New Orleans, LA
National Compensation Survey
April 2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner
December 2006
Bulletin 3135–26
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups ......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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24
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38
39
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the New Orleans, LA, metropolitan area. Data were
collected between September 2005 and October 2006; the
average reference month is April 2006. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in
this bulletin are information on the program, a technical
note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with
detailed information on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications have undergone a number of
significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ:
1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker
3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations
4. Benchmarking of estimated employment
5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels
1
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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.
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
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
2
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, New Orleans,
LA, April 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$18.42
5.3
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 .............
30.32
35.41
28.11
10.44
15.33
16.97
14.42
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.5
$18.42
6.3
5.0
9.3
3.9
9.5
9.1
25.2
4.2
38.7
40.8
37.9
32.1
35.8
33.3
37.4
31.22
35.63
28.84
10.08
15.65
16.95
14.80
17.39
17.14
17.75
4.7
3.7
8.0
39.5
38.9
40.1
15.55
17.72
14.44
9.0
16.3
10.6
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
19.44
8.77
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.5
$18.41
2.0
36.7
6.1
10.3
5.3
12.3
9.7
25.3
4.7
39.8
41.3
39.1
31.0
35.6
33.3
37.2
27.48
33.86
26.34
11.80
12.36
–
12.21
1.9
11.3
2.6
3.1
5.7
–
5.8
35.6
37.7
35.2
37.1
38.0
–
38.5
17.84
17.34
18.34
5.2
4.5
8.4
39.4
38.8
40.1
14.98
15.99
14.26
6.4
7.4
4.4
39.7
39.7
39.6
38.6
39.5
38.2
15.74
17.99
14.59
9.3
16.7
10.9
39.0
39.5
38.7
11.68
12.19
11.44
6.3
5.1
8.6
32.9
38.7
30.6
5.3
4.6
39.6
21.0
19.59
8.32
6.3
5.1
39.8
21.3
18.64
14.03
1.9
15.1
38.8
18.4
19.65
18.30
7.9
5.6
37.9
36.4
18.94
18.37
9.7
6.5
38.8
36.3
22.91
17.87
8.1
1.9
34.1
37.1
18.17
23.33
5.5
31.3
36.5
37.6
18.13
23.38
6.6
31.4
36.4
37.9
18.42
–
2.0
–
36.8
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
15.72
20.03
21.25
7.1
8.2
9.0
35.2
39.1
36.8
15.73
20.34
23.28
7.2
8.7
13.8
35.1
39.2
36.9
13.02
15.49
18.80
6.6
1.9
2.3
42.6
37.5
36.6
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, New Orleans, LA,
April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.42
5.3
$19.44
5.3
$8.77
4.6
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
40.02
32.99
60.88
35.39
38.09
57.69
27.11
8.5
8.2
23.1
9.2
23.5
6.9
10.2
40.12
32.99
60.88
35.59
38.09
57.69
27.11
8.5
8.2
23.1
9.3
23.5
6.9
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
25.63
19.45
43.16
37.19
22.87
12.2
5.8
9.5
21.9
24.3
25.64
19.44
43.16
37.19
22.87
12.2
5.9
9.5
21.9
24.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
26.19
4.8
26.19
4.8
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 11 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
34.65
40.24
35.53
40.32
11.9
4.8
11.7
5.6
34.65
40.24
35.53
–
11.9
4.8
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
26.01
12.9
26.01
12.9
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 8 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
15.21
14.58
14.58
12.21
9.6
6.6
7.3
12.0
15.08
14.58
–
12.24
9.7
6.6
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
33.93
14.5
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 8 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
32.87
14.72
24.48
33.55
35.57
53.42
24.98
41.17
34.94
6.8
17.5
9.4
4.1
8.2
15.6
27.2
8.4
4.3
33.63
–
24.13
33.75
–
53.42
–
41.66
35.13
6.7
–
9.8
4.0
–
15.6
–
8.2
3.9
12.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.40
35.60
33.19
36.23
1.7
2.0
3.5
3.5
33.88
–
33.88
36.23
1.9
–
3.7
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.43
35.49
31.74
32.28
6.6
6.1
.3
1.2
33.36
35.49
31.74
32.28
6.6
6.1
.3
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.74
32.28
36.52
36.85
13.01
.3
1.2
2.2
1.1
10.6
31.74
32.28
36.52
36.85
12.99
.3
1.2
2.2
1.1
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
20.23
15.9
20.23
15.9
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
25.42
11.22
16.68
22.66
22.32
2.4
8.7
6.6
10.1
8.7
25.73
–
16.67
24.19
–
2.6
–
6.7
7.8
–
21.34
–
–
–
–
14.4
–
–
–
–
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, New Orleans, LA,
April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$30.68
29.30
31.15
27.13
29.79
17.59
8.1
5.7
4.1
1.7
6.2
7.3
–
$28.92
31.29
–
29.85
17.58
–
5.9
4.2
–
6.5
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.81
19.50
3.3
11.5
16.49
19.52
2.9
12.1
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
14.62
9.12
11.13
10.53
8.84
8.91
12.04
12.26
22.8
6.7
1.9
11.7
2.6
2.9
5.9
14.9
14.82
9.12
11.13
10.82
8.95
8.91
12.04
12.26
22.7
6.7
1.9
11.3
2.0
2.9
5.9
14.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
14.22
10.40
12.79
12.24
15.74
15.78
16.10
4.0
9.6
4.4
5.0
3.5
7.9
22.7
14.29
9.52
12.79
12.24
15.74
15.78
16.10
3.4
4.2
4.4
5.0
3.5
7.9
22.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.94
11.7
19.94
11.7
–
–
20.25
11.99
10.60
10.43
16.54
18.02
16.54
18.02
11.13
11.13
2.5
10.9
.8
2.7
4.0
5.6
4.0
5.6
12.4
12.4
20.25
11.99
10.60
10.43
16.54
18.02
16.54
18.02
–
–
2.5
10.9
.8
2.7
4.0
5.6
4.0
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
7.96
7.19
6.99
6.88
11.12
11.36
11.78
7.10
4.23
5.54
2.93
7.67
12.4
4.0
21.9
28.5
26.3
7.4
14.7
8.7
3.2
7.3
4.4
9.4
8.84
7.41
7.85
7.95
11.37
11.14
11.78
–
4.01
–
–
–
16.4
3.9
23.5
23.5
25.8
9.9
14.7
–
16.5
–
–
–
$6.38
6.94
–
4.96
–
–
–
–
4.47
–
3.19
–
10.0
8.2
–
22.2
–
–
–
–
16.4
–
13.0
–
7.24
7.26
9.1
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.35
8.76
9.49
9.08
8.82
9.26
2.6
2.2
3.3
2.0
2.0
3.3
9.19
8.56
9.59
9.06
8.63
–
2.7
2.0
3.5
2.5
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, New Orleans, LA,
April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
$9.14
–
9.26
8.57
8.57
8.95
8.57
2.2
–
3.3
1.3
1.3
7.2
10.2
$9.13
8.73
–
8.57
8.57
8.95
8.57
3.4
4.2
–
1.3
1.3
7.2
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
9.44
7.82
8.69
8.19
5.7
5.0
7.5
6.1
10.24
–
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
$8.07
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
16.97
8.92
8.95
14.47
22.86
16.53
9.34
8.92
7.78
7.78
25.2
5.5
6.2
8.6
33.2
29.1
10.2
5.5
3.7
3.7
19.67
–
–
–
24.24
17.45
10.49
–
–
–
25.7
–
–
–
32.4
28.8
9.3
–
–
–
7.53
–
–
–
–
–
7.40
–
7.44
7.44
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
.6
–
1.8
1.8
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Couriers and messengers ................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
14.42
7.76
10.67
10.52
13.86
18.12
20.08
23.53
19.18
12.27
10.39
12.52
12.67
14.23
10.40
16.82
8.52
9.68
21.77
14.34
16.73
17.95
16.39
19.78
14.04
11.08
10.52
10.73
4.2
5.0
5.3
3.3
6.7
5.5
5.7
17.8
9.9
7.4
7.0
7.2
4.2
6.7
.7
8.0
6.9
3.9
27.7
12.6
13.2
9.1
4.9
7.5
13.6
8.4
9.6
7.6
14.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.72
–
–
12.95
14.23
10.12
16.82
9.02
9.68
22.06
14.34
17.73
17.95
16.51
19.78
14.04
11.10
10.52
10.73
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
3.3
6.7
2.7
8.0
10.4
3.9
27.6
12.6
8.5
9.1
5.1
7.5
13.6
8.5
9.6
7.6
9.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
17.14
10.38
16.85
19.99
–
16.11
3.7
20.7
9.7
6.2
–
5.8
17.43
–
17.06
19.99
21.86
16.11
2.6
–
8.4
6.2
4.4
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.92
10.31
10.38
19.63
11.1
20.2
21.1
1.3
20.92
–
–
19.67
11.1
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, New Orleans, LA,
April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
$17.75
15.75
16.59
17.15
23.81
15.53
8.0
6.0
6.3
8.3
8.3
5.7
$17.75
–
–
–
–
15.53
8.0
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.25
14.21
5.1
12.5
16.25
14.21
5.1
12.5
–
–
–
–
13.48
2.8
13.48
2.8
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
17.72
8.97
14.16
17.14
16.3
12.7
9.0
12.0
17.85
–
–
–
16.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.60
17.20
17.20
27.0
5.6
5.9
24.60
17.20
17.20
27.0
5.6
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.75
15.6
11.90
15.9
–
–
14.44
9.66
8.60
12.87
17.24
10.49
13.53
15.34
13.74
13.86
9.92
10.06
10.6
6.4
8.5
2.8
2.8
18.7
1.1
14.0
31.7
12.9
2.8
4.0
14.98
–
–
–
–
15.09
13.91
15.34
13.74
13.86
10.02
10.18
10.4
–
–
–
–
6.8
5.4
14.0
31.7
12.9
3.8
3.9
$8.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.04
9.87
4.0
5.2
10.11
9.93
4.2
5.2
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Sailors and marine oilers ..................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
7
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, New
Orleans, LA, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.42
6.3
$19.59
6.3
$8.32
5.1
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
40.45
32.99
66.42
35.02
57.69
9.4
8.2
23.0
10.9
6.9
40.45
32.99
66.42
35.02
57.69
9.4
8.2
23.0
10.9
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
25.70
19.58
37.62
23.44
13.6
6.2
23.0
27.4
25.70
19.58
37.62
23.44
13.6
6.2
23.0
27.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
26.12
5.3
26.12
5.3
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 11 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
34.75
40.24
35.64
40.32
12.1
4.8
11.8
5.6
34.75
40.24
35.64
40.32
12.1
4.8
11.8
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
27.04
13.6
27.04
13.6
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
16.20
16.5
15.96
16.8
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
38.51
47.72
19.12
19.3
9.3
20.3
41.63
49.27
–
17.0
7.1
–
10.46
–
–
31.5
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
20.23
15.9
20.23
15.9
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
26.01
28.89
32.59
29.61
16.96
3.2
7.4
7.0
7.3
9.9
26.57
28.93
32.66
29.67
16.95
3.4
7.7
7.0
7.6
10.0
17.44
–
–
–
–
20.6
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
15.24
11.25
10.46
8.72
11.86
25.4
2.1
13.8
3.0
6.3
15.50
11.25
10.80
8.87
11.86
25.3
2.1
13.7
2.1
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
7.90
7.19
6.93
6.61
11.12
11.41
7.08
4.23
–
5.54
2.93
7.26
13.0
4.1
22.2
30.1
26.3
7.5
8.8
3.2
–
7.3
4.4
8.5
8.81
7.52
–
7.60
11.37
11.19
–
4.01
–
–
–
–
17.3
4.9
–
26.2
25.8
10.1
–
16.5
–
–
–
–
6.34
6.84
–
4.96
–
–
–
4.47
4.36
–
3.19
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
9.45
8.98
9.12
8.98
2.9
1.4
1.9
1.4
9.22
8.83
9.07
8.83
3.3
1.3
2.6
1.3
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 3 .............................................................
9.49
7.62
6.8
3.5
10.19
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
16.95
25.3
19.65
See footnotes at end of table.
8
10.3
7.6
–
22.2
–
–
–
16.4
17.8
–
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
8.02
–
3.3
–
25.8
7.46
.6
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, New
Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
$8.92
8.95
14.47
–
22.86
16.53
9.34
8.92
7.78
7.78
5.5
6.2
8.6
–
33.2
29.1
10.2
5.5
3.7
3.7
–
$9.55
14.66
17.40
24.24
17.45
10.49
–
–
–
–
6.8
9.6
26.3
32.4
28.8
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.40
–
7.44
7.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.6
–
1.8
1.8
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
14.80
10.77
10.53
14.00
18.54
20.92
19.22
12.26
10.39
12.34
12.56
10.40
17.32
8.17
16.76
19.78
14.16
4.7
7.2
3.6
7.2
5.2
3.9
9.9
8.3
7.2
8.5
4.7
.7
8.2
7.1
5.8
7.5
14.5
15.11
10.77
10.73
14.17
18.54
20.92
19.80
12.77
10.66
13.22
12.89
10.12
17.32
8.62
16.91
19.78
14.16
5.0
7.2
4.8
6.9
5.2
3.9
8.0
9.7
9.5
9.2
3.2
2.7
8.2
11.8
6.0
7.5
14.5
10.03
–
8.40
–
–
–
–
10.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
17.34
10.36
19.76
4.5
20.8
1.4
17.70
–
19.83
3.2
–
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
18.34
15.81
16.67
8.4
6.9
6.9
18.34
15.81
16.67
8.4
6.9
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
17.99
8.97
14.51
17.33
16.7
12.7
10.3
12.1
18.11
9.24
14.51
17.33
16.6
11.4
10.3
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.05
17.20
17.20
27.4
5.6
5.9
25.05
17.20
17.20
27.4
5.6
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, New
Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Sailors and marine oilers ..................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.59
9.83
8.31
17.41
15.60
13.86
10.08
10.25
10.9
6.6
9.2
3.2
14.9
12.9
2.6
4.0
$15.14
9.95
8.78
17.41
15.60
13.86
10.19
10.39
10.6
6.0
9.3
3.2
14.9
12.9
4.0
4.1
$7.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.25
10.08
4.5
5.4
10.33
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
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 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.41
2.0
$18.64
1.9
$14.03
15.1
Management occupations .................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
37.15
36.75
12.6
19.1
37.85
37.80
12.6
19.2
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
25.03
19.7
25.14
19.7
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
13.85
14.22
3.1
.4
13.90
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 8 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
31.35
25.91
34.14
3.6
11.3
4.0
31.64
25.54
34.14
3.5
12.0
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.47
35.60
34.76
36.23
1.8
2.0
3.7
3.5
35.01
35.60
35.59
36.23
2.0
2.0
4.0
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.90
35.49
31.74
32.28
6.4
6.1
.3
1.2
35.02
35.49
31.74
32.28
6.5
6.1
.3
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.74
32.28
36.52
36.85
13.56
.3
1.2
2.2
1.1
8.3
31.74
32.28
36.52
36.85
13.56
.3
1.2
2.2
1.1
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
23.85
21.71
26.40
30.46
28.00
4.7
5.6
1.2
8.1
5.1
23.42
21.71
–
28.87
27.97
6.2
5.6
–
6.7
5.3
27.97
–
–
–
–
19.1
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
11.35
9.18
7.1
4.4
11.35
9.18
7.1
4.4
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 7 .............................................................
14.26
9.52
12.79
12.15
15.98
17.94
16.74
4.6
4.2
4.4
5.9
3.7
4.6
28.3
14.46
9.52
12.79
12.15
15.98
17.94
16.74
3.9
4.2
4.4
5.9
3.7
4.6
28.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.94
11.7
19.94
11.7
–
–
20.25
11.99
10.60
10.43
16.89
18.02
16.89
18.02
2.5
10.9
.8
2.7
4.7
5.6
4.7
5.6
20.25
11.99
10.60
10.43
16.89
18.02
16.89
18.02
2.5
10.9
.8
2.7
4.7
5.6
4.7
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 3 .............................................................
9.48
11.91
15.5
.3
9.36
11.91
18.7
.3
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
9.05
7.63
10.06
10.08
4.7
4.6
1.0
3.9
9.12
7.55
10.06
–
4.8
5.3
1.0
–
8.15
–
–
–
.3
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
$8.91
7.47
6.3
3.1
$9.00
7.30
6.2
4.4
–
–
–
–
9.00
7.49
8.91
8.44
6.5
3.6
7.9
11.9
9.10
–
8.92
8.44
6.3
–
8.0
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
9.22
9.2
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
12.21
7.62
10.44
10.42
12.65
14.50
12.37
17.73
17.95
17.73
17.95
13.02
12.14
12.31
12.14
10.07
9.44
5.8
6.7
1.2
7.0
8.9
10.7
10.7
8.5
9.1
8.5
9.1
5.5
5.8
5.5
5.8
7.3
5.7
12.25
–
10.44
10.42
12.65
14.50
12.37
17.73
17.95
17.73
17.95
13.02
12.14
12.31
12.14
10.08
9.44
6.0
–
1.2
7.0
8.9
10.7
10.7
8.5
9.1
8.5
9.1
5.5
5.8
5.5
5.8
7.5
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 5 .............................................................
15.99
15.84
7.4
1.5
15.99
15.84
7.4
1.5
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
14.26
15.21
4.4
8.1
14.26
15.21
4.4
8.1
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
12.19
5.1
12.26
5.0
–
–
11.75
15.6
11.90
15.9
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
11.44
12.98
12.29
13.53
13.53
8.6
4.5
5.7
1.1
1.1
10.97
–
12.22
13.91
13.91
10.0
–
5.7
5.4
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
12
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, New
Orleans, LA, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.42
5.3
$19.44
5.3
$8.77
4.6
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
40.02
16.70
45.85
38.09
57.69
27.11
8.5
10.5
11.9
23.5
6.9
10.2
40.12
–
–
38.09
57.69
27.11
8.5
–
–
23.5
6.9
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
25.63
19.44
25.62
37.19
22.87
21.23
12.2
4.4
24.5
21.9
24.3
18.3
25.64
–
–
37.19
22.87
21.23
12.2
–
–
21.9
24.3
18.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
26.19
18.72
43.13
4.8
2.7
6.3
26.19
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
34.65
27.57
40.39
35.53
28.01
40.41
11.9
4.0
8.6
11.7
4.9
8.9
34.65
–
–
35.53
–
–
11.9
–
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
26.01
12.9
26.01
12.9
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Group II .............................................................
15.21
16.55
14.58
12.21
14.42
9.6
4.0
7.3
12.0
1.0
15.08
–
–
12.24
–
9.7
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
33.93
14.5
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
32.87
12.72
30.54
45.85
41.17
22.73
46.27
34.94
24.16
40.23
6.8
9.0
3.4
10.1
8.4
12.5
10.2
4.3
10.6
15.3
33.63
–
–
–
41.66
–
–
35.13
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
8.2
–
–
3.9
–
–
12.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.40
33.86
33.19
33.86
1.7
1.8
3.5
3.6
33.88
–
33.88
–
1.9
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.43
33.33
31.74
31.74
6.6
6.5
.3
.3
33.36
33.36
31.74
–
6.6
6.6
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.74
31.74
36.52
36.52
13.01
13.01
.3
.3
2.2
2.2
10.6
10.6
31.74
31.74
36.52
–
12.99
12.99
.3
.3
2.2
–
10.7
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, New
Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.23
15.9
$20.23
15.9
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
25.42
12.74
23.59
33.25
31.15
26.30
33.55
17.59
2.4
8.6
7.0
2.1
4.1
3.2
6.7
7.3
25.73
–
–
–
31.29
26.05
33.65
17.58
2.6
–
–
–
4.2
4.1
6.8
7.3
$21.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.81
16.03
19.50
19.99
3.3
2.7
11.5
11.3
16.49
–
19.52
–
2.9
–
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ..............................................................
14.62
10.40
8.84
8.84
8.91
8.91
12.04
11.74
22.8
5.1
2.6
2.6
2.9
2.9
5.9
5.8
14.82
–
8.95
–
8.91
8.91
12.04
–
22.7
–
2.0
–
2.9
2.9
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
14.22
11.00
15.38
4.0
6.0
2.3
14.29
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.94
20.32
11.7
.2
19.94
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
20.25
20.59
11.99
10.65
10.60
10.34
10.43
10.40
16.54
16.72
16.54
16.72
11.13
11.13
2.5
.7
10.9
.9
.8
2.2
2.7
3.0
4.0
4.5
4.0
4.5
12.4
12.4
20.25
20.59
11.99
10.65
10.60
–
10.43
10.40
16.54
–
16.54
16.72
–
–
2.5
.7
10.9
.9
.8
–
2.7
3.0
4.0
–
4.0
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
7.96
7.82
11.36
11.36
11.78
11.78
7.10
7.10
4.23
4.23
5.54
5.54
2.93
2.93
7.67
7.67
12.4
11.5
7.4
7.4
14.7
14.7
8.7
8.7
3.2
3.2
7.3
7.3
4.4
4.4
9.4
9.4
8.84
–
11.14
–
11.78
11.78
–
–
4.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.4
–
9.9
–
14.7
14.7
–
–
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.47
–
–
–
3.19
3.19
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
14
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.4
–
–
–
13.0
13.0
–
–
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, New
Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.24
7.24
7.26
7.26
9.1
9.1
8.5
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Group I ..............................................................
9.35
9.26
9.08
9.08
2.6
2.6
2.0
2.0
$9.19
–
9.06
–
2.7
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.14
9.14
8.57
8.57
8.95
8.91
8.57
8.44
2.2
2.2
1.3
1.3
7.2
7.9
10.2
11.9
9.13
9.13
8.57
8.57
8.95
–
8.57
8.44
3.4
3.4
1.3
1.3
7.2
–
10.4
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
9.44
8.37
8.69
8.19
5.7
5.8
7.5
6.1
10.24
–
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
$8.07
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
16.97
9.73
26.02
22.86
16.53
9.34
9.45
7.78
7.65
7.78
7.65
25.2
7.2
17.9
33.2
29.1
10.2
9.5
3.7
.7
3.7
.7
19.67
–
–
24.24
17.45
10.49
–
–
–
–
–
25.7
–
–
32.4
28.8
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
7.53
–
–
–
–
7.40
–
7.44
–
7.44
7.44
1.1
–
–
–
–
.6
–
1.8
–
1.8
1.8
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group II .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Couriers and messengers ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
14.42
12.51
19.99
12.27
11.28
12.67
11.79
10.40
10.40
16.82
18.57
8.52
8.40
9.68
9.68
21.77
13.29
16.73
16.89
16.39
14.82
19.42
19.78
14.04
14.04
11.08
10.07
4.2
6.0
4.2
7.4
4.8
4.2
6.9
.7
.7
8.0
7.4
6.9
7.0
3.9
3.9
27.7
10.5
13.2
13.9
4.9
7.5
4.4
7.5
13.6
13.6
8.4
8.0
14.67
–
–
12.72
–
12.95
12.07
10.12
10.12
16.82
18.57
9.02
8.87
9.68
9.68
22.06
–
17.73
17.95
16.51
–
–
19.78
14.04
–
11.10
10.08
4.3
–
–
8.4
–
3.3
8.7
2.7
2.7
8.0
7.4
10.4
10.6
3.9
3.9
27.6
–
8.5
9.1
5.1
–
–
7.5
13.6
–
8.5
8.2
9.99
–
–
10.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, New
Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
$17.14
11.74
19.36
3.7
13.8
3.3
$17.43
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.92
10.31
10.38
19.63
20.02
11.1
20.2
21.1
1.3
4.0
20.92
–
–
19.67
–
11.1
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
17.75
13.43
16.79
15.53
8.0
7.1
3.7
5.7
17.75
–
–
15.53
8.0
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.25
14.21
5.1
12.5
16.25
14.21
5.1
12.5
–
–
–
–
13.48
2.8
13.48
2.8
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
17.72
11.67
22.82
16.3
4.6
17.4
17.85
–
–
16.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.60
24.60
17.20
17.20
27.0
27.0
5.6
5.9
24.60
24.60
17.20
17.20
27.0
27.0
5.6
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.75
10.71
15.6
10.4
11.90
10.77
15.9
11.0
–
–
–
–
14.44
12.36
20.85
10.49
10.49
13.53
13.53
15.34
15.28
13.74
13.74
13.86
13.68
9.92
9.92
10.6
9.6
13.5
18.7
18.7
1.1
1.1
14.0
24.2
31.7
31.7
12.9
16.2
2.8
2.8
14.98
–
–
15.09
–
13.91
13.91
15.34
–
13.74
13.74
13.86
13.68
10.02
–
10.4
–
–
6.8
–
5.4
5.4
14.0
–
31.7
31.7
12.9
16.2
3.8
–
$8.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.04
10.04
4.0
4.0
10.11
10.11
4.2
4.2
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Sailors and marine oilers ..................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.50
$10.00
$15.00
$22.05
$35.10
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
19.23
19.23
38.88
15.34
27.84
19.23
46.15
21.86
38.10
40.79
46.58
30.75
46.58
51.28
64.10
33.00
64.10
51.28
88.94
33.00
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
16.11
21.05
16.06
16.11
21.05
16.11
20.04
39.04
16.11
34.09
54.24
29.70
44.57
54.24
44.57
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
17.60
18.02
19.25
29.87
45.68
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
18.80
18.80
26.04
26.50
34.19
34.19
40.00
40.00
50.00
50.00
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
14.96
25.04
25.36
33.99
35.19
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
8.48
11.87
11.87
11.87
13.74
12.76
20.90
13.71
21.53
16.31
8.48
8.48
12.97
14.38
16.00
Legal occupations ..............................................................
15.86
23.41
42.50
42.50
42.50
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
13.50
17.33
17.33
20.98
24.53
24.08
32.07
35.90
29.21
38.31
56.04
44.87
54.05
76.71
58.34
25.28
18.59
29.42
29.19
37.10
37.10
38.31
38.31
38.41
38.35
18.59
25.39
27.83
28.01
37.10
32.05
37.10
35.99
43.09
37.96
25.39
30.09
9.21
28.01
36.35
10.80
32.05
38.17
14.97
35.99
38.23
14.97
37.96
39.23
14.97
13.73
13.73
17.43
26.96
29.55
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
13.91
21.49
9.25
17.42
26.95
10.22
24.48
30.00
14.10
30.56
34.98
24.79
36.87
38.10
28.65
10.61
14.67
14.50
14.79
15.36
22.91
18.33
22.91
20.50
22.91
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
8.45
7.50
7.50
9.30
9.12
8.25
8.00
10.50
11.10
8.55
9.00
11.75
17.61
9.62
9.62
12.86
27.82
10.15
10.17
17.48
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
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 .............................................................
8.91
10.73
13.55
16.47
19.90
12.66
19.06
20.48
21.61
23.70
17.50
8.79
8.21
8.21
13.17
13.17
8.63
8.63
19.73
10.38
9.32
8.89
15.40
15.40
8.91
8.91
20.65
11.94
9.85
9.73
16.47
16.47
10.00
10.00
21.13
13.66
11.50
11.50
18.02
18.02
11.50
11.50
22.11
14.78
14.49
14.49
19.28
19.28
15.28
15.28
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
2.26
7.00
7.00
5.83
8.70
8.60
7.05
11.67
14.00
10.42
14.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$5.97
2.13
2.13
2.13
5.80
$5.97
2.13
5.83
2.13
5.89
$6.86
3.24
5.83
2.50
7.00
$7.72
5.83
6.00
2.67
9.00
$7.72
6.00
6.00
5.15
11.81
5.80
4.68
5.89
6.00
7.00
7.05
8.00
9.25
9.00
10.00
Occupation2
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
7.13
7.13
7.92
7.88
9.17
9.06
10.00
10.00
11.91
10.21
7.35
7.13
5.75
5.75
8.50
7.13
7.91
7.02
9.39
7.92
8.74
8.27
10.00
9.05
9.24
9.24
10.21
12.75
12.08
12.08
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
6.39
6.92
6.92
7.21
6.92
6.92
8.62
7.79
7.42
10.00
8.76
8.76
13.44
11.62
9.39
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
7.26
10.13
8.00
10.27
10.15
14.70
18.76
28.85
35.43
41.78
10.13
6.78
6.12
6.12
10.27
7.46
6.75
6.75
13.22
8.19
8.00
8.00
15.70
9.65
9.03
9.03
28.85
13.26
9.03
9.03
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Couriers and messengers ................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.00
9.00
7.30
9.00
12.08
6.91
8.26
10.80
7.95
12.00
14.25
9.51
6.39
10.44
9.87
9.87
10.00
12.08
7.24
8.50
12.00
13.79
15.01
18.43
11.67
8.11
13.17
10.85
13.95
10.00
18.30
7.69
10.10
15.83
17.47
16.25
22.00
12.86
11.06
16.25
13.95
15.63
11.17
20.58
9.86
10.50
36.06
19.65
18.43
22.00
14.73
12.14
21.44
17.64
17.64
12.67
21.48
11.93
11.00
37.74
21.44
20.00
22.00
21.79
15.67
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
12.00
13.82
17.00
19.56
25.00
15.70
5.47
13.61
16.80
7.97
16.50
20.41
12.00
18.00
26.07
13.00
25.00
26.07
14.00
25.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
12.00
14.00
14.38
14.25
16.60
15.00
19.91
17.86
28.59
17.86
11.54
11.27
16.60
11.27
16.60
11.54
17.13
17.71
19.83
19.83
11.34
12.00
13.00
14.38
16.00
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
9.95
11.88
16.00
23.65
27.89
12.94
14.29
14.29
13.55
16.00
15.00
21.98
17.11
16.97
37.26
18.00
18.00
39.66
20.70
20.70
8.06
8.92
10.48
12.43
18.21
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
7.14
7.11
12.48
7.44
9.58
7.37
12.79
10.56
14.38
8.36
13.27
16.01
17.86
13.27
13.27
19.66
22.05
16.59
14.66
23.46
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$5.64
9.58
6.59
$7.44
10.83
9.35
$19.66
14.38
9.83
$19.66
14.38
10.25
$19.66
22.05
11.91
9.35
9.35
9.83
10.25
12.00
Occupation2
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Sailors and marine oilers ..................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
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, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.47
$10.00
$15.00
$22.00
$35.10
Management occupations .................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
19.23
38.88
27.84
46.15
38.10
46.58
46.58
64.10
64.10
88.94
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
16.11
21.05
16.11
16.11
21.05
16.11
18.15
39.04
16.11
33.00
54.24
29.70
45.24
54.24
44.57
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
17.60
18.02
19.25
41.27
45.68
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
18.80
18.80
26.04
26.50
34.19
34.19
40.00
40.00
50.00
50.00
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
16.95
25.04
25.36
33.99
35.19
Community and social services occupations ..................
8.48
8.48
16.31
20.90
21.53
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
10.00
13.50
12.93
17.04
29.29
12.93
30.27
41.80
19.69
69.75
75.96
24.23
76.71
76.71
28.30
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
13.73
13.73
17.43
26.96
29.55
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
11.75
23.22
9.25
16.02
28.03
9.62
26.36
30.04
14.10
34.98
34.98
25.00
38.10
38.10
28.80
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
8.50
7.52
9.25
9.00
8.25
10.50
11.50
8.55
12.11
27.82
9.05
12.86
27.82
10.00
13.30
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
2.26
7.00
5.97
2.13
2.13
2.13
4.68
5.83
9.55
5.97
2.13
5.83
2.13
6.00
7.05
11.67
6.86
3.24
5.83
2.50
7.05
10.00
14.00
7.72
5.83
6.00
2.67
9.25
14.00
14.00
7.72
6.00
6.00
5.15
10.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
7.35
7.13
8.05
7.92
9.24
9.02
10.00
10.00
12.44
10.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.45
7.21
8.62
10.00
13.44
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
7.26
10.13
8.00
10.27
10.15
14.70
18.76
28.85
35.43
41.78
10.13
6.78
6.12
6.12
10.27
7.46
6.75
6.75
13.22
8.19
8.00
8.00
15.70
9.65
9.03
9.03
28.85
13.26
9.03
9.03
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
9.51
9.00
7.30
9.00
12.08
6.91
12.00
14.25
9.51
10.82
9.87
9.87
10.00
12.08
7.24
16.25
18.43
12.42
13.93
10.81
13.95
10.00
18.30
7.24
16.25
22.00
12.86
17.59
13.95
15.63
11.17
20.58
8.01
20.00
22.00
14.73
21.79
17.64
17.64
12.67
21.48
11.93
20.00
22.00
21.79
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
12.00
5.47
13.61
13.82
7.97
16.50
17.00
12.00
19.00
19.56
13.00
25.00
25.00
14.00
25.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
13.00
14.50
16.60
19.91
28.59
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
$10.00
$11.88
$16.10
$23.65
$27.89
13.55
14.29
14.29
13.55
16.00
15.00
22.43
17.11
16.97
37.26
18.00
18.00
39.66
20.70
20.70
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Sailors and marine oilers ..................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
7.36
7.44
9.58
7.75
9.58
10.56
10.83
9.35
14.38
16.06
14.38
9.96
18.13
19.66
14.38
10.25
22.05
23.75
22.05
11.91
9.35
9.35
9.96
10.25
13.00
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
21
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.33
$10.68
$14.67
$22.91
$34.55
Management occupations .................................................
21.86
27.13
33.00
40.79
59.53
Business and financial operations occupations .............
14.91
16.06
24.35
34.51
34.51
Community and social services occupations ..................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
11.87
12.15
12.97
13.87
16.40
11.99
12.97
13.54
14.71
17.84
14.73
23.15
32.16
38.31
43.09
26.53
26.43
30.71
31.69
37.10
37.10
38.31
38.31
38.43
38.41
25.96
25.39
29.94
28.01
37.10
32.05
37.10
35.99
43.09
37.96
25.39
30.09
10.09
28.01
36.35
11.93
32.05
38.17
14.97
35.99
38.23
14.97
37.96
39.23
14.97
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
14.50
20.28
17.88
23.97
23.04
27.03
28.65
30.94
31.70
33.83
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
7.17
6.50
9.12
7.78
10.17
9.92
11.46
10.15
17.48
10.78
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
8.79
10.38
14.13
17.11
20.18
12.66
19.06
20.48
21.61
23.70
17.50
8.79
8.21
8.21
15.00
15.00
19.73
10.38
9.32
8.89
15.40
15.40
20.65
11.94
9.85
9.73
16.47
16.47
21.13
13.66
11.50
11.50
18.43
18.43
22.11
14.78
14.49
14.49
19.28
19.28
5.89
5.89
10.42
11.81
12.37
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
6.47
6.56
7.51
6.85
8.94
9.86
10.21
10.21
10.33
10.21
6.66
5.75
5.75
6.85
7.91
6.47
9.86
8.74
7.91
10.21
9.35
9.21
10.21
12.97
12.08
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.37
6.92
8.05
11.07
13.15
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
7.82
9.79
13.00
13.00
9.40
9.40
6.39
9.46
9.79
15.83
15.83
11.97
11.53
8.11
11.22
10.85
18.69
18.69
12.55
12.11
10.26
14.55
16.08
20.57
20.57
15.19
13.13
11.22
17.16
17.08
22.19
22.19
16.68
14.87
13.63
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
9.04
12.68
16.80
18.34
20.41
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
11.27
11.81
14.03
15.99
17.71
Production occupations ....................................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
8.92
10.12
11.54
13.20
14.48
8.06
8.92
10.48
12.43
18.21
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
6.13
12.48
8.29
12.79
12.12
13.27
13.27
13.27
15.74
14.66
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.48
$12.79
$13.27
$13.27
$14.66
Occupation2
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
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.
23
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.63
$11.00
$16.11
$23.65
$35.95
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
19.23
19.23
38.88
15.34
27.84
19.23
46.15
21.86
38.10
40.79
46.58
30.75
46.58
51.28
64.10
33.00
64.10
51.28
88.94
33.00
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
16.11
21.05
16.06
16.11
21.05
16.11
19.88
39.04
16.11
34.09
54.24
29.70
44.57
54.24
44.57
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
17.60
18.02
19.25
29.87
45.68
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
18.80
18.80
26.04
26.50
34.19
34.19
40.00
40.00
50.00
50.00
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
14.96
25.04
25.36
33.99
35.19
Community and social services occupations ..................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
8.48
11.87
13.74
20.90
21.53
8.48
8.48
12.97
14.38
16.00
14.75
19.32
17.33
22.61
24.53
24.23
33.01
37.14
29.41
38.31
57.07
44.87
54.95
76.71
58.39
25.90
24.91
30.09
30.33
37.10
37.10
38.31
38.31
38.41
38.39
24.54
25.39
28.66
28.01
37.10
32.05
37.10
35.99
43.09
37.96
25.39
30.09
9.21
28.01
36.35
10.45
32.05
38.17
14.97
35.99
38.23
14.97
37.96
39.23
14.97
13.73
13.73
17.43
26.96
29.55
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
14.10
21.16
9.25
17.61
26.95
10.22
25.19
30.04
14.10
30.86
34.98
24.86
38.00
38.10
28.65
14.31
14.67
14.87
14.79
15.36
22.91
18.33
22.91
20.50
22.91
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
8.55
7.50
7.50
9.30
9.22
8.55
8.00
10.50
11.18
9.00
9.00
11.75
17.61
9.62
9.62
12.86
27.82
10.15
10.17
17.48
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
8.99
10.92
13.56
16.47
19.73
12.66
19.06
20.48
21.61
23.70
17.50
8.79
8.21
8.21
13.17
13.17
19.73
10.38
9.32
8.89
15.40
15.40
20.65
11.94
9.85
9.73
16.47
16.47
21.13
13.66
11.50
11.50
18.02
18.02
22.11
14.78
14.49
14.49
19.28
19.28
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
2.50
7.00
7.00
2.13
6.00
8.70
8.60
2.13
8.00
11.67
14.00
2.50
11.81
14.00
14.00
5.83
15.09
14.00
14.00
6.00
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.13
7.13
$7.76
7.60
$9.03
9.05
$10.00
10.00
$11.25
10.37
6.85
7.13
5.75
5.75
8.25
7.13
7.91
7.02
9.29
7.92
8.74
8.27
10.19
9.05
9.24
9.24
10.27
12.75
12.08
12.08
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.69
7.21
8.80
10.64
13.96
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
8.19
10.27
9.65
10.43
13.26
15.20
23.66
28.85
40.04
78.47
10.27
7.47
10.27
8.19
14.70
9.20
26.81
10.73
28.85
15.65
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Couriers and messengers ................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.51
9.00
7.30
9.00
12.08
7.24
8.26
10.80
13.00
12.11
14.25
9.51
6.39
10.82
10.00
9.87
10.00
12.08
7.24
8.50
12.00
15.83
16.25
18.43
11.67
8.11
13.78
11.17
13.95
10.00
18.30
8.01
10.10
16.92
18.69
16.25
22.00
12.86
11.06
17.08
14.62
15.63
11.14
20.58
9.86
10.50
36.06
20.57
18.43
22.00
14.73
12.14
21.48
17.64
17.64
11.17
21.48
11.93
11.00
37.74
22.19
20.00
22.00
21.79
15.67
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Electricians .......................................................................
12.00
14.00
17.00
19.56
25.00
15.70
15.00
16.80
17.00
20.41
18.00
26.07
25.00
26.07
25.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
12.00
14.00
14.38
14.25
16.60
15.00
19.91
17.86
28.59
17.86
11.54
11.27
16.60
11.27
16.60
11.54
17.13
17.71
19.83
19.83
11.34
12.00
13.00
14.38
16.00
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
10.00
11.88
16.00
23.65
27.89
12.94
14.29
14.29
13.55
16.00
15.00
21.98
17.11
16.97
37.26
18.00
18.00
39.66
20.70
20.70
8.06
8.92
10.91
12.43
18.96
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Sailors and marine oilers ..................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.87
13.27
13.27
7.44
5.64
9.58
6.27
$9.96
13.27
13.27
10.56
7.44
10.83
9.35
$14.38
16.39
13.27
16.01
19.66
14.38
9.96
$18.96
16.59
13.41
19.66
19.66
14.38
10.25
$22.05
16.59
16.39
23.46
19.66
22.05
11.91
9.35
9.35
9.83
10.25
12.75
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$5.49
$6.75
$7.50
$9.75
$13.05
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
6.00
6.00
10.98
15.17
29.75
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
9.86
11.52
20.75
26.25
32.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
2.26
2.13
2.13
5.25
2.26
2.26
5.97
5.15
2.50
8.13
5.83
5.15
9.60
7.50
5.25
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.37
6.92
7.21
8.76
9.75
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
6.20
6.20
6.12
6.12
7.21
6.79
6.20
6.20
7.48
7.26
7.70
7.70
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.30
8.00
8.40
8.40
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
6.91
6.63
7.69
9.77
9.77
9.77
12.00
10.37
12.67
12.67
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
6.25
6.50
7.37
8.23
12.48
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$630
39.6
$39,342
$32,744
2,024
1,668
1,785
2,438
1,524
1,989
2,096
41.6
46.9
42.3
86,331
92,806
126,778
74,241
103,409
109,000
2,152
2,436
2,198
30.75
1,074
1,230
39.6
55,865
63,960
2,061
25.64
37.19
22.87
19.88
39.04
16.11
1,015
1,488
901
746
1,562
644
39.6
40.0
39.4
51,964
77,366
46,814
41,995
81,201
33,500
2,027
2,080
2,047
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
26.19
19.25
1,043
770
39.8
54,238
40,040
2,071
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
34.65
35.53
34.19
34.19
1,434
1,476
1,458
1,458
41.4
41.5
74,583
76,733
75,833
75,833
2,153
2,160
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
26.01
25.36
1,061
1,065
40.8
54,958
55,386
2,113
15.08
13.74
600
550
39.8
31,110
28,579
2,062
12.24
12.97
486
519
39.7
25,250
26,978
2,063
33.63
41.66
33.01
37.14
1,202
1,635
1,126
1,461
35.8
39.2
46,923
64,349
42,438
55,871
1,395
1,545
35.13
29.41
1,405
1,176
40.0
55,573
48,480
1,582
33.88
37.10
1,113
1,147
32.9
41,047
42,438
1,212
33.88
37.10
1,092
1,113
32.2
40,361
41,180
1,191
33.36
31.74
37.10
32.05
1,089
1,125
1,113
1,137
32.6
35.5
40,286
41,289
41,180
41,631
1,208
1,301
31.74
36.52
12.99
32.05
38.17
14.97
1,125
1,217
418
1,137
1,197
449
35.5
33.3
32.2
41,289
44,744
15,332
41,631
44,760
16,612
1,301
1,225
1,180
20.23
17.43
809
697
40.0
42,078
36,259
2,080
25.73
31.29
25.19
30.04
1,025
1,242
981
1,202
39.8
39.7
53,277
64,584
51,031
62,485
2,071
2,064
17.58
14.10
702
564
39.9
36,501
29,328
2,076
16.49
15.36
660
615
40.0
34,308
31,957
2,080
19.52
22.91
776
916
39.8
40,361
47,644
2,067
14.82
11.18
565
412
38.1
29,402
21,424
1,984
8.95
9.00
353
342
39.4
18,361
17,776
2,051
8.91
9.00
351
342
39.4
18,258
17,784
2,049
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$19.44
$16.11
$770
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
40.12
38.09
57.69
38.10
40.79
46.58
27.11
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory 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 .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$419
36.3
$22,763
$21,803
1,890
609
587
42.6
31,659
30,503
2,216
20.48
842
865
42.2
43,774
44,989
2,195
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$12.04
$11.75
$438
14.29
13.56
19.94
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
20.25
11.99
20.65
11.94
853
596
865
597
42.1
49.7
44,374
30,995
44,989
31,060
2,192
2,586
10.60
10.43
16.54
16.54
9.85
9.73
16.47
16.47
441
436
684
684
417
418
675
675
41.6
41.8
41.4
41.4
22,921
22,682
35,564
35,564
21,681
21,750
35,098
35,098
2,162
2,175
2,151
2,151
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
Food service, tipped ...........................
8.84
11.14
11.78
4.01
8.00
11.67
14.00
2.50
325
452
469
131
280
491
560
85
36.8
40.6
39.8
32.6
16,721
23,359
23,974
6,795
14,560
25,554
29,120
4,430
1,892
2,097
2,034
1,696
9.19
9.06
9.03
9.05
354
349
346
346
38.5
38.6
18,164
17,907
17,680
17,527
1,977
1,977
9.13
9.29
351
346
38.5
17,672
17,527
1,937
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
8.57
8.95
7.92
8.74
326
331
304
349
38.1
36.9
16,958
17,193
15,808
18,171
1,979
1,920
8.57
8.27
303
316
35.4
15,758
16,453
1,838
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
10.24
8.80
390
350
38.1
16,565
15,891
1,618
19.67
13.26
786
531
39.9
40,861
27,589
2,077
24.24
15.20
980
628
40.4
50,971
32,656
2,103
17.45
10.49
14.70
9.20
707
416
588
366
40.5
39.7
36,748
21,632
30,576
19,032
2,106
2,062
14.67
12.72
13.78
11.17
573
489
550
433
39.0
38.5
29,723
25,355
28,095
22,493
2,026
1,993
12.95
10.12
16.82
9.02
9.68
22.06
13.95
10.00
18.30
8.01
10.10
16.92
513
405
668
360
385
829
558
400
732
320
404
532
39.6
40.0
39.7
39.9
39.8
37.6
26,442
21,042
34,720
18,670
20,044
43,131
27,854
20,800
38,054
16,655
21,000
27,660
2,042
2,080
2,064
2,070
2,070
1,955
17.73
18.69
710
748
40.0
36,919
38,871
2,083
16.51
16.25
636
630
38.5
32,975
32,744
1,997
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Couriers and messengers ..................
Dispatchers .........................................
Police, fire, and ambulance
dispatchers ...............................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
19.78
22.00
733
770
37.1
38,132
40,040
1,927
14.04
11.10
12.86
11.06
551
434
514
442
39.2
39.1
28,644
22,572
26,745
23,001
2,041
2,033
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
17.43
17.00
696
680
39.9
36,210
35,360
2,077
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Electricians .........................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Water and liquid waste treatment
plant and system operators ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Bus drivers, school .........................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Sailors and marine oilers ....................
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$816
720
40.0
40.0
$43,517
40,924
$42,447
37,440
2,080
2,080
711
664
40.1
36,973
34,530
2,083
15.00
621
600
40.0
32,307
31,200
2,080
16.25
16.60
650
664
40.0
33,802
34,530
2,080
14.21
11.54
568
462
40.0
29,548
24,001
2,080
13.48
13.00
539
520
40.0
28,039
27,040
2,080
17.85
16.00
711
640
39.8
36,984
33,280
2,072
24.60
21.98
958
871
38.9
49,816
45,273
2,025
17.20
17.11
688
684
40.0
35,767
35,589
2,080
17.20
16.97
688
679
40.0
35,779
35,298
2,080
11.90
10.91
476
436
40.0
24,756
22,697
2,080
14.98
15.09
13.91
14.38
16.39
13.27
619
511
420
575
469
398
41.3
33.9
30.2
32,015
21,100
15,449
29,900
14,724
14,724
2,138
1,398
1,111
15.34
16.01
650
723
42.3
33,776
37,587
2,202
13.74
13.86
10.02
19.66
14.38
9.96
548
598
371
786
575
374
39.9
43.1
37.0
28,484
31,091
19,296
40,882
29,900
19,442
2,073
2,243
1,925
10.11
9.83
368
374
36.4
19,142
19,442
1,893
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$20.92
19.67
$20.41
18.00
$837
787
17.75
16.60
15.53
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$630
39.8
$40,283
$32,744
2,056
1,698
2,438
1,524
2,096
42.0
42.3
88,321
126,778
79,252
109,000
2,184
2,198
18.15
39.04
16.11
1,023
1,505
934
726
1,562
644
39.8
40.0
39.9
53,213
78,240
48,580
37,752
81,201
33,500
2,071
2,080
2,073
26.12
19.25
1,045
770
40.0
54,330
40,040
2,080
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
34.75
35.64
34.19
34.19
1,439
1,481
1,458
1,458
41.4
41.5
74,807
76,992
75,833
75,833
2,153
2,160
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
27.04
25.36
1,106
1,065
40.9
57,534
55,386
2,128
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
15.96
16.31
638
652
40.0
33,196
33,925
2,080
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
41.63
49.27
35.02
41.80
1,557
1,881
1,313
1,567
37.4
38.2
61,199
75,016
50,771
61,125
1,470
1,523
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
20.23
17.43
809
697
40.0
42,078
36,259
2,080
26.57
32.66
28.03
30.04
1,061
1,303
1,121
1,202
40.0
39.9
55,195
67,734
58,298
62,485
2,078
2,074
16.95
14.10
678
564
40.0
35,256
29,328
2,080
15.50
12.11
588
416
37.9
30,574
21,632
1,972
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$19.59
$16.25
$780
Management occupations ...................
Engineering managers .......................
40.45
57.69
38.10
46.58
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
25.70
37.62
23.44
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
8.87
8.55
350
342
39.4
18,176
17,776
2,050
11.86
12.11
426
404
35.9
22,152
21,008
1,867
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
8.81
11.19
4.01
8.00
11.67
2.50
324
456
131
280
491
85
36.8
40.7
32.6
16,848
23,693
6,795
14,560
25,554
4,430
1,913
2,118
1,696
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
9.22
9.07
9.02
8.65
355
349
346
340
38.5
38.4
18,464
18,137
17,988
17,680
2,002
1,999
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
10.19
8.62
386
345
37.8
15,913
14,997
1,562
19.65
13.26
785
531
40.0
40,835
27,589
2,078
24.24
15.20
980
628
40.4
50,971
32,656
2,103
17.45
10.49
14.70
9.20
707
416
588
366
40.5
39.7
36,748
21,632
30,576
19,032
2,106
2,062
15.11
12.77
14.22
11.17
590
492
566
409
39.1
38.5
30,691
25,560
29,417
21,258
2,031
2,001
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$558
400
732
290
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$26,807
21,042
36,031
17,926
$29,008
20,800
38,054
15,063
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
651
630
38.5
33,866
32,744
2,003
22.00
733
770
37.1
38,132
40,040
1,927
14.16
12.86
560
514
39.5
29,098
26,745
2,056
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Electricians .........................................
17.70
19.83
17.00
19.00
708
793
680
760
40.0
40.0
36,813
41,248
35,360
39,520
2,080
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
18.34
16.60
736
664
40.1
38,268
34,530
2,087
18.11
16.10
721
644
39.8
37,514
33,488
2,072
25.05
22.43
974
879
38.9
50,665
45,718
2,023
17.20
17.11
688
684
40.0
35,767
35,589
2,080
17.20
16.97
688
679
40.0
35,779
35,298
2,080
15.14
14.38
629
575
41.6
32,727
29,900
2,161
15.60
13.86
10.19
16.06
14.38
9.96
664
598
376
749
575
374
42.6
43.1
36.9
34,524
31,091
19,555
38,943
29,900
19,442
2,213
2,243
1,918
10.33
9.96
374
374
36.2
19,450
19,442
1,883
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Sailors and marine oilers ....................
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$12.89
10.12
17.32
8.62
$13.95
10.00
18.30
7.24
$516
405
693
345
16.91
16.25
19.78
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
32
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$592
38.8
$34,828
$30,969
1,868
1,475
1,320
39.0
73,989
68,230
1,955
28.85
941
974
37.4
42,738
49,472
1,700
13.90
12.97
550
515
39.6
28,344
26,770
2,039
31.64
32.57
1,119
1,113
35.4
43,597
41,631
1,378
35.01
37.10
1,147
1,147
32.8
42,218
42,438
1,206
35.59
37.10
1,140
1,149
32.0
42,039
42,524
1,181
35.02
31.74
37.10
32.05
1,139
1,125
1,113
1,137
32.5
35.5
41,957
41,289
41,180
41,631
1,198
1,301
31.74
36.52
13.56
32.05
38.17
14.97
1,125
1,217
433
1,137
1,197
449
35.5
33.3
31.9
41,289
44,744
15,912
41,631
44,760
16,612
1,301
1,225
1,173
23.42
27.97
23.04
26.95
925
1,097
916
1,078
39.5
39.2
48,082
57,050
47,644
56,062
2,053
2,040
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
11.35
10.17
446
406
39.3
23,201
21,120
2,044
9.18
9.92
362
371
39.5
18,847
19,286
2,054
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
14.46
14.34
624
644
43.2
32,445
33,467
2,244
19.94
20.48
842
865
42.2
43,774
44,989
2,195
20.25
11.99
20.65
11.94
853
596
865
597
42.1
49.7
44,374
30,995
44,989
31,060
2,192
2,586
10.60
10.43
16.89
16.89
9.85
9.73
16.47
16.47
441
436
704
704
417
418
684
684
41.6
41.8
41.7
41.7
22,921
22,682
36,597
36,597
21,681
21,750
35,583
35,583
2,162
2,175
2,167
2,167
9.36
11.19
351
413
37.5
14,716
15,297
1,573
9.12
9.00
9.39
9.86
350
352
357
362
38.4
39.0
17,529
17,107
16,716
16,716
1,922
1,900
9.10
8.92
9.86
8.74
355
327
381
349
39.0
36.6
17,210
16,982
16,716
18,171
1,890
1,904
8.44
7.91
292
248
34.6
15,182
12,901
1,798
12.25
12.37
17.73
11.22
10.85
18.69
476
475
710
449
434
748
38.9
38.4
40.0
24,498
23,957
36,919
23,259
22,564
38,871
2,000
1,937
2,083
17.73
18.69
710
748
40.0
36,919
38,871
2,083
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$18.64
$14.87
$723
Management occupations ...................
37.85
33.00
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
25.14
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Teacher assistants .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Dispatchers .........................................
Police, fire, and ambulance
dispatchers ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$518
38.7
$25,368
$25,195
1,948
491
390
485
410
39.9
38.7
24,358
20,264
24,987
21,332
1,979
2,010
16.80
634
647
39.7
32,975
33,648
2,062
14.26
14.03
565
561
39.6
29,360
29,184
2,059
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.02
$12.55
$504
12.31
10.08
12.11
10.26
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
15.99
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Annual earnings5
Production occupations ......................
Water and liquid waste treatment
plant and system operators ..........
12.26
12.43
490
497
40.0
25,502
25,854
2,080
11.90
10.91
476
436
40.0
24,756
22,697
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Bus drivers, school .........................
10.97
13.91
13.91
9.90
13.27
13.27
402
420
420
398
398
398
36.7
30.2
30.2
18,508
15,449
15,449
15,318
14,724
14,724
1,688
1,111
1,111
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$18.42
$15.73
$20.34
$23.28
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 .......................
31.22
35.63
28.84
10.08
15.65
16.95
14.80
17.84
17.34
18.34
15.74
17.99
14.59
28.00
34.53
23.83
10.27
13.22
10.82
15.17
18.79
18.06
19.51
15.19
12.21
15.94
31.29
30.49
32.03
9.29
21.34
34.19
13.63
16.76
–
15.41
13.62
15.58
12.92
34.18
46.25
30.87
9.90
14.83
–
15.63
14.68
–
18.76
21.54
22.95
14.94
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
6.3
7.2
8.7
13.8
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
6.1
10.3
5.3
12.3
9.7
25.3
4.7
5.2
4.5
8.4
9.3
16.7
10.9
10.0
16.2
8.8
16.9
4.8
6.3
5.5
6.3
8.8
10.2
15.3
6.1
16.7
9.4
17.9
7.4
8.4
16.3
27.2
9.7
10.2
–
8.0
6.5
8.4
9.2
11.1
11.7
9.4
4.7
13.6
–
13.2
14.2
–
6.1
18.0
16.5
10.5
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.
35
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, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$604
39.6
$35,193
$31,387
2,058
1,643
1,574
44.4
85,456
81,842
2,309
17.66
1,044
706
39.4
54,304
36,727
2,048
15.72
12.93
592
517
37.6
24,343
23,809
1,549
Healthcare support occupations .............................
18.68
17.61
693
443
37.1
36,037
23,057
1,929
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
8.59
3.74
7.80
2.50
307
121
270
85
35.7
32.3
15,952
6,287
14,040
4,430
1,857
1,679
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
12.27
15.34
10.13
13.22
490
623
405
588
39.9
40.6
25,487
32,374
21,072
30,576
2,077
2,110
15.34
9.86
13.22
9.03
623
391
588
359
40.6
39.6
32,374
20,314
30,576
18,645
2,110
2,060
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
15.52
12.94
17.41
16.25
11.25
16.25
600
487
672
630
400
630
38.7
37.6
38.6
31,214
25,313
34,924
32,744
20,800
32,744
2,011
1,957
2,005
Construction and extraction occupations .............
17.97
18.61
719
744
40.0
37,385
38,709
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
19.51
16.60
784
664
40.2
40,788
34,530
2,090
Production occupations ..........................................
12.21
11.23
489
449
40.0
25,406
23,360
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
17.26
15.16
718
575
41.6
37,321
29,908
2,162
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$17.10
$15.65
$678
Management occupations .......................................
37.02
39.35
Business and financial operations occupations ...
26.52
Education, training, and library occupations ........
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
36
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, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$691
40.0
$45,586
$35,630
2,054
1,737
2,509
1,524
2,523
40.3
40.0
90,345
130,453
79,252
131,215
2,095
2,080
21.05
1,015
842
40.0
52,782
43,784
2,080
39.04
41.61
36.18
36.46
1,561
1,664
1,447
1,458
40.0
40.0
81,197
86,547
75,256
75,833
2,080
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
27.04
25.36
1,106
1,065
40.9
57,534
55,386
2,128
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
51.40
55.34
41.80
63.61
1,917
2,095
1,567
2,385
37.3
37.9
74,136
80,188
61,125
88,257
1,442
1,449
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
27.58
32.66
28.03
30.04
1,102
1,303
1,121
1,202
39.9
39.9
57,292
67,734
58,298
62,485
2,077
2,074
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
9.73
10.47
9.62
10.44
385
419
375
418
39.5
40.0
20,017
21,779
19,500
21,715
2,056
2,080
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
9.44
9.00
380
360
40.3
19,779
18,720
2,095
Personal care and service occupations .................
11.45
8.75
415
293
36.3
14,880
10,284
1,300
Sales and related occupations ................................
32.12
23.66
1,285
946
40.0
66,812
49,213
2,080
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
14.59
12.50
12.52
13.09
12.62
11.17
13.95
12.50
577
500
501
499
501
447
558
500
39.6
40.0
40.0
38.1
30,017
26,004
26,046
25,934
26,042
23,225
29,008
26,000
2,057
2,080
2,080
1,981
12.58
12.50
478
470
38.0
24,839
24,443
1,975
Construction and extraction occupations .............
17.19
16.50
688
660
40.0
35,758
34,320
2,080
16.20
15.50
648
620
40.0
33,686
32,240
2,080
16.82
17.67
673
707
40.0
34,978
36,754
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$22.19
$17.00
$887
Management occupations .......................................
Engineering managers ...........................................
43.12
62.72
38.10
63.08
Business and financial operations occupations ...
25.38
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ................
20.14
17.50
801
700
39.8
41,664
36,400
2,069
25.05
17.83
22.43
17.27
974
713
879
691
38.9
40.0
50,665
37,094
45,718
35,922
2,023
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
13.14
10.55
11.00
10.25
546
384
510
374
41.5
36.4
28,392
19,970
26,520
19,442
2,160
1,894
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, New Orleans, LA,
April 2006
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$19.65
$18.94
$22.91
$18.30
$18.37
$17.87
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 .......................
34.58
–
34.58
10.48
–
–
–
19.21
–
22.89
18.80
–
15.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.64
17.47
–
18.93
–
15.74
34.58
–
34.58
11.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.18
35.41
27.81
10.44
15.34
17.02
14.41
16.47
–
16.32
14.54
15.46
14.11
31.22
35.63
28.84
10.11
15.66
17.01
14.78
16.77
17.17
16.55
14.72
15.68
14.28
26.41
33.86
24.83
11.84
12.36
–
12.22
15.28
15.99
14.78
11.36
12.19
10.85
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
7.9
9.7
8.1
5.6
6.5
1.9
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.1
–
2.1
9.2
–
–
–
11.1
–
17.4
14.3
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
1.9
–
14.6
–
6.9
2.1
–
2.1
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
9.3
4.2
10.0
9.1
25.2
4.2
4.6
–
3.1
9.8
10.9
13.7
6.1
10.3
5.3
12.5
9.7
25.4
4.8
5.1
11.1
3.7
10.3
11.7
14.2
2.0
11.3
3.1
4.4
5.7
–
5.8
6.9
7.4
4.7
7.0
5.1
10.0
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, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$18.17
$18.13
$23.33
$23.38
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 .......................
30.40
35.31
28.27
10.60
13.79
12.20
14.43
17.39
–
17.75
15.49
17.72
14.27
31.33
35.52
29.07
10.27
13.96
12.15
14.82
17.84
17.34
18.34
15.68
17.99
14.42
–
–
–
–
28.08
28.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.20
29.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
5.5
6.6
31.3
31.4
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
5.0
9.4
3.9
9.2
2.8
7.5
4.2
4.7
–
8.0
9.3
16.3
11.6
6.1
10.4
5.2
12.1
3.0
7.5
4.8
5.2
4.5
8.4
9.7
16.7
12.0
–
–
–
–
35.1
36.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.1
36.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, New Orleans, LA,
April 2006
Goods producing
Occupational group3
All workers ................................................
Management, professional, and
related ...............................................
Management, business, and
financial ........................................
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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–
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–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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–
–
–
–
–
–
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–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...
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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.
40
Appendix A: Technical Note
T
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments employing 50 or more workers. Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and hunting, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit
that produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a
company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State
and local governments, an establishment is defined as all
locations of a government agency within the sampled area.
The New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St.
Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany
Parishes.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
A-1
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
A-2
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
A-3
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteris-
tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to
adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of
employment by industry. The latest available employment
counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this
publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $16.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, New Orleans,
LA, April 2006
Civilian
workers
Occupational group2
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
415,600
349,000
66,600
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 .......................
99,400
27,300
72,100
86,100
124,500
48,200
76,300
45,500
23,700
21,100
60,200
19,700
40,500
70,700
23,500
47,100
70,300
113,000
47,800
65,300
38,600
20,600
18,000
56,400
18,700
37,600
28,700
3,700
25,000
15,800
11,400
–
11,000
6,800
3,100
3,100
3,800
900
2,900
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, New Orleans, LA, April 2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
40,728
40,682
46
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
270
131
100
39
231
98
95
38
39
33
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1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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