Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA
National Compensation Survey
December 2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner
September 2007
Bulletin 3140–12
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
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Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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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
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About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA). Data were collected between June 2006
and July 2007; the average reference month is December
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 are undergoing a number of
significant changes. Please see the bulletins published between September 2006 and July 2007 for information on
earlier changes.
The areas covered by the publications are currently being updated to the December 2003 definitions of Combined
Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, as determined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This bulletin includes a new State and local government sample that
reflects the new area definition.
In appendix table 2, the total numbers of establishments
in the sampling frame are now benchmarked to the latest
available establishment counts, adjusted for establishments
that are out of scope for NCS.
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high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$23.63
2.3
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
34.05
38.44
31.56
13.12
18.41
21.07
17.01
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.9
$23.23
2.8
2.7
2.8
3.1
5.0
3.4
5.4
3.4
37.9
40.5
36.5
30.5
36.3
35.8
36.7
34.61
39.91
31.62
11.72
18.44
21.07
16.76
21.64
21.48
22.30
4.7
4.9
6.6
38.8
38.8
39.2
18.55
19.61
17.70
5.4
3.6
9.8
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
24.98
13.99
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.9
$26.14
3.1
36.0
3.2
3.1
3.8
4.0
3.7
5.4
4.1
38.5
40.7
37.4
29.4
36.5
35.8
36.9
31.74
32.53
31.28
19.48
18.15
–
18.15
2.6
3.3
2.8
9.8
4.8
–
4.8
35.4
39.7
33.4
36.5
35.3
–
35.3
21.28
21.27
21.53
5.2
5.3
6.9
38.7
38.8
39.1
26.64
25.32
29.68
5.9
4.2
2.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.5
36.8
34.5
18.46
19.61
17.48
5.6
3.6
10.4
35.4
36.8
34.3
22.08
–
22.08
4.1
–
4.1
38.6
–
38.6
2.9
4.0
39.8
21.1
24.74
12.72
3.4
3.9
39.8
21.3
26.49
23.29
3.0
10.6
39.7
20.3
23.49
23.67
2.4
3.2
36.6
35.7
22.67
23.34
3.5
3.4
36.2
35.8
24.68
29.83
3.6
5.6
37.0
33.5
23.35
28.34
2.5
11.0
35.7
39.4
22.88
28.34
3.0
11.0
35.7
39.4
26.14
–
3.1
–
36.0
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
24.87
–
3.6
–
38.9
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
19.42
23.80
29.78
3.4
5.0
3.3
34.7
36.6
37.3
19.36
23.71
31.05
3.6
5.4
4.2
34.6
36.3
38.4
21.00
24.93
27.24
5.5
6.7
3.1
36.7
40.1
35.2
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,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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 ..............................................................................
$23.63
2.3
$24.98
2.9
$13.99
4.0
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
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 .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
41.55
32.51
42.90
53.93
59.08
45.11
35.97
46.17
43.43
45.78
45.63
55.99
59.58
37.78
39.81
38.02
33.67
32.57
3.8
10.2
11.3
6.7
8.0
4.6
23.9
9.5
4.8
3.3
5.2
10.3
6.5
8.0
19.3
2.9
11.0
8.2
41.54
32.51
42.90
53.93
59.08
45.11
35.97
46.17
43.43
45.78
45.63
55.99
59.58
37.66
39.81
38.02
33.67
32.57
3.8
10.2
11.3
6.7
8.0
4.6
23.9
9.5
4.8
3.3
5.2
10.3
6.5
8.1
19.3
2.9
11.0
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
48.58
42.91
5.5
8.5
48.58
42.91
5.5
8.5
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,
health and safety, and transportation .........................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
33.12
21.31
27.21
27.97
30.27
42.33
37.22
37.00
4.5
2.7
8.2
2.8
3.2
2.9
7.6
8.4
33.19
21.36
27.35
27.86
30.27
42.33
37.22
37.00
4.5
2.8
8.6
3.1
3.2
2.9
7.6
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
48.37
32.7
–
–
–
–
26.96
33.54
30.34
41.53
13.0
9.7
9.8
20.7
26.96
33.86
30.48
41.53
13.0
9.8
9.9
20.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
33.86
26.94
26.75
34.31
35.37
38.63
45.51
34.09
38.59
33.21
40.42
39.59
33.05
43.49
32.80
47.15
23.77
23.07
34.21
31.27
32.80
40.39
2.5
11.5
6.2
4.8
5.2
4.3
2.3
3.1
7.3
9.1
6.4
10.8
8.6
7.9
7.7
6.4
8.4
11.6
5.2
4.5
11.9
3.3
33.87
26.94
26.75
34.31
35.37
38.63
45.51
34.01
38.62
33.21
40.42
39.71
33.05
43.85
32.80
48.14
23.77
23.07
34.21
31.27
–
40.39
2.6
11.5
6.2
4.8
5.2
4.3
2.3
3.3
7.5
9.1
6.4
11.3
8.6
8.0
7.7
5.7
8.4
11.6
5.2
4.5
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
31.50
24.68
26.24
4.7
5.3
6.4
31.31
24.68
24.68
4.9
5.3
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
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,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
$27.47
43.48
35.59
37.47
43.94
37.09
37.09
26.33
28.46
4.2
2.7
7.1
.9
3.0
10.1
10.1
7.9
1.7
$27.47
43.48
35.59
37.47
43.94
37.09
37.09
23.92
28.33
4.2
2.7
7.1
.9
3.0
10.1
10.1
8.1
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
24.68
–
15.1
–
25.78
20.22
13.7
13.5
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
23.29
30.48
24.90
30.06
22.57
18.06
4.8
4.0
13.3
5.3
9.5
10.1
23.63
30.77
24.67
–
22.15
–
5.2
4.9
14.0
–
11.2
–
$20.58
–
–
–
–
–
21.1
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
40.10
30.5
42.67
33.9
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
29.47
11.59
13.20
14.06
21.46
35.94
31.38
7.3
4.2
7.0
6.6
8.1
4.7
21.5
29.73
–
12.12
13.96
20.16
35.22
26.93
7.9
–
7.5
7.4
6.4
5.1
13.4
28.32
–
13.78
–
–
43.94
–
16.9
–
6.2
–
–
12.8
–
31.43
21.27
36.54
16.53
13.23
34.52
36.38
11.2
11.1
5.8
19.0
1.1
5.1
5.8
31.69
–
36.52
16.64
13.04
35.01
36.63
10.8
–
5.8
20.0
1.1
5.7
6.4
25.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.42
35.69
4.5
5.5
33.90
35.88
5.2
6.2
–
–
–
–
38.41
38.41
36.06
37.00
6.0
6.0
7.1
6.8
38.82
38.82
36.09
36.94
5.9
5.9
6.9
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.94
36.97
45.15
41.87
13.43
13.20
7.4
7.4
18.0
11.2
4.8
7.0
35.98
36.90
–
–
13.68
12.12
7.2
7.3
–
–
10.5
7.5
–
–
–
–
13.26
13.78
–
–
–
–
6.1
6.2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
26.32
23.85
23.94
27.54
5.7
10.5
19.1
9.2
26.65
23.81
23.94
28.02
6.3
11.4
19.1
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
32.15
15.30
18.71
21.71
27.47
5.5
6.9
13.8
3.6
3.9
31.91
15.14
18.63
21.40
27.57
6.1
7.2
15.7
4.4
4.2
33.81
–
19.13
–
–
3.0
–
10.0
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$32.46
33.65
43.39
43.55
90.87
33.63
30.62
33.13
34.74
38.03
22.95
27.67
33.82
34.19
5.9
2.2
6.4
3.6
11.5
2.1
11.2
1.0
4.0
9.9
1.0
4.7
3.9
4.7
$31.03
–
43.71
43.54
–
–
28.37
–
–
38.54
22.89
–
32.92
33.29
9.6
–
6.4
4.5
–
–
13.7
–
–
10.5
.6
–
5.9
6.3
$37.51
34.29
–
–
–
35.32
36.32
34.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
1.1
–
–
–
4.2
5.0
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.97
21.09
21.53
17.90
12.4
2.6
3.4
7.1
17.96
21.06
21.43
–
12.5
2.8
4.1
–
–
21.18
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
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 4 .............................................................
14.52
10.96
13.63
14.88
12.59
11.10
13.43
12.98
12.57
11.10
13.43
12.98
16.74
16.73
5.8
2.0
5.7
5.2
2.4
3.2
8.5
3.3
2.6
3.2
8.5
3.7
6.6
3.3
14.79
10.96
13.87
14.84
12.81
–
13.69
12.87
12.80
–
13.69
12.85
16.79
–
6.2
.5
5.6
5.7
2.7
–
8.4
3.9
2.9
–
8.4
4.5
6.8
–
12.27
–
–
–
11.55
–
–
–
11.55
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 4 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
22.86
15.92
24.83
28.65
20.58
20.58
30.82
30.82
15.31
15.86
15.31
15.86
9.8
15.2
3.0
1.7
6.9
6.9
5.4
5.4
9.9
17.4
9.9
17.4
23.99
–
24.83
28.65
20.58
20.58
30.82
30.82
15.84
–
15.84
–
7.9
–
3.0
1.7
6.9
6.9
5.4
5.4
12.3
–
12.3
–
9.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
9.87
8.18
8.78
9.03
11.79
1.7
1.0
2.6
1.1
2.3
11.26
8.62
9.18
–
12.06
8.6
2.9
2.1
–
1.3
8.44
8.06
8.43
–
–
1.8
1.1
2.5
–
–
15.47
5.8
15.47
6.0
–
–
14.91
10.99
9.78
12.26
10.88
11.72
9.40
11.3
3.3
.6
9.6
10.1
11.1
4.5
14.88
11.74
–
12.62
11.70
–
–
11.7
1.2
–
6.5
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 6 .............................................................
Medical records and health information technicians .........
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
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)
$8.14
7.70
8.18
8.28
8.76
7.67
7.71
2.1
.9
2.1
6.0
1.4
.9
1.6
$8.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.76
7.80
7.73
–
–
7.73
7.73
0.3
1.1
2.0
–
–
.3
2.0
8.54
7.93
9.70
9.16
8.9
2.3
2.5
5.7
–
–
10.95
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
–
8.77
8.87
–
–
6.4
8.1
9.73
9.39
2.4
7.2
–
–
–
–
8.86
–
9.7
–
9.63
8.93
8.66
10.2
3.3
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.64
8.42
–
.2
.5
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
13.64
9.70
12.36
13.97
13.80
12.84
9.70
12.03
13.36
13.27
6.3
8.6
10.6
5.3
5.8
6.7
8.6
11.8
5.9
3.6
14.18
10.38
13.17
13.90
13.81
13.43
10.38
12.91
13.36
13.27
4.8
8.2
7.6
5.6
5.9
5.3
8.2
8.4
5.9
3.8
9.46
–
–
–
–
8.60
–
–
–
–
14.5
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
14.19
11.28
14.06
13.83
13.27
9.36
–
15.49
4.6
8.4
7.3
5.5
3.6
7.8
–
4.7
14.24
–
14.14
13.83
13.27
10.17
9.70
–
4.6
–
7.7
5.5
3.8
8.4
13.2
–
11.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
13.18
8.49
9.27
9.45
13.85
10.43
8.74
10.72
17.38
19.83
6.6
2.9
4.3
5.6
7.7
7.6
5.7
1.1
17.5
17.3
14.84
–
–
9.34
14.43
10.68
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
6.8
8.2
6.4
–
–
–
–
9.37
–
9.00
9.92
–
9.84
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
5.9
9.9
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
Sales and related 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, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
21.07
8.49
10.76
12.58
15.39
22.12
23.31
32.41
31.44
35.44
29.43
27.16
5.4
3.4
2.1
2.4
7.4
11.0
11.5
10.2
23.6
19.5
7.1
6.6
22.88
–
11.28
12.76
15.43
22.25
23.31
32.41
31.44
35.44
29.43
27.16
6.0
–
3.9
3.3
8.5
11.0
11.5
10.2
23.6
19.5
7.1
6.6
11.44
–
9.38
12.20
15.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
3.3
3.5
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.89
10.2
32.89
10.2
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
$14.18
8.49
10.76
12.61
16.00
20.92
12.70
10.80
13.89
16.75
12.70
10.80
13.89
16.75
17.53
14.94
10.36
14.92
32.82
8.5
3.4
2.1
2.6
11.7
6.8
2.0
1.1
5.1
4.9
2.0
1.1
5.1
4.9
16.9
19.1
7.0
22.7
22.3
$15.20
–
11.28
12.76
16.17
21.08
13.27
11.23
14.66
–
13.27
11.23
14.66
–
18.66
15.73
10.57
15.55
32.82
11.6
–
3.9
3.3
12.4
7.1
5.1
4.8
7.8
–
5.1
4.8
7.8
–
14.8
20.5
7.2
22.2
22.3
$11.33
–
9.38
12.27
–
–
11.92
–
–
–
11.92
–
–
–
–
10.08
–
–
–
2.5
–
3.3
4.2
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
32.86
22.8
32.86
22.8
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 7 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
17.01
9.15
10.85
12.81
15.66
18.09
21.24
22.93
17.77
3.4
6.1
4.6
2.2
3.1
2.3
3.6
5.8
6.1
17.66
–
12.02
13.04
15.91
18.08
21.29
22.93
18.12
3.1
–
4.1
2.4
3.2
2.4
3.6
5.8
6.8
11.43
8.77
9.29
11.59
13.10
–
–
–
–
4.4
6.8
3.8
3.6
3.2
–
–
–
–
22.83
16.42
15.39
18.14
19.72
19.91
17.72
16.49
17.65
16.83
12.12
17.98
15.33
14.24
7.3
2.8
8.1
4.5
6.0
5.3
6.3
17.0
5.0
5.8
.5
10.1
2.4
8.8
22.83
16.57
15.66
18.14
19.79
19.91
17.87
–
17.65
16.83
–
18.18
15.33
14.37
7.3
2.4
7.7
4.5
6.5
5.3
6.4
–
5.0
5.8
–
10.0
2.4
8.8
–
13.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.53
13.12
12.11
14.36
21.06
18.13
–
19.18
16.45
16.97
23.12
23.37
21.43
22.38
16.61
16.76
14.90
10.12
12.03
3.9
6.2
8.0
2.7
14.6
15.9
–
7.6
4.9
3.1
9.0
5.7
5.4
6.7
3.6
3.2
6.1
6.9
5.5
18.48
13.63
–
–
21.06
18.13
13.57
19.53
16.70
16.83
23.12
23.37
21.84
22.38
16.82
16.59
16.53
–
12.16
4.1
6.4
–
–
14.6
15.9
4.5
7.9
5.0
3.4
9.0
5.7
4.8
6.7
3.3
3.7
6.1
–
7.1
–
11.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.47
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.93
19.19
4.0
8.0
$15.49
19.19
4.5
8.0
$13.29
–
2.2
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
21.48
18.64
19.96
23.51
25.70
30.86
22.10
15.76
27.38
4.9
2.3
8.3
11.5
2.1
2.0
8.3
16.3
7.0
21.70
18.64
20.16
23.61
25.70
30.86
22.10
16.39
27.38
4.7
2.3
8.5
12.5
2.1
2.0
8.3
16.8
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.87
24.82
6.8
1.3
27.87
25.09
6.8
.5
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
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 ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Level 5 .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
22.30
16.60
24.47
25.12
35.00
6.6
6.8
8.8
4.6
4.8
22.52
16.90
24.47
25.33
35.00
6.5
6.9
8.8
4.7
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.08
15.40
15.2
3.5
27.08
–
15.2
–
–
–
–
–
31.37
28.50
19.69
19.69
24.37
4.9
6.3
8.4
8.4
8.6
31.37
28.50
19.69
19.69
24.37
4.9
6.3
8.4
8.4
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.98
17.31
23.44
26.26
19.99
17.31
5.7
8.1
6.9
11.2
6.6
8.1
21.98
17.31
23.44
26.26
19.99
17.31
5.7
8.1
6.9
11.2
6.6
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.18
15.0
20.18
15.0
–
–
Office clerks, general –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
19.61
9.21
12.24
16.92
18.46
20.84
21.51
25.66
29.58
3.6
7.8
4.5
6.3
6.8
2.8
6.8
9.0
2.2
20.17
9.58
12.21
17.12
18.34
20.84
21.51
25.66
29.58
3.8
11.8
4.9
6.2
7.0
2.8
6.8
9.0
2.2
10.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.00
15.09
21.49
19.81
20.26
22.06
15.03
12.99
9.65
12.6
12.5
6.5
8.8
10.1
9.2
6.1
10.9
8.8
26.00
15.20
21.49
19.81
20.26
22.06
15.03
13.03
9.45
12.6
12.3
6.5
8.8
10.1
9.2
6.1
13.0
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
17.70
10.05
12.82
15.39
20.38
9.8
6.9
7.2
6.8
3.3
19.53
11.57
12.26
16.37
20.57
9.7
8.9
5.9
4.6
3.7
11.16
8.82
14.67
–
–
5.3
2.1
14.2
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.85
23.40
20.95
120.50
120.50
16.91
18.86
20.89
20.09
19.28
17.23
20.28
18.85
20.48
13.25
10.06
12.96
14.94
11.44
3.5
15.8
5.6
12.0
12.0
11.2
4.1
8.4
4.2
3.7
9.3
4.6
10.9
8.3
7.1
7.8
3.0
6.0
5.3
$20.16
23.40
21.55
120.50
120.50
–
19.16
20.97
20.23
19.26
16.96
20.26
18.81
20.48
15.02
11.96
13.06
15.06
11.62
3.7
15.8
3.2
12.0
12.0
–
4.4
9.1
4.3
3.8
10.3
4.7
11.5
8.3
6.2
10.2
3.5
6.6
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.54
8.87
12.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
2.1
8.3
–
–
14.04
10.40
12.92
15.97
6.4
9.5
4.8
4.0
16.10
–
13.07
16.06
5.3
–
6.9
4.6
9.71
8.91
12.13
–
2.7
3.1
8.3
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
10
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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 ..............................................................................
$23.23
2.8
$24.74
3.4
$12.72
3.9
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
42.99
33.25
44.93
55.28
59.49
47.78
46.17
43.43
45.78
45.63
56.88
37.86
40.10
37.90
23.66
4.3
11.7
14.3
7.2
8.8
5.2
9.5
4.8
3.3
5.2
10.2
8.2
20.4
3.2
12.2
42.98
33.25
44.93
55.28
59.49
47.78
46.17
43.43
45.78
45.63
56.88
37.74
40.10
37.90
23.66
4.3
11.7
14.3
7.2
8.8
5.2
9.5
4.8
3.3
5.2
10.2
8.3
20.4
3.2
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
34.77
21.83
28.95
28.12
42.33
38.36
37.00
4.2
3.7
10.6
2.3
2.9
6.3
8.4
34.81
21.83
–
28.36
42.33
38.36
37.00
4.1
3.7
–
2.2
2.9
6.3
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.26
34.50
31.55
43.96
13.4
9.1
9.4
19.5
26.26
34.87
31.74
43.96
13.4
9.2
9.5
19.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
34.15
26.94
26.75
35.09
38.14
39.80
45.51
34.03
39.46
34.40
39.59
43.64
32.65
47.15
23.77
23.07
34.53
31.33
32.80
41.44
2.6
11.5
6.2
5.6
5.9
5.3
2.3
3.2
7.4
11.3
10.8
7.9
8.5
6.4
8.4
11.6
5.6
5.9
11.9
3.1
34.16
26.94
26.75
35.09
38.14
39.80
45.51
33.93
39.53
34.40
39.71
44.01
32.65
48.14
23.77
23.07
34.53
31.33
–
41.44
2.6
11.5
6.2
5.6
5.9
5.3
2.3
3.4
7.6
11.3
11.3
8.0
8.5
5.7
8.4
11.6
5.6
5.9
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
31.20
24.68
26.24
26.88
43.48
35.29
37.47
43.94
37.09
37.09
26.33
28.60
4.7
5.3
6.4
3.0
2.7
7.8
.9
3.0
10.1
10.1
7.9
1.8
30.97
24.68
24.68
26.88
43.48
35.29
37.47
43.94
37.09
37.09
23.92
28.51
5.0
5.3
7.1
3.0
2.7
7.8
.9
3.0
10.1
10.1
8.1
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
22.84
20.4
24.48
20.0
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
$19.54
13.78
12.5
8.2
$20.49
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
40.02
32.5
42.75
36.7
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
23.73
22.13
24.3
13.5
24.82
19.66
24.5
12.5
$16.47
–
37.1
–
16.29
21.19
13.23
13.23
24.65
11.9
12.5
1.1
1.1
10.8
16.40
–
13.04
13.04
25.18
12.7
–
1.1
1.1
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.94
9.2
25.18
9.8
–
–
25.93
23.85
23.94
27.54
6.3
10.5
19.1
9.2
26.15
23.81
23.94
28.02
6.7
11.4
19.1
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 6 .............................................................
Medical records and health information technicians .........
31.97
15.30
18.71
21.49
27.67
32.97
33.70
44.58
42.87
90.87
33.69
30.80
37.39
22.95
27.67
33.82
34.19
5.9
6.9
13.8
3.4
3.9
6.7
2.5
7.2
2.7
11.5
2.5
13.7
11.3
1.0
4.7
3.9
4.7
31.75
15.14
18.63
21.14
27.79
31.49
–
–
42.65
–
–
28.40
37.86
22.89
–
32.92
33.29
6.5
7.2
15.7
4.4
4.1
10.4
–
–
3.2
–
–
16.3
12.8
.6
–
5.9
6.3
33.86
–
19.13
–
–
38.41
–
–
–
–
36.21
37.61
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
10.0
–
–
9.5
–
–
–
–
7.4
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
17.97
20.71
20.82
17.90
12.4
2.5
1.4
7.1
17.96
20.60
20.58
–
12.5
2.4
2.3
–
–
21.18
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
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 4 .............................................................
14.24
10.96
13.63
14.96
12.39
11.10
13.43
12.51
12.36
11.10
13.43
12.41
16.57
17.09
6.7
2.0
5.7
6.0
2.4
3.2
8.5
3.2
2.4
3.2
8.5
3.8
8.1
1.0
14.52
10.96
13.87
14.91
12.59
–
13.69
12.29
12.56
–
13.69
–
16.62
–
7.3
.5
5.6
6.7
2.8
–
8.4
3.7
2.9
–
8.4
–
8.5
–
12.27
–
–
–
11.55
–
–
–
11.55
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
16.42
13.41
13.41
14.5
8.6
8.6
17.34
13.88
13.88
18.0
12.1
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
9.81
1.7
11.21
8.7
8.38
1.9
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.18
8.78
8.99
11.64
1.0
2.6
1.0
2.3
$8.62
9.18
–
11.92
2.9
2.1
–
1.0
$8.06
8.43
–
–
1.1
2.5
–
–
15.47
6.0
15.47
6.0
–
–
14.88
10.99
9.78
12.26
10.88
11.72
9.26
8.14
7.70
8.18
8.28
8.76
7.67
7.71
11.7
3.3
.6
9.6
10.1
11.1
3.5
2.1
.9
2.1
6.0
1.4
.9
1.6
14.88
11.74
–
12.62
11.70
–
–
8.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.7
1.2
–
6.5
4.0
–
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.15
7.76
7.80
7.73
–
–
7.73
7.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
.6
.3
1.1
2.0
–
–
.3
2.0
8.54
7.93
9.48
9.16
8.9
2.3
1.2
5.7
–
–
10.57
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
8.77
8.87
–
–
6.4
8.1
9.73
9.39
8.93
8.66
2.4
7.2
3.3
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.86
–
8.64
8.42
9.7
–
.2
.5
12.92
9.70
11.61
13.59
12.04
9.70
10.78
12.84
9.1
8.6
17.1
6.4
9.4
8.6
20.1
6.7
13.63
10.38
12.89
13.59
12.79
10.38
12.16
12.84
7.1
8.2
14.3
6.4
8.3
8.2
18.9
6.7
8.48
–
–
–
8.48
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
13.87
11.28
16.11
13.24
9.36
–
8.1
8.4
21.5
6.6
7.8
–
13.94
–
–
13.24
10.17
9.70
8.1
–
–
6.6
8.4
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
12.85
8.41
9.27
9.34
13.72
10.39
8.74
10.72
19.09
19.83
7.4
3.0
4.3
6.3
7.6
7.9
5.7
1.1
14.7
17.3
14.39
–
–
9.34
14.29
10.68
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
6.8
8.1
6.4
–
–
–
–
9.29
–
9.00
–
–
9.68
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
5.9
–
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
21.07
8.49
10.76
5.4
3.4
2.1
22.88
–
11.28
6.0
–
3.9
11.44
–
9.38
2.4
–
3.3
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 2 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.58
15.39
22.12
23.31
32.41
31.44
35.44
29.43
27.16
2.4
7.4
11.0
11.5
10.2
23.6
19.5
7.1
6.6
$12.76
15.43
22.25
23.31
32.41
31.44
35.44
29.43
27.16
3.3
8.5
11.0
11.5
10.2
23.6
19.5
7.1
6.6
$12.20
15.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.89
14.18
8.49
10.76
12.61
16.00
20.92
12.70
10.80
13.89
16.75
12.70
10.80
13.89
16.75
17.53
14.94
10.36
14.92
32.82
10.2
8.5
3.4
2.1
2.6
11.7
6.8
2.0
1.1
5.1
4.9
2.0
1.1
5.1
4.9
16.9
19.1
7.0
22.7
22.3
32.89
15.20
–
11.28
12.76
16.17
21.08
13.27
11.23
14.66
–
13.27
11.23
14.66
–
18.66
15.73
10.57
15.55
32.82
10.2
11.6
–
3.9
3.3
12.4
7.1
5.1
4.8
7.8
–
5.1
4.8
7.8
–
14.8
20.5
7.2
22.2
22.3
–
11.33
–
9.38
12.27
–
–
11.92
–
–
–
11.92
–
–
–
–
10.08
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
3.3
4.2
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
32.86
22.8
32.86
22.8
–
–
16.76
9.15
10.95
12.71
15.72
18.11
20.93
22.79
17.31
4.1
6.1
4.8
2.0
3.7
3.1
4.2
6.9
6.1
17.42
–
12.03
12.88
15.92
18.10
20.98
22.79
17.66
3.8
–
4.3
2.1
3.7
3.2
4.3
6.9
7.1
11.27
8.77
9.36
11.65
13.38
–
–
–
–
4.6
6.8
4.5
4.1
2.6
–
–
–
–
24.26
16.14
15.17
19.64
17.72
16.49
17.51
16.59
12.12
17.98
15.33
14.24
5.5
2.9
8.5
6.4
6.3
17.0
5.5
6.8
.5
10.1
2.4
8.8
24.26
16.29
15.43
19.70
17.87
–
17.51
16.59
–
18.18
15.33
14.37
5.5
2.5
8.2
7.0
6.4
–
5.5
6.8
–
10.0
2.4
8.8
–
13.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.60
13.12
12.11
14.36
18.13
–
20.26
17.15
4.4
6.2
8.0
2.7
15.9
–
10.3
7.1
18.55
13.63
–
–
18.13
13.57
20.85
–
4.6
6.4
–
–
15.9
4.5
10.5
–
–
11.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
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,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Secretaries and administrative assistants –Continued
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
$15.54
23.32
21.43
16.54
15.04
12.25
15.17
19.53
6.2
6.6
7.0
7.2
8.3
7.5
4.8
9.0
$15.54
23.32
21.99
17.19
16.59
–
16.02
19.53
6.2
6.6
6.2
5.9
7.7
–
5.6
9.0
–
–
–
–
$10.73
–
13.25
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
2.5
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
21.27
18.64
19.16
23.36
25.70
30.97
22.15
15.76
24.79
5.3
2.3
11.2
12.5
2.1
1.7
8.3
16.3
1.4
21.49
18.64
19.34
23.46
25.70
30.97
22.15
16.39
25.08
5.2
2.3
11.7
13.7
2.1
1.7
8.3
16.8
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
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 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Level 5 .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
21.53
16.60
23.08
24.53
35.85
6.9
6.8
10.8
4.6
4.7
21.75
16.90
23.08
24.75
35.85
6.8
6.9
10.8
4.8
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.08
15.40
28.50
19.14
19.14
23.92
15.2
3.5
6.3
8.9
8.9
9.5
27.08
–
28.50
19.14
19.14
23.92
15.2
–
6.3
8.9
8.9
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.28
17.31
26.26
18.76
17.31
6.1
8.1
11.2
6.8
8.1
21.28
17.31
26.26
18.76
17.31
6.1
8.1
11.2
6.8
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.18
15.0
20.18
15.0
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
19.61
9.21
12.24
16.92
18.46
20.84
21.51
25.66
29.58
3.6
7.8
4.5
6.3
6.8
2.8
6.8
9.0
2.2
20.17
9.58
12.21
17.12
18.34
20.84
21.51
25.66
29.58
3.8
11.8
4.9
6.2
7.0
2.8
6.8
9.0
2.2
10.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.00
15.09
21.49
19.81
20.26
22.06
15.03
12.99
9.65
12.6
12.5
6.5
8.8
10.1
9.2
6.1
10.9
8.8
26.00
15.20
21.49
19.81
20.26
22.06
15.03
13.03
9.45
12.6
12.3
6.5
8.8
10.1
9.2
6.1
13.0
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
17.48
10.05
12.62
15.39
20.39
10.4
6.9
7.3
6.8
3.6
19.38
11.57
12.03
16.37
20.55
10.2
8.9
5.4
4.6
3.9
10.57
8.82
14.59
–
–
3.7
2.1
15.2
–
–
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,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.36
22.80
20.95
120.50
120.50
18.72
20.74
20.06
19.10
16.05
20.28
18.85
20.48
13.21
10.06
12.66
14.94
11.44
4.3
16.7
5.6
12.0
12.0
4.3
9.0
4.9
3.9
6.6
5.5
10.9
8.3
7.1
7.8
1.6
6.0
5.3
$19.79
22.80
21.55
120.50
120.50
19.03
20.82
20.22
19.07
–
20.26
18.81
20.48
14.99
11.96
12.73
15.06
11.62
4.1
16.7
3.2
12.0
12.0
4.7
9.8
5.2
4.0
–
5.7
11.5
8.3
6.3
10.2
1.8
6.6
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
$14.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.54
8.87
12.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
2.1
8.3
–
–
14.00
10.40
12.47
15.97
6.5
9.5
3.5
4.0
16.07
–
12.55
16.06
5.4
–
5.7
4.6
9.71
8.91
12.13
–
2.7
3.1
8.3
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
16
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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 ..............................................................................
$26.14
3.1
$26.49
3.0
$23.29
10.6
Management occupations .................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
36.02
37.96
36.24
41.87
4.3
6.0
6.7
11.1
36.02
37.96
36.24
41.87
4.3
6.0
6.7
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
48.58
5.5
48.58
5.5
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
25.98
19.87
27.77
5.8
3.2
5.9
25.98
19.89
27.19
6.2
3.5
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
30.61
30.58
30.24
3.8
2.5
1.9
30.61
30.58
30.24
3.8
2.5
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
28.44
8.1
28.16
9.4
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
25.84
30.99
24.89
7.0
5.1
11.1
25.80
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
31.87
14.15
36.68
31.64
3.7
3.5
4.7
27.2
31.99
–
35.93
–
5.4
–
5.3
–
31.44
14.37
44.48
–
17.9
3.9
13.3
–
36.46
36.61
36.19
36.51
5.9
5.9
5.9
6.1
36.54
36.54
36.67
36.67
5.9
5.9
6.7
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.29
35.70
5.5
5.7
35.90
35.90
6.6
6.6
–
–
–
–
38.82
38.82
37.00
37.00
5.9
5.9
6.8
6.8
38.82
38.82
36.94
36.94
5.9
5.9
6.7
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.97
36.97
14.44
14.15
7.4
7.4
2.0
3.5
36.90
36.90
14.87
–
7.3
7.3
7.6
–
–
–
14.15
14.37
–
–
3.8
3.9
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
34.46
32.96
4.0
3.2
35.04
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
24.76
24.40
28.77
20.58
20.58
30.82
30.82
9.0
2.5
1.6
6.9
6.9
5.4
5.4
25.83
24.40
28.77
20.58
20.58
30.82
30.82
6.4
2.5
1.6
6.9
6.9
5.4
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
15.42
16.26
14.62
4.8
6.5
4.8
15.43
–
14.63
6.0
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.62
4.8
14.63
4.9
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
15.62
2.5
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$18.15
15.39
18.05
22.19
19.72
17.60
17.54
16.67
17.30
14.51
4.8
2.8
2.7
6.0
4.7
5.1
3.1
2.2
2.4
2.8
$18.83
15.82
18.04
22.19
19.72
17.64
17.39
16.53
17.11
16.37
4.6
1.8
2.7
6.0
4.7
5.3
3.2
1.9
2.6
9.2
$12.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 5 .............................................................
25.32
24.35
4.2
7.5
25.32
24.35
4.2
7.5
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
29.68
28.01
2.3
7.1
29.68
28.01
2.3
7.1
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
22.08
4.1
22.67
6.6
–
–
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.
18
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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 ..............................................................................
$23.63
2.3
$24.98
2.9
$13.99
4.0
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
41.55
18.47
37.93
58.69
35.97
46.17
45.78
55.99
37.78
31.98
38.02
33.67
36.41
3.8
9.5
5.2
6.3
23.9
9.5
3.3
10.3
8.0
15.0
2.9
11.0
12.0
41.54
–
–
–
35.97
46.17
45.78
55.99
37.66
31.52
38.02
33.67
–
3.8
–
–
–
23.9
9.5
3.3
10.3
8.1
15.8
2.9
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
48.58
42.91
5.5
8.5
48.58
42.91
5.5
8.5
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Group III ............................................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,
health and safety, and transportation .........................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
33.12
22.52
33.82
37.00
32.41
4.5
3.4
3.1
8.4
5.0
33.19
–
–
37.00
–
4.5
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
48.37
32.7
–
–
–
–
26.96
21.38
33.54
30.34
22.30
27.62
41.53
13.0
8.0
9.7
9.8
4.2
5.0
20.7
26.96
–
33.86
30.48
–
27.62
41.53
13.0
–
9.8
9.9
–
5.0
20.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
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 .............................................
Group III ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Group III ............................................................
33.86
26.07
37.39
38.59
37.48
33.05
35.32
43.49
39.35
23.77
34.21
36.59
32.80
40.39
42.03
2.5
7.3
2.5
7.3
4.9
8.6
4.0
7.9
7.5
8.4
5.2
4.7
11.9
3.3
4.3
33.87
–
–
38.62
–
33.05
35.32
43.85
39.35
23.77
34.21
36.59
–
40.39
42.03
2.6
–
–
7.5
–
8.6
4.0
8.0
7.5
8.4
5.2
4.7
–
3.3
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Group III ............................................................
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
31.50
25.61
35.31
35.59
24.93
37.38
37.09
38.51
37.09
38.51
26.33
25.52
28.46
26.65
33.26
4.7
3.2
4.8
7.1
7.6
5.1
10.1
8.9
10.1
8.9
7.9
8.8
1.7
4.9
5.8
31.31
–
–
35.59
–
–
37.09
–
37.09
38.51
23.92
–
28.33
–
–
4.9
–
–
7.1
–
–
10.1
–
10.1
8.9
8.1
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
$24.68
19.17
30.30
–
15.1
7.3
10.5
–
$25.78
–
–
20.22
13.7
–
–
13.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
23.29
18.64
30.48
24.90
30.06
22.57
19.80
18.06
4.8
5.1
4.0
13.3
5.3
9.5
6.7
10.1
23.63
–
–
24.67
–
22.15
–
–
5.2
–
–
14.0
–
11.2
–
–
$20.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
40.10
30.5
42.67
33.9
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
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 III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Group III ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
29.47
12.88
22.19
36.18
31.38
37.96
7.3
5.6
23.7
4.0
21.5
14.1
29.73
–
–
–
26.93
–
7.9
–
–
–
13.4
–
28.32
–
–
–
–
–
16.9
–
–
–
–
–
31.43
15.30
36.54
16.53
13.23
13.23
13.23
34.52
21.52
36.38
11.2
3.1
5.8
19.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
5.1
10.6
5.8
31.69
–
–
16.64
–
13.04
13.04
35.01
–
–
10.8
–
–
20.0
–
1.1
1.1
5.7
–
–
25.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.42
21.52
35.69
4.5
10.6
5.5
33.90
–
35.88
5.2
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.41
38.41
36.06
37.00
6.0
6.0
7.1
6.8
38.82
38.82
36.09
–
5.9
5.9
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.94
36.97
45.15
41.73
13.43
12.89
7.4
7.4
18.0
10.8
4.8
5.7
35.98
36.90
–
–
13.68
12.21
7.2
7.3
–
–
10.5
6.5
–
–
–
–
13.26
13.23
–
–
–
–
6.1
6.0
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Group II .............................................................
26.32
21.71
23.94
27.54
22.65
5.7
8.5
19.1
9.2
14.7
26.65
–
23.94
28.02
–
6.3
–
19.1
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
32.15
14.39
26.11
35.53
90.87
33.63
30.35
33.89
5.5
6.6
4.2
4.8
11.5
2.1
11.0
2.7
31.91
–
–
–
–
–
28.37
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
13.7
–
33.81
–
–
–
–
35.32
34.31
35.53
3.0
–
–
–
–
4.2
5.4
5.7
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Therapists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Group II .............................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
Medical records and health information technicians .........
Group I ..............................................................
$38.03
29.39
40.05
22.95
27.67
33.82
33.82
34.19
34.19
9.9
3.5
10.4
1.0
4.7
3.9
3.9
4.7
4.7
$38.54
–
–
22.89
–
32.92
–
33.29
33.29
10.5
–
–
.6
–
5.9
–
6.3
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.97
21.09
21.10
17.90
14.82
12.4
2.6
2.6
7.1
6.5
17.96
21.06
21.06
–
–
12.5
2.8
2.8
–
–
–
$21.18
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
14.52
13.70
12.59
12.59
12.57
12.57
16.74
15.34
5.8
5.5
2.4
2.4
2.6
2.6
6.6
8.2
14.79
–
12.81
–
12.80
12.80
16.79
–
6.2
–
2.7
–
2.9
2.9
6.8
–
12.27
–
11.55
–
11.55
11.55
–
–
4.5
–
4.6
–
4.6
4.6
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
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 ..............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
22.86
13.89
24.95
28.65
28.77
20.58
20.97
20.58
20.97
30.82
29.31
30.82
29.31
15.31
13.93
15.31
13.93
9.8
8.6
9.2
1.7
1.6
6.9
6.2
6.9
6.2
5.4
2.3
5.4
2.3
9.9
11.0
9.9
11.0
23.99
–
–
28.65
28.77
20.58
–
20.58
20.97
30.82
–
30.82
29.31
15.84
–
15.84
14.45
7.9
–
–
1.7
1.6
6.9
–
6.9
6.2
5.4
–
5.4
2.3
12.3
–
12.3
13.8
9.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Group II .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
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 ....................................................................
9.87
9.14
18.01
1.7
.8
4.2
11.26
–
–
8.6
–
–
8.44
–
–
1.8
–
–
15.47
18.19
5.8
5.3
15.47
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
14.91
18.02
10.99
10.94
10.88
10.88
9.40
9.40
8.14
8.14
8.76
8.76
7.67
7.67
11.3
8.2
3.3
4.1
10.1
10.1
4.5
4.5
2.1
2.1
1.4
1.4
.9
.9
14.88
–
11.74
–
11.70
11.70
–
–
8.62
–
–
–
–
–
11.7
–
1.2
–
4.0
4.0
–
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.23
9.23
7.76
–
–
–
7.73
7.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
1.9
.3
–
–
–
.3
.3
8.54
8.9
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers –Continued
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)
$8.54
9.70
9.70
8.9
2.5
2.5
–
$10.95
–
–
9.4
–
–
$8.77
–
–
6.4
–
9.73
9.73
2.4
2.4
–
–
–
–
8.86
8.86
9.7
9.7
9.63
9.63
8.93
8.93
10.2
10.2
3.3
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.64
8.64
–
–
.2
.2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
13.64
12.81
20.23
12.84
12.27
6.3
6.5
5.0
6.7
5.8
14.18
–
–
13.43
–
4.8
–
–
5.3
–
9.46
–
–
8.60
–
14.5
–
–
9.7
–
14.19
13.53
9.36
9.36
15.49
15.49
4.6
3.6
7.8
7.8
4.7
4.7
14.24
13.57
10.17
10.17
–
–
4.6
3.7
8.4
8.4
–
–
11.68
11.68
–
–
–
–
7.4
7.4
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
13.18
10.96
22.57
10.43
10.43
10.72
10.72
17.38
12.91
19.83
6.6
5.2
9.9
7.6
7.6
1.1
1.1
17.5
18.2
17.3
14.84
–
–
10.68
10.68
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
6.4
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
9.37
–
–
9.84
9.84
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
9.8
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Group II .............................................................
21.07
12.66
25.92
45.17
29.43
27.12
27.16
26.53
5.4
1.8
7.8
16.1
7.1
6.4
6.6
7.0
22.88
–
–
–
29.43
–
27.16
26.53
6.0
–
–
–
7.1
–
6.6
7.0
11.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.89
14.18
12.36
22.50
12.70
12.70
12.70
12.70
17.53
14.94
11.89
32.82
29.57
10.2
8.5
2.1
6.6
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
16.9
19.1
5.7
22.3
27.8
32.89
15.20
–
–
13.27
–
13.27
13.27
18.66
15.73
12.30
32.82
–
10.2
11.6
–
–
5.1
–
5.1
5.1
14.8
20.5
6.9
22.3
–
–
11.33
–
–
11.92
–
11.92
11.92
–
10.08
10.06
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
3.4
–
3.4
3.4
–
8.4
8.5
–
–
32.86
29.49
22.8
29.1
32.86
29.49
22.8
29.1
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
17.01
3.4
17.66
3.1
11.43
4.4
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.99
20.35
2.7
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.83
22.75
16.42
14.54
19.27
19.91
17.72
16.11
17.65
16.38
19.27
12.12
12.12
17.98
14.00
21.88
14.24
12.51
7.3
7.8
2.8
4.4
4.5
5.3
6.3
16.7
5.0
5.8
5.7
.5
.5
10.1
5.2
11.6
8.8
7.5
$22.83
22.75
16.57
–
–
19.91
17.87
–
17.65
16.38
19.27
–
–
18.18
14.33
21.88
14.37
–
7.3
7.8
2.4
–
–
5.3
6.4
–
5.0
5.8
5.7
–
–
10.0
5.0
11.6
8.8
–
–
–
$13.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.53
18.51
13.12
13.12
21.06
18.13
–
–
19.18
15.88
21.04
21.43
22.02
16.61
16.08
17.21
14.90
12.55
19.19
3.9
5.2
6.2
6.2
14.6
15.9
–
–
7.6
5.6
8.8
5.4
5.0
3.6
7.0
3.5
6.1
5.1
8.0
18.48
–
13.63
13.63
21.06
18.13
13.57
13.59
19.53
–
–
21.84
22.02
16.82
–
17.08
16.53
14.19
19.19
4.1
–
6.4
6.4
14.6
15.9
4.5
4.8
7.9
–
–
4.8
5.0
3.3
–
3.7
6.1
5.4
8.0
–
–
11.21
11.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.47
10.47
–
–
–
8.9
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
6.5
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
21.48
15.71
23.80
22.10
22.31
15.76
15.06
27.38
28.30
4.9
5.3
6.4
8.3
10.6
16.3
13.8
7.0
5.0
21.70
–
–
22.10
22.31
16.39
15.66
27.38
–
4.7
–
–
8.3
10.6
16.8
14.5
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.87
24.82
27.23
6.8
1.3
6.0
27.87
25.09
27.92
6.8
.5
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
22.30
13.46
23.43
6.6
6.2
7.4
22.52
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.08
27.08
15.40
15.2
15.2
3.5
27.08
27.08
–
15.2
15.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
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 ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group II .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
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 ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group II .............................................................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$31.37
31.37
28.50
19.69
23.69
19.69
23.69
24.37
24.19
4.9
4.9
6.3
8.4
6.7
8.4
6.7
8.6
9.4
$31.37
–
28.50
19.69
–
19.69
23.69
24.37
24.19
4.9
–
6.3
8.4
–
8.4
6.7
8.6
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.98
21.01
26.26
19.99
19.99
5.7
6.3
11.2
6.6
6.6
21.98
–
26.26
19.99
19.99
5.7
–
11.2
6.6
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.18
15.0
20.18
15.0
–
–
19.61
14.68
22.56
3.6
5.2
2.4
20.17
–
–
3.8
–
–
$10.91
–
–
14.6
–
–
26.00
15.09
13.73
21.49
21.72
19.81
20.26
22.06
25.33
15.03
12.99
12.09
12.6
12.5
15.1
6.5
6.0
8.8
10.1
9.2
11.7
6.1
10.9
10.0
26.00
15.20
–
21.49
21.72
19.81
20.26
22.06
25.33
15.03
13.03
–
12.6
12.3
–
6.5
6.0
8.8
10.1
9.2
11.7
6.1
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Group III ............................................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Group III ............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
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 ..............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.70
14.05
21.05
98.37
120.50
120.50
120.50
120.50
16.91
18.86
17.90
19.39
19.28
17.81
19.41
18.85
18.84
20.48
19.24
13.25
12.76
11.44
11.44
9.8
3.6
6.3
1.9
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
11.2
4.1
9.0
4.6
3.7
8.0
5.2
10.9
11.5
8.3
12.7
7.1
7.7
5.3
5.3
$19.53
–
–
–
120.50
–
120.50
120.50
–
19.16
–
–
19.26
17.66
19.38
18.81
18.80
20.48
19.24
15.02
–
11.62
11.62
9.7
–
–
–
12.0
–
12.0
12.0
–
4.4
–
–
3.8
8.9
5.3
11.5
12.0
8.3
12.7
6.2
–
5.5
5.5
$11.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.54
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
–
–
–
14.04
13.49
6.4
8.3
16.10
15.66
5.3
6.9
9.71
9.71
2.7
2.7
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.
25
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.70
$13.89
$20.20
$30.29
$41.27
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
25.00
25.48
32.99
38.46
35.91
15.58
30.00
16.09
30.35
25.48
38.50
42.49
46.15
25.48
30.00
25.00
38.46
25.48
46.47
46.47
59.43
30.35
36.06
33.71
51.23
38.08
52.41
46.47
66.11
46.74
48.00
42.87
64.35
75.85
64.35
53.53
66.11
62.50
48.00
49.69
42.36
33.99
42.87
36.00
44.76
42.39
49.69
50.87
68.59
54.67
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,
health and safety, and transportation .........................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
19.85
23.32
24.03
29.71
29.81
41.28
41.57
42.73
45.95
45.95
19.59
25.10
30.90
85.58
85.58
18.29
20.43
21.00
23.43
18.29
25.00
21.64
23.43
26.00
30.04
25.00
41.55
36.70
41.66
32.22
50.93
41.18
51.36
47.12
68.59
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 ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
22.49
25.95
25.32
27.90
17.36
23.29
22.72
29.71
25.77
29.50
27.96
36.06
22.49
27.30
24.92
35.79
31.86
37.61
30.89
43.42
23.23
33.53
37.15
42.28
41.23
43.42
37.91
51.88
26.63
40.96
39.90
46.87
46.90
58.44
41.15
58.44
28.86
45.34
39.90
47.60
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
20.57
22.46
26.81
26.81
16.00
23.27
24.86
28.08
30.05
30.05
18.75
26.44
28.87
35.53
39.00
39.00
25.00
27.83
38.75
41.11
44.78
44.78
30.00
28.85
44.55
47.98
47.98
47.98
36.59
34.52
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
16.83
17.65
21.20
30.13
36.61
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
14.00
15.66
12.75
16.91
17.44
20.02
23.09
27.39
21.68
28.22
28.22
24.27
34.28
33.42
31.69
10.00
13.93
17.19
23.09
23.27
Legal occupations ..............................................................
19.35
24.04
26.44
43.52
76.92
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
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 ...........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.90
16.56
16.56
24.53
29.55
30.94
38.55
36.23
45.30
58.49
13.80
11.19
11.19
22.99
22.99
12.00
12.00
27.71
32.30
14.37
13.80
34.40
41.04
14.75
14.37
41.66
46.58
30.47
14.75
46.43
22.53
26.69
32.94
41.04
45.30
28.16
23.46
32.09
30.48
37.77
35.66
45.53
42.06
49.77
47.81
22.99
16.58
10.00
30.27
26.77
11.07
35.60
44.63
13.45
41.95
60.00
14.58
48.38
65.00
16.73
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
18.12
19.31
26.63
32.93
36.65
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
$12.48
16.64
$19.23
19.81
$19.31
25.32
$34.41
36.65
$34.41
36.82
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Medical records and health information technicians .........
17.83
32.34
28.50
27.45
14.26
21.12
27.00
27.00
26.73
32.34
31.00
29.24
17.00
24.71
27.99
29.24
32.00
69.11
33.00
35.67
23.30
30.10
32.81
33.65
36.19
154.95
35.06
46.20
30.10
30.39
40.00
40.12
43.60
187.15
40.35
52.36
30.78
30.85
40.87
40.87
10.00
17.75
13.00
14.59
18.81
16.00
19.91
21.00
17.75
22.52
22.19
19.60
23.82
23.34
25.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
10.16
10.14
10.14
12.03
11.62
10.53
10.50
13.50
13.57
12.23
12.00
17.00
17.00
13.72
13.82
18.66
18.80
16.01
16.01
20.44
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.34
23.99
16.21
16.21
26.96
26.96
9.00
9.00
16.96
27.08
18.74
18.74
28.01
28.01
13.00
13.00
23.99
28.78
20.38
20.38
30.75
30.75
13.00
13.00
28.92
31.71
22.28
22.28
31.37
31.37
19.42
19.42
31.80
33.31
24.17
24.17
38.01
38.01
23.83
23.83
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 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 .....................................................................
7.63
7.93
8.75
10.50
14.03
9.00
10.50
14.42
19.71
23.44
9.00
8.30
8.50
7.93
7.52
7.93
7.52
10.50
8.75
9.25
8.00
7.63
8.25
7.63
14.42
11.00
10.50
9.00
7.93
9.00
7.63
19.08
12.50
12.00
11.08
8.25
9.00
7.88
23.44
14.03
14.03
11.08
9.00
9.34
7.93
7.49
7.63
7.63
8.00
7.93
8.75
7.93
11.50
11.81
13.44
7.63
7.93
8.75
11.57
14.05
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.50
8.67
9.00
9.00
9.25
13.44
9.80
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
7.91
7.84
10.35
9.67
13.29
13.00
15.60
14.85
19.07
17.27
10.02
7.47
11.86
12.00
7.63
15.00
13.29
8.67
16.00
15.56
9.68
16.00
19.07
12.21
19.35
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
7.63
8.00
9.60
8.25
14.89
8.40
8.50
9.93
13.33
14.89
10.81
10.60
10.81
14.89
23.00
15.18
11.00
11.22
23.00
25.00
25.00
13.00
11.22
25.00
25.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
9.00
14.61
11.07
17.75
16.25
32.53
26.13
40.06
42.31
43.22
14.61
15.66
17.75
40.06
42.31
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.59
8.30
8.15
8.15
7.93
8.50
15.14
$31.25
10.03
10.38
10.38
9.47
9.83
18.70
$36.03
11.70
11.70
11.70
14.88
11.60
22.46
$36.44
17.45
17.40
17.40
23.11
16.94
53.30
$43.22
22.02
17.70
17.70
26.84
26.13
64.82
14.00
18.70
22.46
53.30
64.82
11.00
13.16
16.42
20.00
23.38
17.76
11.88
15.65
13.75
13.16
10.69
11.62
10.00
18.71
12.71
20.00
15.72
15.14
10.96
14.42
11.29
22.58
16.00
20.00
17.90
17.99
12.00
16.95
13.00
23.80
19.87
22.00
18.69
19.87
12.63
20.60
16.79
29.33
21.85
23.69
22.15
22.57
15.25
30.21
19.80
16.62
9.00
11.00
11.00
14.08
15.09
13.96
9.62
18.05
11.50
17.07
12.33
15.65
18.32
15.28
11.00
18.48
13.00
22.71
22.00
18.05
22.20
16.00
14.00
18.67
15.25
26.10
22.63
22.20
25.24
18.05
18.26
19.45
16.00
26.10
22.63
26.67
25.53
19.41
23.00
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
12.44
19.00
11.20
23.17
17.00
19.13
12.00
25.19
20.50
20.50
13.95
28.57
25.00
25.00
19.25
30.43
30.38
28.00
25.00
30.85
25.19
12.00
28.01
22.29
28.57
24.27
30.43
30.00
30.85
34.50
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine
repairers .....................................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
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 ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
12.50
15.66
21.54
28.01
34.23
11.75
19.00
28.85
37.11
39.65
12.41
13.89
14.87
19.00
19.06
23.10
18.46
9.00
9.00
15.66
32.11
25.47
12.34
12.34
19.71
33.40
31.12
21.11
21.11
26.00
33.58
31.32
24.11
24.11
28.14
34.23
35.15
27.39
27.39
32.30
16.00
19.79
16.00
17.02
19.79
16.00
21.57
21.85
21.17
24.17
32.52
21.57
32.52
36.16
24.76
12.75
13.44
22.51
25.13
31.33
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
10.25
14.00
19.18
24.76
29.55
20.00
10.00
17.00
14.58
14.84
11.00
14.00
7.89
20.77
10.30
19.00
17.28
15.95
15.00
14.00
10.00
21.64
11.50
21.00
20.43
20.35
22.76
14.50
12.00
28.37
17.21
23.93
23.50
23.86
29.40
14.50
14.50
46.11
26.78
25.00
23.50
27.49
30.56
18.90
16.89
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
8.60
11.00
16.21
20.00
25.02
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$91.06
91.06
11.16
12.00
16.48
11.58
14.68
8.03
8.60
$120.47
120.47
11.40
17.37
17.71
12.00
16.64
9.00
8.88
$123.03
123.03
18.06
19.40
19.40
19.34
21.38
12.00
11.60
$123.03
123.03
18.57
21.23
20.24
21.39
21.67
16.43
12.30
$159.29
159.29
24.60
23.00
23.00
27.38
26.78
18.06
14.83
8.00
9.74
14.60
17.45
18.06
Occupation2
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
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 ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.25
$13.00
$19.80
$30.00
$41.57
Management occupations .................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
24.74
32.99
38.46
32.41
15.58
30.00
16.09
30.35
38.50
42.49
50.00
25.48
30.00
20.75
39.45
46.47
46.47
66.11
30.35
36.06
21.46
54.33
52.41
46.47
66.11
46.74
48.00
25.00
66.11
64.35
53.53
66.11
62.50
48.00
25.00
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
21.00
23.32
24.62
29.71
32.22
41.28
42.73
42.73
46.96
45.95
18.29
21.01
21.00
23.43
18.29
27.50
22.12
30.22
26.26
30.29
27.05
42.70
28.37
41.83
32.22
68.59
38.37
51.36
51.66
68.59
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
22.49
25.95
27.90
17.36
23.29
22.72
29.71
25.39
29.95
36.06
22.49
27.27
24.92
38.75
32.40
38.69
43.42
23.23
36.52
37.15
42.28
42.28
43.46
51.88
26.63
41.10
39.90
46.87
47.12
58.44
58.44
28.86
46.90
39.90
48.75
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
20.20
21.85
26.81
26.81
16.00
23.27
24.04
27.50
30.05
30.05
18.75
26.99
28.85
33.49
39.00
39.00
25.00
28.85
38.08
42.26
44.78
44.78
30.00
28.85
45.02
47.98
47.98
47.98
36.59
35.00
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
15.65
17.65
18.63
22.60
36.46
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
12.22
12.75
15.00
12.75
16.29
12.75
22.01
15.12
30.12
15.12
Legal occupations ..............................................................
19.35
24.04
26.44
45.67
76.92
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
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 ............................................................
10.58
12.90
22.60
38.55
38.55
11.19
11.19
11.19
13.90
12.18
12.00
12.00
19.94
14.37
13.80
13.80
24.00
15.31
14.37
14.37
29.55
24.35
14.75
14.75
40.21
13.90
19.94
24.15
29.55
40.21
18.12
12.48
16.64
19.23
19.23
19.81
25.69
19.31
25.32
34.41
34.41
36.65
36.65
34.41
36.82
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Medical records and health information technicians .........
17.16
32.34
29.00
26.73
14.26
21.12
27.00
27.00
26.00
32.34
31.25
28.71
17.00
24.71
27.99
29.24
32.00
69.11
33.00
35.67
23.30
30.10
32.81
33.65
35.99
154.95
35.00
46.20
30.10
30.39
40.00
40.12
43.49
187.15
40.46
50.09
30.78
30.85
40.87
40.87
10.00
17.72
13.00
14.59
18.80
16.00
19.91
21.00
17.75
22.52
22.07
19.60
23.82
23.33
25.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
10.16
10.14
11.17
10.50
13.20
11.73
17.00
13.28
18.54
16.01
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
$10.14
11.00
$10.50
13.20
$11.73
17.00
$13.36
18.00
$16.01
20.44
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.00
9.00
9.00
10.98
9.34
9.34
13.00
13.00
13.00
21.33
14.33
14.33
29.33
17.99
17.99
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 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 .....................................................................
7.63
7.93
8.75
10.40
14.01
9.00
10.50
14.42
19.71
23.44
9.00
8.30
8.50
7.93
7.52
7.93
7.52
10.50
8.75
9.25
8.00
7.63
8.25
7.63
14.42
11.00
10.50
8.50
7.93
9.00
7.63
19.08
12.50
12.00
10.75
8.25
9.00
7.88
23.44
14.03
14.03
11.08
9.00
9.34
7.93
7.49
7.63
7.63
8.00
7.93
8.75
7.93
9.00
11.81
13.20
7.63
8.00
7.93
8.50
8.75
9.00
11.57
9.25
14.05
9.80
7.64
7.63
9.60
9.00
12.21
11.59
15.56
14.03
17.00
16.44
9.60
7.47
10.94
7.63
13.06
8.67
15.56
9.68
21.63
12.21
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
7.63
7.84
9.60
9.17
14.89
8.40
8.50
9.93
14.89
14.89
10.70
10.50
10.81
23.00
23.00
14.45
11.00
11.22
25.00
25.00
25.00
13.00
11.22
25.00
25.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
9.00
14.61
11.07
17.75
16.25
32.53
26.13
40.06
42.31
43.22
14.61
15.66
17.75
40.06
42.31
15.59
8.30
8.15
8.15
7.93
8.50
15.14
31.25
10.03
10.38
10.38
9.47
9.83
18.70
36.03
11.70
11.70
11.70
14.88
11.60
22.46
36.44
17.45
17.40
17.40
23.11
16.94
53.30
43.22
22.02
17.70
17.70
26.84
26.13
64.82
14.00
18.70
22.46
53.30
64.82
11.00
12.72
16.03
20.00
23.07
20.43
11.88
13.75
12.88
10.69
11.62
10.00
20.90
12.63
15.72
14.00
10.96
14.42
11.29
23.80
15.72
17.90
17.00
12.00
16.95
13.00
24.38
19.87
18.69
19.87
12.63
20.60
16.79
30.80
21.63
22.15
22.83
15.25
30.21
19.80
16.03
9.00
11.00
13.96
15.09
12.00
17.50
11.50
12.33
15.09
17.50
14.44
18.50
13.00
22.00
19.41
22.20
17.18
18.67
15.25
22.63
25.33
25.33
19.41
20.43
16.00
22.63
28.03
25.53
19.41
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
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 ....................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$9.62
$11.00
$14.00
$18.26
$23.00
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
12.23
19.00
11.20
12.00
16.81
19.13
12.00
22.29
20.50
20.50
13.95
24.27
25.00
25.00
19.25
30.50
30.38
28.00
25.00
34.50
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine
repairers .....................................................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
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 ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
12.50
15.32
19.79
26.00
32.52
11.75
19.00
28.85
37.11
39.65
12.41
18.46
9.00
9.00
15.66
13.89
25.47
12.34
12.34
19.14
14.87
31.12
19.84
19.84
25.00
19.00
31.32
23.31
23.31
28.68
19.06
35.15
27.39
27.39
32.30
16.00
19.79
16.00
16.50
19.79
16.00
19.79
21.85
17.02
21.85
32.52
21.57
32.52
36.16
21.57
12.75
13.44
22.51
25.13
31.33
10.25
14.00
19.18
24.76
29.55
20.00
10.00
17.00
14.58
14.84
11.00
14.00
7.89
20.77
10.30
19.00
17.28
15.95
15.00
14.00
10.00
21.64
11.50
21.00
20.43
20.35
22.76
14.50
12.00
28.37
17.21
23.93
23.50
23.86
29.40
14.50
14.50
46.11
26.78
25.00
23.50
27.49
30.56
18.90
16.89
8.50
91.06
91.06
12.00
16.00
11.58
14.68
8.03
8.60
11.00
120.47
120.47
16.93
17.71
12.00
16.64
9.00
8.88
16.00
123.03
123.03
19.40
19.40
19.34
21.38
12.00
11.60
19.80
123.03
123.03
21.23
20.24
21.39
21.67
16.21
12.30
24.27
159.29
159.29
23.00
23.00
27.38
26.78
18.06
14.83
7.90
9.60
14.45
17.40
18.06
Occupation2
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
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.
32
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA,
December 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$13.93
$17.76
$24.60
$32.64
$40.49
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
25.48
33.71
30.28
33.71
33.78
41.64
42.39
45.12
46.49
51.18
42.36
42.87
44.76
49.69
68.59
Business and financial operations occupations .............
18.05
19.59
24.08
29.19
37.53
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
23.05
26.14
26.14
28.41
28.86
28.41
30.89
30.10
29.77
34.61
34.01
31.86
35.79
34.80
34.80
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
19.90
20.74
29.57
32.66
37.28
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
19.90
20.42
22.00
20.42
24.27
24.13
28.22
24.27
36.56
39.77
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
14.14
16.56
20.64
16.56
30.94
30.94
40.88
36.23
48.27
58.49
25.61
25.48
30.11
29.86
36.31
36.11
42.23
42.23
47.69
46.97
24.82
29.00
35.38
41.50
45.30
29.05
26.47
32.26
31.18
37.96
36.38
45.53
42.25
49.77
48.27
26.09
12.12
31.17
13.17
36.38
14.02
42.17
15.18
48.64
16.73
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
24.38
25.28
28.29
28.97
33.20
33.20
38.93
37.36
46.83
39.39
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
16.21
23.99
16.21
16.21
26.96
26.96
19.42
27.08
18.74
18.74
28.01
28.01
26.15
27.73
20.38
20.38
30.75
30.75
29.85
31.71
22.28
22.28
31.37
31.37
32.25
33.31
24.17
24.17
38.01
38.01
11.97
11.97
13.29
13.29
13.93
13.29
17.27
15.95
19.35
17.82
11.97
13.29
13.29
15.95
17.82
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
8.25
12.53
16.90
16.90
21.41
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
12.99
16.81
15.28
15.28
7.93
15.29
17.99
15.65
15.65
11.66
17.99
19.09
17.19
16.00
13.97
20.89
22.00
19.21
18.05
18.04
24.00
23.69
20.89
18.05
22.13
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
20.85
23.17
25.21
28.01
28.86
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
23.39
25.81
28.14
33.58
37.78
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
17.22
18.57
22.79
24.60
30.98
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
33
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$11.50
$15.39
$21.67
$31.25
$42.31
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
25.00
25.48
32.99
38.46
35.91
15.58
30.00
16.09
30.35
25.48
38.50
42.49
46.15
25.48
30.00
25.00
38.46
25.48
46.47
46.47
59.43
30.35
36.06
33.71
51.77
38.08
52.41
46.47
66.11
46.74
48.00
42.87
64.35
75.85
64.35
53.53
66.11
62.50
48.00
49.69
42.36
33.99
42.87
36.00
44.76
42.39
49.69
50.87
68.59
54.67
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
19.90
23.32
24.04
29.71
29.82
41.28
41.57
42.73
45.95
45.95
18.29
20.43
21.00
23.43
18.29
26.56
21.64
23.43
26.00
30.04
26.44
41.55
36.70
41.83
32.22
50.93
41.18
51.36
47.12
68.59
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
22.49
25.95
25.32
27.90
17.36
23.29
29.71
25.77
29.47
27.96
36.06
22.49
27.30
35.79
31.86
37.80
30.89
43.42
23.23
33.53
42.28
41.27
43.42
37.91
51.88
26.63
40.96
46.87
46.90
58.44
41.15
58.44
28.86
45.34
47.60
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
20.26
22.46
26.81
26.81
16.00
23.17
24.04
28.08
30.05
30.05
18.03
26.39
29.57
35.53
39.00
39.00
25.00
26.99
38.98
41.11
44.78
44.78
29.25
31.70
43.77
47.98
47.98
47.98
31.50
36.38
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
17.65
16.55
17.65
17.65
21.76
17.65
32.08
22.60
37.28
26.79
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
15.07
15.23
12.75
17.10
17.28
15.22
23.09
27.39
20.42
28.22
28.22
24.27
39.46
32.87
39.77
Legal occupations ..............................................................
20.19
24.04
34.10
46.88
76.92
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
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 ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
13.80
16.56
20.64
16.56
30.35
30.94
38.55
33.61
43.37
36.23
13.80
11.19
11.19
23.59
23.66
12.00
11.80
28.47
32.74
13.80
12.90
35.01
41.04
14.75
14.37
41.95
46.48
30.47
14.75
46.48
22.99
27.10
33.78
41.04
45.30
29.05
23.66
32.26
30.51
37.96
35.62
45.53
42.06
49.77
48.07
22.99
10.00
30.30
11.69
35.46
13.60
41.95
14.43
48.45
19.24
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
18.12
12.48
16.00
19.23
19.23
19.77
26.63
19.31
29.13
33.73
34.41
36.65
36.65
34.41
36.82
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
$17.00
26.73
14.26
27.00
27.00
$26.28
29.24
17.00
27.99
29.24
$32.00
38.70
23.30
31.98
32.02
$35.23
48.62
30.10
38.00
38.00
$43.60
52.36
30.78
40.87
40.87
10.00
17.36
14.59
18.80
19.91
20.98
22.52
22.12
23.82
25.19
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
10.50
10.16
10.16
11.35
11.73
11.17
11.17
13.50
14.17
12.50
12.50
17.00
17.00
14.20
14.20
18.66
18.85
16.01
16.06
20.44
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 .............................................................
13.00
23.99
16.21
16.21
26.96
26.96
9.00
9.00
18.74
27.08
18.74
18.74
28.01
28.01
13.00
13.00
25.63
28.78
20.38
20.38
30.75
30.75
13.46
13.46
29.32
31.71
22.28
22.28
31.37
31.37
19.42
19.42
31.85
33.31
24.17
24.17
38.01
38.01
23.83
23.83
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 .........................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
8.00
8.75
9.50
13.08
16.83
9.00
10.50
14.42
19.71
23.44
9.00
8.75
9.70
7.63
8.75
10.50
10.00
10.50
7.93
8.75
14.42
11.50
11.50
9.00
9.00
19.08
13.00
13.00
9.00
13.44
23.44
14.67
14.03
9.50
14.66
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
9.05
9.00
11.82
10.94
13.92
13.29
16.00
15.51
19.15
17.63
10.02
7.63
12.00
8.35
13.29
9.00
15.56
11.82
19.07
15.07
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
7.63
8.50
10.00
10.25
12.20
10.80
16.90
11.00
26.07
11.60
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
10.38
14.61
11.70
17.75
17.70
32.53
31.25
40.06
44.54
43.22
14.61
15.66
17.75
40.06
42.31
15.59
9.25
10.38
10.38
9.00
8.70
15.14
31.25
10.50
11.06
11.06
13.42
10.38
18.70
36.03
13.00
11.70
11.70
16.69
11.90
22.46
36.44
17.70
17.45
17.45
23.42
19.80
53.30
43.22
23.90
17.70
17.70
28.34
26.13
64.82
14.00
18.70
22.46
53.30
64.82
12.00
14.20
17.31
20.33
23.80
17.76
11.88
15.65
13.75
13.16
12.14
18.71
12.72
20.00
15.72
15.14
14.58
22.58
16.00
20.00
17.90
17.99
17.20
23.80
19.87
22.00
19.50
19.87
20.74
29.33
22.00
23.69
22.15
22.57
30.21
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 .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
35
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$10.00
$11.29
$13.00
$16.79
$19.80
16.03
9.00
11.00
11.00
11.70
15.00
17.50
14.53
11.85
17.50
12.00
17.07
12.33
11.70
15.65
18.51
15.28
13.46
18.48
13.00
22.71
22.00
12.75
18.05
22.20
16.05
15.00
18.67
16.00
26.10
22.63
14.92
22.20
25.33
18.05
19.35
18.67
16.50
26.10
22.63
17.45
26.67
25.53
19.41
23.00
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
13.00
19.00
11.20
23.17
18.00
19.13
12.00
25.19
20.50
20.50
15.00
28.57
25.19
25.00
19.25
30.43
30.38
28.00
25.00
30.85
25.19
11.72
28.01
19.87
28.57
24.50
30.43
30.83
30.85
34.50
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
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 ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
12.75
16.00
21.57
28.14
34.23
11.75
19.00
28.85
37.11
39.65
23.10
18.46
9.00
9.00
15.66
32.11
25.47
12.34
12.34
19.71
33.40
31.12
21.11
21.11
26.00
33.58
31.32
24.11
24.11
28.14
34.23
35.15
27.39
27.39
32.30
16.00
19.79
16.00
17.02
19.79
16.00
21.57
21.85
21.17
24.17
32.52
21.57
32.52
36.16
24.76
12.75
13.44
22.51
25.13
31.33
11.00
14.50
20.00
25.00
29.55
20.00
10.00
17.00
14.58
14.84
11.00
14.00
7.68
20.77
10.30
19.00
17.28
15.95
15.00
14.00
8.75
21.64
11.70
21.00
20.43
20.35
22.76
14.50
13.09
28.37
17.74
23.93
23.50
23.86
29.40
14.50
14.50
46.11
26.78
25.00
23.50
27.49
30.56
18.90
16.89
10.61
91.06
91.06
14.00
16.48
11.58
14.68
9.95
8.60
12.91
120.47
120.47
17.71
17.71
12.00
16.64
11.59
9.50
17.71
123.03
123.03
19.40
19.40
19.34
21.38
14.75
11.60
20.63
123.03
123.03
21.39
20.24
22.72
21.67
17.76
12.32
27.00
159.29
159.29
23.00
23.00
27.38
26.78
18.06
14.83
11.00
13.00
16.17
18.00
18.06
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
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.
36
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA,
December 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.63
$8.00
$10.00
$15.21
$28.32
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.58
13.36
15.66
35.87
58.49
15.21
9.93
15.21
10.74
20.18
13.36
41.04
14.58
47.69
16.25
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
23.23
25.82
18.42
27.66
29.21
18.88
34.01
34.35
21.00
38.91
39.46
23.33
45.17
45.31
23.33
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
10.14
10.04
10.04
10.14
10.14
10.14
11.83
10.50
10.50
12.75
12.41
12.41
16.09
14.20
14.20
Protective service occupations .........................................
8.61
9.26
9.26
9.34
9.35
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
7.63
7.75
7.52
7.52
7.63
7.63
8.00
7.63
7.63
7.90
7.93
8.50
7.63
7.63
8.11
8.50
11.08
7.93
7.88
8.50
10.00
11.08
7.93
8.00
11.57
7.63
7.63
7.63
8.50
7.93
8.50
8.11
9.37
13.20
9.37
7.47
7.47
7.47
7.47
7.91
7.84
9.67
9.67
12.40
11.59
8.25
11.17
12.40
12.40
13.42
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
8.00
7.63
8.40
7.84
8.40
10.25
10.25
11.32
12.53
13.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.75
7.75
7.65
7.65
8.00
8.25
8.10
8.22
8.22
8.50
10.03
10.03
10.53
10.53
10.03
13.91
13.91
17.40
17.40
11.00
17.45
17.45
17.70
17.70
12.57
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
7.78
11.00
8.29
7.66
9.00
12.63
9.00
9.33
10.94
12.63
11.50
10.00
12.98
15.25
13.93
12.00
15.25
19.00
14.03
14.00
Production occupations ....................................................
7.93
7.93
10.00
13.06
15.56
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
7.65
7.93
7.63
8.03
7.93
8.00
9.00
16.07
9.00
12.45
20.42
10.00
19.55
20.79
12.37
7.63
7.65
9.00
10.00
14.38
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
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.
37
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$862
39.8
$51,045
$43,800
2,043
1,685
1,439
1,875
1,831
1,538
1,019
1,859
1,859
40.6
40.0
40.6
40.0
87,074
74,820
97,502
95,219
80,001
53,000
96,660
96,660
2,096
2,080
2,112
2,080
59.43
30.35
36.06
33.71
2,426
1,524
1,521
1,375
2,142
1,214
1,442
1,351
43.3
40.5
40.0
40.8
126,170
79,229
79,085
65,032
111,405
63,134
75,001
70,252
2,253
2,104
2,080
1,932
48.58
44.76
1,943
1,790
40.0
98,215
90,821
2,022
42.91
42.39
1,716
1,696
40.0
89,256
88,171
2,080
33.19
37.00
29.82
41.28
1,359
1,570
1,178
1,709
41.0
42.4
70,680
81,661
61,251
88,868
2,130
2,207
26.96
33.86
30.48
41.53
26.00
30.04
26.44
41.55
1,078
1,352
1,325
1,661
1,040
1,202
1,092
1,662
40.0
39.9
43.5
40.0
56,079
70,321
68,905
86,386
54,076
62,483
56,805
86,416
2,080
2,077
2,261
2,080
33.87
38.62
31.86
37.80
1,414
1,645
1,430
1,553
41.7
42.6
73,532
85,544
74,360
80,760
2,171
2,215
33.05
30.89
1,501
1,471
45.4
78,058
76,474
2,362
43.85
23.77
34.21
43.42
23.23
33.53
1,765
991
1,444
1,737
929
1,461
40.2
41.7
42.2
91,759
51,554
75,102
90,314
48,308
75,955
2,093
2,168
2,195
40.39
42.28
1,615
1,691
40.0
84,003
87,944
2,080
31.31
35.59
29.57
35.53
1,264
1,429
1,181
1,421
40.4
40.2
65,702
74,326
61,402
73,902
2,099
2,088
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$24.98
$21.67
$994
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
41.54
35.97
46.17
45.78
38.46
25.48
46.47
46.47
55.99
37.66
38.02
33.67
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Annual earnings5
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Industrial engineers, including
health and safety ......................
Industrial engineers ....................
Drafters ...............................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
37.09
37.09
23.92
39.00
39.00
25.00
1,484
1,484
957
1,560
1,560
1,000
40.0
40.0
40.0
77,145
77,145
49,759
81,120
81,120
52,000
2,080
2,080
2,080
28.33
26.99
1,133
1,080
40.0
58,927
56,141
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
25.78
20.22
21.76
17.65
1,030
809
870
706
40.0
40.0
51,926
42,058
45,886
36,718
2,014
2,080
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
23.63
24.67
22.15
23.09
27.39
20.42
966
1,036
878
924
1,035
817
40.9
42.0
39.7
48,591
51,644
43,314
48,036
52,582
42,480
2,056
2,094
1,956
Legal occupations ................................
42.67
34.10
1,707
1,364
40.0
88,749
70,920
2,080
29.73
26.93
30.35
30.94
1,105
971
1,082
928
37.2
36.0
45,481
41,593
45,577
38,267
1,530
1,545
31.69
32.74
1,186
1,219
37.4
45,807
45,577
1,446
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
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 ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Writers and editors .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
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 ...............................
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 ...........................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$552
39.2
$31,283
$28,704
1,880
520
516
39.8
26,927
26,832
2,064
35.01
1,299
1,276
37.1
47,935
47,202
1,369
33.90
33.78
1,261
1,236
37.2
46,711
45,318
1,378
38.82
36.09
37.96
35.62
1,426
1,337
1,397
1,344
36.7
37.0
51,993
49,330
51,488
49,625
1,339
1,367
35.98
13.68
35.46
13.60
1,339
455
1,346
436
37.2
33.2
49,493
18,202
50,137
17,211
1,376
1,331
26.65
23.94
28.02
26.63
19.31
29.13
1,066
958
1,121
1,065
773
1,165
40.0
40.0
40.0
53,817
49,797
52,957
55,399
40,171
52,666
2,019
2,080
1,890
31.91
38.54
32.00
38.70
1,252
1,512
1,280
1,542
39.2
39.2
64,776
75,098
66,560
72,269
2,030
1,948
22.89
23.30
900
920
39.3
46,775
47,830
2,043
32.92
31.98
1,317
1,279
40.0
68,476
66,518
2,080
33.29
32.02
1,332
1,281
40.0
69,240
66,602
2,080
17.96
19.91
669
797
37.2
34,774
41,419
1,936
21.06
20.98
799
802
37.9
40,201
40,581
1,908
14.79
14.17
552
544
37.3
28,593
28,288
1,933
12.81
12.50
489
469
38.2
25,171
24,398
1,965
12.80
12.50
487
469
38.1
25,060
24,398
1,959
16.79
17.00
610
559
36.3
31,699
29,044
1,888
23.99
28.65
25.63
28.78
1,010
1,371
1,025
1,382
42.1
47.9
52,494
71,302
53,310
71,845
2,188
2,489
20.58
20.58
30.82
30.82
20.38
20.38
30.75
30.75
823
823
1,240
1,240
815
815
1,230
1,230
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.2
42,810
42,810
64,502
64,502
42,390
42,390
63,960
63,960
2,080
2,080
2,093
2,093
15.84
15.84
13.46
13.46
634
634
538
538
40.0
40.0
32,946
32,946
27,997
27,997
2,080
2,080
11.26
9.50
430
370
38.2
22,218
19,240
1,973
15.47
14.42
635
640
41.0
33,006
33,280
2,134
14.88
11.74
11.70
8.62
14.42
11.50
11.50
9.00
614
456
455
313
577
455
440
306
41.2
38.8
38.8
36.3
31,906
23,687
23,635
16,286
30,000
23,660
22,880
15,912
2,144
2,017
2,020
1,890
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.64
$13.80
$653
13.04
12.90
35.01
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Child care workers ..............................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Order clerks ........................................
Human resources assistants, except
payroll and timekeeping ................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$360
38.1
$20,886
$18,720
1,907
544
532
520
532
38.3
39.6
28,179
27,521
26,426
27,647
1,987
2,049
13.29
569
532
40.0
29,439
27,647
2,067
10.17
9.00
387
360
38.1
20,141
18,720
1,981
14.84
10.68
12.20
10.80
537
414
440
420
36.2
38.7
27,018
20,454
22,880
21,840
1,821
1,915
22.88
17.70
933
702
40.8
48,531
36,500
2,121
29.43
32.53
1,268
1,250
43.1
65,935
65,019
2,240
27.16
17.75
1,232
887
45.4
64,082
46,142
2,360
32.89
15.20
13.27
13.27
36.03
13.00
11.70
11.70
1,316
615
507
507
1,441
464
462
462
40.0
40.5
38.2
38.2
68,421
32,001
26,365
26,365
74,951
24,151
24,024
24,024
2,080
2,105
1,987
1,987
18.66
15.73
16.69
11.90
746
666
668
464
40.0
42.4
38,818
34,651
34,721
24,149
2,080
2,203
32.82
22.46
1,347
898
41.0
70,055
46,721
2,134
32.86
22.46
1,350
898
41.1
70,182
46,721
2,136
17.66
17.31
698
687
39.5
36,177
35,506
2,048
22.83
16.57
19.91
22.58
16.00
20.00
922
660
796
903
640
800
40.4
39.8
40.0
47,937
34,336
41,415
46,956
33,280
41,600
2,099
2,072
2,080
17.87
17.90
698
629
39.0
36,275
32,698
2,030
17.65
18.18
14.37
17.99
17.20
13.00
706
727
575
720
688
520
40.0
40.0
40.0
36,703
37,820
29,892
37,419
35,776
27,040
2,080
2,080
2,080
18.48
13.63
21.06
18.48
13.00
22.71
725
536
843
700
520
908
39.2
39.3
40.0
37,713
27,863
43,813
36,408
27,040
47,237
2,040
2,044
2,080
18.13
13.57
22.00
12.75
725
508
880
499
40.0
37.4
37,718
26,423
45,760
25,933
2,080
1,947
19.53
18.05
771
722
39.5
39,693
37,536
2,032
21.84
22.20
867
888
39.7
45,089
46,174
2,064
16.82
16.53
16.05
15.00
673
628
640
597
40.0
38.0
34,293
32,083
33,288
31,056
2,038
1,941
21.70
20.50
863
820
39.8
44,656
42,640
2,058
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$10.95
$9.00
$417
14.18
13.43
13.92
13.29
14.24
See footnotes at end of table.
40
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment
operators ..................................
Electricians .........................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
Aircraft mechanics and service
technicians ....................................
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 ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machinists ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and
plastic workers ..............................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Painting workers .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ......
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight
engineers ..................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Cleaners of vehicles and
equipment .................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$22.10
16.39
27.38
$20.50
15.00
28.57
$884
629
1,095
$820
558
1,143
40.0
38.4
40.0
$45,974
32,513
56,955
$42,640
29,016
59,426
2,080
1,984
2,080
27.87
25.09
28.57
24.50
1,115
1,004
1,143
980
40.0
40.0
57,961
52,204
59,426
50,960
2,080
2,080
22.52
21.57
901
863
40.0
46,849
44,866
2,080
27.08
28.85
1,083
1,154
40.0
56,317
60,000
2,080
31.37
33.40
1,255
1,336
40.0
65,248
69,472
2,080
28.50
31.12
1,140
1,245
40.0
59,276
64,730
2,080
19.69
21.11
788
844
40.0
40,959
43,909
2,080
19.69
21.11
788
844
40.0
40,959
43,909
2,080
24.37
26.00
975
1,040
40.0
50,690
54,080
2,080
21.98
26.26
21.57
21.85
879
1,050
863
874
40.0
40.0
45,719
54,619
44,866
45,448
2,080
2,080
19.99
21.17
799
847
40.0
41,571
44,034
2,080
20.18
22.51
807
900
40.0
41,969
46,821
2,080
20.17
20.00
805
800
39.9
41,880
41,600
2,076
26.00
21.64
1,040
866
40.0
54,076
45,009
2,080
15.20
21.49
11.70
21.00
608
860
468
840
40.0
40.0
31,625
44,703
24,336
43,680
2,080
2,080
19.81
20.43
792
817
40.0
41,209
42,494
2,080
20.26
20.35
811
814
40.0
42,149
42,328
2,080
22.06
15.03
13.03
22.76
14.50
13.09
882
601
521
911
580
523
40.0
40.0
40.0
45,882
31,256
27,112
47,349
30,160
27,217
2,080
2,080
2,080
19.53
120.50
17.71
123.03
773
2,980
708
3,494
39.6
24.7
40,166
154,969
36,837
181,672
2,057
1,286
120.50
123.03
2,980
3,494
24.7
154,969
181,672
1,286
19.16
19.40
766
776
40.0
39,844
40,352
2,080
19.26
19.40
770
776
40.0
40,055
40,352
2,080
18.81
20.48
15.02
19.34
21.38
14.75
753
819
600
773
855
590
40.0
40.0
40.0
39,131
42,593
31,212
40,217
44,470
30,680
2,080
2,080
2,078
11.62
11.60
465
464
40.0
24,172
24,128
2,080
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.10
$16.17
$644
$647
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
40.0
$33,481
$33,627
2,080
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.
42
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$823
39.8
$51,041
$42,640
2,063
1,745
1,875
1,831
1,558
1,859
1,859
40.6
40.6
40.0
90,083
97,502
95,219
80,999
96,660
96,660
2,096
2,112
2,080
66.11
30.35
36.06
21.46
2,477
1,527
1,516
922
2,265
1,214
1,442
858
43.5
40.5
40.0
39.0
128,811
79,419
78,842
40,194
117,795
63,134
75,001
43,160
2,265
2,104
2,080
1,699
34.81
37.00
32.22
41.28
1,435
1,570
1,284
1,709
41.2
42.4
74,631
81,661
66,747
88,868
2,144
2,207
26.26
34.87
31.74
43.96
26.26
30.77
27.05
42.70
1,050
1,392
1,399
1,758
1,051
1,231
1,130
1,708
40.0
39.9
44.1
40.0
54,623
72,399
72,737
91,428
54,627
64,002
58,750
88,816
2,080
2,077
2,291
2,080
34.16
39.53
32.57
38.69
1,432
1,696
1,461
1,716
41.9
42.9
74,455
88,197
75,955
89,247
2,179
2,231
44.01
23.77
34.53
43.42
23.23
36.52
1,771
991
1,466
1,737
929
1,502
40.3
41.7
42.5
92,115
51,554
76,234
90,314
48,308
78,125
2,093
2,168
2,208
41.44
42.28
1,658
1,691
40.0
86,199
87,944
2,080
30.97
35.29
28.84
33.49
1,251
1,418
1,150
1,333
40.4
40.2
65,037
73,733
59,800
69,326
2,100
2,089
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$24.74
$21.00
$985
Management occupations ...................
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
42.98
46.17
45.78
39.45
46.47
46.47
56.88
37.74
37.90
23.66
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Annual earnings5
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Industrial engineers, including
health and safety ......................
Industrial engineers ....................
Drafters ...............................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
37.09
37.09
23.92
39.00
39.00
25.00
1,484
1,484
957
1,560
1,560
1,000
40.0
40.0
40.0
77,145
77,145
49,759
81,120
81,120
52,000
2,080
2,080
2,080
28.51
26.99
1,140
1,080
40.0
59,303
56,141
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
24.48
17.65
978
706
39.9
50,851
36,718
2,077
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
20.49
17.10
819
684
40.0
42,608
35,568
2,079
Legal occupations ................................
42.75
29.25
1,710
1,170
40.0
88,924
60,834
2,080
16.40
14.37
645
575
39.3
29,960
28,712
1,827
13.04
12.90
520
516
39.8
26,927
26,832
2,064
13.04
12.90
520
516
39.8
26,927
26,832
2,064
25.18
24.15
954
861
37.9
36,230
32,987
1,439
25.18
24.15
954
861
37.9
36,230
32,987
1,439
26.15
23.94
28.02
26.63
19.31
29.13
1,046
958
1,121
1,065
773
1,165
40.0
40.0
40.0
52,659
49,797
52,957
55,399
40,171
52,666
2,013
2,080
1,890
Education, training, and library
occupations
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 ......
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Writers and editors .............................
See footnotes at end of table.
43
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
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 .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Child care workers ..............................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$31.75
37.86
$32.00
38.56
$1,247
1,503
$1,280
1,476
39.3
39.7
$64,821
78,130
$66,560
76,731
2,042
2,064
22.89
23.30
900
920
39.3
46,775
47,830
2,043
32.92
31.98
1,317
1,279
40.0
68,476
66,518
2,080
33.29
32.02
1,332
1,281
40.0
69,240
66,602
2,080
17.96
19.91
669
797
37.2
34,774
41,419
1,936
20.60
20.98
791
796
38.4
41,155
41,392
1,998
14.52
13.50
538
528
37.1
27,985
27,454
1,927
12.59
12.00
480
469
38.2
24,977
24,398
1,984
12.56
11.73
478
468
38.0
24,838
24,336
1,978
16.62
17.00
591
544
35.6
30,734
28,288
1,849
17.34
13.00
711
520
41.0
36,994
27,040
2,133
13.88
13.88
13.00
13.00
555
555
520
520
40.0
40.0
28,870
28,870
27,040
27,040
2,080
2,080
11.21
9.34
429
370
38.2
22,285
19,240
1,988
15.47
14.42
635
640
41.0
33,006
33,280
2,134
14.88
11.74
11.70
8.62
10.57
14.42
11.50
11.50
9.00
8.75
614
456
455
313
399
577
455
440
306
315
41.2
38.8
38.8
36.3
37.8
31,906
23,687
23,635
16,286
20,769
30,000
23,660
22,880
15,912
16,380
2,144
2,017
2,020
1,890
1,965
13.63
12.79
13.27
12.00
514
503
480
480
37.7
39.4
26,676
26,133
24,960
24,960
1,957
2,044
13.94
13.06
557
522
40.0
28,908
27,165
2,073
10.17
9.00
387
360
38.1
20,141
18,720
1,981
14.39
10.68
11.22
10.80
515
414
434
420
35.8
38.7
25,795
20,454
22,464
21,840
1,792
1,915
22.88
17.70
933
702
40.8
48,531
36,500
2,121
29.43
32.53
1,268
1,250
43.1
65,935
65,019
2,240
27.16
17.75
1,232
887
45.4
64,082
46,142
2,360
32.89
15.20
13.27
13.27
36.03
13.00
11.70
11.70
1,316
615
507
507
1,441
464
462
462
40.0
40.5
38.2
38.2
68,421
32,001
26,365
26,365
74,951
24,151
24,024
24,024
2,080
2,105
1,987
1,987
18.66
16.69
746
668
40.0
38,818
34,721
2,080
See footnotes at end of table.
44
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Order clerks ........................................
Human resources assistants, except
payroll and timekeeping ................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Electricians .........................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$464
42.4
$34,651
$24,149
2,203
1,347
898
41.0
70,055
46,721
2,134
22.46
1,350
898
41.1
70,182
46,721
2,136
17.42
16.89
689
671
39.5
35,805
34,913
2,056
24.26
16.29
23.80
15.72
982
649
952
629
40.5
39.8
51,066
33,735
49,500
32,698
2,105
2,071
17.87
17.90
698
629
39.0
36,275
32,698
2,030
17.51
18.18
14.37
17.00
17.20
13.00
700
727
575
680
688
520
40.0
40.0
40.0
36,414
37,820
29,892
35,360
35,776
27,040
2,080
2,080
2,080
18.55
13.63
18.50
13.00
726
536
700
520
39.1
39.3
37,741
27,863
36,408
27,040
2,034
2,044
18.13
13.57
22.00
12.75
725
508
880
499
40.0
37.4
37,718
26,423
45,760
25,933
2,080
1,947
20.85
19.41
819
776
39.3
42,554
40,364
2,041
21.99
22.20
880
888
40.0
45,749
46,174
2,080
17.19
16.59
18.02
15.38
688
633
721
645
40.0
38.1
35,722
32,821
37,482
33,800
2,078
1,979
21.49
22.15
16.39
25.08
20.50
20.50
15.00
24.50
855
886
629
1,003
820
820
558
980
39.8
40.0
38.4
40.0
44,195
46,071
32,513
52,163
42,203
42,640
29,016
50,960
2,057
2,080
1,984
2,080
21.75
20.00
870
800
40.0
45,242
41,600
2,080
27.08
28.85
1,083
1,154
40.0
56,317
60,000
2,080
28.50
31.12
1,140
1,245
40.0
59,276
64,730
2,080
19.14
19.84
766
794
40.0
39,810
41,267
2,080
19.14
19.84
766
794
40.0
39,810
41,267
2,080
23.92
25.00
957
1,000
40.0
49,756
52,000
2,080
21.28
26.26
19.79
21.85
851
1,050
792
874
40.0
40.0
44,272
54,619
41,165
45,448
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.73
$11.90
$666
32.82
22.46
32.86
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Aircraft mechanics and service
technicians ....................................
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 ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
18.76
17.02
751
681
40.0
39,028
35,395
2,080
20.18
22.51
807
900
40.0
41,969
46,821
2,080
Production occupations ......................
20.17
20.00
805
800
39.9
41,880
41,600
2,076
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machinists ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and
plastic workers ..............................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Painting workers .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ......
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight
engineers ..................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Cleaners of vehicles and
equipment .................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$866
40.0
$54,076
$45,009
2,080
608
860
468
840
40.0
40.0
31,625
44,703
24,336
43,680
2,080
2,080
20.43
792
817
40.0
41,209
42,494
2,080
20.26
20.35
811
814
40.0
42,149
42,328
2,080
22.06
15.03
13.03
22.76
14.50
13.09
882
601
521
911
580
523
40.0
40.0
40.0
45,882
31,256
27,112
47,349
30,160
27,217
2,080
2,080
2,080
19.38
120.50
17.71
123.03
767
2,980
708
3,494
39.6
24.7
39,885
154,969
36,837
181,672
2,058
1,286
120.50
123.03
2,980
3,494
24.7
154,969
181,672
1,286
19.03
19.40
761
776
40.0
39,581
40,352
2,080
19.07
19.40
763
776
40.0
39,670
40,352
2,080
18.81
20.48
14.99
19.34
21.38
14.60
753
819
599
773
855
584
40.0
40.0
40.0
39,131
42,593
31,142
40,217
44,470
30,368
2,080
2,080
2,078
11.62
11.60
465
464
40.0
24,172
24,128
2,080
16.07
16.17
643
647
40.0
33,431
33,627
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$26.00
$21.64
$1,040
15.20
21.49
11.70
21.00
19.81
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
46
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
All workers ................................................
$26.49
$25.24
$1,051
$1,008
39.7
$51,071
$49,224
1,928
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
36.02
41.87
33.78
41.64
1,456
1,781
1,400
1,704
40.4
42.5
75,503
91,095
72,800
87,646
2,096
2,176
48.58
44.76
1,943
1,790
40.0
98,215
90,821
2,022
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
25.98
24.57
1,034
983
39.8
53,758
51,106
2,069
30.61
30.58
30.89
30.10
1,225
1,223
1,236
1,204
40.0
40.0
63,677
63,610
64,251
62,608
2,080
2,080
30.24
29.77
1,210
1,191
40.0
62,903
61,922
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
28.16
26.52
1,126
1,061
40.0
53,742
49,950
1,909
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
25.80
24.27
1,072
971
41.6
52,656
50,484
2,041
31.99
31.68
1,182
1,165
36.9
45,874
48,263
1,434
36.54
36.38
1,348
1,339
36.9
49,538
49,317
1,356
36.67
36.53
1,355
1,353
37.0
49,794
49,831
1,358
35.90
36.38
1,329
1,317
37.0
48,987
49,537
1,365
38.82
36.94
37.96
36.38
1,426
1,364
1,397
1,365
36.7
36.9
51,993
50,270
51,488
50,239
1,339
1,361
36.90
14.87
36.16
13.93
1,369
468
1,380
455
37.1
31.5
50,534
17,720
50,239
17,173
1,370
1,192
35.04
32.39
1,355
1,168
38.7
63,984
60,289
1,826
25.83
28.77
26.68
27.73
1,095
1,376
1,120
1,362
42.4
47.8
56,918
71,565
58,252
70,800
2,204
2,488
20.58
20.58
30.82
30.82
20.38
20.38
30.75
30.75
823
823
1,240
1,240
815
815
1,230
1,230
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.2
42,810
42,810
64,502
64,502
42,390
42,390
63,960
63,960
2,080
2,080
2,093
2,093
15.43
14.63
13.93
13.29
616
584
557
532
39.9
39.9
31,783
30,117
28,981
27,647
2,060
2,059
14.63
13.29
584
532
39.9
30,117
27,647
2,059
18.83
19.72
18.05
19.09
745
789
722
764
39.5
40.0
37,911
41,016
37,532
39,707
2,013
2,080
17.64
17.19
701
687
39.8
35,633
34,078
2,020
16.53
16.00
661
640
40.0
33,194
32,552
2,008
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$588
37.6
$30,145
$30,564
1,842
1,013
1,008
40.0
52,689
52,437
2,081
28.14
1,187
1,126
40.0
61,728
58,531
2,080
22.79
907
912
40.0
46,034
47,403
2,031
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Office clerks, general ..........................
$16.37
$14.93
$616
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
25.32
25.21
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
29.68
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
22.67
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
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.
48
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$23.23
$19.36
$23.71
$31.05
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 .......................
34.61
39.91
31.62
11.72
18.44
21.07
16.76
21.28
21.27
21.53
18.46
19.61
17.48
31.01
34.99
28.64
10.98
17.37
19.20
16.25
20.29
20.77
19.48
15.75
17.52
14.20
34.97
41.70
32.75
11.30
20.01
21.82
17.58
22.51
–
22.44
17.22
19.79
15.26
37.26
42.70
33.27
16.14
20.37
37.40
17.64
27.06
–
28.39
26.08
23.67
28.27
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.8
3.6
5.4
4.2
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 .......................
3.2
3.1
3.8
4.0
3.7
5.4
4.1
5.2
5.3
6.9
5.6
3.6
10.4
5.3
4.8
6.7
5.3
6.2
11.5
4.7
5.9
4.8
8.6
3.7
7.6
4.4
6.5
4.9
6.2
6.6
7.1
8.9
6.4
9.4
–
11.4
7.2
9.6
5.9
2.7
4.1
2.0
6.5
7.5
24.2
3.0
4.6
–
5.1
12.8
5.3
20.7
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 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.
49
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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$732
39.4
$42,963
$37,502
2,044
1,475
1,910
1,400
1,596
40.2
41.1
75,538
99,331
72,800
82,998
2,058
2,138
22.12
857
865
40.0
44,586
45,001
2,078
33.82
34.66
1,353
1,387
40.0
70,341
72,099
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
27.36
25.00
1,123
1,000
41.1
58,409
52,000
2,135
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
16.44
14.37
615
575
37.4
28,980
29,890
1,763
14.93
13.80
587
552
39.3
28,666
28,704
1,920
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
31.56
33.00
1,217
1,216
38.6
63,279
63,232
2,005
Healthcare support occupations .............................
14.71
15.30
516
544
35.0
26,810
28,288
1,822
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$21.02
$18.68
$829
Management occupations .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
36.71
46.45
36.06
39.90
Business and financial operations occupations ...
21.46
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation
and serving workers .........................................
Cooks .....................................................................
11.11
9.25
425
360
38.2
22,083
18,720
1,988
15.39
11.61
14.42
11.50
637
443
577
440
41.4
38.2
33,108
23,062
30,000
22,880
2,152
1,986
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
12.55
9.93
11.86
9.06
455
397
450
362
36.2
40.0
23,651
20,654
23,400
18,845
1,885
2,080
Personal care and service occupations .................
16.13
14.45
611
485
37.9
31,250
24,508
1,937
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
20.68
24.45
13.76
12.76
12.76
15.39
17.75
11.55
11.70
11.70
823
1,043
535
482
482
595
887
442
442
442
39.8
42.7
38.9
37.8
37.8
42,808
54,249
27,815
25,062
25,062
30,950
46,142
23,005
23,005
23,005
2,070
2,218
2,022
1,964
1,964
18.98
13.05
22.02
10.64
759
517
881
426
40.0
39.6
39,473
26,880
45,795
22,131
2,080
2,059
30.90
22.46
1,267
898
41.0
65,885
46,721
2,132
30.89
22.46
1,267
840
41.0
65,906
43,680
2,133
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Office clerks, general ..............................................
17.03
16.02
16.11
15.72
672
638
640
624
39.5
39.8
34,945
33,164
33,280
32,443
2,052
2,070
17.51
17.58
19.99
16.99
17.90
16.95
19.41
14.72
681
703
786
641
629
678
776
618
38.9
40.0
39.3
37.8
35,436
36,576
40,864
33,238
32,698
35,256
40,364
37,981
2,024
2,080
2,044
1,956
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Carpenters ..............................................................
Electricians .............................................................
20.77
22.35
23.71
20.00
20.50
24.27
825
894
948
800
820
971
39.7
40.0
40.0
42,875
46,482
49,315
41,600
42,640
50,477
2,064
2,080
2,080
19.76
19.00
790
760
40.0
41,097
39,520
2,080
18.64
17.02
745
681
40.0
38,765
35,395
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
50
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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Production occupations ..........................................
Machinists ...............................................................
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 ................................................
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$720
767
39.9
40.0
$38,219
42,918
$37,440
39,896
2,073
2,080
619
667
724
613
574
683
760
578
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
32,163
34,709
37,645
31,852
29,848
35,526
39,520
30,056
2,081
2,080
2,080
2,076
669
647
40.0
34,789
33,627
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$18.44
20.63
$18.00
19.18
$735
825
15.46
16.69
18.10
15.34
14.35
17.08
19.00
14.45
16.73
16.17
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
Annual earnings5
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
51
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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
All workers ....................................................................
$28.18
$25.48
$1,132
$1,009
40.2
$58,642
$51,646
2,081
Management occupations .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Marketing managers ...........................................
Computer and information systems managers .......
Financial managers ................................................
48.79
45.82
46.69
57.44
42.72
46.74
46.47
46.47
66.11
31.46
2,001
1,833
1,868
2,520
1,738
1,859
1,859
1,859
2,442
1,214
41.0
40.0
40.0
43.9
40.7
104,056
95,308
97,119
131,019
90,374
96,660
96,660
96,660
127,005
63,134
2,133
2,080
2,080
2,281
2,115
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Buyers and purchasing agents ...............................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Management analysts ............................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
36.33
38.67
35.58
41.57
1,503
1,650
1,381
1,709
41.4
42.7
78,180
85,825
71,802
88,868
2,152
2,219
30.16
34.87
34.08
26.44
30.77
28.49
1,206
1,392
1,541
1,058
1,231
1,171
40.0
39.9
45.2
62,735
72,399
80,143
54,999
64,002
60,902
2,080
2,077
2,352
34.26
40.09
31.93
39.73
1,456
1,740
1,466
1,737
42.5
43.4
75,717
90,467
76,236
90,314
2,210
2,257
46.54
23.39
34.53
43.42
23.23
36.52
1,877
992
1,466
1,737
929
1,502
40.3
42.4
42.5
97,605
51,563
76,234
90,314
48,308
78,125
2,097
2,204
2,208
40.09
42.28
1,604
1,691
40.0
83,391
87,944
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
33.12
35.43
28.25
30.09
34.23
26.99
1,325
1,417
1,130
1,203
1,369
1,080
40.0
40.0
40.0
68,886
73,688
58,764
62,581
71,198
56,141
2,080
2,080
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
29.72
25.24
1,185
1,010
39.9
61,645
52,499
2,074
Community and social services occupations ........
20.96
17.44
838
698
40.0
43,575
36,275
2,079
Education, training, and library occupations
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers ................................................
23.70
19.94
932
798
39.3
34,888
28,712
1,472
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
Writers and editors .................................................
24.44
27.03
21.35
25.32
978
1,081
854
1,013
40.0
40.0
48,378
50,562
44,414
52,666
1,979
1,871
31.83
29.41
22.89
32.00
28.73
23.30
1,259
1,158
900
1,280
1,117
920
39.6
39.4
39.3
65,461
60,228
46,775
66,560
58,094
47,830
2,057
2,048
2,043
20.60
20.98
791
796
38.4
41,155
41,392
1,998
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
14.40
12.92
12.92
16.92
13.20
12.58
12.52
14.53
554
486
483
677
526
472
450
581
38.4
37.6
37.4
40.0
28,798
25,295
25,141
35,197
27,373
24,561
23,381
30,222
1,999
1,957
1,947
2,080
Protective service occupations ...............................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ..
Security guards ...................................................
19.55
14.57
14.57
17.65
13.78
13.78
813
583
583
679
551
551
41.6
40.0
40.0
42,262
30,315
30,315
35,298
28,662
28,662
2,162
2,080
2,080
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
11.51
11.99
8.13
11.00
12.25
7.63
440
479
294
420
490
305
38.2
40.0
36.2
22,872
24,933
15,295
21,840
25,480
15,870
1,988
2,080
1,881
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
14.58
13.99
569
560
39.0
29,524
29,099
2,025
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, systems
software ........................................................
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
Network systems and data communications
analysts ............................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Therapists ...............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses ...............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
52
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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$531
39.1
$28,693
$27,602
2,027
572
364
560
386
40.0
30.3
29,668
18,946
29,099
20,051
2,072
1,574
10.00
419
393
33.7
20,588
20,411
1,654
26.20
33.47
17.63
14.54
14.54
18.96
20.16
36.44
16.94
13.55
13.55
17.05
1,109
1,454
767
572
572
878
896
1,458
658
587
587
755
42.4
43.4
43.5
39.3
39.3
46.3
57,694
75,600
39,863
29,741
29,741
45,644
46,567
75,801
34,237
30,514
30,514
39,256
2,202
2,258
2,261
2,045
2,045
2,408
18.02
17.28
714
688
39.6
37,137
35,770
2,061
26.00
17.71
17.22
16.92
25.74
17.57
17.55
15.86
1,067
709
689
677
1,018
703
702
634
41.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
55,491
36,843
35,810
35,192
52,942
36,546
36,500
32,978
2,134
2,080
2,080
2,080
18.55
14.68
12.67
22.26
18.50
14.27
12.47
24.13
726
578
482
872
700
560
499
962
39.1
39.4
38.0
39.2
37,741
30,067
25,071
45,331
36,408
29,120
25,933
49,998
2,034
2,047
1,978
2,036
21.81
22.02
873
881
40.0
45,371
45,802
2,080
17.96
15.53
16.85
16.25
718
609
674
645
40.0
39.2
37,114
31,673
35,048
33,530
2,067
2,040
23.52
23.53
941
941
40.0
47,900
48,464
2,036
25.11
28.50
23.31
31.12
1,005
1,140
932
1,245
40.0
40.0
52,236
59,276
48,489
64,730
2,080
2,080
24.10
26.30
21.85
21.85
964
1,052
874
874
40.0
40.0
50,121
54,704
45,448
45,448
2,080
2,080
21.52
21.38
861
855
40.0
44,749
44,470
2,079
32.75
16.98
28.37
14.00
1,310
679
1,135
560
40.0
40.0
68,113
35,311
59,010
29,120
2,080
2,080
22.06
10.31
22.76
8.50
882
412
911
340
40.0
40.0
45,882
21,450
47,349
17,680
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
$14.16
$13.83
$553
14.32
12.04
13.99
11.79
Personal care and service occupations .................
12.44
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ......................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ............
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .........................
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
53
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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ..........................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers .........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ..................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$22.30
120.50
120.50
20.81
19.77
20.75
14.63
12.66
$18.06
123.03
123.03
20.24
19.40
21.62
14.60
11.74
$876
2,980
2,980
832
791
830
585
506
$722
3,494
3,494
810
776
865
584
470
39.3
24.7
24.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$45,530
154,969
154,969
43,287
41,125
43,161
30,422
26,334
$37,565
181,672
181,672
42,099
40,352
44,970
30,368
24,425
2,042
1,286
1,286
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
15.36
15.10
614
604
40.0
31,944
31,408
2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
54
Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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 ....................................................................
$23.49
$22.67
$24.68
$23.67
$23.34
$29.83
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
31.12
24.95
31.99
19.10
16.78
15.14
17.44
24.72
24.04
26.32
21.40
24.47
20.07
33.16
–
33.38
16.49
15.24
15.14
15.36
24.26
23.79
25.20
21.42
24.47
19.97
29.93
24.58
31.04
20.49
18.46
–
18.46
26.57
25.32
29.89
21.09
–
21.09
34.72
39.36
31.41
11.48
18.84
22.30
16.88
20.14
20.28
20.11
16.92
18.02
15.68
34.75
40.02
31.36
11.25
18.89
22.30
16.90
20.10
20.28
19.97
16.86
18.02
15.54
34.48
35.67
32.17
15.91
16.09
–
16.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.4
3.5
3.6
3.2
3.4
5.6
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.5
9.5
2.2
7.5
3.6
3.6
5.1
5.9
9.2
4.9
5.4
4.0
7.4
2.9
–
2.8
7.5
3.4
3.6
10.2
7.3
11.2
6.1
5.7
4.0
8.2
3.8
10.6
3.1
9.1
5.6
–
5.6
6.0
4.2
3.0
2.1
–
2.1
3.1
2.8
4.0
3.9
4.4
6.5
4.3
4.8
3.9
8.6
6.4
4.4
14.4
3.4
3.0
4.2
4.1
4.4
6.5
4.4
4.8
3.9
8.6
6.5
4.4
14.6
2.0
3.7
4.1
7.5
16.4
–
16.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$23.35
$22.88
$28.34
$28.34
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
33.64
37.90
31.35
13.00
16.94
16.49
17.10
21.41
–
21.96
18.57
19.75
17.58
34.11
39.35
31.37
11.47
16.76
16.49
16.88
21.02
21.09
21.09
18.47
19.75
17.33
51.21
47.07
–
15.31
27.53
29.74
13.71
–
–
–
18.10
–
19.62
51.21
47.07
–
15.31
27.53
29.74
13.71
–
–
–
18.10
–
19.62
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.5
3.0
11.0
11.0
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 .......................
2.4
3.1
2.5
5.0
3.5
9.0
3.3
4.9
–
6.8
5.6
3.8
10.3
2.9
3.4
3.0
3.4
4.1
9.0
4.0
5.5
5.6
7.1
5.8
3.8
10.9
16.5
14.4
–
29.3
9.3
10.4
5.4
–
–
–
9.2
–
2.2
16.5
14.4
–
29.3
9.3
10.4
5.4
–
–
–
9.2
–
2.2
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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
–
$25.72
–
–
–
–
$21.69
–
$12.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.02
29.94
17.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.63
28.32
13.23
17.08
–
17.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.28
12.53
–
–
–
–
22.36
26.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.22
20.43
18.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.56
–
–
–
–
–
16.36
–
–
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 ...
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.4
36.1
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
12.9
4.8
10.8
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.9
.0
–
–
–
–
7.3
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
2.5
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.8
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households,
and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope
of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a
central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing
support services to a company. For private industries in
this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment
is defined as all locations of a government agency within
the sampled area.
The statistical area covered by this survey is defined by
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of
December 2003. The Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA,
Combined Statistical Area (CSA) includes:
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
• Bremerton–Silverdale, WA, Metropolitan Statistical
Area: Kitsap County, WA
• Oak Harbor, WA, Micropolitan Statistical Area: Island
County, WA
• Olympia, WA, Metropolitan Statistical Area: Thurston
County, WA
• Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA, Metropolitan Statistical Area: King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties, WA
• Shelton, WA, Micropolitan Statistical Area: Mason
County, WA
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
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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 being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
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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. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
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:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
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Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
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. Respond-ing and
nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteristics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced
to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts
of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in
this publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
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work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
1,787,600
1,523,900
263,800
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 .......................
625,400
204,600
420,800
334,300
379,700
133,400
246,300
183,300
120,400
59,300
264,900
113,800
151,100
481,000
162,800
318,200
279,100
334,500
133,400
201,100
171,200
114,300
53,700
258,000
113,800
144,200
144,400
41,800
102,600
55,200
45,200
–
45,200
12,100
6,100
5,500
6,900
–
6,900
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA
CSA, December 2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
83,573
82,596
977
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
631
385
168
78
566
329
159
78
65
56
9
0
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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