7
24.3
16.9
13.3
13.3
36.76
37.40
37.51
37.54
36.14
31.17
27.33
32.36
37.75
33.01
25.36
26.62
26.62
18.0
20.0
21.3
21.3
5.7
4.8
11.1
6.6
9.7
24.3
16.9
16.4
16.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
39.31
23.20
26.00
29.65
37.31
48.04
50.66
43.23
39.02
41.11
2.6
10.5
1.3
2.0
4.2
10.9
3.9
3.1
6.9
2.8
39.26
23.20
26.00
29.65
37.35
47.56
50.66
43.16
39.28
41.11
2.5
10.5
1.3
2.0
4.3
10.4
3.9
3.2
7.5
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Computer software engineers –Continued
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Database administrators ...................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
$50.50
47.31
40.24
44.00
40.63
48.18
33.03
42.26
34.19
42.72
39.22
34.31
33.85
33.29
13.2
3.9
2.4
6.6
.4
5.1
7.5
5.9
4.2
2.4
10.5
7.3
11.7
.0
$50.50
47.31
40.24
44.00
40.63
48.18
33.03
41.71
34.19
40.24
39.22
34.31
33.85
33.29
13.2
3.9
2.4
6.6
.4
5.1
7.5
5.2
4.2
6.1
10.5
7.3
11.7
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
36.30
27.64
28.54
34.36
46.44
47.62
40.68
34.81
44.28
47.62
37.40
38.59
38.10
25.37
4.0
8.1
8.3
7.5
5.0
7.2
4.9
8.2
3.2
7.2
9.7
3.1
3.1
2.6
36.86
27.64
28.54
34.36
46.44
47.62
41.03
34.81
44.28
47.62
37.40
38.59
38.10
25.37
4.3
8.1
8.3
7.5
5.0
7.2
5.3
8.2
3.2
7.2
9.7
3.1
3.1
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including
health ..................................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
30.80
23.14
33.54
29.68
30.67
34.17
28.98
3.0
4.2
5.2
6.5
7.8
14.9
15.3
30.82
23.18
33.54
29.68
30.67
34.17
28.98
3.0
4.4
5.2
6.5
7.8
14.9
15.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.98
26.08
33.83
33.83
15.3
17.8
10.1
10.1
28.98
26.08
33.83
33.83
15.3
17.8
10.1
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Level 9 .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Social and human service assistants ...........................
21.61
15.04
20.16
21.07
28.91
25.21
15.16
20.89
30.32
32.33
33.39
25.49
18.89
16.70
15.56
7.0
3.3
5.6
8.1
4.8
8.8
7.8
6.9
7.8
9.3
7.6
7.2
7.8
7.8
7.2
22.59
14.83
20.19
21.07
29.30
25.33
15.16
–
31.05
32.78
33.39
26.28
20.44
17.78
–
5.9
3.6
5.6
8.1
5.9
9.3
7.8
–
8.5
9.8
7.6
10.2
11.5
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations
Lawyers ...........................................................................
69.35
6.4
67.44
6.2
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
29.77
10.41
15.09
6.6
4.3
13.6
30.74
10.51
15.65
7.2
2.9
9.4
$18.76
–
–
6.8
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ...............................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Special education teachers, secondary school ........
Librarians ..........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.00
16.74
29.89
29.96
35.94
40.34
32.54
43.72
47.17
30.89
36.85
37.69
39.29
34.37
43.58
47.17
41.14
32.26
49.71
13.7
5.9
7.3
15.8
1.3
2.5
3.1
12.3
11.0
17.1
10.8
4.3
4.0
1.4
12.6
11.0
8.9
24.4
3.5
$10.90
17.11
30.76
30.05
36.08
40.36
32.16
42.54
46.09
31.68
36.39
39.12
–
33.89
42.54
46.09
–
–
47.83
13.8
9.1
7.7
16.0
1.6
2.5
3.9
14.8
10.3
18.2
11.1
6.0
–
2.0
14.8
10.3
–
–
2.7
–
$15.86
15.12
–
31.49
–
–
–
–
–
46.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
8.6
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.46
38.02
9.8
5.2
38.20
38.02
10.3
5.2
–
–
–
–
32.04
28.02
39.66
5.4
13.7
7.5
32.96
27.99
–
5.4
14.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.51
30.62
33.79
35.92
22.06
14.79
32.77
33.07
34.96
3.6
8.1
11.9
1.4
21.2
21.7
1.6
9.0
1.1
34.49
31.07
33.99
35.98
21.11
–
34.62
33.07
35.11
3.3
8.0
11.8
1.7
22.0
–
.6
9.0
1.4
18.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.71
33.98
35.08
1.4
5.7
2.2
34.82
33.98
35.26
1.0
5.7
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.27
34.16
37.07
36.81
37.21
11.1
12.0
2.8
14.7
3.0
33.27
34.16
37.17
36.81
37.16
11.1
12.0
3.0
14.7
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.03
37.27
37.13
37.65
36.98
35.42
2.8
13.7
3.1
5.5
3.7
3.7
37.13
37.27
37.08
37.65
37.34
35.42
3.0
13.7
3.2
5.5
3.2
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.40
37.21
25.45
27.95
17.41
17.12
11.54
10.41
15.09
11.00
5.0
3.8
7.3
13.5
4.2
10.7
7.9
4.3
13.6
13.7
–
37.21
26.40
29.36
17.58
–
11.45
10.51
15.65
10.90
–
3.8
7.6
12.0
5.3
–
9.7
2.9
9.4
13.8
–
–
18.69
–
–
–
11.98
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
Public relations specialists ................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$30.47
34.43
33.07
22.78
27.63
28.88
34.27
31.15
3.7
15.7
6.9
14.1
16.0
14.2
11.8
21.6
$30.36
34.43
32.92
21.81
26.12
28.88
34.27
31.15
3.7
15.7
7.3
14.8
17.7
14.2
11.8
21.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Speech-language pathologists .....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
27.53
15.55
19.44
22.67
23.14
30.48
31.69
28.31
44.83
78.21
25.53
53.95
30.81
24.80
31.80
30.50
32.02
30.37
30.42
32.21
41.07
19.03
16.95
18.77
23.65
15.42
26.27
25.61
6.4
9.0
8.4
2.4
5.2
3.4
4.1
22.2
11.7
19.1
8.8
18.4
1.8
7.9
.7
3.5
1.2
2.5
7.8
11.5
3.8
5.6
2.1
3.6
6.5
4.8
9.1
11.2
27.63
15.87
20.88
22.24
23.07
29.05
31.32
26.71
44.83
–
23.10
53.79
30.22
24.65
30.70
29.93
32.02
–
29.55
–
41.22
19.02
16.95
–
23.80
15.42
24.43
–
6.9
8.8
4.3
3.7
5.6
4.4
4.2
20.8
11.7
–
14.3
18.6
2.1
9.8
4.1
3.1
1.2
–
6.1
–
4.4
5.7
2.1
–
7.5
4.8
6.8
–
$27.03
–
–
24.44
–
33.43
33.45
–
–
–
–
–
33.06
–
33.23
34.25
–
–
33.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
6.9
–
3.2
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
3.0
5.4
–
–
23.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.64
13.99
21.06
20.82
21.79
4.8
4.9
2.7
5.7
2.6
–
–
20.93
20.57
–
–
–
3.4
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 5 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
12.20
10.83
11.29
12.26
15.70
11.86
10.96
12.19
11.94
11.99
10.96
12.99
11.97
12.62
16.30
13.25
2.2
3.5
6.5
1.7
7.2
2.7
4.5
6.4
2.6
2.2
4.5
3.9
2.5
5.6
2.3
5.4
12.58
10.64
12.21
12.27
15.73
12.07
10.78
13.02
11.94
11.96
10.78
13.00
11.94
13.11
16.30
13.22
2.9
2.9
4.4
2.2
7.1
2.1
3.6
3.3
4.0
2.5
3.6
4.2
4.0
5.6
2.3
5.6
10.34
11.54
9.38
–
–
10.95
–
–
–
12.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
3.8
7.7
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
21.09
10.21
21.39
4.9
4.9
17.3
22.41
10.66
24.13
4.7
4.7
16.4
10.33
–
–
13.7
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Protective service occupations –Continued
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, short order ........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.36
23.05
25.93
28.62
25.82
22.39
19.57
19.64
19.83
19.64
26.55
26.49
26.67
26.49
11.24
10.21
11.24
10.21
3.5
7.7
.9
9.6
14.8
3.5
.9
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.5
6.3
5.0
6.3
5.0
$19.11
23.20
25.93
28.62
25.82
22.56
19.57
19.64
19.83
19.64
26.59
26.49
26.72
26.49
11.31
10.66
11.31
10.66
3.4
7.7
.9
9.6
14.8
3.1
.9
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.4
1.5
1.3
1.5
5.2
4.7
5.2
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$11.08
–
11.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.4
–
21.4
–
8.41
6.87
6.72
7.80
11.58
12.69
10.9
11.3
8.9
5.3
3.8
2.4
10.30
8.40
7.73
9.11
11.61
–
4.5
10.8
15.2
7.5
4.0
–
6.33
6.07
6.07
5.91
11.40
–
4.4
5.2
4.5
15.5
2.3
–
14.65
22.5
16.30
11.1
–
–
14.70
10.92
11.40
11.51
11.97
11.38
11.40
10.81
10.13
4.52
5.47
3.95
3.65
6.72
5.34
3.32
4.14
2.81
3.04
22.8
2.3
5.2
3.0
5.8
1.5
.6
4.5
9.8
10.0
23.7
20.4
7.8
9.9
36.1
7.3
5.1
.7
14.3
16.42
11.13
11.64
11.52
11.99
11.52
11.39
–
–
4.66
–
–
–
–
–
3.25
–
–
–
10.4
2.9
4.4
3.4
6.4
.5
.9
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
22.9
–
–
–
–
10.05
–
–
–
10.90
–
–
–
4.45
–
–
–
–
–
3.36
3.72
3.11
3.11
–
11.9
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
1.5
11.3
9.0
26.4
7.89
7.89
8.33
7.35
8.84
9.68
14.5
14.5
6.9
4.0
10.7
6.5
–
–
10.20
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
6.44
6.44
7.24
7.01
7.33
–
10.2
10.2
2.0
.8
4.5
–
8.08
7.12
8.81
9.48
6.7
.3
12.0
7.6
10.26
–
–
–
14.5
–
–
–
7.07
7.02
7.04
–
1.9
.8
4.6
–
9.83
9.46
8.95
9.8
11.8
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.17
8.17
–
3.9
3.9
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.12
9.80
11.75
12.80
12.97
5.6
5.5
6.9
6.5
4.4
$12.32
10.75
12.19
12.80
–
4.4
5.0
7.2
6.5
–
$9.02
8.89
–
–
–
3.8
3.8
–
–
–
17.77
10.82
9.80
11.23
12.80
22.7
5.9
5.5
6.5
6.5
–
11.94
10.75
11.75
12.80
–
4.7
5.0
6.8
6.5
–
8.96
8.89
–
–
–
3.9
3.8
–
–
10.86
9.63
11.22
12.86
10.84
10.48
14.13
14.13
8.0
8.1
7.1
7.2
1.7
3.5
10.7
10.7
12.48
11.14
11.85
12.86
10.79
10.39
14.18
14.18
5.9
8.1
7.3
7.2
1.9
4.5
12.3
12.3
8.91
8.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges .....................
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
Recreation workers .......................................................
15.04
10.14
8.79
11.23
11.01
18.20
24.31
18.72
18.72
11.55
9.00
8.41
11.28
13.00
10.06
6.9
6.1
3.8
6.4
6.9
32.2
6.5
14.9
14.9
3.3
1.8
1.8
5.9
1.4
6.3
16.49
–
8.96
11.94
11.19
18.53
25.05
19.12
19.12
–
9.18
8.42
–
–
–
9.9
–
8.1
7.3
7.1
34.2
5.4
14.0
14.0
–
5.8
3.4
–
–
–
10.53
–
8.37
9.57
10.53
–
–
–
–
–
8.28
–
8.87
–
–
9.4
–
5.0
4.7
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
11.4
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Level 4 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
16.74
8.16
8.49
10.29
12.79
18.33
21.86
34.95
35.69
28.09
17.45
12.33
17.91
16.93
12.33
10.53
8.16
8.45
10.23
11.91
19.80
9.28
8.16
8.77
9.97
9.28
8.16
8.8
9.1
2.8
2.3
5.7
3.9
6.6
19.9
9.7
23.3
15.4
6.9
11.3
16.6
6.9
7.1
9.1
2.7
2.2
6.8
6.5
3.8
11.4
2.7
3.5
3.8
11.4
20.11
10.02
9.70
11.30
13.09
18.49
21.86
34.95
35.69
29.74
17.45
12.33
17.91
16.93
12.33
12.28
10.02
9.70
11.21
12.33
20.58
10.52
–
9.95
11.27
10.52
–
8.1
6.3
6.8
6.6
6.8
3.5
6.6
19.9
9.7
23.4
15.4
6.9
11.3
16.6
6.9
9.0
6.3
6.8
6.6
9.5
.7
5.0
–
8.5
2.5
5.0
–
8.48
7.19
7.93
9.31
9.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.45
7.19
7.87
9.28
9.72
–
8.30
7.15
7.93
9.17
8.30
7.15
2.1
4.4
4.0
1.6
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
4.4
3.2
1.4
6.4
–
3.5
5.0
1.7
3.1
3.5
5.0
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Cashiers –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
File clerks .........................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.78
9.97
9.73
12.60
8.09
11.87
11.66
19.80
2.7
3.5
13.7
14.1
8.2
10.1
5.5
6.5
$9.95
11.27
10.86
14.26
–
–
12.14
20.58
8.5
2.5
17.7
14.0
–
–
8.0
.7
$7.93
9.17
–
8.94
8.09
–
9.72
–
1.7
3.1
–
.1
8.2
–
6.4
–
60.06
30.90
16.6
11.3
60.06
30.90
16.6
11.3
–
–
–
–
41.33
26.7
41.33
26.7
–
–
27.01
21.93
9.7
7.6
27.01
23.59
9.7
6.7
–
–
–
–
16.32
10.06
12.28
13.29
15.60
18.43
21.66
24.45
25.60
19.51
1.7
9.0
4.7
3.8
2.7
5.5
2.2
6.8
5.1
11.9
16.87
–
12.86
13.71
15.66
18.41
21.37
24.45
25.60
20.19
1.6
–
4.0
3.6
2.8
5.5
2.0
6.8
5.1
11.1
12.41
–
9.54
11.02
14.96
18.75
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
4.7
5.5
3.8
8.6
–
–
–
–
24.64
23.23
25.17
26.34
15.57
11.90
11.80
16.18
19.34
13.66
16.52
16.54
17.27
12.50
15.11
20.85
12.16
11.38
21.94
15.25
14.68
18.28
13.93
10.45
11.32
11.37
7.24
12.08
15.50
13.03
13.25
12.72
4.4
4.4
3.4
13.9
3.2
7.8
4.1
4.3
6.9
5.5
4.0
4.7
6.5
10.4
6.3
8.5
2.3
1.8
26.0
4.9
3.7
3.1
12.0
5.0
10.0
5.0
5.1
1.8
2.5
5.6
7.9
3.8
24.66
23.23
25.17
26.34
15.99
–
12.27
16.18
19.48
13.85
16.52
16.54
17.46
–
15.11
21.38
12.48
11.44
14.49
15.78
14.68
18.57
–
–
12.99
12.31
–
–
15.62
13.49
13.85
–
4.4
4.4
3.4
13.9
3.6
–
3.1
4.3
8.4
5.1
4.0
4.7
7.8
–
6.3
11.7
1.7
.5
2.9
4.9
3.7
3.1
–
–
5.1
11.4
–
–
2.5
5.5
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
13.44
–
10.44
–
–
–
–
–
16.41
–
–
–
11.21
11.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.30
7.24
–
–
9.85
9.47
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
19.0
–
–
–
2.5
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
5.1
–
–
12.1
15.7
–
16.49
16.01
21.29
13.57
7.8
7.3
5.4
15.8
–
16.01
21.29
13.70
–
7.3
5.4
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
$10.20
20.04
15.01
17.03
18.39
23.39
26.45
23.57
18.07
23.79
26.45
14.05
15.34
17.30
17.63
15.85
22.05
16.72
13.48
13.48
17.57
14.79
14.89
18.06
11.9
2.7
6.6
5.7
12.6
4.1
11.6
7.1
7.8
8.0
11.6
5.8
6.0
5.3
9.8
8.5
4.9
15.3
9.3
9.3
13.4
4.3
4.5
6.1
$10.79
20.31
15.63
17.13
18.39
23.32
26.45
24.00
18.07
23.79
26.45
14.56
–
17.39
17.65
15.85
21.81
17.24
13.70
13.70
19.01
15.54
15.17
18.06
10.1
2.6
7.2
6.4
12.6
4.0
11.6
7.5
7.8
8.0
11.6
4.8
–
5.4
9.9
8.5
5.1
13.7
9.4
9.4
13.3
3.5
5.3
6.1
$8.07
14.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
18.97
10.84
10.60
12.39
18.13
17.80
20.99
24.51
3.3
1.3
11.0
5.3
6.6
8.9
.7
4.2
18.97
10.84
10.60
12.39
18.13
17.80
20.99
24.51
3.3
1.3
11.0
5.3
6.6
8.9
.7
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.62
25.85
20.20
11.89
11.92
19.76
2.2
.7
2.6
11.3
14.5
14.6
26.84
25.85
20.20
11.89
11.92
19.76
2.1
.7
2.6
11.3
14.5
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.68
25.37
26.97
19.84
21.43
12.68
22.3
9.9
6.6
12.3
6.2
9.2
20.68
25.37
26.97
19.84
21.43
12.68
22.3
9.9
6.6
12.3
6.2
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.95
20.54
26.30
26.69
1.8
5.8
6.7
2.8
23.87
20.54
26.03
26.69
1.7
5.8
7.2
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.12
3.6
29.12
3.6
–
–
29.30
2.0
29.30
2.0
–
–
29.30
22.82
26.74
22.26
2.0
10.4
4.5
8.7
29.30
22.82
26.74
22.26
2.0
10.4
4.5
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.77
18.25
23.30
21.30
6.2
5.1
4.8
3.8
21.77
18.25
23.30
21.30
6.2
5.1
4.8
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
$21.87
25.36
27.49
24.86
10.8
6.4
1.1
8.6
$21.87
25.36
27.49
24.86
10.8
6.4
1.1
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.18
19.3
17.25
19.5
–
–
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 .................................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 4 .............................................................
14.38
9.01
12.84
12.55
14.95
17.93
15.50
22.30
4.4
6.0
10.5
10.6
5.7
3.6
5.5
8.0
14.65
9.43
13.06
12.57
15.18
17.92
15.95
22.30
3.9
5.7
10.2
10.8
6.6
3.7
4.1
8.0
$11.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.36
8.0
20.36
8.0
–
–
15.56
18.80
17.17
10.60
14.99
–
16.34
3.2
15.6
16.3
9.2
2.0
–
3.7
15.56
19.58
17.94
10.60
–
13.25
16.34
3.2
14.0
15.0
9.2
–
10.0
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.11
9.01
11.84
15.47
17.57
20.30
18.24
22.45
27.44
5.1
3.9
5.6
10.0
6.5
6.7
4.8
5.9
14.5
19.80
9.65
12.31
15.59
17.70
20.30
18.24
22.87
27.44
6.1
4.7
8.0
10.2
6.7
6.7
4.8
6.3
14.5
9.06
8.46
9.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
7.3
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.44
17.81
15.56
16.27
10.04
16.25
15.62
22.84
17.05
13.45
15.68
23.18
13.08
10.93
17.26
8.3
6.9
14.2
11.1
14.2
14.5
6.0
10.4
11.1
8.1
1.3
9.1
9.4
13.0
11.7
28.44
18.08
–
16.58
10.93
16.31
15.61
22.84
17.13
13.47
–
23.18
13.08
10.93
17.26
8.3
7.7
–
11.2
13.0
14.6
6.4
10.4
11.4
8.3
–
9.1
9.4
13.0
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 2 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
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)
$11.22
9.40
11.51
14.71
3.1
3.3
6.7
11.7
$12.30
10.00
11.91
14.99
5.1
4.1
11.3
11.6
$9.27
8.86
10.33
–
4.7
6.8
8.4
–
11.60
9.79
11.34
9.07
8.30
5.0
4.4
5.2
6.6
3.1
12.32
10.12
11.35
–
–
6.7
4.5
9.1
–
–
9.88
9.37
11.27
8.25
8.04
4.6
8.4
16.4
3.4
3.7
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.
13
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$22.21
3.5
$23.96
3.9
$11.53
4.2
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Level 11 ............................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
40.67
26.51
32.95
37.74
60.01
62.02
36.76
41.25
34.96
34.38
29.22
40.23
52.89
60.20
43.49
33.23
42.45
26.18
41.41
35.95
5.1
6.9
10.9
9.4
9.7
7.0
12.0
16.2
7.0
4.0
8.1
5.8
6.7
7.4
9.1
8.0
7.2
14.3
28.7
4.4
40.62
26.46
32.95
37.74
60.01
62.02
36.28
41.25
34.96
34.38
29.22
40.23
53.00
60.20
43.88
33.23
42.45
26.18
41.41
35.95
5.3
6.9
10.9
9.4
9.7
7.0
12.1
16.2
7.0
4.0
8.1
5.8
6.3
7.4
9.0
8.0
7.2
14.3
28.7
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Level 9 .............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
31.89
22.13
25.07
29.07
32.90
34.85
36.93
55.68
31.87
34.00
5.9
14.4
4.8
8.6
7.4
1.9
7.3
5.4
10.8
7.2
31.91
19.45
25.07
29.11
32.94
34.85
36.93
55.68
31.90
34.00
6.1
7.7
4.8
8.8
7.4
1.9
7.3
5.4
10.7
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.65
40.05
40.40
40.43
36.14
31.41
27.33
30.98
39.32
33.01
25.36
29.26
29.26
17.9
20.3
21.9
22.0
5.7
4.9
11.1
6.6
8.9
24.3
16.9
13.3
13.3
38.96
40.05
40.40
40.43
36.14
31.65
27.33
–
39.32
33.01
25.36
26.62
26.62
18.2
20.3
21.9
22.0
5.7
5.2
11.1
–
8.9
24.3
16.9
16.4
16.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
39.54
24.47
26.00
29.65
37.31
48.04
50.66
43.23
39.05
41.11
50.50
47.31
40.24
44.00
40.63
48.18
33.03
42.26
2.4
12.8
1.3
2.0
4.2
10.9
3.9
3.1
6.9
2.8
13.2
3.9
2.4
6.6
.4
5.1
7.5
5.9
39.50
24.47
26.00
29.65
37.35
47.56
50.66
43.16
39.31
41.11
50.50
47.31
40.24
44.00
40.63
48.18
33.03
41.71
2.2
12.8
1.3
2.0
4.3
10.4
3.9
3.2
7.5
2.8
13.2
3.9
2.4
6.6
.4
5.1
7.5
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Computer systems analysts –Continued
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Database administrators ...................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
$34.19
42.72
39.22
34.31
33.85
33.29
4.2
2.4
10.5
7.3
11.7
.0
$34.19
40.24
39.22
34.31
33.85
33.29
4.2
6.1
10.5
7.3
11.7
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
37.00
34.12
46.90
50.92
41.60
44.77
50.92
38.59
38.10
4.3
8.2
5.0
5.5
5.2
2.9
5.5
3.1
3.1
37.56
34.12
46.90
50.92
41.85
44.77
50.92
38.59
38.10
4.7
8.2
5.0
5.5
5.6
2.9
5.5
3.1
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 10 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
31.55
33.95
30.51
30.70
38.51
26.08
33.83
33.83
3.3
5.2
5.9
7.8
21.4
17.8
10.1
10.1
31.55
33.95
30.51
30.70
38.51
26.08
33.83
33.83
3.3
5.2
5.9
7.8
21.4
17.8
10.1
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
18.12
15.08
–
23.96
8.2
3.4
–
6.2
17.93
14.92
16.88
23.88
10.2
3.8
5.6
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations
Lawyers ...........................................................................
72.20
5.7
69.26
6.2
–
–
22.04
10.12
9.62
14.00
27.84
38.95
58.29
30.47
36.45
41.03
58.29
–
14.4
3.9
8.6
26.3
6.3
5.9
20.9
33.6
21.9
5.4
20.9
–
22.59
10.21
–
–
28.17
–
57.06
30.47
35.97
–
57.06
49.67
17.1
1.0
–
–
5.0
–
19.7
33.6
22.5
–
19.7
.7
$16.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
48.36
–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.6
–
–
–
40.57
15.9
42.11
16.9
–
–
23.57
27.73
26.96
9.85
10.12
9.62
17.4
7.0
11.3
3.0
3.9
8.6
23.78
27.96
27.16
9.70
10.21
–
17.7
5.8
11.4
3.4
1.0
–
–
–
–
10.59
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
30.80
34.43
33.48
22.38
28.88
34.27
31.15
4.0
15.7
7.7
15.8
14.2
11.8
21.6
30.70
34.43
33.33
21.27
28.88
34.27
31.15
4.1
15.7
8.3
16.8
14.2
11.8
21.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Public relations specialists ................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
$27.33
15.55
19.18
23.09
24.16
29.95
31.50
26.94
43.97
25.12
30.90
25.00
31.98
30.55
32.02
30.37
27.66
30.22
18.97
23.66
15.31
26.27
25.61
7.2
9.0
9.1
1.9
6.7
2.9
4.4
28.2
13.3
9.2
1.9
8.8
.5
3.6
1.2
2.5
11.0
15.7
5.8
6.8
4.8
9.1
11.2
$27.46
15.87
20.78
22.70
24.07
28.17
31.04
–
43.97
23.14
30.27
–
30.84
29.98
32.02
–
25.25
–
18.95
23.82
15.31
24.43
–
8.0
8.8
3.4
3.5
7.2
4.0
4.5
–
13.3
14.3
2.3
–
4.3
3.2
1.2
–
5.4
–
5.9
7.9
4.8
6.8
–
$26.77
–
–
24.44
–
33.29
33.45
–
–
–
33.18
–
33.35
34.25
–
–
32.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
6.9
–
3.2
10.1
–
–
–
3.3
–
3.1
5.4
–
–
26.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.66
13.99
21.68
21.61
22.37
4.8
4.9
3.3
6.7
2.6
–
–
21.60
21.36
–
–
–
3.7
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
12.13
10.83
11.09
12.20
15.70
11.69
10.96
12.04
11.78
11.93
10.96
13.00
11.81
12.59
13.25
2.2
3.5
6.9
1.5
7.6
3.1
4.5
7.4
2.4
2.4
4.5
3.9
2.3
5.6
5.4
12.50
10.64
12.06
12.22
15.73
11.87
10.78
13.00
11.76
11.87
10.78
13.00
11.76
13.09
13.22
2.9
2.9
5.2
2.0
7.5
2.6
3.6
4.2
3.7
2.6
3.6
4.2
3.7
5.6
5.6
10.34
11.54
–
–
–
10.97
–
–
–
12.35
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
3.8
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
11.54
10.19
10.79
10.21
10.79
10.21
7.9
4.9
5.5
5.0
5.5
5.0
12.42
10.66
10.80
10.66
10.80
10.66
8.9
4.7
4.0
4.7
4.0
4.7
9.90
–
10.79
–
10.79
–
15.1
–
21.7
–
21.7
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
8.31
6.80
6.66
7.61
11.42
12.69
11.4
11.4
9.3
5.6
3.0
2.4
10.21
8.36
7.73
8.87
11.45
–
4.8
11.1
15.2
6.9
3.3
–
6.22
5.98
5.96
5.84
11.22
–
4.1
4.7
5.4
16.4
.8
–
14.65
22.5
16.30
11.1
–
–
14.70
10.79
11.32
22.8
2.4
5.9
16.42
10.97
–
10.4
2.4
–
–
10.04
–
–
12.2
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Cooks –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, short order ........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.34
11.51
11.38
11.40
10.81
10.13
4.46
5.33
3.95
3.65
6.72
5.34
3.32
4.14
2.81
3.04
1.9
6.3
1.5
.6
4.5
9.8
10.1
23.7
20.4
7.8
9.9
36.1
7.3
5.1
.7
14.3
$11.32
11.48
11.52
11.39
–
–
4.66
7.72
2.63
3.69
–
–
3.25
–
–
–
2.3
6.9
.5
.9
–
–
9.6
26.1
1.7
14.8
–
–
22.9
–
–
–
–
–
$10.90
–
–
–
4.36
4.24
4.53
3.62
–
–
3.36
3.72
3.11
3.11
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
11.8
.8
22.7
4.9
–
–
1.5
11.3
9.0
26.4
7.61
7.61
8.27
7.35
8.83
9.68
16.9
16.9
7.3
4.1
11.7
6.5
–
–
10.20
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
5.73
5.73
7.09
7.00
7.12
–
.9
.9
2.2
.9
5.5
–
8.08
7.12
8.81
9.48
9.47
8.96
6.7
.3
12.0
7.6
11.9
8.6
10.26
–
–
–
–
–
14.5
–
–
–
–
–
7.07
7.02
7.04
–
8.16
8.16
1.9
.8
4.6
–
4.0
4.0
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
10.44
9.64
11.03
11.73
10.29
9.64
9.78
11.73
7.4
5.9
9.4
14.5
7.8
5.9
2.3
14.5
11.62
10.53
11.52
11.73
11.42
10.53
–
11.73
7.0
5.9
10.9
14.5
7.8
5.9
–
14.5
8.97
8.89
–
–
8.96
8.89
–
–
3.7
3.8
–
–
3.9
3.8
–
–
10.19
9.40
9.74
11.60
10.80
10.48
11.2
8.9
2.5
17.6
1.7
3.5
11.96
10.76
–
11.60
10.75
10.39
11.8
11.7
–
17.6
1.9
4.5
8.91
8.83
–
–
–
–
4.5
4.4
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
15.39
9.88
8.72
10.56
11.08
18.58
24.70
18.72
18.72
8.91
8.41
12.42
13.00
8.0
7.8
3.9
3.6
7.8
34.2
6.5
14.9
14.9
1.6
1.8
4.5
1.4
16.65
–
8.83
10.77
11.09
18.53
–
19.12
19.12
9.10
8.42
–
–
10.9
–
7.8
4.0
7.2
34.2
–
14.0
14.0
5.2
3.4
–
–
11.01
–
8.45
–
11.06
–
–
–
–
8.14
–
–
–
10.9
–
6.0
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
16.70
8.16
8.49
8.9
9.1
2.8
20.07
10.02
9.70
8.2
6.3
6.8
8.45
7.19
7.93
2.1
4.4
4.0
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Level 4 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 3 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.27
12.79
18.33
21.94
34.95
35.69
28.09
17.42
12.33
16.89
12.33
10.53
8.16
8.45
10.20
11.91
19.80
9.26
8.16
8.77
9.92
9.26
8.16
8.78
9.92
9.73
12.60
8.09
11.87
11.66
19.80
2.3
5.7
3.9
6.8
19.9
9.7
23.3
15.7
6.9
16.8
6.9
7.1
9.1
2.7
2.1
6.8
6.5
3.9
11.4
2.7
3.9
3.9
11.4
2.7
3.9
13.7
14.1
8.2
10.1
5.5
6.5
$11.30
13.09
18.49
21.94
34.95
35.69
29.74
17.42
12.33
16.89
12.33
12.28
10.02
9.70
11.21
12.33
20.58
10.52
–
9.95
11.27
10.52
–
9.95
11.27
10.86
14.26
–
–
12.14
20.58
6.6
6.8
3.5
6.8
19.9
9.7
23.4
15.7
6.9
16.8
6.9
9.0
6.3
6.8
6.6
9.5
.7
5.0
–
8.5
2.5
5.0
–
8.5
2.5
17.7
14.0
–
–
8.0
.7
$9.24
9.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.42
7.19
7.87
9.21
9.72
–
8.25
7.15
7.93
9.08
8.25
7.15
7.93
9.08
–
8.94
8.09
–
9.72
–
1.7
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
4.4
3.2
1.5
6.4
–
3.5
5.0
1.7
3.6
3.5
5.0
1.7
3.6
–
.1
8.2
–
6.4
–
60.06
30.90
16.6
11.3
60.06
30.90
16.6
11.3
–
–
–
–
41.33
26.7
41.33
26.7
–
–
27.01
21.95
9.7
7.7
27.01
23.63
9.7
6.7
–
–
–
–
16.23
10.11
12.19
13.24
15.59
18.69
22.26
25.82
26.38
19.51
1.9
9.0
4.9
4.1
3.0
6.3
2.6
7.5
4.5
11.9
16.81
–
12.76
13.66
15.64
18.68
21.94
25.82
26.38
20.21
1.8
–
4.3
3.8
3.1
6.5
2.4
7.5
4.5
11.1
12.38
–
9.53
10.93
15.14
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
4.8
5.8
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
24.64
25.17
26.61
15.58
11.90
11.80
16.35
19.43
13.66
16.52
16.54
17.47
12.50
4.9
3.4
14.2
3.3
7.8
4.1
4.4
7.0
5.5
4.0
4.7
6.9
10.4
24.64
25.17
26.61
16.03
–
12.27
16.35
19.61
13.85
16.52
16.54
17.72
–
4.9
3.4
14.2
3.7
–
3.1
4.4
8.4
5.1
4.0
4.7
8.4
–
–
–
–
13.44
–
10.44
–
–
–
–
–
16.41
–
–
–
–
13.2
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
19.0
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
–Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.36
21.05
12.16
11.38
15.25
14.68
10.45
11.32
15.50
13.04
13.23
12.75
7.3
8.5
2.3
1.8
4.9
3.7
5.0
10.0
2.5
5.7
8.0
3.8
$15.36
21.70
12.48
11.44
15.78
14.68
–
12.99
15.62
13.51
13.83
–
7.3
11.7
1.7
.5
4.9
3.7
–
5.1
2.5
5.6
7.8
–
–
–
$11.21
11.27
–
–
–
–
–
9.87
9.47
–
–
–
2.5
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
12.3
15.7
–
16.49
13.57
9.86
20.43
15.01
16.98
18.88
24.07
26.84
24.22
23.79
26.84
14.08
15.34
17.28
17.88
16.01
16.72
17.57
14.65
14.86
7.8
15.8
12.7
3.1
6.6
6.7
15.9
5.1
12.0
7.8
8.0
12.0
5.8
6.0
6.5
12.1
11.5
15.3
13.4
4.4
5.0
–
13.70
10.41
20.78
15.64
17.09
18.88
23.99
26.84
24.76
23.79
26.84
14.60
–
17.39
17.91
16.01
17.24
19.01
15.44
15.18
–
17.1
11.4
3.0
7.3
7.8
15.9
5.0
12.0
8.3
8.0
12.0
4.8
–
6.7
12.2
11.5
13.7
13.3
3.8
5.8
–
–
8.07
14.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.87
10.73
10.58
12.39
18.13
17.80
20.87
24.87
3.4
1.4
11.0
5.3
6.6
9.0
.4
4.5
18.87
10.73
10.58
12.39
18.13
17.80
20.87
24.87
3.4
1.4
11.0
5.3
6.6
9.0
.4
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.55
25.85
20.11
11.88
18.94
2.2
.7
2.7
11.9
16.8
26.77
25.85
20.11
11.88
18.94
2.2
.7
2.7
11.9
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.94
25.70
28.10
19.72
12.68
26.9
10.0
5.6
12.9
9.2
19.94
25.70
28.10
19.72
12.68
26.9
10.0
5.6
12.9
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.95
20.85
26.41
26.97
1.9
6.4
7.4
3.2
23.87
20.85
26.12
26.97
1.8
6.4
8.0
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.30
2.0
29.30
2.0
–
–
29.30
2.0
29.30
2.0
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
$22.81
26.78
10.6
4.5
$22.81
26.78
10.6
4.5
–
–
–
–
22.17
22.41
25.36
27.49
24.86
7.9
13.9
6.4
1.1
8.6
22.17
22.41
25.36
27.49
24.86
7.9
13.9
6.4
1.1
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 .................................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 4 .............................................................
14.33
9.01
12.84
12.55
14.92
17.93
15.50
22.94
4.5
6.0
10.5
10.6
5.8
3.6
5.5
8.1
14.61
9.43
13.06
12.57
15.18
17.92
15.95
22.94
4.0
5.7
10.2
10.8
6.6
3.7
4.1
8.1
$10.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.36
8.0
20.36
8.0
–
–
15.56
18.83
17.16
10.60
14.99
–
16.34
3.2
16.1
17.0
9.2
2.0
–
3.7
15.56
19.58
17.94
10.60
–
13.25
16.34
3.2
14.0
15.0
9.2
–
10.0
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
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)
$17.97
9.07
11.70
15.44
17.53
20.89
18.50
22.77
5.6
3.8
5.6
10.3
7.5
8.1
4.5
9.7
$19.84
9.84
12.17
15.56
17.70
20.89
18.50
22.77
6.9
4.3
8.2
10.5
7.6
8.1
4.5
9.7
$8.94
8.44
9.34
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
7.4
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
27.54
16.20
9.76
16.25
15.62
17.01
13.38
15.68
12.98
17.26
11.22
9.40
11.51
14.71
11.4
11.8
14.2
14.7
6.0
12.1
8.3
1.3
9.7
11.7
3.1
3.3
6.7
11.7
27.54
16.52
–
16.30
15.61
17.09
13.40
–
12.98
17.26
12.30
10.00
11.91
14.99
11.4
11.9
–
14.7
6.4
12.5
8.4
–
9.7
11.7
5.1
4.1
11.3
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.27
8.86
10.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
6.8
8.4
–
11.60
9.79
11.34
9.07
8.30
5.0
4.4
5.2
6.6
3.1
12.32
10.12
11.35
–
–
6.7
4.5
9.1
–
–
9.88
9.37
11.27
8.25
8.04
4.6
8.4
16.4
3.4
3.7
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.
21
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$26.11
3.0
$26.71
2.7
$16.18
5.6
Management occupations .................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
38.56
42.88
47.63
42.69
42.98
10.7
4.6
19.5
7.7
5.0
38.61
42.88
48.79
42.69
42.98
10.9
4.6
20.7
7.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.78
5.2
45.78
5.2
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 8 .............................................................
26.59
22.87
6.3
14.4
26.59
22.87
6.3
14.4
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
30.80
33.48
7.9
5.9
31.26
34.35
8.1
6.6
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 8 .............................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
24.45
22.64
24.21
4.8
6.7
1.0
24.51
–
24.21
4.9
–
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
25.82
21.79
31.74
29.14
32.44
34.85
30.10
7.7
6.6
6.3
8.9
9.1
6.5
12.8
25.87
21.89
32.09
29.37
32.44
35.46
30.39
7.9
6.7
8.2
9.2
9.1
6.7
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
31.55
18.9
31.76
23.1
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
33.75
15.09
14.85
16.18
33.95
35.82
37.57
31.20
43.31
39.08
31.34
37.28
32.08
43.05
39.08
3.1
13.6
1.5
5.7
1.4
13.1
.3
3.1
3.3
3.4
5.0
1.5
1.8
3.7
3.4
34.87
15.65
14.85
16.50
35.16
35.88
37.63
31.45
–
37.85
–
36.86
32.61
–
37.85
2.5
9.4
1.5
8.5
.9
13.1
.4
4.1
–
2.3
–
1.0
.5
–
2.3
20.12
–
–
15.17
–
–
35.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
4.9
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.85
35.41
11.2
2.2
35.28
36.22
10.0
2.7
–
–
–
–
35.53
34.61
34.51
37.57
31.14
33.78
33.07
36.96
2.3
2.7
12.2
.5
11.8
1.7
9.0
1.5
36.69
35.27
34.51
37.58
–
35.92
33.07
36.96
1.4
.8
12.2
.7
–
.2
9.0
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.43
33.98
36.61
1.0
5.7
2.2
35.77
33.98
36.61
1.0
5.7
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.33
38.09
36.81
38.48
9.4
1.0
14.7
.1
37.33
38.23
36.81
38.46
9.4
1.3
14.7
.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers, secondary school ........
Librarians ..........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
$38.12
37.27
38.45
37.65
37.84
36.71
37.21
24.22
28.71
15.48
15.61
15.09
14.85
0.8
13.7
.3
5.5
2.5
2.7
3.8
8.3
14.5
5.5
6.6
13.6
1.5
$38.27
37.27
38.44
37.65
37.84
36.71
37.21
25.64
30.60
–
15.63
15.65
14.85
1.1
13.7
.2
5.5
2.5
2.7
3.8
8.8
11.9
–
4.3
9.4
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$18.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Speech-language pathologists .....................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
29.08
21.49
20.67
34.62
33.99
60.38
29.44
36.19
42.33
18.70
4.6
21.3
1.1
10.1
5.4
6.0
4.6
4.6
1.9
2.8
28.76
21.49
20.68
34.38
33.99
–
29.68
35.94
–
18.65
4.9
21.3
1.1
11.9
5.4
–
4.5
4.8
–
2.7
38.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
13.66
13.47
13.41
5.4
6.0
13.8
13.87
13.71
–
5.4
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 7 .............................................................
24.80
19.40
23.08
25.93
29.56
25.82
22.39
19.57
19.64
19.83
19.64
26.70
26.49
26.83
26.49
4.6
3.5
8.2
.9
9.9
14.8
3.5
.9
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
24.97
19.40
23.24
25.93
29.56
25.82
22.56
19.57
19.64
19.83
19.64
26.75
26.49
26.88
26.49
5.0
3.5
8.2
.9
9.9
14.8
3.1
.9
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.5
14.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
12.16
9.6
14.02
5.0
10.30
9.9
13.97
12.43
13.50
13.93
13.22
12.43
13.50
13.93
3.9
1.1
5.5
4.0
2.2
1.1
5.5
4.0
13.98
12.47
13.50
13.93
13.23
12.47
13.50
13.93
4.0
1.0
5.5
4.0
2.2
1.0
5.5
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.25
12.43
13.70
2.3
1.1
6.3
13.26
12.47
13.70
2.3
1.0
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.86
13.42
9.67
9.67
8.8
10.3
8.1
8.1
14.53
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
8.22
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
$21.80
11.1
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
17.19
7.26
14.49
14.56
15.66
16.97
19.06
20.56
1.4
4.7
7.9
1.6
1.9
4.5
4.7
6.3
$17.46
–
14.89
15.05
15.91
17.00
18.94
20.56
1.1
–
7.5
1.9
2.1
4.5
4.7
6.3
$12.95
7.24
–
–
13.64
–
–
–
8.5
5.1
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
24.64
15.03
15.03
14.49
18.50
11.99
7.24
12.08
17.45
17.80
17.31
16.81
18.92
17.40
16.16
6.0
4.7
4.7
2.9
4.1
2.2
5.1
1.8
9.3
4.5
6.9
9.3
7.9
7.8
5.5
24.86
15.03
15.03
14.49
–
14.31
–
–
17.45
17.80
17.31
16.81
18.92
17.40
16.41
5.8
4.7
4.7
2.9
–
.8
–
–
9.3
4.5
6.9
9.3
7.9
7.8
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
10.30
7.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
21.59
20.94
12.6
9.0
21.59
20.94
12.6
9.0
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
23.90
24.66
5.5
4.3
23.95
24.66
5.4
4.3
–
–
–
–
20.36
7.9
20.36
7.9
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 5 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
19.39
17.98
19.04
17.41
17.60
6.3
4.8
4.0
2.5
3.6
19.55
17.98
19.49
–
17.60
6.6
4.8
5.1
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
24
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$22.68
3.0
$24.32
3.3
$11.78
3.9
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Group III ............................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
40.46
17.02
34.89
63.90
41.39
28.81
34.96
40.79
29.22
40.23
52.66
57.77
44.66
39.52
42.44
42.81
30.28
31.05
4.7
15.2
7.2
7.4
15.9
11.5
7.0
11.1
8.1
5.8
6.6
6.2
8.9
10.1
6.8
6.6
11.2
4.1
40.42
–
–
–
41.39
28.81
34.96
–
29.22
40.23
52.76
57.77
45.04
40.07
42.44
42.81
30.28
–
4.9
–
–
–
15.9
11.5
7.0
–
8.1
5.8
6.2
6.2
8.8
10.8
6.8
6.6
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.47
31.54
36.91
36.80
33.30
9.7
6.1
27.8
4.9
39.1
33.47
31.54
36.91
36.80
33.30
9.7
6.1
27.8
4.9
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Group III ............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
31.37
24.01
36.56
34.00
5.5
6.5
4.4
7.2
31.36
–
–
34.00
5.7
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.53
37.29
37.51
37.54
36.14
27.94
37.92
30.99
25.93
33.84
37.75
40.07
33.01
28.96
45.95
25.36
29.26
29.26
17.7
18.4
21.3
21.3
5.7
12.1
2.0
4.6
8.6
3.9
9.7
8.2
24.3
21.8
25.6
16.9
13.3
13.3
36.76
–
37.51
37.54
36.14
27.94
37.92
31.17
25.59
33.99
37.75
40.07
33.01
–
–
25.36
26.62
26.62
18.0
–
21.3
21.3
5.7
12.1
2.0
4.8
9.7
4.3
9.7
8.2
24.3
–
–
16.9
16.4
16.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
39.31
26.14
42.58
61.06
39.02
25.18
48.54
41.11
42.66
40.24
43.24
44.00
40.34
33.03
42.26
2.6
2.5
4.3
8.3
6.9
.9
18.8
2.8
1.4
2.4
.9
6.6
1.6
7.5
5.9
39.26
–
–
–
39.28
25.18
–
41.11
–
40.24
43.24
44.00
40.34
33.03
41.71
2.5
–
–
–
7.5
.9
–
2.8
–
2.4
.9
6.6
1.6
7.5
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Computer systems analysts –Continued
Group III ............................................................
Database administrators ...................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Group III ............................................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
$43.41
39.22
34.31
41.50
33.85
33.29
6.1
10.5
7.3
7.3
11.7
.0
$42.79
39.22
34.31
41.50
33.85
33.29
5.3
10.5
7.3
7.3
11.7
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Group III ............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
36.30
25.03
43.86
40.68
27.99
43.71
37.40
41.51
38.59
46.24
38.10
25.37
4.0
2.0
5.6
4.9
6.8
5.0
9.7
14.5
3.1
5.6
3.1
2.6
36.86
–
–
41.03
–
–
37.40
41.51
38.59
–
38.10
25.37
4.3
–
–
5.3
–
–
9.7
14.5
3.1
–
3.1
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including
health ..................................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
30.80
20.81
36.42
30.67
34.17
39.52
28.98
3.0
3.5
9.6
7.8
14.9
30.4
15.3
30.82
–
–
30.67
34.17
–
28.98
3.0
–
–
7.8
14.9
–
15.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.98
26.08
33.83
33.83
15.3
17.8
10.1
10.1
28.98
26.08
33.83
33.83
15.3
17.8
10.1
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Group III ............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Group II .............................................................
Social and human service assistants ...........................
Group II .............................................................
21.61
18.04
31.61
25.21
19.99
32.64
32.33
34.63
25.49
19.63
18.89
18.14
16.70
16.70
15.56
15.56
7.0
6.1
6.2
8.8
5.5
8.3
9.3
7.3
7.2
9.5
7.8
4.7
7.8
7.8
7.2
7.2
22.59
–
–
25.33
–
–
32.78
34.63
26.28
–
20.44
–
17.78
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
9.3
–
–
9.8
7.3
10.2
–
11.5
–
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations
Lawyers ...........................................................................
Group III ............................................................
69.35
65.03
6.4
14.1
67.44
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ...............................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Group III ............................................................
29.77
11.23
26.21
36.01
47.24
36.85
37.76
47.24
41.14
32.26
44.98
6.6
6.9
11.2
1.4
10.2
10.8
3.8
10.2
8.9
24.4
22.5
30.74
–
–
–
–
36.39
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
$18.76
–
–
–
–
46.19
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$49.71
52.62
3.5
7.1
$47.83
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
38.46
35.82
9.8
4.8
38.20
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
32.04
30.58
28.02
36.47
5.4
6.9
13.7
4.6
32.96
–
27.99
–
5.4
–
14.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.51
27.15
36.02
22.06
20.66
14.79
14.79
32.77
26.83
34.96
3.6
12.5
1.3
21.2
22.3
21.7
21.7
1.6
9.3
1.1
34.49
–
–
21.11
–
–
–
34.62
–
–
3.3
–
–
22.0
–
–
–
.6
–
–
$18.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.71
26.64
35.08
1.4
8.9
2.2
34.82
33.23
35.26
1.0
3.5
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.27
34.16
37.07
36.37
37.21
11.1
12.0
2.8
5.7
3.0
33.27
34.16
37.17
–
–
11.1
12.0
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.03
36.48
37.13
37.65
36.98
36.93
2.8
4.0
3.1
5.5
3.7
2.9
37.13
37.45
37.08
37.65
37.34
–
3.0
5.8
3.2
5.5
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.40
37.21
25.45
27.45
25.18
17.41
17.53
11.54
11.24
5.0
3.8
7.3
11.1
10.7
4.2
11.5
7.9
6.9
–
37.21
26.40
28.92
25.62
17.58
–
11.45
11.33
–
3.8
7.6
10.7
10.9
5.3
–
9.7
9.4
–
–
18.69
19.72
–
–
–
11.98
10.71
–
–
4.8
6.3
–
–
–
10.2
7.9
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
Public relations specialists ................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
30.47
20.38
39.04
22.78
27.63
28.88
34.27
31.15
3.7
8.7
7.7
14.1
16.0
14.2
11.8
21.6
30.36
–
–
21.81
26.12
28.88
34.27
31.15
3.7
–
–
14.8
17.7
14.2
11.8
21.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
27.53
15.31
23.88
34.89
53.95
42.43
30.81
6.4
8.1
5.2
5.6
18.4
24.4
1.8
27.63
–
–
–
53.79
–
30.22
6.9
–
–
–
18.6
–
2.1
27.03
–
–
–
–
–
33.06
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Group IV ...........................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Group III ............................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Group II .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Special education teachers, secondary school ........
Librarians ..........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$30.02
31.39
30.42
27.50
32.86
41.07
19.03
14.53
19.78
23.65
21.73
15.42
14.53
16.86
26.27
24.59
25.61
2.9
3.4
7.8
13.0
10.4
3.8
5.6
1.2
4.5
6.5
3.1
4.8
1.2
3.0
9.1
8.6
11.2
$28.52
31.06
29.55
–
–
41.22
19.02
–
–
23.80
21.82
15.42
14.53
16.86
24.43
–
–
6.3
3.4
6.1
–
–
4.4
5.7
–
–
7.5
2.5
4.8
1.2
3.0
6.8
–
–
$32.77
34.25
33.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
5.4
23.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.64
13.99
21.06
21.06
4.8
4.9
2.7
2.8
–
–
20.93
20.92
–
–
3.4
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
12.20
11.69
16.44
11.86
11.81
11.99
11.98
12.62
11.65
17.12
13.25
2.2
2.6
6.4
2.7
3.0
2.2
2.5
5.6
5.1
5.5
5.4
12.58
–
–
12.07
–
11.96
11.94
13.11
–
–
13.22
2.9
–
–
2.1
–
2.5
2.9
5.6
–
–
5.6
10.34
–
–
10.95
–
12.23
12.25
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
8.3
–
6.6
6.6
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
21.09
11.67
23.91
29.14
22.39
22.56
19.57
19.87
19.83
19.87
26.55
25.40
26.67
25.54
11.24
10.15
17.23
11.24
10.15
17.23
4.9
5.3
4.0
17.8
3.5
3.1
.9
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.5
6.3
4.1
13.8
6.3
4.1
13.8
22.41
–
–
–
22.56
22.56
19.57
–
19.83
19.87
26.59
–
26.72
25.59
11.31
–
–
11.31
10.70
–
4.7
–
–
–
3.1
3.1
.9
–
1.2
1.2
1.4
–
1.3
1.3
5.2
–
–
5.2
4.6
–
10.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.08
–
–
11.08
8.88
–
13.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.4
–
–
21.4
3.2
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Group II .............................................................
8.41
7.82
17.45
10.9
9.1
17.2
10.30
–
–
4.5
–
–
6.33
–
–
4.4
–
–
14.65
18.98
22.5
16.7
16.30
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
14.70
19.39
22.8
14.3
16.42
19.39
10.4
14.3
–
–
–
–
Registered nurses –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Speech-language pathologists .....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, short order ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.92
10.81
11.97
11.74
11.38
11.36
10.81
10.81
10.13
9.84
4.52
4.52
6.72
6.72
3.32
3.32
2.3
2.6
5.8
6.0
1.5
1.8
4.5
4.5
9.8
11.6
10.0
10.0
9.9
9.9
7.3
7.3
$11.13
–
11.99
11.77
11.52
11.50
–
–
–
–
4.66
–
–
–
3.25
3.25
2.9
–
6.4
6.2
.5
.1
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
22.9
22.9
$10.05
–
–
–
10.90
10.90
–
–
–
–
4.45
–
–
–
3.36
3.36
11.9
–
–
–
6.5
6.5
–
–
–
–
11.6
–
–
–
1.5
1.5
7.89
7.89
8.33
8.33
14.5
14.5
6.9
6.9
–
–
10.20
–
–
–
10.3
–
6.44
6.44
7.24
–
10.2
10.2
2.0
–
8.08
8.08
6.7
6.7
10.26
10.26
14.5
14.5
7.07
7.07
1.9
1.9
9.83
9.83
9.46
9.46
9.8
9.8
11.8
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.17
8.17
–
–
3.9
3.9
11.12
10.61
23.05
5.6
3.9
7.3
12.32
–
–
4.4
–
–
9.02
–
–
3.8
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
17.77
10.82
10.50
22.7
5.9
4.0
–
11.94
–
–
4.7
–
–
8.96
–
–
3.9
–
10.86
10.45
10.84
10.84
14.13
14.13
8.0
5.6
1.7
1.7
10.7
10.7
12.48
11.85
10.79
10.79
14.18
14.18
5.9
4.1
1.9
1.9
12.3
12.3
8.91
8.91
–
–
–
–
4.5
4.5
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Group II .............................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Group II .............................................................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges .....................
Group I ..............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
Recreation workers .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
15.04
10.28
21.59
18.72
20.30
18.72
20.30
11.55
11.55
9.00
8.81
11.28
11.05
12.01
13.00
10.06
9.33
6.9
2.9
9.4
14.9
10.4
14.9
10.4
3.3
3.3
1.8
1.8
5.9
8.5
13.6
1.4
6.3
8.0
16.49
–
–
19.12
–
19.12
–
–
–
9.18
8.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
14.0
–
14.0
–
–
–
5.8
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.28
8.28
8.87
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
5.2
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
16.74
10.38
8.8
3.9
20.11
–
8.1
–
8.48
–
2.1
–
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Group II .............................................................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Group II .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Group II .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Group I ..............................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$23.19
44.34
17.45
12.33
17.74
16.93
12.33
17.07
10.53
9.76
21.70
9.28
9.27
9.28
9.27
9.73
9.73
12.60
10.74
21.70
9.4
10.3
15.4
6.9
5.4
16.6
6.9
5.2
7.1
3.0
9.2
3.8
4.2
3.8
4.2
13.7
13.7
14.1
8.4
9.2
–
–
$17.45
–
–
16.93
12.33
17.07
12.28
–
–
10.52
–
10.52
10.63
10.86
–
14.26
12.08
22.35
–
–
15.4
–
–
16.6
6.9
5.2
9.0
–
–
5.0
–
5.0
5.5
17.7
–
14.0
9.1
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.45
–
–
8.30
–
8.30
8.30
–
–
8.94
8.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
–
–
3.5
–
3.5
3.5
–
–
.1
3.0
–
60.06
30.90
25.56
44.08
16.6
11.3
8.6
22.0
60.06
30.90
–
–
16.6
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.33
26.7
41.33
26.7
–
–
27.01
21.93
22.38
9.7
7.6
9.7
27.01
23.59
–
9.7
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.32
13.77
20.53
1.7
2.0
2.5
16.87
–
–
1.6
–
–
12.41
–
–
4.3
–
–
24.64
23.95
15.57
13.42
20.16
13.66
16.52
16.54
17.27
13.82
20.77
12.16
11.76
21.94
23.85
15.25
13.71
18.65
18.28
18.72
13.93
13.93
10.45
10.45
11.32
10.97
11.37
11.36
4.4
2.9
3.2
4.3
5.6
5.5
4.0
4.7
6.5
4.4
6.8
2.3
5.9
26.0
27.2
4.9
3.2
2.1
3.1
3.8
12.0
12.0
5.0
5.0
10.0
9.5
5.0
5.5
24.66
23.98
15.99
–
–
13.85
16.52
16.54
17.46
14.52
21.14
12.48
11.95
14.49
–
15.78
14.31
18.65
18.57
18.57
–
–
–
–
12.99
–
12.31
12.24
4.4
2.9
3.6
–
–
5.1
4.0
4.7
7.8
5.8
8.7
1.7
6.5
2.9
–
4.9
2.5
2.1
3.1
3.1
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
11.4
12.0
–
–
13.44
–
–
–
–
–
16.41
–
–
11.21
11.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.30
10.38
–
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
19.0
–
–
2.5
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
1.9
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Order clerks ......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
$15.50
15.29
13.03
13.03
2.5
1.8
5.6
5.6
$15.62
15.38
13.49
13.49
2.5
1.8
5.5
5.5
–
–
$9.85
9.85
–
–
12.1
12.1
16.49
16.01
21.29
13.57
14.99
10.20
9.90
20.04
16.15
21.44
23.57
16.86
23.28
14.05
14.08
17.30
16.57
17.78
16.72
13.48
12.43
13.48
12.43
17.57
14.79
14.16
18.46
7.8
7.3
5.4
15.8
26.6
11.9
9.6
2.7
3.9
6.1
7.1
4.5
5.9
5.8
5.8
5.3
6.0
9.3
15.3
9.3
8.6
9.3
8.6
13.4
4.3
2.2
5.6
–
16.01
21.29
13.70
14.99
10.79
10.44
20.31
–
–
24.00
16.75
23.28
14.56
14.60
17.39
16.89
17.67
17.24
13.70
–
13.70
–
19.01
15.54
14.87
18.46
–
7.3
5.4
17.1
26.6
10.1
7.9
2.6
–
–
7.5
8.2
5.9
4.8
4.8
5.4
6.4
9.2
13.7
9.4
–
9.4
–
13.3
3.5
2.2
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
8.07
8.07
14.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
4.3
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Group II .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Group II .............................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Group II .............................................................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Group I ..............................................................
18.97
13.72
21.76
3.3
5.0
2.7
18.97
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.62
26.25
20.20
20.20
11.89
11.89
19.76
21.03
2.2
.5
2.6
2.6
11.3
11.3
14.6
26.7
26.84
26.25
20.20
20.20
11.89
11.89
19.76
–
2.1
.5
2.6
2.6
11.3
11.3
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.68
21.03
25.37
26.72
19.84
21.20
21.43
21.43
12.68
12.60
22.3
26.7
9.9
3.7
12.3
7.0
6.2
6.2
9.2
9.9
20.68
21.03
25.37
26.72
19.84
–
21.43
21.43
12.68
–
22.3
26.7
9.9
3.7
12.3
–
6.2
6.2
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.95
14.80
25.13
1.8
7.1
2.6
23.87
–
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.12
27.60
3.6
7.6
29.12
27.60
3.6
7.6
–
–
–
–
29.30
29.30
2.0
2.0
29.30
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Group II .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Group II .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Group II .............................................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$29.30
29.30
22.82
24.51
26.74
27.37
22.26
22.26
2.0
2.0
10.4
4.4
4.5
1.0
8.7
8.7
$29.30
29.30
22.82
–
26.74
27.37
22.26
22.26
2.0
2.0
10.4
–
4.5
1.0
8.7
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.77
21.19
21.30
21.31
21.87
20.57
25.36
26.64
24.86
26.64
6.2
3.1
3.8
3.9
10.8
5.6
6.4
2.8
8.6
4.2
21.77
–
21.30
21.31
21.87
20.57
25.36
–
24.86
26.64
6.2
–
3.8
3.9
10.8
5.6
6.4
–
8.6
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.18
19.3
17.25
19.5
–
–
14.38
12.77
18.67
4.4
6.8
5.7
14.65
–
–
3.9
–
–
$11.07
–
–
9.8
–
–
20.36
20.36
8.0
8.0
20.36
20.36
8.0
8.0
–
–
–
–
15.56
18.80
17.17
10.60
10.60
14.99
–
3.2
15.6
16.3
9.2
9.2
2.0
–
15.56
19.58
17.94
10.60
10.60
–
13.25
3.2
14.0
15.0
9.2
9.2
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Group II .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
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)
$18.11
13.03
20.82
5.1
6.6
4.2
$19.80
–
–
6.1
–
–
$9.06
–
–
5.7
–
–
28.44
25.80
17.81
15.05
15.56
15.05
16.27
14.79
22.04
17.05
14.42
22.25
13.08
13.08
17.26
16.54
11.22
11.12
8.3
6.8
6.9
17.8
14.2
17.8
11.1
10.4
9.7
11.1
5.2
9.0
9.4
9.4
11.7
11.7
3.1
2.9
28.44
25.80
18.08
–
–
–
16.58
–
–
17.13
14.40
22.25
13.08
13.08
17.26
16.54
12.30
–
8.3
6.8
7.7
–
–
–
11.2
–
–
11.4
5.4
9.0
9.4
9.4
11.7
11.7
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
11.60
11.46
9.07
9.07
5.0
4.6
6.6
6.6
12.32
12.15
–
–
6.7
6.3
–
–
9.88
9.88
8.25
8.25
4.6
4.6
3.4
3.4
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.77
$12.00
$18.43
$28.85
$41.35
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
19.66
19.66
25.21
21.37
27.10
36.50
23.56
33.22
15.13
25.21
19.66
27.10
25.21
38.03
44.14
27.66
33.22
21.04
35.54
26.72
31.31
30.54
41.11
55.38
44.82
45.91
26.97
55.38
59.17
41.11
31.31
50.48
62.50
58.36
48.13
32.98
64.90
96.15
50.48
39.05
53.01
67.79
67.61
50.48
48.10
26.01
20.59
28.87
19.04
26.97
20.88
28.87
19.04
28.51
28.72
32.15
19.04
40.41
32.98
40.87
36.33
47.78
84.18
56.74
116.48
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
16.98
23.84
22.84
28.55
28.84
37.69
36.52
38.97
46.38
38.97
21.37
20.76
25.65
21.37
22.45
19.02
17.07
23.40
23.40
25.64
25.64
28.84
23.56
30.66
19.90
19.45
25.17
25.17
36.14
36.27
28.84
30.98
41.48
26.56
23.60
29.81
29.81
37.02
37.02
45.22
34.76
46.38
40.87
29.74
35.00
35.00
80.84
80.84
54.35
43.27
48.80
77.19
38.50
35.00
35.00
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Database administrators ...................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
25.45
16.00
25.72
25.72
30.92
18.00
30.85
33.38
25.45
27.12
17.99
30.29
27.34
32.93
32.67
33.57
23.08
32.93
33.38
25.45
27.12
19.80
39.52
35.67
40.87
40.87
42.09
30.65
41.92
35.77
31.94
27.12
26.89
45.49
48.08
42.09
41.11
48.83
43.27
51.44
45.85
36.06
40.87
45.44
53.17
75.72
57.22
52.32
60.00
53.04
51.44
48.67
55.55
47.50
51.85
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
21.42
27.37
23.08
21.91
21.42
19.62
26.50
32.44
27.75
32.59
30.20
22.42
33.41
38.46
34.39
36.97
40.24
25.36
46.35
49.66
50.00
47.43
46.58
28.11
54.04
54.98
51.17
52.89
50.76
33.01
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including
health ..................................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
18.83
16.89
18.20
17.33
22.25
23.62
22.33
22.33
27.18
33.13
28.08
26.23
35.87
37.86
40.21
35.22
44.37
38.20
74.52
44.37
17.33
14.32
26.44
26.44
22.33
20.51
26.87
26.87
26.23
25.60
32.08
32.08
35.22
35.04
42.21
42.21
44.37
35.04
47.99
47.99
14.00
15.21
17.98
17.33
17.33
15.38
17.96
24.84
17.33
17.33
18.01
21.91
32.29
26.74
17.33
25.45
30.94
41.27
34.86
18.02
35.00
42.10
44.92
35.68
23.78
14.00
13.30
14.50
14.00
15.38
14.50
18.01
15.38
22.23
21.60
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
Social and human service assistants ...........................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$35.73
$52.89
$72.12
$76.02
$120.19
10.00
20.41
28.85
22.71
31.74
18.78
22.71
35.63
22.71
40.21
29.27
33.96
40.46
23.52
48.50
39.04
43.44
41.71
33.07
52.32
48.61
59.03
52.34
57.85
68.14
26.03
30.16
36.63
43.44
59.03
18.86
20.41
26.90
20.41
32.52
21.97
37.50
33.71
43.44
40.78
20.26
10.00
10.00
21.71
26.84
12.02
12.02
26.56
33.58
17.41
12.02
32.23
40.74
33.15
17.41
38.68
48.75
39.18
23.93
47.52
21.08
26.84
32.85
38.67
47.52
23.00
25.79
24.87
29.28
29.11
35.54
38.74
43.43
51.90
51.17
Occupation2
Legal occupations
Lawyers ...........................................................................
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ...............................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Special education teachers, secondary school ........
Librarians ..........................................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
25.79
27.39
25.79
29.31
28.69
29.15
35.38
42.97
36.69
42.84
44.06
42.86
51.56
47.22
50.30
24.13
26.46
16.54
13.62
8.50
29.15
30.36
20.60
14.38
9.00
36.03
37.38
23.61
18.78
10.10
44.14
41.61
30.40
18.78
13.53
51.58
46.31
35.39
23.05
16.33
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
Public relations specialists ................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
15.70
13.50
13.50
20.30
16.56
16.56
20.38
14.75
25.00
20.30
21.03
21.03
26.28
22.21
25.82
25.11
37.05
29.18
39.59
25.82
36.76
37.84
43.59
48.46
48.42
38.50
39.65
43.28
48.46
49.04
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Speech-language pathologists .....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
13.52
10.56
24.33
19.71
30.36
13.00
17.45
12.50
21.53
21.53
19.37
22.56
27.35
24.52
36.49
15.00
18.90
13.44
21.53
21.53
25.25
58.52
30.69
26.46
42.79
17.83
23.00
15.06
26.23
21.53
32.00
81.62
34.00
37.77
42.79
22.62
25.11
17.33
32.00
27.98
40.63
93.74
37.45
43.00
51.90
25.28
34.68
19.23
35.00
35.00
12.20
12.20
16.38
12.44
12.44
18.39
14.75
14.75
21.01
15.00
14.75
23.50
16.89
15.44
25.63
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
9.25
9.25
9.75
9.75
12.00
10.50
10.39
10.50
11.67
12.00
12.00
11.65
11.67
12.00
12.61
13.05
13.25
13.25
13.00
13.00
15.40
14.59
14.43
16.16
16.16
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
9.00
14.23
16.50
16.50
18.89
13.34
19.12
16.50
16.50
21.88
20.51
23.12
19.06
19.77
26.55
26.88
26.06
22.54
22.54
31.21
33.01
28.20
24.22
24.22
33.32
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
$19.12
8.25
8.25
$21.99
8.55
8.55
$26.88
10.00
10.00
$31.21
12.30
12.30
$33.32
15.35
15.35
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Cooks, short order ........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
2.34
6.10
8.00
11.00
13.50
7.65
10.00
14.10
19.23
19.23
7.65
8.00
9.34
8.00
8.50
6.60
2.13
2.34
2.13
10.00
9.00
10.50
10.00
9.00
8.00
2.13
7.00
2.13
14.10
11.00
12.52
11.00
11.00
9.86
3.00
7.00
2.38
19.23
12.60
13.11
12.67
12.00
12.50
7.00
7.00
3.08
19.23
13.66
14.54
14.00
12.76
13.70
8.24
8.65
6.27
5.15
6.00
5.45
6.87
7.62
7.75
10.91
9.04
11.20
11.52
5.90
6.87
7.50
8.80
10.85
6.50
7.09
8.50
8.00
10.18
8.07
10.18
10.70
14.67
13.70
7.41
8.25
10.00
12.54
15.74
9.04
7.41
10.04
8.25
19.50
9.90
25.22
12.41
27.64
15.60
7.41
8.00
8.97
8.97
8.25
8.25
10.50
10.50
9.87
10.00
13.81
13.81
12.41
13.70
17.93
17.93
15.74
14.36
18.08
18.08
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges .....................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
Recreation workers .......................................................
7.25
6.46
6.46
10.60
7.04
7.00
7.48
6.21
9.30
10.05
10.05
11.33
7.70
8.18
13.10
7.50
10.82
13.38
13.38
11.33
9.00
11.00
13.19
9.00
16.83
23.13
23.13
11.85
9.95
13.19
13.19
11.00
31.02
32.50
32.50
12.75
11.01
13.81
13.19
16.07
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
7.50
8.50
8.50
11.98
11.58
13.25
17.90
18.26
31.82
29.81
8.50
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.15
7.50
11.98
7.75
7.50
7.50
7.75
8.83
13.25
9.20
8.32
8.32
9.00
10.95
16.38
11.50
10.30
10.30
9.25
13.52
24.08
14.60
12.50
12.50
13.89
20.00
25.98
17.44
31.87
21.17
46.27
24.26
89.52
37.79
137.45
43.24
19.90
23.71
38.32
43.24
74.81
17.44
10.19
20.07
15.87
22.63
24.63
31.13
27.36
41.67
32.07
10.50
12.27
15.00
18.92
23.88
18.27
10.40
11.75
21.40
11.50
12.00
23.70
14.42
12.68
26.50
18.25
14.71
31.20
22.84
17.02
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
File clerks .........................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$13.86
10.00
10.00
12.66
10.82
15.51
10.00
8.32
7.50
7.14
11.00
10.39
$14.42
13.67
11.00
13.01
13.46
16.96
10.00
8.50
9.41
8.79
14.25
11.31
$16.00
16.00
11.38
15.66
14.47
18.66
15.00
10.00
11.00
10.63
15.00
13.00
$18.59
20.00
13.45
36.75
17.15
19.27
16.49
11.00
13.04
13.66
16.83
14.04
$18.85
25.12
16.12
36.75
19.57
19.62
18.56
14.20
15.00
15.86
19.90
17.88
11.78
11.00
15.04
8.00
8.25
13.27
15.47
10.50
12.88
10.00
9.00
9.00
11.84
11.55
13.24
13.55
15.15
9.35
8.73
14.91
17.09
11.59
13.36
12.47
12.00
12.00
11.84
13.00
16.94
16.12
21.63
12.00
9.25
17.96
20.90
13.34
16.80
13.35
13.09
13.09
16.36
15.00
20.40
18.52
26.58
16.03
10.73
23.42
27.89
16.73
19.23
22.02
15.16
15.16
20.43
15.00
20.60
21.45
26.58
23.95
13.85
31.22
35.19
17.83
23.09
25.44
19.04
19.04
26.26
18.50
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
10.00
12.38
17.50
22.80
30.45
22.00
16.00
9.75
12.75
22.50
17.32
10.00
14.00
25.25
20.00
11.00
17.00
27.32
22.00
13.00
25.00
36.46
25.00
15.00
32.00
14.00
14.00
12.17
16.00
9.14
16.56
17.31
16.00
18.11
11.00
18.59
27.75
21.67
21.67
11.63
25.13
31.45
21.67
21.67
15.00
32.00
32.90
26.88
27.85
17.50
14.42
18.57
24.45
28.85
30.78
23.00
28.85
28.85
28.85
37.25
27.10
28.85
29.88
30.78
30.78
27.10
14.00
18.24
16.00
28.85
16.20
23.00
17.00
29.88
23.00
26.25
24.04
30.78
26.90
32.35
26.09
30.78
32.35
32.35
28.06
14.70
16.80
14.07
17.75
17.00
17.32
19.21
16.00
24.00
20.50
20.47
20.90
20.25
27.60
27.69
25.44
24.04
25.70
28.23
28.23
26.95
25.96
40.23
28.85
28.85
11.00
11.00
16.82
21.02
27.36
9.00
11.00
13.52
16.50
21.80
15.75
18.27
20.34
20.34
25.00
11.00
9.80
9.80
9.47
12.20
11.80
12.31
12.00
9.71
13.65
13.95
20.67
17.63
9.73
15.15
19.98
22.66
22.22
10.00
15.15
23.02
27.80
24.75
14.10
17.21
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.11
$10.00
$14.14
$20.24
$25.00
15.37
8.58
8.02
10.00
11.75
8.50
13.53
7.00
25.00
14.66
13.72
12.25
13.72
9.75
13.53
9.14
27.60
17.94
16.14
15.75
15.75
12.06
17.19
10.00
35.16
21.35
18.79
20.34
19.38
16.00
21.16
12.00
35.16
25.65
20.73
22.48
21.71
21.16
21.16
17.81
7.43
6.15
9.51
8.00
10.16
9.00
12.36
10.25
18.66
13.00
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April
2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.50
$11.50
$17.45
$28.39
$41.11
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
19.66
19.66
25.21
21.37
27.10
36.50
23.38
33.22
15.13
20.88
28.87
25.19
19.66
27.10
25.21
38.03
46.15
25.80
33.22
19.23
20.88
28.87
33.65
26.72
31.31
30.54
41.11
55.38
42.26
45.91
26.77
32.98
32.15
57.69
59.17
41.11
31.31
50.48
62.50
58.36
48.13
28.51
57.41
40.87
66.20
96.15
50.48
39.05
53.01
67.79
67.61
50.48
31.93
84.18
56.74
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
17.57
23.84
23.64
28.55
28.85
37.69
37.16
38.97
47.45
38.97
25.64
25.64
25.65
21.37
23.49
19.02
17.07
23.40
23.40
25.64
25.64
28.84
23.64
30.66
19.90
19.45
25.17
25.17
36.14
36.27
28.84
31.00
41.48
26.56
23.60
29.81
29.81
37.02
37.02
45.22
34.76
46.38
40.87
29.74
35.00
35.00
80.84
80.84
54.35
43.27
48.80
77.19
38.50
35.00
35.00
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Database administrators ...................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
25.45
16.00
25.72
25.72
30.92
18.00
30.85
33.38
25.45
27.12
17.99
30.45
27.34
32.93
32.67
33.57
23.08
32.93
33.38
25.45
27.12
19.80
39.66
35.67
40.87
40.87
42.09
30.65
41.92
35.77
31.94
27.12
26.89
45.61
48.08
42.09
41.11
48.83
43.27
51.44
45.85
36.06
40.87
45.44
53.51
75.72
57.22
52.32
60.00
53.04
51.44
48.67
55.55
47.50
51.85
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
21.09
27.57
21.91
21.42
26.50
32.65
32.59
30.20
33.65
40.24
36.97
40.24
47.48
50.00
47.43
46.58
54.67
57.02
52.89
50.76
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
19.10
16.89
17.78
14.32
26.44
26.44
22.33
23.62
22.33
20.51
26.87
26.87
27.40
33.13
32.31
25.60
32.08
32.08
36.26
37.86
44.37
35.04
42.21
42.21
47.11
38.20
74.52
35.04
47.99
47.99
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
14.00
17.33
14.50
17.33
15.38
21.54
17.98
30.23
26.74
35.00
Legal occupations
Lawyers ...........................................................................
37.02
60.10
72.12
76.02
120.19
8.75
20.41
10.00
21.97
20.41
22.71
27.96
48.50
39.36
66.26
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
18.86
33.62
37.53
58.57
59.03
12.02
18.35
8.25
17.41
22.45
8.75
24.28
26.35
9.62
31.22
35.39
10.65
33.58
35.39
12.00
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
15.50
13.50
20.30
14.50
30.11
20.67
40.95
26.45
48.42
38.50
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April
2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Public relations specialists ................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
$20.30
16.56
16.56
$20.30
21.03
21.03
$25.11
37.05
29.18
$37.84
43.59
48.46
$43.28
48.46
49.04
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
13.00
24.34
19.71
12.82
17.31
12.50
21.53
21.53
19.22
27.38
21.61
14.80
18.90
13.35
21.53
21.53
25.38
30.76
25.00
17.50
23.00
15.06
26.23
21.53
31.86
34.00
34.51
22.00
25.15
16.83
32.00
27.98
39.17
37.62
43.00
25.63
35.47
19.23
35.00
35.00
12.20
12.20
16.38
12.44
12.44
19.00
14.75
14.75
21.86
15.00
14.75
24.12
17.04
15.44
25.97
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
9.25
9.25
9.75
9.75
12.00
10.40
10.24
10.50
11.67
12.00
12.00
11.50
11.64
12.00
12.61
13.00
13.05
13.26
12.89
13.00
15.16
14.06
14.22
16.16
16.16
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
8.00
8.25
8.25
8.50
8.50
8.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
12.30
11.50
11.50
17.68
14.31
14.31
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Cooks, short order ........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
2.17
6.00
8.00
11.00
13.11
7.65
10.00
14.10
19.23
19.23
7.65
7.90
9.00
8.00
8.50
6.60
2.13
2.34
2.13
10.00
9.00
10.00
10.00
9.00
8.00
2.13
7.00
2.13
14.10
11.00
12.07
11.00
11.00
9.86
3.00
7.00
2.38
19.23
12.52
12.52
12.67
12.00
12.50
7.00
7.00
3.08
19.23
13.50
13.66
14.00
12.76
13.70
8.00
8.65
6.27
5.15
6.00
5.25
6.87
7.62
7.50
8.75
9.04
11.20
11.52
5.90
7.09
6.87
8.00
7.50
8.07
8.80
10.70
10.85
13.70
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
7.41
7.41
8.17
8.17
9.36
9.30
12.41
12.41
14.67
14.41
7.35
8.00
8.17
8.25
9.28
10.00
12.41
13.70
15.74
14.36
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
7.25
6.46
6.46
7.04
10.34
7.48
9.38
10.05
10.05
7.50
11.00
13.10
10.82
13.38
13.38
8.75
13.19
13.19
18.75
23.13
23.13
9.95
13.19
13.19
31.25
32.50
32.50
10.43
13.19
13.19
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
7.50
8.50
8.50
11.98
11.57
13.25
17.72
18.26
31.87
29.81
8.50
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.15
11.98
7.75
7.50
7.50
7.75
13.25
9.20
8.25
8.25
9.00
16.38
11.50
10.30
10.30
9.25
23.40
14.60
12.50
12.50
13.89
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April
2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
$7.50
$8.83
$10.95
$13.52
$20.00
25.98
17.44
31.87
21.17
46.27
24.26
89.52
37.79
137.45
43.24
19.90
23.71
38.32
43.24
74.81
17.44
10.19
20.07
15.85
22.63
24.63
31.13
27.36
41.67
32.07
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.39
12.08
15.00
18.67
23.95
18.27
10.30
11.75
13.86
10.00
10.00
10.82
8.32
7.50
11.00
10.39
21.88
11.38
12.00
14.42
13.50
11.00
13.46
8.50
9.41
14.25
11.45
23.70
14.42
12.68
16.00
16.00
11.38
14.47
10.00
11.00
15.00
13.00
26.50
18.44
14.71
18.59
20.00
13.45
17.15
11.00
13.04
16.83
13.89
29.74
22.84
17.02
18.85
26.92
16.12
19.57
14.20
15.00
19.90
17.88
11.78
8.00
8.00
13.27
16.26
10.50
12.25
10.00
11.84
11.55
13.24
9.35
8.73
14.90
17.50
11.59
13.36
12.47
11.84
12.81
16.94
12.00
9.15
18.29
20.92
13.50
16.96
13.35
16.36
15.00
20.40
16.03
10.50
23.88
31.01
16.83
19.23
22.02
20.43
15.00
20.60
23.95
13.00
31.90
35.19
17.83
23.09
25.44
26.26
18.50
10.00
12.38
17.34
22.50
30.62
22.00
16.00
9.75
12.75
22.50
17.00
10.00
14.00
25.00
20.00
11.00
16.56
27.32
22.00
13.00
19.73
36.46
25.00
15.00
32.00
13.97
14.00
12.17
9.14
16.56
18.27
16.00
11.00
17.00
28.86
21.67
11.63
22.50
31.45
21.67
15.00
32.00
32.95
26.88
17.50
14.42
18.50
24.04
28.85
32.35
27.10
28.85
29.88
30.78
30.78
27.10
14.00
18.24
28.85
16.20
23.00
29.88
23.00
26.25
30.78
26.90
32.35
30.78
32.35
32.35
16.00
15.53
17.75
17.00
17.75
16.24
24.00
20.50
20.38
18.22
27.60
27.69
24.45
26.01
28.23
28.23
27.04
40.23
28.85
28.85
8.57
11.00
13.52
16.50
21.75
15.75
18.27
20.34
20.34
25.00
11.00
9.80
9.80
9.47
12.20
11.80
12.31
12.00
9.71
13.65
13.95
21.05
17.32
9.73
15.15
19.98
22.66
22.22
10.00
15.15
23.02
27.80
25.90
14.10
17.21
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April
2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.00
$10.00
$13.64
$19.76
$22.36
15.37
9.75
10.00
8.50
13.53
7.00
25.00
12.06
13.72
9.75
13.53
9.14
26.42
15.50
15.75
12.06
17.19
10.00
35.16
20.36
19.38
16.00
21.16
12.00
35.16
22.36
21.71
21.16
21.16
17.81
7.43
6.15
9.51
8.00
10.16
9.00
12.36
10.25
18.66
13.00
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
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.
42
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore,
DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$13.01
$16.83
$23.83
$33.37
$42.79
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
21.66
28.00
27.66
39.43
39.20
44.13
48.10
48.85
54.91
52.84
39.43
40.58
44.70
49.30
54.02
Business and financial operations occupations .............
15.13
19.55
23.54
34.40
36.73
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
22.16
27.37
26.00
29.47
30.84
33.42
34.06
35.27
39.28
40.89
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
17.80
18.88
19.58
19.51
23.27
23.30
27.41
26.22
33.16
32.14
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
17.96
19.44
24.84
18.28
18.67
20.27
27.33
22.32
23.74
27.33
35.21
31.73
31.26
35.96
43.16
37.26
40.07
43.79
44.92
39.44
Legal occupations ..............................................................
21.82
26.64
26.64
29.71
53.66
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, secondary school ........
Librarians ..........................................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
15.88
25.21
26.38
30.53
34.00
36.33
41.27
41.71
49.71
50.89
28.57
25.19
30.16
31.28
35.69
33.71
40.60
39.83
44.69
48.30
24.79
14.90
23.00
28.21
23.79
27.47
35.37
35.60
34.24
42.10
39.18
41.04
50.20
40.00
48.62
22.71
27.33
34.08
40.38
48.57
23.79
26.56
28.64
29.78
36.44
38.49
43.71
44.06
53.91
51.73
26.46
27.39
26.69
26.46
16.43
13.06
11.14
30.27
28.69
31.11
30.36
19.50
13.62
13.53
38.30
42.97
36.97
37.38
22.10
14.38
15.80
43.98
44.06
43.52
41.61
28.77
17.37
16.78
51.81
47.22
50.45
46.31
36.10
18.97
21.53
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Speech-language pathologists .....................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
18.02
51.54
23.20
20.91
35.07
17.59
20.79
54.21
26.38
27.42
36.99
17.59
23.80
58.52
29.76
36.97
42.79
18.29
35.07
60.60
33.20
42.79
43.28
20.36
51.54
76.29
35.91
49.74
52.45
21.01
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
10.67
10.67
10.72
12.00
12.00
12.00
13.10
12.86
12.00
14.59
14.59
13.10
16.54
16.55
20.16
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
16.24
14.23
16.50
16.50
19.17
19.23
18.79
19.12
16.50
16.50
21.99
22.09
23.59
23.12
19.06
19.77
26.88
27.11
29.94
26.06
22.54
22.54
31.21
31.21
34.84
28.20
24.22
24.22
33.32
33.32
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
8.92
8.92
12.16
14.54
15.35
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
10.72
10.62
11.59
11.43
12.65
12.50
15.18
14.29
19.25
17.27
See footnotes at end of table.
43
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Washington-Baltimore,
DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
$10.62
$11.41
$12.41
$14.31
$17.53
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
7.00
6.00
6.00
8.23
7.00
7.00
11.03
8.18
8.18
15.49
9.98
9.98
16.83
19.19
19.19
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
11.58
16.04
24.08
27.27
28.64
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
12.69
14.12
16.50
19.27
23.10
15.64
11.76
11.76
12.40
14.97
6.95
13.55
13.02
13.72
12.94
13.72
19.15
13.67
13.67
13.01
17.27
9.16
14.39
15.10
14.90
15.43
14.34
26.01
15.10
15.10
13.37
18.92
12.63
16.09
16.59
18.16
16.29
14.60
28.83
16.30
16.30
15.66
19.27
14.24
19.75
20.33
23.57
19.50
17.35
32.11
18.40
18.40
18.18
19.62
16.34
21.94
24.39
25.83
23.10
21.65
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
11.76
17.31
21.26
26.99
30.17
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
14.07
18.84
25.66
26.09
28.06
13.48
14.07
23.54
25.70
25.70
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
12.18
14.22
13.81
13.42
14.74
15.78
14.99
15.10
18.39
18.48
17.15
17.20
23.45
22.47
19.61
19.74
30.00
25.89
21.99
23.05
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
44
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April
2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$10.16
$13.50
$20.08
$30.82
$43.37
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
19.66
19.66
25.21
21.37
27.10
36.50
23.56
33.22
15.13
25.19
19.66
27.10
25.21
38.03
46.15
27.66
33.22
21.04
34.79
26.72
31.31
30.54
41.11
55.38
44.82
45.91
26.97
55.38
59.17
41.11
31.31
50.48
62.50
58.36
48.13
32.98
64.90
96.15
50.48
39.05
53.01
68.46
67.61
50.48
48.10
26.01
20.59
28.87
19.04
26.97
20.88
28.87
19.04
28.51
28.72
32.15
19.04
40.41
32.98
40.87
36.33
47.78
84.18
56.74
116.48
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Cost estimators .................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Budget analysts ................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Insurance underwriters .................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
16.91
23.84
22.75
28.55
28.84
37.69
37.02
38.97
46.38
38.97
21.37
20.76
25.65
21.37
22.45
19.02
17.07
14.90
14.90
25.64
25.64
28.84
23.08
30.66
19.90
19.45
23.40
23.40
36.14
36.27
28.84
30.98
41.48
26.56
23.60
25.57
25.57
37.02
37.02
45.22
34.76
46.38
40.87
29.74
29.81
29.81
80.84
80.84
54.35
43.27
48.80
77.19
38.50
29.81
29.81
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Database administrators ...................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Operations research analysts ...........................................
25.45
16.00
25.72
25.72
30.92
18.00
30.29
33.38
25.45
27.12
17.99
30.29
26.25
32.93
32.67
33.57
23.08
32.71
33.38
25.45
27.12
19.80
39.52
35.67
40.87
40.87
42.09
30.65
41.66
35.77
31.94
27.12
26.89
45.10
48.08
42.09
41.11
48.83
43.27
51.44
45.85
36.06
40.87
45.44
52.89
75.72
57.22
52.32
60.00
53.04
51.44
48.67
55.55
47.50
51.85
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
21.67
27.57
23.08
21.91
21.42
19.62
27.37
32.65
27.75
32.59
30.20
22.42
33.61
38.72
34.39
36.97
40.24
25.36
46.80
49.95
50.00
47.43
46.58
28.11
54.33
55.39
51.17
52.89
50.76
33.01
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including
health ..................................................................
Economists .......................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
18.82
16.89
18.20
17.33
22.32
23.62
22.33
22.33
27.26
33.13
28.08
26.23
35.87
37.86
40.21
35.22
44.37
38.20
74.52
44.37
17.33
14.32
26.44
26.44
22.33
20.51
26.87
26.87
26.23
25.60
32.08
32.08
35.22
35.04
42.21
42.21
44.37
35.04
47.99
47.99
14.93
15.21
18.88
17.84
16.77
16.62
17.96
24.84
19.02
17.94
19.59
21.91
32.54
26.74
18.02
26.74
31.31
41.51
31.31
22.15
35.96
42.93
44.92
37.26
27.14
13.30
15.38
16.62
18.67
23.89
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April
2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Legal occupations
Lawyers ...........................................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$35.73
$52.89
$72.12
$76.02
$78.13
10.55
20.41
31.74
21.97
22.71
40.21
30.85
33.87
47.58
39.48
42.04
51.40
48.75
57.85
67.70
28.57
30.37
36.63
43.44
59.03
24.37
20.41
28.63
20.41
33.49
21.97
37.53
33.71
43.44
40.62
23.39
10.00
24.60
27.52
12.02
27.79
33.78
14.90
33.83
41.27
32.58
39.83
49.13
39.18
48.57
25.42
28.18
33.83
39.88
47.96
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, secondary school ........
Librarians ..........................................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
23.00
25.94
24.87
29.27
29.11
35.23
38.74
43.79
51.90
51.48
25.79
27.39
26.24
26.46
18.35
13.62
8.50
29.31
28.69
29.83
30.36
21.70
14.38
9.00
34.85
42.97
36.69
37.38
24.27
18.78
10.00
43.12
44.06
42.86
41.61
32.54
18.78
13.39
51.70
47.22
50.45
46.31
35.39
23.05
16.33
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
Public relations specialists ................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
15.70
13.50
13.50
20.30
16.56
16.56
20.30
14.50
25.00
20.30
21.03
21.03
26.28
20.67
25.82
25.11
37.05
29.18
39.65
25.82
31.20
37.84
43.59
48.46
48.42
34.75
39.65
43.28
48.46
49.04
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Speech-language pathologists .....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
14.75
10.56
24.12
19.71
29.19
12.88
17.40
12.50
21.53
16.38
19.71
22.27
27.20
24.52
36.49
14.85
19.00
13.44
21.53
18.15
25.00
58.52
29.80
26.16
42.79
17.78
23.16
15.06
21.53
20.90
31.21
81.62
32.55
35.63
43.28
22.66
25.13
17.33
27.98
23.47
41.03
93.74
36.75
42.79
52.46
25.29
35.47
19.23
32.12
25.53
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
9.85
9.75
9.75
10.12
12.00
11.16
10.63
10.50
12.00
12.00
12.00
11.75
11.65
12.52
12.61
13.32
13.26
13.10
13.97
12.89
15.92
14.62
14.51
16.61
16.16
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
11.04
14.81
16.50
16.50
19.12
19.17
8.50
8.50
16.24
20.04
16.50
16.50
21.97
21.99
9.00
9.00
21.78
23.14
19.06
19.77
26.63
27.09
11.04
11.04
27.44
26.06
22.54
22.54
31.21
31.21
12.50
12.50
33.32
28.20
24.22
24.22
33.32
33.32
15.35
15.35
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
2.83
8.00
10.00
12.67
15.29
10.00
12.82
16.46
19.23
19.23
See footnotes at end of table.
46
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April
2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$10.00
8.00
9.34
8.00
2.13
2.13
7.84
$12.82
9.00
10.00
10.00
2.13
2.13
8.50
$16.46
11.89
12.52
12.00
2.38
2.13
9.75
$19.23
12.67
13.20
12.67
7.50
2.83
11.75
$19.23
13.66
14.54
14.00
10.91
7.45
14.67
8.00
8.50
9.00
12.62
12.85
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
8.00
8.00
9.04
9.04
12.31
12.13
14.29
13.77
18.01
15.99
8.17
8.00
8.97
8.97
9.91
8.15
10.50
10.50
12.41
10.00
14.56
14.56
14.02
13.70
18.08
18.08
17.96
14.36
18.08
18.08
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Barbers and cosmetologists .............................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ..............
Child care workers ............................................................
7.25
6.39
6.39
7.25
9.76
10.05
10.05
8.00
11.82
13.26
13.26
9.24
20.17
25.05
25.05
10.00
32.50
32.50
32.50
11.13
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
8.60
8.50
10.32
11.98
14.09
13.25
22.63
18.26
38.09
29.81
8.50
7.85
7.50
7.50
8.00
9.35
11.98
9.20
8.25
8.25
9.20
10.00
13.25
10.82
10.16
10.16
9.20
12.00
16.38
13.00
11.85
11.85
13.89
14.60
24.08
17.84
14.62
14.62
17.88
25.99
25.98
17.44
31.87
21.17
46.27
24.26
89.52
37.79
137.45
43.24
19.90
23.71
38.32
43.24
74.81
17.44
10.97
20.07
16.19
22.63
26.45
31.13
32.07
41.67
32.07
11.00
13.00
15.38
19.23
24.65
18.27
11.00
11.73
13.86
11.15
10.00
12.40
11.89
15.54
10.61
8.79
10.25
10.82
11.00
15.04
8.00
8.73
13.36
15.42
11.19
13.27
11.00
21.54
11.96
12.62
14.42
13.81
11.00
13.01
13.46
17.27
11.25
8.79
14.25
11.94
13.55
15.15
9.60
8.86
15.42
18.00
12.50
13.49
12.47
23.70
15.00
13.02
16.00
16.00
11.66
13.37
14.90
18.92
12.62
12.69
15.00
13.00
16.12
21.63
12.00
10.39
18.46
21.36
14.00
16.96
16.32
26.50
18.25
15.02
18.59
19.09
13.54
15.66
17.75
19.27
14.21
14.24
16.83
14.04
18.52
26.58
16.03
11.61
23.57
27.89
17.83
19.24
22.50
31.20
23.38
17.44
18.85
29.38
16.66
18.18
20.07
19.62
17.01
15.86
19.90
18.47
21.45
26.58
23.95
13.85
31.25
35.19
17.83
23.08
25.44
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April
2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$9.00
9.00
12.01
13.00
$12.11
12.11
13.59
13.77
$13.17
13.17
19.01
15.00
$15.16
15.16
21.10
15.91
$19.04
19.04
27.69
19.17
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
10.00
12.38
17.50
23.00
30.45
22.00
16.00
9.75
12.75
22.50
17.32
10.00
14.00
26.00
20.00
11.00
17.00
27.75
22.00
13.00
25.00
36.46
25.00
15.00
32.00
14.00
14.00
12.17
16.00
9.14
16.56
17.31
16.00
18.11
11.00
18.59
27.75
21.67
21.67
11.63
25.13
31.45
21.67
21.67
15.00
32.00
32.90
26.88
27.85
17.50
14.42
18.32
24.04
28.85
30.78
23.00
28.85
28.85
28.85
37.25
27.10
28.85
29.88
30.78
30.78
27.10
14.00
18.24
16.00
28.85
16.20
23.00
17.00
29.88
23.00
26.25
24.04
30.78
26.90
32.35
26.09
30.78
32.35
32.35
28.06
14.70
16.80
14.07
17.75
17.00
17.32
19.21
16.00
24.00
20.50
20.47
20.90
20.25
27.60
27.69
25.44
24.04
25.70
28.23
28.23
26.95
25.96
40.23
28.85
28.85
11.00
11.00
16.82
21.49
27.36
9.73
11.00
14.03
16.54
22.17
15.75
18.27
20.34
20.34
25.00
11.00
12.00
9.80
9.47
10.24
11.80
13.04
12.31
9.71
10.24
13.95
21.12
19.10
9.73
13.00
19.98
22.79
22.22
10.00
15.96
23.02
27.80
26.32
14.10
17.18
9.51
11.28
15.78
21.16
26.26
15.37
8.24
10.00
10.00
8.50
13.53
9.00
25.00
15.53
13.07
13.72
9.75
13.53
9.51
27.60
18.32
15.75
15.75
12.06
17.19
10.50
35.16
21.91
20.47
19.54
16.00
21.16
14.14
35.16
25.77
22.61
21.71
21.16
21.16
19.77
9.51
9.51
10.55
14.67
19.71
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .....................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers ...............................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers .........
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Printing machine operators ...........................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ...................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
1 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV,
April 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$6.15
$7.25
$9.00
$11.84
$20.60
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
8.72
20.00
10.08
21.90
13.12
52.34
20.26
54.71
39.00
72.92
8.91
15.96
7.00
9.59
16.43
8.64
12.31
16.54
11.96
23.79
20.59
14.03
39.00
23.81
16.83
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
9.63
24.61
18.27
13.41
28.51
21.61
29.91
33.63
36.59
35.19
35.19
43.00
40.00
40.00
43.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
8.04
8.25
10.08
8.25
8.61
10.72
9.25
10.60
12.00
12.16
13.03
13.83
13.83
13.83
14.00
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
7.25
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.25
8.25
8.55
8.55
8.55
10.25
10.00
10.00
15.00
25.00
25.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
2.17
7.75
9.41
2.13
2.13
3.08
8.50
10.50
2.17
2.13
7.00
10.75
11.00
3.08
2.75
7.75
11.00
11.00
7.00
3.08
10.00
12.00
11.88
7.73
6.27
2.38
5.60
5.15
6.50
6.15
7.00
7.62
7.50
7.73
9.04
5.60
7.09
6.25
7.09
7.00
8.07
7.50
8.44
9.04
10.70
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
8.25
8.25
9.82
9.82
11.65
11.65
7.00
7.50
8.25
9.82
11.40
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
7.00
6.50
6.00
8.00
7.00
7.00
10.50
8.00
7.76
10.82
9.00
8.28
15.00
9.93
10.34
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.75
6.75
6.60
6.60
7.00
7.20
7.20
7.00
7.00
7.50
8.00
8.00
7.77
7.77
8.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.94
11.05
11.05
10.20
10.20
12.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
8.00
8.50
7.44
9.90
6.30
6.15
6.75
10.50
10.00
11.00
8.50
11.00
7.57
6.91
7.50
12.08
11.55
11.04
20.00
11.00
9.77
10.00
8.27
14.91
14.20
20.00
20.00
11.04
12.69
12.48
8.48
17.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
12.88
15.21
13.85
9.00
17.00
Production occupations ....................................................
6.50
8.00
11.04
13.00
17.66
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 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV,
April 2006 — Continued
Part-time workers
Occupation3
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.15
6.66
$7.00
7.04
$8.75
9.07
$10.19
10.19
$12.43
12.00
7.00
5.50
7.25
7.00
10.00
8.50
12.00
9.07
13.26
10.25
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 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.
50
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$794
39.4
$48,997
$40,793
2,015
1,634
1,790
1,442
1,182
1,689
1,447
1,232
1,253
1,222
1,712
40.4
43.3
41.2
40.5
42.0
84,723
93,102
74,975
61,471
87,842
72,966
64,066
65,133
63,523
89,022
2,096
2,249
2,145
2,104
2,184
55.38
44.82
45.91
26.97
2,196
1,794
1,820
1,167
2,320
1,793
1,840
1,074
41.6
39.8
42.9
38.5
114,170
93,299
94,500
59,488
120,640
93,219
95,680
56,098
2,164
2,072
2,227
1,964
33.47
28.51
1,257
1,079
37.6
63,669
56,098
1,902
36.91
28.72
1,445
1,149
39.1
74,344
59,731
2,014
36.80
32.15
1,542
1,286
41.9
80,179
66,872
2,179
33.30
19.04
1,292
1,002
38.8
67,165
52,116
2,017
31.36
34.00
28.84
37.69
1,268
1,516
1,154
1,285
40.4
44.6
65,943
78,822
59,983
66,812
2,102
2,318
36.76
36.14
1,448
1,327
39.4
75,304
68,995
2,049
37.51
36.14
31.17
37.75
33.01
25.36
26.62
26.62
36.27
28.84
30.98
41.48
26.56
23.60
25.57
25.57
1,501
1,445
1,248
1,587
1,312
988
1,065
1,065
1,451
1,154
1,239
1,867
1,034
885
1,023
1,023
40.0
40.0
40.0
42.0
39.7
39.0
40.0
40.0
78,030
75,162
64,894
82,506
68,203
51,358
55,361
55,361
75,442
59,983
64,430
97,061
53,750
46,024
53,186
53,186
2,080
2,080
2,082
2,185
2,066
2,026
2,080
2,080
39.26
39.28
41.11
39.52
35.67
40.87
1,578
1,571
1,644
1,576
1,427
1,635
40.2
40.0
40.0
82,034
81,703
85,501
81,931
74,198
85,005
2,089
2,080
2,080
40.24
40.87
1,610
1,635
40.0
83,694
85,005
2,080
44.00
33.03
41.71
39.22
42.09
30.65
41.66
35.77
1,760
1,321
1,667
1,569
1,684
1,226
1,666
1,431
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
91,521
68,671
86,709
81,570
87,549
63,752
86,653
74,408
2,080
2,079
2,079
2,080
34.31
31.94
1,363
1,278
39.7
70,851
66,439
2,065
33.85
33.29
27.12
26.89
1,346
1,331
1,085
1,076
39.8
40.0
70,003
69,237
56,399
55,931
2,068
2,080
36.86
41.03
37.40
33.61
38.72
34.39
1,477
1,642
1,496
1,361
1,549
1,376
40.1
40.0
40.0
76,800
85,397
77,794
70,783
80,531
71,531
2,084
2,081
2,080
38.59
36.97
1,546
1,497
40.1
80,396
77,859
2,083
38.10
40.24
1,524
1,610
40.0
79,257
83,697
2,080
25.37
25.36
1,035
1,007
40.8
53,821
52,347
2,121
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$24.32
$20.08
$958
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Education administrators,
postsecondary ..........................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
Social and community service
managers ......................................
40.42
41.39
34.96
29.22
40.23
34.79
26.72
31.31
30.54
41.11
52.76
45.04
42.44
30.28
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Cost estimators ...................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Employment, recruitment, and
placement specialists ...............
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Budget analysts ..................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Insurance underwriters ...................
Loan counselors and officers ..............
Loan officers ...................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Database administrators .....................
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Operations research analysts .............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
51
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..............................
Environmental scientists and
geoscientists .............................
Environmental scientists and
specialists, including health ..
Economists .........................................
Market and survey researchers ..........
Market research analysts ...............
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Social workers ....................................
Child, family, and school social
workers .....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Legal occupations
Lawyers .............................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$30.82
30.67
34.17
$27.26
33.13
28.08
$1,252
1,169
1,465
$1,140
1,325
1,085
40.6
38.1
42.9
$65,107
60,774
76,162
$59,280
68,910
56,400
2,112
1,982
2,229
28.98
26.23
1,303
1,061
45.0
67,733
55,163
2,338
28.98
26.08
33.83
33.83
26.23
25.60
32.08
32.08
1,303
1,179
1,324
1,324
1,061
1,200
1,154
1,154
45.0
45.2
39.1
39.1
67,733
61,285
68,855
68,855
55,163
62,401
60,000
60,000
2,338
2,350
2,035
2,035
22.59
25.33
19.59
21.91
886
974
794
851
39.2
38.5
43,933
47,820
38,842
42,732
1,945
1,888
32.78
26.28
32.54
26.74
1,218
1,039
1,211
1,070
37.2
39.5
55,933
53,789
53,933
55,619
1,706
2,047
20.44
18.02
794
714
38.9
40,848
37,107
1,998
17.78
16.62
711
665
40.0
34,978
34,568
1,967
67.44
72.12
2,665
2,885
39.5
138,554
150,010
2,055
30.74
36.39
30.85
33.87
1,160
1,467
1,130
1,392
37.7
40.3
49,295
64,795
47,929
58,411
1,604
1,780
47.83
47.58
1,899
1,903
39.7
84,905
83,417
1,775
38.20
36.63
1,563
1,466
40.9
62,670
58,495
1,641
32.96
33.49
1,411
1,428
42.8
57,188
55,683
1,735
27.99
21.97
1,116
879
39.9
52,567
45,687
1,878
34.49
33.78
1,269
1,251
36.8
51,290
50,201
1,487
21.11
14.90
830
597
39.3
37,658
33,367
1,784
34.62
33.83
1,283
1,254
37.1
50,535
49,331
1,460
34.82
33.83
1,286
1,278
36.9
50,891
49,600
1,462
33.27
37.17
29.11
35.23
1,259
1,334
1,145
1,270
37.9
35.9
48,058
54,344
42,819
53,907
1,445
1,462
37.13
34.85
1,329
1,270
35.8
54,022
53,543
1,455
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Social sciences teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
English language and literature
teachers, postsecondary ......
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
teachers ....................................
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Vocational education teachers,
secondary school ..................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
secondary school ..................
Librarians ............................................
Library technicians ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
37.65
37.34
42.97
36.69
1,396
1,366
1,511
1,349
37.1
36.6
59,345
55,454
57,843
53,907
1,576
1,485
37.21
26.40
17.58
11.45
37.38
24.27
18.78
10.00
1,323
1,022
679
434
1,324
962
704
385
35.5
38.7
38.6
37.9
54,676
50,796
35,312
20,450
54,600
50,000
36,619
19,656
1,469
1,924
2,009
1,786
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
30.36
26.28
1,158
1,051
38.2
60,000
54,662
1,976
See footnotes at end of table.
52
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Designers ...........................................
Graphic designers ..........................
Public relations specialists ..................
Writers and editors .............................
Editors ............................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Physicians and surgeons ....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Speech-language pathologists .......
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Medical and clinical laboratory
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 ..........................
Protective service occupations ...........
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$21.81
26.12
28.88
34.27
31.15
$20.67
25.82
25.11
37.05
29.18
$787
1,024
1,155
1,266
1,154
$827
1,033
1,004
1,346
1,125
36.1
39.2
40.0
36.9
37.1
$40,913
53,232
60,069
65,830
60,026
$43,000
53,697
52,231
69,986
58,481
1,876
2,038
2,080
1,921
1,927
27.63
53.79
30.22
29.55
41.22
25.00
58.52
29.80
26.16
42.79
1,089
2,308
1,160
1,161
1,541
977
2,404
1,136
1,047
1,712
39.4
42.9
38.4
39.3
37.4
56,251
119,998
60,316
55,283
60,011
50,700
125,001
59,083
53,810
62,993
2,036
2,231
1,996
1,871
1,456
19.02
17.78
761
711
40.0
39,553
36,982
2,079
23.80
23.16
952
926
40.0
49,481
48,173
2,079
15.42
15.06
617
602
40.0
32,070
31,325
2,080
24.43
21.53
977
861
40.0
50,811
44,782
2,080
20.93
20.90
815
815
39.0
42,400
42,370
2,026
12.58
12.00
486
480
38.6
25,252
24,960
2,008
12.07
11.75
461
450
38.2
23,969
23,408
1,986
11.96
11.65
455
448
38.1
23,672
23,303
1,979
13.11
13.22
12.52
12.61
511
524
501
504
39.0
39.7
26,539
27,262
26,042
26,229
2,024
2,062
22.41
22.56
21.78
23.14
914
1,027
880
1,031
40.8
45.5
47,026
53,427
45,711
53,620
2,099
2,368
19.57
19.83
26.59
26.72
19.06
19.77
26.63
27.09
780
795
1,073
1,079
777
791
1,086
1,086
39.9
40.1
40.4
40.4
40,580
41,332
55,818
56,089
40,381
41,128
56,493
56,493
2,074
2,085
2,099
2,099
11.31
11.31
11.04
11.04
449
449
438
438
39.7
39.7
23,333
23,333
22,755
22,755
2,063
2,063
10.30
10.00
391
385
38.0
20,248
19,760
1,965
16.30
16.46
669
682
41.0
34,764
35,442
2,133
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
16.42
11.13
11.99
11.52
4.66
3.25
10.20
16.46
11.89
12.52
12.00
2.38
2.13
9.75
674
421
470
444
169
118
392
682
422
501
475
85
83
341
41.1
37.8
39.2
38.6
36.3
36.3
38.4
35,064
21,740
23,837
23,113
8,794
6,130
20,389
35,442
22,295
25,740
24,708
4,430
4,332
17,745
2,135
1,954
1,988
2,006
1,887
1,887
1,998
10.26
9.00
389
320
37.9
20,210
16,640
1,970
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
12.32
11.94
12.31
12.13
472
457
434
434
38.3
38.3
24,491
23,752
22,586
22,586
1,989
1,989
See footnotes at end of table.
53
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Barbers and cosmetologists ...............
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and
cosmetologists ..........................
Child care workers ..............................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products ..............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
Miscellaneous sales and related
workers .........................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ...
Customer service representatives ......
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ......................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and
loan ...............................................
Library assistants, clerical ..................
Order clerks ........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$439
38.3
$24,858
$22,805
1,992
410
553
363
546
38.0
39.0
21,319
28,179
18,876
28,400
1,976
1,988
14.56
553
546
39.0
28,179
28,400
1,988
16.49
19.12
11.82
13.26
575
701
464
477
34.9
36.7
29,537
36,442
23,566
24,821
1,792
1,906
19.12
9.18
13.26
9.24
701
359
477
360
36.7
39.1
36,442
18,650
24,821
18,720
1,906
2,031
20.11
14.09
791
584
39.3
40,684
30,160
2,023
17.45
13.25
705
596
40.4
36,648
31,000
2,100
16.93
12.28
10.52
10.52
13.25
10.82
10.16
10.16
685
479
408
408
596
400
396
396
40.4
39.0
38.8
38.8
35,602
24,929
21,205
21,205
31,000
20,800
20,592
20,592
2,103
2,029
2,015
2,015
10.86
14.26
9.20
12.00
441
555
368
450
40.6
38.9
22,917
28,878
19,142
23,400
2,109
2,025
60.06
46.27
2,402
1,851
40.0
124,925
96,250
2,080
30.90
24.26
1,259
1,018
40.8
65,492
52,936
2,120
41.33
38.32
1,653
1,533
40.0
85,972
79,699
2,080
27.01
22.63
1,109
1,003
41.1
57,662
52,179
2,135
23.59
26.45
886
1,058
37.6
39,099
35,318
1,657
16.87
15.38
665
601
39.4
34,597
31,275
2,051
24.66
15.99
13.85
23.70
15.00
13.02
982
632
554
948
577
521
39.8
39.6
40.0
51,056
32,888
28,817
49,298
30,002
27,082
2,070
2,057
2,080
16.52
16.00
654
640
39.6
33,992
33,280
2,058
17.46
12.48
14.49
15.78
16.00
11.66
13.37
14.90
681
499
554
630
640
466
525
590
39.0
40.0
38.2
39.9
35,423
25,951
28,820
32,750
33,280
24,253
27,323
30,659
2,029
2,080
1,989
2,075
18.57
18.92
741
757
39.9
38,522
39,349
2,074
12.99
12.31
15.62
13.49
16.01
12.62
12.69
15.00
13.00
16.12
519
432
620
530
641
505
476
600
520
645
40.0
35.1
39.7
39.2
40.0
27,009
22,448
32,234
27,534
33,308
26,250
24,742
31,200
27,040
33,530
2,080
1,824
2,063
2,041
2,080
21.29
21.63
844
851
39.6
43,875
44,251
2,061
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$12.48
$12.41
$478
10.79
14.18
10.00
14.56
14.18
See footnotes at end of table.
54
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Computer operators ............................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Data entry keyers ...........................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment
operators ..................................
Electricians .........................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...............................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Radio and telecommunications
equipment installers and
repairers .......................................
Telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers, except
line installers .............................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Telecommunications line installers
and repairers ............................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$480
405
39.7
39.0
$28,287
21,914
$24,960
21,060
2,065
2,030
798
730
39.3
41,489
37,960
2,042
21.36
14.00
943
552
838
520
39.3
37.9
49,060
28,718
43,555
27,040
2,045
1,973
17.39
17.24
16.96
16.32
691
690
678
653
39.7
40.0
35,923
35,867
35,273
33,946
2,066
2,080
13.70
13.70
13.17
13.17
544
544
524
524
39.7
39.7
28,286
28,286
27,225
27,225
2,064
2,064
19.01
15.54
19.01
15.00
744
604
760
600
39.2
38.9
38,714
31,410
39,495
31,200
2,036
2,021
18.97
17.50
758
700
40.0
39,306
36,400
2,072
26.84
20.20
11.89
19.76
26.00
20.00
11.00
17.00
1,074
808
475
790
1,040
800
440
680
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
55,824
42,010
24,714
39,719
54,080
41,600
22,880
35,360
2,080
2,080
2,079
2,010
20.68
25.37
18.59
27.75
827
1,011
744
1,092
40.0
39.8
43,020
52,569
38,667
56,804
2,080
2,072
19.84
21.67
794
867
40.0
41,232
45,067
2,078
21.43
12.68
21.67
11.63
857
507
867
465
40.0
40.0
44,573
26,371
45,067
24,190
2,080
2,080
23.87
24.04
955
978
40.0
49,631
50,631
2,079
29.12
28.85
1,161
1,154
39.9
60,292
60,000
2,071
29.30
29.88
1,172
1,195
40.0
60,941
62,140
2,080
29.30
29.88
1,172
1,195
40.0
60,941
62,140
2,080
22.82
23.00
923
920
40.4
47,980
47,840
2,102
26.74
26.25
1,088
1,056
40.7
56,566
54,912
2,115
22.26
24.04
890
962
40.0
46,070
50,003
2,070
21.77
21.30
20.47
20.90
861
848
828
836
39.6
39.8
44,777
44,106
43,056
43,472
2,057
2,071
21.87
25.36
20.25
27.60
860
1,015
810
1,104
39.3
40.0
44,726
52,754
42,120
57,408
2,045
2,080
24.86
27.69
994
1,108
40.0
51,702
57,604
2,080
17.25
16.82
690
673
40.0
35,883
34,986
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.70
10.79
$12.00
10.39
$544
421
20.31
18.46
24.00
14.56
See footnotes at end of table.
55
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Printers ...............................................
Printing machine operators .............
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers .....
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and
material-moving machine and
vehicle operators ..........................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$560
39.9
$30,374
$29,099
2,073
838
814
41.1
43,554
42,307
2,140
13.95
21.12
19.10
9.73
13.00
622
761
698
414
523
558
792
716
389
520
40.0
38.8
38.9
39.1
39.5
32,118
39,551
36,287
21,533
27,188
28,448
41,184
37,245
20,205
27,040
2,064
2,020
2,023
2,031
2,052
19.80
15.78
765
635
38.6
39,223
32,344
1,981
28.44
18.08
27.60
18.32
1,187
673
1,097
684
41.7
37.2
61,707
29,582
57,023
26,615
2,170
1,637
16.58
15.75
677
630
40.8
34,847
32,240
2,102
17.13
15.75
706
630
41.2
36,076
32,240
2,107
13.08
17.26
12.30
12.06
17.19
10.50
528
690
487
482
688
411
40.4
40.0
39.6
27,473
35,866
25,317
25,085
35,755
21,362
2,100
2,078
2,058
12.32
10.55
487
419
39.6
25,347
21,803
2,058
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$14.65
$14.03
$584
20.36
20.34
15.56
19.58
17.94
10.60
13.25
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
56
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$763
39.5
$48,976
$39,603
2,044
1,649
1,791
1,442
1,182
1,689
1,398
1,069
1,253
1,222
1,712
40.6
43.4
41.2
40.5
42.0
85,714
93,153
74,975
61,471
87,842
72,093
55,578
65,133
63,523
89,022
2,110
2,258
2,145
2,104
2,184
55.38
44.82
45.91
26.77
2,210
1,755
1,831
1,002
2,341
1,793
1,840
937
41.7
40.0
43.1
38.3
114,935
91,279
95,201
51,948
121,742
93,219
95,680
48,725
2,168
2,080
2,243
1,984
41.41
32.98
1,608
1,319
38.8
82,433
68,590
1,991
35.95
32.15
1,510
1,286
42.0
78,520
66,872
2,184
31.91
34.00
28.84
37.69
1,293
1,516
1,176
1,285
40.5
44.6
67,218
78,822
61,158
66,812
2,107
2,318
38.96
36.27
1,532
1,451
39.3
79,658
75,442
2,044
40.40
36.14
31.65
39.32
33.01
25.36
26.62
26.62
36.27
28.84
31.25
41.48
26.56
23.60
25.57
25.57
1,616
1,445
1,272
1,664
1,312
988
1,065
1,065
1,451
1,154
1,239
1,867
1,034
885
1,023
1,023
40.0
40.0
40.2
42.3
39.7
39.0
40.0
40.0
84,024
75,162
66,122
86,504
68,203
51,358
55,361
55,361
75,442
59,983
64,430
97,061
53,750
46,024
53,186
53,186
2,080
2,080
2,089
2,200
2,066
2,026
2,080
2,080
39.50
39.31
41.11
39.66
35.67
40.87
1,587
1,572
1,644
1,582
1,427
1,635
40.2
40.0
40.0
82,533
81,768
85,501
82,266
74,198
85,005
2,089
2,080
2,080
40.24
40.87
1,610
1,635
40.0
83,694
85,005
2,080
44.00
33.03
41.71
39.22
42.09
30.65
41.66
35.77
1,760
1,321
1,667
1,569
1,684
1,226
1,666
1,431
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
91,521
68,671
86,709
81,570
87,549
63,752
86,653
74,408
2,080
2,079
2,079
2,080
34.31
31.94
1,363
1,278
39.7
70,851
66,439
2,065
33.85
33.29
27.12
26.89
1,346
1,331
1,085
1,076
39.8
40.0
70,003
69,237
56,399
55,931
2,068
2,080
37.56
41.85
34.48
41.25
1,508
1,676
1,404
1,654
40.2
40.0
78,432
87,142
73,000
86,000
2,088
2,082
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$23.96
$19.33
$946
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
postsecondary ..........................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
40.62
41.25
34.96
29.22
40.23
33.22
26.72
31.31
30.54
41.11
53.00
43.88
42.45
26.18
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Cost estimators ...................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Employment, recruitment, and
placement specialists ...............
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Budget analysts ..................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Insurance underwriters ...................
Loan counselors and officers ..............
Loan officers ...................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Database administrators .....................
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Operations research analysts .............
Annual earnings5
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
38.59
36.97
1,546
1,497
40.1
80,396
77,859
2,083
38.10
40.24
1,524
1,610
40.0
79,257
83,697
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..............................
Economists .........................................
Market and survey researchers ..........
Market research analysts ...............
31.55
30.70
38.51
26.08
33.83
33.83
27.40
33.13
32.31
25.60
32.08
32.08
1,287
1,170
1,729
1,179
1,324
1,324
1,200
1,325
1,630
1,200
1,154
1,154
40.8
38.1
44.9
45.2
39.1
39.1
66,921
60,835
89,911
61,285
68,855
68,855
62,401
68,910
84,760
62,401
60,000
60,000
2,121
1,982
2,335
2,350
2,035
2,035
See footnotes at end of table.
57
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
$17.93
16.88
23.88
$15.49
17.65
26.74
$712
670
938
$615
706
1,070
39.7
39.7
39.3
$36,945
34,851
48,435
$31,990
36,710
55,619
2,060
2,064
2,028
Legal occupations
Lawyers .............................................
69.26
72.12
2,734
2,885
39.5
142,163
150,010
2,053
22.59
35.97
20.41
22.71
876
1,449
816
908
38.8
40.3
41,737
67,660
37,200
52,904
1,848
1,881
49.67
48.50
1,987
1,940
40.0
91,520
88,083
1,843
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Social sciences teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Librarians ............................................
Teacher assistants .............................
42.11
39.48
1,728
1,575
41.0
68,633
64,324
1,630
23.78
27.16
9.70
24.87
26.35
9.20
908
1,037
371
973
962
360
38.2
38.2
38.2
39,840
49,351
19,267
37,200
50,034
18,720
1,676
1,817
1,987
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Public relations specialists ..................
Writers and editors .............................
Editors ............................................
30.70
21.27
28.88
34.27
31.15
27.88
20.67
25.11
37.05
29.18
1,166
758
1,155
1,266
1,154
1,051
600
1,004
1,346
1,125
38.0
35.7
40.0
36.9
37.1
60,393
39,440
60,069
65,830
60,026
54,662
31,200
52,231
69,986
58,481
1,967
1,854
2,080
1,921
1,927
27.46
30.27
25.25
25.00
29.80
25.00
1,082
1,158
1,010
980
1,129
1,000
39.4
38.3
40.0
56,254
60,202
52,517
50,960
58,718
52,000
2,049
1,989
2,080
18.95
17.38
758
695
40.0
39,414
36,150
2,079
23.82
23.00
952
920
40.0
49,513
47,840
2,079
15.31
15.06
612
602
40.0
31,840
31,325
2,080
24.43
21.53
977
861
40.0
50,811
44,782
2,080
21.60
21.78
845
859
39.1
43,919
44,658
2,033
12.50
12.00
483
480
38.6
25,096
24,960
2,008
11.87
11.55
452
442
38.1
23,502
22,971
1,979
11.87
11.55
452
442
38.1
23,502
22,971
1,979
13.09
13.22
12.52
12.61
510
524
501
504
39.0
39.7
26,525
27,262
26,042
26,229
2,027
2,062
12.42
11.09
491
442
39.5
24,333
22,360
1,959
10.80
10.80
10.56
10.56
428
428
400
400
39.6
39.6
22,253
22,253
20,800
20,800
2,061
2,061
10.21
10.00
387
373
37.9
20,140
19,383
1,972
16.30
16.46
669
682
41.0
34,764
35,442
2,133
16.42
16.46
674
682
41.1
35,064
35,442
2,135
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Medical and clinical laboratory
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 ..........................
Protective service occupations ...........
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
58
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Barbers and cosmetologists ...............
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and
cosmetologists ..........................
Child care workers ..............................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products ..............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
Miscellaneous sales and related
workers .........................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$420
490
475
85
83
341
37.7
39.0
38.6
36.3
36.3
38.4
$21,508
23,283
23,113
8,794
6,130
20,389
$21,840
25,501
24,708
4,430
4,332
17,745
1,961
2,029
2,006
1,887
1,887
1,998
389
320
37.9
20,210
16,640
1,970
10.59
10.51
437
430
420
420
37.6
37.6
22,719
22,340
21,861
21,819
1,955
1,956
11.96
12.41
446
434
37.3
23,218
22,586
1,941
10.75
10.00
408
360
38.0
21,226
18,720
1,974
16.65
19.12
11.33
13.26
578
701
453
477
34.7
36.7
30,061
36,442
23,566
24,821
1,806
1,906
19.12
9.10
13.26
9.21
701
357
477
360
36.7
39.2
36,442
18,566
24,821
18,720
1,906
2,041
20.07
13.90
790
581
39.3
40,626
29,162
2,024
17.42
13.25
704
596
40.4
36,613
31,000
2,102
16.89
12.28
10.52
10.52
13.25
10.82
10.16
10.16
684
479
408
408
596
400
396
396
40.5
39.0
38.8
38.8
35,545
24,929
21,205
21,205
31,000
20,800
20,592
20,592
2,105
2,029
2,015
2,015
10.86
14.26
9.20
12.00
441
555
368
450
40.6
38.9
22,917
28,878
19,142
23,400
2,109
2,025
60.06
46.27
2,402
1,851
40.0
124,925
96,250
2,080
30.90
24.26
1,259
1,018
40.8
65,492
52,936
2,120
41.33
38.32
1,653
1,533
40.0
85,972
79,699
2,080
27.01
22.63
1,109
1,003
41.1
57,662
52,179
2,135
23.63
26.45
888
1,058
37.6
39,131
38,000
1,656
16.81
15.00
663
600
39.4
34,470
31,200
2,051
24.64
16.03
13.85
23.70
15.00
13.02
982
635
554
948
577
521
39.9
39.6
40.0
51,066
33,017
28,817
49,298
30,002
27,082
2,073
2,060
2,080
16.52
16.00
654
640
39.6
33,992
33,280
2,058
17.72
12.48
15.78
16.00
11.66
14.90
693
499
630
640
466
590
39.1
40.0
39.9
36,048
25,951
32,750
33,280
24,253
30,659
2,034
2,080
2,075
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$10.97
11.48
11.52
4.66
3.25
10.20
$11.00
12.26
12.00
2.38
2.13
9.75
$414
448
444
169
118
392
10.26
9.00
11.62
11.42
See footnotes at end of table.
59
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Interviewers, except eligibility and
loan ...............................................
Order clerks ........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Computer operators ............................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment
operators ..................................
Electricians .........................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Radio and telecommunications
equipment installers and
repairers .......................................
Telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers, except
line installers .............................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Telecommunications line installers
and repairers ............................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Printers ...............................................
Printing machine operators .............
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers .....
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$505
600
520
40.0
39.7
39.3
$27,009
32,234
27,609
$26,250
31,200
27,040
2,080
2,063
2,044
544
405
480
400
39.7
39.0
28,287
21,084
24,960
20,800
2,065
2,025
18.60
815
731
39.2
42,351
38,033
2,038
24.76
14.60
22.28
14.00
973
554
891
520
39.3
38.0
50,597
28,814
46,351
27,050
2,044
1,973
17.39
17.24
16.96
16.32
690
690
678
653
39.7
40.0
35,876
35,867
35,273
33,946
2,063
2,080
19.01
15.44
19.01
15.00
744
601
760
600
39.2
38.9
38,714
31,264
39,495
31,200
2,036
2,025
18.87
17.26
754
690
40.0
39,082
35,901
2,072
26.77
20.11
11.88
18.94
25.62
20.00
11.00
16.56
1,071
804
475
758
1,025
800
440
662
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
55,677
41,826
24,705
37,833
53,290
41,600
22,880
34,445
2,080
2,080
2,079
1,997
19.94
25.70
17.00
28.86
797
1,024
680
1,110
40.0
39.8
41,468
53,244
35,360
57,716
2,080
2,072
19.72
12.68
21.67
11.63
789
507
867
465
40.0
40.0
40,984
26,371
45,067
24,190
2,078
2,080
23.87
24.00
955
962
40.0
49,646
50,003
2,080
29.30
29.88
1,172
1,195
40.0
60,941
62,140
2,080
29.30
29.88
1,172
1,195
40.0
60,941
62,140
2,080
22.81
23.00
922
920
40.4
47,954
47,840
2,103
26.78
26.25
1,090
1,056
40.7
56,655
54,912
2,116
22.17
20.38
874
815
39.4
45,455
42,390
2,051
22.41
25.36
18.22
27.60
875
1,015
729
1,104
39.1
40.0
45,526
52,754
37,898
57,408
2,031
2,080
24.86
27.69
994
1,108
40.0
51,702
57,604
2,080
14.61
13.95
583
555
39.9
30,290
28,662
2,073
20.36
20.34
838
814
41.1
43,554
42,307
2,140
15.56
19.58
17.94
10.60
13.95
21.12
19.10
9.73
622
761
698
414
558
792
716
389
40.0
38.8
38.9
39.1
32,118
39,551
36,287
21,533
28,448
41,184
37,245
20,205
2,064
2,020
2,023
2,031
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$12.99
15.62
13.51
$12.62
15.00
13.00
$519
620
531
13.70
10.41
12.00
10.00
20.78
See footnotes at end of table.
60
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and
material-moving machine and
vehicle operators ..........................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$520
39.5
$27,188
$27,040
2,052
765
623
38.6
39,632
32,344
1,998
26.42
1,167
1,057
42.4
60,694
54,962
2,204
16.52
15.75
675
620
40.9
34,748
32,240
2,103
17.09
15.75
706
620
41.3
36,044
32,240
2,109
12.98
17.26
12.30
12.06
17.19
10.50
524
690
487
482
688
411
40.4
40.0
39.6
27,270
35,866
25,317
25,085
35,755
21,362
2,100
2,078
2,058
12.32
10.55
487
419
39.6
25,347
21,803
2,058
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.25
$13.00
$523
19.84
15.50
27.54
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.
61
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$962
39.0
$49,117
$46,226
1,839
1,510
1,679
1,491
1,714
39.1
39.3
76,406
81,420
73,763
83,436
1,979
1,907
44.70
1,784
1,739
39.0
85,064
84,400
1,858
26.59
23.54
1,058
927
39.8
54,955
48,212
2,067
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
31.26
34.35
30.88
33.42
1,232
1,368
1,235
1,336
39.4
39.8
64,058
71,148
64,230
69,484
2,049
2,071
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Physical scientists ..............................
24.51
24.21
23.27
23.30
962
940
904
855
39.2
38.8
50,007
48,890
47,008
44,470
2,041
2,019
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$26.71
$24.60
$1,042
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
38.61
42.69
39.43
44.13
45.78
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Social workers ....................................
25.87
29.37
23.74
27.82
1,007
1,113
932
1,079
38.9
37.9
48,406
53,273
42,732
51,667
1,871
1,814
35.46
30.39
35.29
33.60
1,302
1,216
1,321
1,344
36.7
40.0
58,676
63,207
56,121
69,890
1,655
2,080
Legal occupations ................................
31.76
26.64
1,205
975
37.9
62,667
50,692
1,973
34.87
36.86
34.90
36.16
1,299
1,487
1,298
1,445
37.2
40.4
52,410
61,971
51,975
59,093
1,503
1,681
35.28
35.37
1,440
1,428
40.8
58,179
57,583
1,649
36.22
33.96
1,440
1,358
39.8
61,024
58,411
1,685
36.69
35.93
1,340
1,326
36.5
53,333
51,975
1,454
35.92
35.23
1,323
1,298
36.8
52,039
50,575
1,449
35.77
35.08
1,317
1,289
36.8
51,926
50,402
1,452
37.33
38.23
36.44
37.89
1,378
1,369
1,347
1,365
36.9
35.8
53,049
55,147
52,575
53,907
1,421
1,443
38.27
37.59
1,367
1,353
35.7
54,843
53,543
1,433
37.65
37.84
42.97
36.97
1,396
1,382
1,511
1,375
37.1
36.5
59,345
55,468
57,843
53,680
1,576
1,466
37.21
25.64
15.63
37.38
23.00
15.80
1,323
1,008
580
1,324
896
593
35.5
39.3
37.1
54,676
52,393
22,495
54,600
46,592
23,252
1,469
2,043
1,440
28.76
29.68
35.94
23.20
30.31
36.49
1,136
1,187
1,375
946
1,212
1,368
39.5
40.0
38.3
56,234
61,742
58,495
49,180
63,045
62,993
1,956
2,080
1,628
18.65
18.15
717
705
38.5
37,305
36,639
2,001
13.87
13.58
543
519
39.1
27,908
26,745
2,012
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Vocational education teachers,
secondary school ..................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
secondary school ..................
Librarians ............................................
Teacher assistants .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
See footnotes at end of table.
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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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$514
39.3
$28,022
$26,745
2,044
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.71
$13.10
$539
Protective service occupations ...........
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
24.97
22.56
23.66
23.14
1,026
1,027
972
1,031
41.1
45.5
53,375
53,427
50,538
53,620
2,138
2,368
19.57
19.83
26.75
26.88
19.06
19.77
27.01
27.16
780
795
1,080
1,085
777
791
1,086
1,086
39.9
40.1
40.4
40.4
40,580
41,332
56,150
56,433
40,381
41,128
56,493
56,493
2,074
2,085
2,099
2,100
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
14.02
14.54
552
582
39.4
24,056
25,740
1,716
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
13.98
13.23
12.61
12.50
559
528
504
500
40.0
40.0
29,001
27,420
26,214
25,979
2,074
2,073
13.26
12.41
530
496
40.0
27,488
25,792
2,073
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
14.53
14.86
533
528
36.7
23,724
23,606
1,633
17.46
16.87
687
657
39.3
35,717
34,174
2,045
24.86
15.03
26.01
15.10
980
575
1,025
598
39.4
38.2
50,969
29,884
53,290
31,071
2,050
1,988
15.03
14.49
14.31
17.45
15.10
13.37
13.83
16.09
575
554
556
698
598
525
544
644
38.2
38.2
38.8
40.0
29,884
28,820
28,894
36,299
31,071
27,323
28,309
33,467
1,988
1,989
2,019
2,080
17.80
16.59
708
657
39.8
36,799
34,174
2,067
18.92
18.16
746
676
39.5
38,816
35,152
2,052
17.40
16.41
16.29
15.32
694
629
652
579
39.9
38.3
36,095
32,706
33,879
30,118
2,075
1,993
21.59
21.26
860
850
39.8
44,719
44,221
2,072
23.95
25.66
956
1,026
39.9
49,452
53,373
2,065
20.36
23.54
814
942
40.0
42,349
48,963
2,080
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ...
Library assistants, clerical ..................
Dispatchers .........................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
63
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$722
714
39.2
37.9
$36,324
31,451
$31,928
28,439
1,858
1,614
688
40.0
36,607
35,776
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$19.55
19.49
$18.40
18.71
$766
739
17.60
17.20
704
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
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.
64
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$22.21
$20.05
$22.76
$27.35
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
34.13
36.18
33.00
10.84
16.41
16.70
16.23
20.54
18.87
23.95
16.12
14.33
17.97
31.37
31.98
31.02
10.38
15.23
14.77
15.58
19.65
17.61
23.36
12.40
12.58
12.20
36.34
40.01
33.59
10.59
17.73
18.62
17.03
21.19
–
25.91
16.63
16.01
17.43
37.37
41.16
35.87
12.32
18.39
26.82
16.90
25.13
–
24.62
25.01
14.08
29.33
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.5
8.0
4.3
2.9
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
3.3
4.0
3.6
3.4
3.9
8.9
1.9
3.1
3.4
1.9
3.9
4.5
5.6
6.5
8.2
6.3
4.9
5.1
12.3
2.8
4.3
4.9
2.6
7.8
10.7
12.7
4.3
3.1
5.7
5.3
8.8
13.5
6.3
2.8
–
4.0
5.0
4.2
6.8
2.7
4.3
3.7
3.7
7.4
23.5
2.0
3.6
–
5.6
15.2
11.1
19.6
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 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.
65
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$684
39.5
$44,589
$35,404
2,047
1,413
1,443
1,394
900
1,074
1,069
1,222
937
40.4
43.4
41.2
38.2
73,460
75,027
72,489
46,790
55,873
55,578
63,523
48,725
2,098
2,256
2,140
1,986
27.56
33.76
1,119
1,271
1,112
1,346
40.9
40.4
58,175
66,105
57,824
70,013
2,125
2,100
38.80
40.50
40.38
40.87
1,564
1,620
1,586
1,635
40.3
40.0
81,324
84,250
82,497
85,005
2,096
2,080
49.72
45.49
1,989
1,820
40.0
103,416
94,619
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
33.26
26.50
1,344
1,060
40.4
69,876
55,120
2,101
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
29.59
32.41
1,222
1,296
41.3
63,556
67,413
2,148
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
Teacher assistants .................................................
16.63
11.53
636
432
38.3
30,285
23,478
1,822
23.67
9.68
24.69
9.20
904
370
966
360
38.2
38.3
39,529
19,257
37,200
18,720
1,670
1,990
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
26.73
21.56
999
827
37.4
51,932
43,000
1,943
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
27.01
21.53
1,059
861
39.2
55,054
44,782
2,038
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
12.28
12.56
12.00
12.00
473
486
480
480
38.5
38.7
24,576
25,293
24,960
24,960
2,001
2,014
9.83
9.75
368
340
37.5
19,147
17,684
1,948
15.21
14.10
628
669
41.3
32,652
34,799
2,147
15.21
10.55
11.13
3.87
2.71
9.50
14.10
10.50
11.89
2.38
2.38
9.00
628
393
431
136
96
360
669
402
475
85
85
320
41.3
37.2
38.7
35.1
35.5
37.9
32,652
20,426
22,408
7,047
4,988
18,740
34,799
20,904
24,708
4,415
4,415
16,640
2,147
1,937
2,014
1,823
1,844
1,972
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
10.01
9.54
8.17
8.17
362
344
306
289
36.2
36.1
18,824
17,901
15,912
15,015
1,880
1,876
Personal care and service occupations .................
Barbers and cosmetologists ...................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists ....
Child care workers ..................................................
15.24
19.12
19.12
8.84
11.00
13.26
13.26
8.75
576
701
701
346
400
477
477
350
37.8
36.7
36.7
39.2
29,936
36,442
36,442
18,002
20,800
24,821
24,821
18,200
1,965
1,906
1,906
2,037
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
18.00
13.78
12.55
13.00
704
559
491
491
39.1
40.6
36,601
29,084
25,524
25,524
2,033
2,111
13.78
12.34
9.87
9.87
15.24
13.00
10.30
10.16
10.16
11.50
559
477
377
377
585
491
395
371
371
400
40.6
38.6
38.2
38.2
38.4
29,084
24,798
19,605
19,605
30,434
25,524
20,548
19,282
19,282
20,800
2,111
2,009
1,987
1,987
1,997
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$21.78
$17.53
$861
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Education administrators ........................................
35.01
33.26
33.87
23.56
26.97
20.69
30.54
26.77
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Accountants and auditors .......................................
27.38
31.47
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, systems
software ........................................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation
and serving workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers ..................
Cooks .....................................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...............................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$33.22
$26.80
$1,329
$1,072
40.0
$69,106
$55,752
2,080
48.18
43.24
1,927
1,730
40.0
100,222
89,948
2,080
27.91
22.63
1,116
905
40.0
58,057
47,077
2,080
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Tellers .................................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
16.17
15.23
17.81
12.67
14.51
13.40
19.54
15.00
14.42
16.00
11.66
13.46
13.10
17.96
634
603
695
507
580
525
756
600
542
640
466
538
520
718
39.2
39.6
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
38.7
32,963
31,337
36,129
26,361
30,172
27,315
39,330
31,200
28,163
33,280
24,253
28,001
27,040
37,348
2,038
2,057
2,029
2,080
2,080
2,038
2,012
21.14
20.90
810
792
38.3
42,102
41,201
1,992
16.54
15.13
14.43
15.00
654
592
577
600
39.5
39.1
33,983
30,793
30,014
31,200
2,055
2,035
Construction and extraction occupations .............
First-line supervisors/managers of construction
trades and extraction workers ..........................
Carpenters ..............................................................
Construction laborers .............................................
Construction equipment operators .........................
Helpers, construction trades ...................................
17.60
16.56
703
662
40.0
36,452
34,445
2,071
25.14
20.36
10.88
15.74
13.84
23.46
20.00
10.00
16.56
12.00
1,005
814
435
629
553
938
800
400
662
480
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
52,285
42,339
22,638
31,020
28,777
48,801
41,600
20,800
34,445
24,960
2,080
2,080
2,080
1,971
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
23.23
23.08
22.50
23.00
931
934
900
920
40.1
40.4
48,398
48,547
46,800
47,840
2,083
2,103
Production occupations ..........................................
12.92
11.00
518
440
40.1
26,944
22,880
2,086
13.12
14.99
14.08
10.13
11.75
15.00
15.00
9.51
524
603
563
401
475
600
600
382
40.0
40.2
40.0
39.6
27,000
30,762
28,315
20,875
24,000
30,160
29,120
19,856
2,059
2,053
2,011
2,061
10.10
9.75
399
382
39.6
20,768
19,856
2,057
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, technical and scientific
products ........................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$846
39.4
$53,855
$43,867
2,042
2,023
1,505
2,175
1,659
1,550
1,608
1,672
1,949
1,442
2,308
1,712
1,319
1,319
1,691
41.0
41.4
42.0
40.0
38.7
38.8
42.9
105,078
78,266
113,105
86,289
79,085
82,433
86,961
100,801
75,005
120,000
89,000
68,590
68,590
87,922
2,129
2,151
2,182
2,080
1,972
1,991
2,232
32.21
1,403
1,301
40.3
72,980
67,654
2,095
43.89
36.27
1,723
1,451
39.3
89,599
75,442
2,042
46.72
42.19
31.80
39.32
32.51
37.02
43.03
29.73
41.48
22.75
1,869
1,688
1,272
1,664
1,296
1,481
1,721
1,189
1,867
910
40.0
40.0
40.0
42.3
39.9
97,173
87,763
66,136
86,504
67,373
77,002
89,492
61,845
97,061
47,322
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,200
2,073
40.46
42.16
42.95
38.94
41.56
42.00
1,619
1,686
1,718
1,554
1,662
1,680
40.0
40.0
40.0
84,199
87,694
89,338
80,783
86,445
87,360
2,081
2,080
2,080
41.07
34.44
37.77
41.33
41.00
30.97
35.17
37.60
1,643
1,377
1,509
1,666
1,640
1,239
1,407
1,504
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
85,427
71,599
78,494
86,658
85,280
64,416
73,160
78,200
2,080
2,079
2,078
2,097
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Electronics engineers, except computer .........
38.82
40.88
38.59
38.10
36.58
38.72
36.97
40.24
1,556
1,637
1,546
1,524
1,463
1,549
1,497
1,610
40.1
40.1
40.1
40.0
80,903
85,136
80,396
79,257
76,091
80,531
77,859
83,697
2,084
2,083
2,083
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
Physical scientists ..................................................
Market and survey researchers ..............................
Market research analysts ...................................
32.33
41.20
33.83
33.83
27.26
34.70
32.08
32.08
1,312
1,879
1,324
1,324
1,090
1,775
1,154
1,154
40.6
45.6
39.1
39.1
68,235
97,683
68,855
68,855
56,695
92,298
60,000
60,000
2,111
2,371
2,035
2,035
Community and social services occupations ........
Social workers ........................................................
18.90
23.88
17.25
26.74
747
938
647
1,070
39.5
39.3
38,691
48,435
33,638
55,619
2,047
2,028
Legal occupations ....................................................
Lawyers ..................................................................
69.79
69.79
72.12
72.12
2,741
2,741
2,885
2,885
39.3
39.3
142,527
142,527
150,010
150,010
2,042
2,042
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ...........
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..............................................
32.94
35.97
49.67
22.71
22.71
48.50
1,308
1,449
1,987
908
908
1,940
39.7
40.3
40.0
62,427
67,660
91,520
47,464
52,904
88,083
1,895
1,881
1,843
42.11
39.48
1,728
1,575
41.0
68,633
64,324
1,630
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
Public relations specialists ......................................
33.93
28.88
35.03
25.11
1,308
1,155
1,338
1,004
38.5
40.0
67,468
60,069
69,264
52,231
1,988
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Therapists ...............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .....
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ........
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ...
27.56
30.27
26.80
18.95
23.82
15.31
27.21
26.00
29.80
25.00
17.38
23.00
15.06
27.18
1,087
1,158
1,072
758
952
612
1,089
1,019
1,129
1,000
695
920
602
1,087
39.4
38.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
56,519
60,202
55,742
39,414
49,513
31,840
56,606
52,999
58,718
52,000
36,150
47,840
31,325
56,534
2,051
1,989
2,080
2,079
2,079
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$26.38
$21.16
$1,040
Management occupations .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems managers .......
Financial managers ................................................
Education administrators ........................................
Education administrators, postsecondary ...........
Medical and health services managers ..................
49.36
36.39
51.84
41.48
40.10
41.41
38.96
45.91
39.05
55.38
42.26
32.98
32.98
40.87
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement
specialists .....................................................
Management analysts ............................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Budget analysts ......................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
34.84
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, applications .......
Computer software engineers, systems
software ........................................................
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
Network and computer systems administrators ......
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Radiologic technologists and technicians ...........
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses ...............................................................
$26.56
$26.23
$1,062
$1,049
40.0
$55,241
$54,548
2,080
23.01
22.92
889
891
38.6
46,213
46,342
2,008
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
12.77
12.14
12.14
15.22
12.50
11.90
11.90
13.97
495
464
464
609
478
460
460
559
38.8
38.3
38.3
40.0
25,752
24,153
24,153
31,648
24,863
23,920
23,920
29,060
2,016
1,990
1,990
2,080
Protective service occupations ...............................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ..
Security guards ...................................................
13.14
11.20
11.20
11.50
11.05
11.05
521
443
443
460
440
440
39.6
39.5
39.5
27,069
23,028
23,028
23,920
22,880
22,880
2,061
2,056
2,056
10.95
11.00
426
431
38.9
22,136
22,402
2,021
19.24
12.14
5.71
11.43
16.46
12.31
4.05
10.77
776
474
217
450
682
483
85
421
40.3
39.1
38.0
39.3
40,348
24,659
11,282
23,385
35,442
25,106
4,430
21,882
2,098
2,031
1,977
2,045
10.98
9.77
431
381
39.2
22,395
19,802
2,040
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
12.39
12.32
11.78
12.41
12.41
12.31
476
473
467
434
434
492
38.4
38.4
39.7
24,694
24,620
24,298
22,586
22,586
25,599
1,993
1,998
2,063
Personal care and service occupations .................
21.82
14.30
584
579
26.8
30,385
30,091
1,393
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers ...............
23.27
29.21
16.45
20.91
924
1,165
656
836
39.7
39.9
46,773
60,586
33,369
43,493
2,010
2,074
29.44
12.19
11.58
11.58
12.88
20.00
11.04
10.05
10.05
12.21
1,177
484
459
459
512
800
440
401
401
488
40.0
39.7
39.7
39.7
39.7
61,228
25,158
23,883
23,883
26,605
41,600
22,880
20,862
20,862
25,355
2,080
2,064
2,062
2,062
2,065
26.59
21.50
23.71
16.87
1,124
848
1,003
675
42.3
39.4
58,426
33,688
52,179
33,201
2,197
1,567
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Tellers .................................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ..................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Medical secretaries .............................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Computer operators ................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
17.46
16.45
693
652
39.7
36,042
33,821
2,064
25.02
16.89
25.07
16.00
997
670
1,003
640
39.8
39.7
51,821
34,828
52,146
33,280
2,071
2,063
17.14
17.59
12.06
16.61
12.99
12.28
10.05
22.11
18.59
18.15
11.76
16.84
12.62
11.93
8.86
19.31
673
691
482
662
519
484
402
879
697
726
470
668
505
477
355
772
39.3
39.3
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.4
40.0
39.8
35,017
35,918
25,087
34,422
27,009
25,166
20,912
45,692
36,245
37,750
24,461
34,757
26,250
24,804
18,437
40,165
2,042
2,041
2,080
2,072
2,080
2,050
2,080
2,066
26.64
14.79
24.33
14.50
1,061
575
960
551
39.8
38.9
55,174
29,918
49,932
28,642
2,071
2,022
18.83
17.24
16.68
18.95
16.32
17.03
753
690
636
758
653
634
40.0
40.0
38.1
39,122
35,867
33,092
39,416
33,946
32,960
2,077
2,080
1,984
21.17
19.49
845
780
39.9
43,870
39,689
2,072
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation
and serving workers .........................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Fast food and counter workers ...............................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ..........................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Electricians .............................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers .....................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers .....................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..........
Line installers and repairers ...................................
Production occupations ..........................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .......................................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers .........................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation
and material-moving machine and vehicle
operators ..........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$27.56
$30.45
$1,095
$1,218
39.7
$56,946
$63,336
2,066
25.48
27.10
1,015
1,084
39.9
52,806
56,376
2,073
28.13
28.85
1,125
1,154
40.0
58,508
60,004
2,080
28.13
28.85
1,125
1,154
40.0
58,508
60,004
2,080
20.46
19.37
27.79
19.83
18.22
28.23
815
775
1,112
793
729
1,129
39.8
40.0
40.0
42,356
40,289
57,813
41,246
37,898
58,725
2,070
2,080
2,080
15.82
15.15
628
606
39.7
32,647
31,512
2,064
15.56
10.83
15.89
13.95
9.73
15.97
622
433
617
558
389
599
40.0
40.0
38.8
32,118
22,532
32,082
28,448
20,230
31,122
2,064
2,080
2,019
23.86
17.81
901
740
37.8
46,850
38,480
1,963
27.54
18.44
20.46
15.23
17.36
14.56
26.42
17.51
21.16
13.57
15.87
14.31
1,167
769
878
609
694
575
1,057
700
808
543
635
568
42.4
41.7
42.9
40.0
40.0
39.5
60,694
40,002
45,660
31,681
36,066
29,917
54,962
36,425
41,995
28,226
33,010
29,557
2,204
2,169
2,231
2,080
2,078
2,055
14.63
15.55
579
600
39.6
30,122
31,200
2,059
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 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$23.27
$20.94
$26.64
$22.59
$22.34
$25.65
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 .......................
32.81
24.27
33.41
17.44
17.26
15.08
18.23
24.78
–
27.57
21.28
16.26
25.84
30.79
–
31.12
13.95
16.69
13.84
18.68
25.37
23.18
28.23
21.65
16.27
27.47
33.07
24.25
33.71
20.75
18.40
–
17.63
21.01
18.07
23.91
18.21
–
18.47
33.85
36.02
32.67
11.48
16.43
16.82
16.21
19.55
–
22.56
13.73
13.44
14.01
34.17
36.20
33.03
10.42
16.40
16.82
16.14
19.38
18.02
22.49
13.48
13.39
13.58
31.02
34.09
29.74
20.31
17.04
–
17.04
24.82
25.78
23.89
21.12
–
20.90
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
5.5
7.7
3.3
3.5
3.8
3.2
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.2
9.0
2.2
6.6
4.8
8.9
4.9
3.3
–
2.6
14.8
8.3
18.0
16.3
–
16.7
9.5
6.8
8.4
7.8
3.5
4.0
2.7
17.3
8.6
22.7
1.7
9.9
1.7
1.2
6.7
–
3.4
9.3
12.7
4.8
3.2
–
2.6
3.1
3.8
3.4
3.3
3.8
9.0
1.7
3.9
–
2.5
6.5
9.2
9.4
3.4
4.0
3.6
3.1
4.0
9.1
1.9
4.0
3.8
2.7
6.8
9.3
10.1
4.4
9.2
3.8
9.4
1.7
–
1.7
7.1
6.6
12.7
15.9
–
17.2
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$22.58
$22.05
$24.51
$24.51
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
33.75
36.00
32.68
12.18
15.63
13.71
16.55
20.21
–
23.64
16.18
14.23
18.03
34.13
36.40
32.91
10.17
15.49
13.63
16.47
20.06
18.46
23.62
15.97
14.18
17.86
34.21
31.32
–
–
23.08
28.22
12.78
30.45
–
26.85
17.47
15.91
18.83
34.21
31.32
–
–
23.08
28.22
12.78
30.45
–
26.85
17.47
15.91
18.83
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.0
3.6
8.9
8.9
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.9
3.9
3.0
2.6
3.0
9.0
1.6
3.8
–
2.2
3.7
5.1
5.1
3.4
4.3
3.6
3.7
3.2
9.2
1.7
3.9
4.6
2.3
3.9
5.2
5.6
9.8
7.9
–
–
14.6
10.4
4.7
12.6
–
7.6
12.6
4.3
18.7
9.8
7.9
–
–
14.6
10.4
4.7
12.6
–
7.6
12.6
4.3
18.7
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,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
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
–
$19.53
–
$35.00
–
–
–
$9.77
–
–
35.73
–
44.71
–
–
–
25.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.12
34.24
–
20.17
–
18.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
55.60
39.00
–
25.64
–
18.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.73
–
8.63
10.75
8.61
13.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.77
20.13
–
–
27.79
27.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.63
14.74
14.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.03
10.86
7.31
–
–
–
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 ...
–
8.5
–
2.8
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
7.2
–
1.8
–
–
–
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
10.2
–
.9
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
1.6
–
10.4
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.8
–
9.4
3.9
12.5
13.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
10.8
–
–
1.8
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
4.2
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.4
6.8
5.2
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments employing 50 or more workers. Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and hunting, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit
that produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a
company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State
and local governments, an establishment is defined as all
locations of a government agency within the sampled area.
The Washington–Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes:
• The District of Columbia
• Baltimore City and the counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford,
Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s,
and Washington, MD
• The cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park, and the counties of Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier,
King George, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania,
Stafford, and Warren, VA
• The counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, WV
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
A-1
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as be-
A-2
ing in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations.
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
The broad
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
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Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonre-
spondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and
nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteristics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to
adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of
employment by industry. The latest available employment
counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this
publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
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work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $16.46 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,
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
3,719,500
3,242,700
476,800
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
1,304,500
386,000
918,500
734,100
930,500
359,700
570,800
336,800
222,400
114,400
413,600
194,300
219,300
1,032,100
345,900
686,300
625,800
875,800
356,900
518,900
318,900
213,600
105,300
390,000
192,100
197,900
272,400
40,100
232,200
108,300
54,700
2,800
51,900
17,900
8,800
9,000
23,600
–
21,300
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, Washington-Baltimore,
DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
184,146
183,976
170
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
947
514
303
130
877
452
296
129
70
62
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1
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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